What is the order to install both winspmbt and winspww2
 

Hello

I was wondering what the order is to install both winspmbt and winspww2

I purchased the download WW2_DL.zip and winSPMBT_DL version

I downloaded and installed
WinSPMBT.zip
winspmbtv7_(2013)_upgrade.zip
WinSPMBTver6.0 Consolidation Patch.zip

I then installed winSPMBT_DL version last

I also downloaded and installed
winSPWW2.zip
winSPWW2v5.0_Consolidation_patch.zip
winspww2v6_(2013)_upgrade.zip

I then installed WW2_DL.zip last.

Should I have installed the files I purchased first?

Please let me know

Scott

Re: What is the order to install both winspmbt and winspww2
 

1) Firstly you install the base game - in your case the CD download.
you now have version 1 installed

2) Now, install the consolidation patch
you now have the 1.0 game updated to version 5(WW2) or 6(MBT)

3) Then install the latest update patch (v7 for MBT, v6 for WW2)
You are now patched up to the current version

Installing a later version first will result in the earlier versions installed after that nuking any later ones...

Also - if you have Windows vista, seven, or 8 then read the sticky post "Windows Vista and Seven installation" pinned at the top of the MBT and WW2 main forums, if you have not already done so. (Essentially you require to install outside the traditional /program files/ folder hierarchy due to changes Microsoft made post windows XP with the introduction of UAC)

Andy

Re: What is the order to install both winspmbt and winspww2
 

Thanks Andy

I followed all your instructions and I am able to use the 1280 x 1024, however I get a very distorted screen when I try to view 1600 x 1280. I can't even click on the screen in 1600 x 1280. I have to go into the task manager and turn off the game.
Please tell me how to enable this screen

Thank you

Re: What is the order to install both winspmbt and winspww2
 

Can your display actually handle 1600 mode??, if not then don't try it. (In other words see if the widget to change screen resolution goes that far). These days - only a few rare LCD screens go that far, old style CRT monitors were usually OK with it. Modern wide screens have basically regressed, really...

What is the precise natural resolution of your screen?

What Type of screen - LCD or CRT?

Are you trying full screen mode, or windowed mode?
- If trying windowed mode - you did follow the instructions and made sure that your Windows task bar is not set to auto-hide?. Otherwise Windows returns a false value of screen size, and the display is skewed as a result.

Basically - unless you have a 4:3 aspect ratio CRT monitor:
A) Try "Desktop" resolution, to get your maximum screen size, especially if you have a wide-screen monitor. The fixed resolutions are all for the old-style 4:3 aspect ratio monitors. Some wide screen monitors can handle these, usually with some distortion though.

B) Try Windowed mode first. Ensure that you don't have "auto hide" enabled for your window task bar, as mentioned above.
(In Windowed mode the game plays nicer with all the other windows applications, making task switching easy. You can also see the Windows task bar, so the clock and email alerts etc are visible as you play).

C) There is a full screen option, which some folk prefer. If you have Windows Vista, or Seven, a batch file has to be run to do that, apparently Windows 8 is better for 256 colour palette mode games, as the full-screen mode of this game is. (In windowed mode its translated to the current windows colour depth, so it does not suffer from interference and so going "psychedelic" if windows messes with the palette as vista/seven do in the Aero interface. The possibilities of psycho screens, and maybe having to tweak the Windows vista/seven batch file is why I would recommend at least trying desktop/windowed, before desktop/full-screen. In addition - if running under the batch file, windows exploder is nuked, so that Aero does not mess with the 256 colour palette, so task switching to other apps is not on...

Desktop resolution, in windowed mode is really the way I would recommend folks play the game "full screen". Its the way I play it these days on my 1920x1080 wide-screen LCD. (You may want to adjust the edge scrolling pixels sensitivity till you get it to suit your preferences (Game Options, Map Scroll Sensitivity Zone).)

Re: What is the order to install both winspmbt and winspww2
 

Thanks Andy

It looks like it was not working because of the auto hide taskbar being on

I am getting the 1600x1280 resolution working

Cheers

Scott