When it gets past 2020... - Page 2

Dion · #11 April 24th, 2011, 05:52 PM

Steel Panthers IV?

Skirmisher · #12 April 24th, 2011, 05:56 PM

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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...

FASTBOAT TOUGH · #13 April 24th, 2011, 06:14 PM

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To the rest, for a lot of the countries equipment would be greatly reduced as most will be outdated by 2020 anyway and the game is carrying the burden of equipment going back to 1946 as pointed out.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

Dion · #14 April 24th, 2011, 06:19 PM

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.

Dion · #15 April 24th, 2011, 06:36 PM

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?

gila · #16 April 24th, 2011, 06:58 PM

With the World economy as it is,don't expect too many wonder weapons in the near future.
The two or three major developers on new weapons,are getting getting crunched on defense budgets.
Just look at the price oil.
M1 Abrams will be around a long time or a varient on it,possibilty a few F-22's will be built i suspect.

Skirmisher · #17 April 24th, 2011, 07:22 PM

In order to get back on topic :

I think that WinSPMBT is a fantaastic game.

It does not need to go beyond 2020.
The amount of work that has been/will be done on it is above and beyond anybody elses work ethics as far as I can see.

Thanks to everyone that makes this happen.

Don,Andy,All the researchers,All the designers.

Thank you all.

May we all make it to 2020!

Dion · #18 April 24th, 2011, 07:39 PM

I think it should go beyond 2020 because the greatest thing about the game is the super rich data base, not continuing the game beyond 2020 would make the greatness of the data base obsolite, destroying loads and loads of detail concerning the historical development of weapon systems that the game provides. I see a release date of 2021! Love Steel Panthers and can't imagine an outdated, obsolite game.

gila · #19 April 25th, 2011, 01:42 AM

The game works well with the improvments so far,there maybe tweaks with false claims or real developments that need fixed.
Upgrades have been yearly for several years.
Other than that it's about as real as it gets for a top down,turn-based PC game in this genre IMO.
I really don't think in anyway this game is becoming obsolete!
If one want's more, maybe it's time to find it elsewhere

Double_Deuce · #20 April 25th, 2011, 02:02 AM

Once you get to the use of lasers, EMP's and sonic type weapons on the battlefield at this scale I doubt the engine could handle it. At some point you reach the maximum capability of the existing code which numerous generations old in tech years.