Flying Corps

Warnings

The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Flying Corps is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person vehicle combat game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam		Pre-packaged with DOSBox, but is missing a proper configuration file; running the game runs the regular DOSBox console instead.^[3]
ZOOM Platform		Gold Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Version differences

Flying Corps Gold includes 3dfx and Direct3D support, the Fokker D-VII plane, a new campaign, a mission editor, and a multiplayer mode.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available.

Skip game intro

Move, delete or rename the intro video^[4]
Go to `<path-to-game>\QUAD\SMACKER` Move, delete or rename the file `INTRO.SMK`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME\SETTINGS.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME\SETTINGS.CFG^{[Note 1]}<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1643470/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1643470/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Video

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Flight settings
Difficulty settings

Input

Joystick settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, engine, videos, music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Retail and Zoom Platform only.
Italian				Cutscenes are not dubbed at all. Retail and Zoom Platform only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only.^[5]
Spanish				Retail only.

Network

Only available in the Gold release.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D		Gold Edition only.
Glide		Gold Edition only.
DOS video modes

Executable	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows				Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum^[6]
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	SuperVGA, VESA
Sound (audio device)	Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster AWE32, Sound Blaster Pro
Controller	Joystick (Analog), Keyboard, Mouse, Thrustmaster (FCS and/or WCS)
Other	4x CD-ROM

Windows
	Minimum^[6]
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 3 compatible
Controller	Dual Joystick Singular Control, Joystick (Analog), Keyboard, Mouse, Other Input Devices
Other	4x CD-ROM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1643470/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1643470) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Flying Corps - Rowan Web (retrieved)
↑ Flying Corps - Empire Interactive (retrieved)
↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Getting The Game To Launch - last accessed on 2023-05-01
↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2023-05-01
↑ Revista do CD-ROM Ano 2 Nº. 23 p. 66 (1997)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Flying Corps for DOS (1996) Tech Info - MobyGames - last accessed on March 6, 2016

[gamedir-5] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[DOSBox_mounted-6] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

[Proton_path_note-7] 3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1643470/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1643470) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Flying Corps - Rowan Web (retrieved)

[2] Flying Corps - Empire Interactive (retrieved)

[3] Steam Community :: Guide :: Getting The Game To Launch - last accessed on 2023-05-01

[4] Verified by User:Plok on 2023-05-01

[8] Revista do CD-ROM Ano 2 Nº. 23 p. 66 (1997)

[mobytechinfo-9] 6.0 ^6.1 Flying Corps for DOS (1996) Tech Info - MobyGames - last accessed on March 6, 2016

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

[5]

[6]

Developers

	Rowan Software^[1]
Publishers
Retail	Empire Interactive^[2]
Retail	Dinamic Multimedia
Digital	Strategy First
Release dates
DOS	January 16, 1997
Windows 3.x	January 16, 1997
Windows (DOSBox)	October 14, 2021
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	May 1, 2023
Linux (DOSBox)	May 1, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Flight
Themes	World War I