Battlefront escribió:My, I missed some fun Quick batch of responses:

1. A reminder that we haven't "removed" anything from CMx2. We have not "added" everything that we want into the game system, but we have added more than we ever thought possible when we first conceived of CMBO and finished CMAK. So in terms of net effect, we're way ahead of CMx1 in terms of features. Not a complete subset of desirable CMx1 features are yet in CMx2, but they will get in eventually.

2. We very much had what we call the TCP WeGo Compromise solution on the list for CM: Normandy. Unfortunately, it had to be cut due to the critical game features (temperate environment, bridges, QB revamp, etc.) taking longer than expected. Cuts happen all the time. Since Multiplayer is played by only a subset of our customer base, other things came ahead. It's the same reason TCP/IP was cut from the original CMBO release.

3. I can say that the TCP WeGo Compromise is going to happen. I just can not say specifically when.

4. I also can't say specifically when CM: Normandy is going to ship. However, I can say that we now have a solid target date for wrapping things up. For the last year and a half it's only been a moving goal because we still had too many unknowns. The list of unknowns is rather short now and few of them have any red warning flags stuck to them

5. An exact date won't be announced, but when we open up for Preorders that will be a pretty good indication that release is roughly 4-8 weeks later. The variable time mostly has to do with production issues that may crop up at the last minute. Usually they don't, but sometimes they do.

Steve