Maps, Missions, and Campaigns
New maps, missions, and campaigns for OFF / Combat Flight Simulator
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Lothar Maps
This mod offers several alternative in-game maps for Over Flanders Fields based on modern Google imaging:
Lothar Google Map – Google’s Terrain map illustrating basic topography with modern cities and roads, much of which hasn’t changed from a map-eye view over the past century. While there’s a hint of the underlying topography, this is generally best for flying by human landmarks.
Lothar Google Earth – Google Earth satellite imagery was a long way from even hypothetical during the Great War, so this mod applies diffusion and texture filters for a slight painted canvas map effect. Important locations are marked as on the stock OFF map, but overall this is best for just flying by terrain.
Lothar Google Mix – This simply overlays the two above maps with transparency. Things may not line up exactly, especially at the extremes of the map, but overall this provides a subtler view of the road and city detail of the Google Map with more of the geographical richness of the satellite view.
In any case, the result is vastly more detailed, accurate, and useful than the stock OFF map, despite the occasional anachronism. Try them all to see which you prefer on utilitarian and aesthetic merits. And have fun exploring with fresh eyes the amazing terrain Over Flanders Fields and beyond!
Requires:
Over Flanders Fields
http://overflandersfields.com
JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler 2.6.0:
http://combatace.com/files/file/13045-jonesoft-generic-mod-enabler-jsgme/
Installation and Usage:
The installer automatically extracts the mod folders into your OFF JSGME mods folder if OFF and JSGME are installed correctly. JSGME will be run when installation is complete, just activate the ‘Lothar Google Map’ or ‘Lothar Google Earth’ or ‘Lothar Google Mix’ folder to enable the mod. It only makes sense to activate one of the map mods at a time, but you can easily switch between them with JSGME.
Notes: The front no longer displays in the Briefing Room, but does so (and more accurately) on the in-flight map.
Credits:
http://combatace.com/user/48442-lothar-of-the-hill-people/
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1918 National Geographic Western Front Map, Large Scan
By RAF_Louvert
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Greetings All,
Olham recently mentioned the scan of the 1918 National Geographic Western Front Map that I assembled from about 120 smaller clips and cleaned up for use when navigating in OFF. This is a high quality JPEG copy that I originally posted in another download link on the forums several months ago, and since it has been asked about I though it best to place it here to make it easier for folks to locate. This is a VERY large image, (7760 x 6550), so just be aware of that when you are downloading the RAR file and unpacking it. To use this map it is best to make a small clip of the AO you are currently assigned to fly and print it out, then use it as your cockpit map, just like our RL counterparts did back in the Great War. Enjoy.
Cheers!
Lou
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Recon Map Swatch
By Interlocutor
A swatch of "photo recon mapping" from Droglandt airfield north to the sea, as a jpeg file, with labeled landmarks.
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U Boats in Baltics
By sitting_duck
Sorry, original file was missing something in mission.xml (dont ask me how these frigging things change,,,but they do)
This one should spawn the n17's
Its a beautiful morning, and we are out on patrol in the baltics. Intelligence reports heavy shipping trying to sneak out to the atlantic.
Extract file.
Xml in mission folder goes into your missions\historical
Spawn and xml files in the spawn folder go into CFSWW1 OverFlanders Fields\spawns
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1917(2) OFF MOD
By Bletchley
New mission, same new flak. 1917(2) covers the period May - December, starting with the winding down of the British Arras spring offensive and ending with the Battle of Cambrai in the autumn. During this period the French front was quiet, following on from the failure of Nivelle's offensive on the Aisne, and attention was now about to switch to the Flanders area. During one of the worst summers on record, wet and miserable, the British repeatedly tried to break through the well prepared German defences in Flanders - starting with the successful capture of the Messines-Wytschaete ridge in June, to prevent the Germans from gaining overlook of the preparations for the major British offensive of that year, the Third Battle of Ypres, that opened on 31st July but failed to make much progress, continuing sporadically after this initial failure into further assaults: on the Polygon Wood (end of September), Paschendaele Ridge (October), and then the Battle for Paschendaele itself between 30th October and 10th November. Finally, with the use of tanks, a partial breakthrough was achieved further south, at Cambrai, but it was ultimately a failure due to the lack of reserves needed to exploit the opening, and ended with a successful German counterattack south of Bourlon Wood. In this eight month period there was a considerable shift in air tactics on both sides of the line. The German air service, despite expansion by the end of the year to almost twice the size that it was at the start, was still struggling against numerically superior odds and an influx of British pilots now better trained, with technologically superior aircraft, and deployed in larger squadron-strength offensive patrols. To prevent the British regaining air supremacy over the vital 'active' areas of this front, the Germans responded by grouping their best pilots and Jastas into the first wing-sized formation, or Jagdgeschwader 1 "Richthofen's Circus", that could be moved along the front to wherever it was most needed. This had the effect, however, of taking the best pilots and units away from the 'quiet' sectors, and this allowed the British Corps machines to go about their daily photo.recon. and art.obs. missions in these areas with far less opposition than might otherwise have been the case. Both the British and the German air services also started to develop a doctrine of ground attack, a development of the 'contact patrol' into a full fledged 'battle' or 'protection' patrol aimed at the silencing or supression of the mg nests and hidden artillery batteries that formed the major obstacle to the advancing infantry (the product of a new doctrine of 'elastic' defence, developed first by the Germans along the Hindenburg Line and subsequently adopted by the British as well). Scouts, such as the DH5 and the Camel, were used for this by the British, whilst special 'Schutzstaffeln' two-seater units were used by the Germans. The period also saw the development of the first 'wireless intercept' missions on both sides, where the wireless signals from the enemy art.obs. aircraft were triangulated by listening posts along the line, and a pair or section of fighters, held at readyness, would be 'scrambled' to intercept (but often arriving too late). The British also extended the strafing and bombing missions into the German rear areas, targetting the lines of communication and airfields, whilst two-seaters would bomb the airfields and railway junctions by day and night. Despite these efforts the British had nevertheless failed to make a decisive breakthrough by the end of the year, and were about to be forced back onto the defensive as the German forces started to redeploy westwards after the end of the Russian campaign in the autum of 1917. The Germans knew that if they were to have any chance of winning the war in the west, they needed to strike now, before the USA's entry into the war tipped the balance decisively back in favour of the Allies...
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1918(20 OFF MOD
By Bletchley
New missions, May-July 1918. The German offensives on the Aisne, the Matz, and the Marne. During this period the technological pendulum started to swing back towards the Garman air service once again, as increasing numbers of the new types, and particularly the Fokker D.VII, started to give the German pilots an edge at high altitude over the Allied pilots. At the same time, however, the close infantry and combined armes support doctrines being developed and practised by both side brought the main focus of this air fighting right down to ground level, where the decisive moves were now being played out. After the failure to make a decisive breakthrough against the British Army in the north, the German focus of attention switched to the French sector. On the 27th May 1918 the German Army attacked the French and British positions on the Aisne. Within a few hours the Germans had punched a large hole in their line, crossing the Aisne and advancing for 12 miles, supported by ground attack and contact patrols flown by Schlachtstaffeln under an umbrella of near complete air supremacy provided by the Jastas flying above them. By the 29th May the German advance had reached Soissons, and was heading for Paris - only to be brought to a halt by US reinforcements rushed in to the defence at Chateau Thierry. This was followed by an Allied counter-attack at Bellau Wood on the 4th June, one that completely halted the German advance. The Germans once again shifted their focus of attack, and on the 9th June they launched their attack on the Matz. Once again they made swift early progress, 6 miles on the first day, but the French were ready for them this time and launched a counter-attack on the 10th July that halted the German advance. The Allied recon. and photo.recon work was intensified, as a further attack was anticipated, and the bombing of German rail centres began again, to try and disrupt the movement of German troops. When the third and final German attack was launched, it came on the 15th July, on the Marne against the French army around Rheims. But once again the attack was brought to a halt, on the 18th July, by an Allied counter-attack that pushed the German forces back right across the Marne. By the beginning of August Soissons had been recaptured and the initiative was once again in the hands of the Allies...
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gotha strike serachlights
By stumpjumper
jstu a fun mission to fly as a gotha piolt you will need form regs hangar the searchlights http://www.regshanger.com/Groundcrew/homep...0for%20CFS3.php
and the gotha http://www.regshanger.com/Regs%20hanger%20...otha%20MAIN.htm
both very easy to install
thsi mission is for use in mp or in regular singal play but you must use the cfs3mp.exe to fly it
and select ending britanas rule, i suggest you place it in your traingin folder
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1916(2) OFF MOD
By Bletchley
New mission types, new flak (Allied now switchinh from Shrapnel to HE).
1916(2) will cover July-August 1916. In the July-August period the E.IIIs appear to have been mostly held back by a combination of the lack of leadership and example (the death of Immelmann and the temporary grounding of Boelcke), problems with the synchronisation gear of the gun (thought to be the reason for Immelmann's downfall), reorganisation, and low moral as a much reduced number of Fokker pilots were faced with the Allied build up to the Somme offensive. During the first two months of the battle of the Somme the Allies gained almost complete control of the air above the battlefield, until the tide started to turn again at the end of August with the introduction of the new German scouts, a new influx of pilots, and reorganisation of scouts into the more effective organisation of the Jasta system. 1916(2) will therefore present a two-month hiatus for the 'German' player, with mostly 'lone wolf' and solo defensive patrols over friendly territory (still one or two line patrols, but not as many). For the Allied player it will be more or less a continuation of the earlier period, January - June.
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1917(2) OFF MOD
By Bletchley
Corrects a very small error in v.1. There are no other changes.
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HANRIOTS IN ACTION
By stumpjumper
COUPLE OF MISSIONS USEING YM ITLAIAN HANRIOTS AND AMERICAN BR-14S ###YOU MSUT HAVE BOTH THESE PLANES AVAIBLE FROM COMBAT ACE OVER FLANDERS FIELDS 3RD PARTY ADD ONS SECTION
GET THEM HERE http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...amp;showcat=355
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1918(3) OFF MOD
By Bletchley
New missions. 1918(3) August-November. At the beginning of August the initiative passed back to the Allied armies. In the British sector Haig was planning an assault on the Amiens front -an attack by the British Fourth Army and French First Army, with massed tanks and aircraft to replace the long preliminary bombardments of the previous year. Air activity was increased on all British sectors, to conceal the point of attack and push back German recon. aircraft from the front. Bomber squadrons, heavily escorted, were tasked to attack airfields and rail centres - activity that was to be strongly, if selectively, opposed by large numbers of German fighters flying in groups of 20 to 40 aircraft, above the low-flying two-seaters on ground attack, counter-battery and contact patrols. The British and French offensive was launched on 8th August, concealed by a heavy ground mist. The German Army was taken by surprise, and Allied forces advanced by up to 8 miles on the first day. The British two-seaters concentrated on contact patrolling, counter-battery work and bombing behind the lines, whilst the fighters were used for ground attack and close offensive patrols. By 11th August, however, German resistance and reinforcements had brought the Allied attack to a halt. The British and French armies had advanced 12 miles. At the end of August another British and French assault was launched - this time, towards Bapaume with an assault to capture the Arras-Albert railway line along 33 miles of front, and a French assault between the British sector and Soissons. The aim this time was to overwhelm German forces and drain them of the capacity to counter-attack by attacking along a wide front. Bapaume fell on the 29th August, Peronne on 1st September. This sustained assault forced the Germany Army to retreat back from the Drocourt-Queant line to prepared positions further back, with Lens abandoned on 3rd September. On 12th September US forces launched at attack on the St. Mihiel salient, which was captured after just two days of fierce fighting. This was followed by a lull in the fighting, as preparations were made for the final Allied assault to break through the Hindenburg Line. Air fighting was intense throughout this whole period, and up to the end of October. The assault was finally launched with an attack towards Cambrai on the 27th September, followed by an attack in Flanders between Dixmude and St. Eloi on the 28th, and on the Hindenburg Line between Cambrai and St. Quentin on the 29th. By the beginning of October the Germany Army was in retreat, in almost all areas, although the air above the battlefield was still being strongly contested by the German fighter wings. On the ground, however, resistance was now crumbling fast, and German columns were in retreat along the roads back to Germany....
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GB Productions 10 R Series
By Guest
Ya, yor morning patrol, so get on it now. The Dr.1 is ready to go. Realistic Series created at 100% Realism, DiD
British_eh
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Flanders maps rev.
By chrispdm1
Here are the Flanders amps with the aerodrome names right on the map. The sidebar is irrelevant material right now.
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New Map Grids for Western Front
This set will replace all the standard in-game and briefing maps. The grids cover the entire front to include west to London and south into Switzerland, and are based on the same grid sizes developed by Reddog. The grids are consistent from map to map and should make it easier to navigate with other flight members when flying online.
Beard
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GB Productions R Series Tondern Mission
By Guest
Alright lads, we need a lad to volunteer for this raid. It might be a bit dodgy, flying over water,and such, but a nice hot chocolate when you return.
Simple really, destroy the Zeppelins and fly back, land on the Carrier, and Bob's your Uncle.
Don't forget to read your briefing.
Cheers,
British_eh
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GB Productions 11 F Series
By Guest
So Oberleutnant Herr Oldham has a very important mission, top secret work to be done, in your Alb DIII.
Cheers,
British_eh
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Takeoffspawns.rar
By sitting_duck
As we fly our missions, constantly crossing over enemyairfields, we encounter airbourne formations, but never see a formation taking off to intercept the intruding formation.
These are 2 "generic" spawns.
As the Player Formation approaches an airfield, it will cause a flight of 5 enemy aircraft to take off, seek and engage.
One for allied, and one for axis. Included is a readme which hopefully will make putting a takeoff spawn into your missions easy, and also explains how to modify the files to spawn whatever aircraft you want.
download file, and extract into a new folder.
the spawn and xml files in the root of the folder go into your cfsww1 over flanders fields\spawns folder.
the mission files inside the Mission folder can go into either your historical or training missions folders. As long as the spawn files are installed properly, the 2 test missons should work.
Use and distribute freely. No credits required.
Should you have any problems with the files, or have any questions, please pm or post.
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Original 1916 Map of the Hazebrouck Sector of Belgium
By RAF_Louvert
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Recently I was fortunate enough to acquire an original 1916 map of the Hazebrouck sector of Belgium and thought I would share my good fortune. After an afternoon of scanning and assembling a couple of dozen clips I can now offer a full-size copy of this wonderful old item. This is the same type of map as used by RFC and RNAS pilots and observers, and this particular example covers the area from St. Omer across to Ypres and points south, (about 40 miles x 30 miles). I hope those of you who fly OFF using paper maps and compass will find this highly detailed old chart useful.
Cheers!
Lou
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Beach Assault at Dawn
By sitting_duck
This is a corrected version. In orignal mission, the ammo dump was not a goal object. In v2 it is, and will show inflicted damage.
We are providing air and bomber support for an amphibious assault of a fortified beach head. Take control of an Se5a Viper, and help soften up the beach head for the landing party, then search out the ammo dump that supplies the bunkers along the coast and givem hell!
Bristols are for support only, they do have cockpits, but limited waypoints.
Download file to seperate folder. Run installer. Please look at readme.
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Lothar Names
Expanded and cleaned-up names files for Over Flanders Fields and OFFbase. Greatly increases the number of unique names for these campaigns, and also skews distributions so some more common names are more likely to appear in-game.
Statistics: This mod increases the number of unique American names in OFF: Hat in the Ring from 68,068 to 109,538, and unique British names from 60,648 to 150,336. The number of unique German names blooms from just 11,850 in the original OFF: Between Heaven and Hell, to 116,446 in HitR by including Creaghorn’s German last names, to a robust 457,380 with this mod. Take note: there are still only 68,730 unique French names—if someone else wants to take a crack at it.
Requires:
Over Flanders Fields
JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler
Credits:
Original files by OBD Software, with HitR including Creaghorn’s expanded German last names from his Homebrew.
Installation and Usage:
The installer automatically extracts the mod folders into your OFF JSGME modsfolder if OFF and JSGME are installed correctly. Activate the mod folders manually in JSGME, or the Mod Manager included in the OFFice campaign editor will take care of it all automatically.
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GB Productions 9 Fun Series
By Guest
Flying the SE5a you will contour hop at 400'. This mission is only for the young brave lads who don't mind a few distractions along the way.
Cheers,
British_eh
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HIGH ALTITUDE MAHEM-2
By PD-1
FOLLOW THE README
from the original high altitude mahem txt.
you can also go into the gunner positions in the zepps and defend it from
attack too.
this allows rearm and refuel for both sides.
PD
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Olham's Gotha Escort Mission
By RAF_Louvert
Sunday, 23 September, 1917: Vlisseghem Flugplatz, Belgium.
Savage British attacks at Menin Road have strained our brave troops to the limit. After falling back to a new defensive line they are now holding their own and continue to fight with true mut. Our informants in England tell us the British are about to deploy a new form of gas weaponry in this general area of the front and have been massing the deadly canisters in a railyard near the outskirts of Ramsgate. It is rumored they plan on dropping these upon our troop marshalling positions at Izegem, and may be bringing them across by heavy bomber at any moment.
Your flight of Albatros D.III scouts have been given the vital task of escorting a wing of Gothas from Kagohl 3 over the North Sea to bomb the railyard and it's lethal stock into oblivion. You will take off and circle the field once to form up, then fly easterly towards Nieuwmunster Flugplatz to join with the Gothas. Climb to working altitude as you make the crossing and provide cover for the bombers along the way. You will have a full fuel load which should give you an additional 20 minutes of flying time, remember this if you get into any fighting, and be sure to lean out your mixture as much as safely possible in order to conserve benzin. You will no doubt encounter defenses over Ramsgate so keep a sharp lookout for enemy planes as well as AA. Once the Gothas have delivered their bombs you are expected to see them safely back home. However, if you do run across any enemy heavy bombers in the area it is a safe bet they are carrying the new gas canisters. You should do everything in your power to see that they don't make it across, for if they do countless numbers of your countrymen will suffer a gruesome fate.
The Kaiser realizes this is a lot to ask of your small jagdstaffel, but His Imperial Majesty has complete faith in your ability to succeed in this most vital mission.
Gott sei mit Der.
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Meuse-Argonne Aerodrome map
By chrispdm1
Here is a map for the Verdun/Meuse-Argonne region with aerodromes marked
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