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12-08-2010, 02:02 PM | #1 | ||
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Steel Panthers III - Brigade Command (1939-1999)
Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!
Review and download (if available)
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12-08-2010, 04:48 PM | #2 | ||
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(Personal opinion, of course, you may think it's the best of the series.) [Edit] BTW, why isn't there a "0" in the game rating...? This one could use a 0.
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12-08-2010, 07:42 PM | #3 | ||
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It doesn't deserve a 0, as there were some improvements to the attack calculations, hit and damage calculations, spotting calcualtions, minor improvements to graphical detail, and expanded library of units and nations all of which are historically accurate. Not to mention they fit all stuff from the first two games combined with more scenarios onto a single CD.
Its problem is that it tried to cover way too much area in each battle with too large of a force. It was an attempt to combine Steel Panthers with Panzer General. Dumbing down the AI didn't improve the situation, and the sheer size of the battlefields and number of units involved resulted in a computer AI that can take upwards of 10 minutes to complete its turn. Many a time I had time to go make a sandwich, eat it, and come back and still ended up waiting 2 or 3 more minutes for my turn to come back around. If SSI instead took Steel Panthers 2 and added all the improvements without the dumbing down of the AI or the increased size of the battles, it could have been a much better game.
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16-08-2010, 12:31 PM | #4 | ||
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dkw, would you say SP2 has a better AI than the popular, more recent(and freeware) WinSPMBT and WinSPWW2 games?
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17-08-2010, 03:23 AM | #5 | ||
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I have Steel Panthers 3 and when I saw it here I downloaded and am playing a fast campaign in late 1943 as Germany. I put on the points as 800 so I won't have that many units. I wish that SP3 had a long campaign. If the points are like 3000 then that is too many units to handle.
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29-08-2010, 10:36 PM | #6 | ||
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DOS Box commands
What do I type in DOS Box to run it?
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30-08-2010, 02:22 AM | #7 | ||
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Well that question can only be answered with more questions I am afraid. The easist way is to direct you to the DOS Box tutorials.
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30-08-2010, 05:25 PM | #8 | ||
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Someone installed DOS Box for me so the question is what are the command words need to run Brigade Commander? Eg with Steel Pathers I type
C> Steelp¬l C. Steel>Steel and it runs what are the equivilant for Brigade Commander Claire |
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02-09-2010, 04:39 PM | #9 | ||
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well if someone "auto-mounted" a drive for you you can type dir to see all the files and directories inside your curent directory
then to change directory type cd [name of the directory], like "cd steelp" would go down to steelp directory (if it exists of course) then when you type dir and see some files with extension exe or bat just write name of those, those are excutables which run things
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14-03-2014, 06:58 AM | #10 | ||
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I know this game can actually be run in dosbox; that's how I ran it off my CD version back in the XP days, but with the shift to 64-bit windows the CD I have can no longer install. (Shame too, it includes the extra scenario for the registered CD.) Ironically I can actually run the files inside the download via my version of Windows 7, but they expect to find a Steel Panthers 3 CD in my C: drive when that's happening. As it stands this program cannot be used with dosbox and would require either a no-cd crack or some way to redirect it to my actual CD to use. Otherwise you might as well pull this or at least not pretend it's compatible with dosbox. Last edited by NGTM1R; 14-03-2014 at 07:04 AM. |
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