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#4049110 - 12/11/14 02:16 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Originally Posted By: DukeIronHand
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We have been round and round this discussion so many times - we have had it both harder and easier than it is at the moment and still we had moaners.

We have added a myriad of settings to help each user get to his nirvana and as Creaghorn says - its quite possible with the current setup.

However what we cannot do is instill the reality of WAR into the player, that would make every man try to preserve what is most precious to him - his life and to return to ones loved ones intact.
We cannot create the fatigue, the cold, the weariness that sets in when flying these primitive machines out to what was for many certain death....if not from the enemy then from failure of ones own machine or even pilot error.

In the end its but a game and the player can be as reckless as he wants.

So you can all analyse and compare stats and outcomes from WOFF with history... to death - what is missing is the high probability of YOUR DEATH and how you would behave if you really did fly in WW1....

And that you can only do yourselves and even then only to a limited degree because you all know you will not really die.

We did discuss having the option in workshops that if you die in WOFF your PC is reformatted....


WM





Don't change a thing WM!
WOFF is awsum as is sir.


No worries - there is ample scope in the workshops for all users we believe!

Pleased you are enjoying it.

WM


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#4049153 - 12/11/14 03:30 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: Winding Man]  
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Originally Posted By: Winding Man

We have added a myriad of settings to help each user get to his nirvana ......


If you cram any more settings in the workshop I'll need a computer science diploma to figure it out.



Originally Posted By: Winding Man

In the end its but a game and the player can be as reckless as he wants.


Wait.... WOFF is a GAME?!

#4049216 - 12/11/14 05:47 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: Winding Man]  
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Originally Posted By: Winding Man
We have been round and round this discussion so many times - we have had it both harder and easier than it is at the moment and still we had moaners.

We have added a myriad of settings to help each user get to his nirvana and as Creaghorn says - its quite possible with the current setup.

However what we cannot do is instill the reality of WAR into the player, that would make every man try to preserve what is most precious to him - his life and to return to ones loved ones intact.
We cannot create the fatigue, the cold, the weariness that sets in when flying these primitive machines out to what was for many certain death....if not from the enemy then from failure of ones own machine or even pilot error.

In the end its but a game and the player can be as reckless as he wants.

So you can all analyse and compare stats and outcomes from WOFF with history... to death - what is missing is the high probability of YOUR DEATH and how you would behave if you really did fly in WW1....

And that you can only do yourselves and even then only to a limited degree because you all know you will not really die.

We did discuss having the option in workshops that if you die in WOFF your PC is reformatted....


WM




You've done a great job of creating numerous settings to suit the various rigs that we employ and numerous settings to allow us to fine tune the game to our desire. Certainly the best job of any WWI flight sim ever yet conceived.

I've found that I play much more cautiously than I have in prior games. Maybe because I am older. One thing I've noticed over the various sims I've played is that I will get up to a certain number of kills and then I will make an absolutely stupid numbskull error and get my pilot killed. I will know it is stupid when I do it and I will do it anyway. Flight Sim Fatigue Syndrome?

Please do not take anything I write or say as "moaning". There might be a couple of minor details that I'd like to see but they are trivial and possibly not obtainable given the framework you have to work with. And they would only be personal preference for immersion purposes. You've created the best WWI Flight Sim on the market and it is not likely to be dislodged from this pedestal any time soon.

Thank You
Stephen E Hood

#4049222 - 12/11/14 05:56 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: Creaghorn]  
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Originally Posted By: Creaghorn
Anyway, are you sure those numbers are the overall number of sorties, or maybe rather sorties with enemy contact, or where enemies were spotted?


Hi Creaghorn,

I'm not sure at all...lol

I got these numbers from a friend who collects this type of info. He's been collecting this data from all sorts of contributors for about 30 years, so the data is only as good as the contributors. For instance, I gave him the numbers including individual victory detail on Lanoe Hawker from a book I've got on him.

So I was just tossing those numbers out there for discussion, and like you, I suspect the sortie count is low on some of the pilots, although Albert Ball's sortie count looks reasonable as he was only on active scout duty for about 120 days (not including his flying in a recon role) for the entirety of his career.

No "moaning" here either. I appreciate that I can adjust the engagement opportunities to my liking in WOFF, a wonderul feature!

Thanks!

Buck


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#4049252 - 12/11/14 07:03 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Glad we got that all settled then.
The "refomat PC on WOFF death" feature had me a little worried.

#4049257 - 12/11/14 07:14 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Originally Posted By: DukeIronHand
Glad we got that all settled then.
The "refomat PC on WOFF death" feature had me a little worried.


Kind of like your father warning you that he will take the car keys away from you the first time you get a dent in the fender!! biggrin


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#4049274 - 12/11/14 07:41 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Yep, if folks want more or less action, they can fiddle to their hearts content (WOFF is very flexible, one of its great attributes, no need for any moaning!). For me, it would just be nice to know what a semi-historical starting point is regarding 'regional air activity'. My main interest is simply having the correct (ballpark) number of airplanes in the sky on a given mission. One of the three regional-air-activities settings is going be best for getting this semi-historical number of planes in the air, and I really hope to one day know which would be considered by the developers as 'most historical' (and I'll take it from there, no moaning smile2 ).

#4050018 - 12/13/14 04:16 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Just shot down 2 Camels, and both were flamers (not that I would mind... biggrin ).
The first went down in flames; the second literally exploded.
So, maybe they go up in flames easier now.
But that is by far more realistic than all the breaking-apart aircraft I see
in "another sim" - where the debries even hit me and demolish my prop.
The aces wouldn't have said "Go closer!" if that had happened.




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#4050778 - 12/15/14 09:58 AM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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The aircraft flights, and density is adjusted over the years and regions by the Manager, and also varies when major battles are going on in your region. Many variables at play, but until every single aircraft that ever flew is in there in the sim, and therefore every squad is in there too, you will never get a "perfect" amount of craft in all regions at all times. The settings we set WOFF too are what we think it should be, given what we know of the mechanics behind it all.

Even then someone will say mmmm I am sure squadron x never flew at 7am etc or more than x flights a day or without eating cheese first, so just fly and enjoy it's as good as it gets!




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#4051764 - 12/16/14 09:59 PM Re: Workshop Settings: Question for the Dev's [Re: Polovski]  
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Originally Posted By: Polovski
The settings we set WOFF too are what we think it should be, given what we know of the mechanics behind it all.


Thanks Pol. WOFF installs with 'regional air activity' set to medium, so I'll stick with that.

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