Olham

I'm not good with remembering numbers, and it's some time ago, but I think it's the ATI 5970. Yes, please - I'd like to see how that looks with all ground objects!

Just found these well-made dioramas of Great War trench structures: http://sidneyroundwo...supplement.html .

I can, Lou, I can! At least with my Marne region pilots it still works - tried it - no jaggies!!! I'll send pics soon. I guess, in Alsace-Lorraine though, my card would go down on it's knees. But hey, I will soon receive a much better graphic card from a fellow OFFer - then it should be possible for me too.

Yes, several of us have done so, Shredder, but it seems the only nation, where it got banned, is Germany so far.

Yes, so it looked to me - see the link in post # 1 for more; there are plenty of other wars represented.

No need to max it out, redpiano. Most games and sims look far less attractive, when you need to lower the sliders. Not so OFF. See my screenshots. They were made with two of the sliders on "3" and even "2" instead of "5", and I think they look really good. 2.8 GHz is really lower end, but it should be possible to run OFF. If you have a newer mobo with EFI BIOS, you should even be able to overclock the CPU to 3.1 GHz or higher.

Still available via German Ebay (ebay.de).

Great report, Captain! That's nice to read about someone else's reactions being so much like my own, when I first saw OFF. And if he should need support, I guess you'll help him getting started. If you shouldn't have the time - send him here.

Indeed; not that much difference; just that you don't need to have the DVD in the drive. I found the DVD version only on German Ebay right now - not in the US or UK.

Try to get the DVD version then, redpiano - it makes the install even simpler.

He could have tried to install a permanent observation post?

redpiano, see at the OFF website for the prices here: http://overflandersfields.com/info.htm "Between Heaven and Hell" = 19.99 $ = 15,16 Euro. "Hat in the Ring!" Expansion = 9.99 $ = 7,57 Euro If you want to know my gut instincts, I guess a release date for P4 late April - earliest; rather Mai. But like HPW, I am not a team member, and can only guess.

These documentaries bring many scenes from the time of the Great War back to life - watching them, I often thought: It doesn't look that long ago at all... Even without understanding French or German, you will see a lot of interesting footage. 1914 - 1918 Première guerre mondial a ARTE TV (in French) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aoYCin28qE&feature=endscreen&NR=1 VERDUN - Documentary on French-German TV channel ARTE (in German) - Part One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGMFNPidlBw (You will find the other parts in the list to the right on YouTube)

Hasse Wind, some of the graphic reductions I had to make were no terrible losses. I ran "Scenery detail" and "Terrain Detail" on "3", and it looked great. Right now, I have "Terrain Detail" on "4", but then it looks almost too grainy for my taste; so "3" is really good. I recommend my "Graphics setup" advice in the "Stickies", if you haven't already looked there. What I envy Lou for, is higher "ground object density" - I have to run that on "medium".

Wow, that sounds like a winner indeed, Lou! Congratulations! Enjoy the new flying!

Olieslagers and Thieffry's Nieuport 11, and two basic Belgian skins can be chosen in OFF. You find them at the top of all Nieuport skins. I wonder - did anyone here ever fly as a Belgian? .

Yes, exactly - I would prefer to have the dense, complex, well historically researched, four years of the Great War's air war; with so many different squadrons underway all around me; with most of the squadrons available; and with the whole Western Front Theater for me to chose, where and in which unit I want to fly. I wouldn't exchange all that for more flashy graphics. Of course it would be great, if we could have both, but as long as our rigs can't perform that, I much prefer OFF to hold it's well worked out flying course.

Indeed, Tranquillo, I thought the same.

Maybe, that the latest "state of the art" graphics (like in RoF), combined with all the flights with so many aircraft going on in real time and unspawed (as in OFF) would not be possible for the majority of our systems? The aircraft skins in RoF are made in the format "DXT5", which allows lighting and shimmering effects. Now, if you look into the "Overrides" in the "Graphics Config" of OFF, there is a tick-box to unable DXT5. That implies, that DXT5 is possible to have in OFF. So, could all that simply be too much to have running on our average computers? Must we lower our sights on flashy graphics, to be able to have the real time complexity of the OFF campaign?

Aircraft which are "out of control" seem to be attracted by lonely trees and all sorts of other bad luck. Nice picture, Hauksbee - which aircraft is this?

Made after Heinz Knoke's book "I flew for the Führer", this video is made from a mix of real persons and IL2 simulator aircraft. Although it looks a bit gamelike/edgy, I found it interesting enough to view. There are two parts.

I think so, yes, Jonathan. There is a good basis for such things between France and Germany today.

As far as I know, there is another forum part for RoF. So, why should we discuss RoF here, when this is the OFF forum? Let us continue simulating "The Great War" - let's not start another.

Yes - here it comes:

Yes, I saw a video about this - how many missing men may still lie buried along the old lines?