<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
successful	O
series	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
wargames	I-Application
simulating	O
tactical	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shock	I-Application
Force	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2007	O
as	O
the	O
debut	O
of	O
the	O
'	O
CMx2	B-Application
 '	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
games	I-Application
are	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
turn-based	O
gameplay	O
and	O
simultaneous	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Charles	O
Moylan	O
worked	O
on	O
several	O
of	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
's	O
computer	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
Flight	O
Commander	O
2	O
,	O
Achtung	B-Application
Spitfire	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Over	O
the	O
Reich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	B-Application
he	O
was	O
unofficially	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
famous	O
Advanced	O
Squad	O
Leader	O
board	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atomic	O
Games	O
had	O
also	O
attempted	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
"	O
Computer	O
Squad	O
Leader	O
"	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
abandoned	O
the	O
tie-in	O
to	O
ASL	O
and	O
eventually	O
marketed	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
successfully	O
)	O
as	O
Close	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
1998	B-Application
Avalon	O
Hill	O
was	O
in	O
turmoil	O
and	O
unstable	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
,	O
and	O
Moylan	O
decided	O
to	O
go	O
his	O
own	O
way	O
,	O
as	O
Big	O
Time	O
Software	O
,	O
shortly	O
before	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Hasbro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moylan	O
briefly	O
offered	O
the	O
Alpha	O
build	O
(	O
tentatively	O
called	O
Squad	O
Leader	O
)	O
to	O
publishers	O
before	O
teaming	O
up	O
with	O
Steve	O
Grammont	O
,	O
forming	O
what	O
eventually	O
became	O
Battlefront.com	O
and	O
re-christening	O
the	O
new	O
game	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefront	O
produced	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beyond	I-Application
Overlord	I-Application
,	O
in	O
2000	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
successful	O
and	O
spawned	O
two	O
additional	O
titles	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
second	O
generation	O
game	O
engine	O
with	O
plans	O
for	O
many	O
new	O
titles	O
and	O
modules	O
bearing	O
the	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
remains	O
the	O
flagship	O
series	O
of	O
the	O
Battlefront.com	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
second	O
programmer	O
was	O
hired	O
by	O
BFC	O
to	O
assist	O
with	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
operational	O
layer	O
was	O
also	O
planned	O
for	O
Barbarossa	O
to	O
Berlin	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Campaign	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
to	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
order	O
maneuver	O
elements	O
from	O
platoon	B-Application
to	O
battalion	O
size	O
on	O
an	O
operational	O
grid	O
and	O
generate	O
realistic	O
battles	O
to	O
be	O
fought	O
out	O
in	O
Barbarossa	O
to	O
Berlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
meantime	O
,	O
production	O
shifted	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
'	O
CMx2	B-Application
 '	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Russian	O
developer	O
Snowball	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
obtained	O
a	O
license	O
from	O
Battlefront.com	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
product	O
titled	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Afghanistan	O
depicting	O
combat	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Soviet	O
–	O
Afghan	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
planning	O
phase	O
can	O
,	O
in	O
single	O
player	O
mode	O
,	O
last	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
needs	O
to	O
give	O
orders	O
to	O
all	O
their	O
units	O
,	O
the	O
executing	O
phase	O
always	O
lasts	O
60seconds	O
of	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
scenario	O
,	O
the	O
players	O
can	O
command	O
forces	O
ranging	O
from	O
a	O
platoon	B-Application
up	O
to	O
a	O
reinforced	O
battalion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
the	O
theme	O
first	O
presented	O
in	O
the	O
Close	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
series	I-Application
of	O
tactical	O
computer	B-Application
wargames	I-Application
,	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
models	O
the	O
morale	O
state	O
of	O
soldiers	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
different	O
levels	O
ranging	O
from	O
OK	O
to	O
Routed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
final	O
consideration	O
is	O
experience	O
and	O
training	O
,	O
which	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
assigns	O
to	O
units	O
ranging	O
from	O
Conscript	O
to	O
Elite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Armour	O
penetration	O
in	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
is	O
given	O
realistic	O
treatment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
scenarios	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
series	O
;	O
Battles	O
and	O
Operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
series	O
will	O
have	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
scenarios	O
;	O
Battles	O
as	O
in	O
'	O
CMx1	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
Campaigns	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
be	O
story	O
driven	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Operations	O
in	O
'	O
CMx1	O
 '	O
,	O
the	O
'	O
CMx2	B-Application
 '	O
campaigns	O
will	O
carry	O
over	O
forces	O
from	O
one	O
battle	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
,	O
but	O
individual	O
promotions	O
will	O
be	O
possible	O
and	O
repair/retention	O
of	O
weapons	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
realistically	O
handled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Relative	O
spotting	O
is	O
something	O
we	O
had	O
wanted	O
to	O
get	O
into	O
CMBO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terrain	O
is	O
laid	O
out	O
in	O
20metre	O
tiles	O
in	O
'	O
CMx1	O
 '	O
(	O
to	O
change	O
to	O
smaller	O
tiles	O
in	O
'	O
CMx2	B-Application
 '	O
)	O
and	O
includes	O
terrain	O
types	O
appropriate	O
to	O
each	O
individual	O
theatre	O
(	O
western	O
Europe	O
,	O
eastern	O
Europe	O
,	O
the	O
Mediterranean	O
)	O
including	O
brush	O
,	O
marsh	O
,	O
light	O
trees	O
,	O
forest	O
,	O
pine	O
forest	O
,	O
hedges	O
,	O
low	O
fences	O
(	O
wooden	O
and	O
stone	O
)	O
,	O
graveyards	O
,	O
small	O
and	O
large	O
buildings	O
,	O
stone	O
and	O
wood	O
buildings	O
,	O
small	O
huts	O
,	O
steppe	O
,	O
desert	O
,	O
rocky	O
ground	O
,	O
palm	O
trees	O
,	O
cratered	O
ground	O
,	O
dirt	O
roads	O
,	O
paved	O
roads	O
,	O
deep	O
and	O
shallow	O
fords	O
,	O
rivers	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
bridges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
background	O
music	O
in	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
except	O
during	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vehicles	O
,	O
being	O
hit	O
while	O
moving	O
at	O
full	O
speed	O
,	O
will	O
sometimes	O
continue	O
due	O
to	O
momentum	B-Algorithm
before	O
coming	O
to	O
a	O
halt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unit	O
will	O
try	O
to	O
follow	O
directions	O
until	O
the	O
unit	O
comes	O
under	O
fire	O
or	O
they	O
run	O
into	O
a	O
minefield	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
modern	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
games	I-Application
(	O
Shock	O
Force	O
and	O
Black	O
Sea	O
)	O
Infantry	O
squads	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
broken	O
into	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
two	O
teams	O
within	O
a	O
particular	O
category	O
-	O
Scout	O
,	O
Assault	O
,	O
Split	O
and	O
Anti-tank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
game	O
engine	O
variants	O
,	O
'	O
CMx1	O
 '	O
and	O
'	O
CMx2	B-Application
 '	O
also	O
have	O
significant	O
differences	O
in	O
processing	O
capability	O
,	O
ability	O
to	O
handle	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
units	O
or	O
complex	O
models/maps	O
and	O
iterative	O
AI	B-Application
complexity	O
,	O
with	O
CMx2	B-Application
being	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
robust	O
,	O
stable	O
and	O
flexible	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
'	O
CMx2	B-Application
 '	O
engine	O
,	O
used	O
in	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Strike	O
Force	O
and	O
onwards	O
,	O
provides	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
detailed	O
treatment	O
of	O
Infantry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Individual	O
soldiers	O
are	O
modelled	O
,	O
animated	O
and	O
tracked	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
individual	O
AI	B-Application
within	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
a	O
platoon	B-Application
of	O
8	O
infantry	O
contains	O
8	O
individual	O
soldiers	O
which	O
are	O
treated	O
as	O
separate	O
entities	O
united	O
by	O
a	O
common	O
unit	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
set	O
of	O
characteristics	O
,	O
including	O
even	O
their	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
Morale	O
status	O
of	O
each	O
soldier	O
is	O
tracked	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
their	O
current	O
unit	O
(	O
squad	O
,	O
team	O
,	O
platoon	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
their	O
platoon	B-Application
is	O
ordered	O
to	O
move	O
every	O
soldier	O
will	O
attempt	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
but	O
will	O
still	O
react	O
to	O
events	O
around	O
them	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
suppressive	O
fire	O
,	O
artillery	O
explosions	O
,	O
mines	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
soft	O
factors	O
can	O
be	O
manually	O
adjusted	O
from	O
the	O
battalion	O
level	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
individual	O
teams	O
or	O
vehicle	O
-	O
so	O
a	O
mechanized	O
infantry	O
company	O
could	O
have	O
a	O
collective	O
Veteran	O
experience	O
level	O
,	O
but	O
1st	O
Platoon	B-Application
is	O
given	O
Regular	O
experience	O
,	O
while	O
its	O
1st	O
Squad	O
could	O
be	O
put	O
as	O
Conscript	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Black	O
Sea	O
introduced	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
UAVs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
size	O
unit	O
from	O
a	O
platoon	B-Application
to	O
a	O
battalion	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
specifics	O
of	O
weapons	O
and	O
manpower	O
are	O
non	O
user-definable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beyond	I-Application
Overlord	I-Application
covers	O
the	O
western	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
theatre	O
from	O
June	O
1944	O
to	O
May	O
1945	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
the	O
first	O
incarnation	O
of	O
the	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
graphics	O
appear	O
the	O
most	O
dated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scenarios	O
for	O
CMBO	B-Application
have	O
to	O
be	O
recreated	O
in	O
CMAK	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
CMX2	B-Application
2.0	O
game	O
engine	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
to	O
debut	O
with	O
another	O
new	O
game	O
called	O
Fortress	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
incarnation	O
of	O
the	O
CM	O
series	O
using	O
the	O
new	O
CMx2	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
,	O
Shock	O
Force	O
features	O
improved	O
graphics	O
and	O
3D	O
modelling	O
,	O
including	O
such	O
esoterica	O
as	O
sun	O
and	O
star	O
positions	O
in	O
the	O
sky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Russian	O
software	O
developer	O
Snowball	O
made	O
a	O
surprise	O
announcement	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
developing	O
a	O
game	O
under	O
license	O
using	O
the	O
CMx2	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
,	O
with	O
certain	O
refinements	O
and	O
additions	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
portray	O
tactical	O
combat	O
during	O
the	O
Soviet	O
war	O
in	O
Afghanistan	O
during	O
1979-1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
an	O
optional	O
upgrade	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
bring	O
Battle	O
for	O
Normandy	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
most-recent	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
CMx2	B-Application
engine	O
(	O
3.0	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Touch	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
1	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
app	O
for	O
iPad	O
2	O
and	O
iPad	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Fortress	O
Italy	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
2	O
August	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
CMX2	B-Application
2.0	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
an	O
optional	O
upgrade	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
bring	O
Fortress	O
Italy	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
most-recent	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
CMx2	B-Application
engine	O
(	O
3.0	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Red	O
Thunder	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
04	O
Apr	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
Russian	O
Offensive	O
,	O
Operation	O
Bagration	O
,	O
that	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
June	O
,	O
1944	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
D-Day	B-Application
in	O
the	O
west	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
new	O
features	O
are	O
implemented	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
improved	O
modeling	O
of	O
air	O
support	O
,	O
flamethrowers	O
,	O
riders	O
on	O
tanks	O
,	O
hit	O
decals	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
turn-based	O
play	O
over	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
Thunder	O
also	O
debuted	O
the	O
newest	O
version	O
(	O
3.0	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
CMx2	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Black	O
Sea	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
04	O
Nov	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefront	O
's	O
first	O
modern-day	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
title	O
since	O
Shock	O
Force	O
,	O
Black	O
Sea	O
focuses	O
on	O
a	O
hypothetical	O
war	O
between	O
NATO	O
and	O
Russia	O
over	O
Ukraine	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	O
Final	O
Blitzkrieg	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
8	O
April	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shock	I-Application
Force	I-Application
2	O
(	O
CM:SF2	O
)	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
updates	O
the	O
original	O
Shock	O
Force	O
to	O
the	O
current	O
Game	O
Engine	O
4	O
,	O
dramatically	O
improving	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
,	O
3D	O
models	O
,	O
environmental	O
features	O
,	O
UI	O
,	O
UX	O
,	O
AI	B-Application
scripting	I-Application
and	O
Game	O
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
being	O
done	O
to	O
show	O
genuine	O
appreciation	O
of	O
the	O
very	O
strong	O
player	O
community	O
that	O
has	O
built	O
up	O
around	O
CM:SF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Combat	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
community	O
is	O
very	O
active	O
in	O
creating	O
scenarios	O
and	O
game	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
