Herr Prop-Wasche

Welcome aboard, Redpiano! I am confident you won't be disappointed. Be sure to stay in contact with this forum--you won't find a better group of flight-sim fans on the planet!

My guess is that OFF2 (P4) will be released sometime between this summer and the end of the year, with it being more likely sooner rather than later. (The above represents my opinion ONLY and does not represent the views of any of the developers of OFF). The FM in OFF is very good, but as von Bauer says, it is not perfect. And, if he can teach me how to make the current Dr1 do a flat turn, I'll give him my first born child. The planes do have heft and they will stall, but probably do gain height a tad bit too easily--at least until you get above 12,000-15,000 feet. Lastly, gyroscopic precession is not currently modeled directly, but that is because of the CFS3 influence. Maybe the release after P4 will have a different engine that will allow GP to be better modeled. Finally, from what I have read (I have never played ROF), the damage model in ROF is probably slightly better than P3. But, in all other respects, OFF is superior to ROF, in my opinion. If you truly want the experience of flying a WWI campaign in a living theatre of war, there is no comparison to OFF, with the possible exception of Red Baron 3D.

Track for the camera for smoother pictures.

Well, you have to agree that it does partly fill in a much missing piece of WW1 aviation. Probably in anticipation of ROF2--air and naval battles of WW1!

It may be a pretty good marching tune, but the words and thoughts within inspired much evil.

I don't have a user account at Youtube, but I also hope they change the music in this video quickly. We have enough trouble in this world without giving encouragement to the Fascists and skinheads!

Uh-oh! Okay. From now on, when anyone asks, my mods will be ready in one week!

I haven't looked at the maps lately. I suppose they are getting a bit crowded. Good news for OFF2, I hope. I'm also glad that you aren't feeling lonely, Olham!

Welcome to the forum, Kaische! We are seeing more and more people from Europe lately who have found out about P3. I wonder if it is finally getting discovered? Olham, you don't have to feel so lonely anymore!

If anyone is interested, I can post a zip file with a preliminary FM version of the Dr1 fit for QC flying later today.

I think I can be confident in saying that it will be ready in 2 weeks.

Thanks, Andy. Will give these a try.

Nice to hear that people still respect our WWI vets--in fact, all of our vets. Rest in Peace, Flo.

Oh my gosh, did I forget to send you the version that works in the campaign? If I did, let me know and I will send it to you. I haven't included the D VIII in an update to my FM yet because I was waiting until I had finished the other planes (including the Dr1) I am working on. The trouble is is that it takes a very long time--weeks sometimes, instead of days--to make changes to just one aircraft. I suppose I should think about releasing those planes that I have mostly finished working on instead of waiting to finish the other ones first. I'm sorry if anyone felt I had forgotten them. Yep, I have managed to get the Dr1 to perform a flat turn. Now, it is not a very fast flat turn, but at least it can be done. I am still ironing out a couple of kinks and haven't actually tried it in combat yet, but it does work if you use opposite rudder and aileron. I have become familiar with those tail-first spins, and they are still present, I'm afraid. I haven't paid much attention as to whether they are any more or less frequent than before my changes, however. Something else to work on, I guess!

Perhaps if I mentioned that I have been able to induce the Dr1 to perform a bit of a flat turn? Any interest then?

Maybe I should drop a few more hints? . . . . . . . . This particular Fokker has a D in its name... . . . . . . . . . It has 3 wings... . . . . . . . . . Any guesses?

Any interest? Not even Olham?

Just as long as the words aren't "never" or "cancelled." I hope none of you are superstitious! I crossed my fingers before I said that.

All's fair in love, war, and computers, Lou! Congrats, Hauksbee. Glad to hear you are up and sorted, regardless of whose side is getting buttered.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING!! Well, maybe not THAT big, but still of interest to most P3 fans and any fans of my work, I hope. Hint: It involves a certain Fokker...

Good recommendation, Lou. Try what Lou says before messing around in the Registry, Hauksbee.

Gee, I guess I need to think about replacing my GS8600 with its whopping 256 Mb memory, huh?

I hate to say this, Hauksbee, but it sounds like TrackIR is fouled up in the Registry settings. Unfortunately, I am still stuck using XP, so I'm afraid I can't advise you about editing the Registry in Windows 7. If you are using XP, I would go into the Registry and delete all references to TrackIR, and then try reinstalling it. You may just have to wait until your computer guru gets there.