sttp Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I'd like to add yet another "thanks" to JonS and to Battlefront. This new Battle Pack seems to have lots of great scenarios in it, and at $10... wow, what a bargain! Hope to see more official Battle Packs in the future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Downloaded and installed the BP but the new scenarios are grayed out.??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederico Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 You have to activate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I thought I did. The BP icon shows up in game. But the battles are still grayed out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 hmm, i'd go to the helpdesk. It is probably something simple, but they will get you there faster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I think I see the problem. One of the scenarios is indeed available. It seems the others require the Vehicle Pack, a $20 add-on that on release I found superfluous (YMMV) being a fan but not no longer a hardcore one. May be a case of age creep.The labor and organizational skills required to re-install BF products makes one think of the onerous procedures to acquire a taxi license in the former Soviet Union. But we live in the age of piracy so I hesitate to judge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 That would do it. The battle pack makes heavy use of the vehicle pack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Right... $10 dollars down the evacuation pipe. Life goes on with us or without us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 We tried to make the requirements as clear as possible, but unfortunately we all fall victim to pressing the Buy button without fully reading information. Or as I more often do, click on the Bid button in eBay just before I notice it's not what I thought it was. "Oh crap, the x thing isn't included and is just there to make the picture prettier? Damn!".The installation issues were cleared up with v3.10, but unfortunately some people still struggle to do it the old fashioned way by starting with v1 and working up to v3. That's definitely not a fun thing to do, hence the changes we made with v3.10. Now it's just one (large) installer and one activation per product. Legacy issues for some people aside, it's now pretty smooth going. All future CM products will use the same methodology as CMBN so we'll avoid issues going forward.Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I had a very smooth installation this time in contrast to previous occasions that were fraught with obscure and unsolvable (by me) problems and frustrations. So, hearty congratulations on ironing those kinks out. Carry on the good work!Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvmy88 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 GJ BF, Top notch campaign so far and finally some love for that vehicle pack, love the $10 esp after already giving you guys around 400.00 for this great series. keep up the good work. #showgunnerssomelove #ROFfeature for MG's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Yeah, there are a lot of trees on that one. That's the only one with that density of trees though.Edit: 'The Copse' and 'A Crossroads Near Brussels' are probably good scens to start with. Just played X Roads, nice scenario revisiting a famous English victory. Only got a tactical victory but some good small action fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 JonS, Enjoying the battle pack. Just played Celer et Audax.SPOILERS....... I played both sides on this one. For the first battle, I took the German side, thinking the AI wouldn't handle an attack well. Then I saw in your designer's notes that it should be played British vs AI or anything goes. I played it out as attacker anyway and it was fun. That is certainly a very dark night. Visibility was terrible.I then decided to try it as British vs AI, figuring that the visibility would negate any advantage I had already knowing what the German force was.The battle played out well, even with me knowing what I was facing.However, I was unable to find the PIAT in the HQ halftrack, or for that matter, in any of the other vehicles. I crewed them quickly and searched for the PIAT but it was not present, though mentioned in the briefing. I wouldn't have looked except that it was specifically mentioned in the briefing.A glitch, perhaps?It didn't mess up my enjoyment of the battle. My men were lobbing grenades at the enemy tank at distances of 5 meters over walls. It was crazy.Thought I would mention this in case you weren't aware.Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absolutmauser Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 JonS, Enjoying the battle pack. Just played Celer et Audax.SPOILERS....... I played both sides on this one. For the first battle, I took the German side, thinking the AI wouldn't handle an attack well. Then I saw in your designer's notes that it should be played British vs AI or anything goes. I played it out as attacker anyway and it was fun. That is certainly a very dark night. Visibility was terrible.I then decided to try it as British vs AI, figuring that the visibility would negate any advantage I had already knowing what the German force was.The battle played out well, even with me knowing what I was facing.However, I was unable to find the PIAT in the HQ halftrack, or for that matter, in any of the other vehicles. I crewed them quickly and searched for the PIAT but it was not present, though mentioned in the briefing. I wouldn't have looked except that it was specifically mentioned in the briefing.A glitch, perhaps?It didn't mess up my enjoyment of the battle. My men were lobbing grenades at the enemy tank at distances of 5 meters over walls. It was crazy.Thought I would mention this in case you weren't aware.Heinrich505I can't find it either! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absolutmauser Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I can't find it either! I pulled it up in the scenario editor and the platoon HQ's track has been removed from the mission. If you "revive" it, it will be sitting outside of the building the platoon leader is in and the PIAT is in there. =) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Absolutmauser, Good catch. Clicking on the greyed-out vehicle in the scenario editor and saving as an overwrite puts it right there by the building, with the PIAT and 5 rounds. Thanks.Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethaface Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) Great to see this released! Haven't had time to play any CM lately but have ordered this for when I do have ;-) I think the concept of battle packs is great. Edited March 18, 2016 by Lethaface 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordhedgwich Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 On 3/3/2016 at 0:38 PM, Childress said: Right... $10 dollars down the evacuation pipe. Life goes on with us or without us. Well even with the VP its only 30 bucks and you get 12 scenarios, 2 campaigns, and some QB maps. Really great value however for future I hope they dont reuse 5-6 scenarios with just different TO&E's I would have rather had 5-6 completely different scenarios. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 9 hours ago, lordhedgwich said: ... for future I hope they dont reuse 5-6 scenarios with just different TO&E's I would have rather had 5-6 completely different scenarios. Meanwhile a bunch of other people are thrilled to have what if different versions of some scenarios - it is a different kind of fun. As with everything we each have to decide if something appeals to us enough to make it worth buying or not. No one release of everything will make ever single customer totally happy - I know not news to you are any one else really... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 It probably wouldn't be a bad idea for the next Battlepack release to list the scenarios and there descriptions so people know what they are about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilM Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 5 minutes ago, IanL said: Meanwhile a bunch of other people are thrilled to have what if different versions of some scenarios - it is a different kind of fun. As with everything we each have to decide if something appeals to us enough to make it worth buying or not. No one release of everything will make ever single customer totally happy - I know not news to you are any one else really... Me included! (The bold bit ...) I thought this was a really neat idea. I know one can use the editor to accomplish something similar, but being basically a lazy so and so, I was happy to have some alternative, what if, kind of battles over the same map created for me ... You cannot please all of the people, all of the time. I guess BF would just be happy if they got to please *some* of us, *some* of the time ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Raptorx7 said: It probably wouldn't be a bad idea for the next Battlepack release to list the scenarios and there descriptions so people know what they are about. You mean ... something like the post which started this very thread? As you can imagine, I'm really pleased y'all are enjoying the scenarios! There's a nice wee write up about the pack here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Must say that the setting and map for Dropzone Charlie is simply awesome. Can see myself coming back to the different versions (as well as Linnett II) and sides several times. Really well made. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordhedgwich Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 On 3/23/2016 at 10:24 AM, IanL said: Meanwhile a bunch of other people are thrilled to have what if different versions of some scenarios - it is a different kind of fun. As with everything we each have to decide if something appeals to us enough to make it worth buying or not. No one release of everything will make ever single customer totally happy - I know not news to you are any one else really... I never said it was worth buying just stating my preference to me the mix in to&e wasnt enough to make me want to replay them. That being said the price of the VP + BP is only 30 dollars and you are getting almost the same amount of content as you get in a module for less which is great and I hope to see more battlepacks I hope it was a success so we see some made after the Italian force pack releases 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 JonS, Just finished playing DZ Charlie (a), the US paras version. Managed a total victory with the surrender of the Luftwaffe and about 35 minutes to go, playing Elite. What a remarkable battle. I won't post spoilers but the challenges are really something. Several of my recent screen shots came from this battle - I posted them in the screenshot thread. You really need to know your infantry tactics on this one. The opening is pretty much like herding cats - total chaos. Then again, when everyone lands there is always the reorganization period because all the troops are scattered. I thought this was well simulated. I really enjoyed this battle, and the map was extraordinary. Casualties are easy to amass if you don't plan out the moves well. Because there are so many victory locations I found that I really had about 6 separate battles going on within the big one. This made it really neat, because you had to approach each victory location differently with different mixes of troops. It meant that it took a long time to play out, but each turn was comprised of several different struggles. Very nicely done. I'll wait for a while before I try the British paras version so the enemy locations won't be fresh in my memory. Thanks for your efforts. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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