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The bug preventing EAW from correctly displaying airspeed will be solved in EAWPRO's next release, after some rigorous testing with other recent changes. VonBeerhofen

Staying positive is 1/2 the battle won GKABS, and I hope the support from your friends and family will provide the other 1/2. Here's my 2cts, hang in there and have faith! VonBeerhofen

Glad to have been of some assistance. Have fun, VonBeerhofen

Here is some more information: VonBeerhofen

Almost forgot, If you have v1.28 then my large font is probably already in and you won't see much difference. For that version I think you can change it's size in the EAW.INI if I remember correctly. VonBeerhofen

Probably easiest is to replace the HUD font with this one: https://www.thatoneplease.co/vonbeerhofen/LargeFont.zip Just extract the ZIP into your game folder where the EAW.EXE resides. VonBeerhofen

I see some similarities with a fried video card. When that happened to me with an fx5500, my machine became totally unpredictable and no indication that the card was at fault. It took me about 4 weeks searching the web before I started to believe. In the mean time I had tried several reinstalls of the OS and all drivers. A cheap used Gforce2 send to me by mail from Australia kept my Dimension 8100 going till today. Hey it's 25 years old now, VonBeerhofen

Could this have something to do with Microsoft's move to impose Win 11 on the entire world? Obviously the install will try to communicate with Microsoft to verify certain things. If possible try to reinstall without an active internet connection, no cables router/modem. Good luck, hope you get it working! VonBeerhofen

Hi GKABS, I don't often visit this page on account of being too busy but I understand life dealt you a particular tough blow from which you are now recuperating. Just want to let you know that I'm hoping for your full recovery and a continuation of your work in these forums, which I've been following on and off. Stay strong! VonBeerhofen

I forgot to mention that expert knowledge about the Windows Kernel, DirectX and graphics cards are also required. Couldn't access the link either VBH

Hi buccaneer, Sounds a bit like what the EAW community attempted to do. I've been a code group member for a short time after which I went my own way with EAW's source code. First of all we all had to learn C++ in order to understand the code and additionally I unravelled most of the hex code and disassembly of the EXE linking many tables to the source and figuring out their formats. We started this in 2005 when the source code was handed to us and if you're familiar with the game you may understand what was achieved and what not. I'm still working on it with the source by my side and without further help. I couldn't have done much without the code, not even with the knowledge of various computer languages in my skill set. I agree with previous remarks about needing a skilled team with good knowledge about flight models, physics & lots of time and money. I wish I could be of further help but EAW still consumes 80% of my life. Good luck with your effort! VonBeerhofen

AI usually are programmed with a limited field of view, so the trick is to have them look in the "wrong" direction while you are trying to sneak away to set yourself up for an attack on a preferably lonely enemy. To shake an enemy off it requires constant turns until you face an opposite direction to your opponent, usually by trying to turn into him and not getting into his line of fire, and with your enemy behind you you make your move. The enemy will need considerable time to turn back onto your 6 and loose energy and may opt to attack an easier target as you've been gaining speed and made distance. AI view distance is limited and as in real dogfights they will loose contact while you have a chance to single out some sucker AI. Use similar tactics to draw an enemy away from your squadron and sideline them before heading back to help. Of course these tactics will not always work as the situation can get very complicated with many enemies around you but it's about all you can do besides killing them or screaming for help. Good hunting, VonBeerhofen

This looks awesome gents. Just one minor issue, I need to dig up my CD's from the black depths of my cellar where all my games are stored...... Already found it, yippeeree! VonBeerhofen

Using a plane's nation value as an offset for the word TMOD in the EXE allows EAWPRO to use 3 nation specific ground object sets without further modifications to the EXE. Each set uses the default hit bubbles and work has begun to create new 3D models. Online the selection is set by the host's nation to prevent discrepancies during our missions. I'll keep you updated on the new models but it will take time to create them so don't expect any releases anytime soon, it's just a hobby! VonBeerhofen