Talmane

(...) the lag is barely noticeable on GFFA and completely nonexistent on IR, and the AI actually plays the game (...)

Could you please write specs of your PC to make some insights for me what computer should I buy for the mod ?

Looking at Gamefront.com I feel that mod is rather popular now
File Name: pr_v1.2.exe
Date Added: 03-26-2012
Downloads All Time:895
Popularity:100%

4 gigs of RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4800, Intel Core2 Duo E8400 3.00 GHz CPU and Windows Vista 64-bit. Hope that helps.

Alright, I downloaded it and finished a campaign in the inner rim. It's not perfect, but 1.2 is a vast improvement over 1.1. It's like a completely different game in many respects. Space battles are much better with the improved maps, land makes sense now, the lag is barely noticeable on GFFA and completely nonexistent on IR, and the AI actually plays the game. I am truly amazed at the mod, and the sheer skill and dedication necessary to achieve so much. To the PR team, thank you.

to be fair, the B-wing was designed when the main bomber in the alliance arsenal was the A4/S3 Y-wing.
if you compare the stats of even the S3 model Y-wing compared to those of the first production model B-wing (upgraded from the prototype), the B-wing is a more powerful weapons platform.
sure an ATR or YT-2000 is more efficient than the bombers, but if you only have a level one station, then you've gotta use what you got. personally, i just wait until i get the K-wing. that bomber is border-line overpowered when you max it out.

It's true, the production model B-wing has stronger weapons than the S3 Y-wing. Of course, that should be the case given their positions on the tech tree.

Now let's factor cost into the equation.

A squadron of B-wings has a price tag of 1440, versus 810 for the Y-wing if I recall correctly. In other words, the B-wing costs approximately 1.8 times as much as the Y-wing. Does that squadron of B-wings have more firepower than two squadrons of S3 Y-wings? But that might not be a fair comparison. Therefore, let's compare the S3 Y-wing to the E3 B-wing.

The E3 B-wing has an armament of one heavy laser, one light double blaster, three light ion cannons and two torpedo launchers with ten torpedoes each. According to the space weapons FAQ, one heavy laser has the same firepower as three light lasers, and the double blaster is worth one light laser. This means the B-wing has the equivalent of four light lasers and three light ion cannons for energy weapons.

The S3 Y-wing has two light lasers, a turreted light double ion cannon, and two torpedo launchers with four torpedoes each. Multiply that by two and you get four light lasers, four turreted ion cannons and four torpedo launchers with four torpedoes each.

They come out to be roughly equal, despite the fact that B-wings are two tech levels higher. In addition, Y-wings get much stronger with their upgrades while B-wings only get a slight boost. If you find yourself with only a level one station, you might as well just use Y-wings.

And yes, K-wings are pretty decent if you have the time to research them.

i like the Y-wing more than the B-wing. that turret in the S3 and later models is actually quite useful against some of the early model TIE's, and her proton rockets pack a bigger punch per missile, which, if youre facing a target with a decent anti-starfighter weapons, counts for more in my books. granted that turret is no substitute for a squad of escorts, but it beats not shooting back

The turret may be a bit too useful--the bomber is a better fighter than the fighter is. It's not just the Y-Wing that seems to demonstrate this--"defensive" turrets seem to be a good deal more lethal than fixed-forward weapons, even in the middle of a furball.

The B-wing has a different role to the Y-Wing as it has an energy rich weapon mix, and works very well paired with other high-energy designs, like the ATR-6, and sent to crack open shields on large targets. For pure "bombing" abiliy, the Y-Wing has the better payload.

I have to say this isn't really accurate. For that sort of thing, you'd be much better off using more ATR-6 transports instead of B-wings. I'd even say that YT-2000s would be more effective. The B-wing just doesn't have either the survivability or the firepower to compete. I actually haven't found a single thing the B-wing does that isn't done better by some other unit.

Double clicking the batch file should work. If you want to create a shortcut, try right clicking it and selecting "Create Shortcut" from the menu, then moving the shortcut to your desktop.