Olham

Hi all! Some time ago in OFF, forum member "Siggi" thought out the "DiD Campaign", and it was a great success. I would like to take the idea up again: flying a campaign with the bias on survival much rather than quick collection of victories and an early demise. In my holidays I have spent quite some time with working out the basic rules, and I had the idea for a better overall valuation system. The Entente flyers are crossing the lines very often, while the German scouts hardly ever did so. So I found that it is much harder for Entente flyers to survive or remain uncaptured. My new valuation system will take care of that. Also, in Siggi's DiD Campaign, it was all mostly about scouts, and they operated in fixed units. In my new version, you could fly two-seaters all the time, or transfer at any point to any unit. So you could fly in any area of the Western Front - in hot spots or in quiet zones. Flying in hotspot zones will be valuated higher than flying in quiet areas. That should make the overall valuation as fair as possible, and allow each pilot to fly after his own temper and likes. There will be a weekly chart showing all active flyers, as well as a chart with the best of the fallen pilots of each member; but the main goal is to survive as long as possible, and the perfect achievement would be to survive the whole war. Now I'd like to know if there is a wider interest in this revival? I know that the summer holidays are coming soon, but don't panic, there will still be plenty of time to catch up with it all, and I honestly don't expect, that anyone will survive even one year. (Maybe some of you will prove me wrong). If there is a wider interest, I will complete my rules and ideas, and post them as a PDF file soon.

Welcome over Flanders fields, MrGo! If you go through the rules set, you will (hopefully) find all you need.

Thanks, all! I hope we will get some more votes in.

New stuff added.

I had thought of Saturday, 7 June - but I'd like to hear more thoughts on that.

Graphic "Valuation Chart" added.

Just thought, that we should revive a quiz about WOFF and WW1 aviation again, like RAF_Louvert, short Lou, had once made. Let me start with a tricky question here. What is the most likely reason, why German ace Carl Bolle (Karl Bolle) painted his Albatros D.V in Jasta 28w all white?

"Workshop" settings for Reality Level A, B and C added.

New pages added in post #1.

I wonder how spring may be looking in the Arctic - daisies growing on icebergs? I need a lot of sleep (9 hours) and wonder, how I would feel with 24 hours daylight. Might be a good cure for sleepyness? Thanks for your assistance, Shredward. I was wondering if I should perhaps change the Verdun months in 1916 to "hotspot" instead of "medium"? Wasn't the Battle of Verdun until December? Or was there still only medium air activity?

Shredward is so kind to help me with a rough zoning for the Western Front, into "Hotspots", "Medium Activity" and "Quiet Zones". We will use it for the valuation of each flier's points. When the chart is ready, I'll post it.

Yes, it was a sunny time in a quiet green area - I saw and heard my first larks since many years, climbing and singing over green meadows - and the salty sea breezes and the fresh fish and food were great. Without computer, sims and internet, I could really recharge my batteries. But I tell yer: I missed the forum and WOFF!

Thanks; yes, I did! Fourteen days without a computer and internet, mostly outdoors in beautiful weather in a green and quiet landscape recharged my batteries a good bit. But - boy! - did I miss the forum and WOFF!

A beauty - even the colours are well chosen! I wonder how it behaved in combat.

The hair will grow back, and so will your health - stick it out, Tony!

Hey, nice to see the quiz is still alive. Any ideas for a good question, Corsaire?

Yes, I'm back - forgot to post it here too: I was on leave for two weeks. I read you RFC pilots still have problems enough trying to avoid fences at starts and landings? So, until you guys will manage to handle that, and find some spare time to fight your opponents instead of your own limitations - I'll be there! Coming out of the sun! You will know it's me when you hear "Rackackackackack!!!" - the "Spandau Symphony"... Mmuahahahahaaa!!!

Great pics, Adger!

manfas, Poland added The maps are in post 1 of this thread

You can check all planes a squadron ever will have, and decide by that. Sopwith Strutter, Sopwith Pup, S.E.5a are three planes which are easy to fly IMHO. And there is always the option for a transfer later. After unpacking the shader mod, make yourself a little note with NOTEPAD or another text program; note the three file names. So you can easily remove them, if they make problems (which shouldn't happen). Then throw the files into OBD Software > WOFF > OBDWW1 Over Flanders Fields

That is very touching, that either side tried to bury the fallen as good as possible, and even with a headstone, when they could get the name. I read something similar about the British. As for the landing place: it mustn't have been meant as a joke - it could have been an offer for a landing place, where you won't get shot down, when you approach it with a badly damaged engine, or being wounded. But of course - the pilots and observers who landed there, would be taken Prisoner of War. Still much better than crashing or getting shot down, when your craft doesn't function alright anymore. Just my 2 cents. The flyers had some liberties, it seems, and this feller was lucky he wasn't caught with it. I guess the brass at his HQ wouldn't have been amused about him warning the enemy. It shows again: pilots felt very much alike and related somehow. In the trenches that was not possible - they hardly ever saw each other.

Thank you, Adger!

Jasta 2 is a good choice - they'll have an eye on you and help you out. Seems you have fun. But one day you should give that shader mod a try. No need for any complicated install - just extract it and put the three files (one folder and two single files) into you folder OBDWW1 Over Flanders Fields - and you'll have lighting and shadows, shimmers and glinting waves on the waters. Wouldn't want to miss it!

My pleasure, MudWasp - I hope you get it all settled. Cause, if you fly German side: we need every help we can get. And if you fly Entente: I need "Spandau" fodder... Mmuahahahahaaa!!!