I have not had a chance to fiddle with MODS, so I will post what I've done so far because I don't know when I'll get another chance to work on this or other MODS.

In order to make this MOD most effective, workshop settings, fuel and throttle will need to be changed.

1. Workshop settings will need to be set as below.



2. Throttle control must be limited to full on or off. You can either do it yourself or follow what's HarryH posted in another thread. Please refer to FAQ & Reference thread on how to fly each plane in WOFF.

I am a firm believer that "Most combats were conducted at full engine speed with no thought of slowing down. Air fuel mixtures were often used in an attempt to conserve fuel in route to a target/mission objective. My guess for dogfights is that full power was always used. 'High energy' manoeuvers require airspeed. Also makes you harder to hit." - source:theaerodrome.com

3. You must start with only 40% - 50% or so fuel (depending on engine type) before each mission to accurately simulate fuel consumption. It would be ideal to have the entire flights on both sides in a campaign to start this way (I can do it manually through ME, but it's a PITA).

This MOD will attempt to change a few things which may or may not be already hard coded in WOFF:
Guns/Flak
- Range of front guns has been reduced to 100 meters.
- Range of rear guns were reduced to 300 meters.
- Bullet spread has been increased slightly in both front guns and rear guns (credit goes to Bucksnort for this idea)
- Flak rate has been moderately increased with somewhat better accuracy in late war.
- Range of Ground guns have been reduced to 650 meters.

Aircraft control
- Over G stress damage will happen a few seconds sooner for both player and AI aircraft.
- AI fighters will not start to shoot beyond 100 meters.
- AI now fly closer to ground and closer to other planes during combat.
- Random engine delayed start has been reduced to 60 secs. (credit goes to Bucksnort for this idea)

Download: here

To install:
Unzip contents of the file and drop into your JSGME MOD folder and activate.

Note: I've only tested it on WOFF UE v4.12.

Compatability:
- This mod is not compatible with other mods that alter bdp files in the difficulty directory or the simulation.xml file like both of Bucksnort's MODS mentioned above.
- Do not use with my other flak MODS.

EDIT: almost forgot to mention that you should also use a limited head movement mod.

EDIT2: added fuel consumption condition. WOFF does not simulate damage from over revving or overcooling in a dive, so that is why overG damage has been modified.

EDIT3: updated file with narrower spread.

So are you saying to just set your Auto Mixture to "ON" and forget it ???

I just used this. Test run QM...Fokker EIV

Firing straight and level... no prob
pull the bus upwards to fire at a target and my MG's hit my own aircraft

I do that by just cutting the throttle, while still using Auto Mixture.

Monosoupape rotaries

It is often asserted that rotary engines had no carburetor and hence power could only be reduced by intermittently cutting the ignition using a "blip" switch. This was almost literally true of the "Monosoupape" (single valve) type, which took most of the air into the cylinder through the exhaust valve, which remained open for a portion of the downstroke of the piston. Thus the richness of the mixture in the cylinder could not be controlled via the crankcase intake. The "throttle" (fuel valve) of a monosoupape provided only a very limited degree of speed regulation, as opening it made the mixture too rich, while closing it made it too lean (in either case quickly stalling the engine, or damaging the cylinders). Early models featured a pioneering form of variable valve timing in an attempt to give greater control, but this caused the valves to burn and therefore it was abandoned.[5]

The only way of running a Monosoupape engine smoothly at reduced revs was with a switch that changed the normal firing sequence so that each cylinder fired only once per two or three engine revolutions, but the engine remained more or less in balance.[6] As with excessive use of the "blip" switch: running the engine on such a setting for too long resulted in large quantities of unburned fuel and oil in the exhaust, and gathering in the lower cowling, where it was a notorious fire hazard.

"Normal" rotaries

Most rotaries however, had normal inlet valves, so that the fuel (and lubricating oil) was taken into the cylinders already mixed with air - as in a normal four-stroke engine. Although a conventional carburetor, with the ability to keep the fuel/air ratio constant over a range of throttle openings, was precluded by the spinning crankcase; it was possible to adjust the air supply through a separate flap valve or "bloctube". The pilot needed to set the throttle to the desired setting (usually full open) and then adjust the fuel/air mixture to suit using a separate "fine adjustment" lever that controlled the air supply valve (in the manner of a manual choke control). Due to the rotary engine's large rotational inertia, it was possible to adjust the appropriate fuel/air mixture by trial and error without stalling it, although this varied between different types of engine, and in any case it required a good deal of practice to acquire the necessary knack. After starting the engine with a known setting that allowed it to idle, the air valve was opened until maximum engine speed was obtained.

Throttling a running engine back to reduce revs was possible by closing off the fuel valve to the required position while re-adjusting the fuel/air mixture to suit. This process was also tricky, so that throttling back, especially when landing, was often accomplished by intermittently cutting the ignition using the blip switch.

Cutting cylinders using ignition switches had the drawback of letting fuel continue to pass through the engine, oiling up the spark plugs and making smooth restarting problematic. Also, the raw oil-fuel mix could collect in the cowling. As this could cause a serious fire when the switch was released, it became common practice for part or all of the bottom of the basically circular cowling on most rotary engines to be cut away, or fitted with drainage slots.

By 1918 a Clerget handbook advised maintaining all necessary control by using the fuel and air controls, and starting and stopping the engine by turning the fuel on and off. The recommended landing procedure involved shutting off the fuel using the fuel lever, while leaving the blip switch on. The windmilling propeller made the engine continue to spin without delivering any power as the aircraft descended. It was important to leave the ignition on to allow the spark plugs to continue to spark and keep them from oiling up, so that the engine could (if all went well) be restarted simply by re-opening the fuel valve. Pilots were advised to not use an ignition cut out switch, as it would eventually damage the engine.[5]

Pilots of surviving or reproduction aircraft fitted with rotary engines still find, however, that the blip switch is useful while landing, as it provides a more reliable, quicker way to initiate power if needed, rather than risk a sudden engine stall, or the failure of a windmilling engine to restart at the worst possible moment.

link...can't seem to find it

danke

OldHat:
Looks like you have your work cut out for you getting this mod correct, especially since there are at least 3 types of aircraft engines in the game, In-line, Monosoupape Rotaries and "Normal" Rotaries.

This is great work, OldHat. I will have a chance to test this later today. One lingering concern for me is this issue of full throttle in combat. Especially with the Bristol Scout, which I've been flying a lot recently, I find that maintaining full engine speed combat is detrimental to success! This is because any attempt at a tight turn has the nose lifting dramatically, resulting in the craft stalling and falling away to the opposite side of the turn. However, with just a little leaning of the mixture the craft becomes much more maneuverable. In a dive, you have to lean out the mixture, as you have already mentioned, to avoid excessive speeds damaging the machine. Therefore I'm inclined to tinker with the mixture during combat, even if it's not historically accurate

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