Hi Puff/Chris I’m downloading the bits and pieces to get Phase2 running, not sure if I’ve still got the CFS3 CD remembering “I’m never going to need this again” moments/brainstorms
Anyway- will be good to get it running to get the feel of it before the big one Phase3 upcoming which looks amazing
Singleplayer but I’ll get MP going in case anyone fancies sometime, I like the FSX gennadich mod but the chatter of the machine guns, the lure of the strafing ammunition and troop trains 
(I’m working on a list of objects we’ll need for KotS, bait to see if we can wring out a comment from VikS and Co)
Ming
Rgr Ming…let me know if you need anything at all!
OFF gets a big thumbs up from me. It can be a little troublesome getting it set up. I’d advise giving the readme’s and FAQ’s a good once over before you start pushing any buttons. But once your setup and you have found a balance with the graphic settings it really is boys own stuff. WWI is my flight sim passion, always was and always will be. Right from the old DOS based 4 disc Red baron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5mDKmS_xk
If you like that kind of thing then OFF is for you.
Flying over the front line, looking over the side (6DOF) and see great plumbs of dirt rising up from the trenches because of constant shelling make it a visual treat indeed. The airfields are well laid out and the fidelity of the aircraft is up there too.
Definite well spent HDD space IMO and keeps me chin up while waiting for KotS
Capt. Brigstock, 266 Squadron RFC, Flanders 
Edit: Ping me for the latest NoCD, the gamecopy version wont allow the strutter to come out to play
I got OFF running since a couple of months ago, it’s really great apart from the setup issues…
Thanks Brigs!
Yep I tried to download a no-CD and was getting nowhere. Still have to find the CD mind I downloaded the lot today, will slap it on a DVD to bring home tomorrow
I saw a 3dfx movie today somewhere- talking about RB3D our first Glide sim. First and only aaaggghh!
Setup issues yes I’m mentally preparing myself Gert lol
Ta Puff. I’m reading the excellent scene-setting ‘Tommy’ at the moment and was earlier reading a (vernacular) report of a squadron of our tanks attacking an ammunition train. Loads of tanks over there I see. All on our side though apart from the commandeered Huge numbers of cavalry too but horses are not in KotS. A blessing for vegetarians. No temptations. I could eat a horse yes you might very well be before we’re finished with Picardie
Ming
@ming
When you install the lot, it’s very important to install everything (main program, patches and stuff) in the exact order as mentionned in the FAQ.
This is very important otherwise things will screw up…
And yes, you need the (old) CFS3 CD…
But it’s worth it and hey it’s for free:D
Wilco Gert thanks
I found the CFS3 CDs. And er, some things
Ming
Thanks Puff
They’ve worked on the AI we is in trouble
Some chance of coops against the AI then. Can the AI follow you under bridges. Time will tell <church bell tolling>
Ming
Make sure it is “some things ver 3.1”
The reader was perhaps remembering that time [CENSORED] he went through his whole stack of [CENSORED] disks looking for a legacy game, and what he found. Half-eaten pork pie and [CENSORED] that
Cheers [CENSORED] Brigs yes I’ve got a checklist, just the one [CENSORED] patch and making sure to run it each time to create the ini files ta mate
Flying Officer Mington ‘Blue Pencil’ Mauleverer
19 Squadron
Royal Flying Corps
[CENSORED]
OR WE CAN STOP TRY USING TELETYPE STOP IF THEY STOP USED IT BACK THEN STOP IN SEARCH OF AUTHENTICITY STOP AND IF THEY DID STOP I BET PUNCTUATION GEEKS STOP WOULD HAVE A FIT STOP PLUS WE GET OUR OWN BACK STOP ON POCKET PROTECTOR SPEELING NAZIS STOP OR BETTER YET BLAME IT ON THE TELETYPE OPERATOR STOP HOW DARE YOU I WROTE IT DOWN EXACTLY AS YOU ENUNCIATED STOP NO SIR YOU MAY NOT OPERATE THE MACHINE STOP THAT WILL BE FOUR PENCE THREE FARTHINGS STOP NO WE DO NOT TAKE GROATS STOP NO NOT EVEN IF THE GROAT WAS THE STANDARD EUROPEAN CURRENCY UNDER THE ROMANS STOP ARE YOU SCOTTISH STOP <at this point the line went dead>
You needn’t load the half eaten pork pie, that’s optional
All installed fine, very impressed with the GUI immersion, the pilot talking about the ground seen through clouds as magic lantern slides. Smashing terrain, down there British Soldiers Marching? No I did not strafe them. But <cough> if one did would they scatter
Ok next time looking for German Soldiers Marching. Very Total War.
Blimey what’s Phase3 going to look like then
TIR to get working and a wider field of view, seat up, better looking cockpit if poss and gamma correction. The Thunderbolt cockpit in CFS3 at install reminded why it’s been lying under the pork pie for four years. We had no doilies back then
Something went with a loud crack turning in to land, bloody awkward moment to crack a spar I can tell you, pancaked. Taking off rotated first time, plane written off. Doghouse. <brightens up> Second time piece of cake. Flies real nice
Lieutenant Mington Mauleverer
1/3/16
19 Squadron
Bristol Scout
St Omer
No Pilot Officers yet apparently but I got the squadron right
Ming
Just checking in old boy…to get the old TrackIR working…make sure, if you use a logitech mouse, to switch off the ‘setpoint.exe’ software…this causes the TrackIR to go tits up!
Ta Puff. Mods for CFS3 will work ok with OFF? I’m off to get an FOV mod (if not in standard settings) and any eye-candy mods and planes, will start in the CFS3 forums
LIEUTENANT MAULEVERER REPORT VICTORIA STATION 07:30 STOP COLLECT TRAVEL WARRANT TICKET OFFICE STOP GOD GO WITH YOU STOP
Mington
Swoop did you get the email from Condor (spamtraps)
http://www.postfrontal.com/Alpi3/ENG/index.php
Nope…will check in a min though.
Watching the PH3 film and it looks really fine. Whats the FM like compared to Il2? Don’t really feel like shelling out for CF3 and Ph3 if we can’t fly multiplayer and with Kots approaching (please…hopefully).
But I might be convinced as it look fab, just like the drawing I did when I was a kid, just moving…wow!!
I think they’re multiplayer the CFS series generally Swoop but anyway Phase2 is very nice and interesting in single player too. It’s got a very nice GUI not like Il-2’s rather sterile front end. The planes and terrain are top notch. FF is useless though (on my rig over the years in all MS sims) Definitely worth a look to get your eye in before Phase3 and possibly KotS
The planes fly fine (feeling of flight) with no obvious FM problems that I’ve noticed but everything’s open and moddable. With the original terrain I didn’t like it much especially after being spoiled on Il-2
Tips
http://www.polovski.com/OFFFAQ.htm#Q._Hey_sometimes_the_enemy_AI_planes_have_no_Pilot
Show interest
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=64807
If I remember correctly it does take a little time to set this one (CFS3) up, with huge numbers of tweakable parameters in editable ini files. 1600x1200 looks very good. Haven’t flown far (15 minutes sightseeing) enough to see the trenches or the front line yet but it’s a very busy war-footing environment
Ming
Yeah,
Once over the trenches, you can hear the rumble of war (the shelling and the shouting).
Very well done.
It’s like you’re really in the war.
Yes that’s it Gert there’s lots going on, I forgot to mention the flak which is bally good Carruthers
Black as hell sooty and bloody vicious the flak is, the plane’s creaking and groaning, good engine sounds too. Just remembered the scout I had a quick flight in the other night: cutting the engine on coming in to land, the way it coughs and splutters then catches again, marvellous. Cutting the engine when above the enemy and diving down in silence to bounce a plane or strafe the ground- that’s what they did to catch the enemy unawares. Hmm I wonder if there’s a dive sound
Ming