Wishlist Wasting High Explosive Anti Tank Rounds

Mobhack · #1 March 7th, 2009, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramm

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Originally Posted by Imp

The details of using the op filter are in the online manual but yes generaly if I set it for armour & no RCL ATGM jeeps around I either limit range to close or set to ignore.
A platoon of 3 or 4 tanks if you really wanted to
Set 1 to engage Heavy armour only
1 or 2 to engage heavy armour & APCs
1 to engage everything
The choice is yours.

As I said apart from flame weapons rarely switch weapons off filter applies equally to troops.
But if you want to fire at soft targets with squads without using the RPG then switch it off.
Vs any armoured target just set the range if you want.
To be honest though most of the time I find routines work well enough but do set for certain situations.

Having an online manual is really nifty. What is its URL?

Andrew

Simply enter $GAME_INSTALLATION_PATH\Game Notes\SPMBTGuide.htm in your browser, and you could always make a link in your browser's favourites when it was opened.

Or just open the GG with the Game Options -> Help Tab-> Game Manual route, and then save that as a favoutite for future reference.

It is not "on line" but it is HTML. You can easily read it side by side when playing if you play the game in Windowed mode.

Cheers
Andy

Ramm · #2 March 7th, 2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mobhack

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Originally Posted by Ramm

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Originally Posted by Imp

The details of using the op filter are in the online manual but yes generaly if I set it for armour & no RCL ATGM jeeps around I either limit range to close or set to ignore.
A platoon of 3 or 4 tanks if you really wanted to
Set 1 to engage Heavy armour only
1 or 2 to engage heavy armour & APCs
1 to engage everything
The choice is yours.

As I said apart from flame weapons rarely switch weapons off filter applies equally to troops.
But if you want to fire at soft targets with squads without using the RPG then switch it off.
Vs any armoured target just set the range if you want.
To be honest though most of the time I find routines work well enough but do set for certain situations.

Having an online manual is really nifty. What is its URL?

Andrew

Simply enter $GAME_INSTALLATION_PATH\Game Notes\SPMBTGuide.htm in your browser, and you could always make a link in your browser's favourites when it was opened.

Or just open the GG with the Game Options -> Help Tab-> Game Manual route, and then save that as a favorite for future reference.

It is not "on line" but it is HTML. You can easily read it side by side when playing if you play the game in Windowed mode.

Cheers
Andy

Thanks Andy, the first method did not work for me (perhaps a problem on my end) but the second one did.

Sincerely,
Andrew

DRG · #3 March 8th, 2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Mobhack

Simply enter $GAME_INSTALLATION_PATH\Game Notes\SPMBTGuide.htm in your browser, and you could always make a link in your browser's favourites when it was opened.Cheers
Andy

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Originally Posted by Ramm

Thanks Andy, the first method did not work for me (perhaps a problem on my end) but the second one did.

Sincerely,
Andrew

It will if you put in the correct game installation path ! The default path the game and patches use is .

C:\Program Files\Shrapnel Games\The Camo Workshop\WinSPMBT\Game Notes\spmbtguide.htm

However, if you installed it someplace else you'll have to figure that out for yourself

OR you could simply click on the HELP tab of Game Options screen that appears when you load the game then click on "Game Manual". It's not hidden

If you hadn't found that by now I'm guessing there is a lot there you haven't seen

Don

Ramm · #4 March 8th, 2009, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DRG

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Originally Posted by Mobhack

Simply enter $GAME_INSTALLATION_PATH\Game Notes\SPMBTGuide.htm in your browser, and you could always make a link in your browser's favourites when it was opened.Cheers
Andy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramm

Thanks Andy, the first method did not work for me (perhaps a problem on my end) but the second one did.

Sincerely,
Andrew

It will if you put in the correct game installation path ! The default path the game and patches use is .

C:\Program Files\Shrapnel Games\The Camo Workshop\WinSPMBT\Game Notes\spmbtguide.htm

However, if you installed it someplace else you'll have to figure that out for yourself

OR you could simply click on the HELP tab of Game Options screen that appears when you load the game then click on "Game Manual". It's not hidden

If you hadn't found that by now I'm guessing there is a lot there you haven't seen

Don

I entered C:\Program Files\Shrapnel Games\The Camo Workshop\WinSPMBT\Game Notes\spmbtguide.htm in my browser instead and it worked fine.

Thanks for making sure I can get to the manual

Sincerely,
Andrew

DRG · #5 March 8th, 2009, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramm

Thanks for making sure I can get to the manual

Sincerely,
Andrew

That's why the HELP tab is on the GameOptions screen.

Don

Imp · #6 March 7th, 2009, 10:16 PM

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It is not "on line" but it is HTML. You can easily read it side by side when playing if you play the game in Windowed mode.

I may be talking out of my rear here but will put this forward as anything that reduces the number of questions can only be a good thing.

If most people are the same as me I have much better search capabilities in plain text or PDF format than HTML. If this is the general case providing a copy in one or the other (no need for the pictures) might cut down the number of questions as I have asked a few as did not find the answer on a quick browse. Mind you this assumes people actually bother to look first I have a feeling a lot don't

Actually probably the easiest option if anyone knows a good HTML free search engine please post a link & it can be included in the Guide or as a sticky

Marek_Tucan · #7 March 8th, 2009, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Imp

Mind you this assumes people actually bother to look first I have a feeling a lot don't

Hey, nothing beats the method of trial and error

Mobhack · #8 March 9th, 2009, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Imp

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It is not "on line" but it is HTML. You can easily read it side by side when playing if you play the game in Windowed mode.

I may be talking out of my rear here but will put this forward as anything that reduces the number of questions can only be a good thing.

If most people are the same as me I have much better search capabilities in plain text or PDF format than HTML. If this is the general case providing a copy in one or the other (no need for the pictures) might cut down the number of questions as I have asked a few as did not find the answer on a quick browse. Mind you this assumes people actually bother to look first I have a feeling a lot don't

Actually probably the easiest option if anyone knows a good HTML free search engine please post a link & it can be included in the Guide or as a sticky

Way back, the help file was one solid lump of HTML. That made searching it a breeze.

But after a while Dreamweaver started to choke as it got bigger and bigger, necessitating a split into several pages, so the ability to search the entire manual was lost.

There will be no PDF format, it is the most $DIETY-awful format/interface ever invented.

Cheers
Andy

Imp · #9 March 9th, 2009, 01:10 PM

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There will be no PDF format, it is the most $DIETY-awful format/interface ever invented

No probs only suggested if it was a 10min conversion job.