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Dutch Grenadier
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I hope the 4.0 update will bring German tankriders for all modules.
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Bletchley_Geek
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I don't think the revenue generated by the games is able to support many (as in more than three perhaps) people working full-time. There's so much you can do with some members of the team working part-time (my guess is that both Phil C. and Chris are not working full time) and volunteers doing most of the 3D modeling, texturing work and testing. You hit some unseen problem or uncover a nasty bug, and your schedule just flies out of the window... what is amazing is that they eventually manage to deliver.
Some news about "Snow" in the new Bulge game:
Changes have been made to snow, but now I forget if we tweaked the shader specifically. I can say that snow now has 3D depth to it when appropriate.
Steve
(see here: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/121082-cm-bulge-release/?do=findComment&comment=1640571)
Should be interesting to see how this works out.
Changes have been made to snow, but now I forget if we tweaked the shader specifically. I can say that snow now has 3D depth to it when appropriate.
Steve
(see here: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/121082-cm-bulge-release/?do=findComment&comment=1640571)
Should be interesting to see how this works out.
Does that mean that you've already seen it in-game?
Yes but just as a casual observer as things go along. Battlefront reminds me of a duck. On the top everything is calm and slow but under the water their legs are kicking like hell. There is a lot of work going into it and I look forward to the release the same as everyone else.
http://community.battlefront.com/topic/120863-cm-battle-of-the-bulge-stream-gameplay/
Hopefully they fix the unnatural popping up and down as tanks go from snow to a non snow tile. See 19'40 and 22'15. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one and hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Staying positive.
Hopefully they fix the unnatural popping up and down as tanks go from snow to a non snow tile. See 19'40 and 22'15. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one and hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Staying positive.
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Zinzan
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To be honest I'll just be grateful when they get it out.
Combat Mission is the wargame I dreamed about when I first played a computer wargame in '87. Then i dreamed of being able to recreate the 1/300th and 15mm tabletop games of my youth. So far it is better than that (graphically/convenience and accuracy) and I see it only getting better.
However having seen the evolution of "serious" wargaming on the PC from then to now, I understand that this is a SLOW evolutionary process constrained by technical developements (software - & hardware - is designed around fast & flashy FPS's not technical accuracy) and small budgets (primarily caused by it being a small niche within a niche market.)
I am not trying to be the grumpy old man who has seen it all and muttering in the corner (twas better in my day) - this is a great time to be a wargamer. BUT I do try to be reasonable as well as mildy crazy and unbalenced.
Combat Mission is the wargame I dreamed about when I first played a computer wargame in '87. Then i dreamed of being able to recreate the 1/300th and 15mm tabletop games of my youth. So far it is better than that (graphically/convenience and accuracy) and I see it only getting better.
However having seen the evolution of "serious" wargaming on the PC from then to now, I understand that this is a SLOW evolutionary process constrained by technical developements (software - & hardware - is designed around fast & flashy FPS's not technical accuracy) and small budgets (primarily caused by it being a small niche within a niche market.)
I am not trying to be the grumpy old man who has seen it all and muttering in the corner (twas better in my day) - this is a great time to be a wargamer. BUT I do try to be reasonable as well as mildy crazy and unbalenced.