Wing Commander 4 demo!

Brag about my WC computer? My pleasure! :)

The motherboard is an ABit BX6r1 with a P3/600 processor and 128 megs of RAM.

The video card is a Voodoo 5 5500 (AGP), with a Hollywood+ DVD Decoder (PCI) pass-through card.

Hard Drive is an 80 gigabyte IDE drive divided into one 40 gig partition for Win9x and a bunch of small partitions for DOS 6.22. Floppy drives are a generic DVD-ROM and a dual 3.5/5.25" drive.

Sound cards are a SBLive 5.1 (PCI), SB32AWE (ISA), Roland RAP-10 (ISA), Roland LAPC-I (ISA) and a Roland SC-55 (external).

Monitor is a 21" Sony Trinitron, although I'm considering moving the whole setup to the VGA-in of my Wega 36" TV.

Speaker system is Creative Labs 5.1 system.... the 5700, I believe.

Keyboard is a generic IBM "m-type" (the clicky kind), mouse is... one of those optical wheelymice.

My Win9x joystick is a first generation Microsoft Sidewinder FF... the DOS joystick setup is a Thrustmaster FCS/RCS/WCS system. I've also got a Quickshot card-thingy that has presets for several WC games. I've also found keyboard matts for WCP and the original Privateer.

So... what's it missing?

I need to add a second video card, to give me SVGA in Win3.11... I'll put it in my last PCI slot, and I'll just use it for playing with OriginFX every once in a blue moon.

I need a TV-in device, so I can plug un-emulatable systems into it (3DO and PSOne). That's a cheap upgrade, which I'll do whenever I have a whim...

Possibly a second 3.5" drive so I can emulate Amiga Wing Commander.

There's a second card-reader dealy that I've read about which supported Wing Commander. I'm researching that right now.

I'm also looking into building some sort of enclosure for everything.

I'm planning on buying a PowerMac as soon as I do some more research in that area... they're very cheap on eBay, and I want to be able to play the three Mac Wing Commanders. Ideally, I'd plug it into the same monitor and possibly keyboard and mouse (via KVM switch?). Also need to look into Mac joystick stuff.

Finally, I'd like to build an enclosure of some sort, since it's getting big and messy. :)
 
Originally posted by Karthik@KANE
I presume you don't have the Kilrathi Saga cause your using Dos 6.22! Is that right?
And do you have WC 4 6 CD version?
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I've got Kilrathi Saga. I've got just about every port of Wing Commander ever done... :) They're all slightly different, though -- Kilrathi Saga, for instance, doesn't have the original release of WC1's MIDI music.

WC4... I've got the original 6 CD release, the updated Win95 6 CD release, the single sided data DVD, the double sided high-res DVD, the Macintosh version and the PSX version. And a smattering of international releases.
 
Ok let's focus on the WC4!
You have the original 6CD Dos only,
then you have 6CD win95 which has to be the budget relese right,
and the double sided-DVD.

Tell me about the single sided DVD, who published it, any extras or is it the same?!
 
Originally posted by Karthik@KANE
Ok let's focus on the WC4!
You have the original 6CD Dos only,
then you have 6CD win95 which has to be the budget relese right,
and the double sided-DVD.

Tell me about the single sided DVD, who published it, any extras or is it the same?!
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The Win95 version is actually a full fledged rerelease... came in a box similar to the original, but with blue trim. There hasn't been a budget rerelease of WCIV in the US (France/England/Germany got one).

The single sided DVD is just regular WCIV (no high quality videos) on a single disc. The only bonus is that it has the 'shipstats.lst' text file, which the original release claimed too but didn't. It was published by Origin/EA, and bundled with (IIRC) Gateway computers (in 1996, making it one of the oldest DVDs around).
 
Wow, that's some setup.

I just have an old AMD-K5 133Mhz with a bunch of no name equipment.

My favorite part about it is my flightstick. I've played through every Wing Commander other that WC4 and WCP with it. I wouldn't dare use anything else.:D
 
Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
...and I'll just use it for playing with OriginFX every once in a blue moon.

...and I want to be able to play the three Mac Wing Commanders.
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1) Um, what exactly is OriginFX?... Is it a screensaver? "game utility", WC enhancement of some sort?... Plz xplain.

2) I'm aware of SWC (WC1 equivalent), WC3 Mac & WC4 Mac. Are them the 3 you're talking about?...
 
I wonder: If I make a K62/500 with W98 with a SB Compatible onboard sound card, would it work with told WC games like Privateer?
 
Originally posted by Preacher
1) Um, what exactly is OriginFX?... Is it a screensaver? "game utility", WC enhancement of some sort?... Plz xplain.
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OriginFX was a screensaver thing for Windows 3.1. The neatest feature (along with a couple of built in Wing Commander themed things), was the ability to use the prerendered movies from Wing Commander 2 as screensavers if you had the game installed.

2) I'm aware of SWC (WC1 equivalent), WC3 Mac & WC4 Mac. Are them the 3 you're talking about?...
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Yes
 
Ive mentioned that before,but Im not sure.....maybe now LOAF can answer.Ive found some years ago a re-release of Wc4 I think Win95 version.....I didnt have tha chance to buy it (I already had the original) but I looked at the Box....I dont remember much but I think that it had different cocpits than the original Wc4.....Im not sure........

Is that true or not ?
 
Originally posted by TC
OriginFX was a screensaver thing for Windows 3.1. The neatest feature...was the ability to use the prerendered movies from Wing Commander 2 as screensavers if you had the game installed.
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Hey, schweet. How do I install it (I have WC2 Deluxe CD)...? Does FX work under Win95 in the same way (or at all)?

...And, do ya HAFTA have WC2 "installed"?... Reason I ask is, from my limited experience, WC doesn't "install" per se; What I noted in the past was, basically, it installed a directory on your HDD for savegames & settings, as opposed to installing the game files themselves (so you could play it completely off the HDD, for example). Maybe I have a bad CD or something?... Plz provide your insight. Thx
 
Originally posted by TC
Do you own the OriginFX software?
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Um, not unless it's included on the WC2 Deluxe CD (see below; you posted your response before I was finished editing my last post...).
 
Origin FX is a seperate software package... and the screensaver portion doesn't like anything newer than Windows 3.1
 
Hey, schweet. How do I install it (I have WC2 Deluxe CD)...? Does FX work under Win95 in the same way (or at all)?
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It's a separate (and fairly rare...) piece of software. Won't run in Win95 at all (color problems).

...And, do ya HAFTA have WC2 "installed"?... Reason I ask is, from my limited experience, WC doesn't "install" per se; What I noted in the past was, basically, it installed a directory on your HDD for savegames & settings, as opposed to installing the game files themselves (so you could play it completely off the HDD, for example). Maybe I have a bad CD or something?... Plz provide your insight. Thx
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You'd have to do a full install of the game -- Origin FX came out before CDs were a glint in Dr. John Cdenheimer's eyes.

Ive mentioned that before,but Im not sure.....maybe now LOAF can answer.Ive found some years ago a re-release of Wc4 I think Win95 version.....I didnt have tha chance to buy it (I already had the original) but I looked at the Box....I dont remember much but I think that it had different cocpits than the original Wc4.....Im not sure........

Is that true or not ?
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Nope, the cockpits (or lack thereof) are the same in all versions of WCIV. What you saw was *probably* the Win95 re-release, which came in a similar box with blue markings.

OriginFX was a screensaver thing for Windows 3.1. The neatest feature (along with a couple of built in Wing Commander themed things), was the ability to use the prerendered movies from Wing Commander 2 as screensavers if you had the game installed.
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Eh, that was an okay feature, but the best part was the Paradigm screensaver! Woo!
 
Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
Eh, that was an okay feature, but the best part was the Paradigm screensaver! Woo!
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Pfft, you and your Paradigm screensaver.
 
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