scram77

Hi all, just a quick question. I've seen several posts that talk about going on a 'Lone Wolf' flight. Can someone explain what this is and where I can do it? I figure it's just a flight where you are by yourself and pretty much free reign, but where are you able to do it? Is it campaign, as I keep looking for different options for this and can't find any. Thanks in advance. Scram

Thanks guys. I'm going to start a new campaign tonight as early as possible with the RFC to fly some DH2's. Any recomendations for squadrons? Thanks

Ah ok thanks, I'll have a look tonight.

Hi all, I ordered OFF a few days ago and am currently just killing time before the disk arrives by looking up as much info about OFF as possible. However I am becoming more concerned that I may be about to arrive at this party too late, and all the other party goers will have already made their excuses and left for the night. Is this the case, or are there still plenty of people playing this game? Thanks in advance. Scram

Thanks Andy, was just starting to look around for mods etc to use for a better experience, however I wanted to appreciate it as it is in vanilla mode before tinkering so that I will get a great sense of what has changed. I've already downloaded Lothar's mod and he was a great help to me when I couldn't get it to run at first. Unfortunately I had quite a few CTD's and I wasn't sure what was causing it so I uninstalled and reinstalled just the game. I'll try it again at a later stage. I think I just wanted to start a campaign with the Red Baron to see his plane taking off and being able to fly alongside him, but I agree that I should probably have started earlier in the war to get some more practice in. Thanks for the advice Oldham. Thanks Shiloh, that's great advice also. I think I just need to practice, practice, practice to get used to how EA react, their speed and the various quirks of the planes. And the idea of playing this game more and more is one that puts a big smile on my face!!!

Just a quick update: I had to reinstall instal everything again, but I now have OFF and HitR up and running and I'm loving every bit of it. I need plenty more practice in this game though as so far the longest I've been able to keep one of my pilots alive was about 4 hrs flying an Albatros III with Jasta 11 with 2 unconfirmed kills, until a scramble mission led me to fly through an EA rather than around him. It was slightly upsetting to say the least. Previous to that my Pilot with Esc LaF had lasted for almost 3 hrs again with 2 unconfirmed copped it when I decided to chase after an EIII that was near my base after returning from a quiet patrol. I misjudged my speed coming at him from above, clipped his wings and I went spinning to my death. Do you see a patern emerging?! Anyway, hoping with more practice I'll be able to hit the EA with my bullets rather than myself which should give my pilots a better chance of surviving that little bit longer. Scram

Thanks for the help Lothar. I ha HITR installed however I decided to uninstall it all an try again. I am happy to say it seems to be working now so may thanks for your help!

Thanks for the advice. At the moment I can't get it to work as when I've gone to play squadron after already setting up a pilot etc, then play pilot it come up with a box saying loading etc, however another box come up with load of writing and near the end it says "script error: cannot access CustomSkinsOff in path offsettings/XustomSkinsOff" Also now when I try and play the game normally it get through to loading screen after going through the briefing and just hangs there and doesn't get any further. Any help would be most appreciated

Thank you all for your help once again. I've now purchased, downloaded and installed HITR and also downloaded and installed OFFice, although not managed to get it to work yet. I'll have another go this evening before I come back here apologising for my incompetence in getting it to work!! In the meantime I'm trying to figure out which campaign to begin, and actually which side to go with...there are so many options in this game and I'm loving it!

Hi all, just a quick update for you. I arrived back from work last night to find my copy of the game had been delivered! 8 days from ordering to arriving! That's pretty damn impressive. Anyway I installed it, updated it and followed all the advice on how to set up the graphics etc and am now a very happy bunny indeed. Now all I have to do is learn to fly these things and my joy will be complete. Would you suggest buying the hat in the ring expansion for the game? What else does it bring to the table other than new planes and better ai (although that is already enough to warranty getting it)? Thanks Scram

Thanks Shiloh, I'll take a gander at those.

Thanks again for all the messages. I'm compiling this bar list, and will head over to the mess to fullfill the orders in good time. I've still not decided what I want myself yet, so might see what looks good from the list I have here. Was looking at when I ordered the game and it seems a week has already passed quicker than I thought it would, which would obviously mean that I only have 1 more week before I make it to the infamous "2 week" deadline that everyone seems to talk about on here Then hopefully I'll be up in the air and getting hug holes shot out of my crate before you can say "antidisestablishmentarianism" Scram

Thanks Deadhead - at least I have a frame of reference now. Oh and looks like the drinks on me then - send in your orders then lads.

Thanks so much for your kind words of welcome. After just reading this forum over the last week or so it comes across how everyone is so friendly and genuine, providing help and assistance to anyone in need, and I have no doubt that I'll be needing some of that help in the coming weeks!! I looked at getting rise of flight when I started looking into a WW1 flight simulator as I've been playing most of my games on consoles last last few years and was so out of touch with what the market had to offer. After more investigation I realised what I really wanted was a proper simulation which immerses you completely into it, and everything I read pointed to OFF as the place to go to. After a brief consideration and an ebay trip to buy a copy of CFS 3, I finally took the plunge and ordered the game last week. Now I'm just killing time waiting for it to come, and I have to say, after reading this site solidly for the last few days, I haven't looked forward to a game arriving since I was a kid (a long time ago)! Does anyone have any idea how long it takes (roughly) for the game to be delivered to the UK? Oldham - thanks for adding me to the map and the tips. Thanks