This modification adds almost all British, Canadian, South African, Australian, French, American and German aces victory information files, short biographies and photos that are missing in WOFF database. All Commonwealth, German, American and French aces in the game have their proper scores and they will update historically as you fly with them. No more “N/A” in the Duty Room. The mod will be updated periodically as I can get my hands on new information sources. This version focuses on pilots with 5 or more victories, although many non aces have been added too, in order to have all squadrons update historically, when possible. I feel it will improve the sense of immersion and historical authenticity of WOFF.
Thanks to Shredward for all the help and corrections.
Enjoy, and post your impressions, or bugs you may notice in this thread.
Thanks, Aris.
Last edited by ArisFuser; 08/26/1809:03 PM.
#4412535 - 03/24/1808:43 AMRe: Adding Historical Victory Information
[Re: ArisFuser]
Great idea, ArisFuser! I was thinking about the same but I do not have sufficient access to historical data and enough time to implement it into WOFF. But you can freely add this data to WOFF and release it publicly as a mod (if you are so kind, of course).
Kills file description:
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22 - number of records (kills) 9 - number of lines per record (do not change, it mut be always 9) AlexanderKill01 - pilot name and kill number 02 - day of kill 06 - month of kill 1917 - year of kill C - type of enemy plane shot down (here type "C"), enemy aircraft,unit and pilot name, if known NA - unknown (let it reads NA) OOC St Julien 10N Tripe N5487 - note - location of kill, unit and piloted plane at the time of kill
EOR - EOR - end of record - it must be at the end of each kill record AlexanderKill02 04 06 1917 Albatros DIII NA OOC NE Ypres 10N Tripe N5487
EOR
Do not forget to save any new kills file as "PilotsnameKill.txt" put link to it into related Aces file. If you have any question or experiece any difficulties, let me know it. I would like to see those additions in WOFF.
Last edited by JJJ65; 03/24/1808:59 AM. Reason: Corrected errors in file description
#4412536 - 03/24/1808:45 AMRe: Adding Historical Victory Information
[Re: ArisFuser]
Nice work gentlemen, this adds a lot more realism in you squadron. It’s no fun to see an historical ace at the bottom of the leaderboard If he already has confirmed kills to his name.
Will be anxiously awaiting the mod for all 2000+ Aces in the game. Next weekend?
Lol, next weekend sounds like a too optimistic timeline, 3 weeks is definitely more realistic . For a single person, not retired, this could take a lot of time!
Last edited by ArisFuser; 03/24/1812:54 PM.
#4412580 - 03/24/1803:15 PMRe: Adding Historical Victory Information
[Re: ArisFuser]
And that's why every pilot ever does not have the stacks of detail in there - it will take a lot of work and time to fill those all in for all pilots still needing it. But go for it and we can one day incorporate it maybe
One hundred new aces already done. This is one crazy task to do for sure! Jasta 4, 5, 6, 10,11, 18 and RFC 1, 46, 57, RNAS 1 fully modded. At this rate I hope to release a first preliminary Mod in about two weeks and keep on adding "packs" time permitting.
Last edited by ArisFuser; 03/25/1808:11 PM.
#4412756 - 03/25/1808:18 PMRe: Adding Historical Victory Information
[Re: ArisFuser]
DiD campaign pilot Aldi Schwarzkopf from Jasta 18 salutes you on this initiative. Way to go! Hals und Beinbruch!
"Take the cylinder out of my kidneys, The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain, From out of my arse take the camshaft, And assemble the engine again."
#4412806 - 03/26/1808:19 AMRe: Adding Historical Victory Information
[Re: ArisFuser]
One hundred new aces already done. This is one crazy task to do for sure! Jasta 4, 5, 6, 10,11, 18 and RFC 1, 46, 57, RNAS 1 fully modded. At this rate I hope to release a first preliminary Mod in about two weeks and keep on adding "packs" time permitting.
Awesome! Thanks for your work on this.
#4412855 - 03/26/1802:41 PMRe: Adding Historical Victory Information
[Re: ArisFuser]