Redwolf Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 12:08 PM, BornGinger said: If Battlefront want to get busy with something related to Combat Mission, I'd rather have them busy with making a new game engine. When that one is done and ready to be used they could release a Barbarossa game with it. Well, they should be working on engine v5 right now, which is adaptions for modern PCs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/14/2022 at 8:35 PM, DLaurier said: Anything Ostfront in the CM series, is welcomed here. Although early war would make me neglect my girlfriend far more than late war. Be careful, or she wil switch from singleplayer to multiplayer... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary R Lukas Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I agree, let's go for 1943 Kursk, and you would have all you need for the Cherkasy Battles, I almost forgot, why is there NO STURMTIGER in the Fire and rubble game, it broke my heart not seeing it and the only time I saw them in battle was when they were shelling apartment buildings during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 In the "bones" thread I suggested that BFC pump out something I called an "Early War Scenario kit" module for CMRT, CMFI and CMBN. They could go ahead and make it "triple expensive" to try and capture their desired margin over less sales if that strategy helped them get it made. As far as I am concerned, it could be a module that skips the stock scenarios and campaigns, it could skip QB maps, etc. I would really just want the game-coded toys to make my own battles. I rattled off the various weapons they would need 3D modelled and game-coded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Rooting for 1941 - the actions around Smolensk... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Gotta jump in here to give my sig some free advertising. Whether it be a module for CMFI, a separate game or Koh's idea: "Early War Scenario kit". That is money waiting to be given. BS to North Africa not being good for sales. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 BFC COULD even make the same basic module just slightly tailored for each CM. High level of overlap. A CMRT version, a CMFI version and a CMBN version. They could crank up the cost and give us all a good squeeze for our money. I see fans of the early war and I think many folks would buy all 3 of the modules so they could have their fun. IF sales warranted it, then a "Official Scenario Packs" could be sold to again squeeze the customer base who were inclined to buy them. If someone writes an early war scenario for CMFI, then the scenario cannot be played unless the CM fan HAS that new module. right? Most of Charles's code work or parameters or whatever gets used 3 times for efficiency. I tried to find my post in the bones thread but had no luck... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 16 hours ago, kohlenklau said: BFC COULD even make the same basic module just slightly tailored for each CM. High level of overlap. A CMRT version, a CMFI version and a CMBN version. They could crank up the cost and give us all a good squeeze for our money. I see fans of the early war and I think many folks would buy all 3 of the modules so they could have their fun. IF sales warranted it, then a "Official Scenario Packs" could be sold to again squeeze the customer base who were inclined to buy them. If someone writes an early war scenario for CMFI, then the scenario cannot be played unless the CM fan HAS that new module. right? Most of Charles's code work or parameters or whatever gets used 3 times for efficiency. I tried to find my post in the bones thread but had no luck... A few years ago i would have agreed with this suggestion....Today i'm not so sure that the community would be able to produce enough scenarios and campaigns to make such a product work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Glubokii Boy said: Today i'm not so sure that the community would be able to produce enough scenarios and campaigns to make such a product work. Of course I don't know for sure what others might create. I do know that I already have a few scenarios for this time period in my goody box. They use workarounds and substitutions. Once given the actual toys I would really enjoy making more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Just now, kohlenklau said: I would really enjoy making more. I would to...but two guys (or a handful more ) does not make for a very productive community...The activities around here has gone from low to close to non existant... If a possible buyer expects very few scenarios to be made he might not be all that intrested in a product without playable content... Personally i would buy a CMBB unit roster pack this minute if it was released...even at double or tripple the cost of a new basegame....No problem at all... But i fear the demand for such a product might not be all that high any more (if it ever was...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Glubokii Boy said: But i fear the demand for such a product might not be all that high any more (if it ever was...) Yeah, but it sure is fun to fantasize we would even get something. I believe that BFC in 2022 now works with various nations for selling CM as a tailored military training product. That is their main focus. Best wishes to them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, kohlenklau said: That is their main focus. Best wishes to them. Yeah...We all need to get paid somehow... It's a bit sad though that CM seems to be slowely dying... Newer games like Warno or Regiments doesn't even come close to what BFC provides with CM... Hopefully CM3 is not just a dream 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, kohlenklau said: Yeah, but it sure is fun to fantasize we would even get something. I believe that BFC in 2022 now works with various nations for selling CM as a tailored military training product. That is their main focus. Best wishes to them. Don't forget we were told that we wouldn't be abandoned, and we were the main focus. Sigh. Then came CMPE after officially lying (Pretty sure) about its existance. It's been a really slow past few years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 19 minutes ago, Glubokii Boy said: Newer games like Warno or Regiments doesn't even come close to what BFC provides with CM... They are the same crap. Wargame, wargame airland, wargame red dragon, steel division, divison 2, warno, and now regiments. Give it up Eugen, it's crap. Men of war failed with the same business model. No innovation, just a new texture pack. It honestly makes me sick seeing all the youtube sellout channels bragging about how good the game is. It's dog****. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Regiments isn't Eugen, and it's actually pretty innovative. I do enjoy Eugen stuff too. Biggest complaint is that you're gonna be replaying the same 3 maps. MoW really hit rock bottom, but Gates of Hell breathed some life into the franchise. CM is its own genre and nothing has clenched my sphincter, as hard. I stream it from time to time, we-go is cool for replays. I own all the games + DLC, and intend to keep it that way. I'd like to see CM Eastern Front content that features non-German, non-Soviet armies. Ie. Winter War, Continuation War, Fall Blau, Budapest Offensive, Nomonhan Incident and Invasion of Manchuria. I guess I prefer modules for Red Tide, as that would gimme more QB maps and factions! Speaking of which, where's Poland People's Army? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 36 minutes ago, DerKommissar said: nothing has clenched my sphincter, as hard Love it . 36 minutes ago, DerKommissar said: I'd like to see CM Eastern Front content that features non-German, non-Soviet armies. Ie. Winter War, Continuation War, Fall Blau, Budapest Offensive, Nomonhan Incident and Invasion of Manchuria. Totaly agree. Now what incident was that ? Some of these things need a bit of development though and might not be an easy East Front add-on (i.e. Japanese/Chinese). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Oh it's not Eugen? It looks like it's the same engine. As far as I know Eugen rents that game engine to produce games with. I actually saw they created the game R.U.S.E. back in 2011 on seemingly the same engine. I really didnt look into regiments besides their trailers, which looked like an Eugen game clone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) BFC had an idea way back to make their games have "modability" and sent along the rezexplode and rezpack utility programs. The game manual explained where to put mods. Then at some point the modtag feature was introduced. I can't say if this was really an offering to modders or just an internal feature that helped them and ALSO benefited modders. Either way, it is great. Hey! Whoever thought of modtags, maybe not even BFC?---Thank you! Now, in September 2022, I can't think of anything since modtags that has increased the modability of their games. AI group increases and such do help with writing scenarios but not modding. Modders have limits that BFC could help them overcome but taking on to solve and implement is not on the BFC list of things to get done. I wish modders had a small module that would just be a huge pile of workarounds for modders. For FREE, the modders try and create content. I wish BFC would help modders do more. I guess several of the BFC insiders seem to somewhat like and often support the fringe modder work but at the very top it is a BFC business decision to focus elsewhere. Best wishes Edited September 6, 2022 by kohlenklau 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Hey Koh... I could do with some help with renaming some of the weapons graphics from CMA, CMSF and CMBS so one can get full-color graphics in CMCW (with range and caliber etc). I looked at the CW exploded bmp file and tried renaming relevant files in several ways. But, they still do not appear in CW. Eg: The M16 with the under barrel HE launcher. m16a1-m203 green; or m16m203 m16 green, or...? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 20 hours ago, Erwin said: I could do with some help Hey Tony. Sorry man. I don't have any of those modern war titles so I cannot assist you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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