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War is confusing for sure. Looks like someone got confused as to where they were. Probably just a glitch in the matrix but sometimes you will find enemy troops in a "safe" area. Makes you realises the lines could change in small areas all the time.

P1 / P2 had similar large engine damage as HPW has now, and oil leaks, fuel leaks etc in earlier places, long flying flamers then appear more often as is the case with it. Along the way we had many votes on damage and we are where we are. Anyway we will as always try our best to make it as best as possible, we can do no more, last I'm saying here back to work.

It's the sound you hear for ANY damage though that makes you think the engine is broken. There is usually a solid NOSE damage box in front of many engines too. It is smaller than that of the nose to represent the fact that bullets can go through the nose (spinner etc) to the engine. We could make them much bigger of course (and that would make it hard for guys who like to fire from observer seat to bring down the craft chasing you) but P4 is different in many respects so we shall see how it goes.

The "engine" has many soft parts, cables, wires, liquids, electrics, all around etc it's not just a block. However the damagebox is as I say correct size wise. All you can do is make AI aim worse an engine hit is an engine hit (or several). Set less accurate gunnery in workshop or use a mod to make it even worse sure. You hear the engine damage on ANY engine damage. It may well fly on for 2 weeks or 2 minutes it does NOT mean your engine is broken. Maybe the best things is to remove the broken engine sound? Yes we can make tiny damage boxes, some will like, and some will moan that they fired 4000 rounds and saw all the bullets pass through the engine (it will also pass by a small box easily and likely just hit something else soft like a pilot). The problem also is many people here are veterans of OFF, so now what was hard is very easy, very hard to balance for all people from all experiences and we do try. There are a lot of differences in Phase 4 but P3 is what it is.

Just for the record, the engine hit box is often the same or even slightly smaller than the actual engine as it is in each craft and it's considered to other parts around it. It doesn't make sense Olham as the whole point of HPW's mod is to make engines much tougher (as we used to have it).

No it's not possible to change in Phase 3. Some missions types you will be told to lead. As TSmoke says it's war and you do what you are told ;)

For BH&H and HITR you can edit the actual mission by text in he missions\historical folder usually - if you know what you are doing (there is an actual "BHaH Mission Building" sub forum - check that out probably the best idea. http://combatace.com/forum/206-over-flanders-fields/ You can alter the flight density etc in workshop too. There is also a Mission Builder.

OFF DOES check your claim wording so don't dismiss that. You can still get claims confirmed with poor content but the better and more accurate data you enter the more likely. See the FAQ there are question/answers on it.

Might be worth a decent virus scan too by the sounds of it.

Check you don't have something deleting or interfering with OFF.dll. It should reside in your CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields folder no where else. Otherwise sounds like corrupt install. Check your hard drive for errors, and if all else fails you will need a good clean out and proper reinstall.

Also make sure you exit the mission with ESC then END MISSION or you will get no claim form. Some info here http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm#4%29_Claims_for_kills

Yes OFF does track what you do - we can only use some data in P3, but P4 mmmmmm.. Check your claim settings in Workshop, but on default setting you need to enter details about your kill - this has been covered many times in the forum so best to search. Also see http://www.overflandersfields.com/FAQ.htm#MISCELLANEOUS_QUESTIONS Answer A35 Also see "4) Claims for kills" under section "1.2) Game Play Hints"

OBD has made a contribution too - I did post a mention yesterday but seems to have been lost. Thanks for all your help CA & admins !

Thanks Dave. OBD Software has made a donation to help some, we don't have huge funds but do very much appreciate CA and all the admins what they have done for us. We hope it will help some too. (Will PM you the name used Dave)

The ATI and NVidia tips are near the top.

Thanks guys, scenery really does help the immersion. Nothing out there like Winder's scenery to be honest. Even jaded devs are enjoying flying at the moment. Quite right Olham I missed it in that picture it was taken just before complete. Will post a few more soon. Yes we tried to make the gunner more hunched over the gun aiming etc looks better I think. There are lots of small things improved on the external which overall makes the craft and the scenery stand out nicely.

Ouch yes that sounds a bit like egg-cooking-on-the-car weather. I know someone in Florida who used to start the car and put the air con on. Then run back indoors and then 10 minutes later sprinted to the car to get into the cool lol.

What is the obsession with cooking skin I wonder. Give me a nice pleasant Summer's day with a few clouds and a cool breeze oh and a nice sit down and a cup of tea in the shade :)

The front gun works not sure what you mean but if you got shot it can get damaged and stop, or jam (like any gun- usually if you fire longer bursts). If you mean the gunner isn't shooting it sometimes helps if you set the target awareness radar and target some near enemies and then do the A. Also note some angles he won't fire, so move to help him, also some times he becomes.. dead :) Or set the craft to autopilot Ctrl+A and then jump to gunner seat (F8 buit if you have TrackIR default best to use shift+F8). Don't forget to switch back to pilot (F6) to fly often and take off autopilot to avoid enemies.

Glad you found it Mike at least DVD drives aren't too expensive these days.

Thanks for posting that FC. Unlceal does know that he messed up, think he just could not stop himself. As you say most people here will have had plenty of the worst life can throw at us to deal with and still have to get on. Main thing is we are all here as guests so should act accordingly.

oh dear glad you found it, but as you can see support is hard enough without having to deal with a modded install. So guys in future we will expect you to be vanilla install + patches before we will help. That's the first thing to try if you have problems otherwise we waste a lot of time :(.

If you patched BH&H fully first 1.32 + 1.32g, before HITR install? then patched HITR then I have no idea otherwise on that one. No one has had a specific issue with 2 seaters before. Try a different squad/type ? The regional fix is the main one for waypoint issues, warp will occasionally freak. Perhaps something is corrupt in the install? Try a scandisk.

As Shredward says apparently repeated warnings and re-instatements came before, and now he has been banned for some more bad posts and could not be brought in line anymore, or given anymore chances. We intervened a few times on his behalf due to his other kinder side for new flyers here. I didn't realise even his useful stickies where gone that's a blow and his replies to help people. I will ask further on that.

It should be in RNAS1 too Hellshade (No 1 Squadron RNAS) for a week or two around Aug 1917. I love it and the P4 one will please you more :)