Just picked up Steel Beasts

[ottoramsaig]

Last Night I was trolling around Tanksim, new to the site and wanting to tap the community while waiting on T34 vs Tiger. Then it happened! I found "Steel Beast Pro" Holy Cow! It was listed at $100.00 and I need information on it, Is Pro the top of the line modded game?

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by ottoramsaig

Last Night I was trolling around Tanksim, new to the site and wanting to tap the community while waiting on T34 vs Tiger. Then it happened! I found "Steel Beast Pro" Holy Cow! It was listed at $100.00 and I need information on it, Is Pro the top of the line modded game?

If your heavy into armor its the way to go. I have a very short list of games. I rarely buy one to two titles a year. The initial buy in is high but the hours of sim play is astonishing, depth is incredible and support through the years has been outstanding. In this genre you will not find any title that even comes close or can compete.

For WWII we have TvT, thanks to Zeewulf, and SF1942, which is also awesome.

[Chucky]

Otto,get over here,some good stuff for you http://www.steelbeasts.com/
And here for the different versions,although SB2 is not released yet. http://www.esimgames.com/comparison.htm
As you can see,you need SB Pro PE (personal edition) and yes,it can be modded.

[ottoramsaig]

Originally Posted by Chucky

Otto,get over here,some good stuff for you http://www.steelbeasts.com/
And here for the different versions,although SB2 is not released yet. http://www.esimgames.com/comparison.htm
As you can see,you need SB Pro PE (personal edition) and yes,it can be modded.

I did it! purchased SB Pro PE so all I can do is wait

[Lieste]

I don't think you'll regret it...

I can answer any questions you might have, so long as they don't conflict with my responsibilities as a beta-tester for eSim. I know the software pretty well by now

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by ottoramsaig

Last Night I was trolling around Tanksim, new to the site and wanting to tap the community while waiting on T34 vs Tiger. Then it happened! I found "Steel Beast Pro" Holy Cow! It was listed at $100.00 and I need information on it, Is Pro the top of the line modded game?

It is the most superior tank simulation with focus on the term simulation that you can get. It was designed as a training tool for armed forces and later was made available to the civilian public (both versions are to an extremely wide degree identical). Almost one dozen Western armies use it for training purposes, the Australians have equipped all their tankers with free copies of it. How good it is you can see in the fact that professional customers pay around 15000 dollars for a classroom network license with 8 or 10 seats. The developer characterises it as a simulator of mechanised warfare on platoon, company and batallion level. Focus are on MBTs, IFVs, APCs. Infantry currently is a compromise, so are air units. The sim is relatively easy to handle in the cockpits, but difficult to master on the planning and tactics side of things. As an ex-tabker, you should recognise the needs the sim confronts you with.

Since you have a background in the real tank army, you should be able to appreciate what SBP has to offer. It competes with the great hardware simulators of the military by extremely aggressve pricing - and it does a lot of things better than the hardware cabins, insiders say. Just understand that the shape it is in and the vehicles it offers, to 90% is because the military customers wanted it this way and were willing to pay for it. That is the reason why there are so many versions of the Leopards, but only one version of the Abrams, for example - the Abrams does not sell well, the Leopards are export hits. A gamer's desires has only limited influence on the developement of SBP. If the milizary does not want a feature and pays for it, chances are that it does not get implemented, or gets implemented only with long delays.

In the past I have posted quite some material on SBP, threads as well as the screenshot and the resources sticky. The latter also has a chapter on how to emulate WWII-combat environment with SBP. The stickies are on top of the forum list.Threads oiu can find via the search function.

If modern tanks is your thing and you are not fixiated on WWII, there is no way you get around SBP. If you are into online group playing, SBP is a must. It is said to be running extremely stable

Do not wait for SBP-2. It is told about, rumoured about, planned for, and it most likely is still years away - if it ever gets realised. It is planned to be a SBP-PE more designed for the demands of the typical gaming market.

If you consider buying it, wait until second half of August. A new version is currently being released, scheduled for 21st august, if I get it correctly.

check the SBP resources sticky, plenty of good stuff hidden in there.

[ottoramsaig]

I found a link last night that gave me the "Steel Beast PRo Personal Edition" Can't do it now but I will purchase tonight. Then its time to break out the old FM 17-12-3 (US Armor Tank Gunnery Feild Manual). I was so struck in awe viewing the TC/Gunnery Qualification Run. I am still blown away and even forwarded the U Tube Vid to my peers. Please keep me informed either on this forum or PM.

[Skybird]

Latest news on features that got confirmed for the upcoming new version:

Included will be a Piranha III Lemur with full 3D interior, if I see that correctly, civilian cars (AI only), a T-72B (AI only), and AI versions of the T-62, and also (Ai only) the M1A2 SEP and M1A1 (HA).

I think after a longer time I will sit down again and put together some battle stuff with Leopard-1s, T-55s and T-62s. Maybe even with deactivated Lasers and thermals.

Very nice promotion video they posted here:



That should make it hard for you to wait, Otto.