Olham

Medicine has to be bitter - Mmuahahahahahaaa!!!!

Here are two of Kermit's "KermiCam" videos from the Albatros cockpit:

As for CFS3 - make sure you update it as per advice on the OBD website, before you install. Reading their install advices is a must to save time and worries later. Good luck!

Welcome over Flanders Fields, scram! Since you added your location under your name, I feel free to add you to our "OFF Forum Pilots Maps", which you can find above, in the "Sticky Threads". Not sure, how many people are currently flying the sim, but I am pretty sure that the whole community is waiting for the follow-up sim "Wings Over Flanders Fields". But to build that with a rather small team, and test it and solve all possible and impossible problems may still take a while, so I think you have made a good decision by getting OFF and getting into it. I'd even suggest you also get the "Hat in the Ring!" add-on because with that the AI was again improved and the sim was kind of upgraded even more. Also, I recommend to closely read and follow all install tips as shown in the FAQs on their website - see here: http://overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm That will save you time and eventual problems. I wish you at least half as much pleasure and thrills as the sim gave me, and you should be fine! Have fun!

Robert, that's true for war times as for peace - you best keep on your toes and be prepared for the unexpected. But hey - I never pepper backyards or any other ground targets. Getting me into your gun sight is not a thing on MY list, but if it should happen don't hesitate. Maybe you could shoot my tail feathers off, but I'm mostly over own grounds and could attempt a safe landing. I'd be grateful though, if you would please not shoot holes into my warm leather jacket - it cost me a fortune! We had some similar stories like yours during the last years, that people immersed a bit too deep with OFF. Maybe you should request a leave from the Major - 14 days back home should do you good.

This one is almost like an artistic pencil drawing - nice effect. I see you're enjoying it, Shiloh!

I would say, that the S.E.5a was rather superiour to the Albatros - at least in speed and climb. But thanks for regarding me as being superiour to Albert Ball (which I also think is hyperbole).

I like that picture - a very good treated screenshot!

I hope you guys keep an eye on your health every now and then. I guess a monster like such a Flight sim can eat one up - nerves, or complete health. I want to wish you all the best positive health resources you can possibly get.

Yes, that book is on my list too.

Looking into RoF I find the following Albatros versions: 1. Albatros D.II - with "ear radiators" 2. Albatros D.II late - with radiator centered in upper wing - no D.III early - no D.III Johannisthal (vertical rudder) 3. Albatros D.III OAW - rounded rudder - no Albatros D.V - no Albatros D.V uprated 4. Albatros D.Va - no Albatros D.Va 200 In OFF the variety is better. 1. Albatros D.II - with "ear radiators" - no D.II with center-wing radiator 2. Albatros D.III early (centered radiator) 3. Albatros D.III (Johannisthal - vertical rudder) 4. Albatros D.III (OAW - rounded rudder) 5. Albatros D.V - version with "hunchback" headrest 6. Albatros D.V uprated - headrest removed for better vision 7. Albatros D.Va 8. Albatros D.Va 200 - faster version with stronger engine I wonder if it would be too big a job to complete the production lines. For the D.II, the model would only have to be changed slightly (the radiator). If you should be working on it already, a simple Smiley would be answer enough...

Buckler's book got translated by Norman Franks (not sure how good though) and is released in English. At AMAZON you can get it used for 12,- $. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Buckler+Malaula

Thank you for the detail, Jim! I didn't know, that they were using the different radiator variants like that, mixed on a timeline, forth and back. Then of course the terms "early" and "late" make no sense. They should rather be called "D.II ear radiator" and "D.II airfoil radiator" then. I guess when we go on like that, people will stone us for attempts of delaying the release even more.

The list was from RAF_Louvert. Perhaps you search the forum with key words? The most sympathic German books I read were those of Ernst Udet and Julius Buckler. Ernst Udet: "Ace of the Iron Cross" Julius Buckler: "Malaula! The Battlecry of Jasta 17"

Jasta 18 are a dangerous lot. They will later have red/white planes - red front section, white rear and tail plane, with black emblems like a raven. I admire you British flyers! Crossing the lines almost every day - a tough and straining job.

There must be multiple smaller and bigger reasons which hold up the release. They build and add something, and then many other things need adjustments etc. Knowing them a while now, I'm sure there are only "good reasons" - they wouldn't do it for bad ones. I don't think a 1 1/2 year old rig would be outdated for WOFF. After all it won't work with the latest possible visual effects. It should still work fine, I guess.

I heard it all! Better beware - one day you may meet an Albatros you can't get into your gunsight! And it's favourite meal is wings with roundels!

Normally I don't advertise any hardware, but there are exceptions, like for TrackIR, which I think every WW1 flight simmer should buy, because it puts you in the cockpit - no less. Now, since I always found it hard to do any accurate steering AND shooting with all my previous joysticks, I searched for a more accurate stick - and found a MUCH MORE accurate one: the THRUSTMASTER T 16000 M, made by the GUILLEMOT corporation, which also produce the famous, but very expensive "HOTAS Cougar" or "Warthog". From the company manual: "The T-16000M features technology providing it with a level of precision currently unequaled in the world of gaming joysticks, including: - a 3D (Hall Effect) magnetic sensor in the stick, with a resolution of more than 268 million values over the X and Y axes (16384 x 16384 values), whereas currently competing systems (even high-end systems) provide resolutions in the neighbourhood of only one million values (1024 x 1024 values) - a magnet: no friction, for unlimited precision and incredible response - coil spring on stick (2,8 mm): for firm, linear and ultra-fluid tension For even greater precision, there is no dead zone in the central position of the T-16000M's stick." The stick is built symmetrically so, that you can easily set it up for left hand or right hand controlling. It has 2x 6 buttons on the bottom, a throttle slider, and 4 buttons at the stick top plus hat-switch. The strong spring's resistance is just right to give you a feeling of physical weight/body of your aircraft, without being to soft or too tough. The stick can be used as a twist stick - but I have not yet checked the accuracy of that; I use pedals. Now you may think I'm getting percentage for all the good words. But there are also some negative points. - the stick has a green-lighted area in the bottom center, which goes on when the stick is moved. They said it's to assign the constant self-calibrating. But it is actually too big and unnecessary. I have covered it with a cardboard cut-out. - the throttle slider is centered behind the stick. When I pull the stick fully back, I touch my finger on the throttle. Half an inch more space would have been better. But I got used to that; it doesn't really make a hindrance. Why do I think this joystick is worth a recommendation? Well, firstly and obviously for it's extreme precision. And because you can get this precision for a very low price - the stick costs 48,55 Euro in Germany; in AMAZON.com I saw the cheapest for 43,- $ - but prices seem to go up now. The price-value-relation makes it a top joystick (with some minor weak points) IMHO. On request of CW3SF (in the other forum) I unplugged my SAITEK pedals and gave the twist stick a try. Checking the response in the hardware/joystick check showed me, that the right rudder twisting did not get over 90%, while the left gave me 100%. Hmmm... I am not used to flying per twist stick anymore, but used to do it over years with my old THRUSTMASTER T.Flightstick X. I always found it hard to control all the 3 aircraft axises and to shoot well at the same time. When I pressed the fire button, I used to get a strange nose movement: the nose revolved slightly around the longitudinal axis. That made precise shooting a bit difficult. Not so much in OFF, as in other sims. This new stick showed a similar reaction SOMEtimes: firing, the nose got a bit shaky. So, for this bit, the precision the stick has otherwise, is not, or not much better than on my old stick, and I will move back to my SAITEK pedals. But I used to shoot down lots of aircraft in OFF with my old stick, and I think I can safely say, that this new T.16000 M stick is not doing any worse. I would even say, a bit better. Still, for absolute precision shooting I would always keep the rudder seperate from the stick. Seems simply too much for one device to control all axises plus the firing.

Robert, as von Paulus said: it's not a force feedback stick. But LOGITECH and THRUSTMASTER DO still build them.

Yep, you better pilot the crate. That way you can still shoot at opponents, but also make sure the course and altitude is right.

Yes, but I thought it could be such a nice plane, that he might want to shift sides for once.

Shiloh, you must switch over from "Individual skins" to "Fuel Management" in "Workshops". Then you can select the amount of fuel befor each flight. I think it was in the briefing window. You will soon find out, how much you need for which distances, and it makes a difference, wether you fly with 100% or with 30% fuel weight.

Once the British had learnt to use this craft like a fighter, it must have been a hell of an opponent.

The DFW is a very good two-seater; forgiving and easy to fly. It is fast and strong enough to let Nieuport 11 or even 17 behind, when they have not yet reached her altitude. You simply climb away and leave them behind and below. The engine block in front of you is a "nose-warmer" in the cold up there. You get used to it. I even shot down fighter aircraft with the DFW - what I didn't hit got peppered by my rear gunner. The Bristol Fighter is a joy for bombing! Fast and furious you approach and attack railyards, and when you get attacked by fighters, you have a two-seater you can use like a fighter to fend them off.

Damn, you're right, elephant - rounded rudder is there. I'll change the above post. The D.III early in OFF has a centered radiator; the later ones have an offset radiator.