<t>While playing the Finns against USSR in a frozen lake scenario, I have had success killing the USSR infantry in trees and rough cover. I suppress them with close (1-2) hex fire. Then one of my squads (or two if I'm lucky) gets into the same hex as the USSR and blazes away. Even if I do not get a ...

<t>I really like 5.3. Tonight I am going to play with the new sounds. Infantry were too tough in 5.2 even in the open. In 5.3 infantry vulnerability is just right. I have played SPWW2 for a long time. Now infantry, rifles and MG's are about the same in both games, but artillery is much better in ...

<t>I want to commend Matrix Games and Mr. Vebber on a great upgrade and game. I have always liked SPWAW, especially when you started receiving info on the results of a tank hit, like the radio mast was destroyed.<br/>
In 5.3, I feel that infantry combat is as realistic as a turn based computer game ...

I have not started playing 5.3 yet, but I have a question. If it is going to take longer to attack why not go into the editor and increase the turn lenghth of a scenario.

<t>When I installed 5.2 I deleted the steel.prf file before installation. I have done this since the second upgrade of SPWAW. I played the Americans in the Japanese invasion of Corregidor. Even with artillery v. soft targets at 80%, I had a hard time getting casualties with 1903 rifle, .30 MG or ...

I tried decreasing infantry toughness in 5.2. It made the infantry too vulnerable to artillery and other heavy weapons and did not increase casualties from rifles or light MG's very much.

<t>I replied to this in the "rubber bullets" topic. I did notice in 5.2 that the first shot had a small chance of getting a hit. Problem with decreasing infantry toughness is then artillery wipes them out. Infantry was not vulnerable to rifle fire even at short range in poor defensive terrain. 5.2 ...

<t>I have been testing both 5.01 and 5.2 on the Japanese invasion of Corregidor scenario. In 5.2, rifles are almost useless against Japanese infantry even in shallow water or clear hexes at 1-4 hex range. MG's are not much better until you get to .50mghb. Artillery is deadly. In 5.01 after setting ...

I have tried playing 5.01 with infantry toughness at 140% and artillery v. soft targets at 140%. This seems about right to me. Maybe cover could be more of a benefit to defenders.

<t>In 5.2 in the corregidor scenario, my US 1903 rifle was useless against Japanese at 1-3 hex range even thought the Japanese were on sand or in shallow water. I reduced infantry toughness to 80% with no difference, except vulnerability to artillery was extreme. I am not an expert, but I thought ...

<t>I found that the Bar could kill the Japanese but not the 1903 Springfield. MG .30 caliber were equally ineffective as were 37 mm AA guns. However, the .50 caliber machine gun was very effective and artillery deadly. Turning down infantry toughness made the Japanese infantry too vulnerable to ...

<t>I am playing the Corregidor scenario with 5.2 and I notice that rifles are almost useless against infantry and in general infantry are very hard to kill except with artillery and machine guns. I lowered infantry toughness to 80% and artillery agaisnt soft targets to 80%. This made a little ...

<t>I love SPWAW. I would like to express my appreciation to all the folks at Matrix Games. You take great pride in your work. which is why SPWAW is so good. I play mostly soltaire. I do have one suggestion. Since this game may always be a work in progress, I wonder if the version 4.6 or a beta could ...

I noticed this feature. However when my unit says that it sees 0 enemy units, I and still use the target mode and it will select possible targets. In addition, I can scan the enemy units and if visible by my unit a crosshair will appear.

<t>Thank you for the answers. I was playing the British side and had set my ranges at about one-half of maximum because of the futility of firing beyond that range. I noticed that when the superior German guns fired at my units their range setting would increase. Then my units would engage in futile ...

<t>Should units always obey the firing range setting or should they sometimes use opportunity at ranges over the range that I set? Also, if a unit is fired upon in my turn does a unit's range setting sometimes automatically increase to the range of the enemy unit firing on it? I would deeply ...

i have been playing the Strongpoint Bleinheim scenario. The AI (German side) is by far the best that I have seen in a steel panthers series game. Great Job Matrix Games.

<t>I set a range for my units to fire, say 15. However, when an enemy unit fires at them, say from 25, my unit range setting automatically changes to 25. Even in enemy's turn this happens and my units waste their ammo by firing ineffectively at long ranges contrary to my range settings. Is this a ...

The 14 meg. I just downloaded it and installed it to upgrade version 2.0 to 2.1. It worked.

I just noticed in the notes to version 2.1 that I can turn off the artillery sounds by playing with fast artillery preference on. However, I like playing with fast artillery off. Can the sounds be adjusted any other way. Thanks in advance and for the great game.