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#4555877 - 02/12/21 08:48 PM European Air War available at GOG.com.  
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Our venerable old game is now available at GOG.com, an honest, no-nonsense site. It is launched at $12.12 and is currently available at half that price. This should bring a large number of new and returning players. There's life in the old bird yet.

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#4555879 - 02/12/21 08:57 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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I had a look. They claim that it runs in Win 7 and Win 10, and I wonder if that is true.
1.2 will give the 7217 error.
Correction.
Win 10 now runs 1.2 smile

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#4555880 - 02/12/21 09:05 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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I believe it's based on 1.28! GOG are very good at optimising old games. People have been requesting EAW on their forums for years. I'd be surprised if they cock this up.

#4555884 - 02/12/21 10:07 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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1.2 runs on win7 and win10. No need for the 7217 workaround coded in the later code group exes.

Has anyone purchased it? I don't buy games online, like gog and what not.

It would be neat to know how they fixed the intro and the plane view / object view room if that's truly the case. I'm guessing they have some good wrappers.
Guess I better link there page and the forum over there.

EDIT:
It says you only need 100MB for space, minimum.
590MB is the space required, I guess the movies are all there.


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#4555887 - 02/12/21 10:34 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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Just bought it. Now downloading. Says it's 1.28 exe.

Update: installs and runs flawlessly on Windows 7. No wrappers of any kind required on my part and even has the little film at the start. ID is '1.28' only. I've changed it to widescreen and runs and looks very well, although fps seems to be limited to 30. Fair play, it's a very solid product.

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#4555906 - 02/13/21 01:47 AM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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For what it's worth, I've been hacking away at the 1.28 code, in a large variety of types, and have had no problems running in Windows 10 with any of them.


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#4555925 - 02/13/21 06:01 AM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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If it is 1.28 then I am not particularly happy. It contains our work, and GOG are making money out of it frown


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#4555950 - 02/13/21 02:47 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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I got it. It's effectively the very first Code Group release, the original 1.28 ("No bloody A, B, C or D"). So its 640x480 screenfiles.

At least the original Code Group 1.28 readme is included.

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#4556036 - 02/14/21 03:13 AM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: Moggy]  
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Has anyone contacted this company about their using the Code Group's work w/o permission?

#4556038 - 02/14/21 03:50 AM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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Wow, I had to do some serious digging to even find 1.28 exe, much less the code. I have 1.28 Doshea, which I think was a transition immediately following?


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#4556051 - 02/14/21 11:01 AM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: iron mike]  
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Originally Posted by iron mike
Has anyone contacted this company about their using the Code Group's work w/o permission?


Not yet. As Jel pointed out to me, all the Code Group's releases are in the public domain. It is slightly miffing however that they are making money out of this.

Originally Posted by Crashin' Jack
Wow, I had to do some serious digging to even find 1.28 exe, much less the code. I have 1.28 Doshea, which I think was a transition immediately following?


I could only find the 128 beta release smile

All those 1.2 planes and scenarios at Tally Ho! will presumably work with this release. As presumably will the basic OAW 128 setup

#4556052 - 02/14/21 11:37 AM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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They did not supply OAW so it is a limited version wink


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#4556054 - 02/14/21 11:54 AM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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So, what you're saying is I should put a hold on the Maui beach house offer?


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#4556058 - 02/14/21 01:56 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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Well, if I have to cancel the Aston Martin... smile

I've had a fool around with OAW 128 and 128GOG, and it works okay. One of the first things I swapped in was the ModSquad 1.2 Battle of Britain. Works fine.

Trying the 1.2 Malta at the moment. Had to tweak the tmod.dat back to the first version we used without the file header. Continuing.

It did cross my mind that since our 128 has been "officially embraced", we could embrace it back by offering new GOG players some alternative setups for their version.

#4556063 - 02/14/21 02:35 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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It did cross my mind that since our 128 has been "officially embraced", we could embrace it back by offering new GOG players some alternative setups for their version.


Well if they want OAW as a starter they could pay us for it wink

wink Jel

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#4556066 - 02/14/21 02:58 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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Ok, to take it a bit further, what would we have to do to monetize the much superior 1.6 version?

One of the things Ralf brought up was incorporating the PSM program into EAW itself which would make choosing aircraft much more seamless.

Should we take this up in private?


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#4556078 - 02/14/21 05:12 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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Yes smile


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#4556118 - 02/14/21 10:59 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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Someone there has linked my joystick help doc, but there still having problems:
1-they should have read my troubleshoot help doc under joystick and controls
2-and I believe the 1.28 version included different eaw.ini entries for the joystick/controls than later versions. That might be throwing them off.
EDIT: It should have the same controller support that v1.2 has. As more controllers where not added until I think v1.28c. I could be thinking of this wrong though.

So there in for a world of hurt, trying to get multi able controls to work. frown

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#4556242 - 02/15/21 08:09 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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If it's any help, this is the default eaw.ini that comes with the GOG release:

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[GRAPHICS]
Width=1024
Height=768
TestDrawPrimitive=0
DisplayDevice=2
PlaneDetail=0
TerrainDetail=0
CloudDetail=0
EffectsDetail=0
HorizonDistance=0
Shadow=1
ExternalStores=1
LensFlare=1
LightSourcing=1
VirtualCockpitGauge=1
CockpitShake=1
VirtualCockpitProp=1
3dCityTargets=0
Gamma Value=128

[Miscellaneous]
Debug Flags=0
Debug Path=.\

[EAW]
HudFontSize=0
GunSightSize=475
OldStyle=0
ExtraSquads=0
ColourAxis=33
ColourAllied=37
BirdSeed=5
QuickVersion=0
PlayIntro=1
PlayerPlane=10
PlayerNation=1
LastCampaign=2
PlayerPilotName=PLAYER
PlayerRank=4
GameName=PLAYER'S GAME

[DIFFICULTY]
SkillLevel=1
FlightModel=1
Landing=0
Stalls=1
Torque=1
Overheat=1
Blackout=1
StructrualLimit=1
Wind=1
RealisticGunnery=0
LimitedAmmo=0
MidAirCollision=0
PlayerDamage=1
DisplayUnit=2
DisplayHUD=1
IndicatedAirSpeed=0
PressureAltitude=0

[DISPLAY]
HudColor_Red_R=250
HudColor_Red_G=0
HudColor_Red_B=0
HudColor_Blue_R=0
HudColor_Blue_G=0
HudColor_Blue_B=250
HudColor_Green_R=64
HudColor_Green_G=255
HudColor_Green_B=64
HudColor_Yellow_R=255
HudColor_Yellow_G=255
HudColor_Yellow_B=0
HudColor_LtBlue_R=0
HudColor_LtBlue_G=250
HudColor_LtBlue_B=250
HudColor_Violet_R=128
HudColor_Violet_G=0
HudColor_Violet_B=250
HudColor_Orange_R=250
HudColor_Orange_G=128
HudColor_Orange_B=0
HudColor_Pink_R=250
HudColor_Pink_G=0
HudColor_Pink_B=250
HudColor_White_R=250
HudColor_White_G=250
HudColor_White_B=250
HudColor_DkGray_R=55
HudColor_DkGray_G=55
HudColor_DkGray_B=55
DisplayInfoSetting=255

[SOUND]
SoundQuality=1
SoundChannel=16
SoundDist=2
SoundVolume=53247
EngineVolume=49151
ExternalVolume=45055
MusicVolume=40959
SpeechVolume=61439
ReverseStereo=0
Subtitles=1

[CONTROLS]
Force Feedback=0
Force Feedback Gain=0
Flight Sensitivity=1.000000
Camera Sensitivity=5.000000
Swap Mouse X=0
Swap Mouse Y=0
Windows Joystick=1
JoystickDeadZone=4

[CAMPAIGN]
CampaignDifficulty=1
CampaignLength=0
CampaignLimitAicraft=0
CampaignLimitSupply=0

[Media]
Video Playback=0

[NETOPTION]
AI_PlaneUpdateRate=350
PlayerPlaneUpdateRate=35
ClockSyncRate=140
Year=1
SkillLevel=2
MissionType=5
BattleSize=0
TimeOfDay=1
NoAI=0
StartOnGround=0
AllowRespawn=1

[Remappable Keys]
FLIGHT CONTROL=Joystick
CAMERA CONTROL=Mouse
RUDDER CONTROL=Rudder
THROTTLE CONTROL=Throttle
FRONT VIEW=F1
RIGHT FRONT VIEW=F2
RIGHT VIEW=F3
RIGHT REAR VIEW=F4
LEFT FRONT VIEW=F7
LEFT VIEW=F6
LEFT REAR VIEW=F5
UP FRONT VIEW=SHIFT F1
UP RIGHT FRONT VIEW=SHIFT F2
UP RIGHT VIEW=SHIFT F3
UP RIGHT REAR VIEW=SHIFT F4
UP LEFT FRONT VIEW=SHIFT F7
UP LEFT VIEW=SHIFT F6
UP LEFT REAR VIEW=SHIFT F5
INSTRUMENT VIEW=CTRL F1
INSTRUMENT LABEL=ALT F1
SNAPVIEW FRONT=NUMPAD8
SNAPVIEW RIGHT FRONT=NUMPAD9
SNAPVIEW RIGHT=NUMPAD6
SNAPVIEW RIGHT REAR=NUMPAD3
SNAPVIEW LEFT FRONT=NUMPAD7
SNAPVIEW LEFT=NUMPAD4
SNAPVIEW LEFT REAR=NUMPAD1
SNAPVIEW UP=NUMPAD5
SNAPVIEW REAR=NUMPAD2
SNAPVIEW INSTRUMENT=NUMPAD0
VIRTUAL COCKPIT VIEW=F8
PADLOCK CURRENT TARGET=MULTIPLY
PADLOCK CLOSEST TO CENTER=DIVIDE
COCKPIT ON/OFF=DECIMAL
CHASE VIEW=SHIFT F8
FLY-BY VIEW=CTRL F8
TRACK VIEW - NEXT PLANE=F9
TRACK VIEW - PREVIOUS PLANE=SHIFT F9
TARGET VIEW=F10
PLAYER-TO-TARGET VIEW=SHIFT F10
TARGET-TO-PLAYER VIEW=CTRL F10
BOMB VIEW=F11
PLAYER-TO-BOMB VIEW=SHIFT F11
BOMB-TO-PLAYER VIEW=CTRL F11
ACTION VIEW=F12
DOGFIGHT VIEW=SHIFT F12
FREE CAMERA VIEW=CTRL F12
ZOOM BUTTON=Mouse_Btn_1
ZOOM IN=ADD
ZOOM OUT=SUBTRACT
PAN CAMERA UP=U
PAN CAMERA DOWN=N
PAN CAMERA RIGHT=J
PAN CAMERA LEFT=H
CAMERA RESET=Mouse_Btn_2
STICK BACK=DOWN
STICK FORWARD=UP
STICK RIGHT=RIGHT
STICK LEFT=LEFT
RUDDER RIGHT=COMMA
RUDDER LEFT=SLASH
RUDDER CENTER=PERIOD
RUDDER FULL RIGHT=SHIFT COMMA
RUDDER FULL LEFT=SHIFT SLASH
START ENGINE 1=CTRL 1
START ENGINE 2=CTRL 2
START ENGINE 3=CTRL 3
START ENGINE 4=CTRL 4
THROTTLE UP=EQUALS
THROTTLE DOWN=MINUS
THROTTLE 0=SHIFT MINUS
THROTTLE 10%=1
THROTTLE 20%=2
THROTTLE 30%=3
THROTTLE 40%=4
THROTTLE 50%=5
THROTTLE 60%=6
THROTTLE 70%=7
THROTTLE 80%=8
THROTTLE 90%=9
THROTTLE 100%=SHIFT EQUALS
THROTTLE ENGINE 1 DOWN=SEMICOLON
THROTTLE ENGINE 2 DOWN=APOSTROPHE
FLAPS UP=SHIFT F
FLAPS DOWN=F
WHEEL BRAKES ON/OFF=B
LANDING GEARS UP/DOWN=G
COCKPIT LAMP ON/OFF=L
FIRE SELECTED GUNS=Joystick_Btn_1
SELECT NEXT GUNS=S
SELECT PREVIOUS GUNS=SHIFT S
SELECT ALL GUNS=Z
SELECT MACHINEGUNS=X
SELECT CANNONS=C
DISPLAY SELECTED GUNS=CTRL S
FIRE SELECTED WEAPONS=Joystick_Btn_2
SELECT BOMBS=W
SELECT ROCKETS=R
RELEASE DROP TANKS=SHIFT D
TARGET NEXT ENEMY=T
TARGET PREVIOUS ENEMY=SHIFT T
TARGET CLOSEST ENEMY=CTRL T
TARGET NEXT FRIENDLY=Y
TARGET PREVIOUS FRIENDLY=SHIFT Y
TARGET CLOSEST FRIENDLY=CTRL Y
TARGET NEXT GROUND=E
TARGET PREVIOUS GROUND=SHIFT E
TARGET BEST GROUND=CTRL E
TARGET CLOSEST RUNWAY=SHIFT R
DESELECT TARGET=BACK
FLIGHT INFO DISPLAY ON/OFF=ALT F
TARGET INFO DISPLAY ON/OFF=ALT T
TARGET DIRECTOR DISPLAY ON/OFF=ALT D
TARGET BOX DISPLAY ON/OFF=ALT O
TARGET ID DISPLAY ON/OFF=ALT I
TARGET RANGE DISPLAY ON/OFF=ALT R
RADIO MODE=TAB
CHAT MODE=GRAVE
PILOT MAP=ALT M
AUTOPILOT ON/OFF=A
WING LEVELER ON/OFF=SHIFT A
NEXT WAYPOINT=P
PREV WAYPOINT=SHIFT P
ACCELERATE TIME=PAGE_UP
NORMAL TIME=PAGE_DOWN
SKIP TO NEXT ENCOUNTER=ALT N
JUMP TO NEXT PLANE=ALT J
BAIL OUT=ALT B
PAUSE GAME=ALT P
SOUND ON/OFF=ALT S
QUIT GAME=ESCAPE
ScreenCapture=SCROLL

#4556245 - 02/15/21 08:49 PM Re: European Air War available at GOG.com. [Re: SkyHigh]  
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So I did some tests, the part of Moggy's ini file from "Year=1" to the end didn't show until I patched from 1.2 up to 1.28c.

Moggy, can we see what your main folder looks like?


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