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Pfalz D.XII or another vote for the snipe. :)

@cameljockey, wow great shot! I love the N28 and seeing all those trees makes me jealous. whats your scenery and ground objects set to?? Here's two more from my other favorite plane, the Se-5a

Although it may seem obvious, are there future expansions/additions planned for OFF/HitR? Will there be a phase 4? will there be additions/expansions before that? will we see new aircraft? (sopwith dolphin, snipe, pfalz D.XII?)

Hi everyone, really excited about finally getting my copy of OFF but im having some performance issues. I know theres alot of settings/tweaks that are important, I just dont know where to start. During quick fights everything runs fine, its during the campaign that things really get choppy. My computer: AMD X2 3800 (dual core) 2 GB RAM GeForce 9800 GT 320 GB HD Can anyone recommend some settings to help with the framerate during the campaign? I've tried all kinds of resolutions, they all seem to be about the same? My detail settings are at 2.

I'm usually above, looking down. It seems the only trees that cast shadows are the ones part of airbases, the autogen trees dont seem to cast any shadows. I'll try turning it off and see how much I miss having it.

how about a few more? :)

It seems my air activity was already set to Light. oh well. As for shadows, I like them. I sometimes use them to tell the altitude of low flying aircraft. I'll keep them on for now, but if I decide to turn them off how do I turn off all shadows?

wow....I think I might have it. I lowered the ground object density and really think I've found a stable setup. Campaign is working great so far, although I havent had any 'major' encounters yet, just skirmishes. I'm really liking everything so far, although it lacks the visual appeal of Rise of Flight it really has the gameplay edge. Thanks so much to everyone who pointed out some tweaks to me, its been a LONG testing process but I think i've got everything setup just right. *fingers crossed*

My Geforce 9800 GT has 1 gb DDR3. I have all my games installed on a separate drive which is brand new and very fast. I dont think thats the problem, im pretty sure its my processor. That being said, I've been able to tweak the hell out of and may have found a 'happy medium'. I'll try to sum up my tweaks: 1. max FPS = 20 2. Overall detail 2. Aircraft 4, Terrain 2, Scenery 2, Special Effects 2, Clouds 1 3. Dual Render Pass, unchecked. 4. High Resolution Z-Buffer and Terrain Detail Texture checked. 5. Texture Info set according to: http://www.overflandersfields.com/Tips.htm 6. Nvidia Nhancer set as per this thread: http://forum.combatace.com/topic/52702-nhancer-utility-for-nvidia-card-users/ These settings seem to work during the campaign, the slowest i've seen now is 14.86 FPS. Thats just about tolerable at this point I suppose. Im always open to new suggestions and tweaks, I'd love to find a few more FPS. I'd also like to be able to turn Terrain and Scenery up to 3 but that seems to cause alot of stutters during a crowded campaign mission. If I find anything new, i'll post here.

I'm kinda new here. Just thought i'd add two of my most recent.

At this point, I really gotta agree with you. Its too bad, cuz I'm really enjoying the gameplay. Now I find myself really drawn towards Rise of Flight, and amazingly, it runs so well on my machine. My request for advice still stands to anyone else who stumbles across this post and has a tweak I might try.

My detail sliders are already at 2. :( Lowering to 1, doesnt seem to help the campaign very much. I've narrowed it down to Airbases being the problem it seems. When im flying over or around airbases, the fps drops to about 11 or 12.

I've tried setting my region to US, and made sure my language was set to English US. I still often get around 12 fps during campaign flights over enemy territory, whereas free flight/quick combat I get about 35. (i have max framrate=35) I gotta find some FPS somewhere although I remember reading that the campaign is very CPU intensive, and so graphic tweaks may not really give me the boost I need.

um....what? region? anyways, i've tried various tweaks and still cant get rid of stuttering when playing a campaign mission. espescially when over enemy territory. Am I doing something wrong, or is this just a 'known issue'? (that wouldnt make sense, since I can newer games like Rise of Flight with no problems whatsoever.)

Thanks so much for all the feedback guys. I anxiously await my copies of CFS3 and OFF in the mail! I'll post my reactions when I get everything installed. (I also plan to get Hat in the Ring)

thanks for all the info. I plan on getting the Hat in the Ring expansion as well, so whats the install order for patches and expansions? im asuming: 1. CFS 3 2. OFF BHaH 3. Hat in the Ring 4. patches am I right? on another note: I understand that CFS 3 is based on the microsoft flight simulator 'engine', are the physics comparable to that?

Thanks so much for the help and advice guys! I have ordered my copy of CFS 3 and OFF DVD today!! I expect them sometime next week, and I cant wait! One of you asked about my computer specs: AMD athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2 gb ram Geforce 9800 GT (1gb) tons of HD space should be ok right?