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#4536144 - 09/07/20 02:35 PM First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918  
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#4536165 - 09/07/20 05:12 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536204 - 09/07/20 11:07 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536206 - 09/07/20 11:27 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536251 - 09/08/20 11:39 AM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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One of my favourites - thanks for the pix

#4536282 - 09/08/20 03:27 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: pauld]  
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You're welcome pauld! Same here! The combat is intense!

#4536283 - 09/08/20 03:29 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536303 - 09/08/20 06:24 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536321 - 09/08/20 08:30 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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I'll just add a few of my own if you don't mind

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For an oldie it still looks OK and the dogfights can get pretty intense - a very enjoyable sim lite like all the other TK Thirdwire games

#4536343 - 09/08/20 11:08 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: pauld]  
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Oh wow pauld those shots are amazing! What resolution is that? I'm playing it on an old WinXp rig at 1024×768.

#4536407 - 09/09/20 01:36 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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1980 x 1080 - but my machine is old now, only a 1gb GTX650 graphics card.

I have added many mods to this over the years and the only issue I have is the games locks when I escape out of a mission (a screen redraw problem I expect as the menus are a lower res) but it doesn't stop me flying around and shooting a few things down in flames every now and then

I struggle sometimes on more modern games but old favourites like IL2 1946 (with BAT mods), CFS3 ETO, Wimgs over Flanders Fields and Wings over Europe and First Eagles play silky smooth with everything dialled up - they're all still fun games for a casual simmer like me.

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#4536411 - 09/09/20 02:14 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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Lovely pics... If I didn't have WoFF to go to for my WWI fix I'd be flying this!

#4536579 - 09/11/20 02:27 AM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536639 - 09/11/20 03:20 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536702 - 09/11/20 10:40 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536773 - 09/12/20 07:54 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536789 - 09/12/20 11:12 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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#4536811 - 09/13/20 10:03 AM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: Vince H]  
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Thanks for posting! FE2 seems to be left out of debates on the best WW1 air combat sims but is certainly up there, thanks to many good basic features including the superb air-to-air AI - the dogfighting experience beats anything else I've 'flown'.

The original release had few flyables and some jetsim leftovers like aircraft that often blew up but patches added a few planes and improved features. With the patience to locate and install the mods (including the A Team planes which fill some gaps) it has an unbeatable range of flyables and theatres.

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#4536839 - 09/13/20 03:30 PM Re: First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918 [Re: 33lima]  
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Nice pics 33lima! I will eventually get around to posting pics from FE2. I believe all of TK's work deserves showcasing. The man is a living legend. Not exactly sure what you are referring to as far as the original release. All the pics I have posted and will post in this thread, with the exception of a "clouds fix", are from a vanilla install of the first release First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918. And it doesn't have any of the quirks which you stated.

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