Stiffy

These guys are about the best you will get off the peg http://www.sutlers.co.uk/acatalog/WORLD_WAR_1.html

Approach this site with caution! Absolutely none of the images are of his own work, all stolen from other websites. I've heard that he does occasionally make a good replica but only if you send an original item for him to work from (he is really just a tailor with no knowledge of uniforms), otherwise his stuff is very inacurate. If however you havean original you want him to copy he is suppoesed to be a very friendly guy to deal with. Just dont expect to get anything you see on his website just by ordering.

The tunic is amazing. It's very rare to find an original RFC uniform, it is also rare to find any british officers uniform with the early war braided cuffs.... to find a combination of the two is amazing, and in such good condition. From the description looks like the only reason it survived was the pilot was wounded (early pattern tunics are rare as it was unlikely you would make it all the way from 1914 to 1918). From mid way through the war british officers tunics where changed to a patern similar to the one still used today for No.2 Dress uniform.

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To Lord Mountjoy-Standfast VC Devon England 1st November 1916 Dear sir, It is with great sorrow that I have to inform you of the death of your son. Montgomery was killed in a collision with an enemy aircraft while in the execution of his duties. Rest assured that your son died bravely while defending his comrades and his nation. In the short time Stiffy was with us he laid claim to downing 5 enemy aircraft, I'm sure these victories would have been confirmed if time had permitted. Yours W.I.Elder Commander B Squadron 1 wing RNAS

Knights of the sky! I loved that game... wonder if I still have it, still got the amiga in the loft.. Heres a clip of it for nostalgia...

Just tried to advance my DiD campaign... went from 30th october straight to 1st November.... where is 31st October??? Bug?

Yes worked fine but only for one mission then moves on to nov 1st... I may reset it again for an evening mission later or I may just wait until tomorrow. If you are worried about your pilot file you could always back it up... but no using it for sneaky resurections! :) You can also alter the time of day... interesting if you fancy doing a night flight.. I did a 7 am dawn raid this morning, was nice to see the sun rising.

Went in and manually edited the pilot file date so i could fly.... only let me have one mission though before insisting on moving on to november again.... no matter though I got two kills!

W4180 - 778 20,000 - 6/16 . . . 10432 - M1070 30,000 - 10/16 . . . (HWWP1484/1) Forms/W3318/2 . . . RNAS Form W. 3348. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____________________________________________________________ Squadron: B Sqdn 1 Wing, (attached to RNAS-2) Type and No. of Aircraft: Sop. Strutter B1, four in flight Pilot: Flt SubLt. Montgomery Mountjoy-Standfast Observer: None Locality: St. Pol Sur-Mer Date: 31 October 1916 Time: 07:45 Duty: Recon Height: 12,000' ____________________________________________________________ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Failed to reach target to to heavy enemy activity in British sectors. Engage by group of 4 halberstadts. Did not realise at first that was seperated from the rest of my flight so had to fight Huns single handed. Shot down 2 of the blighters before ran out of bullets. Turned tail for home! This strutter is turning out to be a surprisingly good fighting machine! Hope they dont do anything foolish like try to make it a 2 seater!

W4180 - 778 20,000 - 6/16 . . . 10432 - M1070 30,000 - 10/16 . . . (HWWP1484/1) Forms/W3318/2 . . . RNAS Form W. 3348. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____________________________________________________________ Squadron: B Sqdn 1 Wing, (attached to RNAS-2) Type and No. of Aircraft: Sop. Strutter B1, four in flight Pilot: Flt SubLt. Montgomery Mountjoy-Standfast Observer: None Locality: St. Pol Sur-Mer Date: 30 October 1916 Time: 08:00 Duty: Bombing Height: 12,000' ____________________________________________________________ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Target destroyed. Two Fokker Eindekkers shot down. Claims submitted. From the diary of Montgomery 'Stiffy' Mountjoy Standfast My first flight with B Squadron was an eventful one. The night before in the mess I was royally ribbed by the other chaps. "Heres to your impending doom Stiffy!" they cheered "Don't you worry Stiffy!", Laughed a young lieutenant named Jarrow, "We'll bury you with full honours and tell your dear old mum you got 2 bosche before you crashed!" "Don't bother about them, there only teasing!" Said a reasuring voice as stepped out for a cigarette. "sorry sir!" I said flustered at finding myself lighting a cigarette in front of my C.O, Commander Elder. "And don't bother about that either! You're not on duty now Lad!" "Thankyou sir." I said as he strolled off across to the hangars. The next morning I was awoken at seven by a fresh faced young lieutenant who I found sitting, bold as brass in the corner of my quarters reading my paper. "Morning! Monty is it? Splendid!" He continued, not pausing long enough for me to answer in my dazed state. "I'm Lieutenant Chapman, your new wingman! Call me Freddy if you like, most people do!" He rose quickly from his seat and flung the door open. "See you on the turf in twenty minutes then!" He grinned, "C.O must think you're up to it, hes assigned you as flight leader!" "What?" I exclaimed pulling on my breeches. "Don't worry, shouldn't be too hot. Just popping over the lines to drop some eggs on a Jerry railyard!" An hour later I was in the air. Along with Fred Chapman I was joined by Sidney Williams and Dick Richards, both excellent pilots in their own right. As we rose gradually on our path across the Flanders countryside I huddled down in my cockpit to make the most of the warmth of the engine. As we crossed the lines the sky still remained clear of enemy aircraft, much to my relief and, despite attempts by the German 'Archie' gunners we passed over to German territory without event. Before long the target railyard appeared in a clearing before us and signalling to my flight I began a rapid descent to get our planes down to a height more suitable for bombing. And so it was, on this clear October morning that I dropped my first bomb in anger. The explosions where huge in comparison to the training charges I was used to and I noted with satisfaction that at least 2 of my bombs had hit thier mark, one hitting the roof of a goods shed and the other landing smack bang in the middle of a pile of crates, showering the contents all about. As I pulled up and began to bank around for the dash home, skimming not far above the trees I found myself laughing out loud for the sheer exhilaration of it all. My laughter was short lived. Suddenly a popping, ripping sound thumped from behind my head. For a moment a had no idea what had caused the noise but as I looked back I saw the line of holes along the top of my fuselage and with a cold terror I looked further back to see the group of three Fokkers which had dropped down behind us as we were occupied with our bombing run. Quickly I pulled the stick back and kicked hard on myleft rudder. As my plane banked around hard it dawned on me that the German plane was not doing the same. For the second time that day I found myself laughing out loud - these Huns where rookies! Any pilot worth his salt would have followed me round on my bank but this poor chap had hardly banked at all, afraid to stall a craft that he was not yet skilled at flying. For a moment I almost felt sorry for the poor fool as a swung my crate in behind him, he didnt stand a chance and was soon sinking towards the ground, smoke trailing behind. I didnt wait to watch the innevitable crash as no sooner had i dealt with the first than a seconf Fokker drifted across my sights. "This is too easy!" I muttered to myself" but just as I was taking aim to sink the Hun a stream of bullets tore through my lower wing, splintering a strut and sending a strip of canvas flying off. "Ahh" I said to myself realising in my over -confidence I had stumbled into a simple trap "Thats more like it lads, almost had me there!" I executed a tight left hand turn to engage the following plane, as I did so I saw Chapman's Sopwith scream past in pursuit of the Hun I had been chasing, firing straight into the pilot, killing him dead. The new Hun was a far better pilot and I found myself locked into a whirling dogfight, each of us trying to out-turn the other. Eventually I crept up and got a shot of into his tail, tearing a large hole through his elevators. The German must have kicked hard on his rudder as he manged to perform an almost flat turn, causing me to overshoot. I continued to bank round to pursue the Hun expecting to see him make a break for home. I was surprised however to be greeted with the sight of the Fokker bearing down on my on a collision course! In the moment I had to react I realised the german could not pull up due to the damage I had dealt his elevator, with a split second to spare I pulled up hard hearing the roar of the 'Oberursel' Rotary as the enemy pilot skimmed below me. I looked over my shoulder and my suspicion as to the plane's damage was cofirmed as the Fokker piled, full speed into the treetops. The skys clear once again, A-Flight headed home. An hour later 'Old Tom' my Strutter rolled to a stop in front of the hangars. Jumping down from the cockpit I was greeted by the smling faces of the pilots I had been drinking with the night before. "You're still alive Stiffy!" Grinned Jarrow "Looks like the old man was right about you taking care of yourself! Looks like we won't have to bury you will honours after all!" "No" I said, smiling, "But you can still write to my mother to tell her I killed two Huns if you like!" "What?!" he said, his grin turning to surprise. "C'mon, you can buy me a drink" I said as we all strolled towards the mess, "I'll tell you all about it."

I didnt realise you could customise the TAC like that! That will certainly help as a temporary measure, thanks!

Will do!

Still have some bugs to iron out but going for a slighly battle worn look for my first skin... cant go too mad on a british plane so dont expect any bright colours!

but if anyone ever sees a trackir 3 going cheap....

I'll give that a try! As for getting track ir... I think you all live in a very different world to me. TrackIR = 1 months food. Not a hard choice for me lol

TrackIR not an option for my wallet at the moment. What I have decied is that the radar is just too much visual information so I will try to target planes as they move in front of me so I can use padlock. If I end up looking at the floor when it targets a random van 8 miles away I will pause the game and correct the target. Seems a fair way of counteracting the lack of TrackIr without resorting to HUD displayes.

I used to work in admin... but retired at 28 and dropped out to become an art student! Studying for my BA at the moment. I also work as a freelance illustrator working to commision.

no... padlock just locks your view to whatever you have targetted.... dont know if maybe the target button locks on to closest enemy?... seems to lock on to a random ground installation for me.

Sorry... but that doesnt really solve the problem. Allowing padlock is all very well but it is useless unless you are able to target the correct object... otherwise it's just a tool for looking at the floor of your cockpit. Targetting with any speed is impossible without the radar up to help you select your target. Unless I suppose we could pause for a long time while we scroll through all of the targets... loses some emmersion that way though.

Just wondering if any allowance is made for the people who have the handicap of having no Trackir? Having no visual aids at all and no trackir put these people at a real disadvantage keeping track of enemy planes... the only way you can track them is by targetting them and using padlock... this only works if you have the radar up to scroll through the endless targets until you actually get a plane... if you just hit target button you will most likely be looking at a ground installation. Any thoughts?

Did I see that there is a website set up for this?... what is the address?

Is there a basic guide to skinning for this game? Basically cant work out which files to edit, there are so many of them... dont want to ruin a default skin if possible so need to know where to put the new skin so it shows up in game. Specifically this is for a sopwith strutter for the DID campaign we are starting.

Ok, ready to go!

I just use print screen for everything... what is fraps?