Simmer

I patched the game to the latest patch of 17 May. After that, I can enter the Main Menu, Single MIssion and click Accept. Then just the moment I click Fly, the game bails out with a message which basically says "d3dx9_28.dll" is missing. And in fact, the DLL file is not present on my system. Now what am I supposed to do?

I sketched a mission using the KMD editor for a simple mission. Just fly around and land the A-7B. When I turned autopilot on, it does do final approach nor does it touch down. What have I done wrongly?

Okay, thanks.

O! sorry, it's the WoV.

I am pretty obsessed about the Vietnam war era and any games mapped to that era. I didn't know there is Wing over Viwtnam until yesterday when I surfed the net. I am intending to buy it, but before that, I would like to know if MiG-21 is available via some add-ons, because I understand the stock aircrafts include no MiGs.

Ok, Furba512. So it is called trans-sonic buffet. That is what I am most concerned about, for most of the sims out there. A long time ago, there is another sim called "Joint Strike Fighter" produced by Eidos. I can still run that sim on my Windows XP SP2 PC despite it is supposed to run on a 3DFx based system. At any time you fly any jets in the sim, trans-sonic buffet is simulated all the way. When I travel on board a civilian aircraft, I can always feel the turbulance even though some times, it is very light. I guess when you fly low, even in a jet fighter, you will experience some sort of turbulance. In the sim, and in many other similar sims, I feel "still" inside the pit as if I am traveling in space??

What era is it simulating in WoE? Information in hands suggest that it is set in modern time prior to 1989. BUt the feature section mentions Korean/Vietnam era aircrafts like F-105, F-100 and F-4 of course. By the way where is the Start Fighter F-104? Looks like WoE will bring us back to the missile rich platforms. Then it is not much difference from say LOMAC. I have to withdraw what I said about the turbulance. If I push up the afterburner, the game simulates increased momentum by "shaking" the cockpit thus making me feel like I am "floating" in the air. That is what I mean by turbulance, just like to see some simulated vibration of the aircraft.

Thanks Crusader. I have spent a few hours on WoV so far. I have the following feelings: Pros Very niche graphics. Better than Falcon 4.0's. But compared against that of LOMAC and IL-2, I don't know which one is better. No building, structure nor trees. Tanks formation is rather messy, they overlap each other. Cons Very good sound algorithm. The game loads up really fast, ,mission loads very fast also. All aircrafts are between 50's and 70's fills the gap other sims don't provide. Pis add-on are excellently done. Mission Editor very easy to use. I am not sire if LOMAC has MiG-21 add-on, but given the 3D models of LOMAC offers, the MiG-21 should be very good looking. One question: do you guys play this sim just for battle in the air? You don't realy care what happens on the ground exept one of those SAMs. Any other SAM batteries apart from SA-2?

Thanks Fubar512! I have downloaded KMD and unzipped it into the home folder of WoV. I clicked Terrain Map, and went to the VietnamSEA folder and loaded the map. Then I selected New File>New Mission. Is there a way for me to add ground units? Also, I can only select 1 aircraft, how do I create other aircrafts? Sorry Furba512, The questions I asked was stupid! I have foound my way inside the editor. It's all about left click here and right click there! I am alright. Shall post back when I have real problems. Best regards Simmer

You are right. I just unzipped the files and run the 2 executables in sequence and I had got the MiG-21 as flyable aircrafts without applying any patch. But the trouble I was, the interior is gone! I don't have the instruments and everything. Just like "Pit switched off". What have I done wrongly? When I say patch, I mean the patch SP4. I found it on this site under the download section. Do I really need that patch? The only thing I can see having the need of it is the 3D clouds. Would you be kind enough to give me the url so that I can download the Mission Editor. A bit let-down by the absence of the Mission Editor. Every flight sim games I have played before comes with a Mission Editor.

Most admirable pits I have ever seen for a MiG-21. I love this aircraft, because of its legendary history in the aviation history. And these 3D pits revive the aircraft in the game. Also look at the clouds, 3D clouds. So, where do I begin. I have the vanilla version now, I suppose I have to install some patch or add-on in order to get one of these pits working ? I can fly the MiG-21, it is in Single Mission. Wow! But there is no pit. I think I have mis-installed the pits into the worng folders. There is no turbulance simulated apparently. Inside the cockpit, I feel everything is so 'still' too 'stable', doesn't give me a feeling that I am ... you know flying a jet. The vanilla version doesn't come with a mission editor? Do I need to patch it up to get one? Or there is a 3rd party add-on?

Thanks Fubar512. Would you be kind enough to point me to some urls so that I can have a glance of those add-ons. Hopefully, I will be offered some screenshots of the MiG-21 pits. And by the way again, do ground units move in WoV? I know for a fact that they don't in SFP1.

Bingo! I can't wait to get the box. Hope it is still on the shelves because this game came out in 2004. Goodness in heavens! How would I be so stupid to overlook this game. You said there are MiG-21s, sure it does. But, are they flyable by way of installing add-on? Also, when you say there are cockpits for the MiG-21, are they completely new pits, or they retain the MFD of the stock aircraft's and modify the rest of the pit? By the way, is WoV's graphics as gorgeous as that of Strike Fighter:Project I? The 3D models of all aircrafts are so fabulous looking in SFP1. The reason I would like to get WoV is primarily because of the A-7 Cosair. I watched "The Thriteen Days" on the other nights, talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis and it was the first time I eer saw the A-7 on TV. My rig is AMD 2200+, 768MB RAM with a GF5900XT(128MB) only. Would this "legacy" system support the game good enough? One last question which is essential to know: definitely I will have to gather many add-ons and install them to WoV that's completely okay with me. However, I do not have SFP1 , do I need SFP1 in order to install the add-ons for WoV?