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Hi, Winston: Sounds like you, like me, have limited time to play, and just had a very frustrating couple of hours of flying in an out numbered period of history and you refuse to turn your realism settings down or choose pilot never dies because of the, uhh... macho element? I know that I frequently feel like that because.. this is a very difficult sim to stay alive in, just like the real war was back then, and it can be very frustrating to get in some hours of flight to only die, especially when it doesn't seem fair because you are vastly outnumbered, you get hit by some pot shot from below, collide with a mate, etc. But maybe read the recent, excellent counter post to DID (dead is dead) which is the support of PND (pilot never dies). Anyway, I also hope you stick around and what seems to help the most is to join in the forum and relate your experiences. You then find others who can commiserate and have a virtual WWI beer with you. Also, before installing any patch, why not do a restore point so that you can easily go back if you don't like it, but give it a chance first, check the forum to find out options like the sound adjustments, etc. With OFF, at least we have this option, in the recent other flight sim (un mentionable), you have absolutely no control over the add ons or anything else that isn't in their control panel. You also can't get in and mod anything because it's a closed design, no way to mod or alter anything, while in OFF, look at all the mods of skins, flight model, etc. being done by modders outside the OFF core mod group. Again, hope you stay with us.

I found the historical image on a French historical Escadrille web site and then added the frame, text and title. Don't know the exact website. Thanks,

Nancy Just kidding..

Wings of War was great, I really enjoyed the story and the humor in it with the drunken British pilot (what was his name?) The CO reprimands and congratulations,, and you could cut him short with a key stroke. And lest we not forget, Lissette.. what a shame, I really was in love with her too. The ambulance in RedBaron, when you returned wounded would be very cool to have the equivalent in OFF, if possible?

Women? ...if you look anything like your avatar...

Is it broken or not? or.. can it be improved.. or, would it actually be an improvement? One thing in Rise Of Flight that impressed me was the CP sound effects. I don't know how real it is, but it just sounds impressive and believable, with the wind noise being clearly combined with the engine sounds. I've never flown an open air plane, so have no idea.. would you be able to hear the wind, or would the engine sound drown out everything? But even if it isn't that real, it does seem to add a lot to the feeling of being up there. The engine sounds in OFF are already top notch, but having heard the ROF sound effects, I like them better, but what do you think? If you've flown Rise of Flight you can comment on the CP sounds.. like them or not? Any desire to change the OFF CP sounds in any way?

OK, thanks, Mark. So, it sounds like the wind sound is a mix with the engine sound and both would come under your 1) adjustment above, right? I'll try out some of the newer craft. Excellent work on this latest patch!

Rise of Flight, but I'm not bringing this up as criticism or something that we can't change if it would be for the better. If the addition of wind noise/engine combination is realistic, or something that really adds to the immersion, it seems like a fairly easy improvement.. not like animated machine guns, animated light movement, river reflections, and some of the other ROF effects that would be difficult or impossible for us to include. And I'm really beginning to think that they may not be able to include many of the more historical dynamic game features that OFF has, but time will tell. To me, ROF has some outstanding features, but is extremely limited in just about everything else that OFF excels at. I have only flown the Nieuports and I have set the Workshops to ambient sounds, and I also tried turning the engine sound down to 10, but could hear nothing comparable to the ROF sound of wind noise while the engine is running. When I get a chance I guess I need to fly some of the other planes. OK, sounds great. Again, I'm asking this with no examples to compare to in real life, that's why I was asking if any pilots have noticed the sound. The wind noise was one of the things that really struck me the first time I flew in ROF and I think it adds a lot to the feeling of being "up there." I posted the question over on the ROF forum (click) and I'm getting feedback there from some who say they are pilots and the wind should be heard.. are they biased toward ROF?

That's good news, thanks OVS. Not sure if a bike would be the same, but seems like it would be similar as the speeds are not too far off when you get going down a freeway.

The ROF wind combination just sounds right, but I wanted feedback from others who have actually flown open CP. The only place I've seen WF2 is over on the SimHQ ROF forum and I have this same question posted over there, even asked her specifically, but haven't heard from her yet.. see the next post.

I happen to like dark beer. My favorite commercial dark beer with food would be Bohemia or Negra Modello, both excellent, brewed in Mexico. "Ah, Bohemia beer and the Pyramid of the Sun; entire civilizations have created less" John Steinbeck Guinness for solo dark beer drinking... what a beer head! Not available commercially, "Terminator" dark porter from the Blue Moon micro brewery restaurant in Portland, Oregon. ..pretty amazing hamburgers too. (click)

Been really enjoying a bit of flying tonight. Things all looking improved, is that possible? Even looks like you did some more work on the clouds?

Yes, that would be pretty startling too. We do have the bullet hits and they sound good. Just curious if any have any comments on the ROF sound.. I don't know, but it just sounds more realistic, for some reason, even if, as most of you say, you would mostly just hear the engine noise. The bike analogy is good, but I never owned a really loud bike.. a couple of dirt bikes were the loudest and I do seem to remember being aware of the sound of wind, but not sure about that, and it was usually only if I wasn't wearing a helmet.

Thanks again, Steve, I've got to get over there some day and see all this in person!

Fantastic additon.. OFF just gets better and better. Thanks guys!

Very neat, saved. Where did you find these?

Wow.. wish I was going someplace like that. Have fun!

Hi, Waldemar: Do you have the sliders set way down to minimum? Most systems will handle OFF unless they are really old.. what are you playing on?

Much more likely they will be kidnapped by some Russians I can think of.

Check this video out.. really well done. I don't know the author, so please comment if you know who did it.

Wow! Silverfox, I remember that name! Great video and thinks for posting it and hope you don't mind if I've been spreading it around, it's very impressive. Hope you do some more and post them here for us all to see.. great work! All the best,

I remember seeing one of the screen shots posted by CatFish on SimHQ where this was also posted, but the SS was by someone else, as he explained, and it's a great shot. I agree, the movie should be on the OFF publicity circuit! Here's the SS

Name is Koncadia Here's another one: Tripe Attack to the Tune of Moby

I guess I'm missing something.. what are you referring to, got a link to the film that's being blasted, or what ever? Thanks,

Nice work! You can upload it to the Combat Ace/OFF/Aircraft Skins Downloads section. Downloads is in the menu at the top right.