Polovski

All the best Tranquillo for a speedy recovery.

Wow great job Beanie glad you enjoy it so much. Indeed you could try HITR if you don't have it, and you can also revist some of those squadrons in years and dates you missed from dying early ;)

Some comments on that in the FAQ... http://www.overfland...com/FAQ.htm#A29 Q29. I do not see many enemies. I am flying in 1915 / 1916 and not seen any enemy yet? A29. It can happen and depends on lots of things, the scope of OFF is to produce a dynamic realistic campaign but also make an interesting flight sim. However the very fact it's dynamic and can produce all sorts of missions - it is possible you may not meet an aircraft for days or weeks or fly right by them. Some squads start early 1915 and there are no enemies nearby. a). Update to the latest version to fix some issues with early enemy squads not being assigned to missions (RNAS-1 for example should have more enemies than show in 1915/1916 and this is fixed in latest version). b). Still even with the update you will find in 1915 and early 1916 it was relatively quiet. Most people would hardly engage an enemy early on. Very few squads, few flights, few attacking craft. This is realistic. c). Also possibly you are in a quiet region during a quiet period. As OFF is scalable for major ground offensive build ups or known periods of extra activity in the air (as per our features page) so if there is no major attack in your sector it will be quieter. However if there IS a major battle expect it to get more hectic! d). Moving quickly to the days where action is there may help. Depending on your mission frequency if you are on 3 missions a day, 9 flights is only a 3 days! You can set auto/manual time advance in Workshop settings, and you can also set campaign activity (mission frequency) to light which will give you around 1 mission a day and the days will seem to progress more quickly so you can progress to dates where new squads have been posted or nearer a major event. e). Try another squad and/or another date period if you want more action. Or maybe you have been lucky enough to pass flights by without seeing them, or maybe mostly they have not gone your way. If you have "target awareness" radar dial showing or labels turned on, you may see more, at the expense of immersion. Otherwise as in real life you will fly past many craft you never realise are there - enemy AI pilots also often may not realise you are there and fly past, perhaps busy on their own mission or a cloud blocked their view (possible if you have Clouds slider on setting 5 in cfs3config - accessible via Graphics Config in Workshop). f). Also even though we have lots in there, we still do not have every single aircraft/squad that ever existed active, so some areas may need an aircraft that does not exist in the sim yet - that could add to the quietness in some areas. We have made sensible substitutions in many places to help. For example substituting Eindecker EIII for EI squadrons as EI is currently not available. It's difficult job to balance this - to be historically accurate where possible and also make it play well. g. If you want some definite action join somewhere close to Flanders region in later 1917 or 1918! ;-)

Lol Olham, Yes Hasse many things are different in WOFF, claims has to be different too as there is different data to process too.

Haha Lou very funny. Hey how did you get access to the top secret claims team? Mind you I don't see mention of Colonel Harry "Armpit" Lossajuster who ensures no claims at all get passed (unless he is on tea break).

The aircraft are named differently in some places. For some lost reason the DII model was called something like AlbDII-J19 or similar in ye olde P2 (I can't remember now). Look in your aircraft folder for the correct names and rename that in the mission I'd say. Sqd or QC1 craft have a cockpit, AI don't need a cockpit of course. Also "frontline error" could be anything but the front lines are likely all changed etc and the dates need setting correctly in the mission to match, see the help in the P3 QS screen is all I can offer.

We have already answered this at SimHQ - Luther asked the same question. http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3588533/New_web_hosting_site.html#Post3588533 No of course it doesn't mean you must "Move" we don't want people to move just support both forums. More support means more chance that we won't give up making OFF. Best place to possibly get a developer response is over where we are mostly looking and posting. Also discussed here http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3575057/SimHQ_New_Official_Forum.html#Post3575057 CA is a great forum and place to chat, that was never in doubt.

Lol "Hot n spicy" is fine for me :)

Lol Olham, in impossible Mission 4 she does all of those moves, but I'm hoping she surrenders and lets me guide her down to my field ;) Or I may be in need of that 5¢ advice ;)

It is indeed a thing of beauty :) Oh sorry was just looking at a pic of Paula Patton, or was I talking about the AI no that can't be :D

Hi guys there's a few snaps of the current updated Sopwith Tripe as posted on the SimhQ forum earlier Some show off the great scenery too, brand new virtual cockpit and a little damage.

Cheers guys. The DH5 has been updated too in WOFF recently, I think there are some pics in the recent WOFF pics on the website (ALL craft pits have been updated or totally rebuilt). Well the scenery is random location there, and the weather etc so you can't really say from the screens what the fps comparison is. Also there is no way to compare to P3 yet we haven't even got to optimising. A whole new ball game.

Look in the sticky post above yours. Anyway for that old version we cannot offer support, it was not designed to run on Vista but in the very forum at CA you posted this in too, there is a sticky post read through that Gary. Follow this, http://combatace.com/topic/37679-how-to-setup-off-phase-2-only/ Read through that carefully. If you mean you just copied OFF to another drive/folder and it doesn't run - it won't work like that anyway. It would need properly un-installing then re-installing. ye Olde Phase 2 probably more so. _________________________ Regards, Polovski, OBD Software, proud developers of the fabulously immersive WW1 FLIGHT SIM Over Flanders Field : Between Heaven and Hell http://www.overflandersfields.com (see for OFF FAQ!)

Very sad indeed - one tiny positive note I guess is if you have to go then best go doing something you love.

Not sure OlPaint it is still selling some because of people wanting to play mods or OFF whatever. The CD versions at least seem to be around - I guess if it is still selling they won't release but you never know. We designed a lot of WOFF carefully so we have avenues for the the future.

Yeah tis good Alex :) Windows 7 to the rescue. I think I mentioned Vista isn't my favourite ahem and I bought it twice :(

As long as it's an original that's fine, we wouldn't want anyone copying CFS3 DVDs or OFF for that matter guys, we need all the support we can get...

The trick is to find out what changed. Something on your PC changed to make a working program suddenly stop. Also as the error seems to be asking about CFS3 CD not being found? - daft question but is it in your drive and is it clean? The CFS3 one that is (do you have the correct one in as there are two CDs often)? If you do have the correct CD in, try cleaning it, gently. We do not check here too often so otherwise best to email support (see FAQ) with your order details, if it is not an issue with the CD sounds like you may have ot reinstall after doing a clean uninstall if files or you OS have become corrupted somewhere (hard drive OK?)

Did you install all the patches for BH&H first ? Email support with the version of OFF you have, and if you have HITR etc. You also need to set them to run in XP compatibility mode not just run as administrator, did you do that? As a test you need to disable the Anti Virus programs to test. Avast has also has had problems in the past, and I have not heard of the other two so disable those (disconnect from Internet when testing of course). I see you emailed support so will deal with it there.

That "All you need" part on the front page is hardly an in depth install guide ;) it is a generic overview for a new user walking in off the street and having no idea what OFF is. basically "hello new user, here's a rough idea of the basics you need to buy". You know the score OFF has always had patches to install. Simple click on DOWNLOADS button top of the page, or see the FAQ right near the top as I say. If you do not patch you will have problems. If you reinstall HITR over the top at the very lest you need its patch. Probably best to nuke and start over if you still have issues, if reset OFF and reset CFS3 don't work.

The reason you cannot see in the cockpit is because you are flying an AI craft. They have no cockpits. Also see http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm#A4M and see below that for info under "Mission Builders notes" Also that answer explains how to choose correct front lines for your mission date. You can also click "Help" in Quick Scenarios too for setting front lines date.

Hauksbee there's no issue with HITR. We have seen no reports in years of things like this being completely common. Just the occassional issue which are 99% of the time down to PCs themselves are a million times less reliable than OFF so I'd blame the PC first. Corrupt files on hard drive, issues/clashes other programs whatever. The millions of PCs out there run a huge amount of random settings and software and hardware so is not surprising. 2 people saying they had similar things happen doesn't make 1000s of installs wrong so stay calm and carry on ;) When the manager says "re-install OFF" it's a recommended suggestion for a solution if you do not have personal support on hand it will work. It WILL solve most issues :) However a good CLEAN installation of OFF removing all of it, as in the FAQ, then reinstalling carefully as the FAQ spells out in well known clear steps http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm Click on Installation and Settings http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm#Installation_and_settings From time to time CFS3 can break or lose the pilot or settings, not usually OFF. That is why there are options in Workshop as Olham kindly correctly points out "Reset OFF" and if that doesn't work "Reset CFS3" which is lower level and a deeper reset of files. Not sure why you think you do not need patches for BH&H or HITR, if you ever need to reinstll you should inatall all of it, not just overlay HITR on the top - although sure that MAY work sometimes if you then patch it. One ALWAYS needs to patch BH&H and then install HITR and then install any HITR patches whne doing a proper clean install. See FAQ link. If you get that error again sometime, do as Olham suggests, or create a new pilot and try etc. For anyone with any mods installed and we can't help though and a re-install may be the only solution. That message means that some files in the SE5a model folders are not correct, or the program's ability to read them is being blocked or altered. A good start is to check your hard disks for any file errors (Scandisk, chkdisk etc).

I see you have help on Simhq.com but for anyone else reading later I'll repost my reply there ... "Hi Kentcol, see the FAQ for troubleshooting tips.. no.7 step is easiest to try first. http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm#A25"

Welcome Alexander48. User made/3rd party aircraft will not show up in the OFF Manager. It only shows official aircraft as we also have to do a lot of background work - customise much of the world, squads, skins, missions etc to match. You can only fly 3rd party aircraft via "CFS3 QC" (Workshop setting, click go back to Quick Combat and fly an aircraft/anything, and when you are in CFS3 mode you can change the aircraft - will them appear IN SIM in the left hand menu. This will be using the Original CFS3 Quick Combat mode. OR copy and edit a mission in OBDSoftware\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\missions\scenarios\<country> (country is pilot nation). Then it will show in Quick Scenarios.

"Spawning" refers to actions based on a trigger, i.e. player flies to point x so randomly plonk some enemy nearby (like they had Scotty on the Star ship Enterprise teleport them in). eerkk. You may observe that in some sims, where you look at a space and know it is clear for 10 miles, then turn back 1 second later to find incoming hostile aircraft spawned in that space. CFS3 had this, as do most sims out there too, but OFF removes them and assigns real campaign missions as WM states above. But all flights out there then get on with their mission as assigned, whether the player passes by or not they continue. Of course it's daft to start them all on the ground as that would be unrealistic too unless we only let you fly once per real 12 hours and make you wait 30 mins or an hour for your flight ;) There is landing in P3 but CFS3 is handling it, especially as it flies miles away first, and we put ahem trees in forests / near our fields just like real life. They tend to not like those when landing :) WOFF is brand new AI and do land (and much more) ..