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[spooky2004]

Hi everyone,

im a newbie here, but have had a great interest in military topics for many years. I see this game is an upgraded tactical level of steel panthers 3. My question please here is that is it possible to use this upgraded game to play modern day combat (m1a1, bradleys etc) nato vs warsaw pact, or is it strictly historical. I played spII for a while, but could never get it working under XP correctly. Alternatively can anyone suggest a good game that would fit my request. Frankly so many have been disapointments.

thanks for any info

[Yamashita]

Hello thought maybe I should introduce myself, after all the great help folks here have given me.

Picked Yamashita on the spur of the moment. Born & raised in So. Illinois USA. Spent 7 years in Japan & am happily married to a Yamato Nadeshko-Japanese Flower.

Interested in WW2 history since jr high, 1st wargame was Panzer leader & also bought a bunch of Avalon Hill games tho usually played them by myself- just 1 or 2 others i knew were interested.

When I got a computer & read a review of Steel Panthers I was thrilled.
glad to have SP as real life time considerations make learning a new game system frustrating.

Really enjoy war games, not so keen on the whole war thing in real life tho. Real tragedy when it can't be avoided.

[Carnac]

Hi all,

i am completely new to this forum, and besides a bit of PanzerGeneral i haven't played any turn based war games so far (i have played a _lot_ of Heroes of Might & Magic though, but that's not really a wargame).
However, i'm studying political science, so i also have a certain interest in war and (its) history.
I'm 22 and from Germany, studying in Munich

Having started reading this forum today -just after a friend of mine showed me SP:WAW- i wondered if someone could give me a link where all the abbrevations you use all the time are explained Because i don't get them all

[madhatter]

Thought I'd introduce myself. I actually posted here a few months ago for the first time, but some real-life committments kept me from pursuing this game further until now (at which point I am getting very addicted). I used to play the old SP through DOS and was thrilled when I found this because DOS games don't seem to want to run too well on WinXP (sound drivers give me hell in emulation).

Hmm... I've never played any hex-based board games like this, but used to play stuff like Axis and Allies and Shogun aka Samurai Swords. The closest computer game I can think of that I played was Civil War Generals I & II, both of which I enjoyed immensely.

I'm also friends with Mangudai, who I've known most of my life and played said games against. I got him to download this game, knowing he'd like it and didn't know he was lurking around here posting stuff and playing the game until after I started a pbem with him, which explains why he mauled me ... in a totally unrelated question [;)], can anyone tell me the best way to counterattack someone who mortars me into submission?

My favorite country to play thus far is Germany. Mainly because I like Tigers, even if I haven't been able to use them effectively enough in any games.

[Cdat]

Hello, Just over from warmongers to check this group out! Have heard from Goblin how great it is, how he weilds god-like powers, how all the members bow to him...I know I will pay for that Goblin, I have no doubt) anyway, I am a 36 year old male, 8 year veteran of the US Army, living in sunny South Florida, and my wargaming goes back to the dark ages of a board game called Victory in the Pacific, by Avalon Hill. Other than that, some Battletech in the service (passes the time and teaches some good tactical rules) and my most Recent introduction to Steel Panthers, thanks to those nice folks coming over to 'mongers, so be nice until I get my feet on the ground, then have at 'em!

[ScyldSceafing]

Hello there! I'm completely new to the forum, and fairly new to SPWAW.

My gaming background is pretty varied. In wargaming, I've had to content myself largely with solo things. When I was a kid (20 years ago or so), for example, I had a copy of War of the Ring from SPI and no one to play it with. So I devised what I called "Random Opponent," which was a series of tables to serve as a very rudimentary AI for Sauron. Needless to say, Sauron's reputation as a tactical thinker took a beating when those tables were used. <laughs> So I'd say that my experience with wargames is that of the avid newbie - I love playing them and I've had good experiences consistently, but opportunities for play have been few and far between. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify that by making contact with y'all.

I am an inveterate gamer, though, and much more experienced in other spheres of the gamer subculture. I run a weekly pen-and-paper roleplaying game that is just a blast. I play a startling number of hours in a massively-multiplayer online roleplaying game called Dark Age of Camelot, which in its endgame is a massively multiplayer fantasy wargame played from a first-person perspective.

I'm really looking forward to getting to know everyone, and hopefully getting my brains beaten in a few times while I learn the ropes. <grins> I won't ask you to take it easy on me, since that's not what war is about. Lay waste to me, then explain what you were thinking, and I'll feel great about the exchange.

[rrockw]

Hello!

I just discovered that Steel Panthers has been resurrected not long ago and have really enjoyed playing it again. I purchased Steel Panthers I when it first came out and became a scenario beta tester for one of the developers. I also designed a few scenarios, the best being a battle between the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" and the Canadians. Does anyone remember or have this scenario as I would like to re-work it?

Looking forward to becoming involved again!

Rich Rockwood

[cyberdoc]

New to the game and the forum. Names, Howard, 32 From Charlotte, NC Am more used to RTS games than Turn based war games on my PC. Am a fan of tabletop wargames such as Warhammer 40K as well as warhammer and other genres. So far from what I have read and played I think I will enjoy this game alot. Thanks to Matrix for giving away such an awesome game.

[Fossiili]

I'm a grandfather over 70 living in rural Northern Finnland (Tyrnävä). I have playd Combat Mission Barbarossa to Berlin and and I'm designing a hypothetical combat around my home.
I'm interested in Steel Panthers and a kind person sent me version 8. It seems to install right, but when I start it I only get the start panel and video, the game itself does not start. I have been told that SPWW is difficult. I do not believe that, the rumor of it's difficulty depends of the difficulties to get it running in a reasonable way.

[Yamashita]

Try using the Quick Start from your programs menu. The regular start didn't work for me with version 8.0d
All the best to you !

[Resisti]

ORIGINAL: Yamashita

Try using the Quick Start from your programs menu. The regular start didn't work for me with version 8.0d
All the best to you !

Hi Fossiili and welcome here!

Yamashita is right in his statement, but maybe it could have been explained a bit better [;)]

Try to launch the game by double clicking on the “mech.exe” file which you’ll find in the main Spwaw folder, this should make the game runs smoothly.
By doing this you’ll skip the intro movie, which seems to be the cause of headaches for a lot of people around [:)]

[Voriax]

Weell...the 'quick start' *is* a shortcut to mech.exe [:'(]

Voriax

[Wiking_]

Hi all, this is my second post in SPWaW forums, started up some days ago in Training Center subforum suggesting some changes in graphics to improve the game "realistic touch" ( humble of me [:D])

I am from Barcelona, Spain, Europe. I have a little experience in SP playing against AI ( most in old versions SP1 and SP2). I have also played other computer games like first good-old Panzer General and have always been very interested in military history, specially in WW2 period.

I have no experience at all in PBEM or hot-seat games in Steel Panthers. To tell the truth, I haven't played "seriously" SPWaW yet ( not even against the AI) because I'd like to have an intensive look at the Manual before getting into battle. [:'(]


Wiking_

[Fossiili]

Quick Start did not help. Probably version 8 do not work in WinXP? Shall I try to install ver. 7, and if that, which version number 7.1, 7.2, etc. [&o]

[Fossiili]

Try to launch the game by double clicking on the ?mech.exe? file which you?ll find in the main Spwaw folder, this should make the game runs smoothly.
By doing this you?ll skip the intro movie, which seems to be the cause of headaches for a lot of people around [:)]

Before beeing so proud to try to install SPWW I red a lot of discussion of the topic in Internet. I have tryed every exe in the SPWW folder including the famous mech.exe, but it did not help. My computer is IBM NetWista TYPE 2251-TAG and there may be something between freeware programs and these three famous letters (IBM). That is the most reasonable explanation, becouse with other games I have not had any problems.

[Voriax]

Version 8 will work with WinXP, usually with no problems. Do you have the latest DirectX installed?

Voriax

[Fossiili]

Now the problem to get SPWAW start is over, thanks to Frederik Orispää (in an other forum).
There is a folder SHP and under it an other folder SHP. One must transfer the files and folders in SHP\SHP to the upper folder SHP. Now the panel starts and from the panel the game itself.
Thank's to all for their interest. I hope that same kind of discussion will start when I get the real problöems in the game trying to winn my opponent!

[WarFan70]

Hello. My name is Adam, and this is my first posting (introduction) here. I have been playing Steel Panthers sice SSI's first release of the game. I have plenty of military history experience and have been playing Avalon Hill's (now MMP's) ASL for a better part of 15 years. I also served in the U.S. Army, (I was a 11B - "Infantry"). I am a big fan of SP:WAW, and look forward to meeting fellow players and playing against them.

[steveh11Matrix]

Hi, my name is Steve, I've been a gamer for >30 years, beginning with miniatures, then boardgames, now almost exclusively computer gaming - due mainly to time and space!

I played the original version of Steel Panthers, was delighted to find Matrix had updated it, and I'm even more delighted to see that the support continues! I bought the Desert Fox Mega Campaign CD, upgraded later to 7.1, and have just further upgraded to 8.2, which when I get it to work[;)], I expect to enjoy as much as before.

Aside from Gaming my other hobbies include reading and photography. The order of preference very much depends on the mood and circumstances!

Steve.

[Riun T]

ok about five million trys,links,and bullpucky hoops to jump through to finally get to talk to some of you fellow SPWAW lovers and players.
First my name, it's pronounced Reeun its a 800 year old irish name,Tayler is the last.
I'm 38 years old myself and live in Saskatoon saskatchewan, canada,and am proud to be an old military man. A very busy 10 years for the North Saskatchewan Regiment, some out of country work, while active between 85,and 89. Must say I loved it but it ain't for the weak of heart. Now I teach nachimo Ryu Ninjutsu and contract construction/renovations for another vet buddy that owns a bunch of rental propertys.
But enough about my little life, just had to finally get to say I've been playin steelpanthers since V,5.0 that I got outta a old copy of Computer gammer mag.and have tried to keep up with all the free updates so far without my input but since I can't find a point to comment unless I get in to the program so to speak we gotta talk guys who make the game please E-mail me !!! LOCKED AND LOADED till we talk. rtayler9@shaw.ca REALLY WANNA HEAR FROM YA RT.