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For those who are new to SPWaW here is some background. SPWaW is hex based top down view using a alternating turn based (I go you go or IGOUGO) design. SPWaW has added timed play feature as well giving each player set amount of time to conduct his turn before the turn ends and his opponent turn begins. Armor, gun and vehicle units are represents one per icon. Each infantry squad can have up to 19 men in it. A crew can represent from 1 to 4 men and include machine guns or mortars. Each hex represents 50 yards of terrain with many new terrain features added. Each game turn represents a few minutes of real time. SPWaW is a very highly refined version of Steel Panthers III placed in the Steel Panthers I game scale. We used Steel Panthers III since it was the most stable version of the game engine. This game is a complete game and 100% free.

SPWaW is a true Windows games and does not require DOS. SPWaW will run on Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP. SPWaW will also run under OS/2 and Linux as well.
Version: 7.1 Filesize: 439.09 MB

http://www.matrixgames.com/insidemg/mod ... =Downloads

Thank you David.

:rolleyes:

It figures... I just downloaded and installed the whole sheebang (including all the patches and upgrades) on a different computer last night! LOL

Took HOURS!

Just my luck... :):)

Originally posted by Bernie
:rolleyes:

It figures... I just downloaded and installed the whole sheebang (including all the patches and upgrades) on a different computer last night! LOL

Took HOURS!

Just my luck... :):)

Bernie if you have comcast high speed it takes 27 minutes during the evening....

regards,
sven-lost on the information superhighway...

Originally posted by sven


Bernie if you have comcast high speed it takes 27 minutes during the evening....

regards,
sven-lost on the information superhighway...

I do, but I had to get it from Edome and the best I could do was 82kbs with a d/l manager. As a single d/l (without the manager) the best speed I could get was 38kbs. Then the unzipping took almost as long as the d/l! There's a post about this in the "Accessing from another computer" thread.

Well thats about the best news I've heard in a while. I would give you a cookie but it would be stale by the time you got it, so I'll give you a sticky instead!:D

Many thanks, and just a quick question :

Does this full version include the small fixes (new US OOB, some shp files ...) that were posted here after the release of the 7.1 patch ?

Thanks again.

Regards.

No it does not. You will still need any and all patches that came out after our v7.1 release.

David

OK, roger that. Thanks.

Regards.

Are the stereo sounds included or is that a seperate d/l?

Originally posted by David Heath
No it does not. You will still need any and all patches that came out after our v7.1 release.

David

Are there any patches that came out after the 7.1 patch??? Where could I download them?

m200

Originally posted by m200


Are there any patches that came out after the 7.1 patch??? Where could I download them?

m200

These are not really patches, but some fixes, you can find them in this forum

As for the stero sounds, I don't think they're included in this full 7.1 version, which should have a size of more than 600 MB if they were. But I could be wrong ...

Regards.

Updated Stereo sounds are included in the 7.1 full installation. They have been included with all full installs since ver 5.3. The only other patches at this time are directly related to each Mega Campaign.

Can someone verify this download, I downloaded 7.1 and it shows:

420 MB, 440,850 bytes

Is this what everyone has?

Unfortunately, the link here takes you to gamesdomain, which shows two USA links, one of which is broken and the other is either constantly busy and refusing connections, or, when you do connect, gives d/l speeds of only 52kbs. I also see that the file is in Zip format, and I have to again question why. The savings for that sized file (since the executable inside is also compressed) is only 18-20 megs, a mere pittance compared to the file size and due to the fact that it takes far longer to unzip the file than downloading the additional 18-20 megs would take. You also then need less HD space to do the install since you don't end up with the 400+ meg zip file, and the executable, and the actual install (before cleanup that is).

Yes, I know I'm complaining about something that's free, but if there are problems Matrix needs to know about it.

Bump

Can someone verify my earlier post on file size? Is 420 mb (zipped) the correct dowmload size?

It's 430528k/1024(standard k byte recognition) =420.173 So the answer would be yes zipped, it will approx double in size after installation.

Thanks for the answer

Originally posted by David Heath
No it does not. You will still need any and all patches that came out after our v7.1 release.

David

I'm confused. I just downloaded the complete 7.1 zip file to save on a CD. I also saved the 7.1 patch that came out a few days later. Now, do I need to apply the 7.1 patch to the 7.1 game I just downloaded, OR, is the 7.1 patch just a patch to bring versions 7.0 and lower up to 7.1?

Another question. I have an earilier copy of the game that I've patched up to 7.1. Is this copy now identical to the complete 7.1 that I just downloaded? Do I need to apply the 7.1 patch to this earlier "upgraded to 7.1" copy?

The Full version is version 7.1 - You do NOT have to apply the 7.1 patch, but you do have to apply any mega-campaing patches, or add any of the corrected files that were posted on the OOB forum.

At some point we may consolidate them into a 7.11 patch, but that is a low priority right now.