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by simulacrum
Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:22 am
Forum: Mega-Campaigns for SP:WaW
Topic: Quit without save?
Replies: 6
Views: 261

RE: Quit without save?

Welcome to the clunky and unacceptable save system of the MCs.
by simulacrum
Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:18 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Scoring in MegaCampaigns is still broken
Replies: 9
Views: 334

RE: Scoring in MegaCampaigns is still broken

<t> The programming that gave us the clunky save system that reduces the utility of an otherwise great concept also gave us the lost leaders and lost turn-based scores bugs. The lost leaders issue compromises the otherwise engaging role playing effect. The lost scores problem compromises the fine ...
by simulacrum
Sun Mar 21, 2004 1:50 am
Forum: Mega-Campaigns for SP:WaW
Topic: In-turn And end of Turn saves!
Replies: 38
Views: 1047

RE: In-turn And end of Turn saves!

<t> The programming that gave us the clunky save system that reduces the utility of an otherwise great concept also gave us the lost leaders and lost turn-based scores bugs. The lost leaders issue compromises the otherwise engaging role playing effect. The lost scores problem compromises the fine ...
by simulacrum
Sun Mar 21, 2004 1:03 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Matrix would be nowhere without SP
Replies: 39
Views: 695

RE: Matrix would be nowhere without SP

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> Let me as President of Matrix make this very clear. It is my view that after talking to Brent there is NOTHING wrong with Lost Victories. Its works and plays fine... <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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...except, of course, for lost leaders and lost turn-based scores, to say ...
by simulacrum
Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:27 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: How Long Have You Been Playing Wargames?
Replies: 81
Views: 2220

RE: How Long Have You Been Playing Wargames?

<t> A few have me beat, but not many. 1961: AH Civil War, followed within a month by AH Midway--my first wargaming love and for which I still have a soft spot in my heart. A friend of mine, who qualified as a genius, and I gamed through junior high and high school. I could beat him with off-beat ...
by simulacrum
Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:54 am
Forum: Mega-Campaigns for SP:WaW
Topic: In-turn And end of Turn saves!
Replies: 38
Views: 1047

In-turn and End-of-Turn Saves

For the cost of the Mega Campaigns, clunky workarounds are no better than the clunky save system of the MCs. Please revert to the standard Steel Panthers save capability.
by simulacrum
Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:44 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Announcement
Replies: 25
Views: 294

MC Scoring and Saving Difficulties

Before committing to a new Mega Campaign, would like to know that the problems with lost leaders, and accumulated scores being lost on saving, have been fixed. Also, and hopefully, the clunky saving system was eliminated. Those difficulties make the previous MCs virtually unplayable.
by simulacrum
Sun Aug 24, 2003 6:58 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: New Forum Format Complaint
Replies: 12
Views: 218

News Ticker

Shouldn't need to change screen resolution or browser format in order to accomodate what amounts to PR news release announcements.
by simulacrum
Sun Aug 24, 2003 2:43 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: New Forum Format Complaint
Replies: 12
Views: 218

News Ticker

<r>For other comments about the News Ticker, see also<br/>
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<URL url="http://www.matrixgames.com/default.asp?URL=http%3A//www.matrixgames.com/forums/showthread.php%3Ft%3D43872"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.matrixgames.com/default.asp? ... Ft%3D43872">http://www.matrixgames.com ...
by simulacrum
Sun Aug 24, 2003 2:36 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Forums
Replies: 7
Views: 124

News Ticker

<r>Like the look; dislike the News Ticker.<br/>
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"That scrolling thing at the top makes my screen jump around"<br/>
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How about setting up the News Ticker so that it never scrolls? Perhaps lower it by a line or two.<br/>
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Alternatively, how about a way to opt-out of the News Ticker ...
by simulacrum
Sun Aug 17, 2003 5:20 am
Forum: Mega-Campaigns for SP:WaW
Topic: In-turn And end of Turn saves!
Replies: 38
Views: 1047

In-turn And end of Turn saves!

It would be nice


"Nice" is an understatement. Intra-turn/inter-turn saves would make MCs eminently more playable.
by simulacrum
Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:47 am
Forum: SPWaW Thread Hall of Fame
Topic: Screen Names
Replies: 182
Views: 5510

What do you mean simulacrum?

simulacrum: 1) image, representation, 2) an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace, 3) Steel Panthers

two slit experiment => M-theory
by simulacrum
Sat Mar 29, 2003 11:46 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: TV war reporting
Replies: 3
Views: 76

What we do not want from reporters.

<t>From the above cited article:<br/>
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"But reporters are the interpreters for the rest of America of what’s real and what’s important in the world."<br/>
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This is exactly what we do not want from reporters, no matter their political bent. It is up to the viewer or reader to determine ...
by simulacrum
Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:53 am
Forum: SPWaW Thread Hall of Fame
Topic: Screen Names
Replies: 182
Views: 5510

All is illusion.
by simulacrum
Sat Jan 18, 2003 9:49 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Gaming time(s)
Replies: 33
Views: 384

Retired.. whenever I want

<r>per Bing...<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s>I love retirement and will never go back to the business world unless absolutely compelled to do so. I feel sorry for people still batting their brains out, I know what it was like. <e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE> <br/>
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Am into that first year of learning to ...
by simulacrum
Sun Jan 12, 2003 7:40 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Book Recommendations
Replies: 37
Views: 560

Book Recommdations

<t>Most of my WWII library is made up of naval titles. Two notable exceptions are:<br/>
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"The Patton Papers: 1940-1945" by Martin Blumenson (which includes some of Patton's own observations, and is more comprehensive than the popular "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago), and...<br ...
by simulacrum
Sun Oct 20, 2002 3:50 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: SPWAW Gold + megacampaigns
Replies: 47
Views: 572

Having sunk ~$100 into the disappointingly buggy MCs, based on my love for the innovative SP engine, I have little inclination to give CL the benefit of the doubt.
by simulacrum
Sat Oct 19, 2002 8:17 pm
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: SPWAW Gold + megacampaigns
Replies: 47
Views: 572

Only if the debilitating bugs in the megacampaigns are fixed. Said well known bugs include lost leaders, bogus leader combat ratings, and lost conditional victory points during autosaves.
by simulacrum
Tue Aug 13, 2002 4:27 am
Forum: Mega-Campaigns for SP:WaW
Topic: Mega Crashes and saving
Replies: 9
Views: 166

The Buggy Autosave

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s>Mega's since there introduction auto save, this was introduced as kind of a Commanders decission is final, that way if things don't work out you can't go back and try to replay and correct your mistakes. Mistakes you make are permament and you as the CO have to live with your ...
by simulacrum
Thu Aug 08, 2002 4:07 am
Forum: Steel Panthers World At War & Mega Campaigns
Topic: Petition to fix remaining bugs in 7.1
Replies: 69
Views: 865

Lost-scores-due-to-save Bug

<r>The lost-scores-due-to-save bug in the MCs is not a minor issue. For the reasons stated above and partially requoted here<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s>This does wreak the game - no matter how hard you try, if you save you are going to end up with a series of D Losses, get (wrongly) sent down the ...

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