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Okay, I have purchased and installed Strike Fighters Gold and patched it to the October 2008 patch. I have followed the instructions up to this point...."correct the lines -> Citation=E:\Falkland 1982\Flight\FlightUKMedalVC.txt with your installation-path". I do not understand what this means. Specifically, "with your installation-path." What exactly am I to replace this entire line with?.............. After trying to run the game without editing this computer code, the game simply crashes to the desktop and will not run at all. I have since rebooted the computer and I am now reinstalling the game again fresh. I will attempt a second installation of the modification. Question #1: Do these lines have to be edited in order for the "Falklands 1982 Modification" to work in the "Strike Fighters Gold" game? Question #2: If this is the case. How do I do this? The instructions are not specific. (not specific enough for me anyway.) I do not understand what change I am supposed to make in order for this MOD to work.

I really enjoyed the angle of this shot.

Ah, one of my all time favorites also. I think I enjoy the fact that most kills during that era were "gun kills". The F-86 is still a beautiful airplane even to this day. I love the 1950's Korean War modification for the game and how you have to get right on top of the MIG-15 to get a few good shots into them before they go down.

Gun kill over Korea. 1951

Very interesting discovery! Apparently the sound can only be heard while you are inside the cockpit and have gained some altitude and speed. I rarely fly from inside the cockpit. I always fly with an external view. No wonder I could never hear the radio chatter. This was not clear to me. Now that I can hear the radio chatter, the audio is sped up. As if they are chipmunks. Perhaps it has something to do with how fast or slow you are flying? This is not good. I simply wanted the radio chatter to play continuously in the background at all times, if I am inside or outside the cockpit. It shouldn't matter. Perhaps this will not work for me. Too bad. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks. I have created that folder and placed this "windloop" file in that folder but, I can not get it to play in the game. Strike Fighter 2 Vietnam.

Looking to purchase new PC... Do you guys think this very affordable PC would be a good solution? I'm looking for high frames per second and excellent graphics quality in the Thirdwire Sims. I love Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam but, when I have the graphics set to unlimited, it really brings my current machine to a crawl. I'm just looking for simple yes, no or other suggestions. Thank you. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=1886

My favorite aircraft of the Vietnam era! Skyraiders at dawn! These screen shots were taken from a close air support mission in Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam. I love this game! The graphics are stellar!

Thought I would try an add my first screen shot here. I enjoyed the glow of the fire ball reflecting off of the missile rail. Absolutely beautiful. This is taken from Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam....I think something hit us!

How do I get this cool radio chatter to be heard in the game W.O.V.? http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=1878 There are no detailed instructions provided in the download. I really wish there were step by step instructions included in these wonderful modifications but, I think on the most part you are on your own to try and figure it out. I do not understand how to implement this. I've been trying different techniques without success. Your help, guidance and wisdom is much appreciated. Thanks!

I did this but it didn't make a difference.

Thank you. But, I have tried exactly following these steps and I can not get anything to work. All I ever touched was the soundlist.ini file. I think it is time to throw in the towel and pull out the original installation disk again and start over. I sure would have like to get that new radio chatter working. It is a shame that it is so difficult.

I wonder if I extracted all files from the Flightdata file would repair everything?

Okay. I have successfully extracted the soundlist.ini file and saved it back into the flight folder but, the game continues to crash to desktop. Ugh! Is there something else that I yet need to do to get this game working again? All I wanted was a simple sound change.

If I am to use the SFP1E - Extract Utility to retrieve a stock soundlist.ini file from existing files and not the stock install disk... where or which .cat file am I to extract it from. That is the big question!

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Wow! Thanks FC! That was very kind of you to provide that detailed instruction to help me in the future and prevent the unnecessary re-installations of W.O.V. every time something goes wrong. However.... lol... I think all I need is a new "soundlist.ini" file that isn't hosed and my extremely modded version of W.O.V. will be okay. I am just having a real difficult time trying to understand where and how I could retrieve it since the stock W.O.V. install disk will not allow me to extract files from it.

Thanks FC. I have the retail version CD of Wings Over Vietnam however, each time I try to pull something off of the disk it request to uninstall the entire game and start fresh each time with a complete new installation of the game.

Which file would I "extract" to get the "soundlist.ini" file back. I think that is the file I hosed and is causing the whole game to crash to the desktop after I try to start a mission of any kind.

Thanks FC. Believe me. I've been reading through the knowledge base all afternoon trying to find a solution to my problem without success. There is a lot of information on how to add planes, skins, campaigns and missions but, not much on sounds. I sure hope it is going to be a lot easier to add sounds and other changes to the next generation of the Third Wire games (Strike Fighters Vietnam 2) I've pulled my hair out in frustration too many nights trying to get what I thought was a simple addition to work. In my opinion, and I stress this... only my opinion. The Third Wire Sims have so much potential to be great if all of these wonderful additions were already part of the game. I would gladly pay more for the kind of detail and additional atmosphere I get with all of these modifications but, it literally takes days to get all of them working and working well together. I just want a simple, single installer without the need to edit code or ini files of any kind. I just want to play a cool flight sim. I don't want to spend hours trying to hack it. I regress... sorry. Sometimes I just get very frustrated with what I thought would be the smallest of additions to the game. It's too bad. I wish it were easier to implement. I think I have completely hosed the game now and I have to start over again. I think I have reinstalled WOV 3 or 4 times because I always seem to destroy the installation after making an attempt to add something like a sound file! LOL! Thanks anyway.

Ok. Next I tried using the WeaponEditor to open the soundlist.INI file, saving it there but, the WeaponEditor doesn't open anything when I select the soundlist.ini file. What am I doing wrong? I've been at this since last night. It really shouldn't be this difficult to simply add a sound file!

By using the "SFP1E_Extract_Utility" I assume? But, when I tried using it and browsing to the flight folder of my WOV game all it shows are TEXT.cat files. The sSOUNDLIST.INI does not appear.

Ok. I found the soundlist.ini file. I edited it per your instructions and saved, but when I try to launch the game it simply crashes.

Yes! I just noticed this. Is there an easy way to correct this problem? By the way is there a forum post with instructions on how to install mods like "Green Hell 2" and "VietnamSEA_Tile_Repaint_v1.0" into this new version 2 of the game? It took me weeks to figure out how to modify the older games and now version 2 of the game is changing the way you add these modifications? Ughg!!!

I love this shot!