Re: WINSPWW2?
 

Don't worry. They don't give you desert.

Don

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

Sorry, I'm a newbie here so I hope you don't mind what may appear to be a daft question.

I've been a long term fan of the SP series and have finally convinced the boss at home to buy a PC to run WinSPMBT on (We use Macs for everything else). I also have a copy of "Steel Panthers World at War" (hopefully its allowed to be mentioned) from another firm.

Is this WinSPWW2 the result of some sort of take over or is it a totally independent product (but still based on the common SP ancestry)?

Regards,

Mark

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

WinSPMBT is the windows version of the DOS SPMBT game which in turn is based on the DOS SPWW2 game. If I'm not mistaken both derive their ancestry from the SP2 game while the WaW series are derived from the SP3 game.
The groups who have been developing the different sets of games (SP2 based or SP3 based) have different views on some elements of the game. The end result is that it allows for a wide selection of SP games to choose from.

Narwan

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

Narwan,

Thanks.

So would it be fair to say that WinSPWW2 is effectively SP1 (since SP2 is not WW2 orientated) "upgraded" to the same standard (i.e. Win compatible).

Whilst "Steel Panthers World at War" is effectively SP3 "upgraded" to the Win compatible standard?

Just trying to work out if the upcoming WinSPWW2 will effectively replace my current copy of "Steel Panthers World at War" or whether I should retain both.

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

You should retain both and play both and decide for yourself which you like most.

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

gibsonm
Welcome to the dark side, hehehe. Do your Mac friends know?
Can you now buy all the new games that are PC only?
I have played SP1, SPWW2, SPMBT, SPWAW and now WSPMBT.
Enjoy them all. Vs AI or vs a human they all have pluses and minuses. Don't use CM tactics in SP and vice versa.

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

I have a swag of PC games already (used to use Virtual PC) such as Panzer Commander, Panzer Elite, SP1, 2 and 3, ATF, BCT, M1 Tank Platoon 2, Steel Beasts, Star and the Crescent as well as WinSPMBT and the SPWAW.

Virtual PC was too slow and the non support of graphics cards meant newer games would just crash.

Anyway the XP box just sits in the corner and only has games on it. Doesn't get email so it should stay relatively virus / malware free.

Also I can put CMSF on it and get a heads up while waiting for the Mac version to turn up.

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

After relase of path for WinSPMBT what are the plans in WinSPWW2 thema my sugestion is runing the forum for this nonexisting game now before game relase here on sharpnel if this is posible that should help in the collect of materials and infos for this game. What do you thinking about this proposition

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

Great idea! However it will probably increase the amount of time to get it finished.

Re: WINSPWW2?
 

Here is my proposal for WinSPWW2...

Would it be possible to add another country? Then I'd like to see Slovakia as independent, 03/1939 to 04/1945, so that I won't have to stuff it in the Blue OOB.
Slovakia participated in some furious battles in hte East, not mentioning the uprising in 1944, and int he same time Czechoslovakian exile troops were active in the UK and USSR. The way it was in SPWW2, there was 03/1939 to IIRC 10/1943 Slovakia and just after that the OOB represented exile forces, and even then only in the USSR.