More help for the new guy

[RUPD3658]

10 year SP vet needs yet more help with SPwaw.

In previous versions of SP (1, 2, 3, 2WWII) the turn number and the total number of turns was displayed in the bottom right corner as:

Turn X of Y
Mission: Defend

I don't see this on the screen in SPwaw.

Is there a way to recall how many turns the scenario is without saving and going back to the main sceanario screen for a peek?

Also, my screen goes to funny colors at times during op fire. I was told that this might be a Directx version problem. How do I find out what version I am running? Please use simple terms and small words as I am computer illiterate.

[Poopyhead]

There is a picture in the top right corner of the screen that gives you a typical view of the scenario terrain. If you left click on the picture, it gives you a text box with this info. As for Directx, there are several places on the web where you can download it for free. The installation is fairly routine, download the file, unzip and bingo. If you still have problems, post again. It might be your video card.

[RUPD3658]

Thanks. I will try that.

Like I said I have played SP in it's various forms for 10 years and thus have neglected to read the manual in favor of just jumping in and playing. I guess they changed some stuff that I should learn about.

It is nice to see the AI still has no idea how to deal with smoke. It will sent unit after unit into the smoke and not wonder why it no longer hears from it.

[Paranormalix]

You find all about DirectX quite easy: from Start-menu choose Run, write there dxdiag and hit enter. Works in every version of Windows. Latest DirectX You can get from here.

[ahmedvonmuneeb]

sorry for hijacking the thread, RUPID, but I've got the same DirectX problem as you; the only thing is that I've got the latest version installed. Another thing that happens frequently is that the game drops (not crashes) to desktop after being launched. The only way to get around this is to click like mad and hope you get a response from the menu. Can someone tell me how to fix this?

[IBTyrone]

I'm assuming you're getting to the game from the menu. There is a known problem (although I forget what it is offhand) accessing the game from the menu. I avoid the problem by using the Quick Start option under the start menu which takes you straight to the game. Hope this helps.

[Major Destruction]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

It is nice to see the AI still has no idea how to deal with smoke. It will sent unit after unit into the smoke and not wonder why it no longer hears from it.

That seems to be more realistic than the "eye of god" vision of the human player.

Ref: Bloody Battle for Tilly" by Ken Tout

Chapter 7: Opertaion TOTALIZE

Quote: The Regimental Navigator could see nothing in the thick haze and very soon ditched itself in a bomb crater. The two reserve navigators, following behind him,tried to avoid this crater and went into another...............From this point.......all one saw were shadowy outlines of tanks as they loomed up out of the fog and disappeared again into the gloom. The confusion was indescribable"

Quote: Out troop was lined up in order: Troop Officer, 1st Sergeant, Artillery Officer, myself and Sgt Munn.............At this time trouble started. A tank was hit and took fire. .........I found out it was our troop officer's tank that was hit. Confusion set in. The troop officer gone, The troop sergeant somewhere away in the dust, Sgt Munn and me alone. After several hours the artillery officer in front of me had lost contact with the tank in front and came back to ask if I would take the lead and he fell in behind Sgt Munn. In a short time we lost him. Don't know to this day where he got to!

Quote: Capt Leonard Harvey, riding in a bren carrier.........found itself driving through Rocquancourt..........it was even darker in the narrow streets. Harvey suddenly sensed a wall on his left and yelled "Keep right, you're going to hit the wall on your left". The driver yelled back, "We can't be scraping the wall on our left because we are scraping the wall on our right" ...........Harvey put out his hand to touch the wall and ........he felt not cold rough stone but warm smooth metal.......his astonishment turned to horror as brief light from a shell flash focused on the regulation German cross insignia on the side of a big panzer. Obviously the Germans were in no better state of awareness than Harvey.

If this is typical of confusion in smoke, dust or darkness, and troop members have no idea where their troop is, then I doubt that the battalion commander knows any better.

btw, it's a very good read!

[ahmedvonmuneeb]

I do use the quick start option. I've found that moving the mouse noe and then keeps everything okay.

[IBTyrone]

Okay, thanks for the update. It's interesting that it drops out like that, but I'm glad you've found a workaround.