CaptSopwith

Lou! I am very happy indeed to see your name pop back up on these boards - though I'll admit I'm a tad late in sending you a Merry Christmas. I hope you're doing well and enjoying life - we miss seeing you around the boards!

Hi Mark! The EAW boards in general have been pretty quiet after the buzz of the GoG/Steam release. I still head over to your site for materials when I'm building out a specific version / install of EAW. And with Tally Ho closing shop, your site is one of the last bastions of institutional memory for this great game. Speaking of which, I've noticed I haven't seen much from Mr. Jelly lately - hope he's doing okay! I know everyone is getting older. Anyway, my thanks for all of the work on the site - it continues to live in my bookmarks. Cheers!

Genuinely the passing of an era. I spent so many nights in high school and college coming through the amazing add-ons for EAW and I remember amassing a sizable collection of aircraft skins for, I think it was EAWStab? Those were fun days. Thanks to Mike and the entire community for making games like EAW truly special. Here's hoping it can migrate some if its content over to Combat Ace - thanks for reaching out Erik.

Good to see you still flying, Rick! I appreciate you continuing to share your aviation adventures with us! It's a very welcome diversion in these times. Hope you are well mate!

A few new photos from today's sorties on opposite ends of the war (both adversarial and chronological). New crates look fantastic!

Had the pleasure to take up the new Siemens-Schuckert D.III. A fascinating aircraft. Super nimble, great climb rate. The cockpit feels a bit... cramped and the gun housing is mounted pretty high up - or perhaps my pilot just happens to be shorter in stature lol. Jumped into the free roam view to capture some additional images and found our airfield under attack. It was actually traumatic to snap photos of little virtual ground crew working on their machines one minute, and then seeing them killed in by aerial bombing the next. The addition of these guys really makes the airfield feel like a living entity and not just your first waypoint on a flight map. I think I took too many photos - after snapping the "K" key one time too many the sim kicked me back to the manager but it did successfully end the mission. I'll be more mindful of my itchy (camera) trigger finger next time!

It's fantastic, Rick! I think you'll love it!

Gents... we've got a gem on our hands! TLH feels so polished and refined. It's a thousand small touches that add up to a massive upgrade. The map is so much more readable! It's actually enjoyable to review it now for your waypoints - something I haven't said since the old map in Red Baron 3D. The menu colors are lovely. The load times are absolutely improved, even though I already had the sim on an SSD. The FPS feel smoother as well, less popping in the frame rate - I suspect a credit to the new way the sim is loading in aircraft skins. And speaking of which... I know we haven't gotten the true goodies yet from OvS and company, but what is there is stunning. Such a beautiful looking sim. Here are some sights from tonight's flight at the beginning of Bloody April. Cheers guys - it's such a pleasure to be here to see what this sim has grown into.