MarkEAW

Has any GOG user that has Campaign Crashes in Career Mode, found out if the game locations improves the CTD occurrences? These Crashes I would not think are effected by the Compatibility Fixes applied to the eaw.exe by the publisher. But more about the location of the game and the saved files...... EDIT: Well I just tried 1.2 standard version. I enter the Capaign and abort while on flight screen, I get a CAREER can't be saved in \savedata error. Just pointing this out. Also, try full screen when running the game, that's about the only thing that seem to work for me to abort and auto save. Though I need to do more testing..... More: I tested the hacked 1.26e exe and the FXEXE exe and they both can save careers. It maybe a fix for perhaps NT machines...? in the exe (I tested the CDF's with v1.2 ,no go). Its not a wrapper issue as I ran these versions in the wrapper when eaw succeeded in saving a career.

okay, well not much going on then. I worked on the site more again, this time besides re writing and filling in gaps of text. I split the Troubleshoot Help Doc up in to several topics. I Improved formatting a bit on a few of them, and corrected or updated text where needed.....

Anything going on with EAW? I get plenty of visits still to my site. I wonder if the few pilots are getting enough help?

Oh no, I think he fell into the depths of EAW compatibility issues. :) 'Cause he's not posting. lol. Hi, 13sq_Axe, So how you coming along with EAW and Win11?

I think it will be very similar to Win10 and the current Wrapper. The DxWnd Wrapper is a W32 program from what I read. yeah to bad not 64 bit :( , but who really cares at this point. It runs on old systems to. I think the author indicated Win2000 and XP. He may have recently made/tweaked one version for Win9x/Me systems. I don't know if Win11 will have what windows 10 has, Legacy Components, like DirectPlay 8 support? Its an options that windows ask you if you want to install it since EAW wants it for Multiplay use. (This occurs when EAW is loading up, a small windows pops up asking you, Y/N.) Alright, Tell us about how Win11 behaves with EAW, if you could, like VBH said it will help others too :)

I don't have or never used Windows 11, but I think the DxWnd wrapper works the same for it.

I'm not MarkShot, but I think i have that article linked to combatsim where its still at. If not, its downloadable from my mediafire account. ewww Celeron, lol If I remember it was a weak cpu in comparison. I think I had a Duron?? back then. and I only seen pictures of the Voodoo GPUs, 5, I didn't even know existed until a few years ago. Read my EAW install doc, you'll want to copy and paste the specific files off the CD, rather than trying to install it. If you need clarity or re written portions of my site, I usually can do that to help explain something , if I know enough about it. So your going to be using Win10 then? EDIT: As far as actual help regarding EAW internet play. I only have a half ass help doc for that. But It might help. VBH plays online so he'd know a bit more.

Yeah what VBH said. Get the original 1.2 and perhaps add 1.26 on top of it, but not necessary. With a wrapper or Glide wrapper you can use the default res in EAW and upscale it (double size it) in the wrapper. This way you have the detailed cockpits. With the wrapper you should have little hassle on modern WinVista and up. There are instructions at my site, under Troubleshooting. Ask anything you want for more info.......

I don't think there's a special IPX server for old games at gog or steam. I could be wrong, but I don't think so. Happy new Year to you too.

Hmmm, I was thinking earlier. That EAW from GOG/Steam doesn't have the Internet TCP/IP protocol, but only LAN support, so he may not want to go that route. :| The 3D Windower program is basic in comparison to the DXWnd Wrapper from ghotik, the one I've been using. Not sure if that old program will work on 10 properly either. I would do EAWPRO in the DxWND Wrapper with my settings profile I've provided or manually setup step by step according to my troubleshoot help doc. :)

....he's deep in reading , doing trial and error :)

Are you reviewing any old posts on the forums or reading my help site or anything else to get answers :( EAWPro is the work of VBH. It was developed in many different ways/different techniques. Its Fun to play, to see what he has worked on. I'm sure VBH can speak for him self if he's still around. You could try the old 1.28b, at least 1.28a. to see if there what you need. Research some things and come back to ask away. :)

Thanks for the info!! I have some notes I think from Jel too from maybe 2015 when I reentered into the game. https://eaw.neocities.org/codegroup-patches#130 Its pretty un organized , I think they are are good notes though however. Anyhow I did get all the 130 files in the right place on mediafire if you don't have them already. At least I think I got them right. I have not tested out the order of things fully, but wrote up install text.

I forget the all the details I found out about how old games that don't use registry settings are prone to have their configuration and saved games moved to a data folder under the user account path on ones OS. But in Windows its the UAC setting as well the can block a save from the eaw.exe and nothing gets written to the HD.

cool, thanks for that bit of info. For those having trouble, try installing (or make a portable versions of EAW) in a better location on your HD. Other than \program files.

Crashing Campaign in GOG/Steam release: I have a theory, it maybe how the game gets installed, and how and where GOG-EAW saves the campaign files. I believe you need to be an administrator when running the game. The campaign files are saved in the games root folder and a saved games folder if I recall. Windows 10 may have a hard time with that, depending where one has the game installed. I prefer a 2nd drive or a location outside of the /program files sub folder on windows as the modern security on those windows kicks in and maybe blocking or rerouting the files when they are created to a user data location. This maybe interfering with the Gog and Steam releases. At the moment I don't recall where the gog eaw gets installed, or if you even have a choice where to put it.

GOG is the setup or configuration that I guess retroism provided. Steam is basically the same thing, same files etc. But if you have bought both, then you can refund one of them I would think. Yeah TheBassman77, I would read my help site or skim it, because I could help you here, but It seems your too new to the game and how things are done. Stick around read and come back when your ready. ;) However, Damson, a youtuber used the default res and doubled it in the nglide wrapper program. This keeps the cockpit dash from being placed too close to your view, and you get to use the more detailed cockpits.

No doubt. I have a short list on what and the order of the archives that should be used. But its just too short to cover all the 130 addon/update archives. I may or may not get too it, depends how much hair pulling I want to do today or the coming days. :)

Thanks VBH.... I'm aware of the Sandbagger multi part stuff. I had to recombine much of it when building my file archives, that's not related to what I'm talking about. Those I think worked to recombine on win7 and win10 i think still, I think they where mostly windows command line usage, or dos batches, which case I may have used dosbox. The 130 archives I have are not from there. I forgot where and how I got it. Its in 7z self extracting and 7z zips. 130 was mostly jels project I guess. It appears to have a non-oaw setup for a custom frontend to configure and launch. Might have been near the first to use it. It looks like the 130 was mostly a test bed and has alot of patch updates for it.......

Here is the 1.2 to 1.30 Basic Setup https://www.mediafire.com/folder/3911dxp26qm15/game-game I won't right away, but I may eventually try to sort the 130 upgrades if I can figure it out and post them in the 130 folder......

Well I found the 1.30 Test release available from 11-25-2013. This is about 6 files/archives to go from v1.2. Then there's a bunch of un sorted updates and addons for it after that. I could combine it all, or at least try to get it right, considering there's over 20 archives. There does not appear to be a guide to update the 130 beyond the initial placement of the game.....

Alright, well the b version of 128 may actually be a 1.28d 1024 Glide 3 exe....I'll have to confirm it by installing a d version and replacing the exe first. Can you pm me your e-mail address, to send the 130to140 archive? EDIT: Never mind I uploaded it to the 140 folder. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1jopd2lcgp6cu/v140

Okay I found 130 (12to130) and 140 archives, but there are many of them, best to contact the code group, perhaps they have a single download of these old versions for you. I even found a 130to140 archive or two, but the 140 is an very early version/build of it.

I've found 130, but its in like 10 archives, and I'm not sure how they install to make a single game....if they even do that. I'll keep looking into it. You may want to contact someone at the code group forum or simhq UAW sub forum, they may have a much better understanding as they will have more old game archives then I. (Like I said, anything 130 and above your just going to want 160 as the leap up of the version numbering.) I have 140 somewhere , or one of its archives, not sure I have the last 140 or not. EDIT: Looks like I don't have a recent 1.40 archive at all. I also just ran into a 1.28b Glide 3 exe...I may post that last one here on combat ace dls. EDIT: Would you like to test this exe for me on Glide 3 Mode?

oh look, someone alive :) lol As far as 130, I think it was just a exe file, not sure if he ever released a public archive for it. I may have a copy of an archive of the 130, but I think anything 130 and above, you should just get the 160. Its more of the same modding features in the later builds. There defiantly wasn't any hardware support upgrades provided. The main reason for these updates is just if they contain gameplay upgrades. Why do you feel you need 130? (I'll look to see if I have some type of a 130 archive, if you really want it still):