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Figuring the heading is no sweat,but as for airspeed an altitude nothing seems to match what the HUD says,even when you use metric measurements. Thanks for the reply

Did I get a bad download or what? I downloaded the two gun Nieuport 17b ,which is supposed to have a Lewis gun on the top wing as well as the fixed Vicker's.Problem is the Lewis is invisable ,meaning you can hear it fire ,see the flame.and see the spent cartridges but no gun! Anyone one else have this?I got it from this site ,the SE5A's gun is there but not the Nieuport.I tried three times uninstalling and reinstalling but no gun. The loadout page gives you a choose between no gun or a wing gun ,but no matter which you pick it's still the same. Thanks

Thanks for the fix,worked fine,although only the two gun Nieuport has the wing gun ,someone else said both his 17's have the upper gun ,only the 17B ,in my case has the wing gun which is fine. Only other thing(you just can't make everyone happy) the magizine isn't connected to the gun.Not apparent from out side but if you look up from the cockpit at the gun the magizine(at least I think thats what it is) is not connected to the gun,but is about three or four iinches floating from the gun.But you can't have eveything ,I'am happy with a visable gun.Good work and thanks.

I downloaded the Sopwith Triplane from the Capuns site ,and the missions to go with it(or was it from here,with only two brain cells left I don't remember) ,anyway when I fly the missions,one is againest Abatrosses D5a's ,(two actually) the other is againest the Fokker triplane(this can;t be real accurate as I think the Sopwith was withdrawn from service before the Fokker came into service. Anyway you can fly around forever and not encounter any enemy EA. Ypu can shoot down a lot of observation ballons ,which is fun but you never encounter any enemy EA. Even when you get near a German airfield ,you get lots of flack but no EA. I haven't had time to read the manual yet so maybe I'am doing something wrong,but only in quick combat do you encounter lots of Ea.) Am I doing something wrong?I do get and encounter with other planes in single missions but not a lot. Also the AI planes act really strange ,preforming manuver's that are seemingly impossible before they finally decide to attack.And if your not throttled up they always collide with you after firing. Just a few thoughts for what it's worth(I don't have that many)

I still haven't read the manual,and I know this is a dumb thing to do but haven't had much time between work and reinstalling FS9. But I've just been experiimenting and tried setting things like Peter said but when I do get over a German aerodrom ,I get lots of flack and a red info box about enemy antiaircraft ,but no German aircraft in sight. Do you have to get over the specific target to see enemy aircraft? It seems to take forever to get there ,matter of fact I haven't got to one(main target) yet. When I use the w key you race ahead and it will show aan enemy antiaircraft truck or ballon briefly then your back were you left off. I did mean instant action by the way, been around WW II sims too long. I have seen enemy Aircraft but very seldom. I just thought there would be more action and I have enemy activeity set to heavy. The sim seems to work perfectly other wise, if you just want to fly around and shoot up the occasional enemy aerodrom(which never have any planes on them.) Guess I'll just have to try to get to the main objective and see what happens,but all in all I'm now getting very dissapointed with this sim. Thanks

Thanks Peter will give it a try.sorry I took so long in replying but it's been a while since I've been in the forums ,last time ther was only the post from Tailspin. But I'am wondering why only the Spad?Can I use any plane from the right period?

Now that I've gotton on to FE ,thanks to you guys ,I kinda like it,although I wish it had more planes from the start because I hate addons,you have to back up everything to be safe ,an example is I'am now on my eighth reinstall of FS9 and because I've put so much in it ,I've been working for two weeks now to get everything back and I'd say I have another week to go. Now FE doesn't have near what I've put into FS9 but I still hate the thoughts of a HD crash. Also when the sim was just in it's beta stages I asked Third Wire if my system would be able to run it,(I gave them all the specs) and they said it should run great ,I had more than enough to run it full tilt. Not so, I have to cut back on most of the settings to avoid the stutter's. Still it looks good but I don't think the planes flight dynamics are what they could be,the planes are too easy to fly even in the hardest mode ,for WWI planes.

Thanks Tailspin,I guess I have to take time to read the manual. I was afraid either I was doing somethig wrong or the download went haywire. Thanks for putting my feeble mind at ease.

I'am confused about downloading planes. For one thing it says to put the weapons folder into the objects weapons folder and there isn't one anywhere that I can find. Also if you put the whole folder ,such as sounds folder in the sounds file ,everything stays in the sound folder instead of with the other wave files and you get nothing. Same with aircraft that have missions.If you just put the whole folder in the missions file they don't show up,I had to open the folder and drop and drag each mission to the mission folder. So how to you do this ?Right now I,ve just put the weapons file in the same file as the particular aircraft,but I don't think this is right,the only weapons that show up in the sim(other than the guns) are bombs,when there should be garnades ,rockets etc.Thanks

Thanks for answering the questions,but I think I'am in over my head when it comes to weapons,and just be satisfied with the guns and bombs(don't know why bombs show up, maybe their there by default)

I have ordered the sim but have yet to get it .I understand there has been some problems with ATI cards in the sim and patch 2 is supposed to fix it. I also read that some people are still having problems ,even after the patch. I'am running Windows XP Home addition .What problems have people been been having and whats the odds that the Patch will fix it. Also I see Third wire May come out with addons ,if I put in any new planes from these sites ,like the Camel will I have to take them out if I install the addon?Or will the sim not care if for instance ,I have two Camels?

I should have put this in my first reply ,but I ,think I'll wait to install until some of these issues are worked out. Kinda ironc since I finally got a reply from the capun's site that they are considering me fo registeration.

Too late about getting an ATI card as I already have one.Guess I'll wait and see if Third wire comes out with another patch

I kinda slipped this in on a post in the WW1 part of the forum ,in my post on what sim should I buy and I don't think anyone noticed ,so here I go again. Are the planes to download on this site compatable with the patch 2 forFirst Eagles? I'am sorry if I should have not made this a new post but I would like to know if their compatable. I'am very new to this moding thing and am a little nervious about it Just ordered the boxed version fromStartup Softward Online so when I get it I'am sure I'll have more questions,but I'll try not to make a pest of myself. Thanks

Ok I think I've got it ,both files ,the new ones and old are there but to change the FM back on the stock planes you have to extract the oridginal ini file ,change it ,then delete the newly created file.Is that right?

Maybe this should be a new post ,but I noticed in the readme file for patch 2 on Third Wires site that a bunch of ini files will be deleated. What does that mean?Are these files (first time I ever heard of them) actually being deleated or just changed?If deleated how does the sim run without them? Hope I didn't make a mistake buying this sim cause I'am confused about so many things,like adding aircraft that I can fly and how you do it. Thanks

Thankyou so much for answering my questions.As I said I'am a little nervious about moding but I think ,as you say I found the right place for help. Thanks again

Just order it fromStartup Software thank you.Are the plane downloads compatable wit the new patch?

Does anyone know where I can buy the boxed version of First Eagles,in the U.S.?So far all I can find is the download version on Third Wires site.And thanks for replying to my first question.I find it impossable to get into Capun Skunkworks site