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Done it! Kept my wingman alive, downed all aces, but I'm missing one kill :( Here be the videos: Part 1 Part 2 Enjoy.

I'm starting to like the last mission in Hell's Kitchen - it's quite a gauntlet for the l'il Scimitar. Just wondering if anybody has managed to complete it, taking down all the aces. (I won't ask for full kills for now) I'll post it to youtube if I ever manage to pull that off.

Unfortunately I don't think so. :( The game automatically turns off the subtitles if speech is available.

I agree. It's definitely fun. I miss the "obligatory" Harrison Ford vs. Pat Roach duel though. (Pat died in 2004)

The individual pieces of WC music are great by themselves, but it's the interactive transitions that make it a watershed event in PC gaming. Who can forget the first time you try to obtain torpedo lock in WC2?

Check out the files in the resources section from the main CIC website https://www.wcnews.com/

In the WC2 main campaign, the Grikath's power comes from its good turret coverage combined with the limited vision of the Rapier's cockpit. Otherwise it is a reasonably easy ship to destroy - destroy the torpedo as it launches...

The Pelican has shields that protect its vital components from the types of guns that the other three transports carry. If you attempt to destroy the invincible Bonnie Heather or Gamal Gan using the WC2 cheats, the game crashes :( I think the winning transport would be the one that...

I think there are at least three versions of Bloodfang with different specs: https://www.wcnews.com/ships2/wc1bloodfang.shtml

The most satisfying Scimitar mission I've ever done was the hit-and-run on the Kilrathi supply depot during the Secret Missions. The "gauntlet" mission at the end of Hell's Kitchen would rate as a close second. Even on the more mundane missions, managing to land back home always gives me a...

I prefer the 2xplasma+2xtachyon combination of the Lance because the gun energy pool lasts longer, thus giving a longer burst of fire than the Excalibur's 4xtachyon+2xreaper. This allows it to more effectively engage a horde of weaker opponents as there is less "quiet time" between gun salvos.

I disagree about the comment on red cockpit instrumentation - In real life BMW has been using red lights to illuminate dashboards for at least a decade and a half... user fatigue certainly isn't a problem. Of all the WC4 cockpit colours, the blue scheme for the Border Worlds is the worst for...

It might be one of the solo courier missions where you see Downtown... I think the game engine needed a dummy "home base" and the destroyer was it.

The "snot gun" from Privateer ;) It's unique and indestructible.

I can understand the decision to make Hobbes' crossbow invulnerable for storyline reasons, but the change to particle cannons were unnecessary (and in my opinion) should have been caught during QA. A similar gripe I have with Special Operations 2 is the appearance of mandarin sabres with...

Yes, it's one of those strange alternative ship data used in some Special Operations missions. I'm not sure what drove the mission designers to do this kind of thing... Also notice if you fire on Hobbes' particle-cannon crossbow, nothing happens, and that nobody attacks him, ever. This is...

This is my attempt to play Wing Commander without any save/reload, similar in the spirit of this thread. Of course, it turned out to be a somewhat short-lived comedy of errors. Behold my keyboard playing skills ;) I'll leave it to you, the viewer, to write the blow-by-blow commentaries...

Considering that you wish to make it a commercial venture, may I humbly suggest the following: Since you're an IT consultant by trade, your best place will probably be project management. Recruit, motivate and retain the best people that you can throughout the project lifecycle, give them...

The strange thing I find about the Sorthak is the limited field of fire from its quad meson rear turret. It's very easy to avoid but quite deadly if you don't.

That superpatch simply changes the default compatibility fixes that Windows XP applies to each .EXE (so you don't have to do it yourself). You'll get the same net result if you manually set Windows 95 compatability mode to the Secret Missions .EXEs.