ORIGINAL: Doggie

You're one of them computer geeks, aint ya?[:'(]

How unkind, Doggie! He's obviously a well educated Southern gentleman!

<t> For a counterpart to the Red Baron, what about Albert Ball (VC)?<br/> At the time, at least, he was almost as famous as Richthofen was infamous,<br/> on the Allied side, and he achieved 44 kills even though he died in 1917,<br/> about a year earlier than the Red Baron (and therefore had less tim...

Why 8.4? Because I only just got it and didn't know any better - thanks for the tip.

Now where would I get the patch to .403?

<t> When playing UK vs Germans in early war, and without mines<br/> there have been some battles where I have had to&nbsp;just bug out and leave the field to the Germans,<br/> to preserve core force and experience.<br/> In 1940/41, I think that for UK to use (limited amounts, eg 40) mines, in a ...

But tell me - why, oh why, does the AI never fire a smokescreen to cover an advance?

<t> Because the bug is still there.<br/> <br/> You can buy and rebuy whatever, at some point,<br/> usually early in the game, and in my experience,<br/> usually a unit or units in B or C groups, will<br/> abruptly rout. Often more than one.<br/> Auto-rally helps but doesn't solve it.<br/> <br/> My s...

<t> I got curious, so....<br/> &nbsp;<br/> Based on where I could make out a definite vote (first votes only) for an actual movie, this is my count of the posts so far, since no-one else has provided one on-site:<br/> &nbsp;<br/> Three Great Films - everybody agrees:<br/> Das Boot&nbsp;&...

Yeah I know it's five years later. So what.

As a war movie, Thin Red Line was the most horrible disappointment I ever saw.

I'm with you on this.

Das Boot - the Director's cut. I've never seen anything to top it.

Worked for me too. Either that or disabling the AV when playing!

<t> If the download is a problem for you, you might try to find a used copy of the original Steel Panthers on CD - that would give you a really good idea of what to expect, and the included tutorials are a good introduction to the game.<br/> <br/> If the question is whether the download is worth it ...

<r> I have played SP off and on since it first came out, and recently upgraded to SPWAW v.8.4 from 5.x<br/> <br/> Playing the UK most often, I have developed a love affair with the thick-skinned Matilda II's - it seemed the only effective armour until at least 1942, in that it was the only British t...