Wings of Glory

Wings of Glory

Developers
	Origin Systems
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	RealSpace
Release dates
DOS	January 1995
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Vehicle simulator, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Flight
Themes	World War I

Wings of Glory is a singleplayer first-person and third-person vehicle simulator and vehicle combat game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential improvements

Patches

The official Customer Wishlist patch (mirror here) adds numerous user-requested features. See the Readme.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\WG.CFG

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVED

Video

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)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Designed for joysticks
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, sound effects and speech can be individually muted.
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				Includes full English speech. Subtitles are available only when the game is installed in French or German.
French
German

Issues fixed

Crashing to DOS

The game crashes either soon after launch or when starting a mission, especially with an "Error #fffd" or "VCPI compliance" error.

Disable expanded memory (EMS)
Open the DOSBox .conf file, find the [dos] section and change ems=true to ems=false.

Set CPU core setting to normal
Open the DOSBox .conf file, find the [cpu] section and change core=auto to core=normal.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA	320x200 256-color

Tips

• To run the game without the CD, copy the .TRE files from the CD to the installation folder and edit the paths to them in WG.CFG.
• Press Alt+X to exit the game.
• Press Alt+O when in a mission to access the options menu (for all game settings and to restart/abort the mission).

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0	6.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel 486/33	Intel 486/66
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 MB	100 MB