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ROF, FE2, or WOFF? (and a question or 2 about FE2)
ojcar replied to MrGoTime's topic in Thirdwire - First Eagles 1&2
Well, it all depends what are you searching for: I like FE2 more, because : -Very good AI, much better than the ROF one (I haven't tried OFF nor WOFF) -A lot of freeware mods, giving this game the best planeset of all, and terrains, sounds, objects....... -In this game you can play the good ol' Western Front, play over North Sea, the Galitzia Front, Italy or Palestine.........also over Gibraltar if you are into the What if thing. -It's easy to make your own mods, campaigns, etc FE2 (or FE) has no tower calls nor radio calls. You have the inflight map (there is a mod somewhere if you think the stock inflight map has too information). You can give orders (hand commands), but you can't hear anything. -
.....And there's also a WIP Armchair Aces series for this map! You'll fly as British, Australian, German or Turkish pilot.
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And why they put the head of their leader in front the synagogue?
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Well, it's an interesting idea, but it would need a lot of work in the targets.ini and types.ini to remove all WW2 stuff and put WW1 stuff instead. It also would need to remove the airfieds and put WW1 airfields instead (some tile work also added). This map would let us to add some land based planes......but in campaign planes change their airfield sometimes. If you use this map, some floatplanes would finish in land bases and taking off from the airfields. No good in my book. I think current Stephen map is the best for floatplane operations given the game limitations. And it has an aditional advantage: if you make a copy changing the map name (and the needed files names), you can add it to any install (you'll also need to change some ship skins). For example, you can add it to you italian install, call it Adriatic and make a new campaign (when a good planeset is available). With a good planeset you can have Black Sea, Baltic.......
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'In the Nay-vee...' - WW1 seaplane action in First Eagles
ojcar replied to 33LIMA's topic in Mission Reports
Hello, friend! I know it's a little out of its time, but I decided to add the Schneider to the campaign neverteless, because: -It's a very nice model. It was a pity not to have it in any campaign. -I gave it bombing and recon missions mainly (with a few fighter missions). -To add some variety to the campaign (very limited planeset, you know... -Not a great difference between the Schneider (100 Hp) and the Baby (110 Hp) -It's a semi-fictional campaign, after all (most German seaplanes operated from land bases)- 4 replies
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Hello, friend! I really like your campaign reports! I had noticed time ago the flame-prone Nieuport 10 and 12, so I updated both planes with a smaller "damage box" for their fuel tanks. I also "spiced up" their AI. Maybe you have miss it!
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Additional info on Pfalz BI in the downloads section
ojcar replied to keif149's topic in Thirdwire - First Eagles 1&2
I don't think it's a real plane. So I didn't add it to Armchair Aces -It has a observer's machine gun.....No real for a B class plane (unless field mod, as I tend to think about the Pfalz Parasol (AII) we have. -It has a synch machine-gun. No way!. B class planes were unarmed, early war recon machines. At this time, only fighter planes (Fokker and Pfalz) had synchronized machine-guns and these were top-secret technology, so Eindeckers were not allowed to cross enemy lines. This changed only when Entente planes started to have Synchronicity gears (some Bristol Scout or Sopwith Strutter, I think). So an early recon plane with Synchronicity gear was not possible at this stage of war. The most "lookalike" plane for this one was the Halberstadt BI. It had a 80 hp radial engine, was unarmed (you can edit the DATA.ini file). It wasn't a widespread used plane..... Nevertheless, the model looks veeeery old. -
I have same problem. I can't download it. It says I don't have permission...
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I must confess that I HATE doing floatplane FMs (veeeeery difficult to make them take off in FM set as hard, because limitations in game engine), but they are soooooo beautiful that I don't mind about the extra work. The Fairey III is a very beautiful plane, but it had a very limited service. There were more important seaplanes, as the Short ones or the Fairey Campania, the Felixtowe ones, Fiedrichshaffen F33, Hansa-Brandenburg ones, the Macchi ones or the Lohner ones........
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Unsung Heroes, a new Hidroplane campaign!
ojcar replied to ojcar's topic in Thirdwire - First Eagles 1&2
Hello! To all these floatplane lovers, I just have updated Unsung Heroes to have flying the new Sopwith Schneider and Albatros W4(Late). Get it while it's hot! -
And I'm going to be the frst man to fly it (when the FM it's done) MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
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Well, Austrians used some Albatros W4 and Italians used some Sopwith Baby.... The problem is in campaigns. Sometimes, when frontlines change in a offensive, some units change their aerodrome, so you can have your floatplane unit landing in mountain airdromes sometimes.......
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Summer tiles for Jan Tuma's seasonal upgrade
ojcar replied to quack74's topic in Thirdwire - First Eagles 1&2
I like it! After you finish it.......a complete seasonal tileset for Stephen's Eastern Front would'nt hurt anyone. -
Same here, Stephen, I didn't know you/yours were in trouble. As Wrench said, family comes first. This is only a hobby.
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Min/Max extents...
ojcar replied to Wrench's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
You can bite the bullet and make all coordinates yoursef with the help of the Ruler Tool. It's a hell of work.....I had to do this with the Po-2 and the Arado Ar-68 (none of them uploaded by their owners, by the way). -
Yes, it will change the entire game, but I think everybody has separated installs (Western Front, Palestine, Eastern Front, Italy, North Sea...) so be free to experiment. You must extract the file, mod it to your taste and put the file in the Flight folder. There is a missioncontrol.ini in the Armchair Aces Redux package (I modded it to have slower promotions to the player's pilot).
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I think a modded Missioncontrol.ini can be very useful to an Italian map install. You can change the minimal flight altitude this way
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It's a very pretty terrain, but I wonder if AI planes can really take off from those airfields
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Man, you MUST finish this terrain. It's easily the most beautiful FE terrain!
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Best patch?
ojcar replied to ojcar's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - World War II Forum
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¡Hello! As you know, I'm a mostly WWI man these days, so I fly my SF2 combo (all games minus DLCs) from time to time. So my install is in the April 2012 patch level. I like the WWII to 70s era much more than the modern "fancy radar and missiles" thing. I like it close and personal (machine-guns and cannons). I want an install with: -Korea -Capun's Pacific war and other WWII stuff. -Israel with 48 and Suez pack. -Vietnam with expansion pack. -NATO 5 -Falklands So, what's the best patch for a mix of propeller and jets bug-free?
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Fe2 ctd's with DEV site addon aircraft
ojcar replied to usafphantom2's topic in Thirdwire - First Eagles 1&2
Hello! I have all A-Team aircraft and ground objects without a issue, so I don't know...... I think you shoud add one by one plane/object and see what's happening.