Wings Over Flanders Fields by OBD Software

H.P.W. QC Damage Model for OFF BHaH HITR v1.1 Beta
 
by Herr Prop Wasche
 
Zip file contents:
 
aircraft folder with 47 .xdp files
HITR_xdp_Backup.bat
Restore_HITR_DM.bat
HPW_HITR_DM_1.1_ReadMe.txt
 
Thank you for downloading version 1.0 of my QC damage model for Hat in the Ring, the fantastic extension to Between Heaven and Hell, the already wonderful WWI flight sim modification of CFS3 by OBD Software. Like my previous damage mods, this mod is intended to enhance some of the visual damage effects already in the game. Depending upon the aircraft and the severity of the damage, aircraft should now be more likely to display not only bullet holes, but also rips and tears, oil and coolant leaks, exposed wing spars, and broken wing tips. Although entire wings may still break off at the root, the mod is intended to slightly reduce the frequency of this event. In addition, while all of the aircraft engines in the game have been made slightly more resistant to early damage, when severely damaged they are somewhat more likely to catch on fire and even explode! Finally, both your pilot and your AI opponent are slightly more vulnerable to becoming wounded--perhaps fatally!
 
Although I have worked for a long time implementing and testing these changes and am very proud of the results, keep in mind that this release is only a BETA. Therefore, kindly report any strange behavior or unusual results that you may come across. I am particularly interested in the behavior of the new planes introduced in the HITR expansion, as well as the behavior of the Nieuport and Albatros series of aircraft. You should quickly notice that these planes do not perform quite like you are used to seeing them perform with the standard damage model.
 
Lastly, I would again like to express my thanks and appreciation to OBD Software for their help and encouragement in the making of this damage mod. Of course, with the exception of the minor tweaks contained in this damage model, all work remains the sole work and property of OBD Software. If you have any questions or experience any problems with the installation of this mod, you can reach me at www.combatace.com at the Over Flanders Field forum. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the mod!
 
INSTALLATION: Important! Backup your HITR .xdp files first! Backup your HITR .xdp files by first copying the HITR_xdp_Backup.bat file to your OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder and then clicking on it to run the program. After you have backed up your .xdp files, extract the entire contents of the HPW_HITR_DM_1.1.zip file to the OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder. DO NOT unzip the file into the aircraft folder itself! If prompted, simply click "Yes to all" when asked if you wish to replace files. If at any time you wish to return to the stock HITR damage model (for either campaign or MP use), simply click the Restore_HITR_DM.bat file included in the zip file and automatically placed in your OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder. In order to re-apply the mod, simply re-open the HPW_HITR_DM_1.1.zip file and extract the aircraft folder to the OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder.
 
NOTE: This mod is currently intended to be used in QC battles ONLY. If you use the mod in the campaign, only YOUR plane will have the modified damage model. All AI aircraft will still be using the stock damage model. A damage model for all of the airplanes in the campaign will be released (hopefully) in the very near future.

Here are the Flanders amps with the aerodrome names right on the map. The sidebar is irrelevant material right now.

For the "Krauts vs Crumpets" Campaign, I compiled the parts of RABU's OFF map
and built a larger map of them. I have copied and pasted in all the aerodrome names
now placed directly with the field.
This makes a search more difficult (use RABU's original maps for that), but gives you
a wider map of the war area from Lens in the north, down south to Laon and the Aisne.

Here is a map for the Verdun/Meuse-Argonne region with aerodromes marked

1917 Nieuport 24 "Celia V", belonging to Corporal William "Wild Bill" Wellman, American volunteer flying with Escadrille 87.
 
Wellman went to France and joined the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps, later transferring to the French Foreign Legion, and then on to the French Air Service. After training on Bleriots and Nieuports he went into the Lafayette Flying Corps, assigned to Esc 87. Once he was assigned a mission to drop pamphlets on the Germans. While performing aerobatics over German lines his motor quit, but he managed to crash land and flipped upside down. He couldn't get loose and was rescued by French troops. Wellman was nicknamed "Wild Bill" by the French for his one-man dawn patrols over enemy lines where he would bomb and strafe the Germans. He had two confirmed kills and was eventually shot down by AA fire. In the crash he broke his back in two places, his control stick went into the roof of his mouth and he ended up with a permanent limp and a silver plate in his head. When Wellman was discharged as a sergeant from the French forces in March, 1918 he left with the Croix de Guerre with two Palms, the Medaille Militaire and the citations, A L'Ordre de L'Armee and Le Pilote Americain, Marshall de Logis. After the war Wellman went on to become one of Hollywood's leading directors. The initial success of his career was launched with the 1927 WWI aerial saga "Wings", the first film ever to win the Acadamy Award for Best Picture, (information courtesy of www.worldwar1.com).
 
I wish to thank Polovski, Winder, OvS, and rabu for their outstanding skins and graphics that provide the starting point for these paint schemes.

Here is soundtweak II. for more realism.
 
contents are new sounds for AI flown aircraft with original engines of the apropriate planes and doppler-effect. right now only a few AI engine sounds are standing for many different aircraft. now you are going to hear the right engine for the right type with doppler effects.
there are now 7 different AI-engines for each type, wich are randomly generated in a formation. so you'll hear the same aicrafts and same engine types around you, but in 7 different patterns, so the strange sound when all engines are synchronized is definitely gone!!! every aircraft sounds now differently!!! now you'll feel like really beeing there. i also softened a little bit AI engines, because feedback said it was a bit too loud.
furthermore i tweaked the soundfile to have the effect that when an aicraft gets closer you'll hear it louder and vice versa. currently it's wether on or off, as before.
also you'll hear now flak bursts the louder the nearer it is, and softer the further away it is.
additionally i tweaked the air explosion files (when an aicraft is burning and exloding). the explosion itself is the very same. now you'll have additionally some broken engine, overrides etc. very immersive.
additionally the frontambience is now also dependent of distance. the closer and lower you come to the frontlines, the louder it gets!!!
 
 
contents are:
7 patterns of Inline-scouts (albatros etc.)
Inline-twoseaters
7patterns of Sopwith camels
7 patterns of other Sopwith engines, besides the camel (pup, tripe, strutter etc.)
7 patterns for Nieuport versions
7 patterns of flying Spads
7 patterns of Se5's
7 patterns of Fokker rotaries
 
sound-effect file drop into C:\Programme\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields
wav-files drop into C:\Programme\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\sounds
 
the engine files won't replace anything, the explosionfiles will replace it, so please back up first the original ones. same goes for the sound-effect file. please save the original before replacing.
there's no need for the first version. this version now includes everything as before, but much improved.
as a suggestion, my sound sliders are set
engine (own engine) 80
effects(AI-engines, explosions, guns etc.) 100
Cockpit (own guns etc.) 70
 
all original content belongs to OBD software
 
have fun.
 
Creaghorn
 
 

Bristol F2b, unit number B4/66, belonging to the Belgian Air Service. The original aircraft this OFF example is modeled after currently resides in the Brussels Air Museum. I wish to thank Polovski, Winder, OvS, and rabu for their outstanding skins and graphics that provide the starting point for these paint schemes.

Here a soundtweak for more realism if the devs don't mind
 
contents are new sounds for AI flown aircraft with original engines of the apropriate planes and doppler-effect. right now only a few AI engine sounds are standing for many different aircraft. now you are going to hear the right engine for the right type.
furthermore i tweaked the soundfile to have the effect that when an aicraft gets closer you'll hear it louder and vice versa. currently it's wether on or off.
also you'll hear now flak bursts the louder the nearer it is, and softer the further away it is.
additionally i tweaked the air explosion files (when an aicraft is burning and exloding). the explosion itself is the very same. now you'll have additionally some broken engine, overrides etc.
 
 
contents are:
Inline-scouts (albatros etc.)
Inline-twoseaters
Sopwith camel
Other Sopwith engines, besides the camel (pup, tripe, strutter etc.)
DH2
Various Nieuport versions
Spad
Se5
Fokker rotaries
 
sound-effect file drop into C:\Programme\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields
wav-files drop into C:\Programme\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\sounds
 
the engine files won't replace anything, the explosionfiles will replace it, so please back up first the original ones. same goes for the sound-effect file. please save the original before replacing.
 
all original contents belong to OBD software
 
Creaghorn
 
 

volume 6, map supplement, from the 1921 edition of "the Times History of the War"

this is scanned from the Times History of the War 1921 edition, volume 6, map supplement.

the original Albatros D.Va skin was created by Paarma.
 
I thought it would be cool to have an Albatros covered in letters. although I had tried using text overlays I didn't like the way it looked.
 
last year I hand-stamped a white coat with black letters as part of a Halloween costume-- and it occurred to me that I could photograph this coat for more satisfying results. the hand-stamped inconsistencies feel more 'believable' on the curving surfaces of the Albatros.

the original Nieuport 17 skin was made by Rabu. it's the Escadrille 65 stock skin.
 
the heart was borrowed from OBD skin for Werner Voss (D.III), which I believe was done by Paarma. I had to distort it quite a bit to get the face to fit over it.
 
the face was rendered free hand on a piece of paper and then scanned.
 
I made up a new bogus serial number to replace the original.
 
finally, I picked the name "Mathilde" because it's based on an old Germanic name that means "mighty in battle", or some such thing.

Since our Saturday sessions took us out over the channel and farther northeast than I realized, I've made a new grid map for 1917. The only difference is the 2 extra grids added to the top. Install and reading instructions included. OBD copyright text included.

for anybody who wants to try the various mods and tweaks i made for my homebrew

The 1917 grid map for Winston's Saturday multiplayer sessions. Install and usage instructions included.

This is an Albatross DVa for use in Over Flanders Fields, copywrite OBD Software
Special Thanks to Quack74 (original Model and Skin copywrite OBD Software)
 
Aircraft is that of Von Roth of Jasta 23b
 
It has the extension UKW in the filename, to make it easier to locate in the menu
 
Enjoy
 
UKW

This is an Albatross DVa for use in Over Flanders Fields, copywrite OBD Software
Special Thanks to Quack74 (original Model and Skin copywrite OBD Software)
 
Aircraft is that of Ltn Seywald of Jasta 23b
 
It has the extension UKW in the filename, to make it easier to locate in the menu
 
Enjoy
 
UKW

This is an Albatross DVa for use in Over Flanders Fields, copywrite OBD Software
Special Thanks to Quack74 (original model and Skin copywrite OBD Software)
 
Aircraft is that of Jasta 23b (Pilot Unknown)
 
It has the extension UKW in the filename, to make it easier to locate in the menu
 
Enjoy
 
UKW

This is an Albatross DVa for use in Over Flanders Fields, copywrite OBD Software
Special Thanks to Quack74..Original Skin and Model by OBD Software
 
Aircraft is that of Ltn Ludwig Hanstein of Jasta 23b
 
It has the extension UKW in the filename, to make it easier to locate in the menu
 
Enjoy
 
UKW

This corrects the windscreen as seen from the cockpit view, sorry for the inconvenience.
 
Beard

I know he didn't have one, but if you would like to pretend you are Ernst here is a EV for you to fly.
 
Beard

This Pup N6183 "MILDRED H." is from 3RNAS France 1917.
Piloted by Flt Cdr J A Glen.
 
Special Thanks to Quack74 for allowing me to reproduce his original FE Skin, And of course to OBD Software, for the original Model/Skin

this is the standard in-flight map from the game. I've taken two maps and overlayed them transparently to help with navigation. rather than try to get the entire nation to line up, I've only selected the areas which seem to get action in the game. you'll need to change the name from "alt_low 1917" to "alt_low" to get it to work.

Four missions that recreate the Battle of Vimy Ridge from April 9 -12, 1917. Make sure you have Stumpers Sopwith 1/2 Strutters that are available on TS. Other wise if you just want to play these offline just go into MB and replace the AAA Strutters for the OFF default Strutters.

Here's the multiplayer grid maps for 1916. You'll need them for Vasco's 24 Squadron RFC campaign starting Jan 10, 2010. A big thanks goes to Red-Dog for developing this and for the previous MP campaign grid map. and yes ODB, there's the required copyright acknowlegement included.