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trying to delete the pilots somehow corruped OFF. Cant get it to load anymore. It loads the initial screens, gives me a mission, then after "contact, clear" it locks, showing the "WW1 world initializing" page. Task manager shows that it locks as soon as cfs3 begins to run and shows OFF as not repsonding. If I close CFS3 thru task manager, OFF becomes active again. dont know if this is connected to my trying to delete all of the inactive pilots...but that was the last time OFF worked. I've created new pilots, tried both campaign and QC, but everything locks up. Guess I need to reinstall? Suggestions?

Finally decided to delete the long line of pilots who are dead/captured (havent had even one escape from prison yet). I was able to delete about 20 of them, but of the 8 pilots left, when I try to delete them I get an error message from the OFFManager: UnlimitedPIlot.xml file error. Tried restarting OFF, and a few other things. Any idea how I can delete/retire these last few pilots? (sometimes I dont get the error, but it still wont delete/remove them)

Awesome! thanks! --that was FAST!--

I typed that one into the one line...yeah, it's a bit difficult. Thinking of just putting easy confirmed kills on and saving the time.

I've read that some pilots will advance the date, to simulate wounds, leave time, etc. How do you do this? I've tried adjusting the date in the main campaign room (the one with teh clock), as well as in the pilot dossier, but it wont stay. thanks! BuB

turns out it was teh same Jasta. Here's my entry for all 4 kills: 10/10/1917 12h36 Flanders Droglandt Patrol Enemy Front Lines Flying: Sopwith Camel. On this day claims: 4 Alb DV . Dan Cudney was my wingman and flight leader. We took off from Droglandt at 12h35 and encounted 2 flights of Alb D.Vs. At 12:55 zulu time we came across 7 Alb D.Vs with the markings of Jasta 3. We had position of altitude and coming from behind. They turned to meet us, and I peppered the first plane that met us. I believe I hit his engine as I saw puffs of immediate smoke and sparks. He quickly lost alitude and crashed about 2 miles North of La Gorgue. Next I spotted another Alb. D.V trying to climb away from one of our boys. I turned to meet him and he stalled at a very inconvenient time, right in my gun sites. I fired a long burst into him as I closed on him. I must have hit his rudder and struts as he lost control and crashed about 1 mile North of La Gorgue at zulu time 12:56. We continued on our patrol and came across another flight from Jasta 3, and I immediately noticed the purple and black Alb. D.V of Franz Bacher, the famous German ace. They passed below us and began to climb. I sped past and circled as I followed Bacher's plane. I dove on him from above and behind, and he went into a steep dive. I followed and opened fire. I was a quite nervous, and loaded in all, about 200 shots into him. I shatered his lower left wing, and he lost control, spinning to the ground where he crashed. this was at Zulu time 13:06 and 8 miles SE of La Gorgue, right over our front lines. As I gained altitude, I saw a camel (I think it was Tallon) attacking another ace. I positioned myself on his right wing and we both fired on the ace. He turned to the right, and tried to dive, coming right into my sites. I unloaded 100 bullets into his cockpit area. I hit his engine and he crashed. This was 10 miles SE of La Gorgue. All in all, we're putting up a fight eh?. Witnessed by: Tallon Allen, Ren Denton, Dan Cudney Status : Pending . Decided to err on the "wordy" side, as per winston's suggestion.

In the claim form, after witnesses it says: Quantity, then aircraft, then cirucmstances. Do I need to make a heading for each kill? Our flight hit a group of 7 Alb D.Vs from Jasta 3. I downed 2 of them. Then later, we ran into another group from Jasta 3, this time a bunch of aces (like 3 of the flight had names, instead of standard "Alb D.V", so I'm assuming they were aces? Anyway, I downed 2 of that flight as well. So do I make 4 separate entries, of quantity 1, 2 entries of quantity 2, or 1 entry of quantity 4, all with the specifics of each kill? thanks! BuB

The old guys who mocked the muppets from the balcony are Statler and Waldorf. Keep up the good work OvS! BuB

I can see the damage....all the way from my lower wing after the strut being chewed up, or GONE! to holes in the wings...not super clear, but they are there. I think my resolution is on 4 or 5. zoom in on it, that might help. and this comes from the faq: Q19. In the workshop, the ultra high res aircraft skin detail says there is no visual damage. If I use that does that mean I won't see bullet holes, missing wings, etc? A19. Well this is a new, enhanced, mode which bumps up the skin resolution. We like the visual difference but the price is that you will not see decals (bullet holes, canvas tear) but you WILL see broken wings on most craft. We were going to remove this option but found many of the team enjoyed it, so left it there as an OPTIONAL setting. Default is Normal high res. HTH

Jim I seem to remember seeing the number 50,000 sold on thei rwebsite when I purchased my copy a few weeks ago....

I like the moderators here just fine. I read a post about the other sim on bluesnews.com (news for games...great site), followed the links, found a reference to OFF, googled it, and ended up here. I made a post asking some reasonable questions about OFF, got a great reception, and bought OFF just on that recommendation alone (along with pedals, and TrackIR). I like it here. I like the people and how mature/helpful/interesting they are. Same goes for the moderators/developers. So, keep up the good work moderators! You too developers! and for Ttiger and the few of you who dont like OFF, the moderators, or the English Beat :

Steve--So that would be 80 nautical miles? Also, is it necessary to write out the lat. and longitude? It's so tedious while in flight to do it...not fun.

Big Jim! Turn off wind effects for now in the workshop. Unless you are mixing your own fuel, this puts you at a disadvantage, cause you cant mix when facing tough winds...that's often why the ai can out climb you etc. Take off the wind effects, put your mix on auto, and you're back on equal ground. Next big help, that I got a few days back, is fly in late spring...very pretty, very decent weather. Summer is great too, tho the months are a bit off from what you have in North America. And, copy and paste the names of your flight group, into a word document. you can windows-key out of OFF with no issues when cfs3 isnt running....ie when you arent actually in the air. You can also take a screen shot. I've found that if I can survive a few missions, I'm flying with the same guys...meaning you only have to write their names once. I use the copy/paste method for flight names. The ai is tough in this sim, but I keep finding that if I just fly smart, I do ok. It's when I get greedy, or push it, I pay dealy. Put our pilot on easy die roll, so you dont die so often from survivable crashes.... hope this helps BigJim! BuB

Very nicely done Olham! Gwar--are you the same Gwar from Descent?

Homeboy, I finally got rid of all my white triangles when using TrackIR with yours and Rabu's settings. However, my system is quite a bit more powerful as is my video card: i920 260 GTX 896mb nvidia gfx can you recommend any settings that I might be able to change in order to get better graphics/results?

so will claims for imprisoned/dead pilots ever be confirmed/denied? Or are they pemanently pending?

I found a great use for my 2nd monitor: I open a word document and just copy and paste my flight pilot names into it, while OFF is still running. Winston's thread helped as well. Too bad we cant save information in the flight log, but instead it only saves in the claim form...

Saw a post regarding this series over on SimHQ awhile back. There are 8 parts to the series here on youtube. enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmu-UdAAKdY...feature=related Interestingly, they state that the average life expectancy of a pilot in 1917 was 12 days. I had remembered 2 weeks, but it's pretty much the same.... However, 17 hours is a lot different than 12 days in OFF. Uda

I havent seen that "Pending" number yet on any of my kills for some reason....

This is such an awesome game! Thanks Winson! BTW, are you related to Dudly?

Sadly, Fritz crashed behind enemy lines and was captured and in prison for the rest of the war. Is there anyway to find out if his pending claims will be confirmed?

Well, happy to report that Fritz Von Schtusselheimer has successfully completed 4 missions! Turning the outcomes to: Easy-Die Roll on Death, sure has helped! I've survived 2 crashes, one of them a landing. heh! I've actually shot some planes down, but got 2 of them denied, due to lack of corroboration, even tho both were behind my lines, and my entire flight not only witnessed them, but survived as well. I did a search and read many of the threads on claims, but I guess I'm missing something. Thought I'd post my descriptions here to see where you all might be able to give me some pointers. 26/3/1918 12h14 Verdun Mars-sous-Bourcq Patrol Enemy Front Lines Flying: Albatros DVa. On this day claims: 1 Nieuport 17 . I dove over the nieuport 17, guns blazing, and hit his tail rudder, and wings, sending him into a flat spin. Enemy went down at N49, E4, 2 miles south of Argonne. Carl-August Guhike saw the whole thing.. Witnessed by: Squadron Witness Franz Von Liebau Status : Rejected . 13/4/1918 9h2 Verdun Mars-sous-Bourcq Balloon Defense Flying: Albatros DVa. On this day claims: 1 Single Seater Type. Spad 7 pulled up in front of me, I fired into his wing destroying it, and hitting the pilot. Altitude was 3150, site of dogfight was 20 miles east of Argonne. Wingman Franz von Liebau saw it, as did Martin Schreiber.. Witnessed by: Squadron Witness Carl-August Guhike flight leader Status : Rejected . 4/5/1918 13h0 Verdun Mars-sous-Bourcq Reconnaisance Flying: Albatros DVa. On this day claims: 1 Single Seater Type. Spad 7 from the Esquadrille 124 was shot down 15 miles south west of Porcher. It was raining, and cloudy. Visibility semi-clear. Plane went into a flat spin and crashed behind our front lines.. Witnessed by: Squadron Witness Flight Leader Carl-August Guhike Status : Pending . Interestingly, there is no plane in the menu for Spad 7, only spad 13 and "single seater type", so I put that. I tried altitude, etc... What else can I add, and am I even doing it right? Also, on the map (thanks for the heads up on zoom in/out Steve Drew!), there are some cryptic map numbers that look like: N49*1'33.0251" E5*40'26.0516" I was thinking this was lattitude and longitude...but ? And...finally, is there a scale of miles? I saw a funny stick/tree like thing, which I'm assuming is a town, that said "porcher" when I put my mouse pointer over it. I just guessed I was about 15 miles from it, tho I have no scale. Any help is appreciated greatly! ...Although I understand if you dont want to help. You see, Fritz is a bit of a coward. During this last flight, He lost my flight wing, and when he shot down that spad 7, his 4 buddies (also in Spads) got really irritated and all ganged up on me. Shots hit me from all over. I thought "this is IT maverick!", but then I saw a friendly airfield, slowed down and let the spads zip by, and landed on the field (yes, this is one of the few landings I've actually MADE!). Quickly I hit escape, and ended the mission. After losing 20 other pilot friends (some of them english, but none of them French) over the last week, Fritz is a bit skittish about dying. So if you dont want to help, I/WE understand. Perhaps after my next flight, when I dont make it home, someone can write my family....

Thanks for the suggestions. If I get a pilot to actually live past 3 missions, then I'll be ready for Siggi's board. Great hanger video! LOL, I always just leave the blasted crate where it stops (last night, it stopped at the edge of the field, about 1 foot from a tree) and let the mechanics and field crews do their jobs.....tho it's a longer walk to the pub. Gonn have to try getting it closer

I'm glad to read about all the various setups people are using. I've been flying with full everything, except for the tac and the wind, but afte 20 or so pilots, none of them reaching more than 2 missions, I'm ready for a change. I think I'm going to go with the middle option for crashes. I fly well, I shoot down planes, I nurse them home, I play defensively, then I tilt a wing at 6 mph on landing and die (most frustratingly, after an hour of nursing a plane back over the front..meh). I understand not surviving a crash from 1000 ft (anyone tried the option for bailout "o" ? cant get it to work....but that would be awesome), but comon! Death from a crash while landing at 10 or less mph?? that's not realistic...a piston thru the right eye might happen every 20 times, but hey! I can fly with one eye! Prop shards thru the heart? Yeah, I can buy that, but you have to be going fast enough to shatter the prop. If 120mph winds cant do it, why would a crash at 8 mph? heh :scout: Warp is important too. Tried my first 10 or so pilots to not use warp, but warp to the first way point is fair, as is labels (I JUST started using them yesterday...wow that makes a difference) for a brief moment to get the info of the plane you are downing. TAC at 4mile distance...very fair. Maybe we should petition for a DiD for the time challenged people (add warp to first way point, etc)...?

Sweet! I'll load everything up. I was kinda waiting to see what was up with the mismatched files. But I guess everything is under control, or soon will be with that issue? Sitting Duck, I'll take you up on your offer. Probably sometime saturday I'll have some free time. I'll try to make myself available when you have some time. I'll pm you later in the week... I hope to make it to the Sunday flight (I'm 3 hours behind CA, and 6 behind NY, and my sunday mornings are free, so hopefully I can be there).