Re: Blitzkrieg Banzai? (SP1 Conversion)
From a "How To" Guide I am working on for converting scenarios:
"The scenario quality for SP1 overall is much lower than with SP2; because scenario designers could only have 48 units per side, of which one was the HQ unit.
It basically meant that if you wanted mechanized/motorized infantry; you really couldn't have much in the way of other units.
SP2 improved on this by allowing I think up to 200 units. This meant that scenarios in SP2 could become much more varied.
With the limit of 48 units per side in SP1; many scenario designers in that era went overboard with the pure tank combat (well, that and Infantry was undermodelled in SP1).
A lot of extra steps are required for a SP1 to WinSPx conversion; as opposed to a simple(r) SP2 to WinSPx conversion; so save your SP1 scenario conversions to only those scenarios that are truly interesting.
Essentially, for both games; you want to find a scenario worth your time -- you should expect to spend about 3 to 4 hours per scenario conversion; because while the map transfer can be automated; the OOB transfer can't be; and in many cases, you may want to slightly redesign parts of the scenario to be better."
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