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#4291031 - 08/27/16 06:20 PM Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching  
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I have Jane's Longbow gold running well but can't get it to update to 1.04f. I have 1.03f right now. Patch runs through dosbox but it only updates the windows 95 exe and when i press alt-v in dos version still says 1.03f

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#4291102 - 08/27/16 11:58 PM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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#4292867 - 09/02/16 03:07 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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John, have you been able to get LBG to run in 3Dfx/Glide on Windows 10? Or XP?

I never finished the Korean campaign back in the day, and would like to correct that error - enjoyed the LB1 original campaign a lot. But I am having a tough time these days accepting the non accelerated graphics. When I tried installing it on Win 10, I can get the non Glide version to work, and when I add the Goldfx files, the game launches, the menus work...but when entering the mission's 3D sim world, it freezes after a few of the loading "exclamation" marks display. Any advice on how-to is appreciated!

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#4292954 - 09/02/16 12:53 PM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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Eugene I have windows 7 64 but it should still work for you. To get Longbow Gold to work which includes CIS campaign and Flashpoint Korea, I used the dosbox method and followed flyboys instructions, his instructions are spot on http://digitality.comyr.com/flyboy/lb2/inst_lb1_dosbox.html It works perfectly and no crashes with dosbox, with campaigns you have to turn on automatic saving so it saves by pressing alt-o at base screen by default the campaign progress save is off by default. All you need is a virtual drive / cd mounting tool like daemon and the iso cds. He also has a no cd method there as well. I did get the windows 95 version working, but videos would not. I slowed the speed down with vsync turned on. The 3dfx patch for the 95 version would not work for me (crashes). Someone here had it working on xp and posted screens a long time ago. I don't think gold needs any patches as it is already up to date from the original non gold longbow game. Back in the day I bought FPK after I bought Longbow as a different CD. They came out with gold later which includes both games in one box. Then when Lb2 came out you could buy longbow antholgy which included all of 1 and 2 longbow games from janes.

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#4293133 - 09/02/16 09:49 PM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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Thanks John, just read this after reading your LB2 thread. I guess no soap for Glide version on Win95 LB Gold. :-(

I can crank up an old Win 98 box with a Voodoo 5 iirc and get it to run. Never could get get it running in Glide on XP, except one beautiful but non-repeatable occasion. I'd prefer of course to be able to run it on my primary and accessible machine rather than getting gerbils and hamsters out of the pound and put them on the wheel that powers the abacus that is the processor for the old box!

Thanks again,

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#4293156 - 09/02/16 11:11 PM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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yes getting gold to work with the 3dfx patch, without having to use an old machine would be nice. I would like to play the gold version with the official fx patch as well.

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#4293171 - 09/03/16 12:39 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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John, although LB1 loads via dosbox and looks ok (well, relatively speaking!), I cannot get a flight stick to operate with it. alt o does open the options for calibration, and I can get the routine going with Spacebar, but when ready to confirm, spacebar results in "Error". Oddly, just now trying an X52 Pro (after failing yesterday with a Cougar), all the axes respond in the calibration menu. Just cannot get the routine Accepted. I tried different selections in the conf file,starting with Auto, then CH. Same in game Options. None made any difference, even disabling throttle and rudder axes.

In the sim, the chopper crashes due to extreme tilt to the ground upon takeoff. No apparent axes response, although the cockpit direct x control buttons seem to work, such as fire, hat views, target, etc.

What if anything did you have to do to get your stick to work? Special conf file settings??

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#4293179 - 09/03/16 01:05 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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Got it! Been so long I forgot about the set "Timed to false" approach.
Works now.


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#4293212 - 09/03/16 05:32 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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Yeap I can play the win95 version without movies, it won't patch to 1.04 in win 95 but patches and correct version is not listed after the patch, even though patch is successful still 1.03f, dos goldfx can't be made with dos. so it installs fine but game wont run dll errors.

someone on a windows 98 or xp machine needs to patch it to 1.04 then apply 3dfx patch and post the game here.
its the only way to get windows version gold 3dfx working.

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#4293391 - 09/03/16 11:53 PM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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John, does the Win95 version have any advantage over the dos version? Does it look equally blocky, or any better?

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#4293412 - 09/04/16 01:32 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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you know, I think the win 95 version looks better graphics and sound and higher quality movies for some reason but it may just be me. If you do put the anthology 95 version of longbow 1 on your pc as i had no trouble with it after setting it to winxpsp2 and memory fix heap in the CA.ini

I did get longbow 1 anthology 3dfx to work.


so far i have tried:

longbow gold via dosbox = works perfect but won't patch to 1.04 even though it says it went through in DOS.
longbow gold via win 95 = works but movie problems.
longbow gold longbow 2 = version PERFECT 100% and latest patch

longbow anthology dosbox = no such version
longbow antholgy 95 3dfx(glide) = view films is already checked? and tv movies wont work. WTF. works and is patched to 1.04 out of the box and got 3dfx working but movies wont work and base screen is too fast. 3dfx version states '1.00 fx' and removes longbow.
longbow anthology 1 win 95 = view films is already checked without slecting a pilot yet works i need to see if there are any problems other than that
longbow 2 antholgy version = some stuff like janes book doesn't work




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#4293433 - 09/04/16 04:44 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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WAIT! Hold the presses -you got Longbow ONE to run in Glide? That is terrific! But I am confused on details.
1. Please tell what
--Windows version and graphics card
--Glide wrapper and settings

2. Also, I don't quite get what you mean by this:
"3dfx version states '1.00 fx' and removes longbow." I think you already said no dos version already, in Anthology.

3. I don't have Anthology, so maybe its version(s) of LB1 are slightly different than Gold? Does it have a 3Dfx version out of the box? Or just a Win95 that you patch to get 3Dfx?

4. I though you couldn't get LBGold to run in 3Dfx version. What made it work? Or did I misunderstand earlier?

Lots of questions, but LB1 in Glide on Win 10 would be great.

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#4293449 - 09/04/16 05:57 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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Yes I am also inteested.

#4293484 - 09/04/16 01:00 PM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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copter Yes LB1 glide(3dfx) is working in windows7 64 bit for me. It only updates some explosions smoke and of course landscape and sky. To check your version at base screen type alt v. Yes it is the anthology version of longbow 1 that I can play 3dfx now, as I couldn't patch the longbow gold version to 3dfx it errors. It asks when installing anthology if you want to put 3dfxa version on now you just select no. Do it later. 3dfx and 3dfxa are different from my understanding.

Problems with LB1 Glide Anthology so far (Many):

*so far the vcr tapes don't work, there is a checkbox that is always there on the training clipboard and i can't get rid of it. They goingto the vcr put there is a pause and nothing. This maybe have something to do where longbow saves your profile in appdata? Maybe the patch breaks it.

*news BSN videos work but ending video such as pilot success, fail, medals, and helicopter crash, videos like POW don't show, I have tried everything to get them to show and nothing.

*autopilot 1 and 2 are broke

*The mouse speed is too fast 1 click = a double click on base screen

*hard crashes when using stingers on enemy helicopter with a render.dll error (seems hard coded in)





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#4293517 - 09/04/16 03:43 PM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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who knows maybe somewhere someone goofed with the patches on making the isos on the internet these days.
So this was the historic structure

Longbow 1 (Standard game) ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/janes/patches/longbow/
Longbow 1 Flash Point Korea addon (This was a separate box for LB1 which included korea campaign/patches)
Longbow Gold (Included LB1+Korea) ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/janes/patches/longbow_gold/
Longbow 2 (Standard game) ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/janes/patches/longbow_2/
Longbow Anthology (Included everything in lb1 and lb2, that should be patched up)

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#4293638 - 09/05/16 03:03 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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Hi John, that is interesting research. I could never get my Gold version of 3Dfx to run on Win7 64, past the menu screen - black screen freeze at the mission launch. I was hoping that Win10 might offer a solution. I have read someplace that Glide was possible with only the 1.03 patch applied, but fails with 1.04. Have not tried this.

1. What version does your Anthology 3Dfx show with alt v??

2. I am still curious about what Glide wrapper you are using to get your Anthology 3Dfx version to run

3. What video card you are using.

Thanks!

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#4293698 - 09/05/16 11:25 AM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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Note that if you are attempting to install it your LB1 Anthology version has to be updated to 1.04


1. It says Gold FX 1.00

2. Microsoft Direct X, It supports D3D and DD already with no glide wrapper. I tried dgvoodoo but graphics were very messed up. Still working on other ways to enhance it.

3. GeForce

If I can get it to look more like LB2 it would be great.

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Here are some gold 3dfx shots in korea


















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The video and sound is much higher quality than DOS


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#4304863 - 10/20/16 06:48 PM Re: Jane's AH-64D Longbow Gold Patching [Re: flightsimer90s]  
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One of the most bizarre things about applying the 3DFX patch, is that afterwards, you can no longer fly the AH-64A Apache.

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