Steelpanthers modern

[Svennemir]

There's a program called MOUSECTL.COM which (use google to find it) which accelerates the mouse in DOS programs. IIRC you run the program from a prompt like this:

mousectl 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 spmbt.exe

MOUSECTL.COM must be in the spmbt directory. The numbers denote acceleration, try a couple of different values. I don't think you have to write them all.

Next, just run SPMBT from the same prompt.

[Les_the_Sarge_9_1]

Thanks Jim, going to see if my tech smart buddy can help me round that thingy up maybe.

As for the partition notion, been there done that.

Fact one, even with partitioning, it still uses up space.
Fact two 98SE is garbage, and basically no longer welcome on "the good computer" hehe

When you consider that an old clunker is often worth next to nothing, it's not such a bad option.
In my case I am lucky, as my friend is basically giving me something like a low calibre P2 system on "extended loan", or in other words, he retains the right to say its his, but odds are he could care less as long as I don't throw it away hehe.

Currently I just don't have the space on the "good computer". I use it to much for video processing.

[wulfir]

There are new versions of both SPWW2 and SPMBT coming soon. I have a particular interest in map making, and the new terrain etc that come with the new versions are seriously cool stuff.

[8D]

[sztartur2]

I can assure that Wulfir makes some cool maps. Hey Wulfir, do you remember the Groznij map? . Do you still have your maps on the Yahoo group?

Artur.

[wulfir]

ORIGINAL: sztartur

I can assure that Wulfir makes some cool maps. Hey Wulfir, do you remember the Groznij map? . Do you still have your maps on the Yahoo group?

Hiya Artur, yeah I remember I got my ass kicked. [:o]

The maps are gone from the yahoo group to make room for other stuff. A few might show up in the coming versions though... Btw, drop me a mail if you want more, I have 50-60 (mostly unpublished) maps, mainly 80x100. The majority comes from a 34 scenario SPWW2 campaign, stretching from Omaha beach to Magdeburg (i.e. bocage maps of various locations in Normandy, summer maps of France, autumn-winter maps of Belgium (Ardennes) and spring maps of Germany.

Playing on custom maps is more fun! [;)]

[sztartur2]

Wulfir,

Maybe you could put them up on SPCammoFiles group.
Keep on making the beauties [8D]

Artur.

[DoubleDeuce]

ORIGINAL: wulfir

The maps are gone from the yahoo group to make room for other stuff. A few might show up in the coming versions though... Btw, drop me a mail if you want more, I have 50-60 (mostly unpublished) maps, mainly 80x100. The majority comes from a 34 scenario SPWW2 campaign, stretching from Omaha beach to Magdeburg (i.e. bocage maps of various locations in Normandy, summer maps of France, autumn-winter maps of Belgium (Ardennes) and spring maps of Germany.

Playing on custom maps is more fun! [;)]

If you need a place for those maps, just let me know.

Question. Are these maps usable with SPMBT?

[sztartur2]

As far as I know maps are interchangable between SPWW2 and SPMBT.

[wulfir]

ORIGINAL: Double Deuce

If you need a place for those maps, just let me know.

Question. Are these maps usable with SPMBT?

Hi!

Yes, these maps work with SPMBT. I have been told a few will be included in the coming versions of MBT, most of the others will be with SPWW2. Some will probably not make it, as of now I don't know exactly which ones.

[HagenVonTronje]

Hei there!

Got both Steel Panthers II and Steel Panthers MBT today. It IS techincally running rather well on XP here... but only for a little while. After having spent like half a minute in the buying screen or, if I'm fast enough, in the map deploying, the game just freezes. Repeating the process only produces the same results. I have already read through the install guide and the problem solving solutions offered above, to no result...

Is there anyone who can shed some light on this here? (Somehow it'd seem that Steel Panthers products have an antipathy for me... LV refuses to go further than Surprise at Dubno stubbornly now...)

[stevemk1a]

I once had the same problem with spmbt. Turns out when I configured the shortcut I didn't disable the screensaver and it locked up the game. You've really got to follow the directions closely for the beast to work!

[HagenVonTronje]

I did do that, too. And the game works just great when playing a scenario. It just crashes whenever I try to play a campaign, in just the manner I described... or at least it crashes onl occasionally in scenarios, but that happened often before in SPWaW, too...

[Paul Wykes]

For old DOS based games on a modern system, try using DOSBOS.

This can be found at http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

I don`t use it for SPMBT (I`ve got windows`98) but I use it to play some older dos games with very little trouble. I found it difficult to use until I discovered the front-ends that some other people have done.

The games list found on the site list SP2, SP1 and SPMBT as "playable".

[Fallschirmjager]

ORIGINAL: HagenVonTronje

I did do that, too. And the game works just great when playing a scenario. It just crashes whenever I try to play a campaign, in just the manner I described... or at least it crashes onl occasionally in scenarios, but that happened often before in SPWaW, too...

What sort of video card do you own?

[HagenVonTronje]

I DO own a GeForce2 MX here, but as said, it runs the scenarios, it just crashes on the campaigns. I don't see how that is related to the videocard then? At least it doesn't sound very reasonable to me...

I*ll give that DOSBOS thing a try... and I guess I'll start digging for some old video card... just to see..

[Fallschirmjager]

ORIGINAL: HagenVonTronje

I DO own a GeForce2 MX here, but as said, it runs the scenarios, it just crashes on the campaigns. I don't see how that is related to the videocard then? At least it doesn't sound very reasonable to me...

I*ll give that DOSBOS thing a try... and I guess I'll start digging for some old video card... just to see..

The game simply doesnt like Geforce 2 MX cards
Have you played through an entire scenario? How about a quick battle?

[HagenVonTronje]

Played several scenarios without much trouble, it crashed at times there, but that is rather common with SPWaW here, as well, after a few scenarios. Didn't try QuickBattle. Alas, I founf domeone giving away a Matroxm3D card for nothing... so, guess I'll just go and get that, so that it's finally possible to enjoy these games... hope so at least...

[scaguy]

Remember, you are only getting it to run a couple of old wargames eh. So don't fret over whether it's a waste of space paperweight.

I plan to have mine sit on the floor under the desk, and serve as a foot rest too.

[:D] now why didn't i think o'that!

that's a good idea too. I still have several older machines that i use for old games that just don't like to run under even win95. I still even play panzer strike on the commodore 64.. just to relive old days i suspect.