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I pulled one of those "Ooh look at that" deaths. Doing a campaign mission in an F-8E. Took rockets to hit this target. Flew over the target and shot off a bunch of rockets - didn't hit a thing except the ground (and that's only because gravity had a hand in it). Came back in for a second pass and fired off the rest - missed again. Came around a third time (in a grievous violation of the "One Pass, Haul A$$" rule) and strafed the target. At least I can get bullets to hit what I aim at. I order my wing in on another target as I come off low in a turn to the right, trying to get feet wet and away from the AAA. Then, I switched views to watch my wingman's attack. Bad idea. Kaboom! I augered in while I was enjoying the show. Refly, please. Also was doing a recce mission in the Tomcat. Came over the target and got lit up by the SAMs. I'm dropping chaff and maneuvering, nothing too hard and I'm spoofing all the missiles. Did my over-flight and started out, about 2000' maybe. Suddenly, another "launch" warning tone in my ears, and before I can see what's going on, parts of my aircraft are falling to the ground around me. SA-2 mod 5 ate me for breakfast. Sux. *** BTW, I've got WOV, and I know it's kinda old. Would anyone recommend trading up to WOE, or possibly WOI?

Enterprise D. Love the Galaxy class. Awesome ship combining style, comfort, and power. I had the movies when I was growing up (saw ST6 at the theater - excellent movie), but it was really TNG that I watched most. I remember sitting at the dinner table, watching Captain Picard and crew save the day on this old black and white TV. Lotta good memories. I think she looked even better on the big screen in Generations. I, personally, will never forgive Braga for the 'crash sequence.' I think the D was the ultimate Enterprise - why fix it if it ain't broke? (Second and third for me, respectively, Connie Refit (Enterprise Class) and the original Connie.)

Belay my last.

Ok. I tried copying the 4 files from the F-14D mod folder into WOV/Object/Aircraft. Then, did the rest of the changes as per the directions - moved the LOD files from Iranian F-14A to F-14D main folder. Edited F-14D data.ini as per directions. Still only getting a guy sticking out the bottom of the plane and no chin pod.

OK, I'll give that a shot. Thx.

That's a shame. Hadn't heard until just now. He will be missed. He wasn't looking too good in some of the things I'd seen on TV in the last few years, so I guess I'm not too surprised. He took some things a bit far for my liking, but all in all, I was laughing my @$$ off more than I was shaking my head. I picked up one of his books once - it was a riot. He was quite the unique guy.

Hey, I'm not very familiar with the modding in WOV, but I tried to follow the directions as they are. All I'm ending up with is a pilot sticking out of the bottom of the fuselage, no TCS or TCS/IRST pod on the chin. Obviously I'm missing something somewhere along the way. I've tried just modding the Iranian F-14, but still end up with the same pair of legs sticking out of the fuselage and a blinking light hanging out in space beneath the chin. I tried this because I thought theoretically I couldn't screw up anything by not copying the correct LOD files to the new F-14 folder. What I've done is: - Copied the 3 files from F14A folder (mod) into the F-14A(iaf) folder (aircraft to be modded). - Edited the aircraft data.ini file according to the directions (added the line to the NOSE section, added the block to the CREW section, and swapped the external light block). I've also tried it with the Mirage Factory F-14A. I copied the 4 LOD files from the Iranian F-14A and pasted them into the main F-14A folder. I copied the F14A folder (mod) contents (3 files) into the main F-14A folder. Then, I edited the data.ini file as described in the directions. "That's it." Except, unless the bottom half of a pilot is supposed to be an F-14 chin pod, that's not it. If someone could maybe walk me through this in a little more detail, or if someone can spot what I'm doing wrong, I'd appreciate it.

I've got Vista Ultimate on a new pc from Best Buy. I can only patch WOV up to version 7.XX etc. The latest 8.whatever patch causes the game to crash to desktop when you use ESC to exit mission. Otherwise, it seems to work fine. That's been my experience so far.