OT: Only Took 27 Years!

[CaptSopwith]

To finally survive a full DiD campaign in Red Baron 3D!

Wounded? Yes!
Captured? Temporarily?

But Lt. John Parks survived a full tour of duty with the 94th Aero squadron from March to November 1918. It was so much fun to revisit "the old gal" and play through, this time with a stock install running in D3D mode, like I did in 1998 when I first got the game - what a treat!

Now if he can just avoid catching the flu on the ship home, he'll be in good shape!

And at this rate, I might get a pilot through WOFF by the time I'm 70!

 

[Rick Rawlings]

Oh man, I remember those days!  I still haven't gotten there in WOFF!

Edited August 9 by Rick Rawlings

[CaptSopwith]

17 hours ago, Rick Rawlings said:

Oh man, I remember those days!  I still haven't gotten there in WOFF!

Your comment makes me feel a bit better, Rick! After all, you are getting in way more flight hours than most of us and if you struggle, it helps me feel a bit better. I think, at this point, the odds of getting a long term pilot through from 1915 to the end, with the possibilities of mechanical failure, being hit by flak, going down behind enemy lines, crashing on landing, falling prey to an enemy scout if you are playing as the observer and not the pilot in a two-seater... the odds would have to be pretty staggering. And it makes you marvel at the ones who made it.

Cheers mate! Still enjoying your videos!

[Rick Rawlings]

Certainly, if you fly every flight, it would be almost impossible, and most likely take several real life years! Even skipping a lot it is almost impossible not to get two-seater head shotted, rammned, clip a tree LOD that blooms out in front of you...