Olham

Okay, okay, Baldric, I got the hint! Bavarian homemade sausages, yeah? Good choice! I must have erased the old Bavarian Albatros D.II parts; so I have made another. I have uploaded the new skin for you and Hauksbee - it may need the admins' approval, but should be available tomorrow. Enjoy!

Nice to see, that some got inspired to try something new in OFF. Ultimat, if you have tips and tricks for building a free-track, you are welcome in my "TrackIR for poor Students" thread: http://combatace.com...post__p__552797 .

Perhaps you can choose "Jewish people"? I tried to check, what choice you have, but since the video is banned here, I cannot click it anymore.

Yes, I know - it is only removed in Germany. But at least here it is banned now. Two-faced!

CaptainSopwith wrote in another thread, that he might want a TrackIR, but for a price for poor students. Well, you may need to search Ebay for quite some time to stumble across a TrackIR 4 or even 5 for a cheap price. My tip: include TrackIR 3 in your search. It shouldn't be bad with a WW1 sim, I guess - it seems to do all necessary movements. See this 2007 demo video:

Capitaine, I just checked "Die Wacht am Rhein". It is a pre-WW1 song, and it is about defending the river Rhein by sword and blood and life; to keep it a German river. The French are not mentioned as the threatening opponent, and the song is not fascist nor pro-Nazi - it is just about the defense of the fatherland.

Good points, Flyby. Well, I guess not. Parody on the Nazis is usually allowed. They had in my case not even traced the HW-Lied at YouTube. They only banned it, after Hauksbee, some others and I had marked it. Well, I will check the text and the time, when it was written. The Prussian military music might of course be anti-French. The two nations had their wars, hadn't they? I'll report. .

Found this photo in the web, and I wonder about the scales left and right. Could it be, that this photo was made with an observer's camera?

This British aviator might have been still at Flying School, when he hit the trees with his aircraft. Does anyone know, which aircraft this is? (Note the way the Cockardes are painted on).

Hmmmmm.... - I see what you mean. And it's been when flying an SE5a, that I also found it difficult to decide, what's better. On the right, "High Res" one, I prefer the wooden parts, and the tone of the green-brown colour. But you are right - the left one looks much crisper. I guess, if I would fly the SE.5a, I might also chose "Normal res". My self-made skins again, they look far better in "High res". Tricky, that!

Are you sure, that there are not two wires on your your card linked the wrong way?

Thanks for the info and the screenshot, Lou - I had more or less expected that result, and will do the same. ??? Seems it is a matter of taste then - when I see the Lozenge in "Normal res" and then in "High res", there is a visible difference to me, with the bias on "High res". But one shouldn't argue about tastes. God made it that way, so that the men don't all kill each other for the same woman, I guess.

Great info, thank you, Capitaine. What force, I wonder, could have bent the rearward steelplates, that had held the wheels?

An advice for AV programs with firewalls: check every year, which program is the best right now - that varies. This year, KASPERSKY is top range, but that may change again next year. Very important: update your AV program for the latest virus signatures - best is at least three times a day.

Welcome to the OFF Forum, Vidken, you must be a new face here, but you're flying OFF since some time? Then you need to be added to our OFF Forum Pilots Maps now. If you send me a PM with your town and country, I'll place your name in there.

Adger, I run Aircraft Skins on "High Res" since quite sometime. The skins will look much better. You will still see that sort of damage like wings breaking off; but not "damage decals"; that means, no bulletholes or ripped off patches of canvas. I can live very well with that, cause honestly: when do you see that sort of damage on your opponent? How close can you go? PS: could you post a screenshot with Terrain on "5"?

Yeah, but why should you know, wether they are friend or foe? In real life, they didn't know that either. Your choice to fly on, or to turn away. But a TAC - they didn't have one. .

Baldric, I'll see, if I still have skin. Do you guys never back up your files???

redpiano, I guess you're helped with the chart, thanks to Ulti. Ulti, here is my way of doing it before TrackIR: I used a mix of "pan view" and "static view angles". I had the toggle command between the two on my stick (thumb button). So I could fly my patrols in the nicer "pan view", until a foight occured - then I pressed my button and fought with "static angles view". Apart from the forward view, the other view you would want most is checking your six. Also important: the looking up. Looking up not only helps what's above you, but also, when curving hard banked with a foe - you can possibly track him with "view up" angle. But my advice: sell anything you don't need; save all money you would spend on Burgers and Pizza (that's even healthy!), and try to find you a second hand TrackIR set. It may even be a TrackIR 4 - the new software will work with it.

Update 14 February 2012 - 17:25 h Berlin time (= GMT + 1) redpiano, Oregon, added. The maps are in post 1 of this thread

Yes, I knew you would feel much the same, Lou. (virtual)

Lou, I have moved the "Terrain" slider back on "3" for this very reason; and also, because I found the terrain really too grainy on "4". Just my taste - I am very happy with "3". It does indeed, Lou, and I have set "Ground object density" back on "High". So far it worked (in the Marne region at least), and it looks marvellous around La Selve airfield with the richer forests and woods. I am really glad that you got a system now, that really can satisfy you with OFF - congrats, Lou! .

Don't know about you guys, but it makes me shudder. Always, when I see such pics... Goose skin!

Sounds like all very good now, redpiano. Like you and RAF_Louvert, I have given up on the real stuff; so I'll have a virtual "Warsteiner Pilsener" - a large one, please! If you send me a PM with your hometown, I'll add your name to our OFF Forum Pilots Maps.