Air Warrior Missions for Aces High

[bbosen]

Hellfire wrote:

"Greetings bbosen (peabody)  

Thx for ur hardwork in producing the "Offline Missions", I've most or ur
works & would like to see more, as I understand you produced quite a few films of ur son & urself in "Airwarrior"  

Would it be possible to replicate ur past missions in EITHER AH2 or
Airwarrior, particularly films such as "Flax", etc?   Would u be able to
provide us w/info as from what source we'd be able to d/l Airwarrior
in order to enjoy ur past films/missions?"

Yes, it's true that I published a lot of missions for Air Warrior many years ago. I still have them. Just for grins, I dusted off one of the simpler ones last week and converted it for use with Aces High. It's described elsewhere in this forum. Look here:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,304463.0.html

It took me all day to finish the conversion, and another day to tweak the timings of the audio banter. It was fun, but I can't invest that kind of time very often. Perhaps I'll do more of this, but you'll have to be patient....

There's an "Air Warrior" section on my web site, for the nostalgic among you (or you young whipper-snappers that want to know what us old geezers used to call fun). Look here:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AirWarrior/AirWarriorFullPage00.htm

There are some movies, etc.

I have seen various versions of the airwar.exe code floating around the 'Net from time to time. Maybe you could find a copy from one of the download sites. (But be careful. Downloading executable files from unknown sites is always risky. Follow well-known, sensible security practices:  Make sure your firewall is active and that you are running an up-to-date virus scanner. If you aren't comfortable with the ads or links on the site, look for something that's better established.)

I have all of the free versions of Air Warrior that they ever distributed. I can get them to work under Windows versions prior to XP easily. I've also done it under XP, but it's tricky. Under LINUX I haven't had much success, except for the very old "DOS" versions under "DOSBOX". In general, I've had a lot of trouble calibrating controls. Rudder pedals often work backwards, etc.

Air Warrior....  It was great. Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it!


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[HellFire]

A cheery good afternoon, bbosen 

Thx much for ur prompt reply, yes I do comprehend the time it takes to transcribe from one (1) game to another, my gratitude & salutation
for ALL of ur hard work, as mentioned earlier, I've d/l'd & played ALL
the games listed on ur website with enjoyment 

Watched the Airwarrior movies noting the graphics improvements thru
the years, perused the internet for AW pgms, but couldn't find any to my satisfaction.

Once again TY for ur hard work     

[bbosen]

Well, I'll keep an eye out for old copies of Air Warrior and then I'll make a page on my website to help others find whatever I find, like I did for the old copies of Aces High. I bet at least one of the good old versions is out there ...somewhere.

All of the free Windows versions could be abused into flying any of my old missions if you knew just how to rename the files. Let's see.... I've got that information around here somewhere....

[digs into dusty old drawers]

..... I think I feel some expansion to my Air Warrior pages coming on....   HeHe

[Happy1]

Bravo bbosen 

That would be some feat, however, am looking forward to ur good results re posting Airwarrior,  ur past endeavors show the impossible just takes a little longer 

[HellFire]

In total agreement with Happy1, awaiting results with bated breath.

[bbosen]

OK gentlemen: look here. I think you'll find at least one link from which you can download one of the last free, legal versions of Air Warrior:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AirWarrior/AirWarriorFullPage00.htm

[HellFire]

TY ... Ty ... ty for everything u r doing for us, just d/led Airwarrior.
Don't have time to set it up as yet, but certainly shall get to it ASAP.
Gratefully yours & 

[HellFire]

Greetings:

Got everything working on AW3 to my satisfaction, however, am
having problems running various AW3.msn, would u pls help me as to HOW I might watch/play different "Instant Missions" ?  TY.

[bbosen]

Greetings:

Got everything working on AW3 to my satisfaction, however, am
having problems running various AW3.msn, would u pls help me as to HOW I might watch/play different "Instant Missions" ?  TY.

Well, Hellfire, first let me ask: What version of Windows are you using with success for AW3, and how does it perform?

Next, it probably isn't appropriate to discuss AW3 in this forum  ; )

I've made a special place for this discussion here:

http://askmisterwizard.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15114&p=16419#p16419

And I've answered your question about how to fly the offline missions there. Please join in that discussion.

[HellFire]

You are absolutey correct!!  I shouldn't ask questions re other games on Aces High BB, I stand corrected & most sincerely apologize for my unbecoming behavior to ALL AH personnel.    Getting old   

[HellFire]

bbosen 

Thx for everything ... problem solved!