PanzerMiller Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Fantastic news, Steve -- thanks for the update! Ostfront 3.0 will be fabulous... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Hmm...seems Steve has held back a few meaty bones to toss out later... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Ok i will ask. Will we be getting 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Steppenwulf Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Small technical question. A while back there was talk about going to 64bit because of supposed better performance. Have you guys been able to look into that? That would be my question also: I can see the sense in larger maps - in particular for the modern era game. Then again, I suppose we can expect smaller forces over wider frontages than WW2, however, there's still going to be an increase in memory demands on larger battlefields. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankster65 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Wow! Talk about major feature upgrade. So much looking forward to this! Merry Christmas BF! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLaurier Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 thankyou. thankyou very much 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eniced73 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Is the concept of cross mixing units between theatres even been considered? I know the historically anal grogs cringe at this but I think it would be cool. If I own every single game and module put out it would be nice to have all those units and even terrain available to use in one game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 DE-lightful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Xnt news! Am really looking forward to the larger maps and scenarios so we can have an almost operational feel where mobility and reserves become important again like in CM1. That's what I have always missed in CM2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furno Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 +1 Erwin The large maps are what I am most looking forward to and combine that with the ammo dumps I am a happy chappy! It will be interesting to see how the large battles unfold as to when you commit your reserves or when to counter attack. Any announcement of when we will have Ivan the Russian carrying tanks into battle on his shoulders? Or will I just have to be content with the tanks carrying the conscripts to their doom? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword56 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Will the initial EF release allow us to play in snow and other seasonal conditions? Or, will it be limited to spring/summer because that's the historical season of that campaign? I'm wondering if we'll need a snow mod a la Bulge, or whether we'll get Mother Russia in all her seasonal glory from the beginning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokko Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Had those buildings in the background been on fire I would definately have soiled my undergarnments 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Sounds more like March than June, then? Excellent news! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Will the initial EF release allow us to play in snow and other seasonal conditions? Or, will it be limited to spring/summer because that's the historical season of that campaign? I'm wondering if we'll need a snow mod a la Bulge, or whether we'll get Mother Russia in all her seasonal glory from the beginning. The base game is Summer, June-September. Other seasons will be included in follow-on module/s. You can of-course make visual mods, but the actual effects of seasonal weather and any features dependent upon it will only be implemented when the season is added. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 What uniform mod do Santa's elves wear? We may have to ask Aris to do a quick job on the sleigh as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Very cool. Nice surprise to wake up to. Can't wait to hear more about 3.0, Black Sea and Bagration. Sounds like next year is gonna rock! I wasn't sure if BFC was gonna be able to pull off tank riding but it looks nice. Judging by the vid, I am gonna guess those were placeholder, American uni textures? Now that AA is back in full, my old CMX1 "I miss it" list is narrowed down to a pittance. I think fire/flame throwers is all that's left on it. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Please try and have it ready by 4 February 2014 I have off that day and will ask the court for an early AM divorce hearing and haul a$$ home to try the new game. It is uncontested so it should go quick. yes, your honor yes, your honor thank you, your honor goodbye, your honor downloading! your honor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Glad you like what you've seen so far! 1. Not sure if we'll allow Ammo Dumps to be damaged/destroyed. There are "gamey" ramifications that could come from that. In real life you didn't have stockpiles of ammo blowing up all the time at the tactical level. So we're thinking there's some good reasons for that. Steve This seems logical and more an issue of terminology. We aren't talking a significant ammo dump with POL as well for a large unit. This seems more a couple crates of ammo. Is there any thought of being able to acquire additional items that are not currently listed in vehicles or is this strictly limited to what types of equipment can be acquired in 2.0 (For example would grenades be an item to acquire?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 (For example would grenades be an item to acquire?) I would lobby for this. Resupply with grenades was as common as rifle ammo and units were pretty lavishly provided with them. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Very cool. Nice surprise to wake up to. Can't wait to hear more about 3.0, Black Sea and Bagration. Sounds like next year is gonna rock! I wasn't sure if BFC was gonna be able to pull off tank riding but it looks nice. Judging by the vid, I am gonna guess those were placeholder, American uni textures? Now that AA is back in full, my old CMX1 "I miss it" list is narrowed down to a pittance. I think fire/flame throwers is all that's left on it. Mord. Yeah really. Taking a moment to reflect- if they were to release in May that would make it 3 years from the CMBN release. What have we gotten since then? Commonwealth CMFI Gustav Line Market Garden The 2.0 upgrade Lots of tweaks to everything from MG fire to Tank spotting and infantry AT capability. Map overlays in the editor Last night I played Last Defence for the second time to see if I could improve over my first run through. What I still think is the single best enhancement over the last 3 years is the infantry vs armor equation. Tanks are dead meat in close terrain if unescorted. The biggest issue that seems to be coming out now in the forum is folks can't keep up, we are seeing already that many are having to pick and choose what games/modules they get. It used to be we complained at the slow pace of release, now we complain that the release rate is outpacing financial resources. For those thinking ahead, you'll want to factor in purchasing the 3.0 upgrade for CMBN and CMFI whenever BF gets to it in addition to the game releases they are talking. (hint you should start saving now, put a couple bucks in a jar every week starting today and you won't have to be hoping for bundles - hell just empty your spare change every night into the jar.) I think you are right Mord, 2014 is a watershed moment. After all the crap BF has taken over the switch to CMx2, there is absolutely no question that they got it right. The vision they had back over 10 years ago is paying off big time. Congrats BF and Merry Christmas to yourselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thanks guys! A couple of quick comments: 1. No plans to go to 64 bit any time soon. Not sure it's worth the development hit for the performance gain. Partly because we're dubious the gain would be that big of a deal. 2. 2014 will contain a lot of new stuff, including Packs for both Italy and Normandy. Definitely the new Modern era game and probably the second Western Front Family (Oct 44 - May 45) 3. Yup, the bones described so far are very good ones. But not necessarily all the best ones. Always depends on personal preference 4. Initial timeframe for the first Eastern Front release is June - Sept 1944. It will expand from there until the end of the war. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Judging by the vid, I am gonna guess those were placeholder, American uni textures? Mord. no, that is Soviet infantry, textured, equipped, mean and ready to kick Nazi butts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76mm Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 отлично, наконец-то! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonRocko Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Looks good! Thanks:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thanks guys! A couple of quick comments: 2. 2014 will contain a lot of new stuff, including Packs for both Italy and Normandy. Definitely the new Modern era game and probably the second Western Front Family (Oct 44 - May 45) Steve Okay so spare change in the jar is not the best strategy.... though it wouldn't hurt. Second Western Front meaning Bulge? You are usually hopelessly optimistic Steve, but hell if you weren't we likely wouldn't have CMx2 at all. I'd settle for Bulge in 2015 as it will take Mord that long to do all the unit icons for the Eastern Front and Modern game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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