[Blackstump]

hmmm that would make me a specialist then, never played any other game but ccv and mods, that means any other computer game at all,

[mooxe]

Well.... I suppose the thread has run its course.

I find it really funny to me that theres people out there who think I am abusing my authority as a CCS admin by starting this conversation, and by posting a link to it on the main page. Running this site does come with a certain sense of duty to the community. If my duty is to say oh everything is fine, then put my pompoms on and jump up and down saying go go simtek" then I'd be lieing and misleading people. Explain exactly how I am abusing my authority on this site I run. Speak up!

No doubt this makes it look like I am on a some anti-simtek campaign in thier eyes. I can only say to these "yes-men" that you are totally wrong. I do not agree with everything Simtek does. Am I supposed to keep my mouth shut just in case someone gets swayed by my opinion or what? You people need a reality check. CCS is a pretty strong beacon on the internet to attract new gamers no matter what I have to say. They see this support network, and thats more inclination for them to buy into whats selling right now. This site is prepared, preparing and ready to support coming versions of Close Combat from Simtek. I realize who has control of Close Combat right now, but you people I am talking about must think I am blind. This site depends on CC, and for it to be successful in the future, what exactly do you think is going to happen at CCS?

Anybody should be able to stand up and say something is a bad idea, especially in the CSO forums - without getting flamed. I am not a yes man and I dont believe anything with Close Combat stamped on its cover is good for us. I have tried to post my comments in CSO forums, but I get assaulted by the yes-men legions. My point of view is, I do not believe everything Simtek is doing (CC5-re-rel.) is good for the community. I will let it be known.

So you nay-sayers out there, as you have labelled me, speak up and let your opinion be known or shut up!!

[Pz_Meyer]

re-releases are only good to unltimately fund new projects like cc6, which may or may not happen if it only depends on prior games being re-released.

The sad reality is that if cc is such a strong game then there shouldn't be a problem making cc6 just happen, because the game will supprot itsself like the other ones did.

And mooxe by all means say what you have to say, and this is a really cool site, hey you even get mods before anybody else!!

Can I post pics of my girl friend??

[ANZAC_Lord4war]

how come my thread got moved?
all i said was after sula said there making cc6 and even cc7
all i said is i wouldnt be buying cc5 re release.
i thought it was relevant to the debate i.e it being about CC5 re release debate.
and i dont buy the need to re sell CC3,CC4,or CC5 for having funds for CC6.
company or charity?
doesnt it worry any1 they have CC7 planned,before having funds for CC6 to go ahead.
or is it part of the plan to make us rebuy CC6 & CC7 re releases as well?
simply coz they get rushed thru,how can seriously contemplate CC7 without knowing of the CC6 bugs which may arise.
i never asked for a CC5 rebuild,only ever asked for CC6.
i sure as hell wont feel guilty about not buying CC5 re release
CC6 is the future not 8-10y.o rebuilds.

[ANZAC_Tack]

yes its time to put this post to the general forum where it belongs, where i think it should of been the entire time.

[Antony_nz]

They have to fix the problem when you disband your unit with no supplys you keep the tanks, At guns ect.

They need to fix that.

[mooxe]

[ZAPPI4]

When i came online to play for the first time i was looking for The server
where i ll found mod patch and forum. Naturatly i goes to CSO.
Of course CSO was the only dedicate server for CC.
I was so happy and saw the server really good for all i was searching.
It was around 10 years ago. Since my first visit the server never changed.
Of course it changed as many mod ans new CC opus came online.
But the server always look like a real big bazard.

With all the other admin, we decided to take the payement for a server.
We payed from our pocket just to take the community aware of all mod and
news about CC. We managed ( some admin more than so other... )
to keep all mod updated as fast as possible. We spend many hours to take care
of CCS and the CC comunity. And it worked, cos the community saw CCS
admin playing like them. Yes we was even online to play, to meet the
comunity. On the battlefield or simply to speak.

Some month ago i heard than CC isnt death. Woaw, new opus will come.
Wondefull. But what was my disappointment when i saw than, except some
post at CSO forum, no one from developer came here and posted officially
something to say to you all the CC comunity this wonderfull news.
No one came, and no one will come. What a pitty, for me it look like
if the developper dont care about CCS comunity. They have 5 admin to
contact if they care but nothing. Yes CC is alive, but the community look
like splitted in 2. Well of course CSO server working any official CC release.
And what about CCS? Nothing. Well i'm a human and i can understand the
vanity in all that. But anyways, CCS will still stucked at the CCS comunity
and at all the CC comunity. They dont want us? Ok but where are all the CSo modder? I means when do you see them?
Someone had already played oagainst one?
When did they come to play?
They play between them for sure. As i never
see them on GS.
But never mind, we will follow CC and will post anything than we wanted to post.
We dont need any permition or so to do that.

[Steelgunner]

First of all, I am still pissed at the re release of CC3. The bugs where not fixed there and its just an updated mod on a disk...... just like Marks disk he did for the mods he put on a disk. Marked did not ask for money, just shipping and the cost of the disks...... I gave him a few extra bucks for his time and for the fact he did not ask for any money. The so called room lobby does not work and I have yet to play a game online with anyone in their lobby!!! WiLLL THAT BE FIXED FOR CC5? Their re release of CC3 was far from seamless.... so I do not expect the CC5 re release to be seamless.

It was not worth the $50 dollars I spent ( Release of CC3 ) ....... I have got so many years of fun through the other Mod Makers that did not have the greed in their pockets and gladly made mods for the community for the sake of the game. I salute you even more. ( The Mod Makers! )

Do not buy this release, i no someone will post it up on a free download site for free at a later date, which I found the CC3 re release game there too. Too late for me, they have my $50 bucks.

Maybe the gang behind this is thinking of re releasing Pac Man too!

[ANZAC_Tack]

steelgunner, have you been to the help forum at cso/simtek?

i could get your BHQ running within minutes if you posted ur problems(like going into CoI folder,then CCIII folder, opening "support" folder, installing "close combat CC" and maybe the other 2 files may be needed(microsoft VM and IE support)...the forum has much more help, also sounds like firewall issues, i had these, but a simple 5 minute port forwarding and or nortons/zone alarm allowing also might be the problem,lastly u need to sign up to BHQ, a reply takes a minute or 2,then get password and ur off!(dont forget to add CoI to play list)

i tested CoI for months....put it on my AMD PC(win xp then win vista home premium!), my wifes HP PC(win xp)and my laptop toshiba with win xp, it worked first time on all....i even linked 2 at a time(1 wireless) for LAN games.

its a shame you have had problems, its good to have CCIII bought back to Windows XP standards,and bugs fixed, im a big fan of the new GC also.

[ANZAC_Lord4war]

yer that was kool all that stuff that Mark done for free.

[RedScorpion]

[Vman]

I think they should forget about making any more remakes and just start working on CC6 ASAP. We don't want the same thing in a new package, we want a new thing in a new package. That is what will bring new customers and players to the CC franchise.

[AT_kampf]

[ANZAC_Lord4war]

business loan.
they need to be confident that what they have to sell will sell.
with that confidence,a business loan is not a problem.
delivering the goods and selling them is.

[Colossos]

Hi all,

I am a big CC fan too and from the moment COI came out , I downloaded it (after paying ofcourse) and played for like 15 minutes to realise it is exactly the same as CC III. Can anyone tell me what they really changed?? And yes, I know the Matrix site gives all the improvements but I cant seem to see them.
Ok, the game code is old and for them it is difficult now to allow everyone easy access to multiplayer games with all the routers and firewalls. So forget all the multiplayer aspects they give with the game because NO ONE is playing it online because of the many problems!!!!! Ok ok, I can understand that. But than they say "Improved AI". Woohoo, improved AI I thought and played watching the so-called AI in action: Let me tell you that they didnt change ANYTHING AT ALL! They just ripped of the money of fans who love the CC series.
And now they are going to do the same with CC5??
For anyone who is doubting about the re-release of CC5: Just look what they did with CCIII and COI.
CoI: - no multiplayer , no single-player (yes, the AI is THAT bad)

A disappointed fan (please start with CC6)

ps: One guy said it right once: I can set up my team in the beginning of the game, press the begin button, leave my pc , come back half an hour later, get a decisive victory...

[campcreekdude]

id buy Close Combat 5 or any close combat series that i see in the store!

They should have a pack with Close combat 1-5.

I would want new stuff if they plan on re-releasing it... But if not it will probably be in the $9.99 bin at wal-mart. Where i found Close Combat battle of the Buldge.. re-released under "super savings series" ubisoft.

All close combat games are worth buying.
oh yea the only one i own is Close Combat 4.. too hard to find any in store anymore.
i gave up looking a a long time ago.

[Hutche]

My wish would be a fix so you can jump from the zoomed out screen in battle to the zoomed in screen by clicking on the area of the map you want to zoom in on, so you dont have to use that damn -/+ button. If you get what I mean.

Also it would be great for them to sort out the compatability issues. Bringing back some of the cool things that were in 1, 2 and 3 would also be good. As long as they dont blow the original concept.

Making battlefields and battlegroups larger with allies function could enable 2+ multiplayer. My fear is that if they dont re-release, the game will slowly die. But they probably only care about dollars so it will probably be a failure.

Anyway I could go on forever.

[TTorpedo]

Hi all. Very interesting points/ discussion going on here.
For myself i would rather have all the efforts going in the build of CC6. I would prefer to have it for 100$ than to pay 35$ X3 for each re-release.. (that i now i will).
I bought COI as i did´t one CC3 or have ever played it, CC5 is still my favourite but since I got a 22 inch monitor it looks like crap ( not to mention dual core...) where COI looks fantastic (having sometimes 3/4 of the map on screen). The point is that although the CC gameplay is still unbeatable, the little annoying tec aspects are detracting new and past users to comeback.
This said i would prefer a Gold release with the same games 1 to 5, with "just" the technical/ compatibility aspects resolved, together with a free patch for the community of course. I would pay the same 100$ to found it, no questions asked.

CC6 seem to be shaping as the last of the series on this engine ( apparently CC7 will use a new one!) probably will use all the features already implemented on the Military Sims versions, along with up to 10 h&h. so it as all the potential to unite the community on a stable xp/ vista compatible platform. And attract some of the past (million!) players that abandoned the series, something that a re-release cannot fulfil.
I´m afraid no new players will embrace the new CC without a new engine.

PS: By new engine i don´t mean 3D, a little off post but have a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpd_D_SY0x8

[kweniston]