Hows the install of OFF?

[Roger55]

I spent most of last night and this morning seperating a modded version of CFS3 from a vanilla install. Then I tried ETO and MAW. I know I preserved the Vanilla install because I uninstalled it, everything eles worked and then reinstalled 3.1a.

 

But I got ETO wrong the first time. I had to rebuild the modded version before I got it right as a seperate install.

 

("print up the read me"--no printer chum).

 

So how is tha install for OFF. That's the real question!

 

It's coming from England, right? I paid through some Dutch firm and I'm waiting for mail from England?

[Broadside uda Barn]

No you dont have to every fly cfs3.

 

Put the OFF DVD into the drive, follow the instructions.

When it says to put in your cfs3 cd, put it in (make sure it's 3.1 version, and also it must not be a copy.).

It'll copy what it wants from cfs3, then ask for the dvd of OFF again.

Put it in, and after it installs, install the super patch, then the mini patch (I think F is the last one), and play.

 

Follow the instructions for setup in the OFF FAQ, as it will save you lots of time, and get you running asap.

 

HTH.

[Herr Prop-Wasche]

I think that most of the newer CFS3 disks are already updated to 3.1 Roger55 should check what version he has first.

[77Scout]

BUB is correct. The instuctions for installing OFF are shown on the case and could not be simpler...put the OFF disc in the drive and let it install. Nowhere do the instructions say you must to pre-install CSF3 (although it works fine if you have). The OFF leads you through all steps of the process.

[Roger55]

The moment I posted the message above, the mail came. And to my surprise there was OFF. Hit the exe file on the disk and went off to eat lunch.

 

So I started by seting all the settings as low as I could go in workshop. My throttle was loaded and my pedals and "I didn't do nothing."

 

I need to set the sound down lower, it's enough to wake the dead.

 

So I take this Spad 7 up and fly like a crazy man. Granted I was out there alone in free flight but I pulled every combat manuver I could remember using. Controls are as stiff as I remember.

 

Anyway I shut her down and checked the CPU temp: 54 C. Same as with MSFS 2004. That CPU doesn't turn on the fan till it gets to 73 C.

 

Frame rates from 19-45. No stutter yet. That was with nothing turned off that runs in the background

 

Processor: Intel Celeron E1400 2Ghz dual core.

Card: Nvidia Geforce 8400 GS 512 MB

MB: Intel DQ35JOE E stands foe "executive.

Chip set: Intel Q35

 

Sidewinder, Throttle Quadrant, Pro Pedals.

 

Now to get shot down.

[sitting_duck]

no,,,now you gotta check out multiplayer....

 

 

[Roger55]

no,,,now you gotta check out multiplayer....

 

 

 

Not with a 56 k modem on dial up.

 

This is going to take awhile . Pesky Albatrosses want to fight in the trees. Not a good place to "land".

 

Set the flight model a little harder. And turned up the sliders to 4 2 2 2 2. That had the frame rate down to 19 with 4 planes in the summer. CPU temp up to 58 C.

 

Yeah, I think I'm going to have to spring for a new CPU. This ones just at the edge.

[Roger55]

You're gonna need the 3.1 patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1a does you No good

 

Get it here:

 

http://www.microsoft....aspx#update3.1

If you got old disks from like six years ago. You load. You patch to 3.1. And then add a, a really tiny fix.

[sitting_duck]

dial up? damn,,how many days did it take you do download the superpatch?