Wings Over Flanders Fields by OBD Software

Well, here is my first upload (after yesterday's cock-up!)
 
This is a fictional Albatross DIII (no surprise there) But it's one I like to fly in QC
 
(I will shortly be uploading a Non-Lozenge Version)
 
Enjoy
 
(Original Skin copyright OBD Software)

This is my personal skin that I use for Campaign

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 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 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 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

Original OFF skins/templates created by James “OVS” Romano, Terry “Makai” Kerby and OBD Software.
 
 
Hets joined Jasta 37 in June 1918. He was credited with 6 victories before being KIA on August 10, 1918.
 
Open your Programs folder/Microsoftgames folder/CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder/
campaigns folder/CampaignData folder/skins folder and place in there.
 
Enjoy!
FRO
 

Original OFF skins/templates created by James “OVS” Romano, Terry “Makai” Kerby and OBD Software.
 
 
Hets joined Jasta 37 in June 1918. He was credited with 6 victories before being KIA on August 10, 1918.
 
Open your Programs folder/Microsoftgames folder/CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder/
campaigns folder/CampaignData folder/skins folder and place in there.
 
Enjoy!
FRO
 

Original OFF skins/templates created by James “OVS” Romano, Terry “Makai” Kerby and OBD Software.
 
 
Fleischer joined Jasta 17 on April 12, 1918 and served with them until the end of the war. He was credited with 6 victories.
 
Open your Programs folder/Microsoftgames folder/CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder/
campaigns folder/CampaignData folder/skins folder and place in there.
 
Enjoy!
FRO
 

Original OFF skins/templates created by Terry “Makai” Kerby and OBD Software.
 
 
Took over this triplane from Paul Hoffmann in June 1918 before switching over to DVII’s in August 1918. He served with Jasta 12 until the end of the war and is credited with 4 victories
 
Open your Programs folder/Microsoftgames folder/CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder/campaigns folder/CampaignData folder/skins folder and place in there.
 
Enjoy!
FRO

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Greetings All,
 
Here is a full set of new and improved medals for our beloved Over Flanders Fields BHaH HiTR combat flight sim.
 
The instructions for their use are relatively simple. Start by making a back-up copy of your "Medals" folder found in the "CampaginData" folder of your OFF install; the path to it should look something like this if you've installed the sim on your 'C' drive:
 
C:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\campaigns\CampaignData
 
Now all you need to do is copy and paste all the new medal files found inside the "New_OFF_Medals" folder into the "Medals" folder of your OFF install, allowing all the new files to overwrite the old ones, (this is why you made a back-up copy of the original folder first, so that you can go back to the old medals if you so wish).
 
Alrighty then, that is all that's required if you wish to do nothing more than see the shiny new versions of the thirteen original OFF awards on your various pilot's pages. However, if you're like me and would like to adjust the medals presented to be a bit more historically accurate, you can now do so by going into your active pilot's dossier and changing a bit of text. Following the same path that brought you to your "Medals" folder you will also see your "Pilots" folder. Inside are all the files for your pilots; active, inactive, captured, and dead, (assuming you haven't already deleted your captured and dead ones). Find your current active pilot's dossier by opening up your "PilotXDossier" files one at a time, with 'X' being the number of the pilot, (but don't assume the number matches up with that actually shown in the sim; it does not, which is why you have to go through your various pilot dossiers until you find the correct one). Once you have found your current active pilot's dossier, make a copy of it for back-up purposes. Now, with your active "PilotXDossier" opened up in Notepad, look down to line #19 and you will see a number that represents how many medals your pilot has been presented, and immediately following that are the names of each medal. To change a medal you need only type in the new medal name, (which is the same name as the medal image file found in your "Medals" folder), in place of the medal you are replacing. The lines of text you are dealing will look something like this:
 
5
Iron Cross 2nd Class
Iron Cross 1st Class
Hohenzollern House Order
Orden Pour le Merite
Red Eagle Order
Null
Null
Null
Null
 
Save your changes and you're done! Now pop into the sim and look at your current Pilot's Page. Is that spiffing or what!
 
 
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The medals included in this new pack are as follows.
 
The thirteen original OFF P3 medal files which are, in order by country:
 
Military Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Service Order
Victoria Cross
Croix de Guerre
Military Medal
Legion of Honour
Distinguished Service Cross
COngressional Medal of Honor
Iron Cross
Royal Hohenzollern House Order
Red Eagle Order
Orden Pour le Merite
 
The seventeen new OFF P3 medal files which are, again in order by country:
 
Military Medal Britain
Military Medal with Bar
Military Cross with Bar
DFC with Bar
DSO with Bar
DSC Britain
DSC with Bar Britain
DSC with Oak Leaves
Croix de Guerre Belgium
Albert Order with Swords
Iron Cross 2nd Class
Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 1c Iron Cross 2c
Military Merit Order Bavaria
Hohenzollern House Order
Golden Military Merit Cross
Turkish War Medal 1915
 
Just as before, red backgrounds denote awards of the Entente Powers, while blue backgrounds denote awards of the Central Powers. In the new awards you now find a few more that can be presented to the enlisted pilots. These are: the British Military Medal and Military Medal with Bar; the Belgian Croix de Guerre, which can be presented to NCO's and officers alike; the Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross, often called the "NCO's Blue Max", (as the Orden Pour le Merite was for officers only); and the Turkish War Medal 1915, (like the Iron Cross, this can be awarded to all ranks). On this last one, you could assign it to a pilot who may have started his military career serving on the Eastern Front before transferring to the Kaiser's air service, (much as Ritter von Richthofen did).
 
About the various versions of the Iron Cross now available to you. The idea is that when the sim assigns you your first award as a German ace, (which will be the generic Iron Cross), you can now go into your pilot's dossier and change that to the Iron Cross 2nd Class, and at the second award of same generic version you can now switch it to the Iron Cross 1st Class, which would have been the proper order back in the Great war. Additionally, as you are presented more awards both by the sim and later on by yourself as acting Adjustant, you can switch to the single image of "Iron Cross 1c Iron Cross 2c", which will free up an additional display space on your pilot's page for one of the new awards, (despite the extra "Null" lines in your pilot dossier, the sim will only ever display five medals maximum).
 
You will notice two versions of the Hohenzollern House Order, and they are identical except for the name. I included the second one as the sim does not allow room for a third line of text under the medal image, and with the original file the word "Royal" forces the name into a third line which gets cut off by the text below it.
 
I should also point out the British DSC; this was a typical award of the RNAS and should be used when flying with that branch of the service.
 
And remember the medals with bars, (or in the case of the US DSC, an oak leaf cluster), denote a second award of the same honor, so these would be added to a pilot's page later on in his career and would take the place of the same award without the bar.
 
One final point. Sometimes the sim will revert to the original medals on your pilot' page when it presents you with the next one. Not to worry, simply change them back. This issue doesn't come up very often, but it might and I didn't want you getting all fidgety.
 
 
That's it. Have fun with the new baubles, and feel free to stop by the "Over Flanders Fields General Forum" and make a post if you have a question about these, or if you wish to spot me to a pinta' for being such a swell.
 
Cheers!
 
Lou
 
 
P.S. I have created a set of tables to help folks determine how to go about awarding the new medals to their virtual pilots, and here is the link to these tables:
 
Award Guidelines For The New Off P3 Medal Set
 
Enjoy!
 
 
 
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volume 6, map supplement, from the 1921 edition of "the Times History of the War"

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.

Here is the Pfaltz DIIIa flown by Leutnant Busson Von Alvensleben of Jagdstaffel 21s circa 1918
 
Original aircraft/skin by Polovski/OBD Software

with the pending "Hat in the Ring" add-on I thought it might be nice to have a new map to cover some of the American operations.
 
this is taken from a 1937 U.S. official volume: as such several war memorials are included on the map. while anachronistic for the purposes of OFF, I felt that having at least some sort of map to cover American operations would be nice to have. this is my first experiment with this sort of project. I had to photo-copy the stuff in the libary before I could scan and composite any of the images. sorry about how primitive it is. but I hope it helps out with game play!
 
the thick black lines and gray patches indicate the progress of the Allied attacks. the time covered is from Septeber 26th until the end of the war.
 
taken from the 1937 revision of "A Guide to the American Battle Fields in Europe".
 
 

Skin created from original OFF skins made by the skinners of OBD Software.
 
While RedDog's SPAD is a historical 1919 SPAD XIII design, I only got inspired by that idea,
but wanted to get it a bit less bold than the original. Enjoy!

Bonjour, bravez les aviateurs! French High Command has ordered Escadrille SOP.5 to fly their Strutters deep into enemy territory and bomb a German zeppelin base located in the northern Alps. You will leave shortly before sunrise and use the pre-dawn darkness to cross the front. Get as much altitude as you can, and don't forget to lean your mixture to conserve fuel. Due to the strong seasonal winds blowing towards the east and the length of your flight, you will not be able to return to your home aerodrome but instead will fly south from the target, up over the mountains, and land at an airfield in Italy. It is advised that you keep your altitude and bomb from 2,500 meters, the height of the mountains along the valley and the enemy's defenses could prove to trap you otherwise. Be aware that you may encounter German 2-seaters along the way, as the target base is also used to launch air strikes into northern Italy. Do your best, the eyes of France are upon you.

Gentlemen
 
Here's my newest Sound-Mod Version 3.3. This is as always the full Version, including my previous Mod. You can delete the old Version 3.2! This Mod includes an Update for InGame Sounds, for my Soundtrack Mod and for the Engine-Sounds. Please read the ReadMe for some Details.
 
This Package is JSGME-ready. It contains THREE SEPARATE Mods, please unzip ALL three Mods into your JSGME-Mods Folder and activate all three. If JSGME wants to overwrite something, just click Yes and ignore all Warnings. It should work without Problems!
 
Many things are new:
 
-Twoseaters now have three different Engine Sounds
-New Engine Sounds for some Scouts
-New Machinegun Sounds
-Added new Explosions
-Fixed Distances for Front-Ambience
-Fokker Dr1 and Fokker EV with new Engine Sounds!
-Added new Songs and Battle Effects to my Soundtrack Mod
-Tweaked XML-File
 
I've changed nearly everything, especially the Distances for Engines and Machineguns. It is now harder to hear an Enemy Scout. If he is flying very close to you, you will hear his Engine and his Machineguns. This is realistic.
Explosions are no longer too loud when you are flying high. Fixed that Problem.
 
Thanks to OBD Software for using and tweaking some of their Stuff. Samples were used by different Sources, some are my own Creations, some were "remixed" from other Games. Of course you have Permission to use and tweak this Stuff for your own Experience...
 
This is definately my last Update on Phase 3. We are all waiting for WOFF, so I think my Job on Phase 3 is done
Have Fun!
 
Best, Andy

Original OFF skins/templates created by Terry “Makai” Kerby and OBD Software.
 
 
Fictional Skin, this is my own personal scheme when flying with Germany who I attached to Jasta 4.
 
Open your Programs folder/Microsoftgames folder/CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder/campaigns folder/CampaignData folder/skins folder and place in there.
 
 
Enjoy!
FRO

This version of ArcMod, like the other version uploaded to CombatAce in Oct 2011, alters the arcs of fire for the observers' guns in all OFF Phase 3's 2-seaters (except the twin-Lewis-gunned FE2b and the fixed-Lewis BE2c, neither of which really needed any change).
 
The only difference with this version is that it includes HPW's 1.25 Damage Model for the included 2-seaters. It is designed to be installed AFTER and ON TOP OF HPW's 1.25 DM - see 'installation' in the Readme for details. This enables both mods to be in use at the same time, instead of one or the other, so you can get both the improved DM and the increased 2-seater arcs of fire.
 
Easy installation with Jonesoft Generic Mod Enabler. Enable only after HPW's DM 1.25, ignoring JSGME warnings as the files concerned DO need to be over-written.
 
Thanks are due to Herr Prop Wasche for producing this version!

ArcMod alters the arcs of fire for the observers' guns in all OFF Phase 3's 2-seaters (except the the twin-Lewis-gunned FE2b and the fixed-Lewis BE2c). The aim is to provide a better experience for 2-seater missions and campaigns, whether flying or gunning, and without making life too much more difficult when flying scouts and attacking them. The spur for this was the quite severe limits in the stock arcs, which sometimes prevents gunners from firing when it looks like they should. If manning the gun yourself, it becomes very clear how severely how your arcs of fire are limited, downwards in all directions, especially.
 
The main change is that ArcMod increases the depression limit for all aircraft (exceptions above) from 10 degrees stock, to 25 degrees. Elevation has been changed from 30 degrees (stock, except Brisfits) to 45 degrees (roughly the same as the stock Brisfit), again across the board. This will obviously give all observers a significantly better field of fire, including yourself when manning the gun, and thus a better chance of survival when attacked.
 
Lateral fields of fire have been adjusted a little. Stock, there was a fair bit of variation but I have instead put planes into two groups - those with observers sitting roughly level with a wing trailing edge get 90 degrees either side (0=fully aft) while those who can fire ahead over the upper wing (just the Hannover, Brisfit, Roland) get around 160 degrees, leaving just a small-ish gap dead ahead.
 
These new arcs are all somewhat arbitrary of course. Greater tho they are, they are still less than the theoretical maxima; but I hope they still take some account of the practical limits for effective fire, within the limits of the game engine. For example, I realise observers had some field of fire forward between the wings, but I have stuck with something close to the stock OFF approach, limiting the ability to fire ahead to those who planes whose observers can readily fire ahead over the upper wing, without risk to struts or wires - the Hannover, Brisfit and Roland.
 
ArcMod still leaves a significant 'blind spot' underneath in all directions, but it is naturally a smaller one and on balance I think is much more realistic. There is still a considerable blind area ahead as well, except for the Hannover, Roland and Brisfit. By comparison, the Rise of Flight DFW CV has much greater depression and has 360 degrees traverse (tho it will damage its own aircraft, unlike OFF).
 
Readme with installation instructions included (JSGME recommended)

Original OFF skins/templates created by Terry “Makai” Kerby and OBD Software.
 
 
Delling joined Jasta 34 on March 16, 1918-August 3, 1918 when he tranferred to FEA2b. Credited with 5 victories while with Jasta 34.
 
Open your Programs folder/Microsoftgames folder/CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder/campaigns folder/CampaignData folder/skins folder and place in there.
 
Enjoy!
FRO

Original OFF skins/templates created by James “OVS” Romano, Terry “Makai” Kerby and OBD Software.
 
 
Hartmann joined Jasta 30 from Jastaschule I at the end of June 1918. He had no victories in the war.
 
Open your Programs folder/Microsoftgames folder/CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder/
campaigns folder/CampaignData folder/skins folder and place in there.
 
Enjoy!
FRO
 

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