any chance of a CMBO 2 ?

[scottie]

i always felt that western europe / normandy was the best setting for CM. Any chance of a CMBO 2 sometime soon with updated graphics / controls etc....

would be excellect with CMC !

many thanks

scott

[scottie]

sorry just noticed some off the FAQ - looking like shockforce first then back to WW2 engine for CM.

CM campaigns looks awesome though. would be great to have this working with CMAK as its way better than CMBB.

Cheers

Scott

[John Kettler]

scottie,

There is an ongoing effort in the CMAK community to convert CMBO scenarios to CMAK format, including, I believe, a set of Normandy scenarios. This is because CMAK not only covers North Africa and Crete,

but also Sicily and Italy. This provides for most of the vehicles used D-Day and thereafter, but if they didn't see service in Sicily or Italy, then they're not going to be available for Normandy scenarios and beyond. ISTR this includes King Tigers and Jagdtigers, to give a couple of prominent examples.

By playing CMBO scenarios under CMAK, though, you gain some real advantages over original CMBO. These include dust, cover arcs, better MG modeling, more realistic suppression effects, more realistic artillery, etc. What you could do routinely in an infantry attack in CMBO is now suicide in CMAK and would be so in CMAK modded for

war in the West.

I'm sure you're disappointed the first offering with the new engine won't be WW2, but the CMAK mods I've described should take some of the sting out.

Regards,

John Kettler

[ November 13, 2005, 01:13 PM: Message edited by: John Kettler ]

[John Kettler]

scottie,

Concerning modding CMAK to play European scenarios from CMBO, please see the "Announcing CMETO" thread on the CMAK Forum. Looks like the troops involved put in a ton of work to make it happen. Happy gaming!

Regards,

John Kettler