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  1. Posted

    Yes, was sadly disappointed to see there is no MP at present in WOFF.  Was curious as to whether or not some of the old missions we flew in OFF might still play in WOFF, but after digging out the missions and putting them in the WOFF directory, found there is no executable for a MP session.

     

    Am still glad I could make a contribution to the dev's efforts on this, lord knows they deserve it, but was really hoping to play some WOFF MP.

  3. Posted

    downloading it now VB.  Going to take a while to get everything set up....as I remeber it, the config settings in this are a bear.

     

    But if for no other reason than to be able to catch up with you guys, would love to try to see what MP looks like.  Hopefully the old HITR missions will still play on WOFF.

     

    We have seveal options for TS.  We can use the ROF one (rub it in their noses....), and I have a server running.

  4. Posted

    lol...wow..almost 2 years since a post here!

     

    am optimistic P4 is close to being released.  And as the dev's have always made it clear it was never their intention of making OFF a multiplayer game, doubt that much was done to improve on the issues that multiplayer had.   But am willing to put some time into it to see just how well it plays when it is released.  Probably won't be till after the holidays thou.

  5. Posted

    As i remeber right, issues in MP where slight until you added human AI. From watching the release video, don;t think coop MP (human vrs ai) would be a waste of anyones time.

     

    I will be buying phase 4, and would not hurt to start some sort of list of pilots who want to engage in some MP once it comes out.

     

    Might be prudent to find out if mission made for phase 3 will work in phase 4. But let's not condemn it until we see what we have...

  7. Posted

    Its been so long can't remeber for sure, but MB might have been an addon.

     

    Anyways, here is a link to the page to get it from MS.

     

    http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs3/cfs3_sdk.aspx#missionsdk

     

    You want to get the Cfs3mb10.msi file. Once you install it, you should have a shortcut for MB in start>all programs>CFS3 Mission Builder. One big quirk about MB is that if you locate the MB.exe in explorer, and click on it, or if you try and make another shortcut using MB.exe, MB will crash. You can make a shortcut on the desktop from the intallation shortcut (if that made sense) and it will work.....

  8. Posted

    While waiting for P4, I figured I'd kill some time getting into using the MB. But the page that the question mark sends me to is blank. Is it old and no longer supported? Anybody ever make a hard copy?

     

     

    That links to a file on your computer, not something on the web, so unless you deleted the file (or folder), the info should be there.

     

    I dont have OFF on this computer, but I do have cfs3, and its the same help file.

     

    the location of the help file for me is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 3\mb\help\helppage.htm. So if you navigate to where you installed cfs3, and locate the helppage.htm file and open it, it will give you the tuturial. Most helpfull part for me has always been the "Tuturial: Calais Cleanup" at the end

  10. Posted · Edited by sitting_duck

    I am trying to install OFF phase2 in win7/32.The installer runs fine but when I go to the exe the screen resolution changes to 1024X768 and I get a Vids:IV50 not found message.Then the installer stops there. Any idea how to get it running?

     

     

    not sure if this is going to help, but try right clicking on the executable, and a: run as administator, b: select properties, and set the compatibility to run in xp

  13. Posted

    Burning Beard

     

    this is a fix for w7 and multiplayer. this is from the over flanders fields faq section

     

     

    Q5M. Windows 7 comes up with errors in Multiplayer.

     

    A5M. Microsoft posted a fix for a similar issue in article KB555608.

    Also check out this thread on Sim-Outhouse.

     

    Basically simply rename oleacc.dll to oleaccold.dll in the "CFS3WW1 OverFlandersFields" folder. This file is very old and causes a problem loading MP. Renaming it makes Windows use it's own newer version of that dll held elsewhere. You may need to make CFS3MP.exe and CFS3.exe set to "run as administrator" or XP SP3 compatibility mode (or both - experiment). Right click on each of those programs and go to properties to reach the Compatibiity settings.

  14. Posted

    .If you have win7, there is a dll file you have to delete for MP to work (but dont think it gave the error you have)... http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm#A5M its question q5m

     

    one thing i noticed that seemed odd, is that your install should have the imguix.dll in two places....one is in your cfsww1 over flanders field directory, and the other is in cfsww1over flanders field\mb folder (thats the mission builder folder). But in my install, they have different dates.

     

    might not hurt to rename your imguix.dll in your cfsww1 over flanders fields directory, and replace it with mine.

     

    http://bhah.homeip.net:192/BHAH%20COMMON/imguix.dll

  21. Posted

    lol..ok...one more shot,,then im gonna sick uncleal on you ...(as in...did you read my post???)

     

    you CAN NOT click on the mb.exe in explorer,,,it wont work...

     

    you CAN NOT right click on the mb.exe in explorer,,and use send to desktop,,create shortcut...

     

    you CAN use the shortcut that was put into the game when you installed it,,,in xp its start>all programs>over flanders fields>mission builder...(not sure how that works in vista) it will work..

     

    you CAN make a short cut of the ABOVE shortcut,,and send it to the desktop,,and it will work...

     

    so,,,right now,,the ONLY way you have to get into MB, is to use the start>programs thing,,,,,,(pic one)

     

    you can make a shorcut of the shortcut....(pic2)

     

    gallery_45808_317_108290.jpg

     

    gallery_45808_317_143346.jpg

  22. Posted · Edited by sitting_duck

    there is a funny thing about mb....you can run it from the shortcut the game puts in during the install (start>programs>over flanders fields>mission builder

     

    and,,if you make a shortcut to the desktop from that shortcut, it will work.....but,,if you make your own shortcut (ie..click on mb.exe in explorer. and make a shortcut on the desktop), or even click on the mp.exe in explorer,,,you get that error...

     

    but,,if that doesnt fix the problem,,here is a link to mine.... http://bhah.homeip.net:192/inbox/jpeg.dll

     

    it goes into the root of the over flanders fields folder

     

    cool...you gonna do some missions??

     

    another quirk about mission building,,,(although pd will disagree with me about this...),,,you can not assign a goal directly to a facility you place in the mission. if you do,,the mission will crash when you try and run it..

     

    see this post....http://forum.combatace.com/topic/46859-please-tell-me-it-wasnt-this-easy/

     

    and one more thing,,,the mission will show up in your folder based on what you put in the "title" box...(in briefing and start goals section) not as what you save the mission as...

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