adding aircraft

[slowmo]

Hi all new to fourms have recently purchased WOV I do not own.SFP1 i did some searching an downloaded some aircraft files . I have changed the dates so I can fly any aircraft from ww1to modern eramy qustion is,what do i do with the aircraft file example F-16.rar file ,do I need a special progam to etract these files they are not showing up in my aircraft list new to the game any suggestions are grateful.

[+howling1]

Yup, you'll need either WinRAR, WinAce, or 7Zip to open the .rar files.

 

Download.com should have them, otherwise Google will turn up sites where you can get them...

[meeware]

Hi all new to fourms have recently purchased WOV I do not own.SFP1 i did some searching an downloaded some aircraft files . I have changed the dates so I can fly any aircraft from ww1to modern eramy qustion is,what do i do with the aircraft file example F-16.rar file ,do I need a special progam to etract these files they are not showing up in my aircraft list new to the game any suggestions are grateful.

 

When you download an aircraft from a site like Ace COmbat (there are others too!) you'll almost always get a single file, which typically ends with '.rar' or '.zip' or '.7z', or perhaps even '.exe' . These are archive files, that have a full set of smaller files inside them, all squeezed in tight to make the download quicker. WinRAR or the other programs in Howlings post will expand them, apart from the exe files which will unpack themselves when you run them.

 

Do make sure you have patched your copy of WoV to the latest version, as many add on planes take full advantage of the patch updates, and also take care to put the files in the right directory, Objects/aircraft/*PLANE NAME*. SOmetimes you may even have t create the directory wityh the pkane name, but that seems to be fairly rare these days.

 

Another point to bear in mind is what era do you want to fly in- this is because that will determine what weapons you can have on your plane. Weapon add ons come in one big pack, but to manage all the myriad options, the pack allows you to set up as one of four eras.

 

One final point, WoV is missing a couple of planes that come in SFP1 (and vice versa) and this might make it difficult for you to add some others. The Hercules gunship is one that springs to mind (that thing is really hard work to use though. Fun but tough to hit anything!).

[slowmo]

Thanks for the help got it time to go tofill the list :)