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rockmedic109
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Do we have to reload the Lewis guns? If so, then what is the keyboard command?
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Winder
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No there is no facility to reload so we have equipped the guns with the correct amount of rounds given the average number of drums typically carried.
This gives you a slight advantage over your historical counterparts as it was not easy to reload a Lewis in flight....
Shift-C will bring the gun down so you can simulate the reload every X rounds to be more realistic in battle - how long will you leave it down is up to you and your situation I guess
HTH
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rockmedic109
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Thank You
A reloadable Lewis, yes? To keep ze pilot busy in dogfight, hm?
You can be happy, zat Winder did it for you - sis way, you might have a verry small chance in a fight against an Albatros, a Pfalz, a Dr.1 or a D VII.
Verrry small - zese planes have all 1.000 roundz in zeir double Spandaus; ze Albatros D Va even more: 1.100 roundz! Vizzout reloadink!!
Perhaps you vant to try - here is der paper; sign below, and you vill get chanzes to becoming a German ace, hm? Vott you say? Shooting ze raisins out of ze crumpets? Mmmuahahahaa!!!
You can be happy, zat Winder did it for you - sis way, you might have a verry small chance in a fight against an Albatros, a Pfalz, a Dr.1 or a D VII.
Verrry small - zese planes have all 1.000 roundz in zeir double Spandaus; ze Albatros D Va even more: 1.100 roundz! Vizzout reloadink!!
Perhaps you vant to try - here is der paper; sign below, and you vill get chanzes to becoming a German ace, hm? Vott you say? Shooting ze raisins out of ze crumpets? Mmmuahahahaa!!!
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Polovski
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Oh yes Oldham, but remember whilst pretending to reload the lewis the Vickers is still there ready 
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Gousgounis
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If he is flying the se5a. If it is a nieuport though...:faint:
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Rickitycrate
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Herr Olham, always so proud of his guns.
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Polovski
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Indeed, good job the Nieuport can turn well then
to waste a few of those 1000 rounds
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Militant_Danny
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Olham, I dunno why but your "bad-war-movie" German dialogue cracks me up everytime .... haha
But yes, it is much better fighting for the Kaiser! (At least until he and his cronies runs out on us late-1918! DOH!)
But yes, it is much better fighting for the Kaiser! (At least until he and his cronies runs out on us late-1918! DOH!)
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rockmedic109
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Having a pair of Spandaus is very nice. Something pilots back in the day wanted badly {from what I've read}. I still have to take a pilots through Esc Americaine, RNAS, AFC, and Bloody April as an englishman as well as Bavarian pilot {need to get Pfalz DXII in this game} and a few other German campaigns.
I haven't gotten far into the game yet {busy playing lawn dart and target}, but there are a things that I am unsure of. If you are in a squadron that has planes that are not in the game {24 Sqdn RFC for example} your campaign ends when the the planes show up that the game does not have? This makes playing through 24 sqdn RFC and early American campaigns impossible {No D.H. 5s or Nieu 28s}. Do I have this right?
I haven't gotten far into the game yet {busy playing lawn dart and target}, but there are a things that I am unsure of. If you are in a squadron that has planes that are not in the game {24 Sqdn RFC for example} your campaign ends when the the planes show up that the game does not have? This makes playing through 24 sqdn RFC and early American campaigns impossible {No D.H. 5s or Nieu 28s}. Do I have this right?
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Polovski
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Correct, flying without a plane is a bit tricky
In some squadrons to ease this we have substituted occasionally as a temporary measure. So for example we may have used a N17 for a N23/N24 in some so a long time can be spent in the squadron without it ending.
A/C take a looooong time to make so we can't have them all in yet.
Also all squadrons are historically researched, skins need to be made for all craft for each squadron, and then also for each Ace in that squad and for each a/c he flew.. huge job.
Just need more t i m e
So often why isn't <insert favourite craft> in the game questions come up hang in there, one day maybe!
If we released in 2012 we might have them all in
In some squadrons to ease this we have substituted occasionally as a temporary measure. So for example we may have used a N17 for a N23/N24 in some so a long time can be spent in the squadron without it ending.
A/C take a looooong time to make so we can't have them all in yet.
Also all squadrons are historically researched, skins need to be made for all craft for each squadron, and then also for each Ace in that squad and for each a/c he flew.. huge job.
Just need more t i m e
So often why isn't <insert favourite craft> in the game questions come up hang in there, one day maybe!
If we released in 2012 we might have them all in
Polovski: Oh yes Oldham, but remember whilst pretending to reload the lewis the Vickers is still there ready
Baron von Mahlo: A single Vickers, and ze pilot busy reloadink - huh!
Rickitycrate: Herr Olham, always so proud of his guns.
Baron von Mahlo: Zatt's not MY gunz - zatt's ze Kaiser's! Must give zem back, when we are finished.
Militant_Danny: But yes, it is much better fighting for the Kaiser! (At least until he and his cronies runs out on us late-1918! DOH!)
Olham: I don't know for BHaH yet, but for P2 I'd say, that all the German planes, regarded as combat weapons, were superior to most of the Allied.
German exception (bad): Fokker E III - Allied exception (good): Sopwith Camel and SPAD's (and maybe the S.E.5a).
And for the history bit: the German troops hadn't run away from anyone - they remained unbeaten in field until the end. They were withdrawn through politics in Germany (the Kaiser had to go to exile in the Netherlands).
I just read a passage from Ernst Udet's book, were they get a piece of paper handed out, that says, that his services are no longer needed. He stood for a long time, wondering, that he wasn't a soldier, a pilot for Germany any more - from one minute to the other he was a civilian now.
Look it up in the books, Danny - no joke.
Baron von Mahlo: A single Vickers, and ze pilot busy reloadink - huh!
Rickitycrate: Herr Olham, always so proud of his guns.
Baron von Mahlo: Zatt's not MY gunz - zatt's ze Kaiser's! Must give zem back, when we are finished.
Militant_Danny: But yes, it is much better fighting for the Kaiser! (At least until he and his cronies runs out on us late-1918! DOH!)
Olham: I don't know for BHaH yet, but for P2 I'd say, that all the German planes, regarded as combat weapons, were superior to most of the Allied.
German exception (bad): Fokker E III - Allied exception (good): Sopwith Camel and SPAD's (and maybe the S.E.5a).
And for the history bit: the German troops hadn't run away from anyone - they remained unbeaten in field until the end. They were withdrawn through politics in Germany (the Kaiser had to go to exile in the Netherlands).
I just read a passage from Ernst Udet's book, were they get a piece of paper handed out, that says, that his services are no longer needed. He stood for a long time, wondering, that he wasn't a soldier, a pilot for Germany any more - from one minute to the other he was a civilian now.
Look it up in the books, Danny - no joke.
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Rooster89
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Glad you got the book Olham. I really enjoyed reading that one, one of my personal favorites.
-Rooster
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rockmedic109
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Not complaining. We get to play some while more planes are created and added {hopefully enough interest is generated to support this}. Love the game so far. RB3d was a vast improvement over the first RB and this is a vast improvement over RB3d.Correct, flying without a plane is a bit tricky
In some squadrons to ease this we have substituted occasionally as a temporary measure. So for example we may have used a N17 for a N23/N24 in some so a long time can be spent in the squadron without it ending.
A/C take a looooong time to make so we can't have them all in yet.
Also all squadrons are historically researched, skins need to be made for all craft for each squadron, and then also for each Ace in that squad and for each a/c he flew.. huge job.
Just need more t i m e
So often why isn't <insert favourite craft> in the game questions come up hang in there, one day maybe!
If we released in 2012 we might have them all in
I doubt this can be done given this game system, but another immersion factor might be different medals for German pilots depending on area they are from {Bavaria, Wurttemburg, Saxony, etc}.
Thanks for a great game.
Yes, Rooster, and it's even an old edition from 1939. Interesting pictures in there, and the combat scenes are very intensively condensed. I'm still reading another book, so I only "sneaked" into it, but I understood very quick, that this was anything but a game.
Yesterday I read the bit, were they fly in Vee formation, five of them. Udet looks around and backwards, and it's all fine. Almost cloudless sky, sun burning down on them, and no enemy near or far to be seen. And suddenly he get's an alarmed feel, a sixth sense, and performs a half turn. Close to him, no 20 meters, the plane of Puz, in smoke and flames. But Puz sits straight and tall in the flame, his head turned to Udet. He slowly lifts his right arm to the helmet. Could be the last convulsion, but it looks, as if he salutes a last time. Then the plane breaks apart; the fuselage goes straight down like a glowing meteor, the broken wings tumble after it.
Only then, looking after Puz' falling wreckage, he can see a brown plane with shining concordes on the wings. That can only be Guynemer! He pushes the stick forward, he must get him - but the dive would be too steep. The lower wings of the Albatros begin to warp strong and stronger.
He must give it up...
It's shaking you emotionally (me at least, it did...)
Yesterday I read the bit, were they fly in Vee formation, five of them. Udet looks around and backwards, and it's all fine. Almost cloudless sky, sun burning down on them, and no enemy near or far to be seen. And suddenly he get's an alarmed feel, a sixth sense, and performs a half turn. Close to him, no 20 meters, the plane of Puz, in smoke and flames. But Puz sits straight and tall in the flame, his head turned to Udet. He slowly lifts his right arm to the helmet. Could be the last convulsion, but it looks, as if he salutes a last time. Then the plane breaks apart; the fuselage goes straight down like a glowing meteor, the broken wings tumble after it.
Only then, looking after Puz' falling wreckage, he can see a brown plane with shining concordes on the wings. That can only be Guynemer! He pushes the stick forward, he must get him - but the dive would be too steep. The lower wings of the Albatros begin to warp strong and stronger.
He must give it up...
It's shaking you emotionally (me at least, it did...)
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Polovski
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No worries rockmedic109, that one used to be in the FAQ, as it came up a lot so those comments ae for others to see.
I may add it back in the FAQ
The German medals were revised for BHaH - Paarma & Winder could comment more on that
I may add it back in the FAQ
The German medals were revised for BHaH - Paarma & Winder could comment more on that
Rockmedic, believe me, it takes you a long time, to experience all the plane types on only ONE side, and you may want to fly different Jasta's, for example. And THEN, you can still hop over the mud, to try a French or English or American campaign. I have never seen a game of this quality, with so many flyable plane types. And for the immersion - try to survive, care for your wingmen and bring them back with you, as often as you can. Don't warp. Make the landing every time. And you'll make a time warp - back to those days... Enjoy! Olham
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Militant_Danny
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I think you misunderstood me, because I agree with you completely Olham!
Believe me, I'll be the first to say the German troops were screwed over by their politicians and I think it's unfair the way they were portrayed as the "bad guys" in history. The way I understand it they were merely withdrawing from a sector in an orderly fashion, still holding enemy territory when the word came down.
From what I gather, many felt betrayed by their politicians and this was the little joke I was going for in my post. Sorry if it was construed differently, I'll try to make my meanings a little more obvious!
Believe me, I'll be the first to say the German troops were screwed over by their politicians and I think it's unfair the way they were portrayed as the "bad guys" in history. The way I understand it they were merely withdrawing from a sector in an orderly fashion, still holding enemy territory when the word came down.
From what I gather, many felt betrayed by their politicians and this was the little joke I was going for in my post. Sorry if it was construed differently, I'll try to make my meanings a little more obvious!
Could be my English, Danny - it looks better than it sometimes is (or perhaps it doesn't even look better; lol!)
For all the ground troops in the mud, it was certainly a relief, when the Germans withdrew, and the big horror ended. This was an extremely terrible fighting, under lousy circumstances for all.
What I regard as the worst on the outcome of this war, were the capitulation terms, Germany had to sign; because they lay the seeds for the second world war, as many historians now agree on. But let's not go further here - we don't want to go political, right?
Cheers. Olham
For all the ground troops in the mud, it was certainly a relief, when the Germans withdrew, and the big horror ended. This was an extremely terrible fighting, under lousy circumstances for all.
What I regard as the worst on the outcome of this war, were the capitulation terms, Germany had to sign; because they lay the seeds for the second world war, as many historians now agree on. But let's not go further here - we don't want to go political, right?
Cheers. Olham