Wings Over Flanders Fields V2.0 - Coming Soon

Gusington · November 28, 2014, 07:21:16 PM

I would be very impressed if the gunner AI was that good.

Father Ted · November 29, 2014, 05:59:41 AM

Quote from: Gusington on November 28, 2014, 07:21:16 PM
I would be very impressed if the gunner AI was that good.

I'd be very impressed if the AI gunner WASN'T that good

Nefaro · December 01, 2014, 11:19:38 PM

*Also posted in the video thread.

Short vid of my RFC 46 campaign run-in with an interloping Albatros D.III during a Recon Escort mission in the German rear.

Playing WOFF v2.

Uploaded in 1080p if you want to run it full screen on YouTube. May be difficult to see some of the distant aircraft in the small window.

Gusington · December 02, 2014, 09:27:12 AM

I dig it.

sandman2575 · December 02, 2014, 10:46:29 AM

Nice vid, Nef. You're a big fan of the Pup, aren't you.

I need to pick up V.2 and get back into WOFF.

Nefaro · December 02, 2014, 10:59:15 AM

Quote from: sandman2575 on December 02, 2014, 10:46:29 AM
Nice vid, Nef. You're a big fan of the Pup, aren't you.

I need to pick up V.2 and get back into WOFF.

The Pup is great despite being slow. But I'm a bigger fan of the Camel. I wanted to get upgraded to it during the campaign (if I last that long). I believe that squadron upgrades to Camels in the next month or two of campaign game time. :)

I do okay in the Pup, all things being even, but when it goes sour you can't get away. Pretty much all the German scouts in October 1917 will be faster than me so I need to be very careful that I don't get bounced by superior numbers and/or separated from my flight in a bad spot. She's very maneuverable but the enemy can get an energy advantage and dictate the fight. That's why they were called "obsolete" so quickly in service.. slow.

TacticalWargames · December 02, 2014, 11:03:54 AM

V2 is def on my Xmas list. Infact it's No1.

Nefaro · December 02, 2014, 11:07:37 AM

Quote from: TacticalWargames on December 02, 2014, 11:03:54 AM
V2 is def on my Xmas list. Infact it's No1.

O0

I've been reading No Parachute so the RFC 46/Pup start seemed an appropriate selection for my first v2 Brit campaign. 8)

sandman2575 · December 02, 2014, 11:39:00 AM

"No Parachute" is a great book title -- really captures the plight of the incredibly brave guys who piloted those combustible wooden crates...

Gusington · December 02, 2014, 12:34:55 PM

Top of my list too :)

Father Ted · December 02, 2014, 04:52:37 PM

Quote from: sandman2575 on December 02, 2014, 11:39:00 AM
"No Parachute" is a great book title -- really captures the plight of the incredibly brave guys who piloted those combustible wooden crates...

Not only a great title - a great book too. Have read it several times. Your vid makes me want to fire up RoF Nefaro.

Nefaro · December 03, 2014, 01:22:07 PM

Those damned two-seater gunners!

I WILL KILL HIMMMM!!

sandman2575 · December 03, 2014, 02:47:43 PM

ah, the frustrations of trying to climb quickly to reach higher-altitude foes in WW1 aircraft...

I constantly have to readjust my thinking when confronted with 2-seaters, going back & forth between CLOD/BOS and WOFF/ROF. WW2, easy pickin's. WW1, deadly opponents.

TacticalWargames · December 03, 2014, 05:46:09 PM

Sometimes your best letting them go on by.

Nefaro · December 03, 2014, 09:02:24 PM

Quote from: TacticalWargames on December 03, 2014, 05:46:09 PM
Sometimes your best letting them go on by.

That's regularly the case with 2-seaters much higher up. The AI flight leader actually passed up one group earlier in that same mission but we spotted this one just crossing the lines and heading to our rear so we had lots of time to chase in friendly territory.. even in slow Pups.

Still didn't get the height advantage before engaging, but attacking from below, in the blind spot, is supposed to be a good place. I probably would've been killed attacking repeatedly from anywhere else besides head-on. Have been quite a few times. :))