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Jane's F-15

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Revision as of 00:54, 17 January 2015 by SpeedySPCFan (talk | contribs) (Added a bunch of information including a Windows 7 method and fixed things up.)
Jane's F-15
Jane's F-15 cover
Developers
EA Baltimore
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows February 28, 1998
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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

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.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

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

F-15 cannot be started from a shortcut. It must be started from the executable it self or the main menu will be broken.

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.

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

Video options.

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Input settings

Control options.

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Audio settings

Sound options.

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
8
Online play
8
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

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

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.

System requirements

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