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Article #160902Re: Dead Wingmen
From: rklemic
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 06:53
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 06:53
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:35:22 -0500, Kevin Scholl <kscholl@comcast.net> wrote: > > >Chris Schumacher wrote: > >> Something I've always been meaning to try (but can't, since WC1 >> doesn't run well on modern computers), was to kill off all the wingmen >> in Wing Commander 1. >> Has anyone done this? What exactly happens? Does the game just clip >> all their scenes from the briefing, or does the game actually >> acknowledge that you're the only pilot left? > >Each wingman cannot be killed until a particular point in the game. >Until then, each ejects and is recovered. Actually wrong. Wingmen in the original game do die if they blow up. Basically what happens is they never show up in the bar again and obviously aren't on your wing. Robert Klemic
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