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2024 Game Updates
The 2024 V17 upgrade is now available !
https://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_W.../WW2_page.html ================================================== =================== Some of you may have been wondering why there has not been any info on this year's updates It's complicated and involves personal issues for both of us. We weren't exactly young when we started doing this in 1998 now add 26 years on to that. There were years when we had released two updates per year. Those days are long over What I can tell you now is we will not be issuing this year's updates for both games together as has been SOP in the past We HOPE to have the final release for winSPWW2 ready by the end of April 2024 and we HOPE to have the final release for winSPMBT ready before Christmas 2024 That is all the info I can provide for anyone at this time |
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We are not ready to release and I don't know when we might be but we are still working on it
2 New Scenarios 16 Revised/Updated Scenarios 100 Updated Scenario files 1 New Campaign 1 Completely revised Campaign #13 114 New or Revised OOB Photos 43 Updated OOB files 14 New or Updated Graphic SHP files 25 New or Revised vehicle/aircraft Icons 31 New or Revised Encyclopaedia/Help Text file 1 New or Revised sound file 25 New complete or WIP maps
There *may* be changes made to those totals but if there are it will only be slight |
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New and revised Icons in winSPWW2 v17
The list is a little shorter than was SOP in the past---one reason for that is everything that needed doing or re-doing has been done *Icon # *Unit Name *Status 681 Daihatsu. Revised WinSPWW2v17 682 Armed Daihatsu Revised WinSPWW2v17 221 Gunboat-wooden deck NEW WinSPWW2 V17 222 Japanese Gunboat NEW WinSPWW2 V17 225 Russian DB Landing craft—Infantry NEW WinSPWW2 V17 226 Russian DB Landing craft–Vehicles NEW WinSPWW2 V17 235 Generic Landing Craft/barge NEW WinSPWW2 V17 1088 M4A3 Sherman Late (Olive green) Revised winSPWW2 v17 2251 NKS-26 Areosan NEW WinSPWW2 V17 2252 RF-8 Areosan NEW WinSPWW2 V17 4743 Chev 30 CWT LRDG NEW WinSPWW2 V17 4744 Sherman III Tunisia/Sicily NEW WinSPWW2 V17 4745 Tauchpanzer IV NEW WinSPWW2 V17 4746 Waffentrager-88 NEW WinSPWW2 V17 4860 Sherman IIA Khaki Green Revised winSPWW2 v17 4861 Sherman IIA Winter Revised winSPWW2 v17 4862 Sherman IIA Desert Revised winSPWW2 v17 8367 Heinkel He 45 pre-war Bulgarian Revised winSPWW2 V17 9127 Do-335 NEW winSPWW2 v17 9128 F4U-1A Corsair ( early ) NEW winSPWW2 v17 9129 KB-11A Bulgarian (early) NEW winSPWW2 v17 9130 KB-11A Bulgarian (Late) NEW winSPWW2 v17 9131 Avia BH-33 (Yugoslavian) NEW winSPWW2 v17 9132 Potez XXV(Yugoslavian) NEW winSPWW2 v17 9133 Fiat CR.20 Austria New winSPWW2 v17 9134 Fiat CR.20 Hungary New winSPWW2 v17 9135 Fiat CR.20 Poland New winSPWW2 v17 9136 Fiat CR.20 Spain New winSPWW2 v17 9137 Fiat CR.20 Italy New winSPWW2 v17 9138 Fiat CR.20 Paraguay New winSPWW2 v17 **Green OOB 9139 Fiat CR.20 Lithuania New winSPWW2 v17 9140 Vickers Vespa II Bolivia New winSPWW2 v17 **Green OO 9141 Curtiss Hawk II Bolivia New winSPWW2 v17 **Green OO 9142 Potez 25 Paraguay New winSPWW2 v17 **Green OO 9168 LSM(R) USN NEW winSPWW2 v17 |
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10 years after I asked for those the aerosanis appear:cool:
https://forum.shrapnelgames.com/show...hlight=aerosan Now what should I ask for the future? :D Bolivian & Paraguayan OOBs for Chaco War??? :laugh: |
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I am REALLY glad you mentioned that because when I went to build these examples I went to MOBHack and found the icons had not been added to those units which came as a shock as my SOP is to enter into the SHP then into the OOB's where needed and these ones I missed and still showed the sled I used as a placeholder when I built the unit and formations.........so thanks:up: that saved me a lot of aggravation if this had been released that way Here they are 3x normal size https://i.imgur.com/1r92kac.png |
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This is why Entering 122 will give you the flag of Bolivia Entering 123 will give you the flag of Paraguay That is so "ambitious" individuals can build Chaco War scenarios using other nations to create the needed units and use those flags to make it all nice and tidy Quote:
The trick is finding an ambitious individual so if you know one or want to become one all the tools are there to build a Chaco War scenario ( one already exists----scenario 0682 - Raiders of the Chaco 1/33 ) and/or create Bolivian & Paraguayan OOBs using generic Green and Red OOB's but both of those would be about as interesting and useful to the vast majority of players as the Thailand OOB which was created by an ambitious individual then promptly ignored by 99+% of players though I am sure somebody at some point has actually played as Thailand ( it does have a good looking airforce with it's own unique Icons) |
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We are currently testing the installer and we tentatively expect the update will be available in early May
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I was attacked by those good looking aiplanes...:laugh: Maybe if you created in a future update some appropriate airplane icons and added them as units in the Green & Blue OOB (as done for Croatian & Swiss air)? Just an idea... |
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Attached is my master Aircraft Roundel file and you will find roundels for Bolivia and Paraguay Have fun........keep in mind this is my personal rough copy and was never intended to be used by anyone but me and it contains experimental images that have evolved over many years so WYSIWYG for Paraguay use France. Red outside blue center white middle so the Potez 25 that is already in the French OOB could be used for Paraguay. Bolivia is red yellow green from outside to center. Easy peasy https://www.amazon.com/Aircraft-Chac...age%20aviation. Quote:
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Anyway, many thanks for the icons. Colombian markings....:happy: Leticia conflict ;) |
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Bolivian Hawk II
https://i.imgur.com/pnwQFH8.png |
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https://i.imgur.com/kdxWFFt.png
Vickers Vespa A more likely colour scheme--silver painted fabric-- on a Bolivian Vickers Type 149 Vespa II recce bomber. The photo I found of it shows the engine uncovered https://i.imgur.com/WsnH96v.png |
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WinSPWW2 version 9.0 - 17.0 Consolidation patch - Expected release May 2024 ( probably) ( the 2024 patch updates any version of winSPWW2 ver 9.0 and up to Version 17.0 ) 2 New Scenarios 16 Revised/Updated Scenarios 100 Updated Scenario txt files 1 New Campaign 1 Completely revised Campaign #13 118 New or Revised OOB Photos 43 Updated OOB files 14 New or Updated Graphic SHP files 35 New or Revised vehicle/aircraft Icons 35 New or Revised Encyclopaedia/Help Text file 1 New sound file 25 New complete or WIP maps 9133 Fiat CR.20 Austria New winSPWW2 v17 9134 Fiat CR.20 Hungary New winSPWW2 v17 9135 Fiat CR.20 Poland New winSPWW2 v17 9136 Fiat CR.20 Spain New winSPWW2 v17 9137 Fiat CR.20 Italy New winSPWW2 v17 9138 Fiat CR.20 Paraguay New winSPWW2 v17 ** 9139 Fiat CR.20 Lithuania New winSPWW2 v17 9140 Vickers Type 149 Vespa II Bolivia New winSPWW2 v17 ** 9141 Curtiss Hawk II Bolivia New winSPWW2 v17 ** 9142 Potez 25 Paraguay New winSPWW2 v17 ** There are four units ** for those aircraft added to the Green OOB for anyone who wants to use them This is the one for the CR.20 https://i.imgur.com/gypQO3H.png |
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My computer broke down a few years ago, and I still haven't replaced it yet:soap: Looking forward to this years updates, as I'm anticipating I'll buy a new computer this year and "get back in the saddle"! These updates are perfect timing, as Steel Panthers is without a doubt the thing I miss the most about having no computer.
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Right now the best guess for the final release of winSPWW2 will likely be sometime during the week of May 5-11 with nearer the end of the week more likely but that is still tentative.
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Another book by one of the authors (Hagedorn) has another photo;again silver. Will both icons be included? |
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The silver one is
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I added it in Austrian markings "just 'cause" I could and because maybe one person might care to use it in a game...... same with Lithuania and the others though some are in their nations OOB... Spain and Italy have them but I found info after release that the Italians used the Cr.20 into the late 1930s and it could be added to Hungary as well. The aircraft was designed in the late '20s but used through the '30s |
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Bolivian Vickers Type 149 correction
A few of you may find this worthwhile I noticed after release that the scale of the Bolivian Vickers Vespa was a bit too small compared to other similar aircraft. It was a single-engine bomber not a fighter and the first version was a bit too much fighter sized The attached Icon0198.ZIP file, extracted into your spww2/Game Data/ Graphics folder will correct that and will have no effect on any ongoing PBEM game https://forum.shrapnelgames.com/atta...1&d=1716655345 |
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Interesting.... 14 DL's as of June 2, that's more than I expected
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