Aces of the Pacific Enhanced 0.2.0 (for the CD-ROM version 1.2)

Requires the CD-ROM version 1.2 of Aces of the Pacific (it includes WWII: 1946). The floppy releases (1.0, 1.01, 1.2 / Patch B and the 1946 expansion disk) are separate builds of the game and don't run. A copy of the CD version is at the Internet Archive: HOW TO RUN.txt in the zip gives the steps.

• Game files of another release are recognised: the launcher and the game say which release the folder holds and that the CD-ROM version 1.2 is needed. In the launcher, clicking the warning sign opens the CD version at the Internet Archive.
• Enhanced view: frames are presented once per refresh of the display (they were capped at 60–80 fps), and it skips what the cockpit covers.
• Ground proximity dots are drawn by the enhanced view at the display's rate, farther and higher, scattered off the grid and fading with the distance; the launcher's new Game settings > Graphics page sets them.
• Aircraft size (Game settings > Aircraft size): --plane-size draws the aircraft and their shadows smaller (42 % is real-life size), --hitbox-size scales their hit boxes against weapons.
• Wireframes key (Ctrl+Alt+G): the hit boxes of the aircraft, ships and ground objects, the ground dots' debug overlay, off.
• A picture that isn't changing is drawn again after Alt+Enter, a window resize or the window being uncovered.

No original game data is included. acesofthepacific-enhanced-0.2.0-win64.zip is a 64-bit Windows build.

Aces of the Pacific Enhanced 0.1.0

Requires the CD-ROM version 1.2 of Aces of the Pacific (it includes WWII: 1946). The floppy releases (1.0, 1.01, 1.2 / Patch B and the 1946 expansion disk) are separate builds of the game and don't run.

First release of Aces of the Pacific Enhanced (Windows x64), built on the faithful SDL3 port.

• Smooth 3D view at your display's refresh rate.
• High resolution with anti-aliasing; optional 16:9 widescreen.
• Three times the view distance, the finest models at every distance.
• Distance haze, a smooth sky and a soft horizon.
• Held direction keys combine; separate flaps down (F) and up (Shift+F) keys.
• Launcher with Settings > Key Bindings and Always on top.
• --classic gives the original picture and behaviour.

No original game data is included - see HOW TO RUN.txt in the zip. acesofthepacific-enhanced-0.1.0-win64.zip is a 64-bit Windows build.