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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    Glad you got it working, I hope you enjoy it. If you run into any problems let me know. I'll add a note in future releases to make it a bit more obvious as to which package to download. Yep, those settings affect the original low res movies in the standard version only and are pretty...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    Hi all, The P2 patch has seen several updates since my last post, now at v0.1.4. Mostly to fix bugs related to the additions in v0.1.0. Seems to be working pretty well now but if you find anything odd let me know. Lovely pic @Maze59077.
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    New version of the Privateer 2 patch is up v0.1.0, links in the first post. This ones all about input. It adds the in-game controller setup utility (Alt + J) as well as allows for control of GUI screens with controller and keyboard. This was previously limited to just mouse control. The in-game...
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    And the Winners Are... (March 15, 2026)

    Congratulation @AllTinker. Very happy to come second place here, and a big thanks to everyone who voted. I actually voted for Originator, AllTinker's other great project which I've found incredibly useful. Also congrats to @HCl, for the Hall Of Fame win. His document of dll patches got me...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    I hope to get those issues sorted out eventually. I don't mind nitpicking, nitpick away. Working on Priv2 this week, improving controller and keyboard support.
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    Yep you should just have to rename them. I thought I'd test this out, to be sure. There's a mix of file extensions used among the Holovid movies but renaming the .avi's to .mp4's seems to work well. Let me know how it goes.
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    More updates to the wc3 and 4 patches. Most of the reported issues should now be fixed. Links in the first post. - Fixed the Flash-pak crash for wc4. - Fixed movies sometimes being silent during missions. - Greater control when using the mouse to adjust speed. - other stuff. @kingmakeress...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    Thanks for the feedback @Maze59077, really happy to hear you got through wc3 without issue. I'm currently trying to hunt down the cause of the Flashpack crash, but it's proving elusive so far. I've also put the mouse acceleration issue on my list of things to do. I'll check that out as well :)
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    On that note, a new version of the wc3 patch is up. Links in the first post. And it so happens to includes the necessary data files to enable both the TNC News and Hobbes explanation holo. Edit: For those who prefer the original movies, only the missing movies from ODVS's movie package need to...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    @Noel Shourai: I gave that mission a run through and i can see what you mean about no sound in the entry/exit cutscenes. Volume seems to be more global then I thought, I'll see what I can do about that and other volume issues. I haven't experienced the victory fanfare being cut short but I'm...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    You shouldn't use other patches with this one. The deluxe edition + this patch should be all you need. After running the deluxe edition installer, copy the cd's to the install directory then install the patch and you should be good to go. Edit: Sorry just read your edit, I'll include a copy of...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    That's a bummer. All sounds in P2 are handled by the miles sound system(WAIL32.dll). In the patch I've rerouted function calls to a newer version of miles(MSS32.dll), to get midi music working at all and to reduces a lot of the crackle and other distortions. There are many versions of...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    @Maze59077: It should just work, in theory. Just to check a few things... - Just making sure you have the latest version 0.0.5 although any version after 0.0.3 should work. -The original "WAIL32.dll" needs to be replaced with the version from the patch along with the "MSS32.dll". - If you...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    The only thing I can think of there would be to re-download the windows patch, in case the"wc3music.tre" file is corrupted somehow. Or they have accidentally turned music off in the settings. "ALT-M" Turns music on and off.
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    Thanks for pointing this out, I hadn't noticed. I've updated the wc3 patch(v0.10.1) to fix this. Hopefully this time it will work as intended. I've added another option to the ini "ENABLE_SPACE_COLOUR_CHANGE" to enable/disable the colour change, so make sure to set this to 1(enabled) as it's...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    Hi all, new versions of the wc3 and 4 patches are up. I've added some mouse button options to the controller configuration screen. And I've added options in the ini for setting the game to play at a lower resolution if desired. See "IS_SPACE_SCALED=1" under "SPACE" in the ini for more details...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    Hi All, just updated the wc3 patch. Links in the first post. The main update in this version is the ability to adjust the brightness of the space background colour. This can be done in the ini by changing the "SPACE_COLOUR_BRIGHTNESS" setting. A setting of zero will make space black. I really...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    For the win95 patch version, there is a built-in installer that can be run using the "-i" command line option. The subtitle option is under Video Settings. Unfortunately the installer was removed in the DVD version. The only way round this at present is to copy the "wc4w.exe" from the win95...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    A new version of the wc4 patch is up (v0.6.1). I couldn't find the cause for the music stopping during space flight, although I suspect it's a thread timing issue in xanlib. In the end I replaced the music playing functions using libvlc as the player, which seems to be working well. Using libvlc...
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    Enhancement Patches for Wing Commander III, IV and Privateer2

    Music should work with the GOG version. Music is in "WC3MUSIC.TRE" which should be in your game dir. Make sure music is enabled in the "Alt+O" menu in space. Does the music stop when you enter battle or is there no music in space at all? Is music playing when on the Victory? Not sure why wc3...