Shiloh

von Baur, I checked my workshop settings and I had auto mixture checked off so that might have been it. I'll check back and confirm.

A Merry Christmas to you as well my friend. I'm hoping you get that rig you're looking for or at least some hardware upgrades that help you run WOFF. I know what it's like to be in school and not have enough money for things you want and most certainly deserve. WOFF was my wife's Christmas gift to me and that is more than enough for me. My real gift is the opportunity to play a great sim, talk about it with my friends, and to support a small group of devoted people who have given much of their free time to this project over many years. I have what might be considered a lower-end rig for WOFF and I've done a lot of tweaking to get it running smoothly. Hopefully you can do the same.

Best of luck and Merry Christmas!

Here are some shots from a night fight over Paris as part of QC. The atmosphere was incredible with the full moon providing enough light to see what I was shooting at.

Thank you for undertaking this project Lou. I am looking forward to seeing the final map. I have a rather large window with a white shade pulled down right behind my monitor and that would make quite a nice area for a map of the front. I'm unimpressed with the in-game map and I'm looking for a more immersive alternative and what better than this?

Thank you my Barmy comrade and best of luck with this.

At this early juncture, I would say the AI fights in a more spirited manner. It's really tough to get a clean shot on their six as they won't give you an angle without a dozen or more highly-evasive maneuvers that I think anyone would find challenging. They fly like a person fighting for their lives and that's the best I can put it. I've also seen them break for their lines more than once and live to fight another day.

Many times, the AI faked a spin and pulled out when close to the turf but you won't know if they're faking unless you follow them down. As for fighting just above the turf, I haven't had too much experience down there with WOFF yet.

I used to come home with up to 4-5 victories at times on OFF. Those days are over.

Try the F9 key if nothing else works Jim.

Thanks Olham...I'll try that.

Just last night I flew the Brisfit and I was able to stay with the group until roughly 10,500 feet. Then they pulled away from me like I was just standing there. I lost complete sight of them in under 5 minutes.

How are you liking the Albatros so far Olham?

I'm assuming this wasn't a WOFF patch fix as I'm running vanilla off the DVD.

Just yesterday, my two mates were flying D.VII's and I had a Dr.1 and I couldn't keep up with them for the life of me which I would expect considering the craft. But even with like craft, I can't keep the formation. Maybe it's a Workshop setting?

Nice topic Duke. My preferred craft are the SE5a, D.VII, Brisfit and the Dr.1 and I usually start a campaign in late 1917 to early 1918 as I like the action of the late war. I usually end up with about 5 or so active pilots as I like to fly over different terrain/different craft up and down the front. I typically like an average to elite unit as well as I want to fly with pilots who can hold their own in a good scrap although in my early campaigns in WOFF, I've let the squadron be chosen for me.

I've never been able to keep up in either. I have the throttle wide open and at times I can keep up but it's rare and eventually they leave me in the dust. What might I be doing wrong here?

Is it just me, but is WOFF overpriced? I, for one, shall be boycotting WOFF until the price is reduced by at least £10. The asking price is way overpriced IMHO and an insult to us WW1 aviation buffs.

This is the going rate for good games presently and many of those games will net you only 3-4 hours of play time before you complete them, or simply get sick of them. WOFF is so much more. I probably got 300+ hours of game time on OFF and it never got old to me. If I get half that time out of WOFF - and I'm sure I will - then I'll have received my money's worth and then some.The developers have delivered the goods in spades and you will find many happy customers on these forums who would have gladly paid more.

You may boycott while we all enjoy the best WWI sim in recent years and my guess is you'll soon realize what you're missing out on.

This keeping up with the flight problem, is it common? I for one will want to work my way up the ranks; seems it will be  difficult if I can't stay in line like a proper wingman.

I agree Fenris.

 

Hopefully this "problem" is one of experience and will iron itself out.

This was an old issue in RB3D in that the AI pilots fly the FM perfectly while a human cannot. We will see.

 

Anyone else noticing this?

I wanted to concentrate on flying guys so no pics this time.    Good luck getting in some flying Olham.

This dates back to my experience with OFF and if there is a way to keep up with the flight, I'd like to know. I thought if the AI would fly to the target at 80% throttle, I could keep up. But it seems like they fly wide open and I can't seem to keep pace. Maybe this can be fixed in a patch?

I came home yesterday to WOFF in my mailbox and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Starting tomorrow, I have 10 days off so I'll have plenty of time to explore.

Overall, I'm impressed with WOFF. My framerates are hanging around 20-25 FPS so I need to make some adjustments for sure. I like the workshop settings - easy to use and a lot cleaner than OFF. I have my joystick programmed for the most part but it needs some tweaking. I really like the menus and the details off my squads and mates. The detail on the planes is amazing and the atmospheric effects are wonderful. The AI is tough and I've really felt challenged by it. I do need a bit more time with her before I can really provide my full impression but overall I'm enjoying WOFF immensely.

Flight 1

My first pilot was a spring 1918 German flying for Jasta 6 in a Fokker D.VII. I became separated from my flight as I couldn't keep up when I encountered none other than the RFC-56 boys flying SE5a's. Outnumbered 3-1, this wasn't the fight I wanted on my first scrap in WOFF. I was able to outmaneuver and get behind one eventually - although it took some time as he maneuvered well - and at about 250 yds I started dealing some damage although my accuracy was crap. I saw a few puffs of smoke so I know I did some damage.

Just then, I heard bullets whizzing by my head and hitting my fabric. I went into a wild-dive to escape and somehow managed to shake my pursuer. I got on the tail of another and he was able to outrun me. I had fired a few bursts from distance and then my guns jammed. I couldn't figure out how to unjam my guns so I went to land and did a little sideslip maneuver to get into position to land and spun and crashed into the ground and died. Strange - I pulled this same maneuver a hundred times before but never crashed. My plane must have been damaged from the initial hits or WOFF is less forgiving.

Flight 2

My next pilot was an early winter 1917 Sopwith Pup pilot with RNAS-3. Again, I couldn't keep up with the flight so I peeled off and made for the lines. I hadn't gone to the front yet and I wanted to see what it was like. I couldn't see much as I was over 9,000 ft. Finally I spotted an enemy sausage and I dove on it as the wind whistled through my wires. It went up in a ball of flame on my second pass as I dove on it almost vertically. Then I made for the lines and was surprised as hell to see my flight leader coming right at me. He swung around once he got past me and I felt like he was really looking out for me and was there to help me get back safely. Nice immersion detail.

Flight 3

My last pilot was a spring 1918 Dr.1 pilot from Jasta 26. The odd thing is most pilots are D.VII pilots and I'm one of only three Dr.1 pilots. I never saw that in OFF. My first flight was with two D.VII pilots and we were to patrol the front. Again, I couldn't keep up - I'm taking the flight lead from now on - so I became separated. I flew smack dab into the middle of 3 Spad XIII's from ESC 57 and I quickly dove for the turf as I was still on my side of the lines. I figured it would reduce their speed advantage and feature my turn advantage. So it went and I was able to isolate one from the rest. He fought well but just above the turf I was able to out-turn him. I finally got him lined up for long enough to punish him with some bursts. I saw him go into a quick nosedive and missed the crash into the ground, I circled around, saw the smoke and the crater and I knew I had my first kill. He was French ace Charles Marie Joseph Leon Nuville (12 victories). I chased another one toward the lines (A. Franzosisch) but he quickly outdistanced me.

Hey Shiloh! I didn't know you were a fellow graduate student! Mind if I ask what you're studying? I'm a history PhD, not surprisingly!

Yes sir Capt. I'm pursuing my Masters in Elementary Education. I can relate to your lack of time for other things. How long until you finish your PhD?

Thanks for those who support us.  One thing, if you wait until later in 2014 to buy there may not be a sim to buy by then!  We are very small team and need all the funds to carry on working on WOFF and pay the bills -one thing we will not be, from spending 4 years on this with little $ in the meantime, is rich.

 

Serious flight sims in general are a very small niche market these days. So even though it's the similar price to BF4.. they sell a few MILLION copies more ;)

 

For most people who will get many many hours of enjoyment there is so much to see in WOFF and so much detail and features added over 4 years.

 

So we really believe with all that in mind the $ amount is easily worth it.

Thank you Pol and team for all your hard work. I'm waiting for my copy of WOFF and have no doubt I will get far more than my money's worth for the $60. I laid down. Please keep this going if you can as we are small group, but seriously dedicated to this great sim.

That's Barmy as hell Lou and entertaining to boot! You have a flair with the pen my friend...keep it up!

I just ordered the DVD/download as a gift from my wife to me for Christmas. I'm done with grad school for the semester in one more week so that should allow me enough time to get my rig up to speed and get the DVD in my hand. I have no high-speed internet at my home so unless I want to cart my rig to a relatives house then I'll have to be patient.

I waited two very long weeks so I figure I can wait one more! 

I posted over there maybe 5 times...it felt like going to a school where you hardly know anybody. I'll have my virtual beers here thanks!

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 just told my wife what I want for Christmas.

Here's where I'm at. I need to get this RAM issue worked out and hopefully my Windows 7 (32-bit) is up to the task. I'm a bit concerned I'm on the low end here but we shall see.

- MSI M/B K9A2CF-F AMD 790X
- AMD Athlon II X4 640 Quad-Core 3.0 GHz
- 4GB RAM (limping on 2GB right now)
- Seagate Barracuda 250GB Sata HD (7200 rpm)
- Samsung Spinpoint TB HD (7200 RPM)
- DVDRW/CDRW drive
- Corsair 650TX 650W ATX12V
- GIGABYTE Radeon 6850 HD video card
- Windows 7 (32-bit)
- Acer 23" monitor (max res 1920 x 1080)

I have a month-off from Grad school starting on December 19th...what will I do with my borrowed time?

WooHooo!

Thanks for your comments gents. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. We lived outside for 4 days in a rather large Union camp comprising roughly 4,000 soldiers and music abounded, along with campfires, cooking and camp activities. It rained every day although not during our actual reenactments. It was a challenge keeping our clothes dry. If we didn't get rained on we were dripping from sweat in the 85-90 degree heat so one way or another we were always wet it seemed.

I try and leave modern conveniences in the car such as flashlights, etc. (although some bring them) and the first night I got lost in the wee hours of the morning in the Union camp without a light. I must have wandered around for 2 hours before I finally found my camp. I had begun picking out suitable spots where I could sleep on the ground as I was sure I would not find my pards.

It was grueling at times out on the field due to the heat. They did a good job of getting ice out to us when our canteens were running low. Due to inept commanders, many of our scenarios were botched. At one point we charged across the Wheatfield only to have to double-quick it all the way across the battlefield up hills to secure our flank. I thought some of our 60+ year-old guys were going to drop but they are a bunch of tough old soldiers.

Pickett's Charge however was epic and you could just sense the tragedy of it all as the Confederates were advancing toward our stone wall in an effort that was doomed to fail. We fired over the heads of another regiment in front of us and when the Confederates overextended our flank, we double-quicked it, reformed and put a volley into them that made them stagger and drop back. We chanted "Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg" in a slight taunt in reference to the battle in December of the previous year in which the Union troops made a similar charge against a stone wall and were repelled with heavy losses.

Then when a small band of Confederates stood defiant in the field over all the carnage, we were ordered to advance on them. We stepped over and around the wounded as they writhed on the ground all the while announcing "mind the wounded" so our rear ranks knew to watch their step.

In answer to one of your comments, we have young teenagers who have joined our group as musicians due to their interest in the Civil War. Their fathers ended up joining with them as they need a parent around but it was the young boys who first showed interest in the Civil War. So there is hope.

Videos will be available here and there is also a trailer on that site. Although I am adept at taking photos and videos, I declined to do so as I wanted the authentic 1863 experience. I have a sketch pad and I plan on sketching in camp in the future.

Depending on the scenario Olham, guys know they need to take hits to keep with the actual casualty rates. On certain scenarios we drew cards (ie; wounded on the advance, killed on the advance, wounded on the retreat, survived the battle, etc,). Many of these images are from Pickett's Charge and as we know the Confederates were decimated.

Just last week, I was honored to take part in the 150th Battle of Gettysburg reenactment in Gettysburg, PA. There were roughly 10,000 reenactors on both sides. The scenarios were pretty decent although it seemed like my unit always got sent in at the end and never caught the brunt of the action. Pickett's Charge however was classic and I will never forget the 5,000 Confederates marching towards us and the carnage we inflicted on their ranks in just a few short minutes. Here are some photos and I'll post more when I get the chance.

That's me kneeling down two to the left of the standing officers with my hand on my chin pondering the impending Pickett's Charge.