#4368186 - 07/09/17 04:55 PM
F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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I know that both the F14 and F15 were produced by Microprose in the late 1990's with F14 coming AFTER F15. However, I have been able to get the F15 running with reasonably good graphics, but the F14 graphics are really bad. F15 is running with nglide and the F14, unfortunately, is running in Dosbox. The F14 is not on the list of nglide games so I may be stuck. Any thoughts?
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#4368256 - 07/10/17 02:27 AM
Re: F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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Boy did I screw that up. No wonder F14 graphics are so crappy. Also, I cannot get trackir to work in F14, but can use the TrackirMouse in F15 with the virtual cockpit.
Last edited by sobe; 07/10/17 02:29 AM.
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#4368919 - 07/12/17 11:03 PM
Re: F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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Now I understand some of my confusion. The reference in the FD manual to Strike Eagle was to the old Microprose game and not F15 which was a newer Janes game.
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#4368989 - 07/13/17 03:39 PM
Re: F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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FD will only run on a newer machine with DOS box and the graphics will always look like 1995.
I would say that it may even look worse than in 1995 due to the larger monitors/screens that we have today which makes the game even more pixelated than before (with the smaller screens of the 1990's).
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#4369102 - 07/14/17 12:23 AM
Re: F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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I have a 27" monitor set to 1024x768 and my FD looks exactly as it did when I got it in 1995. Sure, the graphics and resolution are very dated but it plays just like it did back then. Still on of the great F14B model sims.
Last edited by Major Dragon; 07/14/17 12:23 AM.
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#4369190 - 07/14/17 03:19 PM
Re: F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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Just an aside here:
Some years ago, I got F15 Strike Eagle III running via DOSBOX. DosBox has options to emulate Serial connectivity over TCP/IP and we actually got a COOP Mulitplayer session going!! Unfortunately it was REALLY choppy and laggy which was unexpected since EVERYTHING was faster. Still IT WORKED! Since no recent sim except Longbow II has Front Seat/BackSeat COOP, it was worth the experimentation!!
Back in the old modem days, F15 Strike Eagle III COOP (leader/wingman) was INCREDIBLE fun.. We are so spoiled these days!!
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#4369290 - 07/15/17 12:42 AM
Re: F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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I am running FD in DosBox 1920x1080 and like the game as there are only one page of commands as opposed to a zillion commands in Janes F15 and F18.
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#4369381 - 07/15/17 07:42 PM
Re: F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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If I have the 2 extra campaigns to FD, but not the gold edition, does that mean that I have the latest patch to the game?
Have you been able to get Trackir to work with FD? I got it to work with the F15, but not FD as I couldn't locate a true virtual cockpit/mouse controlled key.
Last edited by sobe; 07/15/17 10:15 PM.
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#4369584 - 07/17/17 09:13 AM
Re: F14 Fleet Defender V. F15 Strike Eagle
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F-14 Fleet Defender 2.0 (with additional campaigns set in Korea and Pakistan) is the same as Gold but without all the multimedia stuff. You probably will not be able to get Track IR working in FD as there is no mouse controlled virtual cockpit view there. There is only one controlled with joystick hat or numpad keys. Edit: Also if you want to see what you are missing with all the "multimedia stuff" which Gold version added take a look here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIku_oD9y-RDUP3vKm71BglfHf2o644UK
Last edited by damson; 07/17/17 09:15 AM.
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Exodus
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