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2 years 10 months ago #2317 by Slippery Jim
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I have never really investigated how Swat 3 handles the career mode.   As far as I can recall this is a "renamed" single player mode from when the game was first released (before multiplayer was added).  Can't recall if they always called it career mode.

1) How does it decide the order of missions?  Is it random or is there a .DAT file somewhere controlling it?

2) Why does the detailed info regarding the mission only show in career mode?  Why don't the details show when you run the map in MISSION mode?

3) Is it worth the effort to make high definition versions of the career menus?  (See Reaperman's HD version mock-up of Martin Brenner's licence attached below) 

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2 years 10 months ago - 2 years 10 months ago #2318 by Slippery Jim
Replied by Slippery Jim on topic Career Mode
Follow up idea. I have the original version 1.0 of Swat 3 on CD that I am going to install. I want a copy of the original files too because of old obsolete art work that was removed in later versions.

The only problem is the CD copy protection doesn't work in Windows 10.   Anyone know any safe places to get a cracked 1.0 executable?   I think the infamous Game Copy World became a hive of malware long ago.

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2 years 10 months ago #2319 by Copy-Cat
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i installed a while back to get a better insight on the FAQ pages. I will search tommorow. Its getting late here.

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2 years 10 months ago - 2 years 10 months ago #2320 by Slippery Jim
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No worries. I think I may have found it but thanks though. Will know in a few minutes.

Update: Nope.  The .exe didn't work :(

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2 years 10 months ago - 2 years 10 months ago #2321 by Slippery Jim
Replied by Slippery Jim on topic Career Mode
The original 1.0 main menu just had the following buttons:
  • MISSION
  • NEW CAREER
  • RESTORE CAREER
  • OVER AND OUT

Looks like Career mission order is controlled in Menu.dat file.   The order appears to be:

                MissionA
                MissionB
                MissionL
                MissionD
                MissionN
                MissionG
                MissionC
                MissionI
                MissionM
                MissionX
                MissionP
                MissionF
                MissionO
                MissionS
                MissionR
                MissionY
                MissionW

Does that mean the following Sierra downloadable missions are not part of Career mode?

Mission E - Hollywood Hills
Mission H - Chang's Chinese Theater
Mission J - LA Metro
Mission K - Steiner Center Parking Garage
Mission Q (GOTY) - Whitman Airport
Mission T - City Of Angels Hospital
Mission U (GOTY) - Los Angeles University
Mission V - Heather's Euro-Asian Imports (aka Auto Shop)
Mission Z (GOTY) - American Eagle Express

If this is true then that is a crime that needs to be solved!

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2 years 10 months ago #2322 by DarkSynopsis
Replied by DarkSynopsis on topic Career Mode
Didn't they add a 10-man campaign when that update hit? does that not include the missions? I think its a separate option to Career? even back when playing SWAT I don't think I ever touched anything outside of the Multiplayer Menus so clueless on most of it.

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