I have tried 3 attempts at installing this mod without success. What am I doing wrong? Please advice. When I launch the game it looks identical to the stock version of the game. Is this accurate?

I created a folder and named it "YAP2" and directed all installations to that folder. I installed the stock game CD without any patches from Thirdwire. I then installed Patch1.exe. and Patch2.exe from the YAP2 CD. After that I installed the YAP2 installer and finally the YAP2v2fix downloaded from his web site.

I still do not see any significant difference in the games. Please help!

Sounds like you're OK.

The initial WOV load screen is the same. But when you go to Single Missions, you should see the practice missions and first YAP2 mission set.

All installation are targeted at Wings Over Vietnam. You need not create any folders. You cannot have two installations of the same game with the same name so you old version needs to be renamed.

It WILL look identical because it is an add-on to Wings Over Vietnam. We are proud of that and do not wish to pretend otherwise.

The only difference you will notice is that the mission selection is different. Fly only the YAP missions in YAP and everything will work fine.

If you are running Vista, there are fixes. If you put on the newest patch, you will not have helicopters or static aircraft at your airports or numerous other strange side effects.

Ah ha! Man, I was really confused. LOL! I was totally expecting to see an entirely new user interface and load screen.

I finally figured it out. Thank you. I am very impressed with the visual modifications, additional aircraft and additional single missions added to the game. However, I will admit I was rather perplexed to receive a generic black Memorex CD-R in the mail. The CDs could use some package design help. Otherwise, I'm very pleased.