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Yeah - that's another good picture!

Just stumbled across this offer: "Stow Maries", a British WW1 training aerodrome for sale. Anyone with 2 Million Pounds at hand? I collected some photos from various forums - perhaps one of our history buffs can contribute some information on this old aerodrome?

He must have missed them all the time...

Looks like it has found a new owner then? Thanks for the link, Robert! You don't see windsocks??? On my German fields I'm sure we have them.

I couldn't rate it, cause for me as a graphic designer it's easy, and I have the tools. For a start, you should get IRFANVIEW here: http://www.irfanview.de/ With this program you browse through the skins (CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins) and select a basic skin for your additional works. You save it a a bitmap file (BMP), on which you can work now. From here it depends what programs you have available. The finished work must be re-converted into a dds-file again (DDS1). For this, I use the freeware "DXTBmp". There is a great OFF Forum department on skinning here: http://combatace.com/forum/212-off-photoshop-and-paint-shop-help-for-skinning-and-3d-modeling/

D.III skins are mostly or all from James Romano (OvS), Adger. So you added the "stolen heart" (Werner would like that!) and the writing?

I guess that was a close one, Robert! Great to see a French fighter around here, Adger, and your "Mathilde" skin looks very believeable!

Robert, that Camel skin is looking great indeed!

Yep, exactly. "Scenery" could be tried on 3, 4 or 5 depending on performance. "Terrain" is very grainy on 5; 4 or 3 are worth a try. I found 5, 3, 4, 5, 5 perfect for myself.

Isn't it wonderful to be able to have all the detail stutterfree, Robert? Congrats to your new 7870 - I have the same from GIGABYTE, and it's great! Only thing I've set differently is "Terrain detail" - it is very grainy on "5" and that made it appear too close for my taste. I have it on "3" only.

No, you didn't - but it makes sense!

Great to hear, Capt! Did I make a D.III skin too?

Definitely! Aerhhm... do you have your own supply waggon?

Long distance runners used dried prunes/plums before Gatorade for electrolytes. Maybe that's more historically correct?

Guys, I'd love to be there and see it all. Shiloh, I hope you will prepare well and carry enough isotonic drinks - or at least water with some salt in?

Hi, Erik I only just read your announcement about the short-notice maintenance closure now, after it happened. But I guess it is always safer and better to act quick, when such attacks happen - even when some may feel annoyed for not getting in. Yesterday when I couldn't get in all day, I had this paranoid vision that "CombatAce" was made unavailable here in Germany by the cyber branch of the president's shielding guard - your president is in Berlin - and only because it had the word "combat" in it's name. Now I know, I was only paranoid. But it is only just the normal paranoia everyone has in this universe. Free interpretation of Douglas Adams. Good luck and success for the work still to be done, Erik!

The note at the forum head is gone; seems the maintainance is through, Erik? Thank you for keeping up the defense lines.

If you want to compare the results, just check my screenshots. "Vertical refresh" is "always on" to avoid the white jaggies/tearing edges left and right during rapid head movements using TrackIR. Works well for me.

Yes, for OFF it is absolutely recommended to let the graphic card run the graphics. In my ATI Catalyst Control Center I have Anti-Aliasing on 8x, and Anisotropic Filtering on 4x, and Supersampling selected. Wait for vertical refresh = always on

Yeah, I also only found it later - I must still learn about the whole use of this place.

I guess you meant IRFANVIEW - a great program also for browsing through all the skins in the sim! A great, and even free program.

Made these two maps today by screen-printing a zoomed-in WW1 map bit by bit. I like it because it has the names of all the rivers, and the railway lines of that time. Useful only for overview or long range missions, I guess. Here they are anyway:

I took the time and made another "airfield graphic" - this time of "Vert Galant". I thought I had made one long ago, but couldn't find the post nor the graphic. However - here is the new one. Enjoy!

Robert, Vert Galand lay far behind the lines most of the time. But when the Germans made their last big offensive advance (Operation Michael) in spring 1918, they got a lot closer to Amiens and Vert Galand. I guess this trench system (pencil writing says "FOURTH SYSTEM") could have been a security measure the British had installed just in case. I guess it was never needed for defense. See, how far the offensive bulge went: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Offensive

Just went through the great collection of maps again at the Canadian McMaster University. I found this overview map of the northern part of the Western Front area. The map shows all the names of all the smaller rivers and canals, and the railway lines. Very interesting for research - enjoy! http://lt1.mcmaster.ca/ww1/wrz4mp.php?grid=57d&map_id=21&view