How to Install Wings Over Vietnam on Windows 10/11

How to Install Wings Over Vietnam on Windows 11

Wings Over Vietnam is a combat flight simulator game for PC set during the Vietnam War. It encompasses the years from 1964 to 1973 and offers a historically accurate array of jets and weapons for players to utilize in different mission types. These missions include MIG-CAP (MiG combat air patrol), strike, air support, Iron Hand, and reconnaissance. The game was created by Third Wire Productions using the Strike Fighters: Project 1 engine.

Here I'm going to show you a step-by-step guide to install this pretty old but still awesome game and make it playable on Windows 10/11.

Software needed

In order to install Wings Over Vietnam in your Windows 10/11 PC you need to have the following list programs:

1. The installation CD/DVD or .ISO image of Wings Over Vietnam.

2. The Wings Over Vietnam official October 2008 patch. It can be downloaded from MEGA by clicking here.

3. The HDR Mod 1.01A. Available for download at CombatAce, an excellent online community of flight simulation players and modders.

4. 3. dgVoodoo, a legacy DirectX and Glide graphics card API wrapper/implementation program1 that provides support to run Windows and DOS-based old programs using Glide or DirectX. Available for download here.

Installation process 

Before we begin: If you have a Windows 10 PC, this whole process also works for Windows 11 based PCs. Now let's continue with the install.

Once you have all the required software at hand, we can proceed with the installation of Wings Over Vietnam on your Windows 11 PC. The installation process will be as follows:

1. Insert the Wings Over Vietnam CD/DVD on mount the .ISO image and open the setup file. This is one of those "click Next and then Next" cases until the installation is completed.

Do NOT open the game yet, it still will be unplayable at this point.

2. Open the Wings Over Vietnam official October 2008 patch (WOV_Update_Oct2008b.exe) and complete the installation process, another case of "click Next and then Next". Just remember to install this patch in the same folder the game was installed.

3. Unzip the HD1.01 mod into a new directory then open the enbseries.ini file using a text editor and find and change the following command line from:

[GLOBAL]

UseEffect=1 

to

[GLOBAL]

UseEffect=0

Then save the enbseries.ini file.

4. Copy the modified enbseries.ini and the unzipped d3d9.dll into your game install directory, copy a second copy of the enbseries.ini into your Flight sub-directory of your game install directory (this is very important).

5 Unzip the dgVoodoo file into a different folder and look for a file called DDraw.dll. Then copy this file into the Wings Over Vietnam install directory.

6. Open, play and enjoy Wings Over Vietnam on your Windows 10/11 PC.

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How to install Jetfighter V: Homeland Protector on Windows 11

Download and play Jetfighter V: Homeland Protector on Windows 11

Jetfighter V: Homeland Protector was the last good title, in my opinion, of the once great Jetfighter saga of combat simulation video games, the saga that got me into flight simulators way back in the early nineties. 

Published in 2003, the game shows a substantial upgrade in graphics with brilliant colors, realistic (by the time) skies and clouds and weather effects, including fog and rain. 

In terms of playability, this is the most "arcade" of the whole saga. Many aspects of the "simulation" commands and procedures were left out, including the take-off and landing from carriers, a very challenging and yet fun feature that made Jetfighter games famous.

But despite its lack of details in the "realistic" department, Jetfighter V: Homeland Protector still can be played as an actual flight simulation game with all the fun and maneuverability that comes with this kind of games.

Even though the game was released about two decades ago, it still can be installed and played in modern PC with the most recent version of Windows after some adjustments here and there.

Software needed

1. The game files: You can use your regular installation CD of the game or an .ISO image. As far as I know, the game could be in the "abandonware" category and the installation files can be downloaded from several website, among those sites are Archive.org and MyAbandonware.com. 

2. No CD Patch: Once the game is installed, it will ask for the "game CD" to be active in the CD drive, but even with the .ISO file mounted, the game usually won't work. This patch will fix this issue and can be downloaded from here. 

Installation process

1. Insert the Jetfighter V: Homeland Protector installation CD in the CD drive or mount cd .ISO image of the game. Then open the Autorun file and press the "Install Game" button that will appear on the screen.

Jetfighter V: Autorun app main screen

You will now enter the main installation program of the game. This is one of those "click Next and the Next" cases until the installation is done.

Don't forget to let the program create a shortcut on desktop

2. DO NOT run the game yet, we now need to install the Patch. Uncompress the No CD Patch .RAR file and look for the Game.exe archive. 

No CD Patch file

3. Now copy the Game.exe file from the No CD Patch and overwrite the one located in the Jetfighter V installation folder. By default, the game is installed in the following folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Global Star Software\Jetfighter V

4. Final step. Right click on the game's desktop shortcut and select the compatibility tab. Once there, set the Compatibility Mode to Windows XP (Service Pack 3) and select the Run this program as an administrator checkmark.

Jetfighter V shortcut's compatibility tab

5. Enjoy flying Jetfighter V: Homeland Protector!

Jetfighter V multiplayer

Jetfighter V has the multiplayer feature available to use. I have personally tested the multiplayer through LAN option, and it works flawlessly. So, theoretically speaking, Jetfighter V can be played over the Internet if you run the game through a VPN service.

If you want to play this game using its multiplayer feature join The Jetfighter's Discord Server and get in touch with the community to organize some online air battles and give this game, and other classic titles a new life!

LockOn Flamming Cliffs 2: My first mission flying the MIG-29S

LockOn Flamming Cliffs 2: My first mission flying the MIG-29S

Since my PC cannot run DCS, a friend of mine sent me some information about this flight simulation game called "LockOn". As I researched more about this title, I found out that this game is actually the "father" of DCS, developed by the same company: Eagle Dynamics. As soon as knew this I immediately had to get my hands on this sim, so here we are.

In this video I'm flying my favorite Russian fighter jet, the MIG-29. Despite being a game released almost two decades ago I have to say that this game is still a kiss ass simulator. And the best of all is that there is still a community of players creating MODS for it and flying online missions from time to time.

I'm working to build a community around The Jetfighter so I recently opened a Discord Server to have a place to meet and communicate to other flight simulation fans around the world.

You're all invited to join and flight with me in this adventure, click on the following link to join: The Jetfighter's Discord Server.

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Playing Strike Fighters: Wings Over Vietnam on Windows 11

Strike Fighters: Wings Over Vietnam on Windows 11

Today I'm flying Wings Over Vietnam, a flight simulator video game released back in 2004 for Windows XP. I've been trying to run this game on a modern PC for a while. Officially the game was not compatible with Windows 11, but I finally managed to make it run in this version.

The game looks and runs very smooth. The company that released Wings Over Vietnam later released Strike Fighters 2, a superior game in both graphics and compatibility with new Windows versions. But unfortunately, despite being a technologically superior game, Strike Fighters 2 lacks the multiplayer feature that an older game like Wings Over Vietnam has.

Introducing my new Discord Server

Now, since I could finally make the game work on a modern PC, I'd like to form a group of "virtual pilots" to give this game a new wave of life and maybe, just maybe, convince the original developer to give Strike Fighters 2 the multiplayer feature it desperately needs.

At first, I want to try the multiplayer feature of all the "Wings of" game series. The Strike Fighters games series has a great community of fans and modders that have been keeping the game alive for more than a decade, so I'd like to help the Strike Fighters community to get to a new level and bring all of those planes, weapons, effects and scenarios to the multiplayer arena, or in this case, the multiplayer skies.

Join the new Discord server to fly some Strike Fighters, and other flight sims, missions together.

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How to install Jetfighter The Adventure on Windows 11

Download and play Jetfighter The Adventure on Windows 11

Jetfighter: The Adventure is a combat flight simulator published in 1988 for the PC/MSDOS platform. This was the beginning of one of THE flight simulation video games that got me into flight simulation back in my early teenage years.

In this post I'm going to describe the process needed to install this very old MSDOS game on a Windows 11 PC platform.

Software needed

Off course we will need several pieces of software, don't worry they're all free in order to install Jetfighter: The Adventure in our PC. Those programs are the following:

1. The game files: This seems to be obvious but still is good to mention. Since this game is, as far as I know, under the abandonware category, it can be found all over the Internet. I personally downloaded it from this link at MEGA.

2. DOSBox: Since the game was released for MSDOS, a now defunct Operative System, we'll need an MSDOS emulator that will give us the right environment to install and play our MSDOS based games. This is a free and open-source program that you can download from its official website.

Installation process

1. Create a folder called DOS right on the root of your hard drive. This will be the virtual C:\ drive inside the DOSBox's MSDOS environment.

2. Enter your newly created DOS folder and create a subfolder called JF.

3. Extract all the game files into the C:\DOS\JF folder. The ones inside the .RAR file you downloaded from Mega.

4. Install DOSBox. This is a straightforward process. Just execute the installation file you downloaded from the official DOSBox website, and basically click "next" on every step until the program completes the installation.

Configuration before you play

Since Jetfighter The Adventure was release in the eighties and was developed for the hardware available at the time, there are some DOSBox configurations we need to take care of before we play the game for the first time.

1. On your windows desktop click on the start icon, the one that looks like the Windows logo, usually located at the left of the toolbar at the bottom of the screen and look for the DOSBox program folder.

2. Look for the DOSBox programs folder and the look for the DOSBox [version number] Options icon and open it. See the following image for reference:

DOSBox [version number] Options icon

3. Once you click the DOSBox Options icon it will open the main configuration file of the program. Once in the file look the following command line:

cputype=auto

Now edit this line to look as follows: 

cputype=386_prefetch

4. Now save all the changes and close the file.

DOSBox Configuration file

Play Jetfighter The Adventure on Windows 11

1. Open DOSBox by double clicking on the program's shortcut located on your main desktop screen.

DOSBox desktop icon

2. Once you open the program, you will see a screen showing the MSDOS environment. By default, DOSBox will be showing a "Z:\" as the default virtual drive. 

DOXBox's main screen

3. Now you will have to "Mount" your virtual "C:\" drive first in order to play your games using the following commands:

mount c c:\dos 

Once the command is written, just press ENTER. If everything is all right, you'll see the following message "Drive C is mounted as local directory c:\dos\" as you can see on the following screen:

DOSBox screen after the "Mount C" command

4. Now, in order to play the game, you'll to run the following commands:

c:\ <ENTER> This command will take you the virtual c:\ drive you mounted earlier.

c:\jf <ENTER> This command will take you into the game's main folder.

jf or jf.exe <ENTER> This command will open the actual game. 

If everything goes all right, you'll see a screen like this before running the game:

Entering the game's folder on DOSBox

5. Enjoy playing Jetfighter The Adventure on Windows 11.

If you have any questions about this process, please leave it at the comment section bellow and I'll answer you as soon as possible to help you play this awesome flight simulation game.

F-14 Tomcat for MSDOS (Activision, 1989) - Gameplay and download

F-14 Tomcat for MSDOS (Activision 1989) 

There is certain charm in some "ancient" video games. They make you go a trip back in time where the graphics, and the gameplay were very "archaic" for today's standards but still manage to be fun and entertaining. 

One of those game I found out about thanks to the suggestion of a viewer on Instagram is F-14 Tomcat, a combat flight simulation video game for the MSDOS platform released in 1989, or 1990 according to some sources.

There is also an older version of the game released in 1988 for the Commodore 64 but I haven't tried it yet.

F-14 Tomcat Gameplay

The following is a gameplay of the game that I published on The Jetfighter's YouTube channel. All those gameplays are included in its own playlist for everyone to watch, share and enjoy. 

F-14 Tomcat Download

Despite the age of this game, it's still pretty easy to find on the Internet. The following is a list of sites where you can download the installation files and give this game a try on your own PC.

• MyAbandonware.com
• Abandonwaredos.com
• Extra: F-14 Tomcat Manual (PDF)
  

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Strike Fighters 2: Lockheed C-130 Hercules (Gameplay and Download)

Lockheed C-130 Hercules / Add-on plane for Strike Fighters 2

The C-130 entered service with the U.S. in 1956, followed by Australia and many other nations. During its years of service, the Hercules has participated in numerous military, civilian and humanitarian aid operations.

To play with this massive plane is pretty challenging since is not that maneuverable and fast as a fighter jet but it's a good change for those days when you need a more relax fly.

Lockheed C-130 Hercules gameplay

Download the Lockheed C-130 Hercules

If you have Strike Fighters 2 on your PC, you can download, install a play the Hercules C-130 for free by clicking on the following link:

Lockheed C-130 Hercules