Wings Over Flanders Fields (WOFF) (Dec 2013)

[Nefaro]

What kind of authentication does it use? I rather not re-activate my old PC that had 7 CD/DVD drives in it.

Authentication?

WOFF is DRM-free IIRC.   You just need a copy of Combat Flight Simulator 3 installed before you install WOFF.


Saw the v1.2 patch update today.  Will have to continue flying some more, especially in the Albatros since it's flight model was tweaked a bit further in this patch.

[Redwolf]

What kind of authentication does it use? I rather not re-activate my old PC that had 7 CD/DVD drives in it.

Authentication?

WOFF is DRM-free IIRC.   You just need a copy of Combat Flight Simulator 3 installed before you install WOFF.


Saw the v1.2 patch update today.  Will have to continue flying some more, especially in the Albatros since it's flight model was tweaked a bit further in this patch.

Yes, what I am asking is whether CFS3 needs a CD-check.

[steve58]

^If you have a CD version of CFS3, yes, the CD must be in the CD drive for WOFF to run.  If you have the DVD version of CFS3, WOFF only needs it when the game is installed.

[Nefaro]

^If you have a CD version of CFS3, yes, the CD must be in the CD drive for WOFF to run.  If you have the DVD version of CFS3, WOFF only needs it when the game is installed.

Incorrect.

I bought the jewel case CD version of CFS3.   I do not need it in the drive to play WOFF.

I believe in order to do so, you need to have installed CFS3 onto your hard drive before installing WOFF.  Whereas if you have the later DVD version, you may be able to install WOFF just by putting the disk into the drive while it's doing so.  Not sure about the latter but I do know that I've not used the CFS3 CD in the drive while playing WOFF.  ;)

[magnus]

 I believe CFS3 was one of those games where you could install everything or just some of the files to your HD.

I installed everything and have never been asked for the CD.

[steve58]

^If you have a CD version of CFS3, yes, the CD must be in the CD drive for WOFF to run.  If you have the DVD version of CFS3, WOFF only needs it when the game is installed.

Incorrect.

I bought the jewel case CD version of CFS3.   I do not need it in the drive to play WOFF.

I believe in order to do so, you need to have installed CFS3 onto your hard drive before installing WOFF.  Whereas if you have the later DVD version, you may be able to install WOFF just by putting the disk into the drive while it's doing so.  Not sure about the latter but I do know that I've not used the CFS3 CD in the drive while playing WOFF.  ;)

:-[ Sorry, I thought I read it was the same as OFF. Was it that way at release or was the CFS3 CD check removed in one of the updates?

[magnus]

To be honest, I don't remember.

[Nefaro]

It was that way at release AFAIK. 

I had forgotten to take the disk out the first few times I played, so it may well have been something added in one of the first patches.  But I don't think that was the case, as I saw a Dev also give a definitive answer on this at the SimHQ forum a short time after release.

[Grim.Reaper]

Looks like price reduction....

http://www.overflandersfields.com/BuyNow.html

[Nefaro]

Patch 1.24 released today, with some fixes.

The devs are up to something.. probably a new Add-on pack in the works.  I'm thinking it may have some bombers & more two-seaters but we'll see.

I hope they get a Straight & Level Autopilot feature in there sometime.  Jockeying the joystick when not in formation or to the nearest friendly aerodrome (what the regular autopilot usually reverts to if you get separated) is a long stretch of pushing the stick forward and making corrections.  Hell on ye olde carpal tunnel.  Been playing ROF more since it has just such a feature, so less nerve pain when just flying somewhere and enjoying the scenery. 

[Slick Wilhelm]

I hope they get a Straight & Level Autopilot feature in there sometime.

Totally agree with you on this, Nefaro. Having to manually adjust the flight controls while in 4x compression is not only nerve wracking, it's also nerve taxing!

[Nefaro]

Had one of my better missions tonight.

I'm currently flying an Albatros D.Va with Jasta 6 in Flanders, January 1918.  At this point, my aircraft isn't top of the line and I'm hoping to get a promotion and one of those nimble Fokker Dr.Is the officers in my Jasta are flying.  I've had four kills thus far and I'm looking to make Ace anytime now.  8)

We get an escort mission the morning of January 10.  The day doesn't bode well when one of the scouts and a two-seater collide in the air when forming up and the rest of the group scatters to avoid further mishap.  We struggle to catch up and reform over Cambrai.  I'm not sure if the crews of the damaged aircraft survived, but it didn't look good at all.

Perhaps our scout leader was a bit shaken up by the earlier collision, or having some kind of premonition, but he decides to leave the bombers when we pass over no man's land and head the 30+ km back to base.  I was a bit concerned whether we had just hung the two-seaters out to dry but when we finally approached our aerodrome, we're surprised by an amalgam of aircraft buzzing and bombing the place.  Looks like we found some action!

Not only were there French SPAD X.IIIs diving on us from on high, we also heard the sounds of bombing from a few aircraft far overhead.  My first joust was with a SPAD which had attempted to sneak up on me from above and behind but I noticed him and pulled a Split-S only a second before he started shooting.  After a short turning fight, I had the advantage and put some bullets into him.  Pierre made to run but I must've damaged his engine with one of my bursts as he couldn't use the SPAD's normally superior speed to get away, so I finished him off.

Next came another SPAD hell bent on vengeance, again diving on me from behind not long after shooting down his buddy.  This one had some different markings on his aircraft and gave me quite a fight.  After scoring a few high angle hits, his engine was also damaged and he ran for the deck.  We ended up in a short vertical fight down low, which was worrisome, but his partially crippled plane couldn't keep up and another score was made. 

So now I'm heading home, preparing to circle the 'drome and land.  In comes yet another scout.  This time it's a British Camel.  He must've been one of those bomber's escorts.  I couldn't turn with him at first, so had to take it into the vertical.  A bad stall at these altitudes would've meant death, so it was damn hairy at times.  Again, I managed to damage him and I'm pretty sure I heard him grunting when I had just finished giving him some lead and was rolling over him at one point so he was probably wounded pretty badly.  He stopped maneuvering heavily and tried to run but it didn't take much more to send him down at that point.

I'm thinking, "I only needed one kill to become an Ace and now I have three!" followed by, "don't get too cocky or someone will shoot you in the back." 

Probably getting low on ammo, it's definitely time to land.  What's this?  One of those British bombers, an RE.8, is heading right across my nose!  I roll up & over and let loose a few bursts from above and behind, in a duel with the back seat gunner.  Fortunately I won as he stopped firing, obviously dead or wounded, which left me to pepper the RE.8 until it went down. 

Four kills in one mission, from two different nations, right over my bed.  Perhaps I should fly circles around my aerodrome and just wait for them in the future?  :D  In any case, this character made Ace in spectacular fashion and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class.  One of the SPADs I bested ended up being a known Ace. I also somehow miraculously avoided taking any damage myself, which has admittedly been a bit of a problem for this pilot in the past.  Perhaps my superiors will now give him one of those new Fokkers soon?
  :D

[Nefaro]

Here's Nef taking a long time to down an Albatros for a kill steal.  He was a tough one.  The rest of the Escadrille LaFayette was probably laughing about it when they found out.

I need to lower the video resolution before sending it to the 'Tube so they don't jack the quality too much next time.   Their compression also lowered my engine sound.  :-\

Sorry for the difficulty seeing the distant target.. you will every time I get up close.

I was flying with a nasty cold, so you may see my head snap around a couple times blowing my nose or coughing in the middle of the fun.  :D

[Nefaro]

Dogfight against a pack of Pups.


Video:

I felt the heat off some of those tracers!

[Nefaro]

Burk Willitz' June 3rd Campaign Mission #3, in the "Hun Solo" MFJ1 Challenge.  :D

Our flight encounters a group of Sopwith Strutter two-seaters and engages.

(Part of my extended tail chase of the second craft was cut to save time.)



Final Outcome:


 

 


Those rear gunners are friggin snipers!  :o