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Hey Bill, will those destroyers be subject to air/land attack?? I'm climbing into the cockpit of my rocket loaded P-38 as we speak!!Originally posted by Wild Bill:
Want a ship with some meat on its bones? what about an on-map destroyer to accompany those beach landings?
Wild Bill
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Interesting you should bring that up! Ever since I read Harry Turtledoves "In the Balance" series, and then one guy had a download he had done based on that theme for SP, I've been interested in an alien invasion during WW2!! I had done this in SPWW2 &SP3, but needed lots of ironing out, had made some awesome vehicles, but want to redo thoase also. I'm working passively on this again, using MW3 weaponry as a base, since there are ranges and sucj. Penetration values will be tough though! Me and my brother had played a E-mail game in the old SPWW2 version using these, it was awesome shooting at Stalin III's with the Lizard Landcruiser 120mm main gun, or using the Killercraft (jet) with paveways!! So, am trying it again, with our new engine, it will truly be an experience!!Originally posted by Tombstone:
If there was a general system for multi-hex units that could have even more detailed component damage the opportunity for some interesting total conversions (not that there isn't already) using the spwaw engine. If someone, for example, put together a warhammer 40k or battletech total conversion of the game out there that was good the game engine would get a lot of new comers getting interested because of the different content. Then they'd get to experience the gameplay style of steel panthers. We all know its awesome, and if more people were aware of all this I'd be happy, and I'm sure others would be more happy. Just a thought.
Tomo
Ah, that's right, I think they are in my massive folder of documents, if you have them handy would it be much of a problem to resend? I think the results were combined in a document with another feature or something we were discussing. Thanks for the reminderOriginally posted by Voriax:
Remember to give a decent survival ratio for that destroyer or coastal defence ship of yours, so it doesn't sink at the first 37mm gun hit
Mike, you still have those results about ship survivability that I sent to you?
Voriax
My kinda crowd!!Originally posted by troopie:
And then there's Eric, with his Draka(60's technology in the 40's) and me with my Atlanteans, (480mm ship guns, SAMs in 1943, rocket firing tanks, ATRLs in 1938, close combat with swords.) If we're not careful, this thing could spin out of control.
troopie
Well, since SPWAW is using the SP3 engine, helicopters are already in the game. I don't think they have done anything to change them, so you could put them in with no problems. Just use the oob editor and play around with all that stuff. I don't know about the other modern classes that are being used by SPWAW. They may be untouched, or they could be totally changed.Originally posted by Tombstone:
You should wait until the modern version gets out... that way you can make liberal use of helicopters. I'm sure you can get some really interesting gameplay effect by using helicopters in a role they weren't intended for.
Tomo
I think the only helo class left is the transport, not sure how that one works either, would have to play around with it a little. Not sure which oob I'll use for them either yet, would have to be one that doesn't get favorable use? I'm at the moment just drawing up designs for the vehicles, and getting ideas for weapons etc., still got alot of icons, and oob work to do for SPWAW first though, so this is a "spare time" work!Originally posted by Desert Fox:
Well, since SPWAW is using the SP3 engine, helicopters are already in the game. I don't think they have done anything to change them, so you could put them in with no problems. Just use the oob editor and play around with all that stuff. I don't know about the other modern classes that are being used by SPWAW. They may be untouched, or they could be totally changed.
If helicopters still work as they are supposed to, then maybe we could toss that early Navy helicopter into the Marine oob? Just for scenarios I guess.
I don't know about helicopters, but I do know that the ATGM's still work (at least they did before I applied the last patch.) I tried a little experiment just for giggles. I pitted 4 Chicom HaGo's (sp?) armed with "TOW" missiles against 6 KV1's. I quickly learned the importance of experience ratings, as the KVs wiped out the missile armed tanks without loss. It seems I forgot to change the skill and experience ratings of the Chicom crews, so the 99% hit chance of the missiles became 11% in the hands of their inept users.Originally posted by Desert Fox:
Well, since SPWAW is using the SP3 engine, helicopters are already in the game. I don't think they have done anything to change them, so you could put them in with no problems. Just use the oob editor and play around with all that stuff. I don't know about the other modern classes that are being used by SPWAW. They may be untouched, or they could be totally changed.
If helicopters still work as they are supposed to, then maybe we could toss that early Navy helicopter into the Marine oob? Just for scenarios I guess.
WB: fighters attacking bombers during OP fire. sounds like a dream. Is that something u guys are working on or just on the wish listOriginally posted by Wild Bill:
Adding naval units for battles is just not possible presently. I understand your desire to have them. I would like it too, along with fighters that could appear to attack bombers, kind of an op fire situation, but none of that will make it, I fear, at least not this time.
or even arming them with machine guns ala WWI and have a brand new game come out simulating WWI aerial dogfights.. how about that for going off on a tangent. 
