Rise of Flight

[PFactorDave]

I don't have an issue with the nose bounce but I've seen on the forums that others have and the only remedy that has been offered as a solution has been to use the simplified flight model. 

That's unfortunate.  I don't want to play the game on the simplified flight model.  Hoping for stick scaling soon.

[mechanic]

i gave in and am d/l a copy now for 24 quid.

cant wait

[Ack-Ack]

One thing I have to keep remembering is that tehre are no flaps.  I keep hitting my flaps key on the throttle (use the same AH template) and wonder why nothing seems to be happening.

That's unfortunate.  I don't want to play the game on the simplified flight model.  Hoping for stick scaling soon.

I think the nose bounce is more an effect of the flight model as opposed to a stick scaling issue.  I've noticed in certain planes the nose bounce isn't as bad as others, some even feel rather stable.  I know I'm fighting a lot of torque in the Neuport and its hard to keep the nose centered enough for a substained burst when I get slow.

ack-ack

[jdbecks]

what plane do you like to fly ack ack, the se5a is a real annimal..it feels like an older version of the dora

[mechanic]

anyone tried playing right now? autherization failed for me. Is that an individual problem or are the servers down?

Played a few great hours earlier, spent a long time setting up the game too. Now it wont load after i just stumped up the extra cash for an SE5. This is exactly what i was talking about before. 

[PFactorDave]

anyone tried playing right now? autherization failed for me. Is that an individual problem or are the servers down?

Played a few great hours earlier, spent a long time setting up the game too. Now it wont load after i just stumped up the extra cash for an SE5. This is exactly what i was talking about before. 

I just gave it a try, authorized fine for me.

[jdbecks]

anyone tried playing right now? autherization failed for me. Is that an individual problem or are the servers down?

Played a few great hours earlier, spent a long time setting up the game too. Now it wont load after i just stumped up the extra cash for an SE5. This is exactly what i was talking about before. 

works for me too

[mechanic]

yep working for me also now 

[PFactorDave]

I'm away from my gaming machine at the moment...  Can anyone tell me if I leave the keyboard elevator controls in the input tab along with my joystick, can I use the keyboard for trimming?  Or does  any touch of the stick nuetralize the keyboard?  Is there a way to trim?

[mechanic]

anyone got any cool user created mission to share?

[thrila]

I bought RoF yesterday and it's been an absolute bloody nightmare.   Warning!! Wall of text below!!!

I had a nightmare downloading and installing the thing to begin with- it only got worse from there.  I finally got it working, logged in and entered a hangar with rotating planes- no menu or anything.....ok, and no keys seem do anything except esc to exit the game. 

So i head to the forums ...aaaaaah, the automatic resolution has hidden the menu.  But wait, i can't change the resolution, there are no resolutions to choose from in the resolution drop down menu- back to the forums.....     Ok problem solved, open config, a bit of editing here and there, sorted!  Just check to see if any controls are mapped, yeah it looks ok, time to load up and take a plane for a spin.

Ok, lets apply some elevator......hmmm nothing.  Ailerons?...nothing again.  Let's try some rudder....'what the...!!' Oh yes, all flight controls have been automatically mapped to my pedals.   Ok, exit game.... yada yada yada.... controls all mapped, let's try again!  (loading a mission takes several minutes btw)  Rudder is inverted....gaaaaah!! exit game, invert axis, load up game....'What the  *^$($"£()!  throttle is reversed too'... (yes i should have tested that earlier )..... exit game....you know the drill by now.


During a break i also bought the se5a because there are no RFC aircraft in RoF vanilla....yay!

[thrila]

Having correctly sorted my controls out I began to play the game for several hours- including many more hours of tinkering. 

Below are my thoughts on the game:

Nightmare to install

Nightmare to configure-  default stick settings were all to my ch pedals i.e. pitch, roll and yaw.
                              -  cannot configure stick settings ingame: you have to exit game, change them and hope it's right (takes ages to load up a mission to check)
                              - cannot scale stick settings (or calibrate stick) what so ever: my rudder and elevator are hyper sensitive.  The se5a (which is supposed to have trim)  is heavily trimmed up so it is in a continous tight loop if i'm not constantly pushing forward heavily on the stick, and i mean 50% forward to maintain level flight at full power.

Snap views- It has a setup similar to AH-you can even save the views.  But everytime you re-up in a plane you have to move your head and save them, it saves the view for that sortie only- what twittleing idiots are these people who developed this game (sorry frustration kicking in)

Framerates- i'm don't believe i'm getting much more than 20's and it becomes a slideshow when aircraft are close.  This could very well just be me- i can run the new AH perfectly though, just my sodding luck.  I've changed settings down to minimum and played with everything to no avail.


RoF has the potential to be a fantastic game for sure, it is currently for me and my PC a load of tosh. 

[CptTrips]

anyone got any cool user created mission to share?

Let me know if you find some good ones.

Thats where I'm hanging my hopes for a rich offline experience.  Knowing how talented a user base can be, I look forward to an extensive library of  user developed historical missions to play through.

Eventually, I might start venturing online, but I got a ways to go. 

Clear Skies,
Wab

[mechanic]

hey Wab, I came across a few user created mission,  here are the links. The first one is a dawn raid on an RFC base, quite alot of fun.

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2763744/Dawn_Raid_on_Warfusee_Aerodrom.html


Then this second link gets you about ten new missions including 1 vs 1, 2 vs 1, 3 vs 1 and head to head duels. Lots of fun, i have not won a 2 on 1 even yet.

Well after asking for some, and receiving, I thought I'd do my own little contribution here. I don't know the ME at all but I do know enough to edit a tiny bit. I've created some 1v1, 1v2 and 1v3 missions for the Spad and other planes. These are based on Double Tap's Smackdown and on a squad mate of mine, AKA_Clutter, missions. I've also edited the Russian Roulette mission that Ming posted. All the 1v1 are against Aces as are the 1v2s. The 1v3 are against normal guys. I'll be doing some more when time permits but I thought some of you might like to practice your gunnery skills. Hope you enjoy them!

You can fly the Nieuport 28, Albatros, Fokker and Spad now and there are also some Russian Roulette Missions for each with only enemy planes to fly against! Almost all planes are set to Ace, if you don't like that level you can change it within the ME.

Again, I have not created these missions per say, but have edited the ones from the above creators, without them these wouldn't be possible. I hope you guys enjoy them!

http://www.acupuncture-tcm.com/Files/RoF%20Missions.zip

Oh and thrila, i feel your pain. Man i really hate how the views reset every sortie. I cant stand flying with 50% FoV zoom on by default.

[thrila]

The view system is the only one i've come across with the versatility of Aces High views.  It's let down by the fact you have to repeat the process everytime you enter the cockpit.  I also like my views zoomed out, otherwise it feels like i'm in a fish bowl.

I had some fun in multiplayer last night, i get better fps as i supsect i might.  I happened to bump into 2 AH squadmates in the first room i joined, which was a stroke of luck.