Newbie here, with a couple of questions

[Big Dawg]

I can only answer some of the questions.

As you know Talonsoft is out of business. Matrix games bought the rights & is planning a new release of the CS series soon. Some think Christmas. There is some discussion here about that & on the MATRIX mb.
http://www.matrixgames.com

They are not selling it at Matrix yet. There was one site that specialized in naval games that had the gold versions bundled together under the title World at War (EFII, WF, & RS), but I could not find the site. Does anyone have that site info?

The new release is supposed to fix all the XP flaws. Some get a constant repeat of the sounds. The sound continues to repeat itself over & over & over. I disabled the sound on the options checklist.

Another problem I encountered involves converting v1.02 scenarios to v1.03. When I go to convert the scenarios I am given a dozen or so different choices as to which version of Word Perfect or similar programs I want to use to complete the conversion. I usually try for 30 minutes then beg a fellow player to help me.

good luck Jack