Download Now - Steel Beasts

Part 5. Other cool stuff
1. Installation 2. Finding online games 3. Tactics 4. Sharpening your skills 5. Goodies 6. Etiquette 7. Credits
Many SB players use a program called Roger Wilco for voice communications. It's easy to use, quick to set up and the
basic version is free. What are you waiting for?
Click here to download Roger Wilco.
When setting up Roger Wilco (often called RW):
● Start out with .wav sound recording; it's compatible with more cards.
● Try DirectSound only if .wav is giving unsatisfactory quality.
● Under Audio Device Selection, avoid the "Primary Sound Device" settings. There should be options specifically
naming your sound card. This applies to the playback and record settings.
● Deselect the Autoselect Mike option.
● Under System Settings, set mike volume at about 3/4 of maximum and check the Mute option.
● Select Full Duplex if available.
● Choose a transmit key that doesn't conflict with any Steel Beasts hotkeys. Scroll Lock and V have been
recommended.
To get RW running, go to http://www.steelbeasts.com and follow the SB Voice Chat link. You'll need to know which
channel the other players are on; people seem to gravitate to Red co/C and Blue co/C for some reason. Click that link
and - this part is cool - RW will start up and work perfectly with no further intervention from you.
In the basic Steel Beasts, battles always take place on summer days under a bluebird sky. SB2 will change all that, but
for now if you want a change of scenery, Nimo's SBSkinner is your friend:
Click here to download SBSkinner v1.4.
● You can put SBSkinner wherever you want; if you're upgrading an older version simply copy in the V1.4 version of
sbskinner.exe so it overwrites the original.
Just to get you oriented, skins are files which determine how your tanks look. They only affect your system, so if you're
using an arctic skin you'll see white tanks on your screen but you'll look the usual green to everyone else. Mods are
files which determine how the sky, ground, trees and buildings look. Again, they only affect your system. What
SBSkinner does is back up the original skin and mod files from the game, then replace them with new ones that look
like snow, slush, a smoke-blackened desert oilfield, or whatever.
SBSkinner is useless until you acquire some skins and mods, so let's get that done. Let me explain what's going to
happen.