RAF_Louvert

. Uncleal, good on you Sir to keep pointing folks towards that post; lots of fine things there. And thanks TaillyHo for reminding folks of my WWI books downloads. It appears they have been popular as, in total, they have been downloaded nearly 550 times at this point. I have set #6 nearly full so that one will be added in the near future. Cheers! Lou .

. I just saved it, along with 1916(1), and will watch for the next one. Your 1915 mod works beautifully and I am sure 1916 will as well. Many thanks again Bletchley. Cheers! Lou

. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. .

. I don't know what you are on about Olham, my brain hasn't been affected in the least by OFF. Doesn't everyone dress like this ? Right then, I'm off to Paris for my three-day leave, afterwhich I'll be bringing back a new mount from the air depot. Vive la France! .

. ANTICIPATION. ANTICIPAAA-YAA-SHUN. IT'S MAKING ME WAIT, IT'S KEEPIN ME WAA-YAA-YAA-YAA-YAA-AA-TIN. You're gonna love it gunz. .

. Oh, then you are going to love the DH5, gunz. A ground attacker's dream, and it's nearly bulletproof to boot. .

. Ooo, ooo, I know, I know...not a good one. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question. Sorry Alex. What is, "Not a good one?" That's right Lou, but Jim got in just ahead of you, so the point goes to him. .

. That is a very good price for the book Olham, and I have been watching it myself. However, I am leaning more towards putting my money into Pieters newest release on the subject, "The Belgian Air Service in the First World War", which includes everything in his older book and much, much more. It will surely become THE reference source on the subject. BTW, there is a copy of his latter work available on eBay right now as well, but for ten times the price of his earlier volume. None-the-less, that is the one I am wanting to own. .

. That's odd Royce. I installed it via the JSGME and it worked perfectly right out of the gate. Bletchley, this is a wonderful little mod that really does make those missions in the early months of the War much more accurate. Too bad we can't sort out a way to get Stumpjumper's 'Flaming Onions" mod to work in the campaigns as well. And for those who don't recall, or are new to the forums, here is a link to an old thread where I posted a short video showing Stumpjumper's efforts: Flaming Onions Cheers! Lou .

. Oh indeed Parky. That disc can make the real world disappear entirely at times. I want a new drug One that won't spill One that don't cost too much Or come in a pill I want a new drug One that won't hurt my head One that won't make my mouth too dry Or make my eyes too red One that won't make me nervous Wondering what to do One that makes me feel like I'm in the lofty blue And flying OFF with you Flying OFF with you, baby (apologies to HLATN fans everywhere) .

. "Mr Lewis was not a God fearing man." Not so sure about that, Crossbones. You don't tend to find a lot of atheists in a combat zone. Agnostics, yes, and even non-denominationalists. But not too many who don't actually fear and respect a higher power. .

. Actuall Olham, Ras made mention of this just recently in another thread, and here is his sage advice: Also, here is the link to the thread this came from: Saitek Rudder Pedals Question Hope this helps you out Olham. .

. As Olham has mentioned, no one ever gets rid of their OFF disc. that has to tell you something right there about how much we all love this sim. Welcome to the OFF forums Adger, new lads buy the drinks! Cheers! Lou .

. I agree as well, Track IR is indeed a must have. And right after that is a good pair of rudder pedals. Just like TIR, I flew without them for a long time, and once I finally invested in them I began kicking myself for not doing it much earlier. .

. The computer I use to display my flying maps for OFF is, in fact, my old RB3D flying computer. It is all in there, ready to go, but the last time I fired up the sim it just made me feel a bit sad for the old girl. Despite all the innovations and add-ons done to her over the years, she has not aged well when seen in today's light. I have many fond memories of her, and they are best kept as that...memories. .

. Outstanding! I will definitely be giving this a go. Many thanks Bletchley. .

. I have also heard that it is excellent. Javito, while you're waiting you might try and find a copy of Norman Hall's 1928 work, "The Ballon Buster: Frank Luke of Arizona", (I read this one many years ago and found it to be quite good). It would be interesting to see how the first book about Luke compares with the latest. .

. I am also a very emotionally invested flyer in OFF, and I can really relate to many of the comments made here by you fine Gents. While I have several pilots in the shed at any given time, I am only "connected" to one of them. The rest are for testing patches, or checking paint layouts, or getting in some QC practice. But that one campaign flyer I have at any given time is a virtual self that I become far too attached to. One more thing for me that gets added to the mix are a few RL flying experiences that frightened me to the point of being "sans excrement", and that feeling comes back quite vividly when things get hairy in the virtual OFF skies. And as BH and others have mentioned here and in other threads, I am good for about one mission a day, afterwhich I am emotionally, (and even somewhat physically), spent. .

. IMHO, to live, (and die), as Voss did in those final minutes is to commit oneself to the moment without thought of life or death or winning or losing. And whether that comes about through fear, or bravery, or sacrifice, or survival, whatever the motivation; it is to become truly alive for that single instant in time, with no thought for the next. It is the ultimate surrendering of oneself to the universe. His demise always reminds me of a Wendell Phillips quote: “How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling of Fate forgets himself into immortality” I must confess I would likely have chosen the path of Cecil Lewis and far more prudent men, had I found myself in such circumstances. But then, to be fair, a man cannot honestly know how he will respond until the universe calls him to the test. .

. Boucher's work is really beautiful. Superb style and mood. . .

. Never will be able to beat that footage in "Hell's Angels" for the realism factor. Still my all-time favorite in that regard. .

. I agree completely with the above comments. I recently bought a beautiful copy on eBay for $50. And, when Alex learned I had purchased it he sent me an autographed card I could place in it. It is an outstanding book by an outstanding WWI aviation historian. Cheers! Lou .

File Name: All New Medals For OFF P3 File Submitter: RAF_Louvert File Submitted: 31 January 2011 File Updated: 06 February 2011 File Category: Scenery and Ground Objects . Greetings All, Here is a full set of new and improved medals for our beloved Over Flanders Fields BHaH HiTR combat flight sim. The instructions for their use are relatively simple. Start by making a back-up copy of your "Medals" folder found in the "CampaginData" folder of your OFF install; the path to it should look something like this if you've installed the sim on your 'C' drive: C:\OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\campaigns\CampaignData Now all you need to do is copy and paste all the new medal files found inside the "New_OFF_Medals" folder into the "Medals" folder of your OFF install, allowing all the new files to overwrite the old ones, (this is why you made a back-up copy of the original folder first, so that you can go back to the old medals if you so wish). Alrighty then, that is all that's required if you wish to do nothing more than see the shiny new versions of the thirteen original OFF awards on your various pilot's pages. However, if you're like me and would like to adjust the medals presented to be a bit more historically accurate, you can now do so by going into your active pilot's dossier and changing a bit of text. Following the same path that brought you to your "Medals" folder you will also see your "Pilots" folder. Inside are all the files for your pilots; active, inactive, captured, and dead, (assuming you haven't already deleted your captured and dead ones). Find your current active pilot's dossier by opening up your "PilotXDossier" files one at a time, with 'X' being the number of the pilot, (but don't assume the number matches up with that actually shown in the sim; it does not, which is why you have to go through your various pilot dossiers until you find the correct one). Once you have found your current active pilot's dossier, make a copy of it for back-up purposes. Now, with your active "PilotXDossier" opened up in Notepad, look down to line #19 and you will see a number that represents how many medals your pilot has been presented, and immediately following that are the names of each medal. To change a medal you need only type in the new medal name, (which is the same name as the medal image file found in your "Medals" folder), in place of the medal you are replacing. The lines of text you are dealing will look something like this: 5 Iron Cross 2nd Class Iron Cross 1st Class Hohenzollern House Order Orden Pour le Merite Red Eagle Order Null Null Null Null Save your changes and you're done! Now pop into the sim and look at your current Pilot's Page. Is that spiffing or what! ****************** The medals included in this new pack are as follows. The thirteen original OFF P3 medal files which are, in order by country: Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Service Order Victoria Cross Croix de Guerre Military Medal Legion of Honour Distinguished Service Cross COngressional Medal of Honor Iron Cross Royal Hohenzollern House Order Red Eagle Order Orden Pour le Merite The seventeen new OFF P3 medal files which are, again in order by country: Military Medal Britain Military Medal with Bar Military Cross with Bar DFC with Bar DSO with Bar DSC Britain DSC with Bar Britain DSC with Oak Leaves Croix de Guerre Belgium Albert Order with Swords Iron Cross 2nd Class Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 1c Iron Cross 2c Military Merit Order Bavaria Hohenzollern House Order Golden Military Merit Cross Turkish War Medal 1915 Just as before, red backgrounds denote awards of the Entente Powers, while blue backgrounds denote awards of the Central Powers. In the new awards you now find a few more that can be presented to the enlisted pilots. These are: the British Military Medal and Military Medal with Bar; the Belgian Croix de Guerre, which can be presented to NCO's and officers alike; the Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross, often called the "NCO's Blue Max", (as the Orden Pour le Merite was for officers only); and the Turkish War Medal 1915, (like the Iron Cross, this can be awarded to all ranks). On this last one, you could assign it to a pilot who may have started his military career serving on the Eastern Front before transferring to the Kaiser's air service, (much as Ritter von Richthofen did). About the various versions of the Iron Cross now available to you. The idea is that when the sim assigns you your first award as a German ace, (which will be the generic Iron Cross), you can now go into your pilot's dossier and change that to the Iron Cross 2nd Class, and at the second award of same generic version you can now switch it to the Iron Cross 1st Class, which would have been the proper order back in the Great war. Additionally, as you are presented more awards both by the sim and later on by yourself as acting Adjustant, you can switch to the single image of "Iron Cross 1c Iron Cross 2c", which will free up an additional display space on your pilot's page for one of the new awards, (despite the extra "Null" lines in your pilot dossier, the sim will only ever display five medals maximum). You will notice two versions of the Hohenzollern House Order, and they are identical except for the name. I included the second one as the sim does not allow room for a third line of text under the medal image, and with the original file the word "Royal" forces the name into a third line which gets cut off by the text below it. I should also point out the British DSC; this was a typical award of the RNAS and should be used when flying with that branch of the service. And remember the medals with bars, (or in the case of the US DSC, an oak leaf cluster), denote a second award of the same honor, so these would be added to a pilot's page later on in his career and would take the place of the same award without the bar. One final point. Sometimes the sim will revert to the original medals on your pilot' page when it presents you with the next one. Not to worry, simply change them back. This issue doesn't come up very often, but it might and I didn't want you getting all fidgety. That's it. Have fun with the new baubles, and feel free to stop by the "Over Flanders Fields General Forum" and make a post if you have a question about these, or if you wish to spot me to a pinta' for being such a swell. Cheers! Lou P.S. I have created a set of tables to help folks determine how to go about awarding the new medals to their virtual pilots, and here is the link to these tables: Award Guidelines For The New Off P3 Medal Set Enjoy! . Click here to download this file

. My flying room hasn't changed too much for a while now. I'm still running a second computer for my cockpit map; my Saitek pedals are 'da bomb; and my old school portside throttle lever is still working great. And, my French aviateur's uniform still serves as inspiration when I'm fighting in the virtual OFF skies. Cheers! Lou .

. "He went to Jared!" .