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Revision as of 17:06, 23 November 2022
Developers | |
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EA Baltimore | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 30, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Middle East, Contemporary |
Series | Jane's Combat Simulations |
⤏ Go to series page | |
US Navy Fighters | 1994 |
Jane's Advanced Tactical Fighters | 1996 |
Jane's AH-64D Longbow | 1996 |
Jane's US Navy Fighters '97 | 1996 |
Jane's Longbow Gold | 1997 |
688(I) Hunter/Killer | 1997 |
Jane's Fighters Anthology | 1997 |
Jane's Longbow 2 | 1997 |
Jane's WWII Fighters | 1998 |
Jane's F-15 | 1998 |
Jane's Israeli Air Force | 1998 |
Jane's Fleet Command | 1999 |
Jane's USAF | 1999 |
Jane's F/A-18 | 2000 |
Jane's Attack Squadron | 2002 |
Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters | 2011 |
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 |
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Retail | There are both 1-CD and 2-CD versions. The differences between the two are unknown.[citation needed] |
- A free demo version is available from GameFront].
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] |
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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] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Jane's Combat Simulations\F15\Config[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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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
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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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
andMEET_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
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 | ||
Royalty free audio |
Enable the female wingman voice[citation needed] |
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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 |
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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 | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | The official JanesCombatNet service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 | |
Glide | ||
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on August 30, 2017