<t>What makes SP great in my opinion is the tension. The tension that comes with gradually bonding with your leaders and units as you go through campaign games. Every mortar and arty attack is tense as you imagine your favorite game characters diving for cover. The tension of getting off a shot from ...

... and PTO II is a pretty cool game. There are some really unique features in this game that I have not seen in others. It is dated but worth trying out. There are tips for the game on KOEI's home page.

<t>I don't imagine I will ever earase SPWAW from my HD, but right now I am playing SP1 - that's right SP1! The graphics seem bigger (tank icons etc.) but maybe that's just my imagination. The main reason I play SP1 now is the smaller battles - I can actually finish them in an evening. I expect to ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Originally posted by Panzerjaeger Hortlund:<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>Ok, now I got curious. Please tell us something more about that movie..the last panzer.<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

I have it too, the original video release before Troma purchased the rights. It was ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Originally posted by Mogami:<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>The P-40 and Tank movie was Doug McClure as the P-40 pilot and Llyod Bridges as the German also as a german was the Capt from Rat Patrol but the tank was chasing the P-40 most of the movie, when the germans shot an american ...

Stalingrad - No, not perfect but my fave east front film, pretty terrifying.

The Bridge - More obscure, but very well movie.

Iron Cross - Another intersting east front movie.

Das Boot - The most terrifying. As good as it gets.

<t>Regarding the graphics of PG and it not being realistic: These icons are not supposed to represent a single tank or plane! As others have said they graphically represent units with certain strengths and weaknesses like chess pieces. The tank icon will represent a armoured division etc.. The game ...

<t>More on PG 3D - just checked the Scorched Earth site which includes these listed features:<br/>
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-New overview map for better troop control<br/>
-An intuitive and easy to use interface<br/>
-More popup screens to keep players better informed<br/>
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Maybe they are addressing some of PG 3D ...

<t>PG 3D has (IMO) a terrible interface. It is form way over function and the playability does not hold a candle to PG1 or PG2. The 3d view looks great on screenshots, but makes it very hard to know what is going on on the map. It adds some great new rules but I still never got beyond a few scenario ...

Those are nicely done sites - hope you guys keep them up. Any other SPWAW fansites out there?

<t>Kharan said:<br/>
"-Larger neutral zone between deployment areas in random battles."<br/>
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I actually like the way it is now - if this was changed I'd hope you could toggle the size of the neutral zone. I can understand why you would sometimes want it larger (more strategic placement ...

<t>Something somewhat similar happens to me when I alt-tab out of the game - the SPWAW screen goes black after I go back into it. This only occurs if I keep windows explorer open - if I close explorer and go back into the game it's okay. Maybe that will help someone but doesn't sound like your ...

<t>Hi Panzer '88' Meyer,<br/>
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I had the exact same thing happen with me using Win98. Sometimes got a Direct Draw error too, but usually just as you described it. I read a solution by someone here on the board that works for me: Create a shortcut to "intro.exe", put it on your desktop and use ...

<t>Modern SP - That's a much bigger job than the Nam concept and I would expect that you guys would have to sell this to make it worth the time spent. If that was the case I would not buy this game. Part of the reason is that I'm more interested in WW2 era combat than in modern wars. Many modern ...

<t>My what a positive board - this is more like a 60's era love-in that a wargaming board! <br/>
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Well, I for one happy to see it. The PR work for Matrix by the most vocal 3 on this board (moderaters Wild Bill, Paul Vebber, and Mike Wood) has been tremendous. Fast problem solving and helpful ...

<t>Thanks for all the info - I tested the engineers laying mines in my German WWII Long Camgaign. Sure enough, they create them without you having to buy them. As Charles22 said if you set the engineers up to place a mine during deployment, then there are usually a couple of mines already laid when ...

Do you need to purchase the mines (as support "units") for your engineers to lay during the scenario or do engineers automatically have mines on them?

<t>Uh, never mind. I made a batch file that loaded up the DOS based SPCAP screensaver prog and then SPWAW, and that all worked fine. It sounded like the HD was doing it's little capture work everytime I hit the ` key, but after exiting the game no screenshots. I'm also not 100% sure about the SPWAW ...

<r>The game changes the amount of colors used & your screen resolution so that regardless of any changes you make while you are outside of the game in Windows, the game will load the preset colors & resolution. That is probably why the screenshot colors didn't work well. Maybe that old screenshot ...

<t>Cheers to Michael Wood. No idea how old Michael is but I almost feel like I've grown up with the guy (along with many other long-time SP supporters). He created that DOS based unit editor for SP1 many years ago, and it seems obvious to me his programming skills have improved tremendously in the ...