nicosagr

Hello to everybody, I am new in Wings over Vietnam. I got it a week ago. Initially I had installed the game as I had gotten it and later I had patched it up to the patch v08.30.06 Then searching around in the internet I found the update of October 2008. I promptly uninstalled everything and reinstalled the pure WOV followed by the update of October 2008 For ease of reference I will call this installation “updated” while the previous one I will call “patched” Things I noticed are: 1. The MIGs that I have to encounter now are far less than it used to be with the patched installation. I do not know if that is correct or it is only in my mind. 2. With the patched installation I could not see what was around me (I was using the map and when noticing nearby red MIGs I was using the CTRL+T to locate the one closest to me; then I was trying to get that down unable to see what was going on around me). Now, with the updated installation I can see everything that exists for thousands of miles around including AAA, other friendly flights and so on (which is distracting while I am trying to figure out which MIGs are nearby and moving towards me). Something like if I had LABELS ON. And I do not know how to switch LABELS OFF. Could someone help me with that please? 3. The warnings I hear for SAM missiles are too late (the missile is usually past me until I find out which site fired it and then try to locate it from its smoke), or I am too late to react. Although to my amazement nothing has hit me so far, could someone please direct me to the correct procedure to locate quickly an incoming missile so that I can avoid it myself and not through luck. 4. I still have problems turning and following a MIG with an F-4. My speed bleeds off very rapidly while I am following it. There are times I find myself “hanging” almost vertically with full afterburners and speed at 170. It’s frustrating and embarrassing but I have to practice more I guess or change the way I dogfight them. Any advice on that as well would be appreciated That is all for the moment. cheers

Thank you unknown. I 'll practise on both (low level and dive bombing) ways. cheers

Thank you eburger68 for the clarification regarding the Gold Pack. I had found out though already myself. For anyone else who still flies the WOV (2004) what I did is Pure install of WOV Install patch wov_p1 Install patch wov_p2 Install patch wov_p3 Install patch wov_sp051506a Install patch wov_p083006 (as per the readme in patch 0830 the patches between 0515 and 0830 are not required (included in 0830)) I made copy in C: / of the whole directory Wings over Vietnam (this cane handy when during upgrading to the Gold pack I did a mistake (did not do exactly what the instruction in readme was advising) and ended up with flying transparent airplanes.) Download and unzip all 3 parts of the Gold Pack suitable for the version of WOV I have (eburger86 clarifies that in a previous post in this topic) Copy and paste (with overwriting) all directories and subdirectories and files as directed by the readme in Part 1. Because I had patched only up to 0830 of2006 and did not have patch 1020 of 2008 installed (I did not know even its existence except if that patch is the WOV_Update_Oct2008b (around 109,311 KB)), I had to continue one more step and copy paste (with overwriting) the contents of folder 2006 in Part 1 directory into my installation directory (it is mentioned clearly in the readme). And at last I was able to fly again. Now having said all that and having clarified the installation issue as well as the dog-fighting (remember, never merge in turning combat with MIGs,; always take it to the vertical, separate, re-engage if fuel/armament allows), there is one more area to ask for your expertise. Bombing. How do you do the bombing? First of all how do you aim your target (I am talking about F-4C II, that I am using at the moment) Is the aiming retackle of any use. And what profile do you use just before the bombing? Do you pop up like the books referring to that era describe? cheers

Eventually I have cleared things out. What I got as a present for the Christmas is ...... Wings Over Vietnam (of 2004). This is the one I am talking about. And it plays on Vista (at least on my Vista). Do you think that the Gold Pack would apply on that? Or what other patch should I apply on that?

Stingray77 where can I find the 4 parts (of Gold) and the Tiles Update v2.0 ? I went to Downloads and then to Missions/Campaigns (see http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=339&sort_by=DESC&sort_key=file_submitted&num=10&st=0). However I found only 3 parts. Again I do not have neither SF1 nor SF2. I do have the one simply labeled WOV (Wings Over Vietnam). Do you think the Gold PAck will work over my pure installation of that? cheers

Thank you James. I am downloading all Parts right now. I do not know though how to apply. I mean on which version (patched/updated) of WOV. Can you tell me what exactly (WOV and then what? patches, mods etc.) you have installed. If it is awesome for you it could be for me too if I do exactly the same. cheers

Hi, I would like to thank all of you for your advices. Definitely I try to shoot the MIGs way out before I reach near them. However sometimes it is inevitable to merge with them. There I believe your advice will be useful. Go vertical ! I will try to do it. If I remember it early enough when I have enough energy to climb up high. For the SAM warnings if the SAM site is away like say 20 miles out, I think that it’s difficult to shoot me down. However breaking abruptly sounds good idea. Slartibartfast I do not know if it is version 1 or 2. Is there really a WOV 2. Most probably is version 1 since a 2 is not mentioned. How can I find out? Lt. James Cater, thank you for the directions. It looks awesome. Is there a Part 2? And how do I handle that? Do I install it directly after the WOV or I patch it /update it first and then I run the WOV Expansion GOLD? Somewhere it says that it works with Wings Over Vietnam 2006/2008. What is that? Is that the version 2 that Slartibartfast mentioned before? Or is it the original somehow patched/updated ? cheers