TCox Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Hello. I'm new here, and it was a real pleasure to discover that this game was again alive and kicking.. Too bad I have some small problems to run this game.. The earlier versions you made (Total Air War 2008, 2.0) runned smoothly on my computer. But now I get everytime when pressing the F12 key (to watch other planes) this annoying message: I got it always when I want to play it either on 800x600 D3D and 1024x680 D3D (never got problems with that before in the earlier versions). And the ngGlide or Voodoo GlideWrapper seems to slow down the game a bit. Greetings, Toon Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Crashing with F12 is a known issue for D3D EXEs. If you hadn't received that error in the past, consider yourself lucky. I'm surprised to hear that nGlide slows down the game. If you run the wrapper in 800x600, you should get comparable performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCox Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Crashing with F12 is a known issue for D3D EXEs. If you hadn't received that error in the past, consider yourself lucky. I'm surprised to hear that nGlide slows down the game. If you run the wrapper in 800x600, you should get comparable performance. Ah didn't know they "F12" crash was a known issue. If I don't press this key the game runs great on my PC, so I think I will not press on this one anymore Too bad actually, because sometimes it's fun watching other planes when you're on a long range bombing mission Greetings ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Too bad actually, because sometimes it's fun watching other planes when you're on a long range bombing mission Run it in Glide with the wrapper, and you can still watch other planes without the crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al-Moutasm Bellah Rajab Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Works in Windows 8 RP 64x with just the installer and the patches... alright some work has to be done... but i wish i could get my old F-22 ADF back... to remind me of those old days when i was 10 :-)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al-Moutasm Bellah Rajab Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Works in Windows 8 RP 64x with just the installer and the patches... alright some work has to be done... but i wish i could get my old F-22 ADF back... to remind me of those old days when i was 10 :-)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Glad to hear it works in Win8! I'm not going out of my way to try it out though.... About the only F-22 ADF feature you can't do is that long 'Instant Action' mission. All the other missions are included, and you can reset the terrain graphics to the original ADF if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_9mm Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Hello. Its me again. I still enjoy the game from the first time im download until now. There is one thing that anoying me. I can see other object such builiding or airplane through other object. Is there any way to fix this issue? Im sory for my bad englis >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 No worries, Neo. Unfortunately, there's no way to fix what you describe; this is an issue with the graphics engine itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_9mm Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Oh yes i see. :-D btw hf do yo have facebook account? N are you mod this game alone or with your team ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousToni Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Downloading. I'm so excited! Is this stand alone or do I need a F22 TAW copy (and ADF too?). Is it okay if I use a german copy or will this not work properly?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 It's standalone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousToni Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Awesome, it runs! =) I only didn't understand what's the best possible graphics settings. is it a D3D variant or 3dfx like nGlide wrapper o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Running 3dfx with nGlide seems to be the most popular. I use the dgVoodoo wrapper, but some people report that it slows things down too much. I would say Glide is better than D3D if you're running on a screen bigger than 1024x768.....which is just about everybody these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted August 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 nGlide is probably the best wrapper to use. I default the game to dgVoodoo since it is D3D7 compatible, doesn't add any registry entries and can be used if you want to play the game from a flash drive. However, nGlide is faster, of equivalent quality, and is currently supported by its developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousToni Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Are there screen comparisons of the different custom weather states? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted August 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Are there screen comparisons of the different custom weather states? Nope. Honestly, I don't think that very many people realize it's there. BTW, there's also a weather editor so you can create your own states. Broken is my personal favorite. Some of the nimbus clouds are really more of a proof of concept than a good looking weather pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousToni Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Wow broken looks nice - but a bit foggy, isn't it?? =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted August 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 If you want foggy, try Overcast with Glide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousToni Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Maybe I can make some screens myself and publish them for comparison ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Just as long as you show off my good side. In all seriousness, I appreciate your fresh enthusiasm. You're efforts add life to the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousToni Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Haha thanks, that's cool. Fresh enthusiasm to an awesome project for an awesome game! I made some comparisons at 12 o'clock in 3000 feet height: https://minus.com/mzAuksmVa/ Nevertheless the weather changes at each hour so the screens aren't 100% representative though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat1940 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Hi HF. Unable to install 2.22a. Removed all the GME mods but still no good. Have been running with _222beta3 up 'til now. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Welcome back, Wombat. What exactly is the trouble, and what is your sequence for installing? You may want to use the pilot utility to back up your pilots and campaigns, back up your personal mods, then uninstall. Then reinstall from scratch in the order laid out in the first post. This should take care of any possible corruption issues. EDIT: While you're at it, be sure to make sure you have BMS Update 3 installed. We've been flying BMS once we finish with TAW on Wednesdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat1940 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Nothing special with the 2.22a install. Just uninstalled the GME mods and then ran TAW_222a_Patch.exe over the top of 2.22Beta 3 and get this: Maybe I need to get back to 2.21 and then patch with 2.22a? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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