A complete package for EAW - European Air War by the OAW OnlineAirWars Unified Team:
Yes the fruits of many hours labor of Dumoulin, and Knegel mostly with help from MrJelly and me on the basic idea.
This package is a self-installer setup containing compressed files of @ 46MB which sets up everything for you.
(The expanded size of @ 90MB is the total size the OAWunified will need on your hard disk)
To avoid problems and make it easy on yourself, all you need is to have a fresh "clean" Full install of EAW ready, that has been run once and patched to 1.2.
(note: if using XP best is not to "install" EAW just expand it from disk and copy it to XP (see related posts on the issue here or at SimHQ EAW forum or the EAW Wiki)
Download the OAWunifiedV1.01.exe version for the language of interface you wish (there are 3 possibilities as listed: US-English or française or Deutsch)
Then you just launch the OAWunifiedV1.01.exe and the setup starts.
(The setup is just like most professional program installers - also works in all Windows since 9x, to Xp or 2000, 2003 etc.)
During setup you "Browse" to direct it to your folder that EAW is set up in (normaly European Air War if you have a default setup - that is; the folder containing the Eaw.exe and files EAW uses like the .CDF 's ,etc.)
The installer handles all details thereafter, only at last gives you the option of having a desktop icon or not.
You can chose yes or no on that, regardless it will make icons also in your windows start menus for OAWSelect (the program for OAW that controls all fileloading for EAW) and also a sub-program called "Autoscriptget" which is a tool you might need later if new 'scripts' for OAW Select are made - it can download them easily from my server to proper OAW autoscripts folder.
("autoscripts" are merely text files that contain folder and file lists for OAW Select to load particular modifications - they are not "programming scripts" and contain no "code" so they don't make a security risk for your computer)
(Note for the "Tech Savvy computer user": The installer also invisibly sets up needed Visual Basic "runtimes" and 2 .ocx files for Windows which are needed by OAW Select program for operation.
These are the the only "registry" entries it makes to your computer other than the simple "shortcuts" mentioned above.)
That's it! You are ready to fly OAWunified , and with a very nice selection of available EAW add-ons already included!
This includes @ 178 excellent Aircraft "Skins" with 3D models, Flight models for the aircraft which are the best we have to offer and and thoroughly balanced by our chief EAW ACE Ralf "Knegel" , which result in many hard core Simmer's opinions; some of the most realistic of all WWII fighter Simulations!
Terrains, ground objects and targets, Skies, winter and summer configurations, Desert, Pacific, ETO and Russian Theatres, Many missions scenarios for these theatres usuable both Online and Offline "Single Missions",
and many, many extras.
If you never experienced the modern updated EAW, or haven't flown it lately with the latest High Resolution 3D Aircraft and Ground objects, and all the extras, this OAWunified will set you up very completely, and you will be "Blown Away" by the difference between this and the original game.
You'll soon see why we have such a great amount of people still Flying this Sim since its release in 1998, and many that swear by it!
Also in light of the recent news for us from the Atari Interactive Company per the source code and programmers, allowing us to modify the game like never before, you should warm up your engines ASAP, as we are guaranteed to have many more years of innovation coming!
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