JonS Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Where I see the CM: Normandy's bridges having the biggest impact is when the forces and bridges are carefully arranged so that the player has to make operational decisions based on the locations and types of crossing points. [wistful]It'd be neat to have the option to hide the carrying capacity of a bridge until something that exceeds the capacity tries to cross it. That'd really mess with player's minds and with their tactical plans.[/wistful] I'm actually at a loss that I even have to explain why bridges are important, ... That'd be because he was actually talking about being able to move under bridges, not the existence of bridges at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackcat Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Looking at the screen shots again, I find myself needing to ask, "Whose grass mod are you using?" Ah, those long lost days of innocence when CMBO was young and a new world (and years of great gaming) were just opening up before us. Perhaps when the Normady Demo is about to released we can have a night a "night of the refreshing monkeys" as a commemoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_the_wino Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 I plan to use the bridges to make an entire underground complex. Maybe I'll even make a DOOM total makeover. That would be one wicked work around for tunnels, yes? Get working on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Charles just has to make a few small modifications to the code. I am not a programmer, but I am sure they are easy to do. If I can't make underground complexes in CM: Normandy, the game will be fatally flawed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I hope this ain't off topic, but if we have different types (sizes) of bridges, does this mean we have different types of rivers, too? Everything else seems to be unlogic for a temperate environment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I imagine that it will be possible to have 8m wide rivers, 16m wide rivers, 24m wide rivers and so on. Hopefully there will be a couple of sub-8m rivers as well, like there is a trench now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Hopefully there will be a couple of sub-8m rivers as well, like there is a trench now. Ditches with water in the bottom perhaps? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 What would be quite amusing would be to have a simulated water table in largely flat maps. Dig a trench in the flood plain and presto! it's full of water. But I might be being a little bit silly there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 What would be quite amusing would be to have a simulated water table in largely flat maps. Dig a trench in the flood plain and presto! it's full of water. But I might be being a little bit silly there. No here's silly ... a U-Boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 What's silly is that in 1945 Kriegsmarine tried to become offensive again with packs of F.U.-Boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Call the UXO team because that's still offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukkov Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I've been rereading "Night Drop", getting in the mood. I can picture the flooded fields, the hedgerows, causeways, and yes bridges. The artwork alone for Normandy will be a real chore I'm sure. As much as I'd like CMN yesterday, I'd rather wait till you're satisfied with releasing a quality product. God speed you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 NATO, Afghanistan, Normandy, then Commonwealth, then Bulge, then God knows what else. I'm afraid to purchase other games for fear of running out out hard disk space for all the new CM products in the works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffsmith Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 SNIP then God knows what else. SNIP East Front !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Space Lobsters!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxnoctum Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Man I want East Front so bad. Normandy is so played out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Haw! That reminds me of back-in-the-day when I was following the hobby kit releases. The armor enthusiasts always yearned for the tank that wasn't out as a kit yet. Of course when their dream tank eventually came out the bloom was immediately off the rose. Everybody and his brother wanted to see a decent Cromwell & T55 kit... until Tamiya produced them. Its always that kit - and that wargame title - that's just beyond reach that is the most enticing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costard Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Man I want East Front so bad. Normandy is so played out. [wishful thinking]If we make them enough money, BF may just think again about producing another BB. After all, it must be regarded by many as the pinnacle work of their art; they may feel the need to do what they did then, for reasons other than the money?[/wishful thinking] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Its always that kit - and that wargame title - that's just beyond reach that is the most enticing. Surely you thought of CM:Korea when you typed this! Best regards, Thomm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxnoctum Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 [wishful thinking]If we make them enough money, BF may just think again about producing another BB. After all, it must be regarded by many as the pinnacle work of their art; they may feel the need to do what they did then, for reasons other than the money?[/wishful thinking] I was pretty sure they said they were planning on doing East Front in the next 1-2 years after Normandy, Commonwealth, Nato and Bulge. Now you've got me scared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 East Front game (or maybe games, if western front 1944-45 is two games?) will come at some point, that much is certain. I don't know if any order has been cut into stone yet, but those things are so far ahead that there's no point in obsessing about them yet. Let's obsess about Normandy first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I was pretty sure they said they were planning on doing East Front in the next 1-2 years after Normandy, Commonwealth, Nato and Bulge. Now you've got me scared Don't be. Check out Steve's reply about the Eastern Front here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yup, have no fear. Just because we release a game with particular content, and it's well received, doesn't mean we never cover that content again. That would put us out of business rather quickly! As for CMBB being the "pinnacle" of Battlefront's time as a developer... not really. CMBO probably could be said to be that so far, but we expect it to lose its crown pretty soon. Having said that, CMBB was my personal favorite of the CMx1 games even though it didn't sell a well as CMBO (or even as much as at least one, maybe two, non-CM games we carry). Eastern Front grogs have a hard time understanding why this is so, but it is so and therefore that's all that matters. As an enlightened Eastern Front grog myself, I do understand why this is even though I personally don't agree with it. It's like incompetent and gridlocked politicians... I understand why they are completely useless, but I don't agree with it What that said, I can't tell you the exact order that CMx2 games will be released. There are all kinds of variables there. What I can tell you is eventually we will have at least four "Families" of Eastern Front products. Once we get started on them they will follow one after the other fairly quickly. It will never match CMBB in terms of sheer content, though, since we have no plans to cover all of the Axis Minors we had in CMBB. Based on our experiences they won't be missed by many (I'll miss 'em!). Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76mm Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 What I can tell you is eventually we will have at least four "Families" of Eastern Front products. Once we get started on them they will follow one after the other fairly quickly. It will never match CMBB in terms of sheer content, though I guess the four "families" will be games that won't be compatible together? It would be pretty awesome to be able to share the same maps among the four families. If we can't do this, the East Front games will be FATALLY FLAWED (hahahaha). Seriously though, it would be great to be able to have as wide a mix as possible in selecting troops, weather, terrain, etc. rather than having to play only the four selected campaigns. I guess that ain't gonna happen, though... Call me shallow, but I won't miss the Rumanians or Hungarians much (or at all, really), but sure hope to see partisans (with female snipers of course ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 What that said, I can't tell you the exact order that CMx2 games will be released. There are all kinds of variables there. What I can tell you is eventually we will have at least four "Families" of Eastern Front products. Once we get started on them they will follow one after the other fairly quickly. It will never match CMBB in terms of sheer content, though, since we have no plans to cover all of the Axis Minors we had in CMBB. Based on our experiences they won't be missed by many (I'll miss 'em!). Steve Will the separate families be connected or share-able? As in, can Family-A use AFV-B from Family-C? It would be great to have all these families able to come under one roof for a long unit list. Edit: Beat me to to it 76mm. Oh and yeah, I must confess too, I won't miss the minor nations either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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