SF2: Operation Desert Storm 30th Anniversary Updated

[MigBuster]

 

 

 

The ODS Dev team is proud to announce the second official release of Operation Desert Storm: 30th Anniversary Edition, now reaching version 0.9.5.
Six months had passed since the first release of January 17th 2021, six months in which the development team did not rest, producing a wealth of tweaks, bug fixes and exclusive, brand new additions to this comprehensive package. Unwanted bugs found their way in the January release, due to time constraints and the team wanting to meet the deadline in time for the 30th anniversary of this historic operation. Now we offer a much more refined and expanded experience, with quality of life improvements and welcome bonuses. Be sure to read the massive (albeit summarized) change log (Operation Desert Storm: 30th Anniversary Edition - Early Access) to learn more about all of the efforts that went into this new release.

 

 

 

 

 

The package is free for download to all official Modders and Subscribers of the site. Those whose 2021 6-month subscription plans expired have been granted access to the package at no extra cost. Users who acquired the mod via a 1-month subscription plan will have to renew it for access to this brand new release. CombatACE.com admins thank you for your support towards the monthly costs of the site.

 

From the Official announcement: 

 

 

[bigstone]

Awesome stuff, guys!!! Man with my rig, I made x(76) aircraft strike package of which 48 were F-16's and the remaining were support aircraft and man the was heavy AAA's and SAM's, but the SEAD/JAMMING ESCORT x8 F-4G's and x4 EF-111's the threat was neutralized before we have arrived at the target, not to mention quite a few enemy aircraft that tried to intercept the strike package. Still, the x 16 F-15C's took care of that problem, lol. So, all in all, the FPS was smooth as butter.  Thanks, guys!!! 

[Menrva]

9 minutes ago, bigstone said:

So, all in all, the FPS was smooth as butter.  Thanks, guys!!! 

Thanks to you for playing it! We worked hard on the whole package, to find a compromise and a balance between quality and performance. We're glad to have achieved it.

[Steve112]

I have an issue installing ODS. It comes up with an error saying 'Setup was unable to create the directory D:\SF2. Error 5, Access denied. 

Now I did have SF installed on a HDD which was (D) but it failed and I had to get rid of it. I purchased SF (Windows 10 version) and the whole package, and installed every single one onto a new SSD... Drive letter (P)

 

How can I fix this?

[Menrva]

57 minutes ago, Steve112 said:

I have an issue installing ODS. It comes up with an error saying 'Setup was unable to create the directory D:\SF2. Error 5, Access denied. 

How can I fix this?

It seems your operating system has no priviliged access to the folder where you have installed SF2. Make sure to point the installation path to your newly installed SF2 directory (thus on your SSD). Try to execute the ODS installer as administrator in your Windows OS, and make sure that any anti-virus software you may have is not interfering with the installer itself. I cannot think of anything else, a hundred of users had no issues with the installer, it appears to be working as intended.

Edited August 10, 2021 by Menrva

[Steve112]

The installer doesn't give me the option to change the install path.

[Menrva]

26 minutes ago, Steve112 said:

The installer doesn't give me the option to change the install path.

Previous version apparently allowed it. I just noticed this is no longer the case for the latest installer. All I can suggest at this stage is that you remove Strike Fighters 2 fully with Revo Uninstaller, so that all registry keys of SF2 are removed. A clean installation on the SSD should work okay then, the ODS installer would find the new SF2 folder automatically.

I will try to update the package with a corrected installer in the coming days if possible.

Edited August 10, 2021 by Menrva

[Maverhec]

***PLEASE HELP*** 

Dear developers of this fantastic mod. I am very sad as I just can't play the mod. Apparently, I did an OK installation as the.exe file located my SF2 folder in the right path. The problem just surges when I open the mod and I try to fly! I just simply can not load the game, this happens whenever I choose any plane to fly, the loading screen just remains black and kick me to the desktop irremediably. 

I have to mention I have SF2 Fully Merged and windows 10 like most of the users. 

I also couldn't find any "Read Me" file to sort out this sad issue. 

I hope You can help me. 

And thank You for your awesome job!  

[Menrva]

@Maverhec I'd like to help, but you gave very little details and I cannot understand what's going wrong. Does the game fail to load once you choose to fly? Are you able to navigate menu screens with no trouble?

I highly suggest that you update your video drivers to the latest, especially if you have a Nvidia video card. The mod does not work with Intel integrated graphics card.

[Maverhec]

1 minute ago, Menrva said:

@Maverhec I'd like to help, but you gave very little details and I cannot understand what's going wrong. Does the game fail to load once you choose to fly? Are you able to navigate menu screens with no trouble?

I highly suggest that you update your video drivers to the latest, especially if you have a Nvidia video card. The mod does not work with Intel integrated graphics card.

Yes!! that happens exactly ". Does the game fail to load once you choose to fly?"  R=The game totally fails to load once I choose a Plane to fly whenever I'm on a single mission or whenever I load a campaign. 

I also didn't have any trouble at all navigating through the menu screens, all menus can be navigated without trouble. 

My graphic card is a Radeon R6 M34000X 2GB capable. I don know if the drivers are up to date though. 

Thanks for your response! 

[Menrva]

10 minutes ago, Maverhec said:

My graphic card is a Radeon R6 M34000X 2GB capable. I don know if the drivers are up to date though. 

I may be wrong, but isn't it a notebook graphics card? The mod won't work on most notebooks as their processors and graphics cards are low-end and won't meet basic requirements. The CPU may be your bottleneck more than the GPU.

Apart from updating video drivers (there are third-party software such as Driver Booster) you may want to reduce graphics options to the lowest details and resolution, and see if that improves anything. The mod is pretty heavy on resources, it's aimed at desktop PCs with more recent hardware.

Edited August 25, 2021 by Menrva

[Maverhec]

15 hours ago, Menrva said:

I may be wrong, but isn't it a notebook graphics card? The mod won't work on most notebooks as their processors and graphics cards are low-end and won't meet basic requirements. The CPU may be your bottleneck more than the GPU.

Apart from updating video drivers (there are third-party software such as Driver Booster) you may want to reduce graphics options to the lowest details and resolution, and see if that improves anything. The mod is pretty heavy on resources, it's aimed at desktop PCs with more recent hardware.

Oh geez, yeah its a laptop. Its hard to hear that. But very reasonable, the same happened to me when I played GTA V it was playable but with very low performance....  Anyway I'll keep the game for when I can aford a new gaming PC. I even will turn the ISO file it into a DVD. 

Edited August 25, 2021 by Maverhec

[Maverhec]

On 25/8/2021 at 3:23 AM, Menrva said:

I may be wrong, but isn't it a notebook graphics card? The mod won't work on most notebooks as their processors and graphics cards are low-end and won't meet basic requirements. The CPU may be your bottleneck more than the GPU.

GREAT NEWS!! I am able to play the mod now. I just low my graph specs to medium and it is perfectly playable!! 

Thank You Menrva for your kind support. 🙂