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European Air War is a fantastic game and worthy of the "Air War" tradition. From the very beginning, European Air War sets itself apart from its predecessor, attempting to set a mood that first starts with the install process and continues ultimately on through to its three dynamic campaigns. The effect is subtle, in that no individual component truly stands far above another in terms of the coolness factor or a relative lack of problems, yet the tired and oft-used phrase "the sum is greater than the whole of its parts" is quite apt here.

Regardless of the many things you can find wrong with European Air War, you can't help but love this sim. Just so we get this out of the way first, the biggest drawback for many will be the strict x resolution with no other option available, and rightly so. This is obviously the major skeleton in European Air War's development closet, but all things considered, this is a great looking x flight-sim.

The terrain is very well done, with a horizon that gives you the impression that it goes on for miles and miles. It's appropriately flat because that part of Europe is very. You want elevated terrain? Go take a Bf up near the Alps and you'll find plenty. Flak bursts look like they're straight out of some classic WW2 footage reel or gun camera. The 2D cockpits aren't as nice as those in Combat Flight Simulator, but the 3D virtual cockpits look strikingly similar to their 2D counterparts.

They are much nicer than those in CFS what aren't? Trailing smoke effects are a bit anemic when coming out of your plane, but collectively they look fine when coming from dozens of damaged bombers. Even if you are forgiving of the resolution, your monitor does make a difference. Up to 17", what's drawn on the screen can be tolerated, but those with monitors 19" and bigger are going to have a more difficult time with European Air War no matter how much they rationalize it.

Given the fact that resolution wasn't going to be a frame-rate killer, Microprose decided the sheer number of planes in the air would be. A staggering total of is possible, hereto unseen in any other flight-sim. This sim might be relatively low res, but flying through a pack of wounded bombers with flak and smoke and God knows how many enemy fighters is enough to bring the most powerful of machines to its knees.

Most of the time, however, this is not an issue. Another feature that's truly superb at least for me it is, some are having problems is the sound. Engines sound like they are throwing a rod when you've run them too hard. Wind, engine, and radio chatter all work well together. Some in-flight music that matched the shell menus would have been nice, though. Equally grand is European Air War's "sense of scale," as one Usenet newsgroup participant astutely observed.

Combined with the total number of planes in the air and how the horizon seems to go on forever, this makes it very easy to feel just how small you are and how big the sky really is. The best way to appreciate this is to chase away an enemy Focke-Wulf from your box of bombers for a while, after he does a Split-S. Minutes later you'll realize you're all alone and those bombers are now very far away.

Sort of what it must have been like back then: You want to get the enemy fighters to break off, not go chasing unnecessarily after a kill. The flight model is a sort of mixed bag. At its hardest settings, many areas seem lacking: the torque is weak, movement is crisp without much sideslip, flaps deploy at any speed, and the energy bleed in the turns is often weak enough to leave one feeling far too confident when down low in the weeds.

This last aside, do you think this is a correct plan of operations? Part of the reason for doing this is that a mutual friend is having difficulty getting EAWPRO running on Win 10, and I wanted to go through the Start-to-finish procedure, taking notes step-by-step. Eventually, I want to install most everything now running on Win 7 computer into the new "Gaming computer", but that will take some time and effort.

Anyway, Critique of my Win 19 "step-by-step" plan, when you have time, and suggestions, please. Needless to say, this would not be possible without your efforts, and your Help Site. One guy on here had issues with the INTRO Movie, he said he read my site, but I don't think he followed it like he was suppose to or he would had solved his own issue rather quickly.

CDF file off of my file archives. If you need help finding them, PM me. I can explain later. Thanks Mark! I'll try to get to work on the project later today, and thanks for the suggestions.

I'm almost positive I have a "stripped" version of EAW; one I made from the directions on your help site. If not, I can re-create it easily enough. By Stripped, I mean using your instructions to remove a number of files found on the original CD, which I also have. Let's assume I have the stripped version, for now. What are these things you mention: " You'll want the 1. I don't recall using them before. If I need then, please give me "idiot-proof" instructions on where to find them, and how to identify them once there.

Once I have both files, what do I do with them? Simply unzip into stripped EAW folder, or what? For now, I think it best to use a V1. Where are GTG V1. From there, it. I'll bug him about that. Well if you have a v1. CDF is 1kb in size, so maybe you want it or not. Thats primarly just simple instructions, nothing majorly detailed, that the Track IR device should have instructions with it. Thanks for very prompt reply, Mark! I'll be looking into all this tomorrow PM, but great to have some prior info.

For the moment, I am assuming that I can recover a playable version of 1. If not, then strip the CD, as per your instructions, and patch the remainder to v 1. That's where the confusion about the two files you mentioned comes in. I never needed them before, and I wonder why I need them now. I have an IM directed to him about the subject, and we will see what happens.

Unzipped V1. Everything seems to be working fine. K, just found the "Stripped" version of EAW in my files. Well, I spoke too soon. Looks like every version I've tried to create winds up with a big 'ol cursor arrow as soon as the game starts. Doesn't appear till the flying starts, then it is there, immovable. I doubt it's the games themselves, must be something about my computer. After you said you tried NoCD exe's over v1. It should say so in the lower left hand corner of the main menu screen.

The cursor thing seems to be a very old problem, I only had that problem once, I run my eaw. So I don't know for sure whats going on with it. I think Jel said run it from a shortcut on the desktop or from the taskbar to remove the arrow. Both game and shortcut are on desktop, and the problem still exists. Both V1. Now to re-create both versions using a V1. I wouldn't mind retaining the music, as it gives some "flavor". Does such a V1. Needless to say, my problems so far were caused by NOT following the explicit instructions given on your Help site; IOW, having the game folder reside on C drive, and them having shortcut on desktop.

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