WallysWorld

I am using Shoot 1.6.4 successfully with IL2 1946 and FSX on my Windows 10 computer. My Windows drive got corrupted a few weeks ago and I had to reinstall .Net Framework 1.1 in order for Shoot to work again. But no issues with it otherwise than once in a while I have to repeat my command but that probably has more to do with my microphone than Shoot itself.

I've been tempted more than once to try Falcon BMS, but I'm afraid of the lengthy learning curve and spending three days figuring out how to start the engine. Same applies with DCS.

SF2 strikes the right combination of complexity for me.

I watched the series on Smithsonian Channel Canada more than once and it's excellent.

163 GB on a 930 GB hard drive used just for games. Plus some of the mods that I'm not currently playing are stored on a backup drive. That's probably about 30 GB.

TIR5 and Windows 10 here too. No issue and I wouldn't play SF2 without it. It's quite expensive, but well worth it once you get used to the head motion.

Here is the list of games I use it for so you can see that the high cost pays for itself with the large amount of games I can use it with:

SF2

Rise of Flight

IL2 1946

IL2 Great Battles

Cliffs of Dover

Wings Over Flanders Fields

Train Simulator

Euro Truck Simulator 2

American Truck Simulator

Super thanks for the replies. I will start looking for targets of opportunity whenever I get that mission completed message.

Just playing Strike Fighters 2: Vietnam using the excellent air and ground expansion mod and sometimes on the way to my target another flight reaches the target first and destroys it and thus Red Crown orders me to return to base.

What do other players do when you get this message? Do you continue to the target area and find other targets of opportunity or do you return to base as ordered and dump your ordnance on the way back? I would like to hear any opinions, please.

What was the real standard operating procedure for US forces in Vietnam if their mission was completed or cancelled before they reached the target?

Thanks.

I have one of those small portable SSD's that I use with the free AOMEI Backupper to make backups of my drives. It has saved me more than one once when I accidentally deleted something or when my HDD died on me three years ago.

Many thanks for this interesting article. When flying SF2, I keep forgetting to drop them if I engage in air to air combat.

I'm on Windows 7 64-bit and I've had that happy a few times as well.

1 hour ago, TheLemon said:

You know, I really really want to try this game, but I am afraid it will be super difficult to learn all the start up procedures and managing the weapon systems. It might take months just to learn how to fly one type of plane and operate all it's systems properly.

I am thinking exactly the same. Very tempted to get Falcon 4 BMS, but I'm afraid it'll be more frustrating than fun for myself.

Thanks for the replies. The reason I asked was that some of the great campaign addons located here recommend some of the DLC's be installed for extra aircraft. So I guess I'll buy DLC's as I need them for any addons.

Sheesh! Bad grammar on my part!

Wouldn't mind scooping up a bunch of DLC's...

Wonder mind scooping up a bunch of DLC's, but here in Canada it's almost a 30% premier on USD-CAD conversion. Not that the DLC's are pricey, but before I buy one or two of them, I wonder if TW ever has sales on the DLC's? I see that SF2 itself is 10% off.

Thanks for the post, Sky High. I did make a backup copy of my July 2012 install just in case I want to drop back down to it without the campaign customizer, of course.

I finally patched my SF2 to the 2013 patch and successfully installed the campaign customizer which is great.

Sorry, I certainly didn't mean to cause a stir here with my posts.

I'm just saying what other people have posted about the patch levels and which to stay about. Something about the AI not using external ECM pods and flares with the latest patch? I happened to come across some threads as I was installing SF2.

I would be happy if I could patch it to the 2013 patch and not wonder about what these threads said as I humbly defer to those with way more SF2 experience than me.

https://combatace.com/forums/topic/91071-which-patch-is-best/

I've emailed TW support asking if they have the July 2012 setup file available, but I'm not hopeful they will reply. I think I might have just wasted $7 as I don't want to go to the July 2013 patch from what I've read on this forum.

Thanks for the post, Snailman. Unfortunately it seems that placing the DLC file from the customizer into the DLC folder and also the campagincustomscreen.dll into the Menu folder produces an error in SF2 when I try to customize a campaign.

Trying to install the customizer the normal way says that my SF2 is at the wrong version and to update it to July 2013.

Hello,

I have my SF2 install set to the July 2012 patch and wouldn't mind buying the Campaign Customizer DLC. But I am worried that installing the customizer DLC may update SF2 to the latest patch. I read about extracting the files from other DLC's using WinRAR and just copying the .DLC file to SF2's DLC folder which seems to work according to posters. Can the same be done with the Campaign Customizer DLC?

Thanks.

Thanks for the replies. It's nice to read other people's opinions.

I just love SF2. I'm just sorry I missed so many years of playing it since it first was released.

Having planed SF2V for about a month now and using the excellent Air & Ground War Expansion Pack, I was wondering what experience players tell their wingman to do when on a strike mission.

Do you go in yourself and bomb the main target without ordering your wingman to do anything? I've been targeting the main target and then telling my wingman to "Attack my Target" and most of the time he gets in there before I can drop my bombs and he gets the kill. I usually end up dropping my bombs too late to destroy the main target.

Maybe I should be just going in myself to hit the target and then only if I miss then I should give my wingman the order to "Attack my Target"?

Would like to know what others are doing with it comes to strike missions and who bombs the main target: you or your wingman?

Thanks.

I emailed TW support to see if they could provide me with an July 2012 installer and I'm waiting for a reply if one will be forthcoming. Putting my plans on hold for buying the rest of the series which I was enthusiastically ready to do.

Hoping that those of us who just discovered Strike Fighters 2 are not left with a version that has this bug.

Shucks! Thanks.

Being a newbie to this series, I bought SF2 and SFV2 in the past few months and the installer came with the 2013 patch, is there any way for myself to downgrade both games to the July 2012 version? Thanks.