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#4564191 - 04/14/21 01:23 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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Adger, just start at the beginning of the thread and read through. 33lima gives links and I did short write up of installing the first couple of mods. If you buy SF 1942, either of us can point you to further Mods beyond 2.2, which is the highest free mod for SF. To go any further one has to make a donation to the ITM crew, which IMHO is worth it. That crew has added new interiors for some tanks, new tanks/vehicles and they are up to 300 missions which are comprised in many Campaigns. I have been very impressed with the immersion, graphics, the SOUND especially and content. The challenge can vary from easy to WTF, I am getting my Arse kicked severely here! winkngrin 33 lima gifted this one to me and I am very grateful that he did. Now, just like all of the rest of the Plethora of intriguing Sims I have installed, I simply need 48 hour days so I can get more in sim time!!! Oh, SF 1942 working fine in Win10 for me Adger.
Check the beginning of this thread for good info from 33lima.
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#4564197 - 04/14/21 03:01 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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Thanks for the reply Drew, great shots btw it looks like something I could really sink my teeth into, I’m with you pal so many sims to try so little time. I’ve had a bit of a nosy and there seems s to be issues getting accepted if that’s the right word into the is it STM mod page to purchase? Latest v 3.4 ? I’ve also seen that Fanatical sell SF along with Steam and IndieGala so I’ve got a few choices to purchase from, il probably wait for a small sale. But yep any good freeware links to the highest possible STM .. or indeed any mod that yourself or Lima recommend are always appreciated.

Il have a good nosy over all this thread a bit later..cheers again mate happy hunting
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#4564460 - 04/15/21 07:34 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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Hi mate

To cut to the quick:

1. Purchase SF (Steam is fine). Check it plays. Make a 'copy and paste' copy of your installation folder, so you have two (in case you decide to do 5 later without having to swap large mods in and out) and burn to CD.
2. Go here (in Edge and let it translate the page), download and install/enable what's in the table: https://wikiwiki.jp/pzfr/Steel%20Tank%20Add-on.
3. Get it up and running to your satisfaction on your system.
4. Have a blast playing SF in a mod (JCM, based on STA 2.2 but with even more content) which is just slightly behind the ultimate one (ITM).
5. If you want more, register on the ITM forum, make a modest donation, and then install that mod too, playing careful attention to the latest install order in the forum (ITM is based on STA 3.4).

Some JCM content in JCM missions, some of which is unique to this mod:

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#4564478 - 04/15/21 08:38 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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Brilliant shots as always Lima..Thanks for the heads up im going to go and download JCM (2.2) im i correct in saying that if i purchased ITM (3.4) i can combine both mods with some reading? Thanks again mate.

Edit: sorry..Or do 2 copies one with the JCM mod and one with ITM? ..Anyhow il try JCM first thanks again

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#4564480 - 04/15/21 09:00 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Adger]  
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Originally Posted by Adger
Brilliant shots as always Lima..Thanks for the heads up im going to go and download JCM (2.2) im i correct in saying that if i purchased ITM (3.4) i can combine both mods with some reading? Thanks again mate.

Edit: sorry..Or do 2 copies one with the JCM mod and one with ITM? ..Anyhow il try JCM first thanks again


I believe ITM member Frinik has a single installation where he's added JCM content to an ITM install...or maybe the other way around! Anyway can be done but requires a lot of complicated hand-editing of files. Or you could have a single install and all mods standing by in JSGME, enabling whichever you wanted to play, but rather than risk ending up with one messed up install I went for two. Albeit one is based on Steam (for JCM), the other on an old CD version (ITM). Whichever version you have, I don't think there is any issue with taking a complete copy of Steel Fury and pasting it somewhere else. I used to have a third one for STA 1.2 but while it's a great mod, JCM and ITM are even better. Anyway yes, starting with JCM's a good bet.


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#4564485 - 04/15/21 09:28 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: 33lima]  
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Originally Posted by 33lima
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Originally Posted by Adger
Brilliant shots as always Lima..Thanks for the heads up im going to go and download JCM (2.2) im i correct in saying that if i purchased ITM (3.4) i can combine both mods with some reading? Thanks again mate.

Edit: sorry..Or do 2 copies one with the JCM mod and one with ITM? ..Anyhow il try JCM first thanks again


I believe ITM member Frinik has a single installation where he's added JCM content to an ITM install...or maybe the other way around! Anyway can be done but requires a lot of complicated hand-editing of files. Or you could have a single install and all mods standing by in JSGME, enabling whichever you wanted to play, but rather than risk ending up with one messed up install I went for two. Albeit one is based on Steam (for JCM), the other on an old CD version (ITM). Whichever version you have, I don't think there is any issue with taking a complete copy of Steel Fury and pasting it somewhere else. I used to have a third one for STA 1.2 but while it's a great mod, JCM and ITM are even better. Anyway yes, starting with JCM's a good bet.



Thanks Lima i think il start with JCM and then if i like it il try and grab ITM, and do it as 2 seperate installs. Thank you mate.


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#4564512 - 04/16/21 01:13 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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I think I did them as separate installs also Adger. I will fire up my old rig tomorrow and let you know. I think 33lima is correct though in that if you want to combine them(JCM2.2 & ITM3.4) then you have to do some manual file editing. It was like a 20 euro per quarter donation to be included in the ITM 3.4 if you want their quarterly release or you can do a one time donation, upgrade once and then have 3.4 from then on with no more donations and of course you will not receive any more updated content. Honestly I would just try the JCM 2.2 free and play that for a while. It has a ton of addon stuff and missions. There is definitely some interesting and unique tanks in SF 1942. This little bas-tard will really move once she gets rolling and the suspension modelling is incredible! Good hunting Sir!

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#4577185 - 08/13/21 11:30 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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Good afternoon fellow tankies. I purchased this excellent sim recently and upgraded to STA2.2 At the moment I'm having issues with the gunners sights and the drivers ability to drive.

I'm running SFK42 on STA 2.2 mod pack, JCM mission pack and "Another Battle Effect" mod from this website https://wikiwiki.jp/pzfr/Steel%20Tank%20Add-on and loaded from MOD file via JSGME app. I purchased and downloaded SFK42 off Steam but have since moved it out of Program Files (x86) into its own file on my C: drive for a better performance, apparently. By the way, I was getting both problems in Steam file as well as in my C drive.

In gunners seat on all tanks, I move the turret/barrel using my mouse. To allow me to see where I'm pointing with the mouse, a cross hair appears in the sights and the gun sight will move to where the cross hairs are - thus rotating the turret and raising/lowering the barrel.
But when the gun sight aligns with the cross hairs, the barrel always jerks up to max elevation making it impossible to sight on a target. Very frustrating.
Is there a way round this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regarding in the drivers seat again in all tanks - I've no problem moving round the crew positions, it's just that in the drivers seat I can't get any of the tanks to move. RPMs are showing green, Gas is green, 1st gear selected, engine running and using arrow keys (keyboard setup option), but nothing happens. No movement, just stay still whilst other tanks are merrily on their way.

Any help or advice with these annoying problems would be gratefully appreciated


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#4577218 - 08/13/21 06:14 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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In the control options screen, I would suggest making sure there IS a check mark in the No Joysticks box, as this could be implicated in both problems. I have, and both features work fine in my install of the STA 2.2-based JCM mod.

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#4577238 - 08/13/21 09:32 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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33lima, thank you for getting back to me - you solved my problem. Many thanks indeed. And happy hunting


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#4578676 - 08/30/21 09:41 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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One other issue I have is the Tank Commander targeting for the Gunner. I press the F key, move the cross hairs onto the target and get a range, click LMB to show 100% in green but no response from the gunner. I understand I can highlight targets for the gunner but I'm lost in the dark here as to how to do it. Could you possibly shine a light on this for me please.

Many thanks, B9


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#4578679 - 08/30/21 10:23 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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All I can think of is that the TC can see the target but the gunner, lower down, can't. Which you can check by switching to the gunner's sight and checking if he has a line of sight to the target.

Or the gunner is dead or the main gun disabled (or not loaded). SF doesn't give the player as much feedback as it could in such situations, you have to know where to look in terms of what the interface icons are showing, what's visible in the 3d 'cockpit' views etc.

If all is well, a prominent red donut (or is it a red dot?) should appear on the target after the green %, it not then one of those things is possibly the problem.

If it's a tank where the commander is also the gunner, then I don't know if the TC can indicate targets to himself!

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#4578913 - 09/02/21 01:08 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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Once again to the rescue, and many thanks 33lima. I worked it out to be the key mapping, so all sorted now and running smoothly.

What an epic sim....!


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#4578951 - 09/02/21 06:43 PM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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Sure is a great sim!

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#4593734 - 03/10/22 04:22 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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What a Beast the M3 General Lee is! She is pretty hard to fight in with the limited traverse of the main gun and the limited ammo, but she can dish out some punishment and she can take a lickin and keep on tickin.

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Hitching a ride.
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Beginning the LLLOOONNNGGG SSSLLLOOOWWW climb over an enormous sand dune after just having run down a Jerry scout and his comrade whom appeared to be napping on their BMW R75 in the warm afternoon sun. Not sure how they didn't hear me coming?
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Taking a look to see if Jerry is about.There is the carcass of an axis APC in the background, which I passed as I climbed the sand dune, so I know Jerry is about somewhere close.
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Cresting the dune and ready to rumble into the deserted village to roust Jerry.
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She was beaten to a bloody pulp, but nothing the boys can't repair. Jerry fared much worse!
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#4594744 - 03/22/22 12:43 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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From the plains of the African desert to the jungles of the Pacific. Steel Fury does it all in splendid form. Just got the latest ITM mod working with my Steam version and it is running fabulously. I only had the in game AA on so there is a bit of jaggies in this pic, but I am going to add the AA code in Nvidia Inspector and then turn on SparseGrid4X super sampling see how she looks. More pics to come!

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#4594757 - 03/22/22 04:08 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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A few from tonight's mission with SP4 AA turned on. yep

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#4595890 - 04/02/22 03:21 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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A little T70 action today. I finally made a JCM install, and I am starting to delve into that. Steel Fury is just a good tank sim with well rounded fun game play. yep

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#4596049 - 04/04/22 03:16 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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Jumbo gets in the mix. winkngrin

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You can see where I put a shot in the jagdpanther track and it went right through the front drive gear disabling the left track, and then right above the drive gear is where I put the fatal shot killing all inside.
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#4596142 - 04/05/22 02:55 AM Re: Steel Fury as a gift! [Re: Blade_Meister]  
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A couple more from last night.

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