. ³°ÛÛÛÛÛ . ³²ÛÛßÛßß ß ³±ÛÛÛÛÛ ß ßß²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛßß ß ³²ÛÛÛÛÛßß ß . ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛßÛßßß²ÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßß²ÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßß²ÛÛÛÛÛ . : ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ ³²ÛÛÛÛÛ : | ³²ÛÛÛÛÛÜܲÛÛÛÛÛܳ²ÛÛÛÛÛܳ²ÛÛÛÛÛÜܲÛÛÛÛÛܳ²ÛÛÜÛÜÜܲÛÛÛÛÛܳ²ÛÛÜÛÜÜܲÛÛÛÛÛÜ Ü | ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄúÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄúÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄúÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄúÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ [ P r e s e n t s ] AB!DF2^SAC STEEL PANTHERS: WORLD WAR 2 v2.0 PATCHED ú Ä -ú-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ--úÄ Ä ú Cracker : Grudge : Released : June 13th, 1999 Supplier : - : Protection : CD Checks/ReRoute Stripper : - : Game Type : WarGame Packager : Effexor : # of Disks : 1 * 2.88mb ú Ä -ú-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ--úÄ Ä ú STEEL PANTHERS: WORLD WAR 2, 2M HD ú Ä -ú-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ--úÄ Ä ú [ G a m e N o t e s ] The latest from The Gamers Net and SP Camo Workshop, Steel Panthers: World War II is not a demo but a complete new game for owners of either Steel Panthers 2 or 3. There are 70+ new scenarios designed by Raiders, major enhancements to PBEM games, detail MOB's, improved graphics, sounds, new music. Players fight larger tactical battles using the same easy-to-use interface featured in their critically acclaimed Steel Panthers I and II. PBEM ENHANCEMENTS Security for E-mail games is bullet proof. Your opponent will no longer be able to rename a PBEM game and run it through the editor to check your unit disposition. PBEM games are now auto saved when the " Quit the orders Phase" button is pressed. A record is made of the number of starts and saves so if the game is ended abnormally (your opponent did not like how his turn went so he pressed ctl-alt-del) he will be caught. (You CAN however stop a turn in mid move and continue it later by exiting with the EXIT button. When this is done in PBEM the turn will be saved and picked up again where you left off). The information in the .DAT file is encrypted. Both players MUST use the same MOB files, you will no longer have to wonder why your opponent seems to have nothing but laser guided weapons in his PzII. If the MOBs differ in ANY WAY the game will not load at any time Your opponent will not be able to load a PBEM game in an earlier version of any SP game. Your opponent will not be able to un-zip the turn and play it again or be able to unzip that turn to another installation of the game. WEAPONS Firing weapons now uses up movement points. Weapons like Anti-tank guns that are moved by a vehicle cannot be fired after they are unloaded in the turn they are moved. Indirect fire against AFV's has been made less lethal and more suppressive. NEW MAP FEATURES Mapmakers will be happy to know that high grass and sand dunes can now be edited onto terrain features above ground level. INFANTRY Infantry are much harder to spot and kill. One reason for that is that the Terrain defensive values were enhanced. You will find the AI a more challenging opponent in Battle Generator and Campaign games. The computer will now set up units right to the map edge in many cases in both the attack and the defense so don't expect an easy time of it if you like to sneak down the sides. The AI will now pick up and carry infantry on tanks in the same manner it did in Steel Panthers 1. There is now an infantry Forward observer class so your artillery spotters are no longer tied to their vehicle. DATES The years in the game now run from 1910-1949 (we are only using 1930-1949 in most cases for this release). Leadership, leader morale, unit experience, unit morale, counter battery and air superiority values were converted to WW II levels. GENERATED MAPS Maps generated for battles will now be generally in the appropriate geographic locations. There were some limitations we hope to address in a future patch but it is much improved over SP2WW2. GLIDERS Gliders will now stay on the ground once landed. They will no longer route off the map. VEHICLE INTRODUCTION The Introduction and out of service month has been added to the MOB's. All the MOB's have been adjusted to accommodate this. You will no longer find units introduced only by the year, as we had to do with SP2WW2. SCROLLING SPEED Players with very fast computers can now adjust the map scrolling speed with a hotkey. SOUNDS Several new sound files have been added as well as a few which are unique to specific weapons. In the future, players will be able to add a new sound to the game and then be able to have it play by adding a sound number in the Mobs. NEW GRAPHICS Over one hundred new and improved unit Icons have been added for this release as well as a complete set of new factory buildings and menu screens. BATTLE GENERATOR IMPROVEMENTS You will be able to set up the default countries for player 1 and player 2 that appear in the Battle menu (this will change the default for the editor and campaign as well) so if you find you play most of your games in one time period against a particular country you will now be able to change that so those countries, the month and the year appear every time on start up. If you wish to change these it is a simple job. There are instructions with the game. LEADER NAMES PERSONALIZED The leader names are now externalized as well. If you wish to add your name or a relative or friend to the list of names for any of the countries modeled in SP-WW2 you may do so. The list MUST not be increase beyond its present number but you can substitute one name for another. RANKS OF LEADERS Nation ranks have been added in abbreviation (there was an 8-character limit). This is also external to the code. If you wish to change these you can. If you wish to use the traditional default ranks then file can be renamed and the program will draw the original ranks from the game. These are a few of the more high profile changes made. There are many others as well. NOTE ABOUT THIS RELEASE: When you start this release, it asks for the Steel Panthers 2 or 3 CD to continue. This patched .EXE will bypass all the checks and allow you to play the game. Instead of forcing you to download 30M in files, which you can get on your own, we just included the patched .EXE For more information, go to http://www.thegamers.net ú Ä -ú-ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ--úÄ Ä ú [ I n s t a l l N o t e s ] Download SPWW2 from the net, install, then unzip this release into where you have SPWW2 installed, overwriting all files. 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