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  1. I bought the game five weeks ago and disagree with your review so my thoughts aren't dated. I agree it shines in certain areas but I stand by and I'm sure Tamper does with our opinions of the game whether they are irrational or don't agree with yours or Jason's. The game has little single player involvement and at the minute it struggles to keep me playing for long because of that. Your being very presumptuous to assume that any negatives thoughts posted here are dated and misinformed. Can't you see the dilemma here...you asked for our thoughts, didn't agree with them and dismissed them as old and dated. Why bother asking in the first place? You really should have titled this thread better. Then none of this misunderstanding, which is what it all is, would have happened. I didn't read anything about the negative issues the game has in your review. Issues that even the most hardcore fan would have to agree with. Yes it may all come right in the end with the release of the single player career and more planes, however we have yet to see it to be able to make a decision. I also feel though the graphics for the planes themselves are superb the terrain is sadly lacking compared to other sims, the water is superb but the fields and especially no mans land is sub par just look at the trench systems and the way there is no gradual transistion from fields to cratered landscape. Also the current land objects are very dissapointing. The odd MG gunner here and there. Flak that is few and far between and I've yet to have it even come close when flying level and straight. A current career system that doesn't use skins nor can be played historically with any plane from pre 1917. Lack of AI two seaters for said career. So all in all the game is a work in progress. I know it and I expect many others do, what it has done in terms of FM and the feeling of flight it has no equal (though I'm sure we've all seen the footage of a Dr1 flying with no top wing) but it still has a long way to go before I'd say it has become a fully fledged sim. I didn't read any of that in your review. The best reviews no matter how good the person thought the game was are ones that point out any negatives the game has. The only con you had was the system required to run it...I don't have a top range system but run it fine and it looks great so I wouldn't agree with your one and only con. The tone of your review was that the game could do no wrong and you where a believer, infact you where getting a tingling feeling before really getting stuck in. I think you should have played it a few weeks then when that initial "oh my god this is amazing" (I'm as guilty as the next for this, many a time I've got a new game and thought amazing only to find a few weeks later it wasn't as amazing as I first thought. Thing is I don't review these games) has worn off taken a good objective look. I'm not saying you should have slagged off a sim you enjoy that would be silly, by all means heap praises but you should also in the same breath point out any negatives\flaws the sim has and please don't say it doesn't have any because no game is perfect. Oh and one last thing I was generalising about bad things being said about games\people in forums not this particular one. I don't believe you've never read a forum post anywhere on the net that wasn't rude or out of order.
  2. How about just having the bar without the meddle? With "Bar to Military Medal" say for the title? Just a thought.
  3. CPU s

    I run my AMD x2 3.1 black edition at x3 3.6...those black editions are great if you can get the extra clocks to work...the fourth clock didn't (messed up the graphics) but I managed to get three going and overclocked aswell.
  4. Dagger, I understand where your coming from and I agree. It just seemed odd that this thread has been considered in negative terms. The "Jason needs to chill" comment has been misunderstood. How can we be to blame here when we where never given the information that Jason had been invited over to comment on our thoughts? If I had known I'd certainly never had said it. Though no malice was ment when I did. I've read countless threads that would be considered rude and damn right insulting which needed an apology. For this thread to be considered in the same way and require an apology which then makes it seem even worse is in my opinion wrong. It has turned the thread into something nasty which I know I never ment anything nasty at all. It has also most likely confirmed to the RoF forum goers that CombatAce has bad apples. Even though I see nothing on here, when it's all taken in context, to give that impression. I also find it strange that two mods on the same site have conflicting views over this particular thread. Especially as one of them felt so strongly it required a public apology. Obviously Jedimaster read my post the way it was ment to be read. With no underlying malice or hatred. I'd reply over at RoF my side of things but the thread is locked...............
  5. Just wondered Dagger of you have ever played a game that you really didn't like? Or has it always been fixable problems? Sometimes it isn't an actual problem that can be fixed. Sometimes a game just doesn't work for you and when you have paid hard earned cash for something you have every right to say whatever you like about it both positive and negative..I've seen hundreds of reviews on all kinds of products and many are saying very negative things...reason being they have given over their money and whatever it was doesn't meet upto their expectations. However if someone isn't happy at all with RoF they cannot vent their frustrations\anger out here and even though they have given 777 money....I think if you take money for a product you have to take both good and bad comments and maybe deal with angry customers...as Tamper says suddenly 777 isn't a business it's a person called Jason.
  6. Would have been good if it had been mentioned that Jason was being invited to answer our critisims. Still I say again if your ead my post in a freidnly way (which was how I wrote it ) you I hope will see nothing malicious in it at all. It was some friendly advice because to me and maybe to others it felt that those very detractors he was trying to convince would only get their back up even more if they felt they couldn't post in a neutral forum without the developer coming along to pretty much say they are wrong and irrational. The most unbiased opinions will be from customers not the developer...surely thats obvious. Anyway enough said...I apologise to Jason. I never ment anything untoward...just some advice to be honest.
  7. How come not a lot of modding?

    Your no heretic...didn't you know we are happy to take comments on here...I agree OFF doesn't have that sort of base going on I suppose because it's already seen as a mod and not a standalone title.... If it had been a brand new spanking game without the need for CFS 3 I expect the base would be bigger...CFS 3 puts many off from even trying it out...shame
  8. new campaign generator

    Great utility...
  9. Dagger, Again I ment nothing by it when I thought it would be best if Jason stayed out of this thread because as I saw it the question was aimed at Customers and how they saw the game not a Q&A with the developer....it just struck me that people wouldn't air their views if they had negative things to say about the game if the developer jumped in defending it and saying were being irrational...look at the trouble this thread has caused already and I see nothing wrong said here at all....storm in a tea cup and a massive overreaction going on. By the way I'm a member of RoF forums under the name Woden...so I'm neither biased not anti any sims...I don't even know what sim combatace is supposed to be biased about... Also there seems to be contradicting viewpoints by the Mods here...JediMaster seems to get what is going on and Dagger seems to be overly sensitive...IF the question in the original OP had been phrased differently or if Jason had stated he will always answer irrational viewpoints then none of this storm in a tea cup would have happened. I've re read all the posts on this thread and no one had trashed RoF (what is the definition of trashing? That could mean any negative comment at all) at all nor have they attacked anyone personally...they have voiced their opinions of RoF which is what the original OP asked for... Like I said the original post was asking our thoughts on RoF....now were being asked to only ask questions on RoF and not to say our thoughts unless positive, infact if we have any negative thoughts we should sell it and move on but definatly not voice them nor compare to any other sim quote "Like I said if you don't like, don't buy it, and if you did, you have seen just an e-mail will get the account switched. Sell it and move on, don't just complain and flame. If you have a question, post it as just that a question, NOT well this sim sucks because it doesn't have this or that. Don't say well this sim sucks because the sim I fly has this or that and this one doesn't. Ask your question, be polite, then wait for an answer." Oh by the way no one in this thread said RoF sucked nor did they flame. I mean again flaming and sucked are subjective like saying someone is a troll for voicing a negative comment...what would be considered flaming as if it's any post on this thread then I'm at a loss.. Again the original post was for our THOUGHTS on RoF now it's please ask questions about RoF, not sure why we were asked if were not allowed to answer.... So I think Jedimaster talks sense and Dagger has overeacted because for some reason it looked as if this thread was a massive personal attack on RoF and Jason...which it isn't and was never ment to be like that either.
  10. My SE5a 56 Sqd pilot made Ace today....he has 18 kills out of 29 claims.....top of the Duty board with Ace written instead of Airman. He has flown 16 hours so I'm nearly at the 17 hour mark. He has had the same wingman all the way and has one stint in hospital due a minor crash landing. He also has three DFC...I think you get one after every five kills....hope this changes as it is a tad unrealistic...the MC would be nice instead of constant DFC.
  11. Made Ace today

    Like the dice roll idea...I don't have track IR nor could I ever afford it....would love it though.
  12. How come not a lot of modding?

    Just thought of another tweak I'd like...vary the waypoints....it seems to repeat the same waypoints for missions which becomes noticeable after awhile. You start to see reoccuring patterns in the end.
  13. How come not a lot of modding?

    With OFF Phase 4 in the making I suppose there is no point. I also expect whatever could be done to CFS 3 has been or will be by the OFF team. Finally for all it's short comings the gaming experience is so damn good that I honestly don't feel the need to set out to mod it. I'm grateful for the sound tweak and Herpropwash DM. Still it's not a game I feel I need mods for as like I said I enjoy it well enough as is. The wingman issue I imagine to be complicated. Think how many times all your flight or most of it has gone down. The whole squadron would be all new members in three days or so...the AI is OK I haven't seen AI any better in any other Sim. Someone is modding the award system at the moment. The loadout issue was supposed to have been fixed in a patch...not sure if this is going to happen however I don't feel the need to mess around with fuel etc...in RoF it makes a massive difference not sure it will here. I'd like it to be am option that if you get a confirmed ace kill the ace is out of the game myself but it's no biggy really (it is my main gripe though ;)). Not sure what you mean by Squadron Mates.... I take OFF for what it is...A WW1 experience by none and an immersion factor\atmosphere that I haven't seen in a game for along time. It's one of the only games I've never felt the need for a mod as it fullfills everything I want. The OFF team have done a massive mod which I suppose is like loads of people making small mods for another game. So really it's a fully modded game. I expect Phase four will have new additions rather than tweaked gameplay which is what most mods do. I also think it has a decent following otherwise a Phase 4 wouldn't be in production. I don't think you can base it on how active posters are on here. I had phase 2 and bought phase 3 then HitR on release and never felt the need to go on a forum. Just so happened I decided to click on forum when looking at the new phase 4 screenies on the OFF website as I wanted to see if there was any other info on here.
  14. Dagger, I honestly believe Tamper and myself are being civil here. Part of my post has been quoted over at RoF as some kind of rude insult and typical of Combat Ace forum users....well thats strange as though I've been a member for awhile I only really started posting the last couple of weeks. There really does seem to be a siege mentality going on with regards to this sim. I've only just noticed it to be honest...first clue was a thread over at RoF which was obviously someone who was dissatisfied with the sim had his post deleted and Troll put in it's place. As a newbie to the RoF forum and knowing how other forums operate i.e Matrix games I found this rather severe, though I thought maybe he was using bad language or something. So I haven't really thought about it since until now. Some people are their own worse enemy. I understand the want to defend your product but I feel it can give out a bad impression if you censor or dismiss anyones opinion who might not agree with your own or doesn't heap praises upon your sim. I honestly feel however irrational you think their comments are you should ignore them....let the Demo do the talking and if they aren't convinced so be it, don't worry about it and don't worry about what they maybe saying on forums...as no one has ever convinced me not to buy a game because of what they said on a forum...I will try the demo or just buy outright. I have read a post by Jason himself about people having issues with him....again I thought nothing of it...but I can see that IF he is censoring on the forum page and dismissing anything negative comments he will start to get peoples back up. So again if I was him I'd stay off the forums (obviously not RoF's) and only post IF someone has a question or any new stuff being done or being released i.e patches\planes. It strikes me that being so pro active on all the forums may not necessarly be a good thing. I do hope I haven't upset anyone nor come across as rude...again these are just observations from over the last few weeks and some advice for Jason and reasons why people may end up having issues. One last thing...I will support Jason\777 and RoF as I'm a WW1 obsessive and I can see a damn fine Sim in the making. My hat goes off to them for making it in the first place. I do appreciate what has been done so far. Keep up the great work.
  15. Made Ace today

    Due to the fact you cant recreate SA or true 3 dimensional awareness and no where near the actual RL scale you would see things (unless your playing on a projector) I think certain aids counter act the disadvantages of size\resolution etc etc. As long as dead is dead and you only use aids that help due to the constraints of it being a PC sim I see no cheating going on. But hey my wingman is still alive...I've saved his neck twice....also the game will not have historical outcomes....not a realistic FM...no mechanical breakdowns (many planes had to return due to mechanical problems as well as dropped out of the sky due to them aswell)....and most important your fighting an AI so it can become predictable and I'm sure a hell of alot easier to shoot down. As for the aid I use which is the hit message I'm usually up close enough to know I'm hitting...I tried it with it off and still shot 2 planes down in one mission...
  16. Apparently reading the RoF forums (I'm Woden over there) I may have come across as rude...that wasn't my intention. I didn't know jason had been invited to this discussion. Also I fee that worrying to much over what people on forums say about your game and coming in to justify it all the time will be counter productive. People have opinions after playing a game and no amount of developer comments will change them. I understand RoF has come in for critisism since release and maybe the developers have become a little to sensitive to it. They have a demo out and that should be enough to sell the game to some one. I have RoF and I agree with a lot of tampers comments. Though the game is a WiP so it will have issues. I use Pats generator and it improves the SP experience. However it is still very limited. I also stand by my comments that RoF lacks depth. Yes the rivers look great but my opinion isn't as good as OFF and it will have immersion IF your the type who enjoys non combat flight sims, ones where its all about flying the plane not about being a pilot in WW1. Thats not saying it isn't enjoyable and the flight and plane graphics\DM aren't top notch. It just doesn't stand up as a SP game at present. If it did then there would be no need for a new career mode. On the other hand I would also suggest people buu it as where it is good it is outstanding and with the promise of more SP goodness and more planes it will become a damn fine sim allround. Finally I have OFF and HitR and have a mediocre system compared to rigs these days and my sliders rand between four and five (excpet clouds that are at one and are still in my opinion more dramatic and realistic looking than the cotton wool balls of RoF), and I can have shed loads of planes flying where as RoF starts to struggle with 30. Oh one last thing I really didn't feel that Tampers comments were either hate filled or irrational....infact how do you judge irrational? If someone doesn't agree with your opinion then you could say they are being irrational...also someone with a vested interest in something could also be biased and irrational aswell. I think hate filled posts do require an answer and should be dealt with on any forum...irrational is subjective and I do hope your not censoring posts that don't agree with your ideas as you see them as being irrational.
  17. Made Ace today

    I have 25 confirmed kills in my SE5a after 22 hours flight...I find the camel and the SE5a I can get a very good kill rate...the others it's so so. In other planes I get nowhere near this.... I also have on screen aids of accept the one that says when your hitting them and thats only because I want to know if it's an ace what his name is. I use tac but turn off when they turn red.
  18. CFS3 and OFF stopped working

    I uninstall CFS 3 as soonas OFF has loaded...have no problems you don't even need to keep CFS 3 on your PC so t can't be that
  19. Patch Problem

    whoops sorry...just noticed you did have CFS 3 installed... I suggest a reinstall....
  20. OK I've mentioned this before but here goes again. I have my settings for Aircraft skins at Normal NOT Hi Res. I did at one point tick the box to see what they looked like but didn't really notice anything so reverted back. HOWEVER I do get fire and wings and wing tips coming off but no other damage shown at all....no bullet holes or anything only major damage. I can't remember the DM now as OFF was of my system for awhile. SO do you get minor damage shown? If so can someone post some screenies for me to see what it looks like...maybe somehwere along the line it has stuck with the Hi Res graphics and never reverted back...I have reinstalled since but used the same folder system so it may be something in the registry. It is annoying when the controls are shot and I've been hammered and yet no visible damage at all...unless like I said a wing drops off. I have gone through a fair few screenshot pics here but only see major damage... So some screenies of minor damage would be very helpful...then I know if something is wrong or not.
  21. FYI don't hold your breath

    I prefer OFF...the movement within the cockpit is great in FE 2 but for me personally in every other area OFF beats it. FE2 has slightly cartoon look....look like RC planes to me (I do like them don't get me wrong). Take a Bus up in haevy weather in OFF...check out those massive dark moody clouds that dwarf your flight...OFF has drama and amtopshere in spades.. RoF beats both games FM and the way the planes look...though again let down by the scenery and clouds...and has no amtosphere and little immersion...feeling of flight is superb though and I'm sure Multi player it shines but OFF beats it for an SP experience. WOuld have been nice to see an expansion...and a terrain\sky update aswell as tweak the FM's...it would start to meet it's potential then. As fr OFF getting hold of the engine...not sure I'd be happy....I'd want to see a complete overhaul so planes don't fly with half a wing missing etc..and make the planes look less toy like...the only bonus (and it is a biggy) is again I love the movement within the cockpit thus giving the Bus a 3d feel rather than a 2d image of a cockpit moving through 3D terrain.
  22. Sure your card isn't overheating? I always have my fan going at 100% on my card...bit noisey but I don't trust the software to manage it properly. Oh by the way turning the buffers off droped my FPS a fair bit...turned them back on. Good to see it's working well...nice isn't it to see the damage?
  23. IT HAS A GERMAN CAMPAIGN....sorry to shout...but it seems no one is taking notice...
  24. I'd be very happy to have them....
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