Hubert has selected the winners of the StratCom Design Challenge!

• Timskorn (Default Winner as Design Challenge Starter)

Top 5 Entries (listed here in no particular order):

• Michal: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showpost.php?p=71&postcount=1
• Xwormwood: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=9
• Moonslayer: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showpost.php?p=72&postcount=1
• PowerGmbH: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showpost.php?p=37&postcount=1
• EdwinP: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showpost.php?p=47&postcount=1

Congratulations! 

Today we are pleased to release the new v1.05 Patch and v1.05 Demo for Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion. This all-inclusive v1.05 Patch includes a number of user requested changes, bug fixes and editor enhancements as well as better overall game performance by means of a new "Video Acceleration" option accessible via the games Settings panel. Most importantly it also addresses a Windows Vista config file update issue which could occur under certain circumstances. We have also added a great deal of material to the game manual itself since many players have asked for more details on all the new changes in the expansion.

[ Visit the SC2 WaW Patch page for full details and download ]

In addition to the v1.05 Patch, we have also updated the Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Demo. The new demo includes all the relevant v1.05 updates.

Even though the second expansion for SC2, Patton Drives East, was released recently, work on improving the first expansion Weapons and Warfare hasn't stopped. To prove that statement, we are proud to announce the new v1.04 Patch and updated Demo for Weapons and Warfare.

This Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.04 Patch brings the normal load of enhancements, bug fixes and editor updates to the table along with a new "Video Acceleration" setting which should address the issue some people have had with in-game scroll and unit selection speeds being extremely slow.

The patch is 128Mb in size and is All-Inclusive, meaning it can be applied to any of the previously released English langauge Battlefront.com versions of the game.

[ Download the v1.04 Weapons and Warfare Patch Here ]

In addition to the all the new game patch above, we have also prepared an updated v1.04 Demo. This demo features 2 playable campaigns and all of the fixes and changes offered in the patch version.

[ Download the updated v1.04 Demo Here ]

Part Two of the article on Artificial Intelligence design in Strategic Command 2 by Bill Macon has now been posted on The Wargamer, with an After-Action Report of an AI vs. AI match.

[ Link to the article, part 2 ]