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by appunk
Wed Mar 13, 2002 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: alternate forum names
Replies: 0
Views: 63

alternate forum names

<r>I would imagine that this is something that is <br/>
a) not instituted yet in the forum,<br/>
or b) not going to be reinstituted in the forum,<br/>
and I'm wondering which it is.<br/>
Unless I am quite mistaken, under the old scheme I was able to change the nickname that I used to post in the ...
by appunk
Thu Jan 24, 2002 4:42 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Cavalry
Replies: 38
Views: 380

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Originally posted by Penetrator:<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>Looks like we have 3 correct answers, one incorrect. Not bad. The solution can be represented in many ways:<br/>
<br/>
1.000.000.000.000.000;<br/>
1E15;<br/>
1x10^15;<br/>
a million billion.<br/>
<br/>
Funnymarx, you put on ...
by appunk
Wed Jan 23, 2002 9:48 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Cavalry
Replies: 38
Views: 380

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Originally posted by Penetrator:<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s><br/>
<br/>
Allright, who can tell me how many cubic centimeters there are in a cube one kilometre per side?<e>[/b]</e></B><HR>[hr]</HR><e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

let's see...<br/>
meter=10^2 cm<br/>
kilometer=10^3 m<br/>
cubic ...
by appunk
Sat Jan 19, 2002 12:44 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: BUY A MEGA CAMPAIGN!
Replies: 22
Views: 391

<r>I received MCLV as a Christmas gift... it's threatening to ruin my spring semester grades...<br/>
Honestly I was somewhat skeptical of what new things a mega campaign could offer beyond the normal campaigns that come with the game... <br/>
well, I can only speak for LV (and only ~first 7 missions ...
by appunk
Sat Dec 01, 2001 8:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Greatest Generals of All Time
Replies: 77
Views: 2273

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Originally posted by toundra:<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>3 Of the best French generals are missing =/<br/>
<br/>
<e>[/b]</e></B><HR>[hr]</HR><e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

How can you forget the latest but greatest of Napoleon's marshals??? <br/>
<br/>
Suchet!! <br/>
<br/>
Had he been in ...
by appunk
Mon Oct 15, 2001 4:03 am
Forum: Empires in Arms the Napoleonic Wars of 1805 - 1815
Topic: screenshot question
Replies: 0
Views: 145

screenshot question

<r>I was looking at the screenshots that have been posted, and I noticed something strange with <URL url="http://www.matrixgames.com/Games/NapoleonicWars/images/nw2.jpg"><s>[url=http://www.matrixgames.com/Games/NapoleonicWars/images/nw2.jpg]</s><br/>
this screen shot<e>[/url]</e></URL>.<br/>
The ...
by appunk
Tue Oct 09, 2001 5:33 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Axis using Klingon Cloaking device...
Replies: 23
Views: 290

<t>Here's something to try out. After you've hit "t" to get the targeting screen up, and you see the line drawn to a hex that doesn't seem to contain any enemy unit, press "n" to go to next, and keep hitting "n" until you cycle through all the visible enemy units. When you get back to the beginning ...
by appunk
Mon Sep 24, 2001 5:29 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Newbie Questions...
Replies: 2
Views: 33

<t>Loading troops onto vehicles.<br/>
They have to be in the same hex as the vehicle (click the 'shift' key while clicking the mouse on the hex of the vehicle to move the troops into the same hex) <br/>
Once in the same hex, click the 'L' key when one of the two units (transport or transportee) is ...
by appunk
Fri May 18, 2001 3:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: modifying unit/terrain graphics
Replies: 2
Views: 81

modifying unit/terrain graphics

<r>I wasn't sure where to post this, so it's in the general forum. <br/>
My question is, are there any readily available utilities that can be used to edit the graphics of units and terrain?<br/>
Are there any programs that can interconvert between .shp/.lbm files and .bmp/.jpg files?<br/>
Also, is ...
by appunk
Fri Apr 20, 2001 12:53 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Popularity of alternate history campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 150

<t>Just as a heads up for the scenario designers interested in Malta/gibralter.<br/>
<br/>
As was mentioned earlier, if you can get your hands on an old copy of the avalon hill game "Invasion of Crete", there is a bonus game covering the invasion of malta, with a nice map and oob.<br/>
Similarly ...
by appunk
Fri Mar 02, 2001 11:40 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Melee Combat
Replies: 30
Views: 494

<t>Will there be a seperate section added to the preferences screen which allows one to vary the effectiveness of melee and fire attack against infantry units independently of one another, or will changing the current "infantry toughness" affect both melee and small arms?<br/>
<br/>
Thank you<br ...
by appunk
Fri Feb 23, 2001 6:46 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Infantry Toughness
Replies: 2
Views: 31

Infantry Toughness

<t>Perhaps this was elsewhere in the manual and I missed it. . . <br/>
The manual says (regarding the infantry toughness option on the prefs screen)<br/>
"Infantry casualtie are divided by this value with 100% being 1.0"<br/>
<br/>
Does this mean that toughness only reduces the number of casualties ...
by appunk
Thu Feb 15, 2001 2:08 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Can't Play SPWAW
Replies: 21
Views: 339

<t>I had this same problem after I downloaded SPWAW. <br/>
What worked for me, and what you may want to try, is to download the most recent driver for your video card. Just go to the site for the card manufacturer, and you should be able to find such a driver. Then download and install the driver ...
by appunk
Sun Feb 11, 2001 11:49 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Mines
Replies: 12
Views: 199

<t>Somewhat related is an observation about the computer placement of mines in the long campaign. Playing as the germans, I am midway through 1942, and I have had to fight several assault missions. The computer invariably purchases mines in these situations, and the first assult mission I fought, I ...
by appunk
Thu Feb 08, 2001 12:51 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Hit chance percentage
Replies: 1
Views: 49

Hit chance percentage

<t>Perhaps one of the designers would be able to answer this one. <br/>
<br/>
It seems that the hit % listed on the pop up when a unit fires is not linked in a one to one fashion with the actual number of shots that hit the target. With infantry units especially, I have noticed shots with 2-3% hit ...
by appunk
Mon Jan 22, 2001 6:58 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Op-Fire Bug with bunkers. . . .
Replies: 3
Views: 69

Op-Fire Bug with bunkers. . . .

<t>Not sure whether or not this has been dealt with before, but I noticed that a problem of the original SP made it into version 4.5 of SPWAW. <br/>
When you click to attack enemy units that are outside of the firing arc of a bunker, enemy units are able to opportunity fire, even though the bunker ...
by appunk
Sun Jan 21, 2001 10:34 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: My doomed tank crews!
Replies: 1
Views: 28

My doomed tank crews!

<t>I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this phenomenon?<br/>
<br/>
I'm playing a long campaign as the Germans, which I started in 1939. Now I'm fighting the British in the desert in 1941. <br/>
Now, my tactical skills are not yet fully developed, and I have managed to lose some tanks. A bad ...
by appunk
Tue Jan 09, 2001 11:58 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: 3 Finnish scenarios
Replies: 6
Views: 157

<r>Thanks Kharan!<br/>
I don't know what i did wrong the first time, but when I deleted the files and started over, it worked. . . .<br/>
It's great to watch the russians get destroyed by infantry rather than tanks! <E>;-)</E><br/>
<br/>
Thanks again!<br/>
<br/>
------------------<br/>
"After a ...
by appunk
Mon Jan 08, 2001 9:42 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: 3 Finnish scenarios
Replies: 6
Views: 157

<t>I'm wondering if I did something wrong here, or whether I was expecting the wrong thing. . . .<br/>
I downloaded the zip file from your link, and copied all the files over the originals in the SCEN directory. . .then I loaded scenario #7. . . . the finns still had tank icons for their infantry ...
by appunk
Thu Jan 04, 2001 6:16 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Heavy Artillery Area Affects
Replies: 4
Views: 49

Heavy Artillery Area Affects

<t>I observed while playing the Corrigedor Scenario that the Japanese naval guns were causing casulaties to units in hexes adjacent to those where the shells landed. <br/>
Later, while reading the manual, I came across a section that stated that "heavy bombs and artillery" cause the observed affect ...

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