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With the cold nights drawing in, I've been getting all my sim stuff set up again, and of course FEG is up and running. Probelm is, the massive restriction in trying to look around you with either mouse tracking or head tracking (TrackIR 3). Some time ago I did know how to overcome the restrictions in angle but for the life of me I can't remember. Might have been edititng an ini file or something to do with the cat files but my mind is drawing a blank. Don't suppose any of you chaps could help jog the memory box at all? I know it's probably more realistic that a chap trussed up like a turkey in leather and crammed into a tiny cockpit probably didn't have the abilities of an owl, but it seems over blown having to do fast combat turns just check that my flight are still in formation. Cheers,

Could not agree more. Best mission generator in any sim ever. One of my biggest reasons for always coming back to FEG after so many years. I pretty much set everything to random so never the same fight twice, I just wish other sims would adopt something along these lines.

Simwise, currently installed I have: First Eagles Gold WoFF Silent Hunter 3 Race 07 (plus all expansions) Project Cars.

Happy to report, that after posting I went and flew a few more missions, and the crashing seems to have stopped. It hangs a for a moment on hitting ESC, but now drops back to the main menu. Now everything is working, I'm going to have to get all my mods re-installed. This sim really is a much underated little gem.

From someone who's main interest in flightsimming is WW1 I agree with the idea for trimming down the subscetions, and putting them all into the WW1 section. CombatAce is mess to find the forum your looking for becuase of the amount of scrolling needed. Could it not be done like other forums where you click on the game title (ie Woff, first eagles etc) and then you see the subsections? It really would make browsing here more enjoyable. With that said I am still mostly lurker, occaisional poster in any forum I frequent, but those are just my observations.

Worst would be the eindecker - the wing warping wierdo. Best (in woff and all other WW1 sims) - the Scout Experimental.

@gterl - Awesome sir - you are a star! Back to playable even with all the bells and whistles on. Still get the odd crash on exit, but I can live with that. @Geezer - here is where I found them: http://enbdev.com/download.htm I chose the generic graphic mod, then when I had extracted the files I used the wrapper version. Works like a charm.

Hi all, Just re-installed FEGold after a long while but have run into several issues. Main one is framerate - its basically a slide show. I have tried all the obvious things such as run as admin, compatibility mode etc but no luck. Also tried setting graphics options to low, that did improve things a bit, but nowhere near enough to actually fly and fight. Also trying to exit the game using ESC in flight often causes the game to crash. All drivers on my system BTW are up todate. I used to fly this sim fine about a year ago on win 8 - but so far X is a no-go. This is a fresh install with Nov 2008 as the build and no mods installed nor any INI edits. Specs: Nvidia gtx960 12gb ram (DDR3 1600mhz) 1TB 5400rpm HDD If anyone has any ideas I would be very grateful. WoFF is fantastic but I still miss this old stalwart. It has a charm of its own. Especially the quick mission generator - still one of the best in any flight sim IMHO.

Can confirm working fine on XP, and even with settings on low, its a Quantum leap graphically over OFF.

Awesome news. Deffo looking forward to the improved AI. So any chance of a list of the plane set? If your in beta I don't imagine you will be adding any more crates before the official release.

Well I'm only using HPW FM/EW mod and buddies damage mod, however I started an Esc Laf career to test this out. Yes you are right - they do seem to have the odd blind moment and hit the trees. Its also random - most of the times the flight makes it out fine, the next flight one or two slam into the trees. Very bizarre. I have noticed some of my flight climb out like rockets, and some climb out with at a very shallow climb angle. Could it be only some aircraft are being affected by the mod? Not sure if this helps at all, as I have not flown off in ages, so my memory is rather rusty regards these issues.

Newguy Olham? I've actually an old hand at this! In fairness tho I'm not all that active on this forum, and I'm normally in the first eagles section. Still, I will stand you that drink for the well written and concise reply Actually its the devs who should buy you a drink, as I bought the expansion this afternoon based on your recommendation. Definately a step in the right direction. The AI seems to have lost the suicidal slam dive behaviour, so thats good. Funny enough on my first test flight, me in a N17 against an albi D2, I was so busy watching the AI that I slammed into the deck I've been playing with a few of the settings you mention, but it still sometimes lacks a little vim and vigour. Still early days, and there are certainly enough other improvments to have made the purchase worth while, so thanks for the help sir.

Finally found my CFS3 disc 1, and so reinstalled OFF, after a long absence. However I'm finding the AI a little bit below expectations, especailly at low alt where it seems to think dolphin diving into the dirt is the best option for survival. I have heard that the Hitr expansion improves the AI drastically - is this so, and does it cure this lemming style behavior? Failing that do any of the mods improve the AI at all? Cheers in advance for any input chaps.

Just a quick heads up - at time of this posting, Gamefly has Clod on sale for £2.50. Less than a pint of the finest, so prolly worth a punt if your still on the fence.

In total agreement with red here, the sounds in OFF were its weakest link. I had no end of troubles with sound separation as well - both friendly and hostile aircraft had a louder engine and gun sounds than my own crate, even when they were at distance. In a full 10 aircraft dogfight I struggled to hear my own engine and guns at all, and no matter what I did with the sound settings or my soundcard eliminated this. Really hope the devs are gonna give this area some loving in OFF2.