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Here's Col. Gibbons download of the Basic version of 1.29 from JAN 2016. (452.62MB) https://www.mediafire.com/file/wiw0d6py43kidwf/EAW129+Basic.exe I believe its been stripped down to just the Europe Area It supports drop and play supposedly, just like the stock game I guess. See if you can get this one to work. If not try v1.28c/d/e ?? EDIT: Re-added the link for those wanting it.

Cool damages / particles. BTW VBH, All updated on the EAWPRO1.0_Basic.zip file on my mediafire account, ready for more downloads. :)

Thats odd. Unless your using a wrapper on one and not the other(129)...... Could be controller related issue too, the game will CTD if the controls are not configured properly if you have some hooked up. EAW sometimes detects wrong. I don't think anything that would effect screen res was modified in 129. However document notes on the changes I think where not available and only a general run down of what was changed exists. I'd have to go over my site and read the notes Jel provided some time ago. Also, I noticed Jel had just posted a newer 129 version on media fire from last year, it may be a better version by a few months. that you may want to check out. Goto SimHQ Forums or wait for him to post here.... PS Make sure you use a unique game folder name like \129Basic or \129 Cause windows surly wrote some reg entries from your previous tests. Thanks for answer my questions and providing a detail account of your trials.

Well don't leave us hanging. Could you at least please answer the questions I have asked in previous post for others to learn from?

Did you use the download linked in this thread? or Did you get 129 elsewhere? I got the file I have working for 129 on Win10, even the smacker movie playedback, but slow. (I'm running EAW: 1.29 NewMap 26th January 2016) Anyhow: You maybe getting that error during the movie playback. For some reason jel included the 284meg movie with it. You need to delete the eaw.ini configuration file first. Then download an empty MOVIES.CDF and replace the one in the games main folder. (or just hit ESC key to bypass the movie before it crashes) Then run the eaw.exe directly to load upto the main screen, then goto instant mission and see if it loads the flight screen.

According to Jel on the SimHQ EAW forum, he's examining this version download (along with others) and is determining if its "OK".. I think hes rechecking what he uploaded previously to his account and replacing what needs to be replaced. But IDK for sure. MrJelly should have a working updated 129 in the future, from what I gather.

I think theres a 1.29 version floating around that Col Gibbon had from Jel. I think it was a stripped down to the essentials. I may have it, but someone else may find it first.

According to the odd instructions for this download, it looks like you just need stock v1.2 and dump the mod into it. ???

In the past I downloaded everything here on CombatAce from this author, most of it was just repacked from other files from other web sites offered as something new. I requested info from the author but never got any from him, so i deleted all his files I downloaded from CombatAce. So I'm with Russ, no documentation or text files, these files are just taking up space. All the large files are just WWI stuff applied over an earlier version of the game. I'd say anything after v1.29/1.30 is redundant anyway. EX: 1.40 isn't any better for use than 150.

Your Welcome. I did it with out VBH asking but based on his last few suggestions of me to update, so I hope its okay. lol :) Hey VBH! Russ, how did the chutes do? just wondering if you could post the results here of your tests?

VBH, I've uploaded the new archive for your download. I was able to extract the updated files of the last update as well and pasted those into the main archive, so all one has to do is un zipp the one archive into a clean install of eaw1.x and there ready to go. Like you intended originally.

Hows v1.1 treating you? they say its much harder, I only played it a little while before updating to v1.2. However I do have some info from playtesting and research about it on my Help Site. Just read the Microprose Patches Help Document for those details. :)

UAW, is unversal air wars, a name they adapted loosly for their version of the game because of the theaters.

To think of it, you may be able to get a 150 from Jel or the 352nd group web site.

This one says to copy into a 150?? I thought it was standalone. :\ No I don't have a 150 on my site, sorry.

Here, RIBob, this might be the one you want.................

I think he has a newer game based or using Jels 150 version uploaded here on CombatAce some where.......Thats WWI. I haven't never got a response from this guy, so good luck too. I'd like to hear what you have to say about "his compilation"

I uploaded the zip. I added the other zip to it, cause I couldn't line up the dates on the file so i figured i just drop the zip in with some renaming. EAWPRO_Glide-Contrail-FIX.zip is the file I added to your Basic core file download. Check my FXEXE Help Documnet that VBH wrote for links: https://eaw.neocities.org/fxexe-patches.html

Looks good. I'll say it again. the 3 colors per tracer looks cool. (I know you answered this before) But VBH, its that 3 colors or do they fade into each other? (more colors than 3?)

Its "EAWPRO", right? 1.28E? Can't mix with the codegroup version. EAWPRO goes over v1.0 or 1.1 or v1.2

okay. I will test on Win10 without Wrapper. I may ditch the DXWND wrapper as the medium range planes are jittery no matter how well the FPS are (I believe on all versions of EAW). I couldn't find the correct settings or combination of settings as I don't know or better, don't understand whats happening. So in turn , I'm not sure which settings or workarounds need to be set or applied. EDIT: Okay, I got the 7217 error, so I had to reintroduce the registry entry for Win10, the DWM8And16BitMitigation value since win10 didn't reapply/apply it upon launch outside of the wrapper. I had to foloow my own directions in my troubleshoot help doc on my site. :) So I don't get the not responding at the loading of the flight screen, I get 10 sec or more delay for screen transitioning as a result of win10's recent updates. I yet have tracked down what might have been set or changed by Microsoft that would cause this problem. Anyway the 1.60 is responding steady loading on the load screen now.

I was wondering if the 160 version , non responsive issue is gonna get fixed? (or if its something that can be fixed) This is at the loading screen where the game more than not enters the flight screen, but often has the possibility to Crash to the Desktop (CTD). The % loading or loading gauge will freeze and the thread becomes non responsive. (You can watch it on the task manger, but its easer to see it when your in window mode) Most the time it recovers just before it closes or CTD's Its not a huge problem but its bothersome as I have to reload the game again. I don't know if this is a memory leak or something else. (I don't remember this issue in older versions , (I have more experience with 140)) I do realize this maybe beyond the current capabilities, but was hoping it would be possible tracked down to a change that shouldn't have been made. Thanks.

As I said loosely, Its defiantly all of the 1.60 exes and it doesn't matter the settings, I've altered many and tested. (IDK if an earlier exe and gamedata results in this). I could try a 1.40 install, if I have one around here to test it, to see if it bottom outs the FPS counter and displays not responsive at the top in DXWND wrapper. EDIT: OKAY. I ran 1.40. It happens with that version too. I tried many settings and no random. It became non responsive about the same location of loading the flight screen but it was much faster recovery back to normal responsive thread...it loaded faster overall on the 5 run of single mission. I think its just the amount of game data it has to load and compute other eaw world data. It could be simply I have the DXWND Wrapper configured wrong and it could be hogging all the resources. But it runs without this issue on v1.2 and 1.26 and EAWPRO. (My system varies in that its components are from 2009-2016. )

ooops, don't remember you asking, I missed the question. I'll have to try that specifically.. (I believe I did that before with no random) I'll try it though. EDIT: Just tried it again. With selected planes (no random) I still get not responding halfway through loading the flight screen. (instant action was off too). I just thinking its resource hogging / memory usage is demanding of sorts. But IDK for sure.

eh, I get the drop in response whatever I do. It makes it through most of the time though. If I ever figure out the reason as far as the technical part of it, I'll post about it.