Hister Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 3 hours ago, rocketman said: Word is spreading on Youtube as well Very good enthusiasm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraze Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 8/6/2020 at 1:31 PM, Battlefront.com said: In short... we're not worried. In the end, it only matters how much money we make. We already have a solid community to draw from for feedback and support, so for us Steam is all about the money. I like this change of rhetoric over the past 5 years when Steam was seemingly the enemy of all things money. But eh, better late than never, so :salute: On 8/6/2020 at 12:33 AM, com-intern said: Honestly people are panicking way too much over Steam reviews. To the point that I actually question whether people commenting actually use the platform. Here are some reviews for "serious wargames" many of which look significantly worse than CM. Some of these are literally chits on a map. Steam has a fairly large community which is extremely starved for realistic military games. They will "mostly positive" anything that has any kind of bullet drop in it. Combat Mission will be getting those upvotes in droves. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 To quote Hamlet: "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." An existential opinion I can quibble with but, applied to the topic of Steam, its probably appropriate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Tamson Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Good news, albeit long overdue. I've never understood the meta on these forums that there is a "typical Steam user" when there are games like Scourge of War Waterloo - less accessible than CM and with graphics performance that makes CM look like it's on speed - that are rated Mostly Positive on Steam. Anyway, aside from hoping that the vastly increased exposure through Steam will lead to significant future investment in the titles, for me one of the biggest windfalls from this partnership would be if CM integrated with Slitherine's PBEM system. If you are a regular player of Field of Glory 2 or similar you will already know what a boon this is to quickly getting multiple games going with randoms or friends. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bufo Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 On 8/8/2020 at 4:33 AM, Battlefront.com said: Sorry for the slow response. Our arrangement with Slitherine is for Windows only as they don't handle Mac games at all, as far as I know. The way I see it is if we like the way things work out for Steam (good chance of it), and we increase our product load with Slitherine (pretty much a sure bet), we'll try to work something out. Timeline before knowing these two things? Before 2020 ends. Steve The good news is Steam has an in-built compatibility layer (Proton). I already tested one CM demo and it worked perfectly. So most probably CMSF2 will run fine under Linux and Mac without the need to introduce system specific code. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkin Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Off the the Steam site: OS: Windows 10 Additional Notes: The game does not work in a virtualized environment (virtual machine) I might be wrong and that would be a good thing. But I think you ran the demo off a download from the Battlefront site where the non Windows app is available. The demo link on Steam takes you to Battlefront directly. Mac users may have to wait a little bit. But it will be well worth it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bufo Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 4 hours ago, kevinkin said: But I think you ran the demo off a download from the Battlefront site where the non Windows app is available. The demo link on Steam takes you to Battlefront directly. I ran the demo (the one for windows) on Linux with Proton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky_Strike Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 8 hours ago, kevinkin said: Off the the Steam site: OS: Windows 10 Additional Notes: The game does not work in a virtualized environment (virtual machine) I might be wrong and that would be a good thing. But I think you ran the demo off a download from the Battlefront site where the non Windows app is available. The demo link on Steam takes you to Battlefront directly. Mac users may have to wait a little bit. But it will be well worth it. As an aside, I ran CMBN, RT, FB and FI in various virtual environments on a Mac without too many issues. The games were playable, so long as the scenario wasn’t too big, and most features worked quite well except for some of the weather atmospherics which rely much more on the GPU. Modern virtual environments have come a long way in recent years. If memory serves me right (not quite so often these days) I used Wine, Crossover and VMWare Fusion. YMMV. I know this isn’t suitable for Steam and doesn’t really make any sense if one can already use the Mac version of the game on a real Mac, but it does point the way to a virtualised OS independent future perhaps. Another option for Mac/Linux users, who want to use Steam, may be to use the Shadow service as it becomes available, or similar? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkin Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 OK ... this is good news for many. I guess the only downside for Steam players is that those environments are not officially supported by BF right now. But does not mean players can't have a lot of fun in the meantime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultradave Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, kevinkin said: Off the the Steam site: OS: Windows 10 Additional Notes: The game does not work in a virtualized environment (virtual machine) I might be wrong and that would be a good thing. But I think you ran the demo off a download from the Battlefront site where the non Windows app is available. The demo link on Steam takes you to Battlefront directly. Mac users may have to wait a little bit. But it will be well worth it. I don't know about Steam specifically but I've run the W10 version of Black Sea on my MacBook Pro with Parallels Desktop with no problem at all. Indistinguishable from running it natively on the Mac. In that case I had a specific reason for doing so, but I normally wouldn't bother just to use Steam Dave Edited August 11, 2020 by Ultradave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) Looks like Slitherine is going to be demoing CMSF2 as part of the Connections Wargaming Conference on Twitch today at 3pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/slitherinegroup Edited August 11, 2020 by akd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IICptMillerII Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, akd said: Looks like Slitherine is going to be demoing CMSF2 as part of the Connections Wargaming Conference on Twitch today at 3pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/slitherinegroup I really hope they have someone playing who knows what the hell they're doing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) Looks like this is actually a demo of the “professional” version, at least they have titled it as such, and Steve seems to be presenting. edit: actually standard CMBS being demoed, but discussion is potential of CM professional. Edited August 11, 2020 by akd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IICptMillerII Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 This is very cool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexUK Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Can we view it after it is finished? Caught mention of full battle replay in the works 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) Yeah, I think full video becomes available when the stream ends. Here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/707289746 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/707916676 Edited August 12, 2020 by akd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Who was the presenter? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IICptMillerII Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, AlexUK said: Caught mention of full battle replay in the works I heard that too, though it wasn't clear to me if this feature is only for the Pro version of the game or if it will make its way to the commercial version. I certainly hope it makes its way to the commercial version. 2 minutes ago, Hister said: Who was the presenter? I believe it was Steve himself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Just now, IICptMillerII said: I heard that too, though it wasn't clear to me if this feature is only for the Pro version of the game or if it will make its way to the commercial version. I certainly hope it makes its way to the commercial version. I believe it was Steve himself. Oh, cool, first time I hear Steve's voice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Of course I could only think of one question. Kinda wanting the Professional version now though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, IICptMillerII said: I really hope they have someone playing who knows what the hell they're doing... That was me. Steve was narrating, I was playing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, ChrisND said: That was me. Steve was narrating, I was playing. Good skillz! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 21 minutes ago, akd said: Yeah, I think full video becomes available when the stream ends. Here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/707289746 Darn missed it... If anyone finds it please post a link. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Some iffy targetting going on there IMHO.....Not sure @Bil Hardenberger would approve. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 15 minutes ago, Holien said: Darn missed it... If anyone finds it please post a link. It can be viewed at this link 3 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Some iffy targetting going on there IMHO.....Not sure @Bil Hardenberger would approve. I'll critique Chris's play once I get a chance to watch it myself. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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