When creating a new pilot what is the "Region" input used for?

Also I'm having a bad run with creating a mission and half way through the game loading it'll stop and go back to the missions screen, kind of annoying.

One short question:
Will I always have enemy-contact or are there missions without enemies on my autopilot flightpath?
I don't have much flying time and would like to fight every time.
solved

I started my first campaign, got 1 enemy and 1 balloondown, reported the flight and everything was very fine. When I hit create a mission it says index 0, size 0 (I have vista 64 btw). what's wrong?

Pat sent me the new RoFCampaign V5.0. Get it here: http://www.wingsofhonour.com/riseoffligh...ameplay.en.html


List Of Changes:

V5.0
IMPORTANT: To bring a campaign from a previous version:
1. Backup your campaign files
2. Completely delete your RoFCampaign folder
3. Install RoFCampaign
4. Create a new campaign with the same name as your existing campaign.
5. Copy your backed up campaign into the RoFCampaign\campaign\<your name> folder

New Features:
- Integration with Neoqb skin pack.
- Integration with Ansirial skin pack (thanks Ansirial).
- Improved squadron placement (thanks Ansirial).
- Improved deploy eliminates user file overwrites
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed duplicate aces appearing in mission
- The war ends on 11/11/1918.
- No combat missions after Novemvber 10.
- Fixed squadron airfield assignment bugs.
- Squadrons assigned to enemy airfields.
- Fixed non functional squadron bugs.
- Some squadrons generated missions that would not load.


Cheers

The java file is missing

Sorry. Update sent. Please wait for Gremlin's notification before downloading.

Thanks, Pat. Complete package is uploaded now.


Cheers

I just shipped version 5.1. As usual, wait for Gremlin's say so before downloading.

This version should help with mission times. I have found that time compression works a bit better. I also STRONGLY recommend turning off scramble missions and MGs.

If you are willing to deal with air starts mission times are significantly shorter. Air start is an option on the config screen which by default is off. Turn it on to skip the ingress process.

What air start does is put you n (also configurable) km away from the target waypoint. All other flights are progressed at a similar rate, so it just skips the inbound flying. Hope this helps.

V5.1
New Features:
- Implemented air start option for shorter missions.
- Improved offensive patrol logic for shorter missions.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed error that caused extremely long offensive patrols
- Slowed down aircraft cruise speeds to avoid player being left behind.
- Further slowed down take off and climb out cruise speeds.
- Removed extraneous airfields to improve performance.

Looking forward to trying it out!

I have a possible minor bug report: (V 5.0)

I created a new campaign with the DH2, in the RAF at the earliest date available.

I opened up RoF, and selected the newly generated mission, but the the "start mission" button was greyed out. (I do own the DH2, and was logged in to the account properly).

I created new campaigns, then a new missions, using various different names and dates - and in all subsequent times the start mission button was available.

I deleted all the campaigns and missions from the appropriate folders, then made an identical new campaign, and found the start button greyed out again.

Maybe it's related to the generation of the first campaign? Or is there something simple I'm missing? It was a show-stopper until I played around by generating new campaigns and missions.