Map conversion question

[Suhiir]

If this is a stupid question I apologise, but the map editor is one thing I've spent VERY little time with.

In "Steel Panthers Generals Edition" there is a minicampaign on the Yangtze River Patrol.

Is it possible to convert the map (not the scenario, just the map) for use in WinSMBT?

[Mobhack]

No, the old maps of the original SSI games are in a completely different and obsolete format.

Andy

[Suhiir]

Thank you sir.

Ahhhhhh well .... it was a nice map for a riverine scenario.

[Kurt Montandon]

Along the same lines - is it possible to use SP:WW2 maps in SPMBT?

If not, has anyone considered writing a script to convert?

[DRG]

SPWW2 and SPMBT use the same code so are totally compatible between the two games

Don

[void1984]

A bit off topic, but...

In "Steel Panthers Generals Edition" there is a minicampaign on the Yangtze River Patrol.
...is it possible to convert the SP1campaign to scenarios, so I could open them?

[Mobhack]

A bit off topic, but...

In "Steel Panthers Generals Edition" there is a minicampaign on the Yangtze River Patrol.
...is it possible to convert the SP1campaign to scenarios, so I could open them?

Of course not - the game is developed from SP2, not SP1. We don't have the original SP1 code. Plus our campaign code uses completely different code from any of the previous games.

In addition the various SP campaign disks were developed by a third party (Noavastar?) and used their own proprietary executable code which hooked into the original game, so there would be copyright issues at the very least.

Conversion utilities for DOS versions (other than our own as we provided back in 2005 for migration purposes) are not going to happen.

Andy

[void1984]

Probably I wasn't clear - my question was is it possible to convert SP1 campaign into SP1 scenarios.
I just have good memories playing them years ago.

[Mobhack]

If you wanted to do it manually, hex by hex and unit by unit in the SP1 editor (did SP1 even have one?) - then perhaps. You would best have 2 computers working side by side, or 2 DOSBOX sessions open perhaps since its a mere 640x480 screen. But no automated method exists.

(Didn't know anyone even still played SP1.)

Andy

[void1984]

Yes. I was thinking about dosbox.
Scenario editor is included in SP1, but I couldn't spot any obvious way to open the campaign's scenarios.
I don't play SP1 (and I don't see a reason to play SP1 when WinSPWW2 is around), but for the memories I wanted to recreate some of those '39 campaign fights.

[gila]

Why not create the same battles/campaigns you like here? since you can't convert them.
Get into the editor and learn how to do it,it will take alot of work but can be done.
All the tools are there.
I'm not much help myself, since i don't know much about creating,but heading that way:)

[Suhiir]

Oh I still play SP1.

I LOVE the Rommel MegaCampaign!

[Oche]

I actually loaded SP1 a few times with Dosbox with the same intention of replicating some scenarios, it isn't an easy task, the suggestion of having the Dosbox window open with SP1 and replicating the maps is the best choice for replicating those scenarios. I'll definitely try soon to replicate some because I miss most of those stock scenarios. If anyone else or the cammo team itself is willing to embark on replicating any of the stock scenarios from SP1 i volunteer to help with map replication. I'm sure that others will be glad to help adapting and polishing the SP1 scenarios OOBs to WINSPWW2.