When it gets past 2020...

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

The weapons point might be mute already one of the refs believes this weapon can be online by 2016 if testing continues at it's current rate. Leave it to the Navy to lead the way!?! Anyway the last two refs have the water and air test videos in them.
http://www.naval-technology.com/news/news58019.html
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-14/u...ships?_s=PM:US
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011...8221302630063/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ser-downs-uavs

To the rest, for a lot of the countries equipment would be greatly reduced as most will be outdated by 2020 anyway and the game is carrying the burden of equipment going back to 1946 as pointed out. For the U.S. I can think of only one piece of equipment that was operational in the 50+ year category that would make the transition past 2020, the B-52H slated to remain in service until 2035. If a future game is to be developed, I would think it to go in ten or fifteen year blocks, this would make it easier to manage the OOB's, reduce the number of R&D equipment that might slip in which some of us are still trying to clean up now and at a basic level I my part, I would think free up some memory or other space to allow compatibility with newer operating systems while maintaining playability with older ones. I'm staying with XP until support runs out in 2015 though rumors are slowly floating to the surface that MS might go a little beyond that. I'm just hoping Don and Andy and a couple of others can just keep the pace going until 2019 for for equipment and EVERYONE leave them alone as needed to have a year just to fully debug the game before the lights go out. I wouldn't expect them to carry on but I wonder who can and will want to and maintain the same set of standards? I've been pressing that point for a couple of years now especially in my patch posts. So for now, yes I'd like to see the game go beyond 2020, however let's focus on what can be done to keep this current game realistically relevant, support the main players who keep it going for all of us, and remember they'll have devoted more then twenty years to this endeavour before it's over and once in a while thank them for their hard work and remember they have families and the issues of life to deal with everyday just like the rest of us. For 2020 - 2030 new team needs to think about who they will be. And now I relinquish the keyboard to CINCLANTHOME and if you celebrate it, I hope you enjoyed your Easter.

Regards,
Pat

[Randy]

The game will crash and will no longer be playable! Sorry guys, but the party is over.

[void1984]

Originally Posted by Randy

The game will crash and will no longer be playable! Sorry guys, but the party is over.

There would alway be emulators, wine and virtual machine.
The same solutions as today for good games with outdated code.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

Originally Posted by void1984

There would alway be emulators, wine and virtual machine.
The same solutions as today for good games with outdated code.

I don't think he was actually talking about code age, more like, trying to play a 2021 battle.

[Roman]

Originally Posted by iCaMpWiThAWP

I don't think he was actually talking about code age, more like, trying to play a 2021 battle.

If so, he can play Starcraft is futuristic. Or Batterfield 2142.

[Dion]

Steel Panthers IV?

[Skirmisher]

Originally Posted by Dion

Steel Panthers IV?

These two games WinSPWW2 @ winSPMBT are Steel Panthers 4.

Nobody else is working on SP stuff.

SPWAW by Matrix died long ago...

[Dion]

Steel Panthers V? Or may be Steel Panthers 2020 in roman numerals. Well maybe not roman numerals, the title would be to congested. Heck I can't even read the Super Bowl numbers anymore, and their only in the 40's, well may be the 50's.

[Firestorm]

Originally Posted by Dion

Steel Panthers V? Or may be Steel Panthers 2020 in roman numerals. Well maybe not roman numerals, the title would be to congested.

MMXX. However, I agree with one of the guy's in another thread who said al orbats should end on XXI/XII/MMXII

As far as the shrinking fan base, I plan on teaching my neices and nephews how to play, so they'll be at least five fans left after all of us have died of old age. :P

[Dion]

Heck with a bunch of lasers on space orbiting platforms you could destroy entire amies, navies, airforces, even compleat counties with just a flick of the switch. First strike capabilties whould be so great I think WWIII would start for sure. That would kind of make the game obsolete wouldn't it?