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 |
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There are both 1-CD and 2-CD versions. The differences between the two are unknown.[citation needed] |
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- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
The 1.17f patch is the latest official patch for the game, with the exception of the Spanish release, and is available from Patches-Scrolls and GameFront. 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 newer, requiring a DirectDraw wrapper like ddwrapper to fix. 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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- Install the game using the installer included on the CD.
- Download the 1.17f patch and extract to
<path-to-game> . Overwrite any files if asked to.
- Download and install nGlide.
- Download ddwrapper and extract
aqrit.cfg and ddraw.dll to <path-to-game> .
- Open
aqrit.cfg with a text editor and change ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 0 to ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 1
- Delete all the
*.UV2 files in <path-to-game>\Movies , 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.
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Skip intro videos
Disable videos in Options[1]
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- Go to Options, Miscellaneous.
- Uncheck Jane's Video, F-15 Video, and Trailer Video/Credits.
- Click OK and Accept to apply the changes.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
- Opening
f15keys.ini
with a text editor and manually adding FORMATION_LIGHTS
, COCKPIT_LIGHTS
, DISPLAY_FPS
and MEET_SMUT
to bindings will enable 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 |
Separate volume controls |
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Warnings, engine, radio speech, Betty (airplane voice), and external noises all have separate sliders. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Enable the female wingman voice[citation needed]
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- Copy
regit.exe from the F-15 CD to <path-to-game> and run the program from there (if it does not appear quickly, run it in compatibility mode for Windows 98/ME.)
- Click on "ADD".
- In the value field type women (all lower case)
- In the data field type 1.
- Click on OK. Close the program.
Notes:
- Affects only every 8th team slot.
- This can also be accomplished by manually adding it as a new string value directly to the Windows registry in the location cited above.
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Spanish |
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Can not be updated past the original version. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
LAN play |
| 8 |
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Online play |
| 8 |
The official JanesCombatNet service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
5 |
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Glide |
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Software renderer |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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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
References