CFS3 WW1 Dawn Patrol 1914 - 1918

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A very unexpected surprise! I saw this posted on the Wings of Valor forums:

 

A freeware addon for CFS3 that will recreate the AIRWAR that heralded the beginning of aerial

 

combat as we know it today.

 

The add-on will encompass at least the following in an effort to immerse the simmer into the

 

1914 - 1918 airwar:

 

1) Recreation of historical fronts, accurately placed, that stretch from Nieuport to

 

Switzerland. Front lines will move over the years as they did historically

 

2) Detailed and accurately rendered front sectors such as Somme, Verdun, Ypres that will

 

include pock marked and devastated landscapes, trenches, barbed wire, sandbags shattered

 

trees/woods and more.

 

3) Detailed villages and towns such as Arras, Albert, Amiens, St Quentin, Douai, Ypres,

 

Verdun and Cambrai to name but a few, that are laid out logically with proper roads, and

 

details such as French buildings (typical of the era), telegraph poles hedgerows, and more.

 

4) Detailed destroyed villages that will give the simmer an idea of what happened to the

 

villages and towns unfortunate enough to be near the front

 

5) Thoroughly researched and accurately placed Airfields such as Bertangles, Boiry St

 

Martin, Flez, Roucourt, to name but a few, complete with realistic hangars, tented hangars

 

and "Circus" hangars as applicable, with grass fields typical at the time.

 

6) Updated and improved in sim map, that shows the position of the front and names of

 

important towns and landmarks that aviators can navigate by.

 

7) An initial base set of craft typical of the 1916/1917 era - details to be provided

 

This will encompass the most important single and two seater craft.

 

8) An initial ground units set that will include WW1 tanks, artillery, and observation

 

balloons etc.

 

9) Improved objects such as flora and building textures.

 

 

When?:

 

It is anticipated that the addon will be released sometime during the first quarter 2005 -

 

certainly after MAW. I cannot say more than that presently.

 

How?:

 

The team currently is a very small enterprise that includes:

 

David "Davo" Payne

Rob "Capt Winters" Stevenson

Bill "wckesq" Kimmelman

Mark "Winding Man" Andrews

 

With important technical and consulting input from:

 

Ed "gzr_Groundhog" Wilson - who is Part of the DESERT RATS MAW TEAM

Bill "Spitfrnd" Wilson - Airfile expert and MAW Team Lead Aircraft team member

 

Here is a list of aircraft hoped to be included:

 

Allied Craft

 

Sopwith Camel *

Sopwith Triplane

Sopwith Pup *

Sopwith Strutter

SE5A *

Nieuport 11 Bebe

Nieuport 17 *

Spad 7

 

Two Seaters

 

RE8 (Harry Tate)

BE2C

Brisfit *

 

 

Central Powers Craft

 

Albatross DII *

Albatross DIII *

Albatross Dva

Fokker Dr1

Fokker DVII

Pfalz DIII *

 

Two Seaters

 

Roland DII

Albatross C1

Hannover

 

See this forum for more details: http://www.cfcforums.com/forumdisplay.php?...sc&daysprune=30

 

Very cool stuff!!!!