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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:46 am    Post subject: Sierra Red Baron II 3D game & Red Baron Movies Reply with quote

Sierra Red Baron II 3D (aka Red Baron 3D)

1998 WW1 Flight Sim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Baron_II
https://dynamix.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Baron_II


GOG Red Baron Pack

https://www.gog.com/game/red_baron_pack
https://www.gog.com/forum/red_baron_pack#1580683174

Experience the thrill of flying World War I bi- and triplanes. Defend yourself in spectacular aerial dogfights whilst enemies assault you from all sides. Carry out bombing missions, negotiate enemy AAA fire and outwit your opponents with smart tactical moves. Red Baron Pack offers exciting air-to-air and air-to-ground combat in an age when wooden bi-planes and tri-planes ruled the air. How high can you fly?

The pack includes Red Baron 1 (dosbox), Red Baron: Mission Builder (dosbox) and Red Baron 3D (NGlide)
One of the best WWI plane simulators ever created
Join the ranks of the air knights and help one of the sides win WWI



Steam Red Baron Pack
https://steamcommunity.com/app/263940

https://store.steampowered.com/app/263940/Red_Baron_Pack/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/263940/discussions/

System Requirements

Minimum:
OS: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
Processor: 1 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card
DirectX: Version 7.0
Storage: 1 GB available space

Recommended:
OS: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
Processor: 1.4 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 1 GB available space


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sierra Red Baron II

Instructions

Get Red Baron II
http://www.virtualaces.net/redbaron/redbaron.html

Convert to Red Baron 3D
http://www.virtualaces.net/redbaron/convert.html


Instructions for a Free download of Red Baron II (German)
and how to patch it into English - Red Baron II 3D Full Game.

(GOG game version is probably a whole lot easier than all this).

GOG version includes NGlide Glide Wrapper for Red Baron 3D
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide

To play you must set Windows 95 Compatibility Mode,
probably preset in the GOG version.

So you will probably want NGlide as well if doing the free
download and patching method.


An alternate glide wrapper

dgVoodoo 2
http://dege.freeweb.hu/



Custom german version of Red Baron 3D
https://www.replaying.de/files/red-baron-3d-windows-10-edition-download/

Hopefully can be further patched to English, see webpage info

Gameplay
Red Baron 3D: Gameplay on Windows 7, 8.1, 10 with Glide, 3dfx, 1920x1080
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-OaReowEHo


EDIT:

Retail Disk Red Baron 3D
No CD work around.

You can play RB3D,
by clicking six times on the upper right cross of the CD missing box.


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Hell's Angels Super Patch (HASP)
http://www.hellsangels.firstflare.com/main.htm

the Hell's Angels Super Patch

is a massive, one-time install, non-date based, Unofficial Super Patch
for the Sierra-Dynamix game, Red Baron 3D.

Several updates occur to the original RB3D when installed to include but not limited to:

All new Stock aircraft models created by members of SWWISA
6 new German Aces including their specific historic paint schemes
French Bomber Escadrilles fly French made bombers!!
All new User pilot pictures as well as Central and Entente photos based on original pictures.
Aircraft skins by OvS, Shredward, BvH, DeltaK, Pat Wilson, Andreas and SWWISA members
New 'The Blue Max', and WWI era shell music
Historically based Flight Model by Greybeard and Damage Model by Zintek
Forward firing machine guns on all Bomber/Recon aircraft that are equipped with them.
Authentic cockpit instruments, and matching cockpit forward views to underwing skins
Much more color variety to all aircraft providing more atmosphere to the game



The Blue Max addon patch for HASP

http://www.hellsangels.firstflare.com/add_ons.htm

This patch is a fun, totally fictitious patch that will turn Red Baron3d into the 1966 Hollywood epic movie of the same title. It's based on 'Jasta 23b BM' and allows you to fly with Bruno Stachel, Willi von Klugerman and Otto Heidemann. It contains skins, aces, aircraft allocation that best match the movie and story line as close as Red Baron 3D would let me take it.

Also included are 6 single missions that will take you through some of the more famous scenes from the movie. Please refer to the readme file for more info.


more info on the

Hell's Angels Super Patch
The Blue Max addon patch for HASP
http://www.hellsangels.firstflare.com/history/HA.htm



'Hell's Angels Resurrection' patch New Link
http://www.hellsangels.firstflare.com/hares/
All aces live unless killed/hunted by you.


Gameplay

Red Baron 3D: Hell's Angels Super Patch [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SruzxT7ttM

Checkout the youtube page relevant Info


The Blue Max Movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Max

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_D._Hunter


The Blue Max Movie Content playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdoMV9SEY_anwfAdr9vL923sDMpjtO0-V



more links

Red Baron II Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3bwN5ArO_bEFUZ3IZLirBA


Fansites

http://wallenborg.se/swordfish/downloads.htm

https://www.wingsofhonour.com/redbaron3d/html_woh_redbaron3d_about.en.html

https://www.wingsofhonour.com/redbaron3d/resources/html_woh_redbaron3d_resources.en.html


A Brief History of Red Baron 3D
http://www.hellsangels.firstflare.com/history.htm
Background info on all the Patches
Recommended Reading before you start sourcing any patches.


GOG/Steam Red Baron Pack includes Red Baron 1 game

Red Baron 1 Content
http://www.themaverick.us/home/rbdesc.html
http://www.themaverick.us/home/rbfiles.html


Red Baron 1 Help
http://www.sierrahelp.com/Games/RedBaron/RedBaronHelp.html


http://www.sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/NewSierraInstallers.html#RB1

DOSBox Installer
http://www.sierrahelp.com/Files/NewInstallers/RedBaronForDOSBox.zip

Works with both EGA and VGA floppy versions as well as the CD version. If installing the floppy version, copy all files from your floppy disks into a temporary folder on your hard drive, over writing any files and run this installer from that folder.
(dosbox probably already needs to be installed first)
probably original retail Game only
Gog or Steam versions probably already include Dosbox


DOSBox Installer
Mission Builder for Red Baron -
http://www.sierrahelp.com/Files/NewInstallers/MissionBuilderForRedBaron.zip
Works with the VGA floppy version. The CD version already includes it. Copy all files from your floppy disk into a temporary folder on your hard drive and run this installer from that folder.
(dosbox probably already needs to be installed first)
probably original retail Game only
Gog or Steam versions probably already include Dosbox



Red Baron 1 Content
http://www.gamers.org/pub/archives/uwp-uml/fltsim-mirror/RB/
https://archive.org/details/wargamer-depot_red-baron


Other Sierra- Dynamic Games Content

Aces over Europe
http://www.gamers.org/pub/archives/uwp-uml/fltsim-mirror/AOE/
https://archive.org/details/wargamer-depot_aces-over-europe


Aces over the Pacific
http://www.gamers.org/pub/archives/uwp-uml/fltsim-mirror/AOTP/
https://archive.org/details/wargamer-depot_aces-of-the-pacific


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GOG forum link

Jul. 17, 2016 Setspeed and compess time
https://www.gog.com/forum/red_baron_pack/setspeed_and_compess_time

Contains a Stanski57 onedrive folder link

Stanski57
From United States
Posted June 11, 2016

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=CC7DAE3598E39C2A!120&authkey=!AOiIldefBhZQJ2U&ithint=folder%2czip

onedrive RB23D Content with some custom versions of RB23D




Wailfwulf

https://onedrive.live.com/?id=E196374A237958B4%21120&cid=E196374A237958B4

RB23D Stuff



Rens' RB3D page
https://rensg.home.xs4all.nl/rb3d/

List of Files download links


Red Baron3D
https://rensg.home.xs4all.nl/rb3dindex.html

A ready to unpack and run RedBaron3d on Windows 10

Linux version also on the Webpage


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

More Gameplay

Red Baron 3D (1997): Epic Dogfight [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LJUO2yw7QA

This video is inspired by the 2006 action movie, "Flyboys". So just keep in mind that everything here is FICTIONAL and NOT intended to be historically accurate. Enjoy!

The Black Falcon leads his elite squadron of red Fokker Dr.1 Triplanes over the Western Front only to be met by a horde of British pilots flying the powerful S.E.5.a fighter. Who will emerge victorious in this epic air battle?



7 minutes of multiplayer WW I red baron 3d flying and dying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bnyDTn7kM

dogfights & bombing with the best flight simulator since 1998



Red Baron 1 Gameplay

Let's (occasionally) Play Red Baron part 01 The start of a glorious career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFjmGijy36k


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Red Baron 1 ? mentioned


Classic FLIGHT SIMS Collection & Favorites [MS-DOS ROCKS!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhwPI50esKE

Dave Nunez shows us his epic 80s & 90s Flight Simulation game collection. These sims are on the vintage Commodore 64 through early IBM MS-DOS PCs to Windows 95, Windows XP and all the way up to modern Windows 10 machines running steam. If you want to learn about flight sims both old and new, this is the video for you!

Games we mentioned:
F-15 strike Eagle
Gunship
Tie fighter
Secret weapons of the Luftwaffe
Aces over Europe
Aces of the Pacific
Red Baron
F-117a stealth fighter
F-19
LHX Attack Chopper
US Navy fighters
Fighters anthology
Falcon 3.0 gold
Falcon 4.0 - Benchmark Sims
Tornado
1942 the Pacific air war
Microsoft flight simulator 5.0
Microsoft flight simulator X


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mr Red Baron 1 Damon Slye - Current website


Damon Slye

http://www.madottergames.com/


Some Bio info here
http://www.madottergames.com/our-team/



The Red Baron prepares to fly again
https://www.polygon.com/2015/9/22/9354153/the-red-baron-is-ready-to-fly-again

High-flying '90s wunderkind is back, with ambitions to resurrect a big flight sim.
By Colin Campbell
Sep 22, 2015

Damon Slye profile


https://www.polygon.com/2013/10/22/4867660/red-baron-kickstarter
Failed Kickstarter for a new Red Baron game




The Real thing. Foker DR1 Triplanes Footage

The Red Baron's Jasta 11 Fokker Dr.1 triplanes from WW1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIrcloAmEhc

Seven full size Fokker Dr.1 triplane replicas take to the air during the Classic Fighters airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand in 2007. These World War 1 fighter aircraft represent seven of the aircraft used by Manfred von Richthofen's Jasta 11 (squadron) in April 1918.

Video narrated by Jim Hopkins.



Jasta 5 on-line Squadron
https://www.jasta5.org/index.htm
https://www.jasta5.org/Jagdstaffeln_5/red_baron_j5_3d.htm

Forum
http://www.jasta5.org/phpBB3/index.php


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Full Canvas Jacket Superpatch

https://steamcommunity.com/app/263940/discussions/0/2549465882927651357/

Download link in the thread for

The Promised Land: Full Canvas Jacket for RB3D (FCJ)

no longer available, Retail Sold Patch
Ebay was the only previous option as Sales Website is dead


I believe that some features of FCJ maybe in the
freely available Promise land, Western Front and HASP patches
(they all sort of shared some content during development)
but probably not as complete as the Retail FCJ.



FCJ Review

Red Baron 3D: Full Canvas Jacket
By SimHQ on November 17, 2003

https://www.simhq.com/_air/air_073a.html


FCJ Info
http://www.hellsangels.firstflare.com/history/promised.htm



FCJ Patch, see Unofficial Patches here

https://www.wingsofhonour.com/redbaron3d/resources/html_woh_redbaron3d_resources.en.html

UOP - FULL CANVAS JACKET SUPER PATCH (FCJ)

With some dead links


also

http://wallenborg.se/swordfish/downloads.htm#Capn%20Darwins%20FCJ%20Control%20Panel

Cap'n Darwin's FCJ Control Panel
can use this program with any Patch version of Red Baron 2 3D


EDIT:

Cap’n Darwin versus The Red Baron
https://grogheads.com/review/855

May 23, 2013

Author: Jim “Cap’n Darwin” Snyder
member of the Red Baron 3D Mod Team for Full Canvas Jacket.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As far as I can recall,

The Sold-out Software RB2 3D Blue CD Disk budget retail release had issues
back in the day with Windows XP.

One of the early bugs in Windows XP was an initial inability to read
Mastered CD Disks.
(Retail Games or software with a failure to install
as the Disk Content files not recognised by the OS).

This was all down to Microsoft breaking or not including things,
and eventually fixed in a later Windows XP Service Pack.

However some Games like Sold-out software RB2 3D,
they weren't going to re-master the Disk again (not a disk problem),
so they simply marked it on the packaging as not
Windows XP compatible and put it out on sale as is.

There was an eventual RB2 3D I think no-sound fix for Windows XP,
but the XP Service pack resolved the fail to install issues
for a host of Game disks at the time. (around 2001-2).

Game compatability markings for that era can be more
down to XP Microsoft failures, than actual game incompatabilities.
Worth trying the game regardless of the packaging info.

Windows XP SP1 is the absolute minimum Service pack for gaming
and SP3 or unoffical SP4 recommended.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

More Links


Al's Red Baron 3D Page
http://www.redbaron3d.net/
EDIT: dead link

vonOben Flight Sim mods
http://vonoben.free.fr/
(appears to be a single frame website)

Beery's patches
http://vonoben.free.fr/Beery/Beery.htm

Flight Models
http://vonoben.free.fr/FM/FM.htm

Misc Files
http://vonoben.free.fr/Misc_RB/Misc.htm


swwisa - Society of WW1 Sim Artisans
http://todd.mainecav.org/swwisa/
appears a mirror of the dead original swissa site

Resources
http://todd.mainecav.org/swwisa/resources.html

Member's Pages
http://todd.mainecav.org/swwisa/members.html

Red Baron 3D
http://todd.mainecav.org/swwisa/rb3d.html


Red Baron II Gamepedia Info
https://gamicus.gamepedia.com/Red_Baron_II


Forums

http://www.theaerodrome.com/index.php
http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/
covers WW1 Aviation


http://www.redbaron3dofficialsite.com/
http://www.redbaron3dofficialsite.com/forum/

https://rb3d.boards.net/


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RB3D on a Mac
Resources for Red Baron 3D on a Mac

https://naissuswest.wixsite.com/rb3donamac
https://naissuswest.wixsite.com/rb3donamac/rb3d-on-a-mac-repository
Updated Oct. 6, 2019

EDIT: dead Link


Appears to be a Windows PC version
running under Wine on a Mac.

This information could well pre-date MacOS Catalina 10.15
which removed 32-bit support.

EDIT:
Wine currently won't work on macOS Catalina 10.15
(macOS 10.8 through 10.14 only)


The above repository link should also be of interest to
Windows PC Game Users as contains Windows downloads.

Includes :

Manuals (game, ReLoad info., patching, etc.)
Main Patches (Italian Front, Eastern Front, etc.)
Objects (trees, gunsight, etc.)
Tools (FCJCP, ReLoad, etc.)
Multiplayer Tweaks (bullet counter, etc.)
Flight Models (Greybeard, Royce II, etc.)
Glide Wrapper (dgVoodoo 1.50 Beta 2) Outdated Glide wrapper


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:02 pm    Post subject: Link for old SWWISA Munro's Front Patch Reply with quote

The Front patches are already in the
RB3D on a Mac Repository - Main Patches post above


Link for old SWWISA Munro's Front Patch

https://www.wingsofhonour.com/forums/ipboard/index.php?/topic/435-link-for-old-swwisa-munros-front-patch/

Rookie
Posted 26 November 2016


Hello, times ago I saved some zip files for Munro’s unofficial patch for italian, middle orient and russian front.
I don’t know if author autorize linking them (I don’t know how contact him), but these are old files for an old game, so... if someone in intereasted, they are on Google drive:

Italian Front:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4whqEFQOM1QVzNuQV80SUg1cWM?usp=sharing

Russian Front (aka East Front):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4whqEFQOM1QRUN3VWZiV1NlWjQ

Russian Civil War:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4whqEFQOM1QNU9LM1dOZDF2TEU

Middle East Front:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4whqEFQOM1QYjRZR3M5ZGozQ2c

EDIT: Links are now apparently dead
see further on for the Wargamer Scenario Depot: Red Baron II/3D
Post as includes the above Front mods


to download individual files
Right click on each filename & download

to download all folder files
Click on share with me - folder name - drop down arrow at top & Download


Other interesting resources can be found on Greybeard, VonOben and Al Lowe personal sites
http://greybeard.xoom.it/
http://vonoben.free.fr/
http://www.redbaron3d.net/


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

General RB3D recommendation

Get your bare game working first -
Official Sierra patches and Glide Wrapper
or GOG/Steam game version
before attempting to install any further unoffical patches.


see this thread for install location suggestions

General recommendation for Installing Games for Win 7,8,10
http://www.hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7911


Once you have the game working,
Archive a copy of the Game folder

Suggest zip the contents and also stash a copy of the game folder
somewhere. (An additional USB memory stick copy may also be useful).


When installing any of the unoffical patches
use a copy of the working game folder,
Use a Desktop shortcut that has patch name included
to give you some game version context

Need to be careful with what patches and in what order you install
them, as some may not play well with other patches.
Important you read the patch documentation.

Be Systematic, make only one change at a time and test,
and only then move onto the next item.
Try to give yourself a roll-back option at all times.

When you have got it patched and working, another archive recommended.

EDIT:
Updated thread with additional links
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Manfred von Richthofen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen

https://www.history.com/news/ace-of-aces-how-the-red-baron-became-wwis-most-legendary-fighter-pilot



The Red Battle Flyer by Freiherr von Manfred Richthofen
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41159

Manfred von Richthofen's autobiography in English

Richthofen was a Freiherr (literally "Free Lord"), a title of nobility often translated as "baron".


The Red Battle Flyer
http://www.richthofen.com/index.htm

Online version



Red Battle Flyer Audio book version
https://archive.org/details/the_red_battle_flyer_1307_librivox/the_red_battle_flyer_00_richthofen_128kb.mp3



Manfred Von Richthofen Red Baron - WWI 31870 HD
https://archive.org/details/31870HDVonRichtofenRedBarronMos

Poor Quality newsreel footage of Manfred Von Richthofen



EDIT:

The Real Red Baron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrYLZvRT10Y
Aug 15, 2018

It was a century ago when famed World War I German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen was fatally shot out of the sky. Yet, his nickname – “Red Baron” – remains part of American vernacular. Charles Schulz’s comic strip character Snoopy famously took on the Red Baron in his imaginary air battles aboard his doghouse, often yelling “Curse you, Red Baron!” Movies and songs feature the German war hero.


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2008 Red Baron full movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spymSdZiv9Q

Runtime 2:03:37


The Red Baron (2008 film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Baron_(2008_film)

The Red Baron (also known by its original German title, Der rote Baron) is a 2008 German-British biographical action war film written and directed by Nikolai Müllerschön about the World War I fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron". The film stars Matthias Schweighöfer, Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger and Lena Headey. The Red Baron was filmed entirely in English to improve its international commercial viability.


Making of The Red Baron Clips
https://www.youtube.com/user/RedBaronTheMovie/videos


The Red Baron - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJaj4h-IZQQ

runtime 2:42



Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron” was a fighter pilot with the German Air Service and was considered the ace-of-aces during World War I with 80 confirmed allied kills to his name.

Originally a cavalryman, Richthofen transferred to the Air Service in 1915, became a member of Jagdstaffel 2 in 1916, and subsequently earned himself the Pour le Mérite (Blue Max) in January of 1917 after his 16th confirmed air combat kill, the highest military honor in Germany at the time. That same month, he assumed command of Jagdstaffel 11 where he first painted his plane red becoming known among the Germans as Der Rote Kampfflieger (The Red Fighter Pilot). This led to the rest of his squadron also painting their planes some variation of red and eventually other Jagdstaffels adopted their own unique squadron colors.

Richthofen led his new squadron to unparalleled success, peaking during “Bloody April” 1917 where he shot down 22 British aircraft, including 4 in a single day, and by the end of the month the British had lost 245 aircraft compared to the 66 German losses. In June Richthofen became the commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 the newly formed larger fighter wing comprised of Jagdstaffels 4, 6, 10, and 11, which would become widely known as “The Flying Circus” due to the wing’s brightly colored aircraft and mobility.

On the 21st of April 1918, at the age of 25, in the skies over Morlancourt Ridge, Richthofen was fatally struck by a single British .303 round in the right side of his torso and through his heart while saving his cousin Lt. Wolfram von Richthofen from pursuing Canadian pilot Lieutenant Wilfrid "Wop" May, and in the last seconds of his life successfully managed to land his plane in a nearby field before succumbing to his wound.

Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart. - Manfred von Richthofen


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