carrick58

Setting duck: Na , CFS3 runs like it did before you talked me thru the set up then went on to install and tweek OFF (it freezes then crash back to the desk top). Its as if the system doesnt acknowledge the Game graphics that you have me fill out ( cnfig-custom-window- and a long series of listings about graphics water buffers ect. Any time is cool the 7th is fine or when ever. Thanks Carrick58 P.S. How can u roll back the drivers maybe thats all it needs ?

Hi all, I agree with bullethead. He stated that 2 seaters types were replaced slower then the faster turn over rate of single seaters during WWI. as for types: The Albatross C types, The French Caudrons, The Rumpler types. and all the FE s. As for other thoughts : Which a/c would I like to see in off : All the above plus Fokker D-II and or D-III s and Haniorts and the Farman types of 1915. Which a/c should be in OFF but are Not based on how long they were there in the line: Rumplers, N27 or 28, Gotha s.

Kudos, you guys got me hooked on this thread. A geek I am not, but I do wonder how much memory is needed when useing a XP operating system to maximise the OFF game. As birddog pointed out, 1Mb sticks filling all the slots wont work. I currently have 2 GB. and I would like to up grade my system just for OFF. The second question would be : would an increase in memory boost frame rates ? Thanks, Carrik58

Sitting Duck: Hi there, Wel lit doesnt surprize me that u dont remember, I see in the forum where u are busy all the time. Yes still having problems. I reset the sliders a number of times till all that was left was 1 1 1 1 1 that didnt work. When I get into the game (pass all the screens) all I get is a mix of tri angles cant make out a picture at all if left playing it freezes up where u have to reboot by ctr alt delete or turn off the machine. I did re read the faq and forum thought maybe it was the game graphics but on comparison with the faq chart they look ok. Basicly, it runs like it did befor we talked the 1st time (freezes, crash s ect.) I have been playing the game fine for a while ( exception my low end computer over heats so I only do a few flights then turn it off for awhile and of course the M button (map) during a scramble mission ( Finally learned to just not touch it and everything is fine). As I stated before the only thing I did was download the latest set of Nvida drivers hope ing to get a little better game play. Anytime is fine, I can deicate whatever day or time that is required Thanks Carrick58

Thanks, did the config and re set the sliders, But now it seems to be unstable ( Like the 1st time when I got OFF the mscfs3 would not play crashed back to desktop) the screen shows triangles the sooner or later it freezes. Althought I cant remember what sittin duck told me to do, it had something to do with the setup and he spent a few hours on teamspeak pointing out what what files to arrange. Game Files ? (not the cfs3 config) C arrick58 If I can get this patched backup I wont change drivers anymore.

Hi There, I Cant get the game to run. I get as far as the duty or briefing rooms then get a pop up stating airfields fail to populate ( I had this pop up for a while and it doesnt seem to hurt the game) I ignor it. Then I get a second pop up window stating Con fig Overrides settings-file does not exist - Reinstall OFF. I should mention that recently , I uploaded the new Nvida drivers for the game that I saw in the forum. Do I need to reinstall OFF with the Super patch or figure out a way to get back the old Nvida drivers ? Thanking you in advance Carrick58

Sorry, thought that I did that. I just fly in the campain part of the game starting in Apr 1917 with FA 45 B based in Roucort, Flanders , Flying DFW CV s . Air intensity is set to medium( well, sometimes heavy) Will post in reports from the front. It seems to add to the immersive quality of the game by writing about the flight kinda like a After Action report or a Situation Report. By the way, Whenever I take up an Albatross D-3, I follow your advice and the advice of my fellow forum members. It does seem to work keeping the nose down in turning fights, avoiding target fixsation ect. As for Archie, what can ya do.? The Chaser Aircraft for that Area of the front ( Roucort-Front lines in Flanders) is Jasta 6 flying Albatross D-3 s and some other Jasta flying D-2 s .

1 May 1917, Roucort, Flanders. Afternoon hop and armed Recon in DFW CV FA 45B 2d Flight. I used Hugo Von Zepplin as my pilot with Prince Wilhelm as gunner and departed the airdrom with a flight of three DFW s. My bus was the 1st in 2d flight as we joined up the other flight of 4 DFWs ( 1staffel=4 a/c 2 Staffel=3 Total 7 Dfws) as we went up to 6000ft. 1st Flight was joined by the escourt of 4 Albatross D-3 from Jasta 6. My flight of 3 a/c stayed lower ( 5000ft) and one mile behind. As the lead a/c of my flight I could see 5 sopwith pups falling on the lead group as we crossed the lines The persuits from jasta 6 were quick to fend off the attacking pups ( RNAS 9 Sqn). as the dove and circled they left the Bombers (DFW S) thats when 2 N-17 s attacked them from below and behind The lewis and the Spandaus barked at each other. the rear dfw took 5 hits and his wing mate took 6. One N-17 started to smoke and corkscrewed down and into the clouds. !st flight formation became ragged as the N-17 was joined by 2 sopwith pups peppering the bombers. I t was at this conjunction that my flight dropped lower and steered for the target. All was well and good till the bombs were droped on the tommies side of the lines. Then 2 SE5 s winged by along the right side of the a/c Our rear gunner fired off 3 10 rd bursts no hits. Turning and pointing the nose of the aircraft down we excellerated to 150 mph head for home. The SE5s had turned two and were peppering the back two bombers each a/c took hits all the formation rear gunners were firing mine shot off 5 ten Rd bursts gott 5 hits on the 56 sgn SE. as we neared the edge of the airfield, The last DFW in 2 flight was smoking but the e/a were gone. Total score one N-17 crashed One Pup engine fire and crashed. Our losses 1 Albati D-3 and one DWF CV junked from damage THe rest of us had holes.

They got my kite. I was doing a routine hop with 43 sqn in a 1/1/2 Strutter no fighters anywhere so poped a little look see over the lines, As I neared a town, Archie stared going off far stuff then 3 poped below and under my kite then level and boom got bracketed by flack and one more pop and out went the engine. Falling out of my crate to land 6000ft below Fred Astair and Ginger (my pilot and gunner) went down with what was left of my crate Over Flanders Field. I Must work harder.

I only have 1.32 hours on a DFW and they are kickin my %$#@#$#. Been flying Hugo Von Zepplin FA 45 B Roucort airdrome in Flanders 13 Apr 1917. No kiddin this crate has a bomb site seems too slugglish to fly high but more fun then a Roland Ony evasive manuevers, I used on this old bus was to kick the rudder around and run The formation seems to stay together when attacked. Thanks to all for tips and advice. Olham there seems to be a lot of tommie aces in this area but 56 sgn seems to be the roughest bunch they are a handful.

Hi mines a 2.0 dual core Xp operating system a 256 mg Nvida Ge 7600 Graphics Card AMD 64 processor. It runs OFF most of the time fine max frame rate is 40 (Puter has a heat problem) wish the frame rate was 60. Check with sittin duck in this forum he set mine up to run OFF when I had problems. Althought I do run a single cpu (theres a down load thingy U can get) The game played with both cpus at the set up. Hope this helps. The game and the forum rocks. Carrick58

Sorry ment, 1917 sometimes I type backwards. Seems like this big DFW a/c slows down the frame rate ? Went up a second time never made the bomb run. Avoided a flight of 3 Sopwith Pups by flying low. In the distance, they went into a fur ball with Albatrosses D-2 S or D-3s ? Saw a pup trailing smoke. Nearing the lines avioded another flight of pups (5) a/c . Started the run into target and my flight of 3 DFW s got jumped by 5 sopwith pups The last bus in line puffed out black smoke and crashed. My tail gunner got off a few bursts (no hits) My kite got peppered 5 hits in the wing 3 in the tail My gunner got off another burst (no hits) then a pup came from dead ahead a short burst 2 hits in my bus s engine Clack Clack The rear gunner fired 3 bursts got 1 hit ( an Ace name stockard ) Put my kites nose down a kicked the rudder ditched the 3 bombs and slowly got up to 100 mph from 2000ft. Making the lines, I put the kite down with a crump. ( hard landing destroyed) Total: All 3 DFW s 2 pups

Took my german pilot up in FA45B 13 apr 1971 Left Roucourt during an Afternoon hop to the Tommies side of the lines. Figured it would be like Flying the BE2C s High and Quiet. Wrong ! got up to 6000ft and was jumped by 56 sqn RFC A flight of 3 SE5 s flashed across our formation of 9 DFW C V s. peppering the right end a/c. Then when they circled to come back the flights 9 rear guns opened up peppering Two of the three SE 5 s. All was quiet for awhile lost the Se s Nearing the lines we avioded another flight of 5 SE 5s as our escort Albatross D-3 s joined 2 Flights 4 a/c and a lower flight of 3. Nearing the lines the escort peeled off and attacked e/a ( 5 SE5 s) . We in turn got hit by 4 SE 5 s again everyone got hits My pilot Hugo Von Zepplin got 2 in the wing the tail gunners opened up putting holes in the 4 e/c I broke away from the formation heading to wards the target (Rail Road) Off to the right, saw a N-17 catch fire while being chased by D-3 who in turn was being fired on by 2 SE 5s. Nearing the bomb drop, a lone SE 5 closed for a high side run firing a long burst the DFW took 3 more hits in the wing. The rear gunner fired three bursts and got one hit in Albert Balls 56 sqn a/c. Ditching the bombs, Kicking the rudder, and pointing the nose down I sped for the german side of the lines. For what ever reasons, Albert Ball ( out of ammo? Guns jamed?) did not reattack my retreating DFW. Total Score. One N17 down 2 Albatross D-3 down Everyone else had holes everywhere. (Gotta due better ) Carrick58

Smashing wot? Niped over the lines for a bit of dawn patrol took a few coppers (bombs) along. Lined up at 6000ft looking down from the top of My bus (BE2C) when the nose was over the tents let go the coppers Right on, old chap. But not this time, the bloomin bombs hit in the center of the airdome . Bit of a stiff wind today wot? Dirt and muck every where. Do hope they have defauters to clean up the mess. Err next time ell have to drop a bloody shovel. ( they shouldnt have trees and strong winds in flight sims)

Awsome vid, thanks for sharing OFF Rules

Cant seem to get the uploader to work ?

luv this sim having a good time. I never know whats going to happen like getting suckered in to an ambush its immerseive and u got to keep ur wits about u.

Thanks all, will try but its hard to let go after doing all the moves to get in a good firing position making hits then seeing the aircraft fly away.

While flying my French Pilot Pepe lay Pew in a N-17 (Vickers machine gun) with Esc 48. My flight of 3 ran into a flight of 5 Albatross D-2s amid tall thick clouds on their side of the lines. The Huns were 3000ft higher then us. I started a wide circle and my wingmates attacked ( this way we were to do a formation attack Othwise they seem to show up very late) The D-2s split formation in the melee mostly turned to the right with noses pointed down except for one who split left. That hun was my bird. as I line up he turned the n circled He did chandels corkscrews Every time I put the nose on him he skided away from my N-17. After a lot of turning He dove for the weeds. Ah ha I have him. Pointing the nose at him I dove gaining on him I fired at long range 2 bursts 12 rds and 24 rds no hits. Out of no where Tacka Tacka His wingmate was curveing in behind and firing his twin spandau s 8 hits in my little N-17 Kicking into a skid and droping lower I was headed for the weeds The other aircraft ( he must have chandeled) added his fire ( The D-2 I was after) 6 more hits. I Droped the nose and made a forced landing. Spend the next 12 days as a pow befor going over the fence and back to the Esc. Viva la France I was suckered into chaseing him down.

Scout 77 I say, jolly good show. Just Pop over and nip the blithers. However, Beware of the Hun in the Sun Which for some reason u havnt met a good one, We have lost a few good boys Over There and a couple of em had 2 or 3 kills. Rule Britrania !

A Albatross D-3 ? I say, spot on old chap Bloody Marvelous. My computer overheats so I ve never tryed DID. Besides I have a hard time keeping alive in roleplaying a be2c on easy modes. Always remember, Old Boy, England expects all to do his duty. The Old School Tie and all that rot Cheerio. Carrick

How can U guys talk about the bombers hitting nothing Only recently I manged to hit a tree albet it with the whole airplane. Kiddin a side, I dropped to 6000ft and look down as the engine of the plane crossed the target Bombs away (4) some hit on ocassion Carrick

I say old Chap, Pip ,Pip , rather, and all that rot. ! Sent to the Hospital for 14 days popin the old leg back in place. Blommin, good medical , Then sent back to the bloody front. Packed me off like a bloody peasent they did. Carrich58

Life as a BE2c pilot has been nice. My pilot Fred Astair and his gunner Ginger has been popping over the lines for 8.5 hours now always taking along a couple of copper bombs to drop. Life has been pleasent except for the last flight having never seen an e/a but always careful they droped the bombs swung around and nosed down gaining speed they sped away at 120 mph just in case the hun blithers were up and hopeing to get back by Tea time. Thinking what a jolly good show, since one bomb did hit a tent .They entered the landing circle droping lower and slowing. appoaching the edge of the airfied they noticed the trees growing bigger. Full power the engine roared .The kite being a BE2c was slow to respond and kept sinking in the landing approach kicking hard left rudder , just the tip of the aircraft hit the bloody tree at the edge of the airfield. Well, they were down but the BE2C was spread all over the field like starwberry jam a total wreck. Bit of a stickey wicket Wot ?

I dont know how far the CFS3 can be developed? But it proabaly it could support different a/c : Fokker D11 and DIII s, Albatross D-1, early french 2 seaters early German 2 seaters (Albatross C-IIIs). Arty adjustment missions i.e., Fire a flare the Arty hits move .say, use the current model where the arty has multi hits. Just leave one on when the adjustment flare is triggered turn it off and the other one on. Maybe switch the sound files to the actual sounds the guns made, Vickers, Spandau, Maxmim, Engine noise same idea. Proabaly could get the sound files from Youtube.com videos. Except for the albatross engine noise? By the same token, the numbers in a flight could be changed so that lone arty spotting or recon could be flown ( They are set up for a flight just turn off the rest in the flight) Same could done to fly a one plane or two bomber escort mission. Maybe, during an airfield attack have the planes on the ground catch fire faster ( like hollywood movies more destruction things blowing up) Finally, More patoling the lines less Airfield attacks be scripted. I know it seems like a lot. carrick58