Wayfarer

Rats!

 

Not to WOFF, but because my hard drive failed this very evening!

 

Unfortunately, since I will now have to spend cash on a new HD, my budget won't allow me to purchase WOFF until at least the new year and some of the holiday bills have been paid off.

 

Rats, I say!

I was just reading about your misfortune at the other place, that is damn bad luck.  .

I only discovered that my computer has decided it won't run CFS3/OFF a few weeks ago but at least I was forewarned before WOFF came out.

My comiserations to you.

A brilliant issue ...and give that poet a prize as well.

I'm sure you'll see it, but there is a patch to download as well.

Well I'm going to order the DVD as it will be a little while before I can get the computer up to specs so I'll be pleased to see everyone's screenshots in the meantime.

Thanks Tamper.  We currently have a 512mb GeForce 9600GT, so I think some kind of upgrade will be required but your information about the comparative merits of different cards is most useful.

Over at the other place there are several confirmations that it has been run successfully on 'non-supported' systems.  I think they are just covering themselves a little with the official line.

I am going to have to get some more RAM and a new graphics card just to get into the 'medium' level.  Plus at the moment my computer doesn't like CFS3/OFF anyway so I have got to address this first.

Bwoc, Bwoc, Bwoc!

I like the motto.

It's certainly shiny!

The name still works I think BUT if one wanted to change may I suggest the Barmy WOFFicers Club? Regal and militaristic yet still exclusive and entirely pointless.

 

What happened to my badge of honor on my sig?

 

Edit: I borrowed Wayfarer's...thank you!

I thought it looked as though someone had spilled fermentation on it!

Still, happy it was of use in a crisis.

BWOC, BWOC BWOC, eh!

Well I'm sure I'm a collegiate fermentation - well said Hauksbee!

I think points 23 and 24 a proving not far off the mark.

I think I may be able to increase my RAM to 8GB and get something like a GeForce 650.  At least that might put me at 'Medium' level, rather than 'Low End/Medium'.

Unfortunately, with a blatant lack of consideration for WOFF,  not only had my wife arranged for a new kitchen to be fitted right now (hence day off hovering over OFF/WOFF sites) which is going to have to start to be paid for, but last week saw us unexpectedly having to have  the boiler and parts of the central heating system replaced.  I hate houses.

If I am going to be able to buy WOFF itself shortly, and Matt's music album, I fear a bit of canny budgeting is called for.

In the meantime I just have to get the computer to like playing CFS3/OFF again - I currently suspect one of the Microsoft Security Updates

Well I'm Medium to Low End (people who have known me for many years will not be surprised at this statement).

AMD Athlone Dual Core 3.1GHZ 6000+ processor - not sure if this would match an Intel processor of the same specs.

RAM 4GB - Not sure what type

NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT video card

At least our VISTA is 64 bit.

I'll have to do a bit of digging to see what improvements we could support and would be worth making.

(I know ... get a new PC)

Oh dear - I may have to remain grounded then...

But that's unthinkable!

The new AI does look as though it will make things really interesting.  Curiously, another point that made an impression on me was the new way of handling ground collisions.  As an almost exclusive BE2/RE8 pilot I have made so many forced landings.

May be a while before I can run it in its full glory, though, but I had expected that.

I really thought this was a joke when I saw the title, because I always come here first.  I didn't expect it quite yet. Need to get my patch dll error sorted out ... or a new computer.

The only thing I'm really worried about is that they will release WOFF while I am in there. 

 

Then tell them they have to have you recovered in two weeks - just in time.

 Hope everything goes well.

Okay - good luck! Best you read and follow the FAQs, to save you some nerves and time?

I certainly will, that's one habit I got into when I had some problems a while back.

Thanks Olham.  I tried both the resets for good measure, but it still fails once I get past the 'go to field' point.  I think it's going to have to be the reistall and see what happens after that.

RJW, nothing is a silly question where I am concerned!

The fact is that there have probably been a number of software changes because it really has been quite a while since I ran OFF. (I couldn't help it ... the descriptions of WOFF kind of spoilt OFF for me ... and I kept thinking it was only going to be two weeks.) That's partly why I thought I would end up doing a fresh install anyway.

And ... you have reminded me that I need to buy a poppy from the tray at work.

Thanks,

Wayfarer.

Upon starting OFF for the first time in a while I got an OFFManager warning that told me an error had occurred initiating CFS3.

The message below read as follows:

Patch DLL Error: Game terminated prematurely

PatchMemorySync::Done: TerminateProcess() failed (5)

I have searched various sites and forums but couldn't find a definitive solution for this exact problem. 

I have tried my CFS3 discs in both available drives, and reconfiguring, but I still get the same message. It happens whether I try to load Quick Combat/Scenario or Campaign.  So I am now considering a full uninstall/reinstall.  Before I do, however, would anyone have any other possible solutions?

Socrate, there are some remarkable photographs here.  I don't remember seeing them elsewhwere.  I particularly like the picture of the Nieuport above the clouds at the top of the third page down.

Also, the captions of the photographs of the AVROs mention Zeppelins and Freidrichshafen ( I regret my French isn't good enough to translate much).  Does anyone know if these would be the aircraft that carried out the November 1914 raid by the RNAS.

It does seem a little late for a November 11th release now.  Would it be usual for game to have a period of testing by external testers before general release?

I can only echo gaw's astonishment. The five passengers really surprised me.

Just as an aside, I haven't tried the WW1 part of Dark Blue World (OFF has spoilt me), but the mod does allow you try scenarios from periods such as Korea or Vietnam without having to buy whole new sims. Took me an age to download though.