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I have downloaded one new aircraft and also an "Ace aircraft skin". I assume that I should place the new aircraft in the aircraft folder. Is this correct? Where does one enter the new skin? Thanks Stanner

When you are in Virtual Cockpit, can you pan around ? When I am in VC I can not pan. I am trying to decide whether I need to delete OFF since I am not able to pan view which makes it impossible to dogfight. Thanks. Stanner

I am having problems with my joystick in OFF. The POV Hat does not function at all. I set up the joystick in CFS3 and saved the keyassignments as "Mine". The POV works well in CFS3, but not in OFF. I also find that the F3, F4, F5, F6 keyboard view commands are erradic. Sometimes they function, and other times they do not. I used the Ctrl+Enter command (eye point back), and the Shift+Enter command (eye point up), but was unable to return to a default view. I was stuck in these eye point back and eye point up positions. Again, I have no problems in CFS3 with my joystick or keyboard commands. I am quite frustrated since without the POV Hat working properly it is impossible to engage in dogfights and survive. Does anyone have any suggestions? I need all the help I can get. Thanks. Stanner

Sorry do not understand TRACKIR. Are you saying I should purchase the devise that allows the sim view to track my head movements? If yes, then that is no answer to panning in VC. Perhaps I should add two other monitors? How about just dealing within the sim itself, without expensive addons. Otherwise I do not know to what you refer. Stanner

Ok problem solved. The NUM LOCK must be OFF for the POV Hat views to work. However, the POV Hat views are not a smooth pan, but rather jumps from one view to another. Stanner

Ok I have solved the problem. The NUM Lock must be off for the POV Hat to work. However the pan is not smooth but rather jumps from one view to another. Perhaps OFF should make a note of this for new OFF players. Stanner

As mentioned in another post, I deleted OFF and patches. I then reinstalled OFF and patches. I still have the same problem, the inability to pan my views while in Virtual Cockpit by using the POV Hat switches. There is nothing wrong with my joystick, it works in FS2004, and CFS 3. The problem is with OFF. Without the ability to pan view while in VC means that I would last less than a minute in a dogfitght. It therefore makes no sense for me to continue with OFF. Money down the drain. Thanks to the one gentlemen who attempted to help. I found the help from fellow OFF members to be zero. Since this sim lacks documentation the only other source of help are the other OFF players. Unfortunately this is also lacking. Cannot recommend this sim. Stanner

I deleted OFF and patches. I reinstalled OFF and patches. The same situation no POV Hat. In Virtual Cockpit I have to use Num Lock keys #1 through #9. to get views other than direct to the front. This is to me a great disadvatange in a dog fight. It is a pitty that my POV Hat switch will not work. I really can not spend much time with OFF since I would not last one minute without the ability to pan my view while in Virtual Cockpit. There is nothing wrong with my joystick. The problem is in Off. A pity I paid money for a sim I wil most likely not use. Stanner

Kingat, The game controller in the Control panel does recgonize my joy stick. However, I do not see it in the Device Manager, sounds, video, and game controllers. Should it be there? Stanner

Kingkat, In Device Manager, sound, video and game controllers.....there is no ? symbol which indicates all is well. I had the joystick plugged in before I went to Device Manager. What do you mean by "testing the joystick in Device Manager"? I had the joystick plugged in, and went to Device Manager. NO JOYSTICK was shown in sound, video and game controllers. Should one appear if it is plugged in? Stanner

Thank you. Yes, my joystick works fine when I calibrated it, this includes the POV Hat switch on the joystick.. I have a copy of the CFS3 command sheet. These commands are the same for OFF with the exception that some keyboard commands do not apply to OFF, such as Brakes, Gear and Flaps. The joystick POV Hat commands usually show up as one "button" on the listing of commands in most sim games. This is one button that all sims automatically assign views when the game is installed. I will try to reset the keyboard/joystick commands to "default" (have not been able to do this), and see if that corrects the problem. The problem is obviously with the OFF sim, since the joystick works well with CFS3, FS2004, and when tested during calibration. I hope that I do not have some corrupt files in OFF. Again, if anyone has a suggestion please pass it on to me. Thanks. Stanner

Kingkat, Thanks. I think what you are saying is that I should calibrate my joystick. Is that correct? I have calibrated the joystick, both while in CFS3, and also using the Control Panel Joystick test and calibration section. The joystick works fine in the Joystick test, and in CFS3. I have also tried to reset the joystick commands to default while in OFF, but the settings remain the same. Since outside of OFF the joystick is working fine, I must conclude that I have a problem withing OFF, and not my joystick. I try to set the joystick settings to defauflt using CFS3, clicking on restore default, then save, and tying in "Mine" as the name of the settings. Nothing changes. It could be that I have corrupt OFF files. This would mean deleting CFS3, and OFF, and reinstalling. I hate to go through all that. Does anyone have any suggestions? Remember the keys F3, F4, F5, F6 also do not always work correctly. Thanks. Stanner

I have checked the manual folder in OFF folder. I cannot find a detail instruction manul on how to set up the sim for quick combat, campaings etc. I find bits and pieces in the Q&A on the OFF website, but no comprehensive manual. Is there such a thing? Thanks. Stanner

I am new to OFF. I do have many years sim experience in various bi planes and WWII fighters. However, I find that in OFF I have a problem with visibility, despite being in an open cockpit. Other than in cycle views (F4 toggle), I cannot get a good field of view in the VC position. What is the fastest way to get a backward view? Is it Ctrl+Enter? What is the fastest way to get an upward view? Is it Shift+Enter? If the answer is yes, can I assign these to my joystick? I am getting to like this sim very much. However, I think the inability to be able to see around quickly is a big drawback to survival. Other than visual sighting, if an enemy is approaching will it show up in the circle on the top left ? What do the blue, and sometimes red triangles, in the circle represent? What is the purpose of this circle? Thanks. Stanner

I am new to OFF. I used F4 to toggle to the different views. Is the cockpit view, the VC cockpit? I ask this question since I cannot pan using the hat switch on my joystick. I can only click on various view positions while in the cockpit. I cannot just pan around as I can in FS2004. I read in the OFF Q&A #14 that the "panning speed" can be changed by editing the ViewUL.xml file found in two places, the main OFF folder, and in the Application folder. I found both these folders and tried to change the ROTATION RATE, but was not able to do so. I could not make any changes. In fact I could not type anything. How can I edit these files? So assuming there is a virtual cockpit, is this similar to FS2004 which permits smooth panning using the hat switch on my joystick? If yes, how can I get into the VC? How can I pan around while in th VC, rather than this snap views? Thanks, Stanner

Does OFF aircraft have a Virtual Cockpit? If yes, what key or keys do I use to bring it up? Stanner

How do I know if I have CFS 3 Version 3.1 ? Is it printed on the outside of the DVD ? I understand that I need V 3.1 in order for OFF to run properly. Thank you Stanner PS I intend to purchase OFF

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