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Looking good Ken

Hehe I see you've already got the Alps locked in for one of your scenic missions Ken ! Who needs sleep when you've got hard core cigs and caffeine.

I think there's a lot of "lurkers" wishing you the best Ken. Very glad to see you're still hard at it and Cerberos06 is helping out. Have a great gig in Turin and let your hair down (in a manner of speaking). All the best.

Mmmmm it's gone quiet. You must be working hard on DIF Ken.... or been tempted down to the pub lol ...... cheers

Say ! I rode in one of those at a fair when I was a kid .... but it was hooked up to a carousel by wires. WTF is it LOL ?

Man that Deperdussin is coming along well Ken. And that moustache LOL ..... yep haven't seen such thick well fertilised foliage since the Aussie cricketers back in the 70's ! Hope you are well and still enthusiastically moving ahead with your grand project. best wishes, catch.

Well I was going to mention the racing Deperdussin. Amazing early aircraft and well ahead of its time. I'm overjoyed at its inclusion. Your one talented guy ..... glad you swapped spaceships for vintage aircraft though lol. Much more interesting .... imo of course. Handley Page bombers .... are they on the drawing board ?

Thanks again Pete. I'll adjust the Pup's aim angles as per your suggestion. But guess what, I finally got upgraded from the DH2 to the Spad7 in the campaign. I'm not sure if the RFC flew the Spad ? and was expecting the Pup. As for the violent high speed yaw of the D7 I can live with it and maybe it's actually how it performed due to poor manufacture of the tail fin and rudder ? Don't know but I heard it was beset with problems due to shoddy workmanship and it was at the end of the war when Germany's manufacturing industry was in a bit of a mess with strikes and such. As for OFF ! Well it's absolute pandemonium over there. I'm waiting for things to settle down a bit before I even attempt the download. Looking very much forward to it though .... but I can wait.

Hi Pete .... with the D8 I was flying in hard mode .... the others were in normal mode. Thanks for the aim angle coords. Messing with files generally does my head in but I'll have a fiddle. I must have the Pup's sites aligned correctly before I have it assigned to me in the plane fest campaign. Otherwise the Hun may win and we can't have that old boy !

It is truly a revelation for WW1 nuts like myself to see the amazing mod output for FE. You guys deserve a medal for commitment and enthusiasm to duty and must go through a hell of a lot of coffee ! And what can only be described as a frenzy over OFF's phase2 release. A good weekend all round for WW1 enthusiasts. A trend I selfishly hope continues. A few observations of FE from the weekends enjoyment ..... Laton's Fokker D8 ..... like it, great model .... but is the high speed tail wag built in to the FM ? Diving at or over appox 140mph produces a violent tail wag that cannot be rectified until speed is reduced. Just wondering if this is based on possible instability stats at high speed of the D8 or was unintentional ? In the plane fest (v2.1) campaign DH2 wingmates stall and crash after takeoff. Maybe 40-50% of the time. Also some Walfisch CII's crash for no apparent reason when being attacked and AI FM does strange things like hovering in mid-air or executing impossible turns at low altitude (like in "Flyboys"). My understanding was patch2 would fix these issues and the walfisch (I think?) was released updated for patch2. The DH2 itself sometimes (and again not always but intermittently) goes into a strange sideslip stall that is virtually impossible to get out of and without warning. Many times I could go around in a tight bank until the cows come home .... at other times, doing exactly the same high speed vertical bank would result in this strange stall effect. Anyone else noticed anything like this ? FM setting was at normal which is the recommended setting for these planes. Setting gun "aimangles" all to zero does not always align the virtual cockpit gunsight with the line of fire (or reticle in "no cockpit" view). It worked for the Bristol M1C but not for the Pup ? The "mountainous" terrain add-on (sorry can't remember the exact name ... Versogen or something) is great but it has strange rectangular "things" in the sky and huge wall embattlements surrounding towns / villages. I know it's a WIP and I expect these will be removed at some point. Well there's a few observations I can remember anyway lol ! All in all great fun .... a thoroughly enjoyable campaign .... I've survived 2 months (but only by cheating and hitting the refly button when I die lol) and I'm now up to April 29 1916 (he says chuffed with himself) lmao !

Cool Pete. Always appreciate your efforts to improve FM.

Impressive list alright ! Did you do all those yourself Ken ? I think you've got just about everything covered .... and did I spy the Morane Saulnier Parasol ? One of my early faves.

Can't help you with FM or cockpit p10ppy but I'm sure glad you're working on this M-S. It'll be a welcome addition to FE. I'm sure others here at CA will offer assistance. Good job btw if you're just learning.

Laton .... love your M1C. Are you having any luck / help with the cockpit ?

Excellent EmlD

Okay thanks for clearing that up FC. I really couldn't understand why anyone would flame you as you're doing a great job imo with your plane fest campaigns which I'm thoroughly enjoying. And I agree ... the early years of the Great War are usually neglected so it'd be good to focus on this area. I believe the French aviator Roland Garros was one of the first (if not the first) person to employ deflector plates on his prop in his Morane Saulnier N monoplane (I think). It'd be nice to get a few Morane's in FE particularly the high wing Parasol monoplane (Tony Fokker loved the idea so much he eventually produced the D8).

Hmmmm .... didn't know there was any antagonism toward you FC nor any hidden agendas. I just appreciate you doing the plane fests regardless of A/C used and I cannot see any intention on your part to favour one A/C over another for anything other than improved gameplay. Some people perhaps have too much time or meat on their hands.

Sounds fine to me. Thanks USAFMTL.

Just try and stop us ! Nice one Laton.

Answering myself .... yes it does.

It's certainly odd Bandy. Did this problem start only after patch2 and have other ATI users experienced the same ? It may be more then just the ATI card or a corrupted patch2 install ? But I'm no expert. Good luck with it. Don't give up hope.

Thank you MrCraig. I'll give it a go. I should have said that I don't have trackir. So zeroing the aim angles will work for the F1, F2 and F3 cockpit views ?

Gepard, excellent terrain mod. Tried it last night but kept away from bridges ! It's very challenging as you indicated. I joined the RFC and flew the Bristol M1C (imported from Mesopotamia at great personal cost). My squad mate and I had to contend with a dozen DR1's. That's tough ..... and with patch2's improved EA accuracy and rudder usage ..... well it's a real challenge. But that's a good thing and increases immersion greatly.

Quite right Bandy. The Bristol Monoplane wasn't utilised on the western front afaik (unfortunately) and therefore shouldn't be included. And I agree, the updated version from Laton is a beaut little model. I guess I was making comment more about the rapidity of new plane releases / versions and Firecage desperately trying to keep his excellent plane fest campaign up to date LOL !

Is there a way to align all (planes that have) gunsights with the line of fire ? Some are okay but others are way off. Thanks .....