Hi,
Can Janes FA-18 be gotten to work on Windows 7? I can install it but when I launch I get the compatibility warning and then I see the splash screen for a few seconds and it exits. Perhaps there is a mod from TSH that can get it to work?

Just wondering if anyone has gotten this to work.
Thanks!
Steve

Yes, jane's F-18 works on win 7/8 32/64 bit. You will need the TSH mod for it to run properly.

I would recommend the F/A-18 One-Click-Updater found here: http://vfa-41.net/FA-18_Utilities.php

It works! Thanks! Super easy to set up w/ the one-click installer.

I get occasional CTD during the game, that's the only problem.

There are several possible reasons for the CTD's


I've seen this happen with older missions that are available online. Missions with FAC's and some alternate tasking can cause the game to CTD. Make a note of what mission you're flying and see if the CTD will occur at the same point in the mission. If the CTD occurs at the same point every time, then it's one of the older missions that has been known to do this.


Other CTD's have been known to occur in the map or arming menu. The fix for this is to right click and run the janes.exe file as administrator and use compatibility mode- either win98/ME or XP. You may also have to do this with the TSH executables TSHv3manager.exe and the worldswapper.exe

In windows 7/8 Microsoft has changed permissions on the " Program Files" folder.. this was done for security reasons, but it causes instability to Jane's F-18. The fix for this is to install the game to a location other than the default game installation location program files . You can install it to the root of the c:\ drive

Example c:\Janes\F-18

If you can make note of when the CTD occurs and try these fixes you might solve the CTD problem.. most of the pilots in our squadron run janes F-18 on widows 7 without issue. Some like myself have a dedicated XP box they use for older games.

Good Luck

I re-installed under c:\ and that seemed to fix the CTD problem. Thanks for the help!

I am also having trouble getting Janes F/A 18 to run under Windows 7. I installed the one-click fix file, and I tried several different compatibility settings. I can get it to run the opening demo video, and then I get a screen with some background graphics and an artificial horizon ball in the center. Are there any other fixes I can apply?

Yay! I'm up and flying thanks to Team Superhornet. Game looks gorgeous, no problems despite having modern hardware and a large screen.

It is wonderful we are bringing the old classics back to life. I have Jane's F-15 & F-18 running, Total Air War, I just need to re-install EF-2000 (hardest to resurrect because it requires Windows 95 emulation--but it can be done).

Do you get the sky banding?

Pls post some screens I'd be interested to see...

nathan8752,

The screen with the background graphics is the menu.I'm assuming you are unable to select "single mission" from the menu is that correct? When you initially installed F-18 was it to the Program Files directory? NOT Program Files(X86).

Are you running TSH 3.06 or TSH 4.02? I recommend uninstalling Jane's F-18 and re-installing using the one-click updater found here vfa-41.net/media/1clickupdate.zip this will install TSH 3.06, this is the stable online version that seems to work well on most systems.

Anyone able to help me?

The game crashes as soon as I try to start a mission.

I have tried using dxtweaker with the recommended settings found in several places but no joy, and I have also tried running as administrator and have the game installed in C:\Janes\JF18

Running the latest version of TSH.


At one point last summer I was able to get into missions without crashing but I had the AA framerate bug and stopped playing it. I can't remember what I did to get it to work, or if anything has changed.

The only thing I have changed for sure is the drivers, I rolled back to nvidia 353 drivers as someone here said that that would stop the A2A mode frame rate problem.

Any advice appreciated, I would love to be able to play JF18 again.

As repeatedly suggested, do NOT try to install/run "the latest version of TSH."

Use the stable and reliable version, TSHv3.06. Use the One-Click Updater after uninstalling and a fresh re-install from the disc.

One Click Updater is available here: http://www.vfa-41.net/FA-18_Utilities.php

I should have been clearer, I'm using the latest stable release of TSH.

Anyway, it's still not working.

Longbow,

Are you also running the worldswapper and TSHv3manager as admin/compatibility mode?

Is there really no way to get rid of the AA slowdown, without driver rollback?
My other games are in need of the new drivers.
I am afraid I will spend the next days with examining the issue...
I promise to get back if I find a solution...

Older drivers and DirectX 9C are what the game works on, you might consider taking an older PC and installing XP on it and use a KVM switch to swap between PC's. Put the older games/sims on the XP box and leave the newer stuff on your win7/8/10 machine. I don't know if DirectX 10 works with Jane's F/A-18, I doubt it does.

I can tell you that I have DirectX 11 on this Win7/64 machine, and it runs Jane's F/A-18 just fine without any kind of tweaking or setting adjustments.

As far as A-A slowdown, see: THIS portion of a recent thread.

Hey Rhino, until now I played vanilla Jane's F/A-18 on my XP machine. Today I tried installing TSH3.06 that you linked on my Win7 PC and it runs fine. I have few questions though: Are the mods preconfigured so I can access the Iraq missions? If so, how? Also I loaded some F14 single mission but the cockpit was from F/A-18 (outside model was Tomcat). Is my install broken or do I have to make some additional steps? Instructions from the site are pretty clear:



One thing I didn't ticked during install was the DXTweaker as it's optional.

Yes. All of Iraq Pack is included. Find the WorldSwapper.exe utility in your Jane's folder C:\Program Files\Jane's Combat Simulations\FA-18. Probably best to make an icon for it on your desktop.


The outside will always look like the aircraft it's supposed to be. You have to manually switch cockpits using the VR_CPIT_DETAIL command. This will cycle between F/A-18, F-14, and A-10 cockpits. I'm not sure if it has a default key command. You may need to program it in Options.

Thanks for the quick reply Rhino. I would never guess you would have to swap cockpits during mission with key command...

One more question though, I noticed the WorldSwapper.exe shortly after posting my initial questions. I have run it, changed the theatre to Iraq, but I still have the same single mission selection (from North Cape). I see the missions in iraqmission folder are there in the game directory. Is that normal? Do I have to manually copy the Iraq missions to Missions folder?