My first combat in WOFF and first kill where both happened in a quick combat while flying a Morane Parasol (as a British pilot) against an enemy German Fokker EIII:
- Both my Parasol and the enemy EIII started head to head at a distance of 2 miles apart and at around 2000ft of altitude and after we merged and after a couple of turns the enemy Fokker EIII got behind me and managed to fire at me. My gunner fired back at the EIII and in order to avoid the enemy fire I quickly dove and the enemy Fokker EIII also dove following me.
I looked back and I saw that my gunner scored a couple of hits on the enemy Fokker but it didn't seem to me that the enemy EIII got any noticeable damage from those same hits since it kept diving and following me. Immediately after this I noticed that I was getting very close to the ground so I decided to pull back from the dive but for some reason the enemy Fokker EIII didn't! The end result was a harmless crater on the ground in lieu of the Fokker EIII!

I never knew if the enemy Fokker EIII crashed because of those few hits received from my gunner or if it simply didn't recover from the dive in time but and while this combat report is quite simple (and sorry I didn't take any screenshot of this engagement) I found this combat/engagement to be extremely immersive and realistic (I'm sure that some or even many situations similar to this happened in real life) and it was a situation that I didn't experienced for some quite time in a PC combat flight simulator!

Again I want to thank the devs for this awesome sim and also for this great and extremely realistic new AI!

Thanks for getting the ball rolling ricnunes good one!

Taken from my previous "Hawker being Haker" Thread.

Just had a escort-mission. I was assigned alone to escort two Aviatiks in my Albatross DII. As I followed the two Aviatiks over nomansland we went into a cloud and I lost them. I descended to get out of the cloud when I suddenly saw underneath a lone DH2, so I decided to attack. I dove on him and fired a burst when suddenly I was under fire myself. Another DH2 was diving on me. Trapped. Damn. Suddenly I was fighting alone two DH2s. I tried to gain height and use the better speed of the Albatross to escape to my own lines. One of the DH2s turned towards his lines but the other one followed me. Just as I reached my lines I turned and we fought mano a mano. Headon attacks, jousting, circling, climbing, twisting. Nobody had the upperhand. He had the better turnradius, I had the better speed so everybody played their strengths. After several minutes without decision the DH2 decided to call it a day and flew back towards his lines. There I managed for the first time to follow him and use my better speed. I fired several long salves from rather long range. Just before he reached his lines both my guns got jammed. Damnit. Obviously with my last salve I hit him because he descended slowly and landed smoothly on a field and just clipped slightly a group of trees. Shortly before he clipped the trees I activated labels for a brief moment just to find out that I got Lanoe Hawker. I landed next to him. The fight sounds familiar, doesn't it? Just with a more happy ending obviously. Only thing missing was him waving at me while we circled about when we fought. For my first confirmed victory I received a nice gift in form of a small silvercup.

My current campaign is a German Rolland two-seater pilot in November 1916 in Flanders. I have 17 hours under my belt so far, mostly routine and uneventful patrols, but I do have two kills from the only times I've opened fire. We have seen the enemy several other times, but it usually results in us running for home and them abandoning the chase.

1. 5 November: Myself, Hans Bowski, and Karl Peters took off from Proville to conduct artillery spotting near St Vith. While turning away for home, we were attacked by three British Nieuports from below. Peters, who had just joined the squadron as a replacement, foolishly decided to dive down and attack, and was last seen spinning out of control towards no-mans-land. Myself and Bowski kept altitude and ran for home, full throttle. Unlike other fighters we had faced, these aircraft easily caught up with us in level flight. When we split apart, two fighters chased after me and one went after Bowski. I ran for Reincourt airbase to get some help from AAA on the ground- I was out of altitude to use for speed, and the Nieuports seemed to be closing on me just as fast as I was closing on the airfield. I arrived over the airfield just as they caught up to me. I pulled into a tight turn to the left, trying to keep control, and heard Alfons in back hammering away with his MG as I heard the enemy's bullets whistle through my machine. When I pulled out of the turn, Alfons was still shooting, and when I looked right I saw the British fighter limping away trailing smoke. The other enemy turned for home after the ground AAA opened fire on him. My controls felt sluggish after the enemy hits, and after an emergency landing at the airbase I saw smoke rising from the direction the damaged enemy fighter ran off in. The kill was confirmed four days later. That mission was the closest my pilot has come to death in his 15 missions.

2. 10 November: Myself, Hans Bowski, and Franz Scheller took off on a rare scramble mission. The enemy was at 7000 feet right on top of the airfield, and I set off in a climbing pursuit, thinking that I would see what kind of aircraft they were and then slip away or attack. The enemy was flying extremely slowly in a vic formation and as I pulled up below and behind, I recognized them as British BE2's, each with four small white bombs strapped to the bottom. On the edge of a stall, I pulled up behind the right-hand aircraft unobserved and opened fire with the front machine gun, only to have it jam. As I pulled away to the left, Alfons in back opened fire on the left-hand aircraft, which burst into flames. After I unjammed my gun, I approached the right-hand aircraft again, which this time broke into a left hand turn. Control was difficult as such low speed, and after the enemy gunner put some rounds into me I decided to break off the attack and not be too greedy. I feel like I could have extended and come in for a cleaner pass but one kill was enough, and the enemy formation was returning to base rather than proceeding to their target. The claim is pending.

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6 January 1915: Personal journal entry of Sgt. William ‘Bill’ Nelson, 3 Squadron RFC, Chocques, France


It’s been nearly a week since arriving at my new digs and I am still settling in. Weather has been cold and windy, with occasional light snow. I share a tent with two O.R. pilots, Sgt. Frank Clarke and Sgt. Timothy Alwin; a rigger, Cpl. Robert Dewer; and a mechanic, Cpl. Edward Jacobs. Friendly bunch with the exception of Dewer. I’ve been entrusted with a brand new Morane-Saulnier L-type, a nice mount and very pleasant to fly. Further, I’ve been given the task of chauffeuring around Captain Buckminster, a veteran artillery officer who signed on as an observer at the outbreak, (or so I am told).

Five missions under my belt so far, with another on the books for tomorrow morning. Very quiet, both in the air and on the ground, with only sporadic shelling along this section of the front lines. I’ve seen several enemy observation balloons, but nothing else in the air apart from our own buses.

Today’s mission was typical of those given us so far. Shortly after lunch my “Parasol” was readied as the Captain briefed me on our route. Once the bus was properly warmed up we took off and flew easterly towards Béthune. Crossed the northern edge of the city and turned NNE to follow the Canal de la Lawe up to Vieille Chapelle, whereupon we turned east and flew on to Neuve Chapelle. Loitered about the area for nearly half-an-hour while the Captain reconnoitered the trenches and various points of interest, (which he directed me to fly over). At one point he had us drop down to about 800 feet for a closer look at some new trench work, however this drew immediate fire from the enemy troops below us and I had to quickly climb back to a safer height. Returned to camp by flying WSW to Gonnehem and made the turn over the airfield there, then southerly followed “le Clarence” back to Chocques.

Been invited to share drinks with some of the lads over in the repair hanger and I look forward to meeting more of my squadron mates. Bringing along a couple boxes of Murads I happen to have and will offer them around as my contribution to the party. Much to learn yet, and doubly so as the only American in a British camp.




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Not a combat report "per se" but it's part of my pilot's training which will soon deploy to the front lines:

My pilot's training is almost completed and on the final stage which is consist on a couple of free flights in where I took the opportunity to visit London from the air and show here a few of London's important landmarks with screenshots.



Something suspect around the docks! Is it Jack the Ripper??




London Bridge and Tower:




Another London Bridge and Tower shot:




St Paul's Cathedral:




St Paul's Cathedral flyby:




Parliament and Big Ben:




Parliament and Big Ben with London Skyline:




Parliament and Big Ben seen from the river:





Bridge being built near St Paul's Cathedral:




And finally London Bridge again, now while returning to base:

wow! great pics! Is paris modeled too? How about the forts along the front?
I'm really impressed with London.
Thanks for posting!

Glad you like it! I don't know if Paris is as well modeled (specially in terms of landmarks) as London since so far I never flew over Paris in WOFF but if I had to make a bet I would bet that Paris should also be well modeled.

What I do know is that if someone creates a French pilot and chooses to do the training, he will start (during training) at Le Bourget airfield which is very close, if not inside Paris itself. By doing this the player is able to quickly fly over Paris.

Paris is well modelled, as well as Berlin and couple other German cities

He stalled!

Had my first combat after 4 missions with rfc 11, spring 1916 flying the bristol scout. Mixed it up with two eindeckers, after a few twists and turns I finally got on one's tail and started to close in when I noticed he was on the edge of a stall and then, lo and behold, he departed from flight and started spinning right in!

I know I must have seen this before in other sims, but it was just so convincing for some reason I was really blown away. I had actually stalled out at the beginning of the fight and then to see him do it as well pretty cool.

He recovered, and then I started chasing him down spraying bullets everywhere (by the way, how are you supposed to aim flying that thing?) and eventually he crashed right in - I'm sure without a bullet of mine hitting his plane.

Was hoping to be able to put in a claim for it (did they let pilots claim a 'maneuver kill' back then?) but I guess not. oh well, maybe next time I'll connect with a bullet.

If you press 'F6' the view will change and you'll be looking directly into the gun sight. But note that in order to return to the normal cockpit view you usually have to press 'F6' at least a couple of times or more - Normally the next 'F6' key press will make you look directly into the map (the one that is stick on the cockpit) or at an odd instrument and so you must keep pressing 'F6' until you get into the cockpit view.

Also if you have TrackIR, in most aeroplanes you can move you head/view so that you can align your view with the gunsight.

And BTW, great combat report! The new WOFF AI is really awesome and no it's not normal to see AIs making mistakes such as stalling the aircraft and crashing in combat flight sims - The only other PC Combat flight sim where I've seen stuff like this (AIs making mistakes and eventually crashing because of them) was in Battle of Britain II.

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London is quite lovely in WOFF, (as it was in OFF), and I imagine that Paris and Berlin have only gotten better as well. These two cities very nicely represented in OFF and I featured both in custom missions, with Paris having to be defended from a zeppelin attack, and Berlin suffering a night bombing raid from a lone Fee. Fun stuff!

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My concern is why Frank Clarke and Lt. Ormsby had been sharing one bed. I guess you gotta keep morale up somehow.

My guess is that they were preparing for a GAY, errr... I mean a GAI flight

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HEE HAW! I can see how it might be read that way. However, as Bill noted in his first journal entry earlier in this thread, Sergeant Frank Clarke was one of his tent mates, (thus the one empty bed). Lt. Ormsby would not be caught bunking anywhere near the "Other Ranks", and in fact the officers are quartered comfortably in the old manor house nearby.

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Excellent recovery... but the cat is out of the bag, too late!

Couple of WOFF screenies on a Lower end system...Phenom 2 955, 5770 1GB card and only 4GB of Ram,settings at 5,4,4,5,5 ..AA=8 and AF=8..just wanted to show the FPS im getting,for anyone with lower end systems who might be thinking their machines wont run WOFF ....slight fps drop when labels are on and also in bad weather but NO stutters at all.....you,ve done a hell of a job guys. ps anyone no what the numbers next to the GPU are? if its gpu mem then thats weird because i definitely have only got a 1GB card

Lou, I thought that kind of thing was practiced only in the Royal Navy.