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{{ii}} Opening ''f15keys.ini'' with a text editor and manually adding <code>FORMATION_LIGHTS</code>, <code>COCKPIT_LIGHTS</code>, <code>DISPLAY_FPS</code> and <code>MEET_SMUT</code> to bindings will give you the ability to toggle the various lights on the craft, toggle the [[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)|FPS]] display and enable the flying pigs cheat. These are not normally assignable through the game's menu.
 
{{ii}} Opening ''f15keys.ini'' with a text editor and manually adding <code>FORMATION_LIGHTS</code>, <code>COCKPIT_LIGHTS</code>, <code>DISPLAY_FPS</code> and <code>MEET_SMUT</code> to bindings will give you the ability to toggle the various lights on the craft, toggle the [[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)|FPS]] display and enable the flying pigs cheat. These are not normally assignable through the game's menu.
  
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Revision as of 00:29, 25 September 2021

Jane's F-15
Jane's F-15 cover
Developers
EA Baltimore
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows March 30, 1998
Jane's F-15 on MobyGames
Jane's F-15 on Wikipedia
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Key points

The game requires a Glide and DirectDraw wrapper to be playable on Windows 7.
A joystick is required for proper gameplay in Expert mode.
DirectX compatibility is only available through a patch and does not work on modern versions of Windows.
The game will run on almost any computer out there.
The game is locked to 20 frames per second and cannot be unlocked.

General information

CombatSim.com - A huge hub dedicated to all war games and simulations
SimHQ - Has a sub-forum for the Jane's flight sim series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 There are both 1-CD and 2-CD versions. The differences between the two are unknown.[citation needed]
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

V1.17f and V1.12f

This patch will not work for the Spanish version of the game.

The 1.17f patch is the latest official patch for the game. It fixes many of the crashing issues that earlier versions had, increases multiplayer stability, enhances the avionics\flight model, adds Direct3D support, along with many other things.

Modern Windows Patching

The menus for F-15 do not work correctly on Windows 7 and requires a DirectDraw wrapper to fix. ddwrapper is the only DirectDraw wrapper that works with F-15 currently. The simulation will work correctly if nGlide is used to emulate the 3dfx renderer. Certain movie files that are played in the menus can cause crashes.
Patching and Installing Wrappers[citation needed]
  1. Install Jane's F-15 using the installer included on the CD.
  2. Download the 1.17f patch.
  3. Extract the patch to where you installed F-15. Overwrite any files if asked to.
  4. Download and install nGlide.
  5. Download ddwrapper and open the .zip.
  6. Copy aqrit.cfg and ddraw.dll to where F-15 is installed.
  7. Open aqrit.cfg in the F-15 directory and change ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 0 to ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 1
  8. Delete all the *.UV2 files in Movies from your F-15 directory leaving the following:
IR.WVE
IR_L.WVE
IR_T.WVE
IR_W.WVE
JANES.WVE
OP.WVE
SH.WVE
ST.WVE
ST_L.WVE
ST_T.WVE
ST_W.WVE

9. Start up F-15 and go to the Options menu. Make sure 3dfx Glide (Voodoo) is highlighted in Video Driver. F-15 will now play correctly.

Skip intro videos

Disable videos in Options[1]
  1. Go to Options, Miscellaneous.
  2. Uncheck Jane's Video, F-15 Video, and Trailer Video/Credits.
  3. Click OK and Accept to apply the changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Jane's Combat Simulations\F15\Config[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Video options.
Video options.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 640x480 only.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
nGlide forces some antialiasing, but it cannot be manually changed.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
vSync is enabled by default in nGlide.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Locked to 20 frames per second.

Input

Control options.
Control options.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
All keys are remappable, though the menu is convoluted.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
The mouse is supported in menus, though the cursor appears twice in gameplay.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
The mouse can be inverted when using the virtual cockpit.
Controller
Controller support
F-15 supports any joystick that is recognized in Windows.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Opening f15keys.ini with a text editor and manually adding FORMATION_LIGHTS, COCKPIT_LIGHTS, DISPLAY_FPS and MEET_SMUT to bindings will give you the ability to toggle the various lights on the craft, toggle the FPS display and enable the flying pigs cheat. These are not normally assignable through the game's menu.

Audio

Sound options.
Sound options.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Warnings, engine, radio speech, Betty (airplane voice), and external noises all have separate sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Enable the female wingman voice[citation needed]
  1. Copy regit.exe from F-15 CD to install directory. Run the program. (If it doesn't appear quickly, you may need to set Windows to run it in compatibility mode for Windows 98/ME.)
  2. Click on "ADD".
  3. In the value field type women (all lower case)
  4. In the data field type 1.
  5. Click on OK. Close regit.exe.
affects only every 8th team slot.

Note: Instead of using regit.exe this can also be accomplished by manually adding it as a new string value directly to the Windows registry in the location cited above.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Spanish
Spanish is not available in any version but the Spanish version of the game. It cannot be updated past the original version.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D
DirectDraw
Glide
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium, Cyrix 6x86, or AMD K6 at 166 MHz 200 MHz or faster Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 MB 150 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 5 or Glide capable video card
2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 5 compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on August 30, 2017