Cameljockey

Never heard of it. Must have been on BBC. CJ

WM answered that question here........ http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=38554 CJ

My little boy would absolutely love that! Thanks for sharing that WF2. CJ

All of these monsters! Where oh where is Ultraman when you need him?

I don't have much hardware left, just an Antec 550w PSU, a 2.8Ghz Pentium 4, an ECS GeForce 7600GS 256Mb graphics card, and a couple of stock Intel CPU coolers. Actually, I've never used a FFB stick. At present I use a CH Combatstick 568 non FFB. Send me a PM and let's parley. CJ

This might be the makings of a good program. I myself have been the lucky recipient of hardware from some of the members here and have passed it on whenever I upgrade. Start sort of a "Salvation Air Force", open to Combat Ace members (OFFers in particular, but use your own discretion) aimed at helping fellow simmers get the most enjoyment out of the OFF BH&H experience. Just a thought. CJ

Actually Olham, I've encountered large amounts of EA flying defensive patrols in the Spring and Summer of 1918, flying for Jasta 11. But there again, at this stage of the war, the GAF was pretty much on the defensive anyway. The best available planes were the DrI and the DVa, both nearing the end of their operational usefulness, and the DVII hadn't shown up yet or was very limited in number. It gets pretty hot over German held territory in 1918 but you do have some advantages if you're flying for the Dark Side. If you go down, at least you're over friendly territory, and the enemy usually has a headwind on the way home, so they're easier to catch. CJ

Mine says "junior member" but the Missus says she disagrees! CJ

No, joining is not required, at least I didn't have to join to download it. Excellent add on. A lot of familiar names in the credits. CJ

Homeboy, BH&H is the best WWI sim to be produced to date, and any WWI aviation enthusiast who says they don't like it, haven't tried it. It's the CFS3 stigma, however, CFS3 is an excellent buy as there are some more great add ons for it that you may not know about. There is OFF BH&H of course, but there's also.......... Mediterranean Air War, a WWII mod set in the Mediterranean Theater of the war, and can be found here...... www.medairwar.com European Theater of Operations, a WWII mod set in Western Europe much the same as CFS3, but with updated scenery, graphics etc. It can be found here...... http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?autocom= downloads&showcat=10 Just copy the link and paste it in your browser window. And there's Pacific Theater of Operations, a WWII add on set in the Pacific Theater, and finally Korean Skies, a Korean War add on. Both can be found at www.koreanskies.com. You can still go to the OFF 1&2 forum and request a DVD of OFF Phase 2 if you would like to see what OFF is like, but if you want the "full monty", BH&H is by far the way to go. CJ PS: If you go to SimOuthouse there is a veritable wealth of info and add ons for CFS3.

Go to "Player, Target View" then hit Ctrl, Shift, F4 and you'll see the target in relation to where you are. CJ

Don't forget about "Anti Virus One"! I've had to remove it from a few machines for friends also. I guess it's only natural for some children to want to tear up another's toys. CJ

Bloody anti aircraft fire!!!

Isn't that Clifford on that Camel? CJ

I only have one nitpick and it's the same one I voiced on another thread. The leading edge of the aileron tips on the DrI are square and they're not supposed to be. CJ

Here he is!

I believe it's one of those boys of the RNAS. Don't know who off the top of my head though. CJ

I feel for you, Prop. I had the same problem a couple of years ago and like you, I had no idea what it was until I went to the emergency room. I ended up staying at the hospital overnight. I was given morphine but it didn't seem to kill the pain. I asked the doctor why it hadn't worked and he told me that morphine doesn't actually "kill" the pain, it just makes you where you don't care. I told him, "Well it must not be working because I'm pretty damned concerned about this pain I'm still experiencing!" So he gave me more. Didn't really bother me after that. I wish you all the best and hope you don't have too much trouble with the others. CJ

I'm with you Siggi. It saddens me at times that I have lost most of the imagination that I had as a child. I am fortunate that I have a son who is almost 3 and has helped me to regain some of that which I have lost. I closed the door on my first 50 years yesterday when I turned 51 but I still feel like that little boy of yesteryear when I'm in the yard playing with Mac. So if you don't see me here as much as usual, don't be concerned. OFF is a fantastic sim and gets better with every patch IMO, and I'll be flying it regularly, but it's Springtime here in South Carolina and I'll be spending a lot of thime in the yard playing with my Son. Ya'll have a nice day, CJ

What about the poor saps on the ground? What was their average age? 19? 20? Who knows? I'm sure there were some younger and older, but how many of them perished, no one knowing what happened to them? Military commanders using old tactics against modern technology sent hundreds of thousands to their deaths. Fliers were new, they were popular, and great propaganda material for the war effort. The best were elevated to almost God-like status....until they fell. As the war raged on, toward the end, they were just another tool to get the job done. War is always the same, the older ones start it and the younger ones fight it. Since time began it has been that way and will always be that way. It is sobering, yes, but true nevertheless. CJ

I have owned OFF BHaH for a little over a month now, and believe it or not, I have been able to complete only three campaign missions. Being a stay-at-home husband and father you'd think I'd have all the time in the world, but alas, that couldn't be further from the truth. A housewife's (or husband's in this case) work is never done and there is always some little something in the back of your head that you need to do instead of spending time in 1918, which is very distracting when trying to stop the krumpet menace. Anyway, it's been like a new romance, a quickie here and a quickie there, but neither myself or Athena really being satisfied. I wanted to take my time and satisfy her properly. I actually think my three year old son has come closer. (see picture) After much thought and deliberation, I came to the conclusion that if I were to get up at five am, I could get at least a couple of hours stick time before the Missus needed me at seven. She's a quadriplegic and gets out of bed then. This morning everything was going according to plan. It was 15 April, 1918. I'm flying a DrI for JGIII out of Halluin. Myself and four others took off in a driving rain, surprised we were even flying tooday, we then circled the field until we got to mission altitude and headed for the front. Bolle, Baumer, and two other heavies were a couple of miles ahead in Flight 1. We were heading for an Allied airfield outside of Ypres. I made the mistake of flying into a cloud enroute and come out of it upside down and 1500 feet lower. I caught up with my flight and continued on. I couldn't help but love this new DrI. It's like riding a spirited stallion, always ready to rear up. A very skittish aircraft, but that is one of it's good points. Four miles from the target we encountered six Wolsley Vipers from 84 Squadron coming at us from 1 o'clock high. I signaled my wingmen to attack and the fight was on. I picked out one and got on his six. He must have seen me because he immediately winged over and headed for the deck in a tight spin. I checked six and it was clear so I watched his aerobatic display and followed at a reasonable distance. Once he got to the bottom of his dive I was about 300 feet above and behind him. As he came up I could see directly into the cockpit. I fired about thirty rounds directly into it and he stalled and spun in, exploding on impact. I then chose a second SE5 and commenced work on him. He was a slippery one. Side slips, reverses, Immelmans, you name it, he tried it. I was patient, not trying to duplicate his aerobatics, but counter them with my own. I finally got a good shot and let him have it. His upper wing flew off and I must have shot his seat loose because he came out, seat and all. I checked my tail and saw two SEs coming at me from behind so I pulled back on the stick and pointed the nose in the air and thought to myself when it responded, "Richthofen was right, it does climb like a monkey!" The two SEs were coming too fast to follow and continued on beneath me. I nosed over and got on the tail of the second one and squeezed the trigger............Then the Windows start menu came up and the game froze. I had indadvertently pushed the key with the "Windows" logo on it and could not get it to work again, no matter what I tried. I was disgusted to say the least. I guess it'll be quickies until tomorrow morning Athena. I'll see you then! CJ

How to de-fang a Viper! That blob you see is the dead SE5 pilot, still in his seat! CJ

Hi Olham! I figured you'd come staggering in the mess shortly! How about the new digs? You like? Cj

I installed right over Phase 2 and it was as seamless as spandex. No problems whatsoever. CJ

Rhythalion, shoot me a pm. CJ