Grumblers musing

[Crossroads]

@Otto von Blotto

LOL, I guess hovering is not the word to be used. As for Med Evac teams, yes I tried the idea with Leaders, and came to realisation they would need their own specific unit type to function the role without silly side effects.

@all

Then, the going forward statement we've made. JTCS 2.0 saw the codebase merged as OvB stated. At the stage when we put the JTCS2.x codebase baseline aside and started building CSME, it was our intent to be able to port back to JTCS any and all new features developed.

But with the new 2D zoom levels and the plethora of graphics required, the new platoon database format, and so forth, it became evident there's no going back to JTCS 2.0 and upgrading it. Rather, we need to build each of the game from anew, with a significant effort to come with the new graphics and unit data format and so on.

JTCS2.x will stay as it is. There's no changes to be brought to it, so no one needs to worry about that. The game works with W10 we've tested it so its longevity as such is saved.

As for the new CS series titles, CSWF CSEF CSPacific included, they will be created a new in the coming years, should the titles have the commercial interest to remain in the M/S store front. And so far the reception of CSME has been quite positive so it definitively is a case of so-far-so-good.

Finally, for the Extreme Assault discussion not on my watch, for the Toolbar Icon size discussion on my watch, but the former especially. The point regarding the foul play with EFOW is often made like it would have taken ages and a grand rebellion to remedy the new rule as an optional one, yet the team at the time seems to have responded really quickly, given the fact there needs to be a M/S release timetable to be agreed as well:

JohnTillerCampaignSeries-UpdateDR-v101.zip 11.0 MB 13.6.2007
JohnTillerCampaignSeries-UpdateDR-v103.zip 214 MB 10.7.2008
JohnTillerCampaignSeries-UpdateDR-v104.zip 214 MB 12.9.2008
JohnTillerCampaignSeries-UpdateDR-v200.zip 181 MB 19.2.2014
JohnTillerCampaignSeries-UpdateDR-v201.zip 189 MB 3.6.2014
JohnTillerCampaignSeries-UpdateDR-v202.zip 208 MB 21.8.2014

Two months and two days from 1.03 to 1.04. Again, not on my watch, but still: not too bad for creating a new version, testing it thoroughly, and then having it put to public by the game company.