Luiz Carlos 0 Posted March 23, 2009 I´m still waiting to my OFF copy to arrive by the mail, so I have seen that there are two damage models:"Normal" and "Hard". What´s the most realistic in your opinion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortiesboy 3 Posted March 23, 2009 Welcome to OFF, Luis. I think it is in another recent thread that Polovski ( One of the Devs ) stated that the damage model has not been changed and is not changeable in workshops. What is changeable is the " realism " between hard and normal , which seems to be a case of how many bullets you have to put into the EA aircraft before they are adversely affected, and how few are needed to hit your plane before you are in trouble. Combined with this is the effectiveness of your weapons - normal-strong- strongest. Also changeable is the nearness the EA aircraft get to you before they open fire. What is the most realistic has been the subject of much debate. Some seem to favour the strategy side of the sim in making it hard for your pilot to survive, therefore the harder it is to do that, the more realistic it is. Others prefer to concentrate on the flying aspects- how do the planes fly, easy or as they were in fact- and some debate as to whether they have (all ) been modelled ( or can be modelled - a computer sim must have limitations, no matter how good a programmer you are ) close to the planes characteristics, Or whether they react with each other when fighting, in the manner they did in real life. Again, very hard to achieve. What is brilliant is the ability to almost believe you are there- you can concentrate on your likes and set up the sim accordingly and then have a really good time. You will enjoy OFF3 if you like flight sims, which i presume you do, as you have bought one. A lot of work has gone into creating it, and the forum has a bunch of really good chaps. Any questions you have, especially when beginning, will be helpfully answered. I hope you will enjoy it here . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luiz Carlos 0 Posted March 23, 2009 Well, thank you very much for the explanation, I find it really useful. I do like flight sims, (I was hooked in the original Red Baron times,can´t remember the release date) I´m flying with Il2 since the demo, but I always missed a new WW1 flight sim like Red Baron 3D with it´s brilliant campaign. So, if I understand well , is not the damage model that´s interchangeable, but the weapon effectiveness,am I right? And you are saying that both are acceptable, it´s a matter of taste... Well I think I will have to wait for my copy arrives and decide to myself , according my own concept of "realism" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
