Total Air War is a great sim, with the annoying bugs that usually
accompany a first release. Here is the latest info from DiD on the
patch in progress:
Patch Additions:
Taxi bug when your flight number > 255. This should fix the problem of taxiing not working later in a campaign.
Removal of 'Nose con 5 message' when getting ready to taxi.
No need to tell wingmen to 'push one'.
Fixed AWACS skip-it bug.
Removed player heli supply missions.
Removed player to plane collision on the ground (not in the air).
Fixed engine spool up sounds.
Added union reality patch.
Can now drop tanks in ENCOM 1.
Added help message when trying to send messages in ENCOM 1.
Cannot say 'yes' 'no' in ENCOM 1.
Can now skip while under threat on the ground.
Fixed wingmen range to fire bug.
Fixed autopilot no fuel bug.
Volumetric Clouds
GAME.CFG flags:
Putting the following in your game.cfg will enable these options:
- START_ON_RUNWAY = 1
This will put the players flight on the runway at the start of any
campaign mission (just like a scramble mission). The player can then
just takeoff and start the mission. You don't need to wait for any
messages from the tower.
- OTHER_FLIGHTS_IN_AIR = 1
This will put you in the world when the other flights in your mission
have taken off. If you set the above flag also you will be able to get
your mission underway very quickly.
- REARM_WINGMEN = 1
This means that when you land and rearm you wingmen will also be rearmed. This will happen even if your wingmen are in the air.
- LAND_AT_ANY_BASE = 1
This means that you will get a mission success for landing at any
allied airbase. The completion events will still state your real home
base however.
- MORE_CANNON_ON_HARD = 1
Gives you 1750 cannon rounds on hard difficulty .
- NO_COLLISION_ON_GROUND = 1
Disables plane to plane collisions on the ground.
The
patches have been zipped up. Simply click the patch for your version of
Total Air War. Unzip the patch to a temporary directory and then follow
the instructions below.
Installing The Patch
Go to the folder where you have installed Total Air War, open the
program folder and copy the unzipped f22.dat into it. You will be asked
if you wish to replace the existing file, click on Yes. The changes
will take effect next time you start Total Air War.
