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So you cant select any weapons at the loadout screen? for any aircraft? Do you have a "weapons" folder in the "objects" folder still?

Many congratulations - now the real work starts

The 2 on here: http://www.thirdwire.com/downloads_sfp1.htm dont forget to get the latest direct X also

Can you select to fly it in a single mission and arm it with weapons? - or do you mean its not appearing in the 3D world?

A truly tragic and devastating event :cray: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

hmm thats screwed - this is what Lead Pursuit used to recommend: If anyone is having issues uninstalling Allied Force, please try the following: Go to this page http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;290301 Halfway down is the download link to grab the Installer Cleanup Utility package. Once you have downloaded the file, double click it and select "Run". This will install the package. Go to C:\Program Files\Windows Installer Clean Up and double click "msicuu.exe" In the list of programs that appear in the new window, choose (All Users) Falcon 4.0: Allied Force .... and at the bottom hit "remove". This should allow you to reinstall AF correctly.

An FAA Hawker Sea Fury is credited with MiG 15 kill during the Korean War - so dont underestimate old timers - think thats what this thread is getting at?

could go anywhere with that: DamagedEngineSoundName=CommunistLaughing

Welcome Chief - glad to see you have a lot of time on your hands too - you may need it. The training missions are invaluable so go through them 1 at a time - and yes you get a 2 seat training version for the training - that I dont think you can change. You will find most people printed the entire manual off - I certainly did . Best to start off with the realistic avionics - no point in learning the simple stuff you wont use later. You will find a lot of tips on the simhq and Fugalsworld forums too - because when it comes to things like dogfighting and avoiding missiles the manual is just a basic quick start guide. The clickable 2D cockpit can mean you not having to learn all of the 3 million commands straight away - though over time you learn the more common ones obviously. If you end up liking the game then adding a TrackIR 4 for use in the 3D cockpit is a must for dogfighting - cant fly without one anymore! good luck

Someone sent me an Excel spreadsheet file at work yesterday - opened it up and it had the original Pacman game embedded in it as a Flash object. works just like I remember - this ones free though

Cool - the Commanche series lives on - pity the US cancelled that thing!

Well if you are sure the Mustang.ini file is set to look at the correct files then - just a hunch having not downloaded it - but is its NationName set to USAAF? If it is then change to USAF or put USAAF into the Nations.ini

Sounds In the planes _data.ini file you can see/change what sound files are being used - this is from the stock F-4M: [sound] EngineSoundName=JetEngine AfterburnerSoundName=JetBurner DamagedEngineSoundName= FlapsSoundName=Flaps AirbrakesSoundName=Airbrakes GearsSoundName=Gear The cockpit folder with the files has to be in the F-111's folder ie: C:\.....\Wings Over Europe\Objects\Aircraft\F-111F\Cockpit

Can the game model a situation where a plane goes to burner and gives off a better heat signal to track? Ive never noticed any difference in this regard. The know it alls at f-16.net certainly think the F-22 is conventional when it comes to modern heaters - it still gives off heat friction on the airframe etc

The service date for each plane is at the top of the data.ini file (ie F-4E_Data.ini) Yes you can replace an existing plane by changing the Aircraft Type and DefaultTexture. If the unit you are changing is human playable it will have the list of weapons below it - you may also want to change the campaign.ini file also. The campaign date is at the top of the campaign_data.ini and the start dates for each unit are in the campaign.ini Opening up a can of worms - If you want to use the F-16 for the Germans you would probably have to create a German F-16 - as in make a copy of the F-16A_Blk10 folder - rename it to F-16A_Germ then rename its main ini file to F-16A_Germ.ini. In the Data.ini set NationName = WGermany Of course then it will only be able to use German/NATO weapons - you may also want to get different skins for it also. good luck with that - make sure you check the knowledge base here which can help you in more detail.

SFP/SFG/WOV/WOE are practically the same game underneath especially if they are all patched to the latest version - probably 90% of the mods work for all 3. The loadout is determined by the campaign data ini file that you are about to get from the flight folder - which should be moved to the relevent campaign folder. The automatic loadout for each plane is in the aircrafts personal loadout.ini (harrierGR3_Loadout.ini) file that can be found in "object.cat" and once extracted should be moved into the harrierGR3s folder. note - Once you extract a file from a .cat file its only a copy - if you hash it up you can delete the ini file and extract it from the cat again.

Next time try a heat seeker

Did Defender have the Smart bomb that just cleared the screen of all the bad guys?

Yes thats it - says ATARI on the side - knew it was something like that! Loved the 3D line graphics and as soon as u put money in it said "Red 5 standing by" - those were the days!

The Original SEGA Star Wars - you got to sit in that cockpit simulator thing!

The SA-2F Model 5 is very difficult to beat without ECM or chaff and comes in to the standard game from around 1968/69. Your best bet is low level with these - am not sure they were this good in IRL though tbh there would have been a lot more jamming and ECM aircraft to support you. Proper SAM evasion techniques are needed - ie beam it for a start.

5-15-06 is service pack 4 for WOE/WOV and SF - though if you go to the thirdwire site you simply select the game from the drop down box and it then lists the patches for that game only. To distinguish a SP from a patch take note of the size - you will see on the thirdwire site 5-16-06 is pretty big for each game 40MB - 70MB whereas patches are small (4MB to 6MB).

Its great news! - thats the first ive heard of the Iranians being allowed access to its people though! oh well we can just speculate for now what deals are being done behind the scenes.

The old F-16A and N allowed up to 4 AIM-9s from what i remember though its nation was AGRS by defualt Check this section of the data.ini file and put in NATO or USN on the "AttachmentType" if it is AGRS only. [station1] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=1 StationGroupID=1 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=-4.774,0.20, 0.196 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-2.0,90.0 LoadLimit=200 AllowedWeaponClass=IRM AttachmentType=NATO,AGRS ModelNodeName= PylonMass=72.58 PylonDragArea=0.02 [station2] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=3 StationGroupID=2 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=-3.855,0.40,-0.236 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-2.0,0.0 EjectVelocity=0.0,0.0,-2.0 LoadLimit=200 AllowedWeaponClass=IRM AttachmentType=NATO,AGRS ModelNodeName=Station2 PylonMass=72.58 PylonDragArea=0.02 [station8] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=4 StationGroupID=3 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=3.855,0.40,-0.236 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-2.0,0.0 EjectVelocity=0.0,0.0,-2.0 LoadLimit=200 AllowedWeaponClass=IRM AttachmentType=NATO,AGRS ModelNodeName=Station8 PylonMass=72.58 PylonDragArea=0.02 [station9] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=2 StationGroupID=4 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=4.774,0.20, 0.196 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-2.0,-90.0 LoadLimit=200 AllowedWeaponClass=IRM AttachmentType=NATO,AGRS ModelNodeName= PylonMass=72.58 PylonDragArea=0.02 AllowedWeaponName=

The date is also the official naming convention used by Thirdwire http://www.thirdwire.com/downloads_wov.htm Theres actually a load of patches in between that have dates on too - that date is shown at the bottom right hand corner of the main screen when you load the game so you can easily tell which version you are patched to. Service Pack 4 is 05-15-06 and it includes all the fixes from previous SPs and patches Basically its the 4th major upgrade since the release of Strike Fighters in 2002 - the previous packs are no longer available so its less likely anyone knows the exact dates of those patches.