SCUBAdevine

I'm not very new to sims, but new to WOV. I've been playing IL2 for years and that supposedly has a very good flight model. I can fly fine in IL2, but in WOV, when I try to fly the F4, it seems like whenever I move the stick it just stalls out and doesn't move. I know the F4 wasn't a turning fighter, but it seems like it doesn't turn at ALL. I'm being gentle with the stick... trying to keep my speed up... I dont know! ARGH!!! It's got to be something I'm doing wrong... i know it isn't the game, because if it was none of you would be playing it! Any general flight tips would help. THANKS!!

My frame rate is ok in any A-A engagements, but any strike missions are pretty much unplayable. I've turned off mirrors and shadows.... changed to x16...put all graphics to minimum. Still nothing. I've searched the forum and read about problems with Radeon cards, but they are all old posts -- and any problems were supposed to be fixed by patches. I have a VisionTek Xtasy9600 (cheapo Radeon) AGP 245MB, P4 2.53 MHz, 1022 MB RAM, and the latest patch.

Thanks for the help guys, I tried all the things you told me. I just ran a mission and it seems good so far!

How come I don't have the F-104? Shouldn't that have come with the game?

I know it is... but I also know it shouldn't be hurting me that much. I play IL2 with the settings all the way up and it's fine.

i'll try it, thanks!

Well, I was using the "hard" flight model. I was finding that if I was pulling back on the stick, I couldn't roll at the same time. Also felt that I'd stall very easily. I switched the flight model to normal and it seems a lot better... But now, I feel like less of a man. :) I'm not sure what you mean by where my sliders are at, but I have an X52. So if you're familiar with that, maybe you could tell me where they should be. Where can I get Streakeagles data.ini? and when i do, what do i do with it?