Andy73

Hello Guys Since I've got my new Graphics-Card (GTX460) my rig is running fine, OFF looks great. I simply love it But I still have the Problem that I can't set all sliders up to 4 or 5, because my System is still running with an "old" Dual-Core with 2.8 GHZ. When I set the Scenery Detail up to 4, I've got stutters when I fly close to the Ground. What am I doing wrong? Aircraft Slider is on 5 Terrain Slider is on 3 Scenery is on 2 Effects are on 5 Clouds are on 5 It runs fine with 40-60 FPS. I've set the Priority up to High with Task-Manager, it runs as Administrator and I've set several different Settings in the Overrides again and again. Why can't I push the Scenery up to 4? It's a riddle to me, I've tried so much settings, Ive read and searched nearly everything here on this Board, but nothing really helps. I know OFF loves Speed, so I think the next Step MUST be a new Motherboard. Is this the Solution? A faster CPU? I know OFF runs on one Core an needs lot of Speed. Please tell me how did you all make the Game running smoothly with full Details? Greetz Andy

Yes I've turned down these Settings, Ground Object Density is Low, In Cloud Fog is off. Air Activity is Medium. Aircraft Skins are Normal. The Game runs smoothly

Thanks Guys Well I'm playing OFF with an High-End Monitor, Resolution is 1920 x 1080 (1080p) with HDMI. The Graphics are outstanding, no Problem Don't understand me wrong! I CAN play Over Flanders Fields with all Sliders up to 5, but I hate these little stutters close to the ground, it makes one sick having a dogfight at low Altitude With my System set the Terrain and Scenery to 2 or 3 and it runs perfectly. I think I have to get a faster CPU then. 6 GB of RAM are already here :yes:

I think it depends on the Fact that there are two Guns synchronised seperately. They are not combined, I think. First shot of the left Gun, then the Right Gun. Left Gun, Right Gun. Left Gun, Right Gun, and so on. Or sometimes both Guns are firing at the same time, this sounds very slowly. This Effect of being not synchronized together gives a faster rate of Fire. You can hear this effect very good in the Movie "Blue Max" with George Peppard. Listen to the German Machine Guns. Sometimes they are both synchronized, sometimes they are both firing at their own will

The Albatros D III is a nice Plane to fly Not as manouverable as the Pub or the N17 for example, but it has a good hard Punch with two Machine Guns... Flying with Jasta 11 and found this lonely Sopwith Strutter over the Lines near Cambrai today, and gave her a quick Lesson in Air Combat Happy Easter

Hello there I was playing OFF for a long time with no Problems and very smooth Graphics. My System is WinXP, with an AMD ASRock 770DE Board with a Duo-Core 2,8 GHZ and 4 GB RAM and a Geforce 9600GT with 1024 MB and a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS. The Resolution for OFF was always 1280 x 1024, because my TFT Monitor has no higher Resolution... But it all worked fine, till today I was always playing between 40-50 FPS with sometimes very, very little Stuttering, using little Programs such as Game Booster and CPU Control, which helped me to get a smooth Gameplay. Two Weeks ago I've buyed a Geforce GTX 460 with 1024 MB. Installed the 260.99 Driver, had Problems to get the Card correctly installed (because of HD Audio Driver), but now the Card works fine. But since that I've got big Problems to run OFF as smoothly as it was before. I am using the same Settings which I used for my 9600 GT, in the Image Quality (3-5-3-3-5-2) , in the Overrides and so on. Also the Settings for my Nvidia Card in Windows XP are the same as before (4x Anisotropic, 8xQ AA and so on). First of all, when I'm starting my Plane and I'm flying over my Airfield, the FPS are going down to 10, with very big Stuttering. When I'm dogfighting another enemy Plane and I hit it, the Textures of the Plane disappeared when I fly close to him and it went to an "all black" Plane with no Textures. Very bad I've tried several new Settings, for Example I've found out that for my new Card is the best to set the Index Buffer Pool and the Vertex Buffer Pool in the Texture Info both to MANAGED and the Fullscreen Swap Effect to DISCARD. The stuttering is gone, the Frames especially over my Airfield are at the 30's, but I still have the Problem with the Textures when I shoot at another Plane... They went to black when I hit that enemy Plane, especially when I'm flying very close to him. Which one of you Computer-Aces is an Nvidia-Card User and know about those Problems? Can anybody help please?

Finally I've found a Solution for my Problem! Just set the settings in the Graphics Config now a little bit different as they were for my old 9600 GT... After many Days of trying it out my Problem is now solved In the Overrides I must set "Disable Composite Aircraft Textures". In the Texture Info I've set the Swapeffect to COPY V-SYNC. Now it works fine, no difference in the Graphics, and running smoother as it was before. My Problem with the black Planes is gone!!! My Frames are constantly at 50. Don't know what the Composite Aircraft Textures are doing, but I see absolutely no Difference in the Graphics. Greetings from Germany

Well I'm from Germany and I've learned English in School from 1985-1989, so after all these Years it's sometimes hard to understand some Posts for me personally, but only because of the Grammatics When I read some things they are very logical, but some things I can not understand or I'm trying to translate it in German in my Mind. So I sometimes find the Solution for myself Would like to write a little bit more in this Board, but I have really to give it up sometimes because of my bad english Language... Sometimes I only don't also have the time to write something, mostly I'm on the Internet at the Weekend, because my Job (Construction) holds me down from Monday till Thursday. I'm travelling all thoughout Germany, making Construction and always sleeping in Hotels. I'm coming home every Week on Thursday Evening, and naturally the most of the Weekend belongs to my Family, as it should be. But this Week I'm at home (because it's Winter, we can't work) , and so I have got the time to write something, and I hope you understand what I'm saying. I like the way how to learn about OFF in this Board, I've found out so many things about this Game just by reading the Posts (as far as I can) and I'm learning every Day BTW, I'm playing OFF Phase3 since November 2009 and I still can learn much more (especially of the Graphics and the FPS ) Wish the Combat Flight Simulator 3 never had these complicated Settings for Graphics. When I see in the Overrides these many things, or in the Texture Info these many Choices, I must give up sometimes, because I do not understand every written word there! So the best is to try the Settings out, and see what will happen in Gameplay. So I've spended lots of Hours to make OFF running as good as it should be But don't worry, it's running fast ! I like this wonderful Board and all of you wonderful People and I hope I can enjoy this Place for a long Time....

Thank you very much Sir All worked fine, they are looking great!!!

No, my 9600 was running with my old 400 Watt Power supply with no Problems... I've buyed this new 650 Watt Power-Thing for my new System. Minimum required for an GTX 460 is 450 Watt.

I'm getting a complete new internal HDD so that I can make everything (and REALLY everything) new My old HDD was only 150 GB. So with everything new on my System (Graphics-Card, Sound Card, more RAM, new Windows, new HDD, new Power Supply, new TFT with HDMI), I will see what will happen then. Hopefully all will work fine then. Will install very carefully the Audio-Drivers Thanks for your Tips Lads

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Hello after trying several settings I do not know what to do. For better understanding I've posted now some Pics to show you what my Problem is: On the first Picture you'll see on the lower left the FE2 that I have attacked. So far, so good, no problems here. The second Picture is the same Scene, but from another Point of View. You see that the FE2 is now completely black. But only if I get very close to it. From far away the Textures are back there again. Don't know what to do. Are you sure it is a Problem with the HD Audio Driver? I've ordered a newer Soundcard (ASUS Xonar D2) and will install the next Days Windows7, also of course DirectX11, so hopefully this Problem will be solved...

Seems to be a Problem with the Anisotropic Filtering. When I set the AF high up to 16x, the Effect is gone When I set the AF down to 2x, 4x or 8x, the Effect is still there again.... I've re-Installed the Driver again and again, and it seems to work overall better now. The 260 Driver runs perfectly with this Card, the 258 Driver, which two are the only ones compatible to an GTX 460, runs a little bit slower. Will see the next Days what will happen in Air Combat.... I've set the Overall Detail Slider down to 2 now, is this correct? Before it was on 3. Thanks for your Help Guys

Never saw this Effect with my Geforce 9600 GT. Perhaps it has something to do with AA settings???

Last week I was flying low over our German lines to see how much my Comrades on the Ground could use my Help The third Battle of Ypres is still raging on... Later then I've spotted a Patrol of five Se5a's who attacked us. I was lucky to scratch two of them and this was my 41th and 42th kill... :yes: Happy new Year everyone!!!

OFF ist einfach Kult. Und in meinen Augen auch vom Gameplay her besser. Die Grafik ist bei Rise of Flight sehr gut, da kann ich nicht gegen meckern. Jedoch bekommt man bei Over Flanders Fields viel mehr zu sehen. Mehr Action, mehr Spieltiefe, mehr Identifikation mit meinem Piloten Starte ich eine Mission, kommt es häufig vor, das direkt in meiner Nähe über dem Aerodrom sich schon Feindjäger befinden, und ich kann jederzeit entscheiden, anzugreifen oder meine Mission zu erfüllen. Oft kommt es auch vor, das ich auf Patrouille von Feindjägern überrascht werde, plötzlich sind z.b. 8 Sopwith Camels hinter mir und meiner Gruppe (als Staffelführer), und da heisst es nur : MG's durchladen und hoffen das man überlebt Fliege ich meine Mission Wegpunkt für Wegpunkt ab, begegnen mir, je nach Jahreszeit und auch nach Jahreszahl (1916 war nun mal weniger los als 1918) verschiedene Patrouillen der Alliierten, Zweisitzer oder auch Jäger. Ich kann jederzeit entscheiden, den Kampf anzunehmen oder mich in den Wolken versuchen zu verstecken, werde ich entdeckt. Die Anzahl der Feindjäger ist mehr oder weniger wählbar, wenn ich Pech habe, kann es vorkommen, das ich in einer Mission auf 5 verschiedene gegnerische Geschwader stosse Fliege ich über der Front, sehe ich Truppennachschub unten am Boden, Panzerkolonnen, Trommelfeuer auf bestimmte Abschnitte, Gasangriffe, zerstörte Städte in Frontnähe, Schützengräben aus denen ich beschossen werde, Flakfeuer rings um mich herum usw. Das ganze untermalt mit bombastischen Sounds, Artillerieeinschläge sind sehr gut hörbar, Flak sowieso. Das Flugmodell ist ebenfalls wählbar, auf EASY verzeiht die Maschine (fast) jeden Fehler, auf REALISTIC muss man sich schon sehr anstrengen, den Gegner ins Ziel zu bekommen. Ausserdem ist das Spiel sehr leicht zu modden. Ich benutze z.b. Creaghorn's Soundmod, neue Motorgeräusche, auch die der Feindjäger, neue MG-Sounds, etc. Die Kampagne ist extrem fesselnd, zwischen den Einsätzen kann ich meine Staffel begutachten, die aktuelle Lage an der Front betrachten, mir die Dossiers der verschiedenen Piloten anschauen, technische Daten meiner Flugzeuge, Zeitungsausschnitte über aktuelle Ereignisse im Kriegsverlauf und kleine Original-Filmchen aus dem 1. Weltkrieg sorgen für Kurzweil. Die Anzahl der Einsätze ist wählbar, ich kann 50 Missionen fliegen oder auch 300 , wenn ich will. Man kann Tage oder ganze Wochen überspringen, manchmal fallen Einsätze auch aus wegen schlechtem Wetter(!!!!) Welcher Simulator kann sowas bieten Ich kann meine Staffel auswählen, Deutsch, Französisch, Britisch und die Amis sind wählbar. Möchte ich meine Karriere in einem Jäger oder in einem Zweisitzer starten? Auch das kann ich wählen. Sehr viele Geschwader sind verfügbar, in denen ich starten kann. Natürlich auch die Jasta 11, die Staffel des berüchtigten Roten Barons. Ich kann 1915 anfangen oder auch 1918, wie ich will. Habe ich einen Abschuss erzielt, muss ich nach Ende der Mission wie bereits weiter oben erwähnt einen Abschussbericht zur Bestätigung verfassen, andernfalls wird er mir nicht anerkannt. Diese Option ist aber auch wählbar, habe ich dazu keine Lust, schalte ich das einfach aus und der Abschuss wird automatisch anerkannt. Möchte ich einen Abschussbericht verfassen, dann etwa wie folgt: Wie sah das Flugzeug aus, das ich abgeschossen habe (welche Nationalität, welche Farbe, besondere Markierungen, evtl. ein Ass des Gegners)? Wo fand der Abschuss statt (auf der Karte nachschauen, wo man sich gerade befindet) Welche Zeit? Wer hat den Abschuss beobachtet (Namen der eigenen Flieger, evtl. Bodentruppen, befinde ich mich über den eigenen Linien)? Wie ging der Gegner zu Boden (ist der Pilot abgesprungen, war das Flugzeug am brennen, etc.)? Das alles ist sehr motivierend und versetzt mich in die Lage, tatsächlich damals dabei gewesen zu sein (ich weiß, klingt etwas doof) Natürlich gibt es hunderte von Bemalungen für mein Flugzeug (und wirklich für JEDES Flugzeug), ich kann wählen, wie ich meine Maschine lackiere. Als Ass muss man sich ja von den anderen hervorheben :yes: Wer Interresse hat, sollte sich einfach bei Youtube die ganzen Over Flanders Fields - Videos reinziehen. Als ich sie sah, war ich hin und weg und habe mir vor einem Jahr das Spiel via Paypal aus den Staaten geordert. Habe ich es bereut? Nicht eine Sekunde Rise of Flight ist grafisch anspruchsvoller, das gebe ich zu, aber ich habe lieber ein Spiel, das vielleicht nicht die beste Grafik hat (die CFS3 - Engine ist von 2003), dafür mich aber am Geschehen teilhaben lässt und mich Monate, ja sogar Jahrelang am Bildschirm fesseln kann. Ein Tipp von mir, der seit 1988 Flugsimulatoren spielt: Leute, besorgt euch OVER FLANDERS FIELDS

Hello Lads So I'm trying to write as good as I can , I'm only a German Guy and I do not speak English as good as well as I am speaking German I think most of you have learned and understanded this Game and the Workshop and most of you have set your Graphics Cards perfectly. But I've found out something, but only for Nvidia Card - Users : In TEXTURE INFO set the Vertex Buffer to "SystemMem" and set the D3DSwapeffect to DISCARD. This didn't gave me a boost in Frames (I'm playing between 40 and 60 FPS), but it killed all the "Microstutters" in the Game and now I am playing it nearly perfectly. You know what I mean, those stutters when you are starting at an Airfield and you look behind you, for Example. Also now I can make a ground Attack without any Stutters. My Frames are constantly at 30FPS. And this is great fun Try it out, I know every Hardware is different, but It's worth trying it out.

Ok X-Ray, I am trying to help you 1.Start your Game 2.Go to Workshop 3. Go to "Graphics Config". 4.Wait 5.Until a Message arrives "Your Graphic Card has been configured" 6: Got o "Custom Settings" 7: Go to Texture Info 8: Set the following Things with your Mouse: managed rendertarget managed rendertarget default SystemMem Discard Your Sliders should be 5-5-3-3-5-2 for fine Graphics

It was always great fun to Play. I've spended many sleepless Nights with this fantastic Games. The first Years playing it "normally" (with an Pentium 166 and a Voodoo 1 Card, ooohhh Woow ), and later then the "Western Front"- Patches were absolutely fantastic with improved Graphics, Sounds and Effects and so on. 100 Planes, moving Front-Lines, dozen's of new Aces Skins and so much more. Ah, the good old Times...

Hello Guys just want to introduce myself... My Name is Andy, I am living in a small German City near the German-Netherlands Border in Northrhine-Westfalia. I'm 37 Years old and I am playing OFF now for 1 Year. It's a great Game, and I love it. As an old RB3D Player I must say it is a very big Step forward for those who love WW1 Air Combat I'm trying to write as good as I can, because after being 21 Years out of School my English is not the best at all... I remember the old Times at the 80's when I was playing WINGS and RED BARON 1 and KNIGHTS OF THE SKY on my Amiga 2000, later then (when I got my first PC) FLYING CORPS and RED BARON 2, and now the next Step for me was OFF. I've also tried RoF, but I don't like the Campaign Mode These are my wishes for Phase 4: - Transfer to other Squadrons. - Preview of my Personal Skin - 2 or 3 Weeks every Year to leave for my Pilot - More 2-Seaters or heavy Bombers -Get more Medals or Promotions. I'm always starting my Campaigns in October 1916 as Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant). One year later with 50 Victories I am still only an Leutnant.... I think it depends on how many Missions are succesful or how many Missions are "just another logged Flight" or am I wrong? Best Wishes and have a nice day, Andy "I am a Hunter. When I've shot down an Englishman, my Hunting Passion is down for half an Hour." - Manfred von Richthofen

Thanks to all of you for this warm Welcome... @Louvert: No, it's not a Skin from myself, I've found it Months ago in the Download Section here. It's called Albatros D.V HAIFISCH (Shark) Thanks Olham (alter Berliner Jung:bye: ) for these Tipps. Will try it! @all: I am not the Coffee-Drinker, I prefer a good Bunch of German Beer (Krombacher) Could anyone need one?

Hallo, habe die Mods ausprobiert und sie gefallen mir sehr gut! einige davon bleiben sicher im Spiel drin Danke nochmal!

Yes ze Dschörmäns spiek english very well, but they find the Wörter nich so schnell... When you go me on the Nerven, I put you in the Gully, do the Deckel druff and you never come back to the Tageslicht!

Also ich MUSS Cpu-Control für OFF benutzen, da ich ohne dieses Programm ein starkes "Flickern" und Ruckeln in der Grafik habe. Dieses Tool bewirkt bei meinem System eine vernünftige ausgewogene Benutzung der CPU's damit OFF spielbar ist. Habe aber nachgelesen, dass viele Spieler anscheinend auf solche Hilfe-Tools angewiesen sind für OFF. Ob es bei deinem System von Vorteil ist, kann ich natürlich nicht sagen. Mein Bruder z.b. spielt auch OFF, hat im Prinzip (fast) dasselbe System wie ich, braucht dieses Programm aber nicht. Bei dem läuft das so auch. Komisch, ich blicke da auch nicht durch. Einfach installieren, vorm Laden von OFF das Programm aufrufen, es erscheint ein Fenster, oben rechts dann bitte auf "Automatisch" stellen. Unten rechts auf "Optionen" kannst du dann auf "Quad-Core" umstellen. Dann einfach minimieren, sodaß das Programm im Tray verschwindet. Danach wie gewohnt OFF starten. Es ist aber natürlich auch eine kleine Readme-Datei dabei. Probier es mal aus, vielleicht bringt es ja was. Freue mich auf die Mods Gruss Andreas