Battlefront.com 0 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 We're close to release, but not quite there yet! The Demos are now out for all to enjoy while we finish things up. Let me explain... When we set out to remake CMSF1 into CMSF2 we made a decision to release the Base Game and the three Modules all at once. This allows people to purchase Bundles right away instead of facing the decision to buy sooner, one full priced piece at a time, or wait until we have everything out for a bulk discount. Since it would suck for you guys to face this choice we opted to release everything at once. The downside of releasing everything at once is having to rework the content of effectively 4 games at one time. That's a total of something like 150 battles (stand alone + campaigns) that needed reworking. As you can imagine it's not just adding the updated style of Briefings, it's about making sure the scenarios are properly balanced with all the game changes from the past 10 years. Adding FoW fortifications, AI Plan overhauls, touching up maps, etc. and then going through the testing cycle make sure everything works right takes a long time to do. More than we expected, that's for sure. OK, OK, OK... I know you're wondering what this all means in terms of a release timeframe. What we've decided to do is stop making you wait until every single scenario and the 6 campaigns are totally done. Instead, we're moving towards releasing all the stand alone scenarios, the Base Game campaign (TF Lighting), and the campaign for Marines (Semper Fi!) in one go. That's a couple hundred hours of entertainment right there, not to mention what QuickBattles adds to the mix. That should keep you busy while we finish reworking the British and three NATO campaigns I don't think we can get it out the door by the end of October, but we don't want it to be much longer than that. We released Upgrade 4 at Christmas time last year and we'd rather not do that again for understandable reasons. I'll give you guys another update at the end of the month. Thanks for your patience! This has been a labor of love for sure, with almost equal emphasis on both the labor and the love! Steve 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vergeltungswaffe 345 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Update greatly appreciated. I'm firmly in the "I have so much CM to keep me busy, release dates don't matter" but I will gladly hoover up all the new stuff as you finish it. 😉 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Xorg_Xalargsky 106 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thank you for the update! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ithikial_AU 550 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 26 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said: OK, OK, OK... I know you're wondering what this all means in terms of a release timeframe. What we've decided to do is stop making you wait until every single scenario and the 6 campaigns are totally done. Instead, we're moving towards releasing all the stand alone scenarios, the Base Game campaign (TF Lighting), and the campaign for Marines (Semper Fi!) in one go. That's a couple hundred hours of entertainment right there, not to mention what QuickBattles adds to the mix. That should keep you busy while we finish reworking the British and three NATO campaigns So I'm guessing that community idea of merging all the campaigns into a single giant one so players can play all the engagements in chronological order is not on the cards then? Good luck with the release. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AttorneyAtWar 227 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thank you! I can't wait! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McMortison 18 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thanks for the update. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Emrys 504 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Battlefront.com said: The Demos are now out... And that, I perceive is a Good Thing. Michael 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SgtHatred 147 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thanks. Will the Quickbattle content for the earlier release include all CMSF2 units, or just the Base game + Marines? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
domfluff 452 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 If they're releasing "all standalone scenarios", then you'd assume that Quick Battle content would be complete as well. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Fusselpulli 20 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Valuable information, thank you 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
c3k 718 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 If you haven't downloaded and tried the Demo, well, you're a slacker. Get it! (Hey, it's free.) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snarre 47 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 good job ☺️ and thanks for the update , what is status for game engine 4 patch ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trooper117 64 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Glad that things are coming along... but it would be really great if we could have the base game and the British Forces add on first, I mean... who's really interested in a bunch of web foots? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ultradave 379 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 4 hours ago, SgtHatred said: Thanks. Will the Quickbattle content for the earlier release include all CMSF2 units, or just the Base game + Marines? Quick battles have everything available. And while they don’t work in the demo you can see the standard interface 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
71st_Mastiff 11 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) it's like i'm a psychic and new this was coming today...I should play the damn loto, then be in here trolling the forums... Edited October 17, 2018 by 71st_Mastiff 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AtheistDane 35 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) Great news! So will we still be able to buy the base game and all modules at release, and have access to British and NATO units? Edited October 17, 2018 by AtheistDane 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battlefront.com 0 Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 7 hours ago, Ithikial_AU said: So I'm guessing that community idea of merging all the campaigns into a single giant one so players can play all the engagements in chronological order is not on the cards then? Very perceptive of you 51 minutes ago, AtheistDane said: So will we still be able to buy the base game and all modules at release, and have access to British and NATO units? Yes. As mentioned above, all of the forces (units) in the Modules are all set. What's not set is some of the Campaigns. In practical terms what this means is if you purchase British and/or NATO Modules you'll get full access to all the forces and stand alone battles, but the Campaigns will be the same as CMSF1. We're including them more-or-less as placeholders. Personally, I'd recommend not playing them even though you definitely can if you want to. Steve 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Artkin 136 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Of course we will want to. I'm particularly interested in smashing blufor against one another 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
domfluff 452 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Ultradave said: Quick battles have everything available. And while they don’t work in the demo you can see the standard interface Which is exciting - "Mountains" and some of the Unit types are intriguing. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SgtHatred 147 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 8 hours ago, domfluff said: If they're releasing "all standalone scenarios", then you'd assume that Quick Battle content would be complete as well. 'F' for reading on my part. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snake726 25 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thanks for the update! Keep up the good work. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Holman 39 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thanks for this news! Very good to hear. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ncc1701e 292 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thanks team, I understand adapting / play testing all the scenarios / campaigns is not easy task and certainly time consuming. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slippy 46 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Thanks for the update, appreciated 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ts4EVER 71 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Hmmm... do you think it is a good idea to do that? It is one thing if you communicate this here and I totally see your reasoning, but if you include these campaigns in an unfinished state, you are technically releasing a faulty or buggy product. Not every customer browses the forums and will be able or willing to get this information. I'd be careful with that from a marketing perspective. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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