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  1. Posted

    On 1/15/2022 at 11:16 PM, WangoTango said:

    Is anyone using opentrack for head tracking in game ? If so do you have suggestions on profile settings ?

    here is my opentrack profile for woff. I tend to use the one global profile and just modify ever so slightly from sim to sim. Think in this one i set an offset to bring the pilot head slightly aft of default. could be wrong, cant really remember lol

    try it and see what you think just pop in your opentrack folder in documents

    WOFF.ini

  5. Posted

    The issue with the T-Flight rudder pedals is simply that WOFF is looking for a "Rz axis" (or possibly any input with the word "axis" as the name) to bind as rudder but this only exists on the flight stick. Because of this the axis for the rudders is called "Slider 1", but WOFF fails to recognize this input when assigning.

    The only work around is to use external software to reconfigure your entire hotas but this can lead to "switching off" certain parts of the hotas and just gets messy and, as in the case of this thread, when they update drivers you sometimes have to start over again.

    I don't understand much of coding and I don't know exactly how the key bind utility works but could it not be programmed to recognize binds with both "axis" or "slider" in the name? Or am I grossly oversimplifying the issue?

     

     

  6. Posted

    On 5/15/2021 at 1:11 PM, RAF_Louvert said:

    By the way, I just checked the downloads section here and the dozens of WWI aviation digital books I brought together over a decade ago for folks are still available via the following link:  WWI Aviation Books downloads

    Enjoy! :pilotfly:

    I missed this reply first time around and just gave these a look. Absolutely cracking collection, thank you so much for sharing!

  8. Posted · Edited by Bagpipe

    1 hour ago, Polovski said:

    Glad you are sorted. We just read standard DirectX inputs, if controllers want to use various other axis or sliders and so on it would often need their other software (as you have used there) to alter it.

    I appreciate that, I am just puzzled why it doesn't work out of the box considering it is one of the more popular brands/sets out there.

    For the average user it is very complicated to have to turn to the likes of target gui or similar to reconfigure the hotas and when you consider that they work fine with other sims out there it's a bit...mehh :dntknw:

    Is there no way to add support for particularly popular hotas which are known to have issues with your software? I mean in order to save you guys having to test each of the hotas we, the community, could possibly help out in some way no?

  12. Posted

    13 hours ago, Burning Beard said:

    I have a  T16000M stick and I didn't install any drivers for it when I built the new computer recently.  I just programmed it in Workshop in BHAH II, and sure I didn't use drivers on WOFF either.  Now I'm not an expert on computer programming and hopefully someone will jump in here, but what I would do is delete the Thrustmaster program, restart, them plug the T16000M back in and let Windows find it.  Then I would program the buttons and axis in Workshop to whatever you find convenient. 

    Letting windows find it is the same as installing drivers. Once it finds it, it installs the drivers...

    And i cant program the rudder in because woff does not detect it as the correct type of axis to be compatible as a rudder (Z-axis). That is why I have had to use the thrustmaster gui program. It is a nightmare but now it seems thrustmaster have changed something yet again and it has screwed up the whole lot. 

  13. Posted

    So when I got WOFF originally I was faced with the conundrum of my rudder pedals not detecting as a z axis as they are a slider axis apparently which is a different thing.

    And so began the difficult process of trying to understand the TARGET software they offer in order to remap the whole hotas set in order to run compatibly with WOFF.

    Luckily, on one of the forums from a while back, someone had posted a TARGET profile for the T16000 which i was able to update a little and get everything running.

     

    However, it seems that Thrustmaster have updated drivers or something and it has gone and rendered the hotas stick unreadable now in WOFF. So I can now control my rudder but I can't pitch or bank!!!!

    ARGGHHH! It is infuriating. I have no interest in diving into setting up an entirely new target profile as it is beyond me but if anybody has any ideas on how to get this lot working again in WOFF I would be beyond greatful :)

  15. Posted

    On 6/28/2021 at 6:37 AM, catch said:

    Silence is golden. If only hip hop/rap had been invented in those days and relegated rightly to the garbage bin before sound became a thing. Sorry, I'm off topic (again) and showing my age (again).

    Can we update Catch's forum stat to "very senior member"? :wink:

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  17. Posted

    1 hour ago, Jara4 said:
    First edition of BH&HII Misison Editor released, download available here
    Be aware, pls, that some functions (compared to WOFF PE version) can be disabled or not yet available (e.g. Populated airfieldsmod, Debriefing mode). In case you find any bugs, let me know, pls.
    Enjoy!

    cant access file. "violation of terms of service" 

  19. Posted

    2 hours ago, TROOPER117 said:

    Can't be bothered with VR, it's overpriced, and I'm one of those old duffers that likes to see his controls and keyboard etc... My trackIR still allows me to get immersed in my little flying world. 

    Yeah I come and go with VR. It can be fun but the tech is miles off of being fully developed.

  20. Posted

    Mrs has been out in town today and brought back: Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Max Hastings which seems a good place to start I guess.

    I see some of the books listed available quite reasonably online too so will get a wee order in!

  23. Posted

    Ladies/Gents,

     

    I am looking for recommended reading on the subject of WW1. I am sure some of you will have some ideas.

    Ideally books which cover as wide an area as possible and preferably including details of the air war but if they are really too good to miss and are narrower in their scope then that is fine too.

    Some form of concise WW1 bible if you will :good:

  24. Posted

    15 hours ago, Dutch_P47M said:

    First great to see activities on WoFF here at CAF,  much better site then the buggy SIMHQ. 

    Sorry I have some remarks 

    Early war recon missions: By my knows (Cecil Lewis book as an sample in his MS parasol)  early war reconnaissance missions were mostly single.   

    Old CFS3 game engine: There is always some doubts about the CFS3 game engine.  If doing WW1 monitor flying there is no substitute for WoFF, believe me the other “modern game engine”  WW1 game, is nothing more then a sterile RoF swap. While we are talking about graphics, I can tell you, despite  this FC game has an more modern game engine,  the clouds, sky dome and the nomans land are still “2009 old style”. Black  ink spots that’s supposed to be impact craters and trenches are hilarious.  The so called 4k plane models are fuzzy made, read your self at the official FC website.  

    I’m a big fan of flysims, WW1 specific, only now being infected by VR there is no way going back to the monitor.  I do hope one day OBD does go for WOFF-VR, even its only 1 plane made in VR. Because right now, there is no decent WW1 combat flysim for VR. 

    WoFF is a great immersive game and made with respect & love by OBD. 

    note:  to be clear here,  this criticism is about FC and not counting for the WW2 BOX series. 

    I honestly love FC in VR. I love it for different reasons from why I love WOFF. If FC fights in VR were as intense as WOFF's are I would never put the headset back on! :stars:

    I don't think it is fair or proper to pitch them against each other. They are what they are really.

  25. Posted

    On 5/13/2021 at 11:46 PM, Baldric said:

    I'm assuming QoL means Quality of Life...lol I recently retired from being a healthcare professional so I'm seeing it the same as you.  Cheers,

     

    Kind regards,

    Dave

    Yeah QoL - quality of life. It's used in many industries to be honest but will obviously mean grossly different things. The healthcare industry meaning being quite literal!

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