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Rooster89

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I know that before we had a crash of the site and lost it, someone figured out how to transfer a pilot to another squadron, keeping most of your pilots data. I should've written down how to do this. Can some kind soul jog my memory on this?
Thanks,
-Rooster
 
Hi Rooster,

I was responsible for this although in the end it did not work as planned. the basic idea is that you do the following:

1. Start a new pilot at the date and squadron that you need to transfer. Keep the same name of course and exit OFF.
2. Navigate to the folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields\campaigns\CampaignData\Pilots and find and open the file "PilotXDossier.txt" X being the number of the pilot that you have just created. Then find and open the "PilotYDossier.txt" Y being the number of the pilot that you want to transfer. You then have to correlete the data included in these two files and copy and paste the flight hours, kills, medals etc from one pilot to the other. I can not help you with details of lines that need to be copied as it's been a long time, you will have to experiment. You can also add your own comments describing the pilot's history at the end.
3. Do the same as above with the files named "PilotXLog.txt" and "PilotYLog.txt".

Now restart OFF and you newly created pilot will have his old history with him.

However, I remember that after each mission, the OFF manager resets the hours or kills so you will have to keep track and constantly edit. this is why I aandoned the idea.

If you wish to experiment please do so. No responsibility is assumed for carreers/hours/kills lost!:d
 
Just a heads up on the pilot history - when you enlist you can edit the default text that appears in the pilots history box at the bottom...


HTH


WM
 
Theoretically, it can't be done. Some have devised techniques to accomplish this, with varied results.

Everything revolves around the Pilot's life in OFF, this is known. However if you have amassed 16 hours, and 23 confirmed, but your squadron changes it's featured aircraft, to what is Historically Correct. You WILL recieve that aircraft, like it or not.

But if that aircraft is not yet featured in OFF, you will RETIRE right then and there. PERIOD ( Has happened to people in the past ) and they weren't the least bit happy.

ONLY way to avoid it happening to You, is Start your Campaign activity in a squadron which featured Existing OFF aircraft, throughout the years.

A List Does Exist, it's on an Excel Spredsheet. Covers British Fighters and Bombers, German Fighters and Bombers, and French Fighters

I have a copy. It was available for Download on the previous OFF Website, the one Prior to Heaven and Hell. It was in existance prior to the CRASH, now . . I have NO idea, plus the link to the website. . was in my STICKY Tips,. . which vanished along with everything else.

Soooo if anyone has that Link, Please Post it

If it's located, I'll include it in the new Sticky, I'm working on :kilroy:
 
gimpyguy said:
Theoretically, it can't be done. Some have devised techniques to accomplish this, with varied results.

Everything revolves around the Pilot's life in OFF, this is known. However if you have amassed 16 hours, and 23 confirmed, but your squadron changes it's featured aircraft, to what is Historically Correct. You WILL recieve that aircraft, like it or not.

But if that aircraft is not yet featured in OFF, you will RETIRE right then and there. PERIOD ( Has happened to people in the past ) and they weren't the least bit happy.

ONLY way to avoid it happening to You, is Start your Campaign activity in a squadron which featured Existing OFF aircraft, throughout the years.

A List Does Exist, it's on an Excel Spredsheet. Covers British Fighters and Bombers, German Fighters and Bombers, and French Fighters

I have a copy. It was available for Download on the previous OFF Website, the one Prior to Heaven and Hell. It was in existance prior to the CRASH, now . . I have NO idea, plus the link to the website. . was in my STICKY Tips,. . which vanished along with everything else.

Soooo if anyone has that Link, Please Post it

If it's located, I'll include it in the new Sticky, I'm working on :kilroy:
Click to expand...

In P3 you can see the timeline of craft that you will receive when you join a squad.

You can also see where the squad is located on a map alongside as well as where the squad moves to by stepping through time (also the position of the frontlines etc) ... so you are able to get a good idea of what craft you will be allocated in the future and where you will be stationed before even enlisting - unlike the poor guys in WW1.


WM
 
Thanks guys. I'll fiddle around with it for a while, see if I cant get something to work. Although Im sure I wont be able to accomplish anything that already hasnt been tried.
-Rooster
 
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