Question about updates

[Joch1955]

ORIGINAL: stickley92

The updates for CMSF2

CM2 Shock Force 2
CMSF2 Engine 4 (v2.03)
CMSF2 Updated Campaigns

Would these need to be installed if your using the new Steam version?

CMSF2 on Steam includes all the previous updates, so no need to instal anything else. There will be an updated Brit campaign coming out, but that will be free.

[GA01]

This developer is going to get crucified on Steam with his upgrade or patch policy. The "so-called" upgrades listed in 776mm's post are typically included for free in patches for games on Steam. Steam forums are brutal and this is not going to be pretty. Unforgently Slitherine is also going to catch hell over this.

[76mm]

ORIGINAL: GA01
This developer is going to get crucified on Steam with his upgrade or patch policy. The "so-called" upgrades listed in 776mm's post are typically included for free in patches for games on Steam.

Honestly I'm not sure that this will be an issue for the simple reason that I doubt that there will be any "upgrades" for the foreseeable future, maybe another minor patch or two, but that's it.

While this is just a guess, my interpretation of this whole CM move to Steam is Battlefront shifting focus to other stuff (military contracts, etc.), and so I'm not sure how much effort we'll see on the CM games for the foreseeable future. I would say that "hopefully" the CMRT module--which supposedly has been "almost ready" for something like three years now--will be released at some point, but frankly I don't care any more.

[Hexagon]

Maybe is like you said 76mm... move CM2 to Steam-Matrix is only possible because the "civil part" is finished and after release of "Fire and ruble" no more work is going to be made... as you said, when an expansion is reado to release in 3 years and is not yet out... i expect see someday North Africa or a never touched WWII front but...

Steam forums are going to be brutal specially when you ask that amount of money and are other games in market in continuous improvement and releasing content all the time.