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Cheez, this thread sure has gone south! What award? An award for complaining? The internet complainer's association award? Big deal. Win an Oscar, and then I will be impressed. Does the trophy depict a guy sitting in front of a computer with his middle finger extended toward the screen...

As the Bandit said, seeing an "advanced screening" of Wing Commander would've been an exciting thing to claim .... 11 years ago. Anyhoo, if you want to find something to complain about, you will be able to find something in nearly every movie or TV show that you watch. I think that the reason...

The complaint of sound in space has been a boring talking point for decades. Every space movie/TV show has done it. Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, hell, even Lost In Space. My friend used to complain: "Lasers don't make sounds when you fire them! Plus, there's no sound in space!"...

Just a quick update to this thread: I want to thank everyone who contributed here. I started the game over the other day, as I had played a few missions on a lower difficulty setting a few times just so I could pass, and that did not sit well with me. After having gotten some advice here, I...

The more I watch old Battlestar Galactica (the old one with Lorne Greene), the more I think that Wing Commander took several cues from or was heavily inspired by the show. Here's some things I've noticed. Check out Apollo's (on right) uniform here: Looks a lot like the Confed uniform...

The hardest part of SM2 was the friggin' Dralthi missions in the Corsair C series.

Well, as Wedge put it in another thread, it is using what is normally available to a player during a mission without typing in cheats or turning on cheat mode.

ZOO-EY MAMA! THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M COMING OR GOING! They don't know what the heck to make of me! They sit there and get shot! SA-WEEEET!

This is not working. I am in an arrow, flying perpendicular to the side of the Victory. I hit caps lock to "lock in" an autoslide, then turn toward the Victory, and find that I am heading straight for it instead of sliding past it. EDIT: Nevermind. I didn't realize I needed to hold the button down.

Believe me, it's a bitch, especially to do alone and in a stinking Dralthi.

I don't consider it cheating if it's something you can do without typing in a cheat code or turning on a cheat mode. Now, here's a really stupid question: How do you autoslide? I've never played any WC game with a joystick, I've always used the keyboard to play, so if it's a joystick trick, I...

The Paktahns are usually the ships I go after. Those are easy; just attack them from the side, as they have a much, much wider side profile than the Vaktoth. I take out the Paktahns with constant side strafing runs. Because my only two choices the game will allow me is the Arrow and the...

Alright, I'm finally on Wing Commander 3, after taking a hiatus from flying solely for the Confederation to fly for whomever I dang well pleased in Privateer and Righteous Fire. I have the difficulty set on "ace," which is where I have had it set any other time I have ever played the game, going...

Eight years ago? People still try to get over a hundred dollars for it on eBay, and I've seen prices in the several hundred dollar mark on Amazon.com. I ended up thinking to myself that it was a good thing I didn't just throw away or trade in all my Wing Commander games; I guess I just didn't...

Yep, Wedge is right. Tried that, too, and lost pilots the second and third go 'round. Eventually came back to my original game and just played until I won. Too bad the regular WC games don't give you the option to run away from (and eventually outrun) your opponents like you can in Privateer.

That's what I was saying: I didn't know how to make that savegame editor work. I tried it several times, and could not get it to change anything at all. Finally, I gave up and flew the missions solo, because I figured that was my only alternative.

I gave up trying to win the Ralari mission. It's not essential to winning the game, so losing the mission doesn't matter. Just wait until you're playing Secret Missions, and random pilots come up KIA on the chalkboard due to some bug in the game. Try flying the Dralthi missions (Corsair C...

Well, glad ya got it figured out.

I made these same points to the seller in a message, and they replied back that they sell specifically to collectors who do not want to play the game, but rather to have as a display piece. This sounds specious to me, but there'd be no point in trying to argue it with them. Aside from that...

This seller is the same one who is selling shrink wrapped copies of Special Operations 1 and 2 for $199.00 USD each.