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I used to play WOV with many "column5" aircraft some years ago. Now I reinstalled it on my Win10 PC (thanks to the guide from this forum) but I realised, that the old column5 website doesn´t exist anymore?!?

I´m searching some of their aircraft (or better versions) for my WOV:

Mig 21 + Mig 29 both in NVA (East German Army) livery

F5 Tiger preferably in the black Top Gun "Mig 28" livery

F-14 preferably in the Top Gun livery

 

It would be very nice if someone could help me?

Thanks and happy landings!

Markus

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They have been upgraded & migrated to our SF2 downloads section, or no longer exist.

personally, i feel its a waste of time and effort on a win10 machine to install 1st gens and then try to find all the addons, when SF2 just pretty much drops in.

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Thank you guys for the replies.

I know the game is old, but for me it´s a part of my childhood...I guess that´s the reason for playing it again. And now with all the Corona shit I´ve more than enough time for "fighting on the computer" :D

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1 hour ago, MiG85 said:

And what about the yankee air pirate 3 mod? Is it worth the money?

I believe it is I have Yap/Yap Rising sun/Yap Fighter weapons school/Yap training school/and a few dlc ships you can use the carriers and ships for strike fighters two but really hard to convert the weapons to sf2 though there is a knowledge base about it good luck

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22 hours ago, MiG85 said:

And what about the yankee air pirate 3 mod? Is it worth the money?

 

Sigh.  The most worthwhile part of YAP's digital store are the carrier models, but those are often problematic within the community.  I will not elaborate further.

The aircraft models require a ton of modding to get them to work in SF2, and they're still not (in my opinion) as good as what is already on here.  For example, the YAP Tomcat model and the MF Tomcat model (available here for free) are miles apart in fidelity and presentation, the YAP model is nowhere near the quality of the MF model.

The YAP carriers are very, very good and I'm glad I bought them.  The YAP A-6 model isn't bad, but it isn't as good as the RAZBAM version, which in my opinion is the best Intruder model made for SF2.

The most disappointing and frustrating YAP product is their Charlie-model Hornet in Carrier Pack 4.  I had to quit trying to get that thing to work, it was maddening.

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On 11/17/2020 at 1:16 AM, MiG85 said:

Hi Guys

 

I used to play WOV with many "column5" aircraft some years ago. Now I reinstalled it on my Win10 PC (thanks to the guide from this forum) but I realised, that the old column5 website doesn´t exist anymore?!?

I´m searching some of their aircraft (or better versions) for my WOV:

Mig 21 + Mig 29 both in NVA (East German Army) livery

F5 Tiger preferably in the black Top Gun "Mig 28" livery

F-14 preferably in the Top Gun livery

 

It would be very nice if someone could help me?

Thanks and happy landings!

Markus

I might have the ice man and maverick paint scheme for the mirage factory and possibly the mig-28 F-5E

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Thank you very much Crusader!!! I loved the column5 website in the older days :-)

 

2nd question a bit offtopic. After the advise at the beginning I´m thinking about switching to SF2. Which version is the best? Europe or NA? Are they all running on a Win10 PC?

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Thanks for all the help!

 

@admin, you may close the topic if you want.

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On 11/17/2020 at 2:01 PM, MiG85 said:

Thank you guys for the replies.

I know the game is old, but for me it´s a part of my childhood...I guess that´s the reason for playing it again. And now with all the Corona shit I´ve more than enough time for "fighting on the computer" :D

SF2 is the same game as SF1 just better in every possible way.

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On 7/2/2021 at 4:43 AM, CowboyTodd41 said:

SF2 is the same game as SF1 just better in every possible way.

Except aaa fire and sam launch volumes

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