Sorry I've been a little long in answering, guys. Back in the desert again.
As to its content, it will have a basic manual, but there is really nothing difficult about a Mega Campaign. The most helpful manual will be the SPWAW 5.0 manual about the game.
Mega Campaign is mainly a matter of choices, choosing a battle, then following the path that it may lead you, with your triumphs or losses determining which battle you will fight next.
For example, if you are fighting at Agedabia, early in the campaign, and lose, you may miss some of the fighting and not be allowed back into battle (severe losses have caused your unit to be pulled from the line) until a few fights later.
That means you lose the opportunity of scoring more points. Total victory is based on how many total points you garner in your long odyssey through the desert in 1941.
You can fight as few as 28 or as many as 42 battles.
Now battles have options, which mean that when you play it again (it has replay value) you can choose variants of the original battles which may or may not lead you down a different path.
Or your score may be higher, allowing you to have more battles. The options go on and on.
We've added a little flavor with some pretty intense hypothetical (but possible situations), such as rescuring POWS, raiding ammo dumps, looking for hidden LRDG units, looking for Rommel and rescuing him (He is lost in the desert and needs an escort).
Or you might be a part of an end run, an amphibious assault behind Derna or at TObruk Harbor.
Who knows, you may end up on escort duty, or fight off attacking LRDG units trying to kill Rommel!
You could be fending off an amphibious assault by the British or looking for a lost German or Italian force.
Perhaps you'll be given a special mission to steal some Matilda tanks from a British tank repair facility.
And there are a lot more. So it is not just a matter of fighting, but a lot more chances and opportunities, some very unique will be found here.
And now some interesting data. You might find this fascinating.
There are a total of 132 scenarios and variants, 87 of them original scenarios. There are 200 text files of varying sizes, historical documents and over 200 pictures.
So it is enough to keep you busy
As for the future, why don't you tell us what you want?
I see Gallo and others have already mentioned East Front (why am I not suprised
), but let us here what you want.
We aim to please!
Oh, and check Fabio's and Rick's sites for some good info and great screen shots for a little better visualization of what is coming.
Wild Bill, Knight of the Desert
Maybe there's a way to release only add-ons for the manual instead of a complete package for each update? Regarding the Mega Campaign, I don't think it would be that usefull to have a dedicated manual. Once it's installed, it's clearly self explanatory, isn't it?
