SJPhantom

Okay, still looking for the MSI file. I ran the March redist file and downloaded it to a file on my desktop. Named it 9c, then ran the DXSETUP file. It takes 2 seconds and then it says good to go. Go back to DXDIAG and it STILL says 9b......RRRRRRR, I'm about to frag my computer. It has to be Windows. Is it preventing itself from being updated or something weird like that? I keep thinking if there was a way to get rid of Directx all together and then reload 9c..... Or there is some setting I'm missing that is saying No Way Jose...... Or I could replace the existing files with new ones....... I'm about to offer up a reward for the first person who can give me the magic secret to 9c. ....back to finding the MSI file.

Okay, this is a little more complicated than "You need Directx to run the game". No Offense, but I'm running WOV quite nicely, and any other sims that need Directx 9B...see the B, yeah, well, it won't go to C. I've run the install newer version, and I run it and check the DXDIAG and it still is sitting at B. Pardon if I'm a little testy, I am a bit illiterate when it comes to computers, but I'm trying to figure out WHY it won't update so that I can fix it. Going to Microsoft and downloading the newest version isn't going to help me either. I've shot that MIG down a long time ago. I download Version C to my jump drive, take it to my computer and My computer asks me Where I would like to extract these new files to and I don't have a clue because I can't seem to find a Directx file anywhere so I can update it. I'm going to check the MSI and get back to you.

I run all of my flying sims on a computer that is NOT hooked into the internet. I recently received WOE and tried to download it and it would not run because I need to have DirectX 9c, and I ran my DirectX version and it in fact says I have version b. Now I thought the game had version c in it, so I downloaded it, and damned if it didn't upgrade. WHERE is the Directx folder? Can I delete it and reload version c? I have all the versions and they are all Cabinet icons, do I drag and drop these somewhere? I looked everywhere and can't seem to find Directx and I'm wondering why it won't upgrade. Heck, I can't even install any WOV service packs because I don't have version c.....Blah! Any help?

I was a Crew Chief on E Model F4's and F15's.....and I Bought LOMAC because I love Fighter Sims. Low and Behold, LOMAC lets you set up a mission, and you don't even have to fly it. So I did a little experiment, One Vs One, Single Aircraft Strikes, Multiple Air Strikes. Heck, I even did Air strikes with aircraft notorious for being terrible in Air to Mud, and Vice Versa, Aircraft that sucked wind in Air to Air engagements. Some observations. The Mig and SU drivers seem to be a whole bunch better....they don't stray off like the poor A10 drivers and get zapped by a SAM after the mission is over, and the F15 drivers get waxed right out of the gate by what seems like superior Russian Air to Air Missiles. I know the game takes place in Georgia, where the Russian adversary would have an aircraft advantage, so Aircraft numbers would be superior...which in the game is well predicted....I did a mission where I let the game pretty much do everything and the good old US of A was handily outnumbered. Here is my rub. The F15 is arguably Thee best Air to Air fighter, and the American Fighter Pilot is one of the best trained. If anyone here is up on their current events, Russian Military Might is scrambling hard to catch up. So whats with this game? Match an "Excellent" Mig Pilot in a top Russian fighter, against an "Excellent" American in an F15.....8 out of ten times, the Russian smokes him. And don't even get me started on the F14 (or the F18 for that matter)....This game really puts a beating on Navy Pilots. I also Matched a Mig-17 VS an F4.....again, the 17 smoked the Phantom on Average, 8 of 10 times. (Vietnam will tell you otherwise...Pilots will tell you that SPEED lives, and a Phantom couldn't out turn a 17 but she could sure outrun one.) ( I know I know, I'll get an argument) And SAMS....Jinking? Jamming? You'll be lucky to get your whole crew through on a Strike. Being around Fighters, and Fighter Pilots, I have to argue the lethality or the skills of Russian equipment, and not just because I'm an American. I'm going to keep "experimenting"...but I'm beginning to wonder and ask, how realistic IS this game.

Oh, and No patches...it's Graphically cut in half too, with an F4E Model I see the left wing half the fuselage, and the left exhaust. I move the mouse, and it's like sorry, you only get to see half.

I only get half the plane. I'll use the mouse and get a good view, but it isn't a chase view like in MS Flight Simulator. (You are right behind the plane) Also, as an example, I will move the mouse when I am coming in for a Landing and cannot get a full view of the Aircraft. It also goes right back to the same half view about a second after I move it. When I go back to Cockpit view, my view is also a bit to the right. I have to move my mouse to the left to square up my gauges and HUD. Thankfully in this mode, the view doesn't switch back to the off to the right view. I keep wondering if my screen is too big...like the game has to be downsized a bit. I'm not a computer whiz so I'm probably not making sense, but it seems very odd that the game would detail out specific squadrons on an aircraft, and then cheat you out of the view. I have to be doing something wrong....The game runs great, but I'm apprehensive about changing something and screwing it up.

I run a 19" flat Panel with my Wings Over Vietnam and try to get the chase view up. When it comes up, only half the jet shows on my screen. Do I have my screen settings off or is this really what the chase view looks like?