DukeIronHand

After years of faithful service the company that produced/supported NOD32 stop making updates for it. After talking with our local computer expert he recommended Avast as a good and free replacement and so far it seems ok. When playing OFF I could shut NOD down all the way with no problem however Avast does not allow me to do that. Now when I play OFF I get little pauses that I will presume are related to Avast. I put it in gaming mode but it is still "on" apparently and possibly causing these pauses. Tried going the Cntl-Alt-Delete route to shut it off when not on-line but Avast won't let me shut it down. Shades of Skynet! Am I missing some setting setting or does anyone know of a way to shut it down completely when I am off-line and don't need it?

Ironically last night I was stuck somewhere (though with a TV) and stumbled across this showing quite by accident. Having seem the Errol Flynn version about 50 times - of course I own it - this was the first time I have seen this original version though I was aware of it. As Rickitycrate says...the script and dialogue is almost identical to the Flynn (1938) version and I was amazed how much of the footage was used in both flicks. That being said I find the Errol Flynn/David Niven/Basil Rathbone show to be the far superior version. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. eh? I didn't recognize him...he was playing "Scotto" I presume?

This was easy...just had to make some minor cut n paste changes to BH's: Peter Sellers - The Pink Panther series endures to this day. Sam Kinnison - Probably the only person on earth that has made me laugh at loud. The Black Adder guy - Dunno his name but funny series. The Stooges (with Curly of course) The Pythons - Life of Brian is still one of my favorite movies.

Thanks for the pics. Guess I'll have to re-read my WW1 books - I never realized the pistol played such a prominent part in aerial combat! Hope the Devs are paying attention here so this may be modeled for P4.

And a book on the history of 60 Squadron! Is it just me or do the British seem have the best book stores? Edit: God my grammar is terrible in the morning...least this place has a spell check.

Hehe...your killing me here Lou! I now feel like some popcorn and a Coke.

I was afraid you were going to say that. I had already opened the sound.xml with a XML Editor and, yes, rather confusing, i.e., not obvious and in kind of a strange format - with not all sounds listed and apparently a lot listed that are not used. Ah OFF...you never make anything easy!

In re-reading your post I will say this explains the wing touching the ground quite nicely. Still don't think it should be a fatal incident 3' off the ground though...hehe And a salute to the Devs if the OFF FM is actually modelling this!

Since you are the sound expert Creaghorn I will throw this at you. Is there a .xml file somewhere where each individual sound can be set independently at its own level? In looking at the sounds controlled by "Effects" for example. Can I, via a .xml edit, set the flak and AI engine noises to be low while setting the wind noise to be high?

Excellent! Thank you Creaghorn.

In another thread we were discussing OFF sound settings in a attempt to provide the most (perceived anyway) realistic experience. My question is about the settings themselves and what exactly they control sound-wise. From the Workshop screen: ENGINE - I will guess this is a self-explanatory one. The sound level of your own engine presumably? EFFECTS - Another easy one? Shell bursts, bomb noises, fabric tearing, enemy fire and engine noise, etc? COCKPIT - No clue here. Help! USER I/F - User Interface? The sound level everywhere else (campaign screens, etc) when out of the cockpit? Thanks

Very nice pic theultimat! Captures a nice....err..."mood" for me - if that is the right word I am trying to convey. Perhaps "ambiance" may be better. Looks to me like its time for a OFF wallpaper change. I shamelessly use others screen shots from here for my desktop wallpaper.

That's the spirit! I will experiment also.

Gotta believe it! I think, and I am probably stating the obvious, that a lot of the sound effects that we hear in flight sims (or other types for that matter) are "gaming" decisions by the programmers to make things more interesting for the consumer. To hear nothing but engine noise 95% of the time may be perceived as boring to some people and lacking in the "whiz-bang" department.

I certainly will. This has always been a interesting subject for me. Hmmm...I must lead a boring life eh? What can you really hear from the cockpit in a WW1 aircraft? Certainly the engine must be the A#1 noise - it must have been loud as hell - I would think it would almost drown out everything else with the pilot practically sitting on top of it and the exhaust pipes. According to pilot accounts the other noises heard would be AAA - if it detonated close enough. The noise of a enemy MG was sometimes noted - again I would think it would have to be fairly close to drown out the sound of the engine. Lastly there are a few recorded instances of hearing ground fire when the pilot would fly very low and throttle back on his engine. Yep...interesting.

Yes, the "Shift + C" brings down the wing mounted Lewis on the N17 (Lewis) in a simulated reload. Message also pops up in the upper right corner saying "Canopy Opening" and "Canopy Closing". Thought I had those messages shut off in the cfs3config.exe but apparently not.

You are correct Sir! A wager of this type is most serious indeed. Unfortunately the details you demand, as is only fair, are somewhat sketchy in my memory. I will remember the wager though and pay closer attention in the future. In my defense, when it did occur, I was stunned stupid by it all anyway. Too bad OFF does not have a replay camera feature. EDIT: The above crash is one of the three. While not enough to satisfy the demands of the above wager a cup of tea had jogged the memory. I am certain they all involve the Alb series and a wing touching/brushing the landing field as I apply rudder, while just above the ground, to straighten out my landing due to damage. Can you stall an aircraft just using a rudder? I'm guessing you can if the circumstances are just right but I am not sure.

Fosters Lager please. I am not saying it happen a lot but enough times (3 to be exact usually with damage) to make me wonder if I should just try to "End Mission" while near the base or just to land. And my landing speed is not an issue I assure you. But OFF, like real life, can be funny. I once was dogfighting in a Br/F2b at low level with about 2 feet of my left lower wing missing. I was being chased by an Alb and honked in a tight turn to try and face him. Because of the damage (the plane was already flying funny) I lost control at probably 200' rolled and slammed into the ground going easy over 100 MPH. I was very surprised that OFF did not kill me so I lived to fight another day.

If the above is true then I hope the Devs are paying attention. I will presume this is not an easy fix?

Damn...never had my "man-card" pulled in OFF before - and by one of the Devs! Guess I will STFU and fly and die like a real man! What!?! Really?

I will give these a try. I have mine set to the OFF Managers idea of Realistic (I think that is what the setting was called). But I am always looking to improve my experience so I will give these a shot.

As an additional thought, if the Devs are still looking, it would be nice if OFF could model "true crash landings" where automatic death is not a high probability for a less than perfect landing both on the aerodrome and any where else on the map. The above is not the first time the "death on bad landing" has occurred for seemingly minor set-downs. I will pay attention to Bullethead's prior damage idea but he is probably right - can't think of too many reasons to crash land if you ain't damaged!

I keep thinking "OFF: Hope the damn thing is released before I die of old age."

As a fan of all things WW1 aviation I do have both FE 1 and FE 2 on my hard drive though I never play them. I am hardly a FM expert but the campaign is very sterile when compared to OFF's and I keep thinking SF2: Vietnam which I use to fly quite a bit. Perhaps if I flew FE first it would not appear as bad. Still, very nice screen shot!

Ah yes - this would be a rather large problem! And thanks Creaghorn but IIRC the Shift + c works for the N17 (Vickers) that the french fly and not the N17 (Lewis) that the British fly. But I'll try it again.