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    Videos of Wing Commander Missions

    It seems however, that if you have got an enemy encounter inside an asteroid field, the density of the asteroids is significantly reduced. Maybe not only the density, but the whole "physics" change in that kind of situation?
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    Escapist WC mention

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    Videos of Wing Commander Missions

    Wow, I didn't think I would ever make it to the front page. I honestly feel honored. Thank you. I started watching your videos, centaurianmudpig. It was interesting to see, that Spirit hit an asteroid and got damaged from that. Somehow I always assumed your wingmen in WC1/2 "cheat" in asteroid...
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    Videos of Wing Commander Missions

    You can see my dosbox.conf here: http://pastebin.com/1DqjywgZ I'm using Taewoong's SVN of DOSbox, see http://ykhwong.x-y.net/ But it works equally well with the normal DOSbox version, I switched over to the SVN only because I wanted "Munt" sound.
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    Videos of Wing Commander Missions

    A while ago, I started recording myself when flying in DOSbox (Ctrl+Alt+F5). I want to make a habit out of doing this every time I fly a mission (although I've forgotten it a couple of times), and then afterwards, especially in the case of a failed mission, watch the replay and analyze what went...
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    Why don't torpedoes count?

    They did in Wing Commander (1). But I think aces didn't count for some reason... or did they? there seem to be lots of bugs/glitches related to Kilrathi aces...
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    Gamer Discrimination by Media

    I think it was 6000 pages... or at least something well into the 4-digit-range... EDIT: Okay, I looked it up. It was "only" 1560 pages.
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    Gamer Discrimination by Media

    RTL? Hard to imagine... They're the worst bunch of TV stations here in Germany, even apart from this "incident" -- it's where the localized versions of "American Idol", "Big Brother", and similar stuff is being aired...
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    Epic Audio Track Inspired by Wing Commander (October 9, 2011)

    Oh, now I have a bit of a guilty conscience, because I didn't "report" this video earlier. I already was aware of it more than two weeks ago...
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    Arjak's Combat Log

    you mean "harder to damage", don't you? Any capship in Wing Commander 1 can be destroyed by guns alone (although missiles obviously help). However, in the bar Paladin says at one point, that if you are out of missiles, it's "time to head home"... And about the Jalthi armament, I always fancied...
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    Arjak's Combat Log

    Except those are examples for some of that bar-talk which isn't correct. (possibly a matter of "Gameplay And Story Segregation") Jalthi also have two pairs of Laser cannons and one pair of Neutron Guns -- not three pairs of Lasers like Shotglass claims. Dorkirs (as well as all capships for...
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    Possible video card issue?

    Maybe there's lots of dust that has been collected over the years, which now causes the graphics card to overheat. Open up your PC, clean out the dust... starting your system for the first time after that, leave the case open to see if than fan on the graphics card is running.
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    Arjak's Combat Log

    Don't give up so easily... you will get better as you go along... it might take multiple runs through the entire game if you want it to be like riding a bike... but achieving the good ending isn't really that hard... Brimstone isn't an easy system, and Maniac is a terrible pilot. Often it comes...
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    How many cycles do you use (in DOSbox)?

    Mhhh, that's interesting. For some reason, I don't trust that "auto" setting at all. I either use a fixed cycles value, maybe adjusting it if needed with Ctrl+F11/F12, or, with really demanding games (like "late DOS games", during the transition to Win95), I use "max"... I may try out "auto"...
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    How many cycles do you use (in DOSbox)?

    I understand there is no "correct" value to set your CPU cycles in DOSbox to. Also, people back in the day played the game on different kinds of machines, which may have established different impressions on what might be the "right" speed. So, I am curious on what value people here set their...
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