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I am trying to get this to work with an install of WoE and tbh I dont know what Im doing. I followed the instructions and all seemed fine until I loaded a campaign and there are no ground textures at all. No runways either, nothing. If my flight contains 4 planes they all occupy the same spot and sometimes blow up. Is it possible to get this to work with WoE? If anyone could help me it would be much appreciated. Ta Sal

After reinstaling WoV and then the Sept patch I was getting the flickering water problem. I used the ini fix which solved the flickering but now I have a dark blue jagged edge around the coast which I can not get rid of. It goes back to normal when I fly close to the coast and appears again as I pass it. Tried to upload a screen shot to Imageshack but it was too big and I dont know how to resize them. Anyone else having this problem? Ta Sal

I share your frustration and have been watching this thread hoping for a fix. I have installed the Korea mod on a install of WoE and am missing the aircraft carriers and for me also airfields. I guess we are missing these objects from SF1 as WoE must not have them. Does anyone know if we can get this working? tA Sal

I installed a fresh copy of WoI and patched it before adding the campaigns again from Pancho. I think the patch has done something to them and I hope Pancho is on it and fixing as we speak. They worked fine before the patch. Ta Sal

This is happening with all of Pancho's WoI campaign add ons. I guess he needs to update them to run with the patch. Ta Sal

I have patched my installs of WoI and FE and Im guessing patches are due for WoV & WoE as well to bring them up to Israel standards. I have recently bought YAP and the first 2 mission packs which to a newcomer to the Wings series was a bit of a job to set up. Will I have to start from scratch with my YAP stuff and patch a new install of WoV and re install all the YAP stuff? It took me ages to set up and Im sh!ting meself having to go through it all again. Im also dreading having to do my modded installs such as Vietnam 1984 and NATO 1 & 2. Ta Sal

I have an install of both WoV and YAP. Looks like I will have a long night ahead of me when the patches come out then. Ta Sal

Great add on thanks. I have installed to my copy of WoE. I can fly it in single missions and MP but I cant seem to use it in a campaign. Is there something I have to do to enable this? Ta Sal

Is there a plan to release all of the YAP missions 1 - 100, including the first one with the objects ect as a single pack? I would be interested in this especially if the price was right. Ta Sal

I have just downloaded this pack and the terrain for it and installed to a fresh install of WoE as per the instructions. I have noticed a few things which I hope there are fixes for. 1. A lot of the runways are white with no textures. 2. Some of the canopy glass, for example the Spitfires front portion of glass where the gunsight is has a green colour and another has a blue tint. Does anyone know of fixes for these and other problems in this addon? Ta Sal

Its only the airfields in France. It doesnt really matter as Im having a blast with the game and although it would be nice to fix its no game breaker for me. Im running it on a install of WoE which prob doesnt help. Ta Sal

Thanks for all your help. All the runways in France are white but I will just put up with it. I have downloaded the effects and installed and they are working great and I am using the RAF sound pack which is great also. I have messed around with the pilots ini and he doesnt stick his head out the cockpit anymore which is cool. I only bought WoI a few weeks ago and have also bought WoE, WoV and FE's since. What with all the mods I now have 10 installs of different versions of these games. The latest edition is the IranIraq campaign which I have also posted about as some things would not work. Apart from the Mig-25SD refusing to work in SP and the fact it doesnt have weapons in a campaign I have it sotred thanks to the help of this community. Thanks all Sal

Thanks for the advise Wrench. I downloaded Polak's desert terrain and the game works great now. Tried a few missions and all seems well apart from one CTD. One question though. The terrain seems a lot higher in places than was meant for the default cloud height meaning that when starting at a runway high in the mountains the cloud level is at the same height which looks strange. Is there a way to increase the default cloud height to fix this? Ta Sal

I have had to rename it: CatFile=..\IR\IR.cat as in the instructions it does say to rename the cat file to IR. I now have airfields with runways but still no textures on the ground. Could it be something else I am missing here? All I need now are those textures and I'm good to go. Ta Sal

Thanks for the quick reply Baltika. Fair enough about the tinted glass on the Spit although I would prefer it to be clear as I find targets hard to see as it is. I have changed the cat datathing as well although I dont have a clue why I had to do it lol. Could you explain that one plz? Oh and yes I installed the terrain and followed your instructions to the letter. Ok, I tried to put some screenshots on Imageshack but it doesnt want to play today so I will descibe as best I can some of the probs I have. 1. I have mentioned the white runways and as far as I can tell after a few hours play it only affects the runways in France. 2. Occasionally the pilots head will go through the cockpit in external view. 3. On engine start a sort of black bubble appears around the plane which disappears after a few seconds (Engine start smoke not drawing properly maybe?). 4. Dark/light squares on the water, especially when at height. 5. Flame effects on planes are not there as I have seen in screens, mine is more like a trail of sparks. Any ideas mate? I hate to do this as Im having a huge amount of fun playing your campaign and I must say thanks for all the hard work you must have put into this. Im also gateful for the inclusion of everything we need in the package. I have seen others in the download section I would love to have a go at but the thought of spending ages searching for and dowloading/installing aircraft, terrains ect puts me off. Its strange as some mods such as the NATO ones and Vietnam 1984 work perfectly and some I cannot get to work at all (IranIraq) and I think it could be down to the fact I'm just new to the series and still have lot to learn. Ta Sal

I have recently bought WoE, WoI and WoV and with the help of this community I am enjoying them very much. My concerns are about how the games run and especially the poor performance on my machine of WoI. I understand it has a updated engine and where the other games in the series run amazingly well on all high with terrain set to far and full shadows, WoI runs badly until I disable the shadows. I also have to drop down to medium settings for textures ect. Even plane only shadows make WoI unplayable for me. I have read elsewhere that the other games in the series will be patched to the same as WoI and I am afraid that their performace will drop too. They look great with highest settings and shadows on so the last thing I want to have to do after they are patched is have to disable shadows and drop settings down. Are there plans to optimise or change the shadow performance hit before the patches are released? Ta Sal Athlon 4000+ 2 Gig Crucial Ram 7900GTO Win XP SP2

I dont have the mirrors on as they dont help with the frame rate either. WoI runs ok on medium settings with shadows off. So yes the extra terrain detail is slowing me down but the shadows are the real killer. Like I said I go from an average of 50 fps to 10-15 fps just by turning on the aircraft only shadows. That is a massive drop by any standard. FalconCAF, I am using the latest graphics drivers as well. Looks like this is nudging me towards that new PC I have put off buying for a while now. Ta Sal

Just checked the forums at Third Wire and there are a few similar posts to mine, but others saying they are getting better performance with the same settings as they were on the older games. One post asks if they can change the new shadows to the old by messing with the ini settings and TK said maybe, but only for some of the older plane models which could use them. I would be happy with the option to use the old shadows tbh. It is a decent looking game and for the money charged they are also a bargain as im finding a depth of gameplay I have never seen before. I might copy my first post over there and see what replies I get. Ta Sal

WoV & WoE run great on my PC even on all high settings and full shadows enabled. My point is if they are patched with the new shadows/graphics ect the same as WoI they will be running a lot worse. Im talking going from a steady 50 fps to single figure frames with shadows on. WoI, to my eyes does not look that different to the others and I cannot understand the huge difference in performance. I am just hoping this is something Third Wire are aware of and is fixable. I could not patch them of course and play them as they are, but I intent to play online once I am a little better and having a older version to others would prevent this. Its no game killer of course and I am not having a go at Third Wire at all. I am just expressing my fears over what might happen to the games after patching. An online gaming friend with a rig much better than mine with Duel Core Intel and a 8800GTX struggles to run WoI with settings on high and shadows on and he also sees a massive fps increase with shadows off. Im just hoping that this is a problem that can be fixed before the patches come out. Ta Sal

I'm back with another question 0_o. Could someone please clarify how targeting works for wingmen and other planes in flights under the players command? For example I am playing a campaign in the Vietnam 1984 mod but the questions applies to all the TW series. I had two flights of four planes, all Phantoms and the mission was to bomb a bridge in North Vietnam. Close to the target several enemy planes appeared so I told the second flight to engage air targets which they did and they kept them at bay until my flight hit the bridge. If I order my wingman to attack my target which was the bridge, do I have to keep that targeted with the red aquare or can I switch targets, order the rest of the flight to engage dround targets at will and the wingman will still attack the bridge? Also if I order a flight or one plane to attack air units and they are carrying bombs/fuel tanks, do they automatically ditch them before attacking? I am finding managing all the planes hard work as Im new to the series and some help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Sal

Just noticed that, cheers I will get stuck in and hopefully get some questions answered. Ta Sal

Thanks for that. I will be back soon no doubt with a few more questions lol. Ta Sal

I have recently bought WoV, WoE and WoI all in the last week and am enjoying them very much. I have added some basic addons such as a cloud mod, explosion effect, terrain/tiles ect and am sticking to them until I gain more knowledge on how to add planes ect. The Vietnam 1984 mod is especially good. I have searched and not found a few answers to questions I have: 1. Is it possible to change the distance I can see planes and ground objects? At the minute a plane disappears at a very short range and I would like to increase this. 2. Am I able to change the sound levels for certain things such as engine loudness or gun sounds by it self rather than across the board? 3. Can I change the font size and position of the text ect on the HUD of planes? 4. Recommendations for must have addons. 5. I am playing on normal settings for AI and sim difficulty. Is it advisable to up this to hard as I am finding I rarely get into trouble from the enemy and when following an enemy plane it often will just fly in a straight line and not try to avoid my missiles/bullets. Basically what are the perfect settings to give me a challenge but not frustrate me? Any advice would be much appreciated as I would like to get the most from these games and as a newcomer I would like to thank any posters that may help me in advance. Ta Sal

Thanks for both these replies. I have since found the HUD.ini and have changed the text size and it looks much better. I have also made the waypoint triangle and target arrows a lot smaller which is also what I was after. I have installed Bunyayps weapon pack as this was recommended although some of the weapons will not work/fire. If anyone has the answer to this please let me know? Im guessing I need to do something else apart from just installing it!! I have searched all the addons and am happy with the cloud, sun and effects mods I have found so far but I will have to research the plane addons as they seem a lot more complicated to get working. I have a copy of WoV with the Vietnam 1984 mod in it which has a load of new aircraft, can I just copy the plane folders to WoV and that is it the planes will be flyable in that game too or to WoE/WoI? I have cranked up the settings to hard although I might have to use normal for the HUD and targeting as I don't have a clue what to do. I spotted the bearing counter in the cockpit but I cannot see a dial which tells me what height I should be at. Sorry for so many questions but I am eager to learn. Again any tips or advice would be welcome. Ta Sal