Scenario/Campaign List?

Birdgunner · Post by **Birdgunner** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 5:48 am

Has anybody compiled a list of all the scenario/campaing names for SPWAW 7.1 and/or H2H?

This would help to track what scenarios or campaigns I haven't downloaded yet. Thanks.

Birdgunner!

UBIQUE!

Bing · Post by **Bing** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:21 pm

Somebody said they were going to compile such a list a while back. AFAIK it was not done, if any part of it was done I don't remember it being posted.

The problem with such a list is the usual: It is obsolete the moment it is issued. New and revised scenarios and campaigns are posted in a pretty regular flow, then something like the Depot will come BACK on line making older scenrijos once again available, some of them having been superceded by v7.1 revisions, some of them not, who is going to sort it all out?

Then you go to, say, the Italain sites and find a whole bunch of scenarios you never knew existed, your Italain must be better than mine and Systran translation software doesn't like the Italian language.

If you have the time and patience to compile a list we sure could use it. Otherwise, print the directory, copy and pasted the online listings, or make use of a catalog app. I use Advanced Disk Catalog. It helps, but itself can be a drag to keep up to date.

Bing

Resisti · Post by **Resisti** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 9:39 pm

As Bing said, there is still not a full working game depot (but there is one, anyway, just check the Matrix home page). Then, given the many changes occurred to the game engine since version 1.0, all scenarios/campaign designed with versions earlier than the 6.0 are likely impossible to play with the actual engine and oob (7.1).
Best solution still, is to keep an eye to the different Spwaw support sites, where new scenarios/campaign are released on a semi regular basis.
Find a post from Gmenfan and follow the links in his signature, for this.
Some of these sites(like our one), offer the subscription to a newsletter announcing when new stuff is available.
Finally, don’t miss to check also this specific forum as here, too, you can find some good scenario to play from time to time.

Finally, Bing is wrong on the Italian site, as I normally help that guy translating the text into English

Or maybe Systran has even more difficulties to translate MY english than Italian

Bing · Post by **Bing** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 11:14 pm

Come sta, Federico - I am not referring to the text files within the scenario zip packages. Rather, I am writing about going to a website where the entire presentation is in a foreigh language.

Google will, if requested, "translate" the website if the user fills in the URL in the Google search box. Here is what I got from a "translation" of Scenari website:

"This Section is the fruit of the collaboration of gets passionate to you that they make available ..." - which means something quite unintended in the English language. I'll get passionate with my girlfriend, wife or significant other, not with the guys at Scenari, if that is OK with them.

I believe Google uses the Systran translation engine (?). There is something about the glories of the Italian language it can't cope with. (I am not being sarcastic, much of what we now speak came from Latin, the Med was the cradle of Western civilization including develoment of the Romance languages.)

Perhaps it is everyday, idiomatic usage Systran can't handle. I don't really know. I do know it does a terrible job with Italian, pretty good with German, rather good with French, I haven't done Spanish and Portugese with it to date.

Considering the international nature of SPWAW, I think it would be a good thing if Scenari and the other Italian site (my URL for the other one is no longer valid) would have an English language option. Lots of other gaming sites run by users and fans do this.

Otherwise, I can limp along with Systran and make the best I can out of it - the options are frightfully expensive, running into literally hundreds of US dollars for translation software suitablle for commercial use.

Bing

Resisti · Post by **Resisti** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 2:51 am

Originally posted by Bing
I am not referring to the text files within the scenario zip packages. Rather, I am writing about going to a website where the entire presentation is in a foreigh language.

Considering the international nature of SPWAW, I think it would be a good thing if Scenari and the other Italian site (my URL for the other one is no longer valid) would have an English language option. Lots of other gaming sites run by users and fans do this.

I see now, Bing.
And I fully agree.
If you're referring to "Avanti Savoia" site, yes it's a pity for it to be in Italian, only.
There's quite a bit of interesting content which could come handy, if the text was in English, too.
I've thought many times to propose a collaboration to the site's owner, in order to put up an english version of it, but then I withdrew cause I'd have not time enough to do it properly.

Bing · Post by **Bing** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 4:39 am

Yes, pardon me, I did not have the main page in fron of me, it is indeed the Avanti Savoia. I can imagine the amount of work involved with maintaining a dual language site if there is any amount of activity. We don't do it for English language sites, I suppose there isn't a good reason to expect others will do so.

So, the heck with it, I will listen to Mario del Monaco sing Otello. Decca have provided texts with translation, a good idea for the language impaired.

Bing