Olham

REALLY???!!! Wow - that's another Christmas present then! We'll try as soon as possible! Thank you, Winder. Not only for this info, but for your whole "crazyness" to take up this challenge called BHaH, and for mastering it so fine! For me, you did no less but fullfilling a dream, I had since I was 15. Hope, you'll find some rest and sleep now.

Yesterday, I made me a pilot for training my air combat. He's in Jasta 15, April 1918. He is doing that in Campaign, with "die roll at death" setting. When we had the first encounter with SPAD VIIs, I realised soon, there were aces among them. Now, I allow this pilot to do all the things, that would kill the immersion, but help to understand the situations. He flies with labels on. So he can always see, which wingman is were, and who the enemies are. In my normal flights, I would have just seen a SPAD with an Indian chief's head, a red "T" on a round black spot and a yellow 11 on it. Now, I could read his name: William "Bill" Thaw from 103rd. There were also Paul Frank Baer, and Charles John Biddle. There was a total of about 10 or 12 SPADs. Now, my pilot made his first note: I KNOW, I should get out of here, if I was sane. But, to continue the training, he didn't. I panned around my plane in outer view; I marked the opponents, and switched through them, still paused. A frozen moment of air combat. I checked, how many were at my level or even higher; and who had gone lower yet. I checked, were my wingmen were, and decided to help them out. Second note: two of them three are so low now, and in such a furball - you would risk your life more than acceptable. You should not go there! But, to continue training, I did. I managed to shoot up Paul F. Baers plane so hard, it just exploded. Now, I remembered: safety first - climb a good bit again. And then: freeze again. The situation had gone worse. From my flight of 4 planes, and the other of 3, I only saw three blue labels left, and also on the TAC, within 4 miles. Third note: NOW is the very last chance you should try to make your way home! You can't make more kills here AND survive that. But, to continue training, I didn't stop. William Thaw came so wonderfully well in front of my Spandaus, I just had to hunt him down. He got badly hit, plane smoking. He did all his best zig zagging and curving, but I stuck at his tail, and he took more hits. Freeze again, and check. And there his wingman was - some 500 feet behind me, just lining in to the kill. Above me at least 5 SPADs coming down. Near me as a visible blue dot on TAC: only one German plane, further away. This is the end. I knew it, but would you give up? I managed to pull my D Va in a very steep curve, and only got hit a little. We curved like mad, and I read Biddle's name. We circled tighter and tighter, until I could hit him; three times a little. He showed effect, got "heavier". But around us, 5 SPADs now also circling. Freeze. Fourth note: you get into bloodthirst craze again and again, and will therefor die again and again. This action was only insane - not heroic. To end the story: I got hit again, plane unmanoeuverable; the sim decided to end it, before I even crashed. My whole way of fighting was idiotic from almost the beginning. There had been two SPADs further away from the rest. If I HAD to have my fight - I should have marked and chased those. But, well - it was a good lesson. I thought, I'll continue this way of learning, with this one pilot. (By the way: I had downed two SPADs - but with what use?)

Although I'm none of the devs here, I'd say, that this would mean to modify the basic 3D model of the plane. So I don't think, it will be made before another later version of the sim. But, since I haveb't noticed your name before, you may be new here? So, welcome. If you really fly this sim, IvanK, you won't miss the device. This is the greatest air combat sim I have ever experienced - very realistic, and - if you want - very hard to manage to survive. The immersion of BHaH is immense - many "pilots" here are already exhausted after just one serious dogfight. Your senses are running double-speed - a-hell-of-a-lot of thrilling immersion. Something will always be found, that's missing, that could be improved. The AI's fighting intelligence surely not! Try it - you'll see: you won't even find time to look at your airspeed indicator (Lol!) Welcome again.

Hi, Wels If you're captured, but manage to escape, you get the kills! I had that twice now; after the escape notice, I got the claim form to fill in. I'm glad somehow, that you also feel exhausted after just one serious fight. I have that quite often.

Well, they had to do it somehow; you had no witnesses, that's it. But maybe you can switch over to "claims easy (something)" in workshop, and may get them all confirmed then (next time).

Yes, good idea. I don't know any contribution I could make, but I'll join in for the guessing.

Again and again I tell myself, to remain cool and reasonable before and in dogfights. But each time, I get into a furball, it's gone. Fuse melting, hunting fever breaking out. So, I did some wonderful kills of many SPADs, but I don't survive more than 3 flights in the time of mid-1917 to the end. Now, I refuse to change over to the Dr.1 or the D VII - that would be much better killer planes perhaps (the D VII for sure), but I want to install a good Albatros pilot. Now, I have three of them. Juergen Mahlo is the youngest of them, flying Albatros D II, Jasta 2, Bertincourt, Sept. 1916. Detlev Baron von Mahlo flies Albatros DIII, in Jasta 12, Epinoy, April 1917. Guenther Graf von Mahlo flies the Albatros D Va, Jasta 15, Bonneuil Ferme/Golancourt, April 1918. They are all "peeled-egg new"; all the others died; mainly in mid air collisions. I hope, one day my damn brain will switch over to "cool and reasonable", and longer lasting pilots, instead of Neanderthal outbreaks of ******** cursing. Would be better for the neighbours...

RICKITYCRATE: I get bloodlust. I feel I must clear the skies of enemies. As if I will single handed win the war. My god, Jim - even you? Seeing your avatar - a fine officer and gentleman - I hadn't expected that. But you named it: single handed winning the war must be the worst mistake, so many rookies made - and got toasted. I'll try to remember that. Hey, Catch - that may be my problem: I don't have any kids. (Not yet out of childhood myself, it seems...)

Thank you, Fates You made it look real cool. And if you'll even come up with medals soon, mine will look much better, than my actual pilots all really are (cause they're either dead, or at the beginning - no veteran yet - Should make me feel younger, eyh? Lol!)

Don't let it put you off, that you must get CFS3 first, too - everyone knows, it wasn't a masterpiece; but "Between Heaven and Hell" is right that! You can't get it any more realistic. So, if you're not into arcades, but the real difficult flying and fighting, you can't do a thing wrong, when you buy it. (And - although we don't like taht here - you COULD switch everything to "easy" even, if you wanted. But believe me - you won't!)

Thank you for posting - I haven't flown any QCs and would have missed it for quite some time. So, you lucky man have been with the team since P1 ? How did you come across P1 ? I made a websearch for WW1 sims, as I hoped, there might be one I had overlooked in the shops. I was then more than stunned about a sim so developed, without yet being in the shops. And so may be others later, as it's still not available in the shops.

Hey, tttiger Somewere in a post not long ago, someone wrote, how you can transfer your pilot from one Squad. to the other. It's done by changing a line in the pilot file, I think. That way, you could also try all the other aces. But does the campaign work all right, when there is a real ace Raymond Collishaw, and you use the same name?

Hi, Todt von oben My advice: put "pause" to a button of your stick, or on "space", were it's easy to hit. Then, paused, you have all the time in the world. You can switch through outer views of your plane with F4, you can turn around your plane with the HUD button, and zoom in or out (plus and minus), until you get the best view. Then, switch off all the text and instruments, and finally hit "F12". The screenshots are in "my files" or how it's called, on C: my files > CFSOverFlandersFields (more or less, don't know the English file path names); you'll find it. Have fun (and show some here!) Olham

Yes, that was a plane, they didn't give to newbies first. Try FULL rudder left in both turns. And someone said a while ago, that one of the turns (I think it's the right one) was so bad, that some pilots rather did a three quarter left turn to go right (?), instead of one quarter right turn. (My aviation English is lacking - hope it's understood).

1. you can have the TAC on; that's like a radar screen. It can be switched to "All", Airplanes", "Buildings", "Vehicles" and "Ships". You'll see further away objects as white specs. Closer to you, friends become blue, enemies red. You can mark a target; that will then be a yellow spec. 2. You can have "labels on". All objects will now have a writing above them, including their distance to you. Distant objects will be "bogey", closer to you, the writing says, what it is. So, your wingmen appear with plane type, and their name even! Friend again in blue, enemies red. 3. You can fly "Quick flight" single missions. There are dogfight, escort or bomber attack. You can choose a lot; like your airfield, how many you are, or if you start in the air (various heights); weather, enemy plane type and number, and enemy skill (rookie, veteran, ace). But the best and most immersive are the campaign flights. You choose, which Squad. or Jasta you enter, and when in the war, and wich rank you want. Then, the flights come different every time. You can click for another flight route, when the first appears too long. And then, off it goes. When you put everything on most reality, it is really something to learn, and often very hard - a real challenge. But you could first put it on medium or simpler, to get into it. If you are an air combat simmer, and not an arcade flyer, you'll be absolutely right here! And welcome! Olham

Hey, Siggi - come out of your cockpit! I'm used to read YOUR name everywere. Now it's mine! Good grief!! What's the matter with you? Pancake poisoning? Too much Sushi? Holidays???

Above right at the Forum top, there's GALLERY. There I just saw some sim pictures. Now I'd like to put some in from BHaH - does anyone know, how that's to be done?

Wow! One of your skins? Good idea, that Egyptian eye! He may have thought: now we fly "partner look", we could as well demonstrate the Allies, how accurate our flying is. Perhaps he's just a very good pilot? I mean, YOU picked up a phone in mid flight (lol!!!) Good night, Widowmaker!

Before I go to sleep, I put some pics in here. I wanted to put them into GALLERY above, but can't figure out, how that's done. Good night, everyone!

Haha! Hi, UncleAl ! Good you're there. Would you take over, please? And good night from Berlin!

Hahaha!!! That's a good one! Yeah, they always seem so proud of their little butterflies - dancing for you and the crews on the ground like a prima ballerina - that sometimes you think. they forgot, there's a war on! Lol!!!

Tttiger, don't say such things. I really wish, you and all the others would write a bit more. I can see down below, that usually lots of our community are there, reading. Why don't you all tell us something? Maybe, Siggi and I talk too much - but perhaps we wouldn't, if all you others would come out a bit more. What did you experience? How was your best flight of the recent days? And no wrong shame - my English stinks, said Uncle, when he used to have another name. Maybe, it's not too good, but should I be ashamed of it and sit in my corner, only reading? Come on, all - give us some news!

Hey, Jim, nice you're here! I said it somewere before - since I use TrackIR, my framerates drop to 15 - 12, as soon as I start FRAPS to record. But I'll uprate my system now - it's rather building a new one almost. I got an almost unused GAINWARD HD 4870 with 1 GB for 180,- Euro from a friend (he sold it, cause it can't render movies - I don't need that). Also got 4 GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR DDR2 from him. Now, I'll get a CORE 2 8400 or 8600 CPU, and off it goes - the only weak part of the whole system will then be ME (Lol!) I'm a bit afraid though - the AI may also benefit from the possible speed?

Ah, I see - must have missed something. Aaargh - now again: last post Olham. Couldn't you take over, Rickitycrate? I need some sleep (Lol!!) (here, it's 01:20 h after midnight)

When it only happens at scrambles, you mustn't bother. You won't need the map there, cause you're at your airfield. There won't be waypoints necessary. Just don't press it.