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<p>The latest in the venerable Steel Panthers series, <a href="http://shrapnelgames.com/SPCamo/wSPWW2/1.htm" title="winSPWW2">winSPWW2</a>, has just been released as a <a href="http://shrapnelgames.com/SPCamo/wSPWW2/6.htm" title="Download">free download</a>. Some of it is the old SP stuff we've seen before, but there's also a whole lotta new content.</p><blockquote><p>WinSPWW2 includes more than three hundred scenarios (332, to be exact), of which sixty-six are entirely new to WinSPWW2. There are sixty new maps, more than five hundred new and revised unit icons, six new nations (Slovak Republic, Manchukuo, Italian Social Republic, Vichy France, Polish Communists, and Chinese Communists), and new scripted long campaigns for France, Chinese Nationalists, and Chinese Communists.</p><p>New terrains have been added, and twelve of the terrain tile sets have been revised. Infantry squads can display up to nineteen men. Random maps are intelligently created, such as barbed wire added in defensive battles. The game can be played in 800x600 mode, and even higher (up to 1600x1200) with the enhanced version.</p><p>WinSPWW2 also features quite a bit of enhancements beneath the hood. The AI reaction fire routine has been re-written and is much more selective in its targeting, based on a variety of factors such as the weapon being fired and target type. A retire function for troop carriers have been added so that carriers without passengers now automatically head out of harm's way. Unarmed carriers will retire about a kilometer back from the front, while armed carriers will retire closer, ready to provide cover fire. Additionally, a new load up function for troop carriers under the AI has been added, where carriers will actively search for dismounts to pick up (though this is dependent on how close they are to the action).</p></blockquote><p>If the free version isn't enough, you can also pre-order the super deluxe<a href="http://shrapnelgames.com/SPCamo/wSPWW2/2.htm" title="CD version"> CD version</a> that includes a printed manual, improved editor, high resolutions, and other additions. </p>
<p>The latest in the venerable Steel Panthers series, <a href="http://shrapnelgames.com/SPCamo/wSPWW2/1.htm" title="winSPWW2">winSPWW2</a>, has just been released as a <a href="http://shrapnelgames.com/SPCamo/wSPWW2/6.htm" title="Download">free download</a>. Some of it is the old SP stuff we've seen before, but there's also a whole lotta new content.</p><blockquote><p>WinSPWW2 includes more than three hundred scenarios (332, to be exact), of which sixty-six are entirely new to WinSPWW2. There are sixty new maps, more than five hundred new and revised unit icons, six new nations (Slovak Republic, Manchukuo, Italian Social Republic, Vichy France, Polish Communists, and Chinese Communists), and new scripted long campaigns for France, Chinese Nationalists, and Chinese Communists.</p><p>New terrains have been added, and twelve of the terrain tile sets have been revised. Infantry squads can display up to nineteen men. Random maps are intelligently created, such as barbed wire added in defensive battles. The game can be played in 800x600 mode, and even higher (up to 1600x1200) with the enhanced version.</p><p>WinSPWW2 also features quite a bit of enhancements beneath the hood. The AI reaction fire routine has been re-written and is much more selective in its targeting, based on a variety of factors such as the weapon being fired and target type. A retire function for troop carriers have been added so that carriers without passengers now automatically head out of harm's way. Unarmed carriers will retire about a kilometer back from the front, while armed carriers will retire closer, ready to provide cover fire. Additionally, a new load up function for troop carriers under the AI has been added, where carriers will actively search for dismounts to pick up (though this is dependent on how close they are to the action).</p></blockquote><p>If the free version isn't enough, you can also pre-order the super deluxe<a href="http://shrapnelgames.com/SPCamo/wSPWW2/2.htm" title="CD version"> CD version</a> that includes a printed manual, improved editor, high resolutions, and other additions. </p>
