A couple of little things

[Balalaika 0]

Hello fellow flyers :)

 

Just a couple of questions that I'd really like to find out more about and maybe fix:

 

1) WIND/CLOUDS. Whenever I get into cloud, I dive and stall and 'red out'. This means if I am flying on my own or am leading, I am forced to fly below the clouds, often at dangerously low altitudes (keep getting swooped from above). Whenever I am following a leader, they often take the flight way way high and I cannot keep up. The problem is exacerbated when using warp - if my flight comes out of warp within cloud, they carry on happy as Larry, yet before I can regain control of my plane, it is spinning towards oblivion. What am I doing wrong? Is it mixture settings (I use auto), or what? It's beginning to get me :(

 

2) I am having some sound issues. Ingame prop sounds and guns are fine. Music on 'set-up' screens is fine (and I really like the original music theme). However (da da daaa!) The other sounds are really crap. Very fuzzy and seem slooowwwed down. When I press on a button, there's a muffled crashing sound, and there's awful static-like noise on briefing screens. I viewed the credit screen and in the background was some staticy and very sllooow voice over that I couldnt make out at all (though from what I have read it is supposed to be a real-life ww1 pilot being interviewed). If anyone else has also had this problem and fixed it, maybe you could let me know too! thanks :)

 

I am using vista 64bit with 6gig Ram and q8200 quad cpu 233mhz. IDT hi def audio codec (onboard sound).

 

 

Other than those probs, am really enjoying the game and very glad I bought it. I am having my dad round at weekend who is also keen on flight sims (i just got him a pc to play BoB and FE on) but I don't think he'd be too impressed when I tell clouds kill you, but everyone else flying isnt affected - that's a bit of a gamebreaker!

 

I have TS installed and would really like to fly with a more experienced player sometime too, so if you're reading this and are up to showing a rookie the ropes sometime, please post too.

 

Well, its late so goodnight and hope to hear from *anyone* about any of the topics I mentioned.

 

thanks,

 

Bala

[sitting_duck 3]

what u see is what u get with clouds. Its been asked many times before, and i guess its a problem that although not being ignored, does not have a quick fix.

 

going to guess your sound issues are related to a problem with your sound settings. Dont think ive ever seen a post about sound complaints in this game

 

going to guess you already have done this...but i would run thru all the settings in your onboard sound utility program..always a good idea to jot down the setting for anything you contemplate changing,,,othere wise you end up messed up worse,,,with no idea what you have done,,,( from personal experience if that isnt obvious)

 

and,,should you find a slider for steromix....disable it,,,this is a must if you are using teamspeak.

 

Im away for 4 days, till monday, but put up a post with times are the best for you. I am edt (boston)...but i do my best to get online for new pilots.

Edited May 7, 2009 by sitting_duck

[Balalaika 0]

Thanks SittingDuck for the reply :)

 

Ok, sorted out sound issue by messing about with audio quality options (put in on highest). All works fine now and is that a cat's meow on startup?! was expecting a woof!

 

I'm in the NW of England and the best times for me to fly are 8.30pm-10.30pm GMT weekdays and 2pm-6pm GMT weekends. Would be great to meet up and have flying lessons for awhile :) Obviously ending the sesh with a head to head dogfight :)))

[+Polovski 460]

Please see the FAQ re clouds..

 

http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm

 

under Known Issues then scroll down to "other known issues"

[themightysrc 5]

Balalaika,

 

"I'm in the NW of England"

 

Cor, me too! We must have a beer and chew the fat about OFF some time!

[Rickitycrate 10]

Buddywolf, thanks for digging up this obsolete thread. FYI the in cloud problem was addressed and fixed some time ago. OFF continues to undergo refinement and developement. If you have OFF you need to install the patches.

[Parky 8]

Buddywolf, thanks for digging up this obsolete thread.

 

Yeah.....he's real good at that.