Sierra Fast Attack

Horace · 05-24-06, 03:54 AM

I was wondering if anyone out there knows how to get the old Sierra Fast Attack game to work on Windows XP. I can't get the program to even install even in command line.

Konovalov · 05-24-06, 04:07 AM

Now that is a game from a while back with it's sleek looking cut scenese when your torpedoe impatcs the target. Honestly I haven't played that game since my Win 95 days and have no idea how to get it to run with XP. Good luck.

Onkel Neal · 05-24-06, 06:27 AM

Try this: http://www.subsim.com/tips/tips.php
http://www.subsim.com/tips/tipfast.php

and
http://www.subsim.com/tips/tipdos.php

Be sure to report back on your progress

bradclark1 · 05-24-06, 12:39 PM

It works great on my laptop but locks up at different times in the game on my desk top. Could never figure out why. I thought it was a mouse issue somebody else said it was a sound issue. :hmm:

The Noob · 05-24-06, 02:33 PM

It works Great with dosbox, but i don't play it.

Bort · 05-24-06, 02:49 PM

Fast Attack is without a doubt my favorite modern subsim. (Sorry DW

) It had a spectacular interface and the best scripted missons I've ever played in a sim. I know that dynamic missions are all the rage these days but there is something to be said for a great scripted campaign.

Unfortunately I never was ever to play the entire game, it was as unstable as just about any other game I've ever played.

Oberon · 05-24-06, 02:50 PM

Hmmmm....I wonder if I can remember where I put the box...all this talk about Fast Attack is making me miss turning that key on the TLAM/TASM board

kiwi_2005 · 05-24-06, 03:05 PM

I remeber this game, i played it for yonks! If ive got it right wasn't this the game where the missions had a 2hr timelimit - best modern subsim until sub commander & dw came along.

Onkel Neal · 05-24-06, 03:08 PM

Correct on the 2 hour time limit, but John found a fix for that, check the Tactics section.

Seeadler · 05-24-06, 03:25 PM

FA was my first modern sub game and a gift from a girl friend

but I could never finished this game, in the middle of the campaign (mission 20 ?) the game crashed to desktop because of loading corrupt mission data from the CD. I had returned the CD to the publisher and had gotten a new one but these had however the same error

The Noob · 05-24-06, 03:30 PM

Neal, the "Time Fix" for fast Attack seems to be not present. I get a 404 error if i try to Download it.

And if i try the "Right Click Manuver" i end up with a Corrupt File.

Bort · 05-24-06, 03:34 PM

I'm all for a Fast Attack 2.0, who's with me? Sierra is still around- and making excellent games (The Swat series) Why not make a new FA? (I know I'm only dreaming but they really were on to something with Fast Attack)

bradclark1 · 05-24-06, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Hmmmm....I wonder if I can remember where I put the box...all this talk about Fast Attack is making me miss turning that key on the TLAM/TASM board

I'm going to reload it tonight.

Onkel Neal · 05-24-06, 07:04 PM

I smell a Fast Attack Revival!

Andy · 07-17-06, 12:51 AM

This a game where the plotting board ruled when it came to torpedo evasion. I have tried to use a notepad with titles like DW and SC, but it isn't the same. I like DW but FA tops out for me as a Subsim in the modern era.

05-24-06, 03:54 AM	#1
Horace Bilge Rat Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sierra Fast Attack I was wondering if anyone out there knows how to get the old Sierra Fast Attack game to work on Windows XP. I can't get the program to even install even in command line.

05-24-06, 04:07 AM	#2
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Now that is a game from a while back with it's sleek looking cut scenese when your torpedoe impatcs the target. Honestly I haven't played that game since my Win 95 days and have no idea how to get it to run with XP. Good luck. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

05-24-06, 02:49 PM	#6
Bort Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Studying in Atlanta Posts: 919 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Fast Attack is without a doubt my favorite modern subsim. (Sorry DW ) It had a spectacular interface and the best scripted missons I've ever played in a sim. I know that dynamic missions are all the rage these days but there is something to be said for a great scripted campaign. Unfortunately I never was ever to play the entire game, it was as unstable as just about any other game I've ever played. __________________ GT Aerospace

05-24-06, 03:05 PM	#8
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	I remeber this game, i played it for yonks! If ive got it right wasn't this the game where the missions had a 2hr timelimit - best modern subsim until sub commander & dw came along. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

05-24-06, 03:34 PM	#12
Bort Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Studying in Atlanta Posts: 919 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	I'm all for a Fast Attack 2.0, who's with me? Sierra is still around- and making excellent games (The Swat series) Why not make a new FA? (I know I'm only dreaming but they really were on to something with Fast Attack) __________________ GT Aerospace

05-24-06, 06:27 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Try this: http://www.subsim.com/tips/tips.php http://www.subsim.com/tips/tipfast.php and http://www.subsim.com/tips/tipdos.php Be sure to report back on your progress

05-24-06, 12:39 PM	#4
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	It works great on my laptop but locks up at different times in the game on my desk top. Could never figure out why. I thought it was a mouse issue somebody else said it was a sound issue. :hmm:

05-24-06, 02:33 PM	#5
The Noob The Old Man Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: de_dust2 Posts: 1,417 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It works Great with dosbox, but i don't play it.

05-24-06, 02:50 PM	#7
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Hmmmm....I wonder if I can remember where I put the box...all this talk about Fast Attack is making me miss turning that key on the TLAM/TASM board

05-24-06, 03:08 PM	#9
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Correct on the 2 hour time limit, but John found a fix for that, check the Tactics section.

05-24-06, 03:25 PM	#10
Seeadler Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,096 Downloads: 169 Uploads: 0	FA was my first modern sub game and a gift from a girl friend but I could never finished this game, in the middle of the campaign (mission 20 ?) the game crashed to desktop because of loading corrupt mission data from the CD. I had returned the CD to the publisher and had gotten a new one but these had however the same error

05-24-06, 03:30 PM	#11
The Noob The Old Man Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: de_dust2 Posts: 1,417 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Neal, the "Time Fix" for fast Attack seems to be not present. I get a 404 error if i try to Download it. And if i try the "Right Click Manuver" i end up with a Corrupt File.

05-24-06, 07:04 PM	#14
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I smell a Fast Attack Revival!

07-17-06, 12:51 AM	#15
Andy Watch Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 28 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	This a game where the plotting board ruled when it came to torpedo evasion. I have tried to use a notepad with titles like DW and SC, but it isn't the same. I like DW but FA tops out for me as a Subsim in the modern era. Last edited by Andy; 07-17-06 at 12:56 AM.