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Hey, that's a nice designed binder, Jim. Wish I had collected all, that we've had available already.

Okay, Madmatt, I'll try that tomorrow. Because I recently had it twice, that the game's resolution had changed by itself. I went to field, and the screen with the writing on, that tells you, that the game initialises, was suddenly huge and only half visible. I could only do the monkey-grip, and start my rig new. When I looked into the resolution, it was wrong set. Without me doing anything on it. I set it back, and could play. You may have put the finger on something there. I'll try it, as I said.

Not in combat, I hope? Lol!!!

Hauksbee - good grief! It isn't ingame. You go to your windows explorer or wereever you look for your drives and folders. If your game was on D:games, you go there, go to the game's folder, in there, you go to the folder "campaign", there to "campaign data", there to "skins". If you want to look at the skins, you must google for the free "DXTBmp". With that, you can browse through the "skins" folder. Downloaded skins are just thrown into "skins" (after un-zipping), then write down their name, and choose this later ingame.

I'm still playing in "English (USA)" language settings. Auto updates? Were's that?

You'll get your Fokkers historically correct; so, if Jasta 10 had them, you'll get them. But new planes? Why is everybody so keen on new planes? Have you really flown all the planes and their various types in here? For me, that may take years, to really get to good results with each type. So, I don't mind, if they throw new planes in - but I don't need them urgently.

Widow's son is rather 12 or so (judged from the photo/memory), but Cameljockey's son is around 3 I think it was. But for a poll question, you only have 15 subquestion fields max., so I had to make the best of it.

Nobody wants to age - but no one wants to die young, either. But in BHaH you have the chance to let fate decide that for you. So, climb your crate and have a sortie!

No, doesn't work either. Tried to, with three pilots - no way.

...umm not that I have a vested interest or anything mind you Good you mentioned that; I could have mistaken you.

Tried a second pilot - no way! I just can't get to the field!

Well, Hasse, the SPAD XIII or the Albatros (all versions) ARE armed to the teeth. Both plane have the maximum armament of their time with TWO machine guns. On an Albatros D Va, you even get 1.100 rounds! You can literally shredder planes with these armes! I mostly fly the Albatros, cause she's a mix of both tactics (although not perfect on any of them - Lol!) The German turn fighter to recommend is the Fokker Dr.1 - when you learn how to handle an "instable plane". she will be a dream of a turn fighter. Try it! PS/Edit: and don't compare the WW1 crates to those of WW2. That's useless, as they never had to fight each other.

Hahaha!! Yes - if I had to grow up to my real age, I would have to live the lot of years again!

Yes, I have been thinking about DM too, but didn't put it in, because, with Hardcore, you will also find it harder to shoot down enemy fighters, too. It may be balanced? Wow, Wels - you really scored 17 kills with the Eindecker??? (And the you died, ramming a windsock pole - what a sad fate. Lol!) Rooster on the Halberstadt - also rather uncommon. Seven kills is pretty good on this plane, I'd say. Must try it again myself. Tttiger, your's will be hard to top. My goodness - 32 kills. Was that with 100% reality, and DiD? I must say, I find all from 10 kills onwards, very impressive!

No, I mean the new AI we have now in the sim. I find it very challenging. And of course we can raise questions. To be honest: I would also like individual skins only for myself. And I think they will do it, if they can, in the future.

No, AROTH, it won't do any damage. The skin has it's own name, and therefor will appear among the others, without overwriting one. Put it into the skin folder, and then you can select it, when you fly a plane of it's type.

You may say about the Fokker Dr.1, what you like; but I found out for myself, that she was an extremely good fighter in it's time, when you handled her right. First I didn't like her, because the reaction on any stick movement is immediate, that aiming and shooting are very difficult. Also, she is really an "instable plane" - she behaves, as if the centerpoint, around which she moves extremely agile, is the joint of the stick. Very tricky, cause she moves in any direction you want! But she made my day, on an absolute mad scramble. Never before have I managed to shoot down 6 fighters in a single scramble. And all six of them were Camels! I had flown out of our field to the right, and climbed, before I returned to take on the fight. The first close Camel just shot down our one and only loss - the Dr.1 fell in between trees like a dead pigeon. Seconds later, the killer joined him - I literally shot him into the ground [15h51]. Pulling up, I saw the next one hunting my direct wingman. Von Hertzen performed half a roll and a headover dive. The Camel tried to do a very tight turn - right into my gunsights. She got so badly plastered, that I could let her go, and attack a third craft. To my left, she crashed [15h52] on our field. The next one just tried to climb out of an attack. Full throttle back gave me one deadly second - puffs of white smoke all over her. She turned half headover and fell away; craft crashed hard [15h53]. The fourth did a wide right climbing turn. When I hit her, she tightened the turn and lowered the nose. For seconds, my Dr.1 began to tumble uncontrolled. By catching up, I understood, that this strange behaviour could be used in a tight turn fight. I performed similar, but more controlled moves, to cut right into the Camel's tight turn, and it worked! I came out so hard on her bum, that I shot the pilot from less than 20 feet, I'd say. I heard him scream loud, before he crashed [15h53:46]. The last two Camels hadn't come down with the others. Now, they seemed to fly away. But von Hertzen and I climbed after them as fast as possible. Had they continued their escape, they could have made it. But they were British pilots, and so the first turned round, and came down on von Hertzen. Easily, I got behind him and gave him a good burst, when I collected hits suddenly. His mate had obviously joined in. But some of these aerobatic Dr.1 moves, and he zoomed past me. I was behind him and hit him so terribly, he couldn't pull up again, and crashed [16h01]. The last, damaged Camel tried to escape. Von Hertzen and I chased after her, but then, suddenly, she fell from the sky and exploded on the ground [16h02]. Included the landing, flying time was 20 minutes. I landed with 284 rounds unused. This surely was the maddest scramble I ever had. To be honest, I want to say, that I used TAC and targeting cone on this, cause otherwise, scrambles would be really mad, and I think, wouldn't have been made in a situation like this. But the Fokker Dr.1 has found a new friend in me - what a bizzare craft!

I'd go so far to say, that the Dr.1 is the best choice in here for scrambles. She takes off like a helicopter! In an earlier QC fight, when attacked by incoming Camels, flying at about 500 feet, i quickly was above them!

Haha! RedDog - that way, it may take very long for you to ever fly the crates in 1918! Lol!!

Schlissefahrt and Peepu, That must be due to the basic engine or programming of CFS3, and would surely be difficult to change - otherwise Winder and RexHannover would have done so; I'm sure. Perhaps in a future version. But what about the new AI, and the challenge of all this? I must say, I'm stunned!

Hello, all! Thanks for so many answers already. I added two important questions, I had forgotten. If you can still edit your posts, please answer those , too. Thanks! Also, I opened an additional thread to this, for more posting/writing about all this.

Lieutenant Wildfowler, welcome back at the front line! As your Major, I can only wonder about the obviously good relationships you seem to have amongst some gentlemen from the Rotary Club - you must have been away from duties for several weeks now, without being wounded. But - ahhrm - I'm glad to have you here again, old boy. We can need every pilot we get. You shouldn't be too hot blooded though - a lot has changed in this war, since you've been absent. Somehow, all air combat seems to have become incredibly dangerous recently, and you shouldn't jump on every nice painted German plane - they fight together now; two, three of them come to take you out, before you even got your guns ready! Intelligence reports repeatedly mention the names "WindingMan" and "RexHannover" - two men with enormous influence on modern war technology. And no one knows, which side they are working for - looks like they have no patriotic beliefs or morale for any side, but rather do it all for the big money only! Well, whatsoever - be careful, Lieutenant. And remember: 17 hours...

Unc, you know what you're talking about , eyh? I still remember, you had been "happy motoring" with an Allied plane, on the roads of Phase 2. A good laugh that was, and quite unusual.

In QC, you can choose any ace skin, surely. In campaign, I'm not sure right now. But I think, there too, you can pick any of the skins for that type, including the ace skins.

RedDog, your advice sounds, as if you could only get later plane types, when you survive long enough, to get to that period of time. That is NOT the case. You can choose a Jasta/Squad./Esc., and then advance the time for your entry, until you see, they use the plane you desire. First check the Squads by clicking them in the upper right field. Down below you now see the planes they would have throughout the whole wartime. If your desired plane is among them, you will now advance time with the arrow to the right, until it appears. Then enter service. I have three carreers running now, in different times of the war; cause I know, I won't ever last long enough, to survive the whole war.