Without resorting to crazy math, if you hit on something like 1.85:1 which is more or less a standard theatrical aspect ration you're probably in the ballpark. The original resolution of the PC videos (which don't always match the cropping of the DVD version) were 2:1 if you pretend it used...

If you change the URL from "ftp://ftp." to "download..." the links should work

I don't believe that will be the case for this version. They showed off a sample at the panel. We haven't seen it yet but it sounds like it included the finished backgrounds and so on. From what I understand they're making a new set of FMVs from the higher quality compostited masters. But...

There were some tapes recovered from EA Mythic, but definitely none of the WC3 source footage was there. A lot of the tapes that had slightly higher res Privateer 2 stuff from there were really not that good of quality either so were verging on unusable. But there were other things, like the...

WC4 doesn't use MIDI as it was the first one where they switched to all recorded music. WC3 used MIDI, but the Kilrathi Saga switched to the WC4 style music so you won't have this issue if you are using the KS version of WC3 either.

If my memory serves me right, I used to have an issue in WC4 and maybe WC3 too where the control settings would get reset after any mid mission cutscene. My thinking before was that the game was treating the parts before and after the video as a separate mission and the controls were getting...

The quality of this is not as good as the anniversary video and the difference is very apparent watching it on a bigger monitor. It actually looks like it's mostly taken from the tape sources that are available for a while now here at the CIC. Still it's better quality than the PC videos...

Do you happen to have more than one usb contoller, joystick, gamepad etc hooked up at the same time? Does unplugging the unused devices help? Have you tried using Mash's new controller setup page in-game to adjust things? Also darkfix is for HCl's older p2 patch. Mash's patch should be just...

You should probably check out Mash's p2 patch. I believe it addresses a lot of the controls issues you're probably having https://www.wcnews.com/chatzone/threads/enhancement-patches-for-wing-commander-iii-iv-and-privateer2.31926/

On this point, if you ignore the fact that the compression methods for FMV were still pretty primitive during the production of WC4, there's a good case to be made for shooting on film in that era. Your alternative was tape, and digital tape was kind of still in it's infancy with digital...

Nah, it's basically the "movie trailer guy" style voice. You can watch it (and bit higher quality version) here https://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Wing_Commander_IV_Demo_Trailer

They really aren't.... or I should say it's more complicated than that. The main thing is that they are all Origin titles and they would throw in references to each other here and there during development as an Easter egg more than to say that the universes were the same. There's a...

I've played with mouse and Keyboard forever... it's fine. A stick is still probably the technically better option but a gamepad is actually a very playable option. WC3 has some sensitivity issues that are ironed out if you are useing Mash's latest fan patches though. Without the fan patches...

Hehe wow... must have been tired yesterday. I had WC3 on the brain, but yeah, WC4 only made it to the PC, PS1, and Mac

Both the PSX and 3DO versions have color comms

Not sure why I thought of this here but I feel like it's probably technically possible to port the SWC art into the PC versions of WC1/2... It might have some other technical issues that need addressing to make sure everything lines up I guess, but under the hood, the stuff I've seen in some...

Even if it doesn't feel like there's much interest, we like hearing about this stuff. You aren't bothering anyone and this kind of insight is invaluable. The internet needs people like you.

Ahh, found the post.... interestingly it was posted a year? before Klavs put up the model it seems https://www.wcnews.com/chatzone/threads/collective-artwork-thread-d.28166/post-397074

Looks like it's a rendering of Klav's Concordia model https://www.wcnews.com/news/2017/02/07/new-concordia-model-is-the-best-one-yet To my eye. it kinda looks like a paint-over possibly done by NinjaLA. Either way here's a render from when it was originally posted back in Feb 2017:

The first release was DOS and the deluxe edition was Win95... they also put out an official DOS to WIndows patch for it at the time