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I think that's actually a very healthy approach Rick! I've driven myself batty chasing stutters and FPS issues over the years. Best to get on with it and accept that the sim will throw some curve balls your way - the joys of a truly dynamic sim!

Thank you kindly for your replies guys! I appreciate it! It's been extremely helpful to get a sense of where everyone is running. I think I'm landing between your two experiences. I have the scenery and the Anti-Aliasing settings turned up as I'd rather have a smoother image quality and more eye candy without the FPS dipping too low (below 40 is tolerable, below 30 starts to feel a bit chuggy). I was wondering because of my system specs, but it sounds like I'm very much clocking in where everyone else is. Diving into some other flight sims that I thought had higher FPS, I discovered that they in fact did not, or if they did, it was because the horizon render distance was set to 20KM, so that explained what I was seeing. Rick - I love catching up with your videos mate! Thanks so much for taking the time to share them! Hope you are doing well BB! Good to see you all again! Cheers!

Howdy Gents, Hope you are all doing well. I am finally getting a chance to sink my teeth into OTT and I'm enjoying immensely. As noted by Pol and Winder, the system requirements are quite a bit higher than before. I'm wondering what your target FPS is these days. I have a beefy gaming rig (specs below) and I'm finding that with the scenery and terrain detail dialed in at 3 and the visibility set to 100km, I'm consistently in the mid to low 30s. Traditionally with a new game, I set most of the settings on max (the joys of getting a new gaming rig when I turned 40 lol). After reading over the release notes for OTT, I realized that perhaps my fps philosophy has been incorrect - I keep aiming for a high FPS and with an older engine like CFS3 combined with the wizardry of OBD, I'm not sure I'm viewing these games settings with the right mindset. With all that rambling out of the way, I wanted to ask: What is a good average fps for your adventures in WOFF these days? Do you aim for a high fps or do you look for a smooth fps even if its lower. I'm really curious to hear about your experiences. I'd be delighted to hear from Pol or Winder as well - what targets do you aim for when you are doing your final tests before a release? Rick, I know that you are not only playing WOFF, but you're also recording - which is an insane load on a system! What fps do you look for? Thanks in advance for sharing them and any tweaks and settings that you've had some luck with. Cheers! Intel (11th Gen) i9-11900KF @3.50GHz RAM: 32GB nVidia GeForce RTX 3080 (10GBV RAM) WOFF installed on SSD Monitor: 2560x1440 at 144Hz

Hi Baxter, Hope you're doing well! I don't know of any direct locations for the patch - I'm sure Pol could point you in the right direction. One solution I've used for some older games is to fire up the Wayback machine on Internet Archive and see if some downloads work there. PS: Did some digging and found this link: https://web.archive.org/web/20191223171737/https://overflandersfields.com/ Wondering if this is something @sandbagger might be interested in hosting on his site, if he has the space for it?

Good spotting, Gelete! I hadn't seen this! Really excited to jump into some of these more rare machines. Thanks for giving us the heads up! Cheers!

Another round of sights from the Front - this time from January of 1918. You could feel the cold mist during the flight with the Sopwith Dolphins. Managed to bag a balloon on that mission - which you can see tempting me on the horizon as we were on patrol. Such a gorgeous game. Often when we are ingress, I'll use the J camera and just admire what's going on in the world around me. Hope you enjoy!

Also picked up my copy of OTT and man, what a gorgeous looking sim! Everything about OFF now feels fully polished. The interface looks crisp and sharp. Text is nicely legible. The descriptions on all of the aircraft have been revised and are a pleasure to read. The level of detail on everything just feels fully realized now. It's almost a shame to use the goggle filter as it removes some of the opportunity to admire just how gorgeous it is. Amazing work, Pol and Winder. My appreciation as always. Cheers!

This is such a treat to listen to! Thanks so much for putting this together Rick - been wanting to hear from OBD for a long time! Enjoyed the interview with a fine cup of coffee. Cheers to you all!

Good evening Gents, Hope you are all enjoying some quality time with OTT! Wanted to toss in something slightly different. I went back and revisited Red Baron 3D this evening - I have several variations installed. Had to share some visuals to see how far we've come. Below is a selection of screenshots from the ancient Beery 2.0 Superpatch, Full Canvas Jacket, and of course, OVS' own Hell's Angels Superpatch. It's still a marvelous game - the old gal is a lovely thing to revisit, some 26 years later! Cheers all! Hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane!

Excellent sampler, Rick! Thank you for sharing! Cheers!

I love this idea, Rick! I remember loving Crimson Skies but I also don't remember being able to enjoy it for very long before we moved to Windows XP and the game just stopped functioning. Into the bin it went at some point... The closest we have to the real thing is a project over on the SAS boards, who work on all things IL-2 1946. Check it out! https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=62309.0 Cheers! PS: Loving the flight videos you upload! Great stuff!

Thanks for the recommendation, gents! I appreciate the advice. Looks like the full merged version is the way to go. Looking forward to it! Cheers!

Hi Everyone, Just wandering over from the WOFF boards. I'm getting into more modern jet sims - I've had Falcon since 98 and I've dabbled with DCS (but don't have the time or HD space to full commit right now). I played SF2 Israel back in 2009 and have long since lost my backup. I was wondering how, in 2024, I could get back into the series. What would you recommend - is ThirdWire still technically functioning? Are there any inclusive mods to download to bring the series up to date, so to speak. Would greatly appreciate any guidance you can provide. PS: The idea was sparked when visiting the Museum of Flight in Seattle and, when jumping into their full 360 motion sim rig, noticed they were running Strike Fighters. :)

Some recent scenes from the Alsace sector... March, 1917.

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