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Just remember that the AI and the FM will not be as it is in OFF of course... WM

Matt....I can say we would be honoured - I can also say we never considered anyone else for P4! WM

Now that brings back memories.... Guys to run WWI craft in CFS3, Korea or MAW simply put the OFF craft into the aircraft folder....of whatever version / implementation you want. Some people have literally 1000's of craft in any specific install. HTH WM WM

Yes I have optimised day start times for the seasons... WM

Why not adjust the multitude of settings in workshops til you find a suitable setup for your gameplay - pilot never dies being but one option...of so many. HTH WM

Yep thats what I was getting. Cheers WM

Yes ATI 5870 - no I simply rolled back to TIR4 software and all is well. No time to spend on it! WM

Ta - yep tried that... Cheers WM

My 2c on this: I have just finished setting up my OFF Development Win7 (64) OS PC and I found that Trackir5 software would not always initialise properly on auto startup when the OS booted. Trackir4 software on the other hand does and so I am sticking with that for the time being... Oh yeah and I have Trackir4 hardware YMMV WM

I actually never went back after a few statements - they erased it? WM

I am noticeably greyer and all because of the time invested in that bug hunt! Nailed the %$$&%&er. WM

Pol we clearly have a leak in HQ - how the hell did that pic get out? WM

What Holiday? We had a holiday? Jeez I missed that bit.... WM

CFS3 is a very unique animal in that it can have very high levels of scenery density and terrain resolution - the engine really was waaaay before its time and it is hardware limited. The caching seems to be O.K but it could be better and what it happening when you see the lags or micro second pauses is the HD light flashing as CFS3 loads up more into memory or swaps in and out of memory. Two main ways to reduce: 1) Turn down the Scenery and Terrain sliders.....mmm not nice... 2) Improve HD access time.... as many have realised this is one solution to the issue... SSD would be an amazing solution.... if its affordable go for it! Ideally all required data for a sim should be preloaded into memory, but CFS3 covers a vast theater and with a high level of detail - so this seems to be its limitation to a certain degree but I can say we have seen CFS3 run better and better in this respect as hardware improves (since 2002 wow). By balancing the sliders and hardware many have seen that it can be brought to a point where it runs pretty smooth as many users as well as the dev team will attest to One thing you can do is the classic external rotate around the craft at mission start - call it a craft pre flight check - which forces CFS3 to load more into memory of the surrounding terrain and hence you will have less micro pauses as you fly out. Also yes quit as many background tasks as you can! HTH WM

Yep I am working through all of them for P4. WM

Yep aware of it... WM

Hi Guys, Updating P3 now is not going to happen as we are waaay into P4. I can say that P4 is an overhaul/update of almost every aspect of OFF..... WM

Thanks guys PM sent! Cheers WM

Hi Guys, P4 dev is underway but as many of you know we are on a non disclosure status at the moment as competition is stiffer than before. So alas no pics no screenies and no hints - but I can say it will ROCK. I need a bit of data base help so if any one could kindly volunteer to send me a live pilots set of files it would be greatly appreciated. I need: 1) Pilot'x'Log ; Pilot'x'Claims ; Pilot'x'Dossier text files. 2) I need these to be a comprehensively filled in set - IOW this is a request for those that actually use this aspect of OFF to its fullest! I need claims confirmation kills etc - as comprehensive as anyone has and I need good narrative examples 3) I need them to cover as long a period as possible IOW I need long term pilot files! If anyone can help me please post here and I will PM my e-mail addy to you. Ta Best WM

It was April 1.... WM

Morris it was that time of year.... ;-) WM

Well all I can say is that may be fine for P3 but P4 well you will need to upgrade I am afraid. Cheers WM

I think you just earned yerself a medal as I think you are the first to see my signpost - and yes its the only one I put in....as an easter egg.... WM

Thanks Jammer - I love it when this sort of thing happens - makes it all seem worthwhile - cheers WM