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Teaser lol ....

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It's coincidental that you mention this perth. Last night I played the Spad vs Gothas mission and got into a twisting dogfight with a Gotha which was acting like a little scout and doing some amazing aerobatics ! When I finally got a clear bead on it the gunners made mincemeat of me. Tough !

Anyone noticed FPS is decidedly lower flying the SE5 (in missions or campaign) than the D7 or Spad ? Also lower than the A/C mods I've downloaded to date (Gotha, M1C, DH2 & Camel). At 1000ft cockpit view the SE5 get's mid 20's FPS .... the other A/C between 50 & 60. This does become a problem when dogfighting in the SE5 as it becomes a slide show unless you use the "no cockpit" view. Would this be something to do with the flight ini files or something ? Easily remedied ? Cheers, catch.

Hehe I guess I'm spoilt then .... cause I really noticed the jerkiness in combat with the SE5 after flying the D7 for example. It's not so prominent now after a bit of a tweak but it was before when I was getting 25 in cockpit view. You're right about the mental thing ... what you get used to is just the way it is and you accept it after a while. I just hope I haven't planted a demon seed and you go into tweak overload .... be strong Tailspin lol ..... cheers .....

Blimey Tailspin ! Slideshowville ! The SE5 would be unplayable when it gets "busy". Have you tried to tweak for better results ?

Yeah I'm learning a lot as I go on. With some help from some of the guys here I finally worked out what the SF extractor is and does lol ... all new to me ! But geez I don't know where you fellas find the time for all this modding and tweaking. Don't you ever sleep !!!!?

For what it's worth, I have nvidia and haven't had or seen this problem whether shadows are turned on or off.

Guys, Apart from Skunkworks which has it's own site, is it possible for ALL other FE mods to be directed to "First Eagle File Announcements" ? Lots are .... but some you have to trawl through the CA download section. Just a thought for "one-stop" shopping.

Ok thanks Buff.

I bit the bullet rejoined Tweakers Anonymous for support and started tweaking my nvidia settings and reduced in-game graphics. Getting 60+ average FPS on all planes (except SE5) in default cockpit view. With the SE5, now getting 30+ which is a little better ..... but I wish there was some other way ....

Ah yes .... too true Tank .... too true. It's the last time I'll take my wingmen down to my (no longer so secret) tavern on our rostered days off ..... lol.

Jedi, I think what the guys are saying is they prefer to use hard FM all the time regardless of other settings so in effect the opposite of what you're saying. Unfortunately hard FM can't be used to good effect in some mods such as the Caproni bomber and Gotha and many others that were modelled in "normal FM" mode. It's probably a difficult and time consuming exercise to rectify all mods to work well in hard FM but where there's life there's hope .....

I use hard settings for FM, weapons, landing and enemy skill. Never thought about being shot down by my own wingmen but that may explain why I've died a few times for no apparent reason ..... until now

They're not useless all the time but I agree they do seem to swan about doing not much at all at other times. But I have seen them bank away from me after I've given the old TAB1, wing waggle and frantic finger pointing (glad no-one can see me playing !) but not in the direction of the primary targets as I'd instructed .... where the hell are they going ..... watching them closer I see they're off to engage some enemy scouts that I hadn't seen trying to sneak up on us. That's pretty good. The problem is they're shooting accuracy isn't top notch.

Unbelievable ! Someone said it's like xmas every day and they were right. I'm still coming to grips with ALL the fantastic mods coming out so quickly .... it's actually hard to keep up with everything lol ... and FE is only a month or so old. Things are looking up :fan_1:

Thanks anyway Bwf ..... that's exactly what I did. I'm glad you posted though. I thought it might have been something I'd done incorrectly when installing the DIII lol.

I can understand why the models FM's are based on "normal" but I agree it is a little annoying for those of us who always like to fly on "hard" for an extra challenge. I hope the "hardliners" will be considered and the strange FM's you get on some planes will be rectified ? As I understand it there's an Aussie FM expert (sorry can't remember his name) lying on a beach somewhere who will be looking into this upon his return. Yes ?

Please ignore my previous post above .... saw another post where you need to email to Capun

Sweet ! All those mods look great. How do I register with Skunkworks ?

I agree and it also a reason I don't fly the SE5 as much as I would like. I'm not keen on changing my graphic settings (which are working just fine) just to suit the SE5 as all the other aircraft get good frame rates. Can something be done ?

Bort, good model but I had to reverse the rudder. I use a "twist" stick ..... twist to the right and you yaw to the right and vice versa. On your mod the rudder was animated correctly but yawed in the opposite direction. I corrected it and it's fine now ..... just wondering if anyone else noticed this ?

Ok thanks Dagger. Yep the horizon option sure makes a difference. I fiddled with this and other graphic options a while back and had horizons on low but started getting "blue triangles" ..... changed it to normal and they were gone and everything looked great .... but at the cost of reduced FPS. Trouble is I like the eye candy which FE does very well. Gawd I feel a dose of tweakitis coming on

What would be the most recommended mission mods ? Will they all eventually be available from combatace ? Will Campaign have added terrains / missions ? (from modders or patch ?) Cheers ....

I'd recommend OFF in an instant and it is well worth purchasing CFS3 just for OFF imo. I wouldn't be put off by the CFS3 engine. WM and his team have performed miracles overcoming some of its limitations to produce graphics and FM's you wouldn't believe. For those who play on-line (I'm not one) there is a group on the OFF forum who play regularly together and there's no cheating there afaik. cheers, catch.