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Twice. Nothing works.

Maybe something is blocking java from running, is the firewall open for java?

Check task manager to see if javaw is running when you double click rofcampaign.jar. Also check the task bar if a java tab is there, it could just be that the GUI has lost focus and needs moving back to you desktop

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it. Managed to open the JAVA control panel and ticked the place icon in task bar but it's not there. This is again a fresh install of JAVA so I've no idea of what the **** is going on. I'm obviously missing something really simple but have no idea what.

First off, thanks for taking the time to put this together and sharing it, Patrick.

Now my problem:
DL'd it last night... seems to have gone up ok and set up a character, got a mission ready, closed it. Started up RoF and could see the mission in the Missions function for a Spad 13 but the Start selection button is greyed out?!?

It's probably really simple, but I can't figure it out.

Thanks for any help,
C_G

Found some excellent Fok DVII skin packs on the RoF site and want to modify Pat's files to add specific skins. Seem easy enough - but - is spacing for the text and all of those { } brackets important and, if so, how does one keep em all lined up?

I know enough about programming to be dangerous, but in case no one else answers, the spacing is not important but it helps YOU to identify discrete lines of code responsible for discrete processes. So best to leave spaces there.

The brackets ARE important, best to leave the brackets there. Use tabs to line things up if you want.

Yes I know the brackets are the important piece. I edited the file this morning and was able to create a mission successfully. Hopefully I will see the skins when I fly it tonight.

Edit.

Actually, what I wanted to do - add the skins to the campaign file - does not work. But I did manage to change the pilot names to historical ones. Next stop is to edit the Mission file. Oh well.


Further edit.

So that worked but I got a corrupted campaign file - sigh. I'll try one more time.

If anyone is interested I solved the problem of being unable to run the Java file to open the campaign generator. Using explorer I looked in file types and found that the Nokia OVI program on my machine was overriding Java, so I uninstalled the OVI prog and problem solved. Now all I need to do is find out why the time acceleration only works now and then, and why the top hat only works now and then. Any clues?

that's good that you report it here.
For the time compression, it may just be too much for your hardware sometimes: Read Han's post here.
As for the hat-switch, best advice is by gunloon: Remap your controller and save it under a different name. Due to the high sensitivity of the mapping procedure, it is likely that you mapped a button twice. Recheck that. That's all I could think of.

Michael.

Time acceleration works when it can, i.e. when you CPU can work fast enough at 2x, 4x, or 8x speeds, this happens only when a mission isn't 'heavy' on computations.

The top hat - check 'snap' versus 'pan' docs (switch with F9 between modes), maybe that's it.

I'd love to host a link to this on my website. Would that be alright with you Pat?

Hi all,

Sure thing on the link. Apologies for the absence but real life has prevented much progress (in a good way this time). With Neoqb actively working on a campaign I was also hesitent to put a huge amountof time into something that will (hopefully) soon be eclipsed.

Thanks

Of course it would be great if the new career mode would make your campaigns obsolete but I guess it's reassuring that if it doesn't, there's still something to fall back on.

I must admit to my shame I haven't actually tried them yet myself

Hi Pat, Congradulations on your marriage and stuff!
I would like to see further development of this great tool for two reasons mainly:
1) The official career mode is put on delay and it is not expected anytime soon.
2) The official carrer mod requires constant online capability.

I only play RoF because of your Campaign Generator and I would like to make some suggestions anyway.

Implementation of the new planes.
(I have done it unofficially in my own game but the names of the new planes are not present at the briefings).

Realistic wounded report settings.
When you report someone as wounded to be restricted from flying for some reasonable time.
If is the player wounded the Campaign advances automatically forward and continues at the time the player is granted flight again.

"Official" implementation of the lower height Campaign option. (modification by Mallecroft).

I would also prefer the skin customisation options more user friendly, if possible.

Thanks again for this invaluable tool and all the best for your new life!

PS: Is it possible to have more than 4 planes formations, (may be 6 per flight, which was common practice from 1917 and on)
and please put a slider to the pilot-debriefing screens as my monitors vertical resolution is limited to 900 and I can't see the bottom lines-option tabs...(look at the bottom of the picture).

I have to agree with the others. I can see a need for your campaign beyond the release of the "official" campaign.
If only for the offline content.

I'm presuming that there will be more advanced logging of mission results after the campaign release which could be used to further enhance your campaign.

+1 As long as 777's campaign is online only there will always be a demand for your campaign. So add me to the growing list of those that hope you won't give up on your already great piece of work!

I am picking it back up again. It's going to be a bit slower because I have an actual life now, but it is not abandoned. I tend to do these sorts of things in spurts anyway.

Come to think of it, if somebody can point me to a good escort mission it would be really appreciated.

Great news Pat! Thanks for the continued support of your campaign. I enjoy it tremendously, and now will into the future. Hopefully the new RoF mission outcome/stats will be portable into your campaign.

I imagine you have a priority list to deal with, but as mentioned, ability to have larger flights would help out a lot.
Also, time permitting and if possible, when you report a dead pilot in after-action, he simply disappears from the roster. Any chance to keep them in the pilot list as KIA?

@ elephant: where is the "lower height Campaign option. (modification by Mallecroft)." available??? If you have a link handy, please pass along, as it sounds interesting.

@ Bandy, I've already did...go back to page 46 of this topic.
About the deseased pilots matter you mentioned, I have noticed that the pilots may be written off from the chalkboard screen but in: (RoFCampaign\campaigns\YourPilot) , in the .campaign file under the name of your pilot all the pilots, alive, dead, missing are all there, so this feature is probably feasible.
Escort missions are truly missing... may be some defend this area (balloon, bridge) mission would be wellcome or some balloon busting specially specified missions would be wellcome.
Thanks Pat for confirming RoF Campaign further development...for offliners like me RoF would have been unplayable boring without Pat's RoF Campaign...

PS: One more remark to make about the promotion system...
IMO the promotions are way too quick, in a matter of a couple of months time, to advance from the lowest available to the highest.
The promotion criteria must be revisited don't you think so?