Battlefront.com 0 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Hello everybody! It’s that time of year again… specifically the very beginning of it. As per long standing tradition, it’s time for me to say a few words about where things are going for Battlefront and Combat Mission in the new year and a little bit about to wrap up the previous year. As long time followers of our work know quite well, Combat Mission releases come about whenever they are ready. That makes predicting release dates pretty tricky. Sometimes they come out roughly when we think, other times a wee bit later, and rarely MUCH later. The release of CMFI Road to Victory was one of the latter. Clearly we got ourselves in too deep with that one as it was back burnered while we did CMSF2 and then took much of 2019 to complete. We’re very pleased with how it turned out, but we did learn that we’re not going to try anything like that again! The compounding “gotchas” resulting from so many new forces spanning a large swath of time added up to far more work (time) than we expected it would. It really exposed the remaining bottlenecks in our development process, that’s for sure. That said, we’ve continued working on a number of other projects throughout 2019 that are now front and center for our 2020 calendar. The most immediate of which is Fire and Rubble, the long awaited first Module for CM Red Thunder. This is a joint internal/external project which is in a very advanced state right now. How advanced? I’m glad you asked: The terrain artwork for Germany is complete Most of the German and Soviet forces that are needed are in place. This includes Waffen SS, Luftwaffe FD, Luftwaffe FJ, Kriegsmarine, and Soviet Lend Lease Volkssturm models and textures are done, with Soviet Partisans coming very soon Master Maps that cover huge swaths of key battle terrain are ready to use for battle making Campaigns are designed and ready for scenario building The inevitable question is… when will it be ready? Winter 2020 is as specific as I think I can be at this point. That’s only a few months and it seems about right for what remains. With the release of Fire and Rubble coming relatively soon, I’m guessing at least one of you might wonder what else we have planned for 2020. Might as well get that out of the way now as well We are not quite sure what the next release will be, though we know for sure it will be one of the following: CM Final Blitzkrieg Module. This will take the Western Front from the Rein to the Elbe. CM Black Sea Module. Picture US Marines, Ukrainian VDD, and Russia VDV forces added to the mix. CM Red Thunder Battle Pack. A bunch of battles for the late Summer 1944 time period was started a while back and is now moving forward again. At least one more Battle Pack, yet to be determined. And as always we’ll be working on things we’re not ready to talk about plus the customized British MoD version. We do like to keep ourselves busy! Here’s to a happy 2020 Steve P.S. Oh yeah, there’s this too... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wadepm 73 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Thanks Steve! It's going to be a good year for CM. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
George MC 627 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Excellent Guid New Year to ye a’ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bil Hardenberger 1,073 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 All I know is I will NOT be playing any scenarios on that city map. <shudder> Bil 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wadepm 73 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 10 minutes ago, Bil Hardenberger said: All I know is I will NOT be playing any scenarios on that city map. <shudder> Bil Same. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoMc67 133 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) I'm glad to hear that CM:FB will finally include the Commonwealth and take this to end of War. Joe Edited January 1 by JoMc67 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Xorg_Xalargsky 106 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Pretty excited 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freyberg 300 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Wonderful - very much looking forward to it, including some fabulous urban engagements. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commanderski 42 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Thanks for the update. Looking forward to the new modules.. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpete 15 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Thanks for the bone Steve and happy new year also for you. I can't wait to pre orders all these new sweets which are in way 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Erwin 958 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 All good news... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sequoia 182 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Is the bottom screenshot part of Berlin? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BletchleyGeek 203 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Thanks for the update and happy new year to all the team! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battlefront.com 0 Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 20 minutes ago, Sequoia said: Is the bottom screenshot part of Berlin? Good eye Steve 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt.Squarehead 1,237 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, Battlefront.com said: Volkssturm models and textures are done, with Soviet Partisans coming very soon WooYay! 21 minutes ago, Sequoia said: Is the bottom screenshot part of Berlin? I'd judge it to be this bit: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Berlin,+Germany/@52.5146526,13.3979185,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47a84e373f035901:0x42120465b5e3b70!8m2!3d52.5200066!4d13.404954 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Warts 'n' all 781 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 24 minutes ago, Sequoia said: Is the bottom screenshot part of Berlin? Looks like the island in the middle of the Spree to me. But, my eyes are 400 years old, so what do I know? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sequoia 182 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 35 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said: Good eye Steve Educated guess really. I knew Berlin had islands but I bet Budapest does too. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PIATpunk 102 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 thanks @Battlefront.com for the update! Steve, could I ask please if there would be any chance of fixing the CMBN hedgerow tac ia behaviour in the near future? 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SimpleSimon 174 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 More than happy to see new Ostfront content and happy you guys are willing to tackle pretty dense stuff like the Battle of Berlin even. Don't hold anything back, comrades... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IICptMillerII 962 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Winter on the Eastern Front, in CM, finally! Thanks for the bones! Especially glad to see that Black Sea will be getting some love in the (hopefully) near future. Looking forward to the new content. Happy New Years! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zveroboy1 285 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Nice. I am excited about the new module and the new content for Black Sea. A question : are the Seelow heights area covered by a master map? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kohlenklau 273 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Awesome news. Thanks Schwimmwagen? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macisle 464 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Thanks for the bones. And for the closer peek at that gorgeous Berlin map! Also, that first pic of the rural area is beautiful. Very natural. Looking forward to what 2020 will bring! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ithikial_AU 500 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Very nice pics. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macisle 464 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) 9 hours ago, Battlefront.com said: ...And as always we’ll be working on things we’re not ready to talk about plus the customized British MoD version. We do like to keep ourselves busy! ... Here's hoping that includes a paid upgrade. And, here's hopedy-hoping it might follow along not too long after Fire and Rubble hits the virtual shelves. 😁 Edited January 2 by Macisle 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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