Claim form shortened by quite a bit

[Ryan H 0]

I was flying last night and happened to encounter AFC-2 and Jasta 23 doing a number on each other. My wingman and I headed into combat to help AFC-2 out (we are members of AFC-4). I must either be better than I thought or REALLY lucky because I was able to down 5 Pfalz IIIa's in about 6 minutes (on 100% realism no less)! Needless to say when we got back to our Aerodrome I had a lot of explaining to do. I wrote the description for all the kills in the one claim slot. I put all 5 kills into 1 claim slot because it was all 1 event more or less. I was constantly breaking off of one and onto the next. When I finished the claim form and submitted it I looked in my claim log and it only showed my description of my 1st kill! It still shows that I claimed 5 but only showed my description of 1, and didnt show my wittnesses either. Anyone know why?

 

 

Another question: This happened almost exactly on top of a friendly airfield, can I list that airfield as a wittness? What about the AFC-2 airmen that were up there as well? In the wittness form it says to only put the first and last name of a wittness so I'm a bit confused.

 

LOVING this game so far! What a blast!

[Winston DoRight 3]

Is the remainder of your text on the next page in your logbook?

 

Rather than putting the airfield name as a witness, try to explain where the dogfight took place or the enemy planes crashed in relationship to the airfield. Example: "The enemy planes all crashed northwest of Douai airfield."

[Ryan H 0]

Is the remainder of your text on the next page in your logbook?

 

Rather than putting the airfield name as a witness, try to explain where the dogfight took place or the enemy planes crashed in relationship to the airfield. Example: "The enemy planes all crashed northwest of Douai airfield."

 

 

I'll give that a try next time. I don't think the claim covers 2 pages because since then I have made another claim and it shows up below the one in question.

[Macklroy 2]

Another question: This happened almost exactly on top of a friendly airfield, can I list that airfield as a wittness? What about the AFC-2 airmen that were up there as well? In the wittness form it says to only put the first and last name of a wittness so I'm a bit confused.

 

LOVING this game so far! What a blast!

 

First of all, glad to see another pilot enjoying OFF. It is a great game.

 

As far as naming that airfield as a wittness. I have not tried that before, but in my claim form I will make a note at the end. "Enemy machine wittnessed crashed near (aredrome name)." or " Enemy craft downed in flames north west of (aredrome name)." My kill confirmations have been quite high. I do not think the "Exact" lat and long are necessary. But again this is all just from my 'limited' experience in game. Also, claiming 5 on one form is not unlike putting all of your eggs in one basket. If the home office is prepared to credit you with 4 confirmed kills but you have put in a claim form of 5 kills you will recieve none! I try to make it a practice, when in engagements that result in multiple enemy machines downed, to either break up the claim into two smaller claims, or simply claim a more conservative number (say 3, if you got 4 or 5 you'll at least get credit for 3). That has helped my confirmation percentage. I usually get about a 90% confirmation now, as before i was getting 50-60%.

 

S!

[Rickitycrate 10]

Hi Ryan, welcome to our little group. Sounds like you had a hell of a fight and gave 'em bloody 'ell. Good. You've gotten good advice for the form. Now see about staying alive long enough to see them confirmed.

[Olham 164]

In my claim reports, I also can only read the first three or four lines, then it breaks off;

no witnesses - just the next report starting. Anyone else has that?

[Ryan H 0]

In my claim reports, I also can only read the first three or four lines, then it breaks off;

no witnesses - just the next report starting. Anyone else has that?

 

So I'm not sure if anyone has found a solution to this (or cares) but its because of the semicolon key. If you use a semicolon in your report it thinks thats the end.

 

(sorry to kick back up an old thread)

[Olham 164]

Hey, Ryan - if that's true, you really helped me a lot! (Never read the old thread).

I will try without semicolons and see if it works.

[Check Six 2]

Perhaps the "staff wallahs" see a semi-colon as a wink, and think you are pulling their leg a bit, and simply do not read any further.

 

 

[Olham 164]

Yeah, or they are so stupid, that they meditate about the question, whether it is a komma or a full stop.

 

But seriously now: I looked into the log files, and indeed the semicolon is used as a stop sign, to split

the report in parts written by the program, and your report text.

 

So, DON'T USE SEMICOLONS in the claims reports, everyone!

Edited September 16, 2009 by Olham