Schlissefahrt

Hello fellow aviators! It has been a while since I have played OFF, I stopped shortly after HiTR was first released. I have tried "the other WWI sim" (name left anonymous to avoid turning this into something negative), and although there are some great things it has to offer, I truly do miss OFF's immersion value. I am back in the saddle so to speak, and will finish up reinstalling all of my OFF files this afternoon after work. I have a couple questions though. Since it has been a while, I would like to know how AI react to certain situations. First question is, when RTBing after a sortie, does the AI accurately land back at their home airfield? I know that is an odd question, but I cannot for the life of me remember how they reacted before, and I can't seem to find any topics on it with the forum search feature. Also, I see it mentioned that AI behavior has been updated since HiTR was released? I dont remember seeing much difference when I first played it, but then again it was a while ago so I probably wont remember too many details. Mind you, I understand the limitations of singleplayer type game styles and the strengths and weaknesses of AI controlled aircraft, but I was just curious how they fare nowadays. Thanks, and sorry if this has been beaten like a dead horse before, I just could not find any topics with the search function relating to my query. Salute!

Funny thing Hellshade, when I was going through the process of deciding whether I should come back to OFF, those two videos are two of the first that I watched to get me back in the mood :). I know I should probably start a new thread about it, but I think I know the issue. I started up a pilot in Jasta 11 early war flying the E.III, and with my new rig that I have since the last time I played OFF everything looks so much more gorgeous. However, I got an error twice. At random times, CFS3.exe quits and it boots me out of game. Now I think it is because I think my new rig can handle all settings max, but I suppose it couldnt hurt to turn scenery down one notch as I have heard that it can be a resource hog. Unless there is something else that may have caused the CFS3.exe file to take a dump that others have experienced? BTW, I do intend to get that new damage model addon up and running soon, but I want to hammer out kinks with my stock version of OFF: HiTR first! :)

It was a failure of mine. When Silent Hunter III first came out, I adopted it as an avatar name. It is really spelled Schleichfahrt (silent running), but me being the newb to the German language butchered the spelling. It has stuck ever since then :) On the note of the E.III, I just remember being fodder in that thing, guess I'll do some practice, as I love starting campaigns from the beginning. I usually only ever fly German crates anyway...

Somehow I figured you would be the first to respond to this Olham! :P Thank you both for your quick replies. I suppose if your fellow AI attempts to land and ends up botching it, they will have ended their career? Itd be a shame for an ace to die this way :P. Also, I seem to remember aces only being in their own flights. Rather, you could never be in the same flight as them. Maybe I just never ranked up enough to find out, but can you ever fly as a wingman to an Ace, or lead a flight with aces in it? Im excited to get back into the OFF campaign. I remember it having its quirks, but nothing beat it in terms of getting involved in the story of what was happening. P.S. is the Eindecker still a death trap to fly in?! :P

Btw, on the subject of the bicycle (and other non-plane vehicles) the model T is actually a blast to FLY, thats right, I said FLY! Here is a real challenge, turn on invincibility, load up a QC flying the Model T, start from 10,000, then try to land.... Its actually tougher than you think, haha!

Quite a diverse collection of books you got there. I didn't imagine that the typical sim junkie was just as interested in RPG-like games like I am :). Also, that OFF binder is awesome!

So, I finally had a successful DiD career that I achieved 5 kills in. I'm a Feldwebel of Jasta 23 flying the Albatros D.II. After a long wait, 5 confirmed kills have been recorded. Now for the festivities and customization, right? I am not clear on how this works. Can I assign my craft a custom paint scheme, or will all of my squadmates in the flight carry the same scheme if I load it in the custom skin drop down menu? I just remember the way it was in RB2/RB3D. Once you got 5, you were allowed to customize your plane. I should know by now, but is it the same here? Also, the aircraft allocated for Aces, do I get to choose from that as well? Or is that only for historical aces?

I thought so, thanks Red-Dog. Hopefully this can be changed in the future. Oh well :)

HA! That, sir, is a line from Memphis Belle! I love that movie, and its a great line, and that is also a great screenshot! :)

1. Albatros D.II 2. Jasta 23 St. Quentin area 3. 5 kills 4. 8.6 hours.

Oh I know Olham, I was just using an extreme as an example. :P I have about 6 flying hours on my Jasta 23 pilot and he has two claims so far. I have it on realistic mission frequency, but after his first five hours I gave him a two week leave :). Then I time advanced the campaign two weeks ahead and in that time 4 of my squadmates made claims, and three of them were confirmed, but not mine. When I got back after two weeks, and then flew for a couple more days, he still is just waiting haha. Its been like that for the last couple pilots I have had. They die before any of their kills get confirmed.

Alright, let me get this straight. It sounds like you guys are saying that if I were to play through two months of in game time in one real day period, I would never see my claims confirmed/denied because I have only been playing for one 24 hour period? I may be way off base here, but if that is true, it is uber unrealistic.

I've had the same experience lately as well Hellshade. I have two kills from my second mission that were about a month earlier in game time, and they are still pending.

Maybe I just missed something with the patch that improved the claim algorithm, but whenever I write up a claim there is no longer a "Pending ##" at the end, rather it is just "Pending ." Is this intended? The only reason I ask is that I enabled time advance in the campaign and its been nearly two weeks and they haven't been rejected or confirmed. Thanks!

Now, by quoting me, I know you did not imply that I am genius.... :P But, I'll take what I can get! Honestly though, the guy that started that SE5a a while ago is amazing.

I used to frequent that forum, if you search for the name Schlissefahrt you will see :P. I have been following that model since he started it. With every update he never ceased to amaze me with his amazing modelling skills.

Beat me to it Uncle Al, I was going to ask how you would feel when you see that it is rejected haha! In all seriousness, very awesome report. I guess that attention to detail really does pay off, doesn't it?

Very eloquent Hellshade. I think it is highly appropriate too. Just a couple missions ago, I was flying a patrol in my trusty D.III as well. We were up at 15,000 well out of the reach of anything that could harm us from the ground, or so I thought. As we approached the lines, I looked back over my right shoulder to see my loyal squadmates ready for action. I glanced back to the front to see if I was on course, and then looked back over my right shoulder again. This time I noticed the barrage had started. Black puffs seemed to appear at every position amongst our patrol, within minutes I had lost two good men. Sometimes you have to have more respect for things you thought once were only a nuisance. Every trip across the lines in my future will be met with caution, and much more respect for the men on the ground.

Wow, did not think this would go this far. I am actually surprised the Nieuport 28 is leading. I thought I was one of the few who like it so much. I still think anyone of those planes would be an awesome addition, though. (even the ones that aren't planes :P)

Well I have been flying a few different pilots in campaigns. I typically pick anywhere from 80 to 100 realism depending on how hopeless of a machine I'm flying :P, but in all of my campaigns, even though I put in as much detail as possible into my claim reports and get a usual 70-80 pending rating, they still take days to be confirmed. I have only ever had one claim be confirmed the day after. Is this working as intended? Am I doing something wrong? I noticed on Siggi's online killboard, one of the pilots has 6 claims and 6 confirmed in like 15 missions. Is he full of it, or is that possible? Thanks. -Alex

It is more or less the chance that it will be confirmed. EDIT: to clarify, its the chance in percent :) on a 100 point scale obviously.

Alright, guess Christmas just happened for me too. After a long and uneventful patrol in our Alb D.IIIs, I was promptly notified that 3 of my claims were confirmed, while 3 others were rejected. Hey, 50% ain't bad right? :yes:

Alright, I figured it was normal, I just wanted to make sure. Guess I'll just do my best to not die :P See if they ever get confirmed. Thanks Rickity.

Now that's a beautiful little RC plane. I love how the exhaust was redirected into the actual exhaust stacks from the real BE2c.

Yeah. It happened to me randomly as well, but it seemed to work like clockwork with the scramble missions. 3 out of 3 scrambles resulted in a drop when M was hit. Out of curiosity, what are your system specs?