Updated: November 8, 2015

I'm thinking of making this a somewhat "all inclusive" list of things we would like to see in OBD's final major upgrade - WOFF GOLD. I'm sure there are zillions of recommendations like the wish list, but I believe that after a long time suggestions can get buried and/or already fixed in patches. So, organizing it could bring out the suggestions better and not get lost in the countless pages.


(1) Planes
Fokker D.III
Farman F.40
Morane-Saulnier N
Nieuport 12
Voisin
Vickers FB5
Albatros C.III
Fokker DII
Martinsyde G100 & G102
Airco DH4 & DH9
Hanriot HD1
Caudron G.4
Handley-Page 0/400
Siemens-Schuckert DIII
Breguet 14
Roland D.VI
Sopwith Dolphin


(2) FM adjustments
-Stronger gyroscopic effects on rotary engines.
-add "roll" to the wind turbulence to see the wings "wobble" like they were fighting real wind forces.


(3) Skins
-Hi Res skins that show bullet holes.
-Skin viewer in game

(4) AI Improvements
-enemy A/C break out of landing routines or "going home" status to put up a more vigorous defense.
-random encounters with zeppelins and Gothas on non-historic dates in non-historic places
-When having an observer\gunner text to appear saying what thye are saying i.e enemy spotted, enemy on tail etc etc.
-German top cover which uses bait below (i.e. single aircraft)
-escorts should be flying higher


(5) Squadron Management
-Proper rank distribution in each squad's roster
-3 flights in RFC squads (A,B,C) with same pilots each time.
-Most new recruits will arrive with zero missions/zero victories.
-Alter way-points/altitude before a mission
-Pilots always have an aircraft to fly (i.e. avoid error messages that no observers are available, etc..).
-Allow pilots to freely transfer between different nations (e.g. from the Lafayette Escadrille and other squadrons to the Americans).
-One plane recon flights.
-The more experienced your ground crew are the less your plane breaks, guns jam and you can get a touch more in general out of it. When you arrive your crew is also new and gains experience over time.



(6) WW1 Objects and Figures...
-Ladders, work table, toolbox, step ladders and other mechanic items.
-Pilots and mechanics (standing, walking, reading a map)
-Dogs
-Ambulance & Medical Tent
-Balloons that can be winched down on approach and deadlier AA & MGs around balloons.
-Different types of land explosion and shrapnel cloud bursts.


(7) Terrain Enhancements
-Grass
-More detailed looking front (ditches, wires, ammo depots, etc...)


(8) DM Enhancements
-Visible bullet Damage effects on wings and fuselage
-Damage to undercarriage (alone) with a rough landing
-Aircraft pieces (like wings) that are shot off can damage your craft
-Chance to have cracked glass or Possibility for damaged cockpit and instruments.
-Chance to have progressive bleeding when injured
-Possible blood spray or stains on plane around cockpit when pilot hit.
-If gunner is hit hear audible sound
-Possibility of ground Observation of kill.


(9) Weather
-Volumetric clouds
-water droplets on goggles


(10) UI & Controllers
-Improved joystick calibration interface (and control interface in general)
-More detailed inflight MAP showing only your waypoints.
-Proper Force feedback


(11) Others
-Faster Load Times
-Ability to play co-op multiplayer
-Remove need for CFS3 installation
-Terrain editor
-Mission editor and builder - to make custom campaigns like a 10 mission Spring Offensive.
-A gramaphone that will play MP's of in era music for people to download and play. When you add new tunes it can be mentioned in your Journal that so and so pilot received some new gramophone disks.
-Add Belgian Nation and Planes

Well, dreaming must be allowed, and nice dreams they are, OldHat!

But you know that there is a wish-list already, longer than a toilet-paper roll?
Guess you'll have to queue up, like the rest of us...

Sounds great to me sir!
As one of my "polishes" to the campaign engine I would like to see 3 flights is RFC squadrons and for all sides flight/kette continuity - not a new cast every flight but the same guys, barring death, HE, or promotion. And new arrivals come in at 0 kills/0 missions except for the occasional old hand coming back from HE.
Yea, in the DIH fantasy world I got a lot of things I would like to see and could go on and on like...
True mission planning. You are given the target but you plan (or at least have the ability to modify) the waypoints.
Yep. Got a million of them.

I doubt very much there will be 19 brand new aircraft in a Gold pack - that would be WOFF 3 surely or even WOFF3 + 4 if we haven't expired before.

2 are done already luckily.
Now I'll just refer to the wish list of 109 others and see how we go.

Pol, I hope you eat healthy foods, and remember to go out for a walk for at least 1 hour every day.
You don't smoke, do yer?
Too much alcohol is no good.
What I'm trying to say: I hope you will live a long and happy life (and maybe check my wish below?).


Did I EVER mention that the Roland D.VI was a fine fighter (in some aspects like a cross between
the Albatros D.Va and the Fokker D.VII), which would be nice to have in WOFF?

Only 109 other Wish Lists to go!?!
Hope you don't run out of ideas. I got few more of you are bored....

Well, if we are wrapping up the shop, a few things that I think would polish it (w)off well would be:
1. Patch up all campaign paths so pilots never get stuck without an aircraft, use the most plausible one already in the game.
2. Allow for pilots to go from the Lafayette Escadrille and other squadrons to the Americans when they arrive.
3. Ground and sea traffic of all types sounds awesome.
4. Balloons that can be winched down on approach and deadlier AA around balloons. Some other sim had this and it was awesome.
5. A/C that can have both high res skins and bullet holes.
6. Something that lets enemy A/C break out of landing routines or "going home" status to put up a more vigorous defense.
7. Handley Page and a few more A/C to round out the weak spots, but this is definitely the sims' strong suit as it is.
8. Tweak rotary engine if possible. The effect doesn't seem to be as noticeable as the literature would suggest.
9. Some randomization so you can run into zeppelins and Gothas on non-historic dates in non-historic places. ( This may already be possible)
10. Improved joystick calibration interface (and control interface in general)
10a Bonus. Co-op campaigns...

If this is supposed to be just one file for easy installation, eliminate the need for CFS 3. Then it'll really be GOLD.

Belgians!

Have the replay feature back..this showed you actually how much stuff was going on around you giving a feeling of something bigger going on.

Have a Journal that gets updated and can be added to, mentioning pilots deaths and victories etc etc.

The AI modes changed so that when a flight is in landing and going home mode it will snap out of it for combat. Before I sailed past some Alb's that where on escort. They then dropped off their escort right near me and then just flew by going home.

Events like airfield getting bombed during the night in later war scenarios their by taking out planes and creating difficult landing due to craters etc.

Skin viewer in game.

Possibility for damaged cockpit and instruments.

Possible blood spray or stains on plane around cockpit when pilot hit. Reports of planes with enemy blood on them where reported. If gunner is hit hear scream, shout, moan.

When having an observer\gunner text to appear saying what thye are saying i.e enemy spotted, enemy on tail etc etc.

One plane recon flights which is more realistic.

I think escorts should be flying higher going by what I've read about escorts diving down onto attacking recon planes as the attackers didn't see the escorts.

Different types of land explosion and shrapnel cloud bursts.

A gramaphone that will play MP's of in era music for people to download and play. When you add new tunes it can be mentioned in your Journal that so and so pilot received some new gramophone disks.

Ground Crew. Also the more experienced your ground crew are the less your plane breaks, guns jam and you can get a touch more in general out of it. When you arrive your crew is also new and gains experience over time.

Hi Res skins that show bullet holes.

Head Bob (optional)

Balloons on a winch and more deadly Archie and MG's around them.

Possibility of ground Observation of kill.


Have some of those above and it's a purchase.

Edit: Buying no matter what after reading it will be the end.

Winder asks Polovski: "Have you been looking into the 'wishes-for-WOFF-gold thread' today?"

Polovski: "Yes..."

Winder: "And what did you see?"

Polovski: "Pirhanas..."



Mmuahahahahaaa!!!

List updated. Should be more appetizing now.

No offence, but then I vote for WOFF3 instead of Gold .

You must have installed the Walfisch CII (Klingon)
We installed the uncloaked version in one of the earliest versions of OFF

Cheers
shredward

I predict that, (in order to end on a high note) WOFF GOLD will contain the entire Wish List.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Even if Pol would give up sleeping at all, he could not build so many aircraft.
And i guess he isn't sleeping very much already, as it is.

Old Hat's wish list has everything that I could ask for in WOFF Gold,but I will settle for anything the Dev's give us.

Oldhat, under FM Adjustments would you consider adding a little bit of "roll" to the wind turbulence so that instead of planes bouncing straight up and down like a yo yo on a string you would actually see the wings "wobble" just a little bit like they were fighting real wind forces?

I don't think it would take roll to really add to the visual illusion of flight. Plus it would be the final step towards taking any and all feeling of being "on rails" out of the experience of flying.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Thanks, I removed it from the list... Klingon??



Ok. Thanks Hellshade. I updated my list to include your comment.

All I want for Christmas is a Roland D.VIb, Sopwith Dolphin and faster load times.

I'm sure I will be happy with anything the team comes up with though.