Rick Rawlings

Good luck and stay frosty!

That came out really nice! And thanks to all the people who educated me and contributed to that thread. I do plan to port it over here, I am just waiting until I get editing privileges, as a it's going to be quite a haul to get all of the juicy tips and pictures that some of the top skinners have contributed over the years.

That's a possibility and a good point!

Darn it! That's always how it happens: just like that. It was an excellent run though! *edit: You were already at a pretty low altitude?

Here's some additional... ... "research"... VonS, where did you say that mod was?

Yay! Somebody made it! Having said that... you were supposed to skip two in-game days between missions! So that makes your time way short! Don't worry about it now, but when you enter your time, multiply your days survived times three and the divide by 4 to get the weeks, rounding up!

Thanks, I don't know what resolution you are working with, but I switched to a 1440p monitor and it seems to have made a big difference in being able to track targets, beyond the use of dots.

catch: understood. If I was doing a personal campaign, I would probably have rerun that one if nothing else seemed off, but that was the right choice for the challenge. mandrews_2: yes, it should be campaign weeks in game time rounded up, but it's not very scientific! Also, long wound times can extend campaign weeks a lot, I made it quite far into January.

*sniffle* It's always the ones that die that go first! Sorry to hear it, Lou and catch! catch, I am still not sure what happened after watching the video. You hadn't been hit because you encountered no one, right? That was terrible luck! This is proving harder than I thought! If we can't pull this off in an SE5a, what is it going to take?

Claim rejected, though!

So here's one that worked better, although I don't know why: Novice level gunner? Luckily wounded him on the first pass? Was in the sweet spot where he decided blowing his own tail off was more of a threat than me? Needs more research...

Here's where we stand so far: Pretty grim. Someone is going to win this just by surviving!

I try to be useful for something!

Similar. Check out this video and especially the ranges at the end: I have been thumped by Rolands repeatedly in this new campaign and they always seem to hit a control cable or fuel tank or something critical. It has always been kind of like that in past WOFFs but the new replay feature gives us some data. This is with the rear guns set to "less accurate"! I know observers were dangerous in real life, it seems unlikely they were so at such extreme ranges and angles. Maybe this just balances out some of the real world issues that we don't have to contend with, like actually dying, so I don't know how it would be adjusted in a practical way...

Not at my computer right now, but it's in one of the campaign sub-screens. Try intel, maybe?

Good work, everyone! Stache: sorry to hear about Reed! I have really enjoyed your videos, I hope you keep up with them! catch, that is fine, we'll imagine he went immediately back to base and landed safely, being sure not to neglect any semi-visible trees on the approach!

Ok guys, as we go into the final week, please everyone alive or dead full out the form!

Very nicely done, sir!

mandrews_2: NOOOOO! Another good pilot lost to collision! He made a good run and yes, the SE5a is a peach, isn't she? lofty_c: If it was a personal campaign where I was trying to survive the war, I would have just re-flown it, as it was more of a "sim-thing" than a "real-world-likely-to-happen" thing, so it's ok, no broken monitors! *edit: also, I have 250 posts, I thought I should be able to go back and edit my old posts now, but I can't. Was I wrong about that?

HarryH: That's too nice a paint scheme for the limited amount of action you have seen! Still, it is keeping you alive! Hang in there! Lou, we will definitely be ready for some new blood whenever you are able to jump in! Sorry, catch, you posted while I was typing. Great balloon bust! Speaking of balloons, do they seem lower in BHAHII? Also does anybody remember which game actually had them reel the balloons down as you attacked? Was that Red Baron II?

Nice work! I actually feel a little disappointed that I didn't get to run and escort missions in my short career! I actually don't think I have done any since playing BH&HII

Yes, great work and great reports!

That's not a problem, we need some new blood! Uneventful is good for now!

Hang in there catch!

Well, it is a Rick Rawlings Challenge, not a Rick Rawlings Cakewalk! (We'll have to try one of those sometime!) I did j just catch a Stache video on YouTube, so hopefully he'll be around at some point with some more pleasant news!