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So I recently dug out my copy of CFS3 & OFF after my most recent computer upgrade and a sudden urge to play some decent flight sims.I installed CFS, the CFS patch, BHaH, the 2 patches, HitR and its patch (<-in that order), configured it all according to the ATI graphics card recommendation in the install guide, and when I started up the game, when the plane is sitting on the runway, I max out at 10fps (according to Fraps). I tried lowering the Terrain and Scenery settings both down to 1, did not make any different, then I lowered everything else down to 1 and it made no difference either. The other curious thing is, when I look up at the sky in the game, my FPS rockets up to 60, but as soon as any of the terrain comes into view again, it drops like a rock. I'm running an Intel i7 2600k (stock clock speed) on an Asus P8P67 Pro motherboard, 8GB of DDR3-1600 RAM with my Sapphire ATi Radeon 4870X2. I've tried all the different settings on the Catalyst Control Centre, none of it made any difference. Anyone know whats up? Help would be greatly appreciated. edit: I'm also running Catalyst 11.5 on Windows 7 64-bit if that helps.

Missus bought it for me on sale yesterday, still have to get around to playing it, what with all the work, Strike Fighters, First Eagles and Over Flanders Fields I've been doing -_- So many great games, not enough time, such an unforgiving life I live.

I call my dope 'The Quran' because burning that s**t gets you stoned!

Excellent video and Excellent mod :D

o7 Gary. 1. Sadly there is no Multiplayer (that I'm aware of) in Strike Fighters. Can't help you with 2 & 3 since I'm a pretty big newbie when it comes to modding. Cheers and enjoy your stay.

So, long story short. I'm flying the Rolling Thunder Campaign doing a Fighter Sweep over Hanoi, shot down 3 MiG-17s, got some target fixation on a 4th one and failed to notice one on my 6 lining up a shot, and, well, he hit me and it just about took off the tail of my F4-B and the plane started wobbling badly. I found that if I turned up the throttle up a few notches, it stabilized, and I managed to drag my severely damaged bird all the way down South to a friendly airfield. My approach was really bloody dodgy due to the wobbling, but I managed to put her down alright, stopped on the run-way, smoke coming out of the plane and everything, it was really bashed up, but it was okay. I turned the engine off and hit Escape to end the mission and it says 'Ens <my last name> has been killed. The campaign is over. WTF? Sure, I can Refly, but I was playing a DiD campaign and this messes up my stats :( Any files I can edit for my pilot to revert the campaign somehow? Or just to get rid of the one time that I supposedly got 'shot down' from my record? Cheers guys

It just seemed a bit anti-climatic after I made it back to base alive only to have it say I died, and according to the Log, it happened as the MiG17 hit me. Here's what I flew with. I felt quite proud when I landed it :) The handling was completely shot, but when I had it going ~ Mach 1 it straightened out a bit (kinda like a rocket) and it was fairly stable at < 280 kts as well.

Thanks, will do this next time.

Are you rejecting my offer?

Hey Olham, one day when I'm a billionaire I'll make sure I get VA to make you an Albi. That place is just down the road from me ;)

Too lazy haha

Next time you're playing OFF, take a look at the in-game rudder bars. This rickety piece of crap wood fits right in :D :D

That, and the "Contact... Clear!", kills the immersion (just a tad) if I'm playing a non-English pilot. (Yes I'm that much of an immersion Nazi)

Is everyone on this forum secretly french or something?

So pretty. On that note, any other good WW1/WW2 graphic novels out there?

If you guys want some more detail on the Lee-Enfield, I've got one from 1916 in dad's rifle safe that I could take pictures of and upload ;)

I vote we have a competition for both the game title as well as DVD cover. Great way to involve the community :) Would give the game a more home grown feel as well.

Stay safe and good luck from your neighbors across the ditch.

So I finally got around to getting a GTX 570, and the frame rates, well, they're BEAUTIFUL. Getting huge performance increases everywhere (even manage to run ArmA2 with everything set to Very High). I just find it strange because theoretically the 4870X2 is still meant to be a very decent card, which leads me to assume that it was just very poorly optimized or the drivers were absolute garbage, either way, ATI/AMD are the devil, and they sure as s**t won't be seeing my dollars again any time soon. Now for some trouble-free gaming :)

Yep, I get the same thing with my 4870X2. The card regularly sits at ~85 degrees celsius and yet the fan never goes over 30% o_O

What can I say, being a university student with only a part-time job, living with parents has its advantages. That, and the missus is also heavily into gaming, so most of the time she lets me play my own games, provided we game together at some point. That being said, I COULD probably spend a bit more time on my studies as well as teaching myself new things in my spare time.

Flanders Motorcycle Squadron?

I usually play for the Germans. Lost of variety in both World Wars. You go from completely stomping your enemies, to being on the receiving end of it all and having to fight very hard for your own survival, and the Germans also have some cool looking tech. That, and due to my ancestry I probably have more in common with the Germans than the British.

Thanks for the heads up. Been playing heaps of OFF (when I can get it to run properly), and I figured I could always use more WW1 sims :D

Funny story: On one of my campaign missions en route to a patrol zone, we spotted some hostile aircraft on our side of the line (they were highlighted by friendly Flak), as I was lining up to get a shot on one of the enemy planes, I took a hit and my engine started puffing smoke, at the time I thought it was a machine gun from one of the enemy planes, but after I landed my plane in a nearby field, upon watching the Mission Review, I noticed that the damage, had in fact been done by friendly AAA.