Hellshade

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Indeed it was only my opinion. That's why I included the words "in my personal opinion", sir. Oddly enough, I'm pretty sure that it was me who posted the link to let people know that the Diablo III beta was available this weekend. For a person trying to discourage people from playing a beta, I'm doing a really lousy job by letting them know when, where and how to sign up for it. Wouldn't you say? In fact, I always encourage people to try betas and demos. The best time to find out if you like something is when you have the chance to try it for free. That's when they get to form their own opinion. I expressed my opinion. I doubt very seriously that my personal opinion holds so much weight that anyone around here is going to not try a free beta or demo just because I didn't happen to enjoy it. If it turns out I do have that much sway over people's ability to decide things for themselves, it'll be news to me sir. In all the time I've been here, I've never read the words "Well Hellshade didn't like it so I'm not even going to bother to try it." But since I put the words "Try them both, of course." into my opinion, even if they did follow me blindly, they'd be trying Diablo III anyway. Come to think of it, I just made a post about the ability to make the colors richer and more vibrant in OFF:BH&H. I figured a lot of people would really like to have that option. Turns out most of the people who responded prefer the more 'muted' color scheme that Winder put in as default. Whatever works for them is fine by me. Just because I love it doesn't mean other people can't dislike it. I'm about giving people options and let them figure out what works best for them. You'll have to forgive me if I also express a personal opinion in the process of trying it for myself. You should prepare yourself for the fact that other people who try it for themselves are likely to do the same. Path of Exile plans on selling cosmetic upgrades. Supposedly they won't sell "pay to win" type gear. Time will tell if it makes any money or not. Rest assured it won't make as much money as Blizzards title. Hellshade

Red, As I stated in my post, I'm sure it will sell like hot cakes. My opinion is just mine. There are plenty of Skyrim "haters" even though Bethesda shipped 10,000,000 copies and it is the fastest selling game in the history of steam. But you can still go on forums and read people who hate every aspect of it. That's fine. It doesn't stop me from enjoying the game. There's always going to be a minority who simply don't like a game for one reason or another. They don't stop it's success in the commercial market. Yes, Torchlight is cartoony compared to Diablo III. But Diablo III looks cartoony to me compared to Path of Exile or Grim Dawn. I fully understand why Blizzard, one of my favorite game making companies, went with a lower polygon count in order to run on the maximum number of machines. It's a smart choice to cast the widest possible net in order to get the most sales. I just don't happen to care for the choice. I don't happen to have a low end machine so I like games where I can crank up the detail and make things look as real as possible in most cases. (WoW, a Blizzard game, happens to have been one of the exceptions for years for me though I'm finally completely over it) In terms of click fest style games, Path of Exile and Grim Dawn fall closer to that mark of realistic looks for me than Diablo III does. I feel pretty confident though that Blizzard will survive without my personal support on this one. I'm glad you love Diablo III. I genuinely hope you get years and years of enjoyment out of it. I have no doubt that millions of people will. That's why it'll sell like hot cakes. I just won't happen to be one of those millions. Fortunately for all of us there seems to be multiple developers going about creating fantasy action RPGs in different ways. Different sword strokes for different RPG folks, eh? Hellshade

Olham I am running at 1920 x 1200. If you could calculate good FoV settings I would appreciate it. It looks off to me too and I tried many settings but could never come up with what I really liked. As for the vibrant colors, I didn't realize France was so 'drab' but I have never been there and most of the photos I've seen are black and whites from WWI and some WWII. I'm used to Florida where everything is so lush and green. Hellshade

Here's a screenshot to give you a better idea of what the colors look like without youtube messing them up. I gotta say I just love it. Brings the whole thing even more to life.

Yes, one definately has to play with the values in order to see what they want. Youtube has a tendancy to make such videos a bit darker than the way they actually appear in the game too. I did a quick dogfight with DVIIFs against some Camels with the same settings except Brightness was put up to 50%. I can see this being the way to go to tweak the video settings though for color. Again, I don't get to take credit for this 'find' though. Someone else mentioned something about it in a post so I decided to do a little hunting around and see what I could find. I can't complain about the results. Fokker DVIIFs vs Sopwith Camels - 720P Hellshade

Well I was messing around with the Nvidia control panel and I saw some options to crank up the Digital Vibrance setting from 50% to 85%. Someone else had mentioned this (sorry, can't recall who), but I figured I'd give it a try. I removed my ENB series driver and I have to say that I really enjoy the results. No performance hit at all, unlike the ENB series driver, but much richer, more vibrant colors and deeper blacks. Obviously you'd have to mess around with it to bring it to your own personal liking. I think the terrain and scenery look a lot more alive and vivid this way. At any rate, there's a screenshot of how I had my Nvidia settings at the bottom of this page along with a couple of videos showing what the results are in game. I even did one flying for the Germans so Olham doesn't think I'm always picking on them! By the way, I got hit right before the first closure between our two flights when I was fighting for the Germans and man was it ever a pain to try and line up a Nieuport 17 after that. They had so much agility and I had to anticipate where they would be to have any chance of getting some rounds into them. Be sure to watch both movies in 720P format for best quality! Hellshade

Well I fired it up and I must say I am seriously underwhelmed by Diablo III. Obviously I didn't play long enough to make a bunch of levels or anything, but right away the gameplay just seemed very 'flat' to me. The graphics were mediocre at best. Frankly the Diablo series is supposed to be known for it's dark atmosphere, but Diablo III looks like they tried to cross it with World of Warcraft in terms of art style. Too cartoony for the series in my personal opinion. I'm sure it will sell like hotcakes, but I won't be throwing any money it's way. I'll save for OFF 2 and perhaps Guild Wars 2. If you like the "click fest" fantasy action RPGs, I would recommend trying Path of Exile. It is currently in open beta and will be free to play once it goes live. The atmosphere is much darker and grim. Plus the skill trees are so large, people actually call them the "skill forest" for good reason. I've spent a few hours in the beta and it seems to be well put together. Try them both, of course. But considering PoE is going to be free to play and Diablo III will most certainly be $59.99, I think PoE is definately worth a long look, especially for any purely casual players. http://www.pathofexile.com/ Hellshade

For those interested in a fantasy RPG "click fest" Blizzard has an open beta from April 20th - April 23rd. That's this weekend. As far as I know you just need a Battle.net account but no active subscriptions. http://pc.ign.com/articles/122/1223407p1.html Hellshade

Maybe OFF 2 IS the Great Change they were referring too. I think I just cracked the "code!" Hellshade

Here is the TrackIR Profile that I use. I renamed it default because it's what I use for every flight sim. Hope it helps. Hellshade default.xml

Andy, I just downloaded and installed your sound mod, using the version that works with Creaghorns Sound Tweak II. Simply fantastic work. This truly is a community with some incredible talent. Thank you very much for sharing your sound mod. Hellshade

Do whatever your heart tells you too sir, but for my part Creaghorns Alb sounds are great. If you think that you can improve upon them, by all means mod away. If not, what you've already done is wonderful work and, I am sure, would be greatly appreciated by the community if you would share it. Hellshade

Those are fantastic Andy. I don't see why OBD would have any problems with a sound mod for P3 as long as you give credit to them for their work. Creaghorn has had a Sound Tweaks II mod up for a couple of years now. I sincerely hope you release yours. I would love to use it and it would make a wonderful addition to P3. Great work sir. Hellshade

Excellent videos sir. Thank you very much for sharing. I had not seen them before. Hellshade

Some of the planes were modeled with pilots in the cockpit and others were not. It was a subject of some controversy when P3 first came out. I'm not sure which way the devs will go with P4 but I think , according to the preview movie they released, they decided to get rid of the pilot and go with the empty cockpit view. But for now, some P3 planes have them and some do not. Hellshade

The scenery, clouds and aircraft details never fail to impress. I can't begin to imagine how many man-hours have gone into producing this. Excellent work gentlemen. Hellshade

No sir. Version 1.25 is stand alone. Thank Herr Prop Wasche. He did all the work! Hellshade

Version 1.25 sir. It's a great damage model mod. HPW loves to tweak things. :) Hellshade

That that was the purpose of that video exactly. A mini marketing commercial to help sell people on the sim. I'm looking forward to doing more of those for OFF 2. I also have a few more ideas for types of videos that will show off OFF 2, both in terms of features and the experience. Hellshade

AVS Video Editor. It was about $60 when I purchased it a few years ago. Adds all kinds of font styles, transitions, video effects and video format conversion options. Well worth the price if you plan on doing it as a hobby like I have. Hellshade

It's quite common actually. The Devs put a lot of work into re-creating the war. When there are big battles at the front, expect to see tanks, troops and support vehicles duking it out with one another, in addition to the arty rounds and AA. Nice video too sir. I hope your friend joins the war with us. If he needs any more convincing, I created a video called "The Over Flanders Fields Experience" that shows off some of the potential of this flight sim. It's about 5 minutes long and gives a fairly comprehensive overview of what you can expect when you fly Over Flanders Fields. Feel free to share it with anyone who might be interested. It can be viewed in up to 1080P for quality. Hellshade

Despite all the good nature screams wanting it "yesterday!", I think we all know nobody wants to release OFF 2 more than those of you who are putting your heart, soul, blood, sweat and tears into creating it every single day. When it's ready, it's ready. Until then, I dare say even the most ardent flier of P3 hasn't exhausted all of the possibilities in it yet. That said, I really look forward to shining a light on OFF 2 with some videos in order to get the word out about it. I just need to come up with some flying and shooting skills that do justice to the planes, scenery and AI. I'm not worried about making the sim look good. That's the easy part. I'm just hoping the AI doesn't make my flying look too bad. That'll probably be my toughest challenge. Hellshade

Bullet holes don't show in the hires skin setting sir. Other structural damage does. I fly with hires settings because frankly in the excited pitch of combat, it's unlikely you'd be able to focus on seeing such small holes in the plane anyway. If you wish to see the bullet holes though, drop down the aircraft to the next lower setting sir. If you have the sliders set to 4 or 5 for aircraft detail, it's still going to look very good but you'll also be able to see bullet hole damage. Hellshade

Welcome aboard Akulawien. I think your english is great! To answer your question, the extra sound effects come from the very talented Creaghorn! He has created a mod called Sound Tweaks II which you can find in the download section of OFF:BH&H. I highly recommend it as it does a fabulous job of recreating the engine and machine gun sounds. He also has another mod that changes the Spandau Rate of Fire to be more historically accurate and various Bullet Mods that reduce or eliminate tracer fire for those early war birds. I'm also running HPWs (Herr Prop Washe) Main Flight Model AI Weight Mod and Buddy1998's Modified Damage Model v1.1. Buddy's mod is a modified version of HPWs Ultimate Damage Model v1.25 which is also an excellent bit of work. Make sure you only run 1 DM mod at a time though. You can find all of these and more in the download section. I highly recommend getting the JSGME mod manager program to be able to quickly and easily install mods without worrying about them possibly messing up anything. I thank you and all of the other posters who mentioned my various videos. Generating further interest in OFF:BH&H was the primary reason that I made them. Since OFF:BH&H doesn't have a demo to hand out, I figured the next best thing that I could do was to show people what it would be like to actually be in the cockpit flying this great sim. It's why there are so very few "cut scenes" or third person camera views in my OFF:BH&H videos. I thought once people could see and hear what the experience was like of flying and dogfighting in OFF:BH&H, they might at least be interested enough to come here to the forum and get a lot more information from the very fine folks who make up our community. I did not realize that so many people have done exactly that because of the videos and that's a wonderful feeling to know it has had the very effect I was hoping for. Thank you so much for that. I don't have the modders or skinners skill that others here have demonstrated over and over again. My knowledge of WWI is good, but pales in comparison to the many other experts on the forum, including of course, the Devs. But I wanted to help OFF:BH&H because if someone has a genuine interest in WWI air combat, this sim is an experience not to be missed. It is the veritable "diamond in the rough." You won't be sorry that you got it sir and if you haven't ordered the Hat in the Ring expansion, I and everyone else here will heartily recommend that you do. It brings everything up to the next level! We are very fortunate to have Devs that care so much about their product that they take every bit of feedback they get and find ways to make an already great sim even better. At any rate, if you enjoyed my videos, be sure to check out some of the other user made videos on the main page of www.overflandersfields.com Some of them are true works of art. By the way, if any of the Devs wanted to ship me a beta copy of OFF2 - I'd sign my life away guaranteeing not to disclose anything, but I'd love the opportunity to show off some of the excitement to be had with some short little clips that get peoples blood pumping for OFF 2! I understand you are far too busy making OFF 2 a reality to have time to keep putting videos together. I, on the other hand, am sure I could work some good promo videos into my schedule and submit them directly to you for your ability to release if and when you saw fit. Just a thought that's really a shameless attempt to get an advanced copy (for which I'd gladly pay full price). That being said, I would genuinely love the opportunity to generate more buzz and excitement for OFF 2 via videos if given the chance. Hellshade PS. I can't wait to submit a new OFF 2 video to the TrackIR site as well. I think that's a great place to get new people.