The Road Ahead (Subject to change)

[kolc]

Glad to see VN on the list and scheduled....on my buy list

[RJL5188]

FINALLY! East Front III, West Front II and Pacific Front!
have been waiting for ages for these awesome games to be updated to todays technology!
[&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]

[sinbuster]

When you say Winter 2018 do you mean a year from now?

[MrRoadrunner]

ORIGINAL: Crossroads

Hello BradK82,

I believe that might be a tad grim look at the roadmap ahead. Granted, we're keeping it abstract yet for a while, but the near future will get more clear as we go ahead. So I'd think this all in a manner that there's a few tracks that will have a team each taking them forward.

[*] VN track, with DLCs to add to that. That's where the SE Asia would go
[*] WW2 track, with the three fronts, each under their core game as they differ in many aspects, while there's common ground as well.
[*] "Cold War / ME" track, with further ME conflicts under ME core, and then the dedicated CW core for the Fulda Gap hypotheticals as well as for the other historical CW era batles.

The thing here is that this should give us the freedom to focus on certain eras and locations at the time, and having a dedicated team to them. That's the theory anyway. So the team you want to keep focused on would be the VN team, so that they would follow up quickly with new content after VN is out.

We're laying out the groundwork to support all this, for instance the WW2 German OoB Jason posted was a common WW2 one, not like currently where they differ between EF and WF which makes the maintenance of them a nightmare. Now the core Platoon level capability is standard, while the higher level units especially Regts Bdes Divs Corps would be front specific.

But please keep the questions coming. It is why we posted this road map in the first place [:)]

Spot on Brad.
So glad to see that I am not the only one.
Not a lone voice in the wilderness. [:)]

RR

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: sinbuster

When you say Winter 2018 do you mean a year from now?

Hello sinbuster!

We are hoping to have CS: Vietnam out in next summer, and CS: East Front 1939-1941 by the end of next year.

[randy44]

good news indeed and good luck. will be eagerly waiting for both!

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: randy44

good news indeed and good luck. will be eagerly waiting for both!

Thanks randy44! [:)]

[Three63]

Will the Iraq vs Iran DLC or any other DLCs be able to be downloaded at MAtrix Games or is there going to be a 3rd party like steam I have to download it from?

[Warhorse]

Pretty sure just from Matrix.

[Jason Petho]

It’s up to Matrix to decide if our game is finally steam worthy. With all the improvements with 2.00, we really think it is.

[Andrea G]

Taking into account what is happening with CMANO's Shifting Sands I will not be disappointed if CSME will remain a purely Matrix Game [;)]

[sinbuster]

Thanks for the clarification Crossroads, I'll continue to watch this space.

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: sinbuster

Thanks for the clarification Crossroads, I'll continue to watch this space.

Betcha. CSME 2.0 out of the doors, first

[Jason Petho]

Updated: 20171104

[fritzfarlig]

where can we download the beta version ?

[Crossroads]

There is no public CSME 2.0 BETA available. However, the official UPDATE should be out, as Berto put it earlier, "in weeks, rather than in months".

[Andrea G]

What will happen with saved games?
It's better that I finish the scenario I am currently playing before downloading the update?

Sorry if you have already answered the question.

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: Andrea G

What will happen with saved games?
It's better that I finish the scenario I am currently playing before downloading the update?

Sorry if you have already answered the question.

Yes, I'd recommend keeping the previous version there as-is, for instance at

[*][font="Courier New"] \Matrix Games\Campaign Series Middle East[/font]

... and to install the new version to a new folder, for instance at

[*][font="Courier New"] \Matrix Games\Campaign Series Middle East 2.0[/font]

This way, you can finish your old battles without missing out on anything new, and at the same time you can start new battles with the latest version.

[76mm]

I dont understand...so East Front covers 1939-41 and will have DLCs, but East Front 1942-43 will be a separate game?

What will the ‘39-41 DLCs cover?

I guess we won’t see ‘42-43 (much less ‘44-45) for several years? Why not make them DLCs rather than separate games someverything can be played together?

[Jason Petho]

42-43 and 44-45 will be the core DLC’s for East Front III 1939-1941