Ithikial_AU Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Just booted up the editor in CMBN and noticed I can't mount British troops onto the back of some Shermans. Could be mistaken but wasn't 4.0 upgrade going to bring CMBN up to speed with CMFB and the other titles where tank riding is now possible. (Despite it not being the best mode of transport for poor pixeltruppen). I remember there being debates years ago on the forums about the prevalence or lack of tank riders on the Western Front, is this still part of the mindset when it comes to CMBN? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 14 hours ago, Ithikial_AU said: remember there being debates years ago on the forums about the prevalence or lack of tank riders on the Western Front, is this still part of the mindset when it comes to CMBN? The last explanation that I can recall Steve offering was that it would require more work than they could devote to it at the time. Whether it was intended to go into v4 or not I can't say. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASL Veteran Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Including tank riders requires the addition of a new vehicle model for each vehicle that can carry them so it isn't just a coding 'rule' change but rather it requires extra work on the models and or art. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithikial_AU Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 27 minutes ago, ASL Veteran said: Including tank riders requires the addition of a new vehicle model for each vehicle that can carry them so it isn't just a coding 'rule' change but rather it requires extra work on the models and or art. Ah, that would explain it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 My guess is--and I am purely speculating--that since FB includes tank riders and should expand to include CW forces, the work needed to add tankriders to CW vehicles will be done at that time, and can be "ported" back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 1 hour ago, ASL Veteran said: Including tank riders requires the addition of a new vehicle model for each vehicle that can carry them so it isn't just a coding 'rule' change but rather it requires extra work on the models and or art. Yeah I don't recall Steve ever committing to back porting tank riders to CMBN. Including them in CMFB was more a concession to German practice and mobility issues in late 1944. We might see it back ported to CMBN, but I know of no commitment to do so. Then again I have been known to be wrong more often than not 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinaldi Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) He was non-committal, that's correct. I remember him stating that there was issues viz. coding and that it wasn't worth the hastle for something that wasn't a very common combat practice prior to the gross material losses suffered by Army Group B. Which is fair, but disappointing none the less. @Ithikial_AU seems like we'll have to do without. Edited December 27, 2016 by Rinaldi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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