Recent content by hultsfred

That's extremely helpful Jason, thank you. Actually my flight sim experience hasn't advanced much since Prophecy (which probably tells you something about Chris Robert's influence on my gaming habits), so a lot of what you talked about is brand new to me. I remember getting a Sidewinder...

So the Logitech extreme 3D pro seems to be the most popular. That may end up being my final choice. I was thinking about going for a HOTAS style joystick; the Thrustmaster Warthog looks incredible, but I'm having difficulty justifying that kind of money to myself, and bizarrely it doesn't come...

After many years I've finally upgraded to a new computer (actually in preparation for Squadron 42), and am now thinking about peripherals. A good look over amazon reveals a few joysticks and related flight-sim products. I'm also aware of things like the Thrustmaster MFD Cougar Flight Panels, and...

Missiles are absolutely lethal in WC4, but I suspect that was intentional (although the design documents could well be somewhere on this site and proving me wrong...). I'm reminded of your first conversation with Hunter in WC1 - "That's always the way isn't mate, just you an' some hairball...

Renaming the CRUSADE file to SAVEGAME worked like a charm. Thanks very much. Using the WCSAV editor creates these MS Word backup documents entitled SAVEGAME. It seems to me the game runs fine if these are present in the GAMEDAT folder or not; is it worth me keeping these or putting them any...

I've been having a fair few problems with the old "overflow" bug in the Secret Missions, the one that seems to kill off your wingmen for no apparent reason. I used WCSAV during SM1 to solve the issue with no problems at all, however I can't seem to get it to work on SM2. (For some reason...

I actually just managed to solve the problem by mounting my WCSM folders as my floppy drive. It turns out the data I needed was already in the file, I just needed to tell the install program where it was. I typed: mount A C:\DOS\CDrive\WCSM and mount A C:\DOS\CDrive\WCSM2 into the...

In fact, as I look at some of the PC version of WC on floppy available on e-bay, I see they only have 6 discs... Can anyone clarify this?

I've recently managed to get hold of a copy of Wing Commander Secret Missions 1 and 2 for DOS, but I'm having a little difficulty installing either of them. I run WC through DOSbox with no problems, and the install program seems to be working fine, but I'm hitting a wall when it asks me to...

My viewpoint, well I think the game is a good thing. It looks fun, and even if it doesn't appear spectacular or ground-breaking (in fact I suspect it's merely a fairly decent version of a rather formulaic genre), it's certainly better than nothing. I don't own an X-box, and this won't make me...

Doesn't bother me, as long as the job gets done. If you complete the mission and all get back in one piece, that's the main thing. The kill-board is fun and all, but the story and the personalities are even more interesting in my opinion. There were alot of great space-sims out there. I...

I always liked Primate. I got the impression there was some real story behind him, what with the early defection and all. I don't think you ever see him in a cut sequence or anything ever, but I imagined some kind of lively character there none-the-less. I have to say my best wingman was...

I think it was the casual snipe against the French he was referring to frosty, rather than complaining about the film. The way you wrote your post (unintentionally, I'm sure), it came across as if you were having a bit of a dig. Moving on, anyway.

Didn't Chen have a wife and child? So presumably the film was suggesting he was having some sort of affair with Angel then. Not inconceivable, but it does seem to be a bit of a change for his character. As for Paladins' accent, I'm not convinced that really makes sense. He changes his accent...

I believe it does. Taggart is revealing himself a Pilgrim, which we didn't know up until then. It's a sign of his trust and faith in Blair. I'd always considered the film to be in a sort of parallel universe to the games. It doesn't really make much sense to me to have them in the same...