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#4500409 - 12/15/19 01:26 PM AoE Gold Version  
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Hi guys,
Aces over Europe Gold version is online on ModDb.

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----- Aces over Europe GOLD -----
Battle over the Reich 1943 - 1945
============================
- Game version 1.28C MP02

The new features of this version are:
- New game interface (by Modred)
- New Terrain (by vonOben)
- New skins for airfields (hangars, barracks, Control Tower, etc.)
- New factory in HDD (Aircraft Factory)
- New Display Info (by MarkEAW)
- New Pilot Map (sepia Map by Modred)

-Also the patch contains:
B25C multiskinpatch
Bf109G14 Flyable
==================================

This version has been tested with the 32-bit and 64-bit Win7 operating system and works well. It also works well with Win10. There may rarely be CTDs. The graphics card belongs to the NVidia Geforce family.
We recommend 4: 3 monitors for an optimal view of the game interface. With the widscreen monitors (16: 9) which lengthen the image a bit, please consult the "Display" tab in the "Extras" directory located inside the game after installation.

Links:

https://www.moddb.com/games/aces-over-europe



Last edited by Modred; 12/15/19 07:29 PM.

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https://www.moddb.com/games/european-air-war


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#4500410 - 12/15/19 02:29 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Good morning Modred been flying your Aces Over Europe a lot and enjoy it..could you post a link ti where I can download the newest version I don't understand where the mod db is..thank you


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#4500412 - 12/15/19 03:01 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: rwatson]  
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Russ, IIRC I sent a link to this site to you some time ago, via IM, I think: https://www.moddb.com/

IIRC, you might have to register to D/L some items, but that's no big deal,.

This will get you where you want to go: https://www.moddb.com/games/aces-over-europe

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#4500417 - 12/15/19 03:45 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Thanks Bob,,Had that site but the brain is dusty next up need some help with CS through other lines


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#4500420 - 12/15/19 04:00 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Thanks, Modred. I've always found your Aces series very enjoyable. Pure dogfighting fun.

#4500444 - 12/15/19 09:23 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Nice!!!!! Thanks! - this is easily one of the very top must haves for EAW - much appreciated!

Edit: Hmmm, I am going to have to figure out why I don't get a mouse pointer showing up in this version...

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#4500446 - 12/15/19 09:57 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Redwolf]  
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Red try alt--tab out and then back in


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#4500459 - 12/16/19 12:33 AM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: rwatson]  
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Originally Posted by rwatson
Red try alt--tab out and then back in


Thanks for the suggestion smile Already tired that (that works for IL2-1946 sometimes when I need it) - but it didn't work with this version. The mouse is indeed there (I can see the pointer briefly upon exit when I press ESC, and also if I manage to move it with an invisible pointer and manage to land on something that I can click). Worked fine in early version of AOE. I also tried to copy and paste over its eaw config file to see if that might by chance help - no luck.

(Edit: I also see somebody else in the Moddb having the exact same problem).

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#4500493 - 12/16/19 12:12 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Redwolf]  
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runs well here no mouse Issues,,Still have the problem on some of my IL-2 installs but alt-tab cures it


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#4500549 - 12/16/19 05:33 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Redwolf]  
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Originally Posted by Redwolf
Originally Posted by rwatson
Red try alt--tab out and then back in


Thanks for the suggestion smile Already tired that (that works for IL2-1946 sometimes when I need it) - but it didn't work with this version. The mouse is indeed there (I can see the pointer briefly upon exit when I press ESC, and also if I manage to move it with an invisible pointer and manage to land on something that I can click). Worked fine in early version of AOE. I also tried to copy and paste over its eaw config file to see if that might by chance help - no luck.

(Edit: I also see somebody else in the Moddb having the exact same problem).


Have you tried putting a shortcut to the exe on your desktop and running it as the administrator?

#4500553 - 12/16/19 05:50 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Hello guys,
thanks for the appreciation.
I can't understand why the mouse pointer doesn't work for some players.
It works on my PCs. The game was tested with 64 and 32 bit win7.
wacky

Fat-Larry from ModDb site " I also had this same Mouse Cursor on the Main Menu Bug on Windows 10. To fix it just run your "eaw.exe" as administrator."

Thanks Fat-Larry

Last edited by Modred; 12/16/19 05:57 PM.

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https://www.moddb.com/games/european-air-war


#4500593 - 12/16/19 11:39 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: rwatson]  
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Always glad to re-pay you for your previous help, and look forward to a mutual; exchange!

#4500642 - 12/17/19 12:12 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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grazie mille Modred good work there


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#4500679 - 12/17/19 03:30 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Thank you greatly, that did the trick! I have to bypass the AOE application and go directly to the EAW one and run as administrator - works great! -- no issues at all in the previous version though, so something changed in the process from standard to gold version. Regardless, all is well now - thank you gentlemen smile


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#4500706 - 12/17/19 05:20 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Found a definitive fix for the Mouse Bug on Windows 10: biggrin

First install the game outside Program Files(x86) or else "eaw.ini" is blocked by Windows 10 for edition. So I installed at: C:\Aces over Europe

Then, Run "eaw.exe" as Administrator (It will fix Static Mouse Pointer on Screen)

So if you run the game and all the Mouse Cursors are invisible so you can't click on Menu Buttons (It happened with me) do the following:

First make a backup from your "eaw.ini" file then open this "eaw.ini" with Notepad and copy all the text lines inside it, so select all the text inside and press "Control + C" to copy. Then delete this eaw.ini file and run the game so a new "eaw.ini" will be generated that will fix the invisible mouse but will make the game crash when any mission starts. So open this new generated "eaw.ini" with notepad and delete all the text inside and paste the text from the original one you copied before, save the file and the invisible mouse is definitely fixed.

It's working perfectly to me right now, no more bugs smile

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Thanks Fat-Larry - great work


Mariano "Modred"
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https://www.moddb.com/games/aces-over-europe
https://www.moddb.com/games/european-air-war


#4501071 - 12/20/19 04:56 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Just a Tag for future installation on Win 10. Much obliged for the info!

#4502063 - 12/31/19 06:50 AM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Versions 1.28c/d will crash CTD if you have no ForceFeedback on your joystick / or no stick.

Thats because there is a bug / a coding error in that those versions wrongfully generate a value of 1 for FF setting in the newly created eaw.ini file, regarless if you have a stick plugged in or not and regarless if you have FF on that said stick or not.
Thus it CTD on launch of a mission.

Set ForceFeedback to a value of zero 0 before running the game a 2nd time / before going to fly.
Get a replacement exe from Jel. I think he has fixed that bug before in the old exe's but I dont quite remeber. Maybe in the feb 2016 glide 3 exes, but again not sure.

#4502291 - 01/01/20 09:01 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: MarkEAW]  
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Modern Force Feedback joysticks are extremely rare. I suspect this is because the FF feature is/was a failure-prone feature, and so was eliminated due to problems encountered with it. It's an electro-mechanical feature, and so will naturally have more issues than other, simpler systems

Never owned one, nor used one except in walk-in arcades,so cannot comment on the worth of the feature. I suppose the VERY astute user of FF might be able to use it to advantage, but no personal experience. I would GUESS that if such FF was deemed essential, that the market would demand its continued availability. Unfortunately, this alternative seems closed at this point. YMMV

After some looking, I've yet to see a "NEW" from the mfr, example of one of these for sale.

ETA: maybe a modern alternative: [url]https://www.amazon.com/Joystick-YF2009-Controller-Vibration-Feedback/dp/B06XGBL1HL/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=force%2Bfeedback&qid=1577914174&s=videogames&sr=1-11&th=1[.url]

I'll be looking into this.

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#4502307 - 01/01/20 10:57 PM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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Most modern sticks come with 'vibration feedback' rather than true 'force feedback'. They can work quite well and are useful in providing early warning of an upcoming stall. However, I'd advise caution as not all work with EAW, unfortunately. I used to have a Speedlink Black Widow joystick (now discontinued), which worked well in EAW and other flight sims-it was vibration feedback. I replaced it with the latest Speedlink vibration feedback model, but it doesn't provide vibration in EAW, although it works well in other flight sims, such as IL-2 and the TK games. Because I like the feedback, I then bought a used Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 joystick on eBay, which is quite good.

In EAW, there is a choice of 'arcade' and 'realistic' force feedback. In the codegroup games, it defaults to the former and one must purposefully select 'realistic' each time one starts the game. Still, on full-real options, with realistic force-feedback and TrackIR, EAW remains quite an experience.

#4502487 - 01/03/20 12:49 AM Re: AoE Gold Version [Re: Modred]  
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What you guys going on about? I was refeing to the bug in that version Modred uses of the exe where it forces FF option on regardless if you have a stick that supports it or even if its not hooked up.

But the FF sticks are defnitly fun to have. I forgot how much until I returned to EAW and relized it suports FF! That and Crimson Skies cracks me up when i use it.
I dont know why the a stick wouldn't work with the FF function of EAW. But It maybe the directx version used or the type of FF calls used, i forgot what MS used back them, but nowadays they use the xbox type of ff functions on modern directx.
I researched it all before , dont think i really wrote anything up about it on my EAW Help Site. aw well.
There was alot of info out there on this topic....


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