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Software developer eSim Games, LLC announced today a special offer leading up to August 21, the release date of the original Steel Beasts simulation game in 2000.

"As a big thank you to our supporters, and an invitation to new players, the price for SB Pro PE will be reduced by $25.- for the next three months," announced eSim Games' marketing director, Nils Hinrichsen. "A copy of Steel Beasts Professional PE will now cost just $100.- until we release the next upgrade on August 21st."

"I want to express our gratitude for the loyalty and encouragement of the whole Steel Beasts community," eSim Games' president Al Delaney said. "We've had countless suggestions for improvements, crucial help with testing, kind words, and even a number of volunteers over the past years to help us demonstrate our software at various exhibitions. The official fan site was founded by fans, and is still maintained to a large degree by volunteers. We want to thank the reviewers, the bloggers and anyone who helped to spread the word that a simulation of combined-arms combat tactics actually is a serious challenge - and quite fun at the same time."



About "Steel Beasts"

"Steel Beasts" is a virtual simulation of combined arms combat tactics ranging from the individual crew position up to battalion level. The prime focus of Steel Beasts is tactical training at company team level for armored and mechanized units. In addition, the classroom version supports basic and advanced gunnery training for the main battle tanks Leopard 1, Leopard 2, M1A1 "Abrams", and the M2/M3A2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle. Also artillery observer / indirect fire direction training is offered. "Steel Beasts" is being used by the armies of Austria, Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, and Sweden.


About eSim Games

eSim Games, LLC, is a developer of training software and serious games with a focus on armored and mechanized combat tactics. The company headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. An additional office is located in Hannover, Germany.


For more information, please contact:

eSim Games, LLC
Alexander Delaney
PO Box 654
Aptos, CA 95001
Comments@eSimGames.com

Software developer eSim Games, LLC announced today the release of a patch for its latest version of Steel Beasts Professional (Personal Edition).

"We're happy to release the much anticipated patch 2.328 for the recently released 2.304 upgrade. We corrected a number of issues that were brought to our attention," said lead developer and president of eSim Games, Al Delaney. "I want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude and respect to all the testers and volunteers who took the time to test and give feedback on the 24 revisions since the release of 2.304."

The free 10 MByte patch can be found at 
http://www.steelbeasts.com/updates/SBProPE2_328Update.zip

The latest version of Steel Beasts requires an update to the latest DirectX version as well, DirectX 9.0c, December 2006 Edition. Older installations of DirectX 9.0c will not work.

Microsoft DirectX 9c, December Edition - End user runtime:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx

A version history with details of changes and improvements can be downloaded at
http://www.esimgames.com/downloads/SBProPE_VHist.pdf

About "Steel Beasts"

"Steel Beasts" is a virtual simulation of combined arms combat tactics ranging from the individual crew position up to battalion level. The prime focus of Steel Beasts is tactical training at company team level for armored and mechanized units. In addition, the classroom version supports basic and advanced gunnery training for the main battle tanks Leopard 1, Leopard 2, M1A1 "Abrams", and the M2/M3A2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle. Also artillery observer / indirect fire direction training is offered. "Steel Beasts" is being used by US Military Academy at West Point, and the armies of Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the Canadian air force.


About eSim Games

eSim Games, LLC, is a developer of training software and serious games with a focus on armored and mechanized combat tactics. The company headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. An additional office is located in Hannover, Germany.


For more information, please contact:

eSim Games, LLC
Alexander Delaney
PO Box 4443
Mountain View, CA 94040
delaney@esimgames.com
Please send a CC to: Ssnake@eSimGames.com

About "Steel Beasts"

"Steel Beasts" is a virtual simulation of combined arms combat tactics ranging from the individual crew position up to battalion level. The prime focus of Steel Beasts is tactical training at company team level for armored and mechanized units. In addition, the classroom version supports basic and advanced gunnery training for the main battle tanks Leopard 1, Leopard 2, M1A1 "Abrams", and the M2/M3A2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle. Also artillery observer / indirect fire direction training is offered. "Steel Beasts" is being used by US Military Academy at West Point, and the armies of Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the Canadian air force.


About I/ITSEC

The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, Industry, Academia and various Government agencies in pursuit of improved training and education programs, identification of common training issues and development of multiservice programs.
http://www.iitsec.org/


About eSim Games

eSim Games, LLC, is a developer of training software and serious games with a focus on armored and mechanized combat tactics. The company headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. An additional office is located in Hannover, Germany.


For more information, please contact:

eSim Games, LLC
Alexander Delaney
PO Box 4443
Mountain View, CA 94040
delaney@esimgames.com
Please send a CC to: Ssnake@eSimGames.com

About "Steel Beasts"

"Steel Beasts" is a virtual simulation of combined arms combat tactics ranging from the individual crew position up to battalion level. The prime focus of Steel Beasts is tactical training at company team level for armored and mechanized units. In addition, the classroom version supports basic and advanced gunnery training for the main battle tanks Leopard 1, Leopard 2, M1A1 "Abrams", and the M2/M3A2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle. Also artillery observer / indirect fire direction training is offered. "Steel Beasts" is being used by US Military Academy at West Point, and the armies of Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the Canadian air force.


About eSim Games

eSim Games, LLC, is a developer of training software and serious games with a focus on armored and mechanized combat tactics. The company headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. An additional office is located in Hannover, Germany.


For more information, please contact:

eSim Games, LLC
Alexander Delaney
PO Box 4443
Mountain View, CA 94040
delaney@esimgames.com
Please send a CC to: Ssnake@eSimGames.com

• Commander interior is now available in M3A2.
• SB will compensate for some obsolete texture file names in 
  the themes. (SB will search for .jpg files if there is a non-existent .bmp file name listed.)
• Added text display when vehicles are being resupplied or repaired.
• Repair times are now not displayed if a required truck or 
  ambulance is required for repair.
• Fixed bug in which hull angular speed was affecting
  the lead calculations.
• Fixed bug in which loadout of first-used ammo is reduced by one.
• AAR reports are now saved on client machines, in addition to 
  the host machine.
• Fixed bug in which BMP-1 missiles start off flying too high 
  and so don't recover in time to hit the target.
• Fixed bug with joystick control of TC eye view on the FISTV.
• Fixed bug in which the loader's interior when viewed from the 
  Peri in the Leo2A5 was transparent.
• Fixed bug in HE grenade / smoke ammo loadouts for Leo 2A5.
• Made change to allow SB to be run on Windows98.
• Glass of Mercedes no longer will look bright in thermal view.
• Hot keys for GAS range adjustment was not working. This is now fixed.
• Added 2-lane country paved road to map editor.
• Fixed bug that caused massive explosion of 25mm HE round when hitting a soldier.
• Fixed bug in which 25mm HE round was not exploding when 
  hitting the ground.
• Adjusted frame-rate smoothing algorithm for better performance.
• Added hot key for Leo2A5 gunner's mag toggle (since it was 
  interfering with the 1st-return hot key for the 2a5).
• Fixed bug in which alternate vehicles in column formation did 
  not scan to the left.
• Modified AI driver behavior for column formation when halted. 
  Now drivers will move towards the column line rather than waiting for the lead vehicle to move out.
• Fixed bug in which old missions with troops had squad sizes of 
  16, rather than 6.
• Fixed bugs with map graphics not being properly sent over the 
  network to other machines.
• Added buttons in score windows to move sub-scores up and down to re-arrange their order.
• Fixed bug with ground texture caching that caused missions 
  that use the same piece of terrain, but different terrain themes, to have distant ground terrain look messed up.
• Fixed problem with T72 armor settings that left it vulnerable 
  from the front.
• Position of vehicles in AAR are more accurately recorded now, 
  so that corresponding hit rays match up more correctly.
• Non-lethal hits that happen to hit a vehicle when it is killed 
  will no longer be recorded in the AAR as an event to avoid confusion over what killed a vehicle.
• Fixed bug that was causing CC gunners to aim too low.
• Fixed bug in evaluating conditions with "total strength" sub condition.
• Reduced time for coax repair to 50 seconds.
• Map damage will now be passed down to attached troops.
• Extended option in mission editor to restrict map updates and 
  map view to all Pro versions of SB.
• Modified vehicle behavior on bridges.
• Added option in Option Screen to select between jpg and bmp 
  image formats for screen shots.
• Fixed bug that allowed artillery to be called when no 
  artillery support was given in the mission editor.
• Adjusted distance intervals for artillery observation, 
  correction, and range bracketing.
• Changed main loop so that SB will continue to run when 
  minimized during a network session. SB will pause when minimized if not connected to a network session. (SB minimizes when it loses focus in full-screen mode.) Added ability for SB to be minimized in windowed mode (by clicking on SB icon in Windows toolbar).
• Corrected some misnamed Finnish voice files.
• Credits music will play just once now (no looping).
• Fixed bug in which infantry could fire when in water.
• Vehicles will now try to avoid detached turrets from destroyed tanks.
• Adjusted LOS settings through forests to make computer 
  controlled units less likely to see an enemy through a forest.
• Changed rendering of ground-clutter objects to reduce 
  rendering anomalies of large ground-clutter objects. (Ground clutter is NOT supposed to be large, but there are too 
  many maps being created with large ground clutter to use ignore this.) Frame rates will be reduced in some cases now because of this change. (If frame rates are too low, try setting the detail level to Medium or Low in the Options Screen.)
• Infantry will fire ATGMs higher at targets that are behind ridges.
• Increased maximum climb angle for TOW missile.
• Revised armor values for Bradley and Mercedes.
• Modified adjust-fire model for artillery so that the direction 
  line displayed in the window is the direction to target, not the 
  direction to the arty field.
• Adjusted timer code to better handle multi-processor machines.
• Fixed bug that prevented the HIND from firing at enemies at times.
• Computer controlled commanders will button up in forests more 
  readily when moving to prevent getting hurt by branches.
• Main gun is now visible from the unity sight on M1A1.
• GAS sight now properly slaved to main gun on M1A1.
• Fixed problem with "replace theme" command in the mission editor in which ground clutter was not being updated in 3D preview.

About "Steel Beasts"

"Steel Beasts" is a virtual simulation of combined arms combat tactics ranging from the individual crew position up to battalion level. The prime focus of "Steel Beasts" is tactical training at company team level for armored and mechanized units. In addition, the classroom version supports basic and advanced gunnery training for the main battle tanks Leopard 1, Leopard 2, M1A1 "Abrams", and the M2/M3A2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle. Also artillery observer / indirect fire direction training is offered. "Steel Beasts" is being used by US Military Academy at West Point, and the armies of Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the Canadian air force.


About eSim Games

eSim Games, LLC, is a developer of training software and serious games with a focus on armored and mechanized combat tactics. The company headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. An additional office is located in Hannover, Germany.


For more information, please contact:

eSim Games, LLC
Alexander Delaney
PO Box 4443
Mountain View, CA 94040
delaney@esimgames.com
Please send a CC to: Ssnake@eSimGames.com

Software developer eSim Games, LLC announced today that it will supply all defence personnel of the Australian and New Zealand Armies with its training and education software "Steel Beasts Professional." The delivery is part of a $3.5M program of the Australian Army Simulation Wing to facilitate the use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf simulation software for training purposes.

"We're proud and very happy that AASW will be using Steel Beasts Professional as part of their training", said president and lead programmer Al Delaney. "Every ANZAC soldier will also be able to run a copy of our software on his personal computer anytime and anywhere he wants. This is a long-term commitment of the ANZAC forces to boost training quality even further by utilizing simulation tools while keeping the costs at a reasonable level."


"We will be happy to present the full spectrum of Steel Beasts' capability to a wider audience at London's ITEC exhibition, and discuss the development outlook with current and prospective customers," said Nils Hinrichsen, Director of Marketing & Customer Service. "At our booth, our partner AFV Sim will present its range of desktop gunnery trainer hardware equipment, and we will be giving an overview about the Crew Trainer Cabin, a joint development between eSim Games, the Danish Army Main Workshop, and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann." 

About ITEC

ITEC is Europe's only conference and exhibition dedicated to Defence Training, Education and
Simulation. It will take place from May 16-18 2006 at ExCeL center, London, UK.
http://www.itec.co.uk/


About "Steel Beasts"

"Steel Beasts" is a virtual simulation of combined arms combat tactics ranging from the individual crew position up to battalion level. The prime focus of "Steel Beasts" is tactical training at company team level for armored and mechanized units. In addition it supports basic and advanced gunnery training for the main battle tanks Leopard 1, Leopard 2, M1A1 "Abrams", the M2/M3A2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle, and several models of the LAV family. Also artillery observer / indirect fire direction training is offered. "Steel Beasts" is being used by US Military Academy at West Point, and the armies of Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the Canadian Air Force.

About eSim Games

eSim Games, LLC, is a developer of training software and serious games with a focus on armored and mechanized combat tactics. The company headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. An additional office is located in Hannover, Germany.


For more information, please contact:

eSim Games, LLC
Alexander Delaney
PO Box 4443
Mountain View, CA 94040
delaney@esimgames.com
Please send a CC to: Ssnake@eSimGames.com

Software developer eSim Games, LLC will present its product series at ITEC 2006. The presentation will include live demonstrations of desktop trainers, classroom setups, and 3rd party hardware options to supplement the use of the "Steel Beasts Professional" software. It will be a showcase of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solutions for the individual and collective training of soldiers of combat and combat support units, especially the mechanized and armor branch.


About "Steel Beasts"

"Steel Beasts" is a virtual simulation of combined arms combat tactics ranging from the individual crew position up to battalion level. The prime focus of "Steel Beasts" is tactical training at company team level for armored and mechanized units. In addition it supports basic and advanced gunnery training for the main battle tanks Leopard 1, Leopard 2, M1A1 "Abrams", and the M2/M3A2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle. Also artillery observer / indirect fire direction training is offered. "Steel Beasts" is being used by US Military Academy at West Point, and the armies of Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the Canadian air force.

"Our concept of 'Steel Beasts Professional' is that whenever we add a special feature for a certain customer, we will make it available to all other customers as well", said eSim Games' Technical Director, Nils Hinrichsen. "We call it 'informal joint development'. This greatly reduces the costs for customizations and enables all our customers to participate in an ongoing evolutionary development. "With tight training budgets, Commercially Off The Shelf products are an attractive strategy for our customers to increase the training intensity, and therefore reach higher degrees of readiness and professionalism. Our software doesn't replace proven methods of training, but supplements them in many stages and levels of training and education."


About eSim Games

eSim Games, LLC, is a developer of training software and serious games with a focus on armored and mechanized combat tactics. The company headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. An additional office is located in Hannover, Germany.


For more information, please contact:

eSim Games, LLC
Alexander Delaney
PO Box 4443
Mountain View, CA 94040
delaney@esimgames.com
Please send a CC to: Ssnake@eSimGames.com

Software developer eSim Games, LLC announced today that the Personal Edition of their armor simulation "Steel Beasts Professional" has gone gold. Shipping will begin as soon as duplication and printing are complete.

"We're happy about the release and proud of the Personal Edition", said president and lead programmer Al Delaney. "SB Pro PE fills a gap in individual training and distance learning projects of some of our customers, whom we can now support even better with our solutions. In addition, the Personal Edition is available to anybody interested in contemporary armored and mechanized combat tactics, and can be ordered directly from our web site."

The Personal Edition is the sum of a number of software customizations on the original Steel Beasts simulation game which were ordered by several armies over the past three years. Noticeable improvements over the original simulation game include support for 3D accelerator hardware (for higher screen resolutions and a better representation of the virtual environment), improved artwork, and the addition of a number of armored vehicles that were never before modeled in detail by any other commercially available software - including two variants of the Leopard 1, the Leopard 2A5, the M2/M3A2 Bradley, the FIST vehicle for artillery support, and various M113 and Humvee versions.

"With these additions Steel Beasts Professional can now rightfully characterized as a combined arms simulation", Technical Director Nils Hinrichsen pointed out. "Previously we had a focus on main battle tanks, but we are broadening the perspective step by step without giving up our attention to detail. And there's even more down the road. Our concept of Steel Beasts Pro is that whenever we add a special feature for a certain customer, we will make it available to all other customers as well. We call it 'informal joint development'. For example, the Swedish Army has commissioned a development contract for the CV9040 IFV, one of the world's leading armored fighting vehicles. Once that we have finished the work on it, we will offer an upgrade to everybody - including our customers of the Personal Edition - that will include this new virtual vehicle. This extends the product lifetime of the Professional series for as long as there is interest among our customers to see improvements."


About "Steel Beasts"

"Steel Beasts" is a virtual simulation of combined arms combat tactics, ranging from the individual crew position up to battalion  level. The prime focus of "Steel Beasts" is tactical training at company team level for armored and mechanized units. In addition, the classroom version supports basic and advanced gunnery training for the main battle tanks Leopard 1, Leopard  2, M1A1 "Abrams", and the M2/M3A2 "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicle. Also artillery observer / indirect fire direction training is offered. "Steel Beasts" is being used by US Military Academy at West Point, and the armies of Australia, Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the Canadian Air Force.


About eSim Games

eSim Games, LLC, is a developer of training software and serious games with a focus on armored and mechanized combat tactics. The company headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. An additional office is located in Hannover, Germany.


For more information, please contact:

eSim Games, LLC
Alexander Delaney
PO Box 4443
Mountain View, CA 94040
comments@eSimGames.com

2004 has been a successful year for software developer eSim
Games, LLC. Its virtual armored combat simulation "Steel Beasts Professional" has been delivered to a number of new army customers: the Finnish Combat School in Parolanummi; the Dutch Cavalry
School in Amersfoort; the Swedish Combat School of Kvarn and Skövde; and the Ejercito del Tierra from Spain. In addition, the Danish Army Combat School in Oksbøl, an old customer, received its
latest customization, featuring many novel elements - a virtual Leopard 2A5, the Leopard 1-based bridgelayer "Biber", and its Russian counterpart, the MT-55. HIND gunships further expand the tactical scope and versatility of the simulation. 

"What's really great about this is that all of our customers will profit from most of the customization work," said eSim Games' president and programmer, Alexander H. Delaney. "It is not limited to the Danish Army, or Army customers in general. Soon we will be releasing the Personal Edition of Steel Beasts Professional, giving customers all over the world the unique opportunity to share the very same technology used by our army customers, eventually even exchanging scenario files with them." Marketing Director, Nils Hinrichsen, apologized for the delayed release of the Personal Edition of SB Pro, saying, "While the very concept of Steel Beasts Professional is one of
constant, evolutionary progress, we wanted make sure that the maturity of code meets our standards. To make up for it, we could include a few more features in the initial release."

Rooted in the classic "simulation game of the year 2000," Steel Beasts Professional is based on a brand new, custom-built graphics engine, compatible with DirectX 9 to take advantage of today’s
powerful consumer graphics cards. The new graphics engine can render fine details up close, with visibility distances of about 5 kilometers.

Steel Beasts Professional will require DirectX 9 installed. eSim Games recommends 1.5 GHz or faster processors, 256 MByte RAM, and graphics cards designed for DirectX 9.

Steel Beasts gave its debut as a tank simulation game of modern tanks in summer 2000. Development on Steel Beasts Professional started after the release of Steel Beasts Gold in April 2002. Over
the past three years, the new engine was prepared, and the focus shifted from a purely armor centric point of view to a simulation of company level combined arms combat tactics.

Steel Beasts is from independent developer eSim Games, LLC, with its headquarters located in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, Contact Nils Hinrichsen: Ssnake@eSimGames.com