BFCElvis Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Here's the announcement that was made by Matrix today: Matrix Games and Battlefront are pleased to announce the first Combat Mission: Cold War public Beta tournament is now open. Anyone who has Combat Mission: Cold War can enter. You can join the tournament from within the game: • Go to > SAVED GAMES & PBEM > Join Automatic PBEM++ & Tournaments > Sign in > Select Beta Tournament and click [JOIN] The first round will commence on Monday, 4th July 2022 9:00 GMT. There will be 2 Rounds with 10 days for each round: · First round’s goal is capturing a bridge · Second round is evacuation through a small village. Players will need to average 1.5 turns a day to complete each Round in the allowed time. This is faster than normal as it is a Beta test tournament. Password protection is built into the PBEM files but this feature isn't needed for tournaments so we advise you to leave all password fields blank. Missions Description: • US Rangers try to take a bridge away from Soviet Recon • 17 July 1982. Soviet armored elements lead the exploitation of their unit's breakthrough. US CAV units seek to interdict them Are you ready for the battle? You have time to join till Monday, 4th July 2022 9:00 GMT. Here is how to Join a tournament: Install the new v1.04 patch. Once installed, open the game and follow these steps: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Would have loved to give this a run through but just cuts across a trip to USA so would not be able to do the turns required. I hope it goes well and will keep eye open for future events... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 I also just checked and joining through the Matrix website works as well, in addition to the in game joining method:https://www.matrixgames.com/tournaments (This is a public beta because it's all new to us. There is no way to test some of this stuff without it also being publicly available) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexUK Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 A real shame Mac users cannot do this, and it sounds like they never will. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey_Fox Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Will windows users running 1.04 still be able to play normal PBEMs against mac users runnin 1.03? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultradave Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 15 hours ago, AlexUK said: A real shame Mac users cannot do this, and it sounds like they never will. This is correct, unfortunately. PBEM++ is a Windows PC only function. I've tried running CM games using Parallels Desktop but the performance was painful. I don't know if it would be better in Bootcamp - haven't tried. Might be worth a try. 14 hours ago, Grey_Fox said: Will windows users running 1.04 still be able to play normal PBEMs against mac users runnin 1.03? Yes, same as always. Dave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcoe Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 This probably isn't the place but when I try to sign up to Matrix Games it keeps same "The token is null" anyone know what the hell that means? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Sorry to say this but the MP needs to be redone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 /pokes at the thing with a 10 feet stick first 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 There appears to be an issue with the Matrix servers. It will be looked into when they return on Monday 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THH149 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I'm wondering if I should enter this, but I'm in the Australian time zone. What's ppls experience playing others across very different time zones? THH 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 10 hours ago, THH149 said: I'm wondering if I should enter this, but I'm in the Australian time zone. What's ppls experience playing others across very different time zones? THH The last Beta AAR I did was with Fire and Rubble. My opponent, Ithikial_AU lives in Australia and I live on the East coast of the US. We managed a couple of turns per day. It usually worked out that I woke up to a turn and then had another one that night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 The Matrix server is back up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 4:24 PM, Grey_Fox said: Will windows users running 1.04 still be able to play normal PBEMs against mac users runnin 1.03? Yes, the v1.04 won't break existing battles. The only change for v1.04 was the addition of the tournament feature. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 11:45 AM, Simcoe said: This probably isn't the place but when I try to sign up to Matrix Games it keeps same "The token is null" anyone know what the hell that means? The Matrix server went down. It is up again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 We've pushed the beginning of the battles back a few days until Monday. There was an issue discovered with the scoring. It has been found and fixed and a new build needs to be spread around before we can start. Monday was decided as the date that should give us plenty of time to do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcoe Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Just joined the tournament. This will be my first multiplayer match and I'm looking forward to it. With my luck my opponent will be Bil Hardenberger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 14 hours ago, Simcoe said: With my luck my opponent will be Bil Hardenberger. HA!!!! That's brilliant! I'm able to see the Matrix user names that have joined. I haven't seen Bil's name........yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcoe Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 1 hour ago, BFCElvis said: HA!!!! That's brilliant! I'm able to see the Matrix user names that have joined. I haven't seen Bil's name........yet. Haha. I was worried I might show up on the blog! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Kulin Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 I sent my first turn back on Monday morning and I have not received anything back. I have no way to contact my opponent as there is nothing visible in the PBEM++ menu once I played my turn (password phase only so far). I am not even sure of his/her user name (something starting with a "Z" I think). Seeing this is a Beta Test here is a suggestion or two: Set it up in some manner that keeps active games listed, with username + e-mail for reference. Include a chat mechanism to message your opponent (like H2HH did) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcoe Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Same here. My opponent went first and I got an email. I did my orders and pressed the GO key but no indication that the other person got it. I found out their name and reached out on Discord but no response so who knows if they got it. The poster above had some great suggestions. I would like to add getting an email to confirm that the turn was successfully processed/opponent received it would be great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) Yeah only way to see who your playing is from the Slitherine site at the tourney section. Scroll down past the point rankings to the match-ups listed below it. Here's a link! This is a mirror tourney, so we all play from both sides, US and Soviet sides per round. So expect to see 2 battles listed per rd. Also the games listed under Progress++ should disappear from the list once you do your turn. For some reason mine are not and Im guessing others are having this problem as well. Its a beta tourney after all, still got some kinks to iron out! Also make sure to leave Soviet side password blank. US sides are already blank, so this cant be changed. Edited July 6, 2022 by MeatEtr 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimtechnique Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) Hi MeatEtr, I am your opponent, I would suggest reaching out on the CM discord if you are having a technical problem. They are very responsive on there so it might be possible to fix the problem in time for us to get the games in. Edited July 6, 2022 by Grimtechnique 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcoe Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 2 hours ago, MeatEtr said: Yeah only way to see who your playing is from the Slitherine site at the tourney section. Scroll down past the point rankings to the match-ups listed below it. Here's a link! This is a mirror tourney, so we all play from both sides, US and Soviet sides per round. So expect to see 2 battles listed per rd. Also the games listed under Progress++ should disappear from the list once you do your turn. For some reason mine are not and Im guessing others are having this problem as well. Its a beta tourney after all, still got some kinks to iron out! Also make sure to leave Soviet side password blank. US sides are already blank, so this cant be changed. That's weird. I was able to enter a password for the Soviet side but when I tried to play the US side it said password was incorrect. I figured I just play the Soviet side then. Again, I never heard back from my opponent so who knows. I'm playing as Byzantine1990. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_MonkeyKing Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 17 minutes ago, Simcoe said: That's weird. I was able to enter a password for the Soviet side but when I tried to play the US side it said password was incorrect. I figured I just play the Soviet side then. Again, I never heard back from my opponent so who knows. I'm playing as Byzantine1990. The other sides password is already preset to being empty. (in this case I believe the blue side) This is a technical limitation of CM2 engine when combined with the Slitherine tournament system. I hope something will be found to mediate this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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