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The Mac version includes the Bearcat factory scene. Seeing the factory work gave me a lot of insight into the universe. Whenevery I read about factories in the books, I could picture those robotic arms pumping out those fighters.

That is very sad. My Dad passed away 12 days ago at age 60. He was battling cancer for a little over a year and I was able to spend a decent amount of time with him (still wish I had spent more). He was a fighter pilot, then airline pilot of the 777, and on his free time an evangelist who worked...

Here are my theories: We don't see all of their interactions in the games. In addition, they may have developed a rivalry in between the time of the games. An additional possibility could be that Maniac became jealous with Christopher Blair's promotion to Colonel. Jealousy over Blair's rank is...

I had to vote WC1. Having started with WC3, then WC4, I really appreciate the cockpits in WC1. I remember when I started playing WC3, the fake looking arm for me distracted from the immersion of the game. At the time, I thought cockpits also were useless since they just limited your field of...

They're killable 2v1 on Nightmare, but with a Hellcat you can forget about completing the rest of the mission since you'll use up a lot of afterburners and/or armor. I always skipped them by flying 3.5 nav bars perpendicular to the planet, then autopiloting. After completing the planetary...

I completed it without the Fralthi and was surprised to find out that there is a whole other path that involves keeping the Fralthi.

I didn't use barrel rolls in any of the other Wing Commander games since I was using a Mac with a basic joystick that didn't allow me to roll. The computer keyboard roll keys were nowhere near the afterburner and decoy keys I kept my fingers on, so it wasn't convenient to use them. If this is...

It's winnable.. and a nightmare. The mission where you defend the base along with Ferrets stands out in my memory as a really tough one to get through. I remember thinking I finished a REALLY tough mission and thinking I just barely scraped through that one, then I find out the base is being...

The Kilrathi don't seem to have shields in the movie. As soon as a bullet hits, it goes straight into the ship. Also, Blair says "The big one's shielded" when he encounters the Com ship, which could indicate other ships are not. They could also be attacking a less well equiped fleet that's...

Someone put up an HD analysis, and you can see wings flapping, so my guess is it's a bird; but man is that a freaking fast bird. Perhaps the title for this thread should be "Really freaking fast bird"... or Lady Gaga the alien. So my guess is that it's a ridiculously fast bird. Of course...

This video is up on cnn.com, and can be found by going on cnn.com and searching 'Double Message' or something like that and clicking on 'videos' on the search. The video is called "'Double Message' to Muslims". A direct link is...

I thought maybe it was a fan made game since neither the Lexington or the Intrepid missions (that I know of) use Arrows as escorts.

Which mission has Longbows escorted by Arrows? I remember one with Longbows escorted by Hellcats, but I don't remember one with Arrows..

Sounds reasonable to me. I'll buy it.

You can access tips on https://www.wcnews.com/guides/. Just click on the system you're in under the WC4 heading. In case you don't feel like doing that here's some tips for that mission: One thing you need to do immediately on the picture taking & scientist extraction missions is blow up the...

Remember too that you don't have to successfully pass every mission to win the game. It's designed so you can fail missions and still win. It makes it more realistic and also matches the way the book turns out. Even Blair had to bail in the Battle of Terra. For instance, to this day I've never...

I think I understand what his gripe is about. It seems he's saying that the difficulty levels in the games don't quite match up since WC4 is much tougher than it's equivilent difficulty levels in the other games. Try to relish the challenge rather than getting upset at the difficulty. It is...

Yes, I misunderstood. I didn't believe the programming went into that much detail for such a minor element. That's really cool.

This is great advice for the Thunderbolt. You can't chase the faster fighters on Nightmare. I also noticed continuing to press "E" even after decoys were gone, but I thought this was some sort of glitch. I like the IFF scramble explanation better than the glitchy programming one. The only...

The Dragon was definitely the most effective bomber. You can't beat the ability to sneak up on a ship while cloaked, uncloak and knock it out with one flashpack. Kilrathi fighters were the first to show the powerful effect of a cloaked capship attack when they destroyed the Tiger's claw...