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Offline Vraciu

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Is "Fighter Ace" Back????
« on: September 01, 2026, 10:29:28 PM »
Been seeing a flurry of Fighter Ace videos lately.    Are these new or recycled?

(Being able to get rid of the cockpit panel to see is so cheesy.)
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Re: Is "Fighter Ace" Back????
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2026, 07:22:41 AM »
There's a bunch of guys trying for get it going again..

https://www.facebook.com/groups/5394964098/posts/10164806262664099/

I loaded it up but my rudders are backwards without a way to switch it and there is no vr...

They are fixing bugs as they find them but not sure the juice is worth the squeeze..

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Re: Is "Fighter Ace" Back????
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2026, 10:19:30 AM »
Thanks, Eagler.  That explains it.   
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Offline Kruel

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Re: Is "Fighter Ace" Back????
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2026, 11:19:03 AM »
There's a bunch of guys trying for get it going again..

https://www.facebook.com/groups/5394964098/posts/10164806262664099/

I loaded it up but my rudders are backwards without a way to switch it and there is no vr...

They are fixing bugs as they find them but not sure the juice is worth the squeeze..

Eagler

We've found a way to make VR work - it's mouse emulation. Run OpenTrack or similar and map your VR to mouse movements. FA already has mouse pointer view, so once you have VR or TrackIR emulating mouse input, it's done.