Johan217

I remember I enjoyed these at the time, but I have never seen them since - so forgive me if they turn out to be rubbish :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_to_Looking_Glass

Greetings from Flanders fields... Coping OK so far, but I expect a lockdown will be announced here in the next few days. Stay safe all! And a big thank you to any members who are out there working in healthcare, fire brigades, police, transport, supermarkets etc.

Are radio comms implemented in this build, or not yet? Knowing myself I tend to lose interest rather quickly if this aspect is missing. So if not I'd rather wait until full release, don't care if it means paying more money :)

The quote on the Dutch banner ("heb moeten obediëren in der gerechtigheid." = "have had to obey in justice") had me puzzled for a bit. I figured that it comes from the national anthem, but it is only a small part of a longer sentence and doesn't make sense on its own. No biggie for me (I'm not Dutch ;)), but I just wanted to point it out.

Just two things on my wishlist for now: 1) Map plotting tools (at least a ruler/compass and an angle ruler) 2) I feel that capital ships are too vulnerable to torpedos. It seems like it always takes just a single hit to sink a battleship. This is especially annoying since enemy subs tend to start at very close range. Granted I am still in 1939 so I guess the destroyer shield isn't particularly effective and maybe it will improve over time. At least the game models dud torpedos, which is a feature that has saved me a couple of times now!.

I just had a more modest battle, HMS Hotspur vs T-22, but it was a naibiting experience nevertheless. And while playing I found another advantage of the turn based system: I find it makes the anticipation of the incoming enemy salvo more tense, well for me anyway!

Task Force 1942.

33Lima, you did it again. First the Graviteam games and now you sold me on this one! Have just started to learn the ropes but enjoying it already. The campaign sure looks like it will put many games to shame. Personally I am happy that the devs chose a turn-based format, I find that all too often "real-time" is really just a way of forcing the player to beat the game against the clock, leaving no opportunity for actual tactics/strategy or even enjoy the fancy graphics.

It's currently 50% off on Steam (€4,99). 33Lima, you did it again. First you made me buy all the Graviteam stuff, now this! Love reading your reports, they are often much more informative than reviews on other sites.

Sorry to ask, but where do we get the A-37B from?

"Hold, Falcon 1, we have a situation developing" Will be flying this one for sure!

Get them all eventually, but try SF2:Vietnam or SF2:Israel for starters as these offer the best (stock) content in my opinion. The "problem" with the SF series is very much like with MS Flight Simulator: there is so much to do and there are so many addon aircraft and campaigns... resist the temptation to try them all out at once or you will end up "sampling" but not doing any flying. Best is to stick to one campaign (stock or addon) at a time, and take your time learning a particular aircraft. SF2 may be "sim lite" but there is enough complexity to make each aircraft behave very differently.

My bad. I must have changed the commdata.ini myself then :) I just want to say that your mod improves the SF2V experience exponentially!

I only just got SF2V (version I purchased is May2011) and installed this Expansion Pack. I had a problem with missing carriers (i.e. aircraft blew up on mission start). Solved it by extracting the game's CVA-63.INI and SCB-125.INI into their respective mod folders. Haven't run into any game crashes or missing skins/loadouts yet. You may want to look into the COMMDATA.INI and SOUNDLIST.INI files, I think the patch changed these files (the new wingman commands, for example).

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...ode=sst&id=4149 File Name: Middle East Wars v1.1 updateFile Submitter: Johan217 File Submitted: 23 Feb 2007 File Category: Missions/Campaigns This package updates the MiddleEastWars campaign pack to v1.1. Main changes from v1.0: - All 3 campaigns updated for use with Gepard's Israel v2.1 terrain - Increased enemy air activity when flying ground attack missions - Fixed a frontline bug in the 6 Days War campaign that caused the campaign to end prematurely - Historically correct markings for the Egyptian Air Force in the Suez campaign New addon Requirements: - Middle East Wars campaign pack (MiddleEastWars v1.0) - Israel 2 terrain by Gepard - Israel 2 terrain update v2.1 by Gepard - Desert tileset Beta by Gepard (required for WOV/WOE) Click here to download this file

You can ignore this value in CFSConfig (I believe this is a bug with CFS3) as it won't have an effect on the 3D game. Just set your anti-aliasing (e.g. to 4x) in Catalyst Control Center and you should see the effect.

In my current campaign (RFC 45Sqn, October 1916) I've noticed that some flight members are using an incorrect skin on their Strutters (with French markings). I looked at the OFFLog.txt, and it reports that there were problems (see below). I looked in the CampaignData\skins directory, and the .dds files mentioned in the report are indeed not there. The folder itself contains 3.678 files. Is that the correct number for a good install? So my question is: did something go wrong with my install? I have BHAH+HITR. I don't remember getting any errors during install, and OFF appears to be working correctly otherwise. Thanks in advance! !!Non critical Player Specific Squadron Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_strutter_t_RFC-45 1916.dds, the default aircraft skin will be used instead! --Campaign Player Stats: RFC-45 Date: 20 October 1916 Time: 14h03 ??Craft Invalid! Nieuport 12_SQ1 **Friendly Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Nieuport17_t_Esc 26 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Nieuport 17_SQ1\textures\Nieuport17_SQ1_t.dds ??Craft Invalid! RAF_FE8_SQ1 !!Friendly Squad Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_NieuportN16_t_Esc 15 1916.dds, to be copied to G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Nieuport_N16_SQ1\textures\NieuportN16_SQ1_t.dds, the default aircraft skin will be used instead! (Nieuport_N16_SQ1) !!Friendly Squad Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_DH2_m16_t_RFC-32 1916.dds, to be copied to G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\DH2_m16_SQ1\textures\DH2_mid16_SQ1_t.dds, the default aircraft skin will be used instead! (DH2_m16_SQ1) !!Friendly Squad Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_strutter_t_RFC-70 1916.dds, to be copied to G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Sopwith_Strutter_SQ2\textures\off_Strutter_SQ2_t.dds, the default aircraft skin will be used instead! (Sopwith_Strutter_SQ2) **Friendly Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_RAF_BE2c_t_RFC-42 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\RAF_BE2c_SQ1\textures\RAF_BE2c_SQ1_t.dds ??Craft Invalid! RAF_FE8_SQ1 !!Friendly Squad Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Nieuport17_t_Esc 112 1916.dds, to be copied to G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Nieuport 17_SQ2\textures\Nieuport17_SQ2_t.dds, the default aircraft skin will be used instead! (Nieuport 17_SQ2) **Friendly Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_RAF_BE2c_t_RFC-5 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\RAF_BE2c_SQ2\textures\RAF_BE2c_SQ2_t.dds **Friendly Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_FE2b_t_RFC-23 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\FE2b_SQ1\textures\FE2b_SQ1_t.dds **Friendly Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_RAF_BE2c_t_RFC-9 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\RAF_BE2c_SQ3\textures\RAF_BE2c_SQ3_t.dds **Friendly Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_RAF_BE2c_t_RFC-13 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\RAF_BE2c_SQ4\textures\RAF_BE2c_SQ4_t.dds **Friendly Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Nieuport17_t_Esc 103 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Nieuport 17_SQ3\textures\Nieuport17_SQ3_t.dds **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Halb_DII_t_Jasta 8 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Halb_DII_SQ1\textures\Halb_DII_SQ1_t.dds !!Enemy Ace Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\Off_AlbDII_Ace_t_Jasta 8 1916_Walter_Gottsch.dds , attempting to use the default squadron skin instead! (AlbDII_AC1) **Enemy Ace matching Squadron Skin File has been found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_AlbDII_t_Jasta 8 1916.dds and used instead of Ace skin! (AlbDII_AC1) !!Enemy Ace Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\Off_AlbDII_Ace_t_Jasta 8 1916_Wilhelm Anton_Seitz.dds , attempting to use the default squadron skin instead! (AlbDII_AC2) **Enemy Ace matching Squadron Skin File has been found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_AlbDII_t_Jasta 8 1916.dds and used instead of Ace skin! (AlbDII_AC2) !!Enemy Ace Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\Off_AlbDII_Ace_t_Jasta 8 1916_Hans_Korner.dds , attempting to use the default squadron skin instead! (AlbDII_AC3) **Enemy Ace matching Squadron Skin File has been found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_AlbDII_t_Jasta 8 1916.dds and used instead of Ace skin! (AlbDII_AC3) !!Enemy Ace Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\Off_AlbDII_Ace_t_Jasta 8 1916_Alfred_Trager.dds , attempting to use the default squadron skin instead! (AlbDII_AC4) **Enemy Ace matching Squadron Skin File has been found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_AlbDII_t_Jasta 8 1916.dds and used instead of Ace skin! (AlbDII_AC4) **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Halb_DII_t_Jasta 3 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Halb_DII_SQ2\textures\Halb_DII_SQ2_t.dds **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Halb_DII_t_Jasta 3 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Halb_DII_SQ2\textures\Halb_DII_SQ2_t.dds **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Halb_DII_t_Jasta 3 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Halb_DII_SQ2\textures\Halb_DII_SQ2_t.dds **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Halb_DII_t_Jasta 3 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Halb_DII_SQ2\textures\Halb_DII_SQ2_t.dds **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Roland_CII_t_FFA 57 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Roland_CII_SQ1\textures\Roland_CII_SQ1_t.dds **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Halb_DII_t_Jasta 1 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Halb_DII_SQ3\textures\Halb_DII_SQ3_t.dds **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Roland_CII_t_FFA 34 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Roland_CII_SQ2\textures\Roland_CII_SQ2_t.dds **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Halb_DII_t_Jasta 10 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Halb_DII_SQ4\textures\Halb_DII_SQ4_t.dds !!File Error: Enemy Squad Skin File could not be found: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Roland_CII_t_Ss-17 1916.dds, to be copied to G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Roland_CII_SQ3\textures\Roland_CII_SQ3_t.dds the default aircraft skin will be used instead! (Roland_CII_SQ3) **Enemy Squad Skin Copied: G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Campaigns\CampaignData\Skins\OFF_Roland_CII_t_FFA 34 1916.dds To G:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\Aircraft\Roland_CII_SQ2\textures\Roland_CII_SQ2_t.dds

This idea has my vote too! Things on my wishlist (some of them probably not possible because of CFS3 code limits): - Claim form: ability to minimize the window so that we can check locations and times on the debriefing map - Transfers: ability to request transfer (like with the claim forms, and requests can be denied) - What happens to your wingmen in flight is reflected in the Duty Room - Persistent damage: if you destroy a building, it stays destroyed until it is repaired - Logistics: damaged aircraft need time to be repaired, so your squadron may not have a full complement of aircraft; also fuel and ammunition stock may be limited - Squadron management: ability to assign wingmen if you are Squadron Leader - Skin preview in the Workshop - Ability to choose Pilot picture in Workshop - Ability to set or edit mission waypoints during briefing - More detailed in-game map - A Belgian squadron (even if only AI) And of course some of those aircraft to fill the gaps ;)

Personally, I would not mind that since I am already very happy with the current selection of flyable aircraft. Considering the way AI wingmen tend to behave I'm not even sure I would enjoy flying a 2-seater or bomber campaign. As far as I remember, this has always been problematic with the CFS3 engine. It's not much fun to fly a beautifully modelled Handley Page or whatever if your wingmen try to fly them as divebombers or fighters. However, non-player recon/bomber flights seem to behave more or less OK. OFF does a splendid job at modelling a large portion of the war, but there are still a few gaps to be filled. Just being able to meet those machines in the air, even when I can't fly them, would further improve the feeling of "being there" for me.

OFF runs great on my Win7 32bit install, and performance doesn't appear to be any better or worse than with XP. I run 32bit because I'm still using a gameport joystick (won't work at all under 64bit, but it will in 32bit with a workaround).

Thank you Polovski for the explanation. I was just wondering if maybe my install was missing something. Now that I know this is "by design", it doesn't bother me at all (or not much, anyway ;). And thank you for bringing us such a great game! Regards

One thing I love about the Strutter is that you get a complete set of instruments, including a slip indicator. This makes it easier to learn how to handle the aircraft. On the downside, I find my AI wingmen are very passive (even though I selected a Fighter squadron).

Usafmtl and all, I just wanted to mention that if you find anything useful in my old Suez campaign files, feel free to use it. Some time ago I dropped work on a WOI version of it (since I've become a dad I have so little time). Very happy to see the War of the Stripes again