A question for RoF users.. as far as the online model goes..

[Bearcat]

I have not flown RoF in a long time, since it had issues initially and I never did fly it online.. How does that work with the AC as far as what you may or may not have purchased and what others may or may not have purchased as far as online flying goes.. .. When you get updates are all the models of all the planes installed in your sim and it is just basically the flyable model that you are buying? So that say for instance.. if I did not have a D7 .. it is on my PC as past of an update so that if I were online and I was flying what I bought I could still fly against someone who had a plane I did not buy because it was on my PC as an update  just not flyable for me because i didn't buy it? Is that how this RoF model works?

 

If that is how it works online then I think that is actually a great way to go.. I can buy what I want and still fly against any AC in the sim as long as it was AI or a live pilot. If I just wanted to have every AC as flyable I'd have to pay for it, which is only fair. I ask this because basically out of the hundreds of planes in IL2 I only fly a few... mostly American .. some British and some Russian.. but it is great to have the option to fly against any plane in the sim. I'm just trying to wrap my head around this. I think I will fire up RoF and hit the store..

[EAF_Paf]

Yes, you get every new plane per update so you will see other players flying them in MP and Ai using it in SP Campaign and Missions.

To fly it for yourself you have to "pay the cockpit".

Edited December 14, 2012 by paf

[AndyJWest]

Yup - with RoF, you are only buying the ability to fly the planes - they are all there as AI. As yet there is no indication whether BoS will work in exactly the same way - but it wouldn't make sense on a multiplayer server to limit the planeset solely to ones everyone has.

 

Note that in RoF you can fly as a gunner without owning the plane too.Hopefully BoS will do the same.

[Bearcat]

That is not a bad model all things considered..

[Skoshi_Tiger]

Also to fly online you have to get the updates. So there is only one version to worry about.

[J2_Trupobaw]

The same applies to single player, at least career - once new craft is out, even if you don't own it, you get to escort them, get escorted by them, have to attack them, see them flying around the place like they were advertising something...

[4./JG53_Wotan]

On other thing - with multi-seat aircraft even if you don't own the aircraft you can gun for someone who does own it.

[=IRFC=Huetz]

There's also regular sales for -40% or more, so it's actualy fairly easy to stock up on the core planes that would allow you to play in basically any online match.

 

Also, mission builders are always trying to get at least one of the demo aircraft into a map if it's within the timeframe of the mission.

[pilotpierre]

Bearcat, as another who played IL2 from the word go for around 10 years - get into RoF properly. You won't be disappointed - it has advanced humongously from its early days. When/if you do, I think the Pat Wilson campaign would be right up your alley.

[SYN_Haashashin]

Bearcat, jump in on The Syndicate server anytime and also our Ts if you need anyhelp with RoF multiplayer. If Im around and you want to gun in one of the 2-seaters, just ask or can just join us in a flight. Just give it a try, as others said, we try to get both free planes allways on the map, if timeframe is correct, so you would have the chance of trying RoF MP before you spend a dime on it. , which IMHO you will do .

[Hunin]

You should really give RoF another whirl these days.

Depending on when you last tried it it has come quite some way.

[DD_Arthur]

Bearcat, jump in on The Syndicate server anytime and also our Ts if you need anyhelp with RoF multiplayer. If Im around and you want to gun in one of the 2-seaters, just ask or can just join us in a flight. Just give it a try, as others said, we try to get both free planes allways on the map, if timeframe is correct, so you would have the chance of trying RoF MP before you spend a dime on it. , which IMHO you will do .

 

Do it BC.  RoF online is great fun.    Being comprehensively bounced in my favourite two-seater on the Syndicate server earlier tonight;

 

 

This Fokkers first pass does for my rear gunner :o

 

 

It's just not going to end well!

 

[Bearcat]

Bearcat, as another who played IL2 from the word go for around 10 years - get into RoF properly. You won't be disappointed - it has advanced humongously from its early days. When/if you do, I think the Pat Wilson campaign would be right up your alley.

 

I absolutely intend to.. Especially since BoM will be done from here..  I have more planes than I thought I did.. 

[AndyJWest]

Were there two Fokkers, Arthur? If so, I think I was in one of them. I spent over an hour bimbling around at 3000 m in a D.VIIF, looking for trouble - and I've a sneaking suspicion that I let you pass under me, mistaking that weird colour scheme( (it is historical - but not for the middle of France) for a  fellow Hun. It was only when I saw the shooting that I realised I'd been fooled. I think the other Fokker did most of the damage.

 

Edit: Doh! there are two Fokkers in the last screenshot - I think I'm the one at the top.

Edited December 16, 2012 by AndyJWest

[Logan]

Yup - with RoF, you are only buying the ability to fly the planes - they are all there as AI.

 

As Andy said.. At first I didn't think I would like this type of "buying the cockpit to fly" . As it turns out it is very nice, I do own all the A/C now  but in the beginning I just bought the ones I wanted to and what my buget/wife would allow. I didn't have to shell out 60 or 70 bucks all at once. With IL2 1946 you had to have the same version to be on line and there was so many..modded, not modded, 409,410..blah blah. Its so nice to log on and if there has been a update it will tell you right away. I hope BOS goes this way as well. 

[DD_Arthur]

As Andy said.. At first I didn't think I would like this type of "buying the cockpit to fly" . As it turns out it is very nice, I do own all the A/C now  but in the beginning I just bought the ones I wanted to and what my buget/wife would allow. I didn't have to shell out 60 or 70 bucks all at once.  

 

Yes, thats how I did it. Nice, easy and gradual.

 

@Andy.  Yep, was looking for bridges south of Metz when I got comprehensively shot up by J2 Adam at first and then realised it was double trouble when I woke up enough to try and evade.   

[AndyJWest]

The mission stats are up now - and it looks like I never even hit you, Arthur. http://www.stats.syndicatesquadron.org/sortie/239145/

 

I met my end later, bouncing another D.H.4 on the Entente side of the front. I'd done some damage, but the gunner hit me, and my engine - then a Spad finished me off. There were no D,VIIFs left after that, and flying the standard D.VII wasn't quite the same. Climb, you horrible beast! Climb!...  

[Fjordmonkey]

One question that I have that might be a bit off-topic here: How brutal is the RoF online-world for complete noobs like me?

[4./JG53_Wotan]

One question that I have that might be a bit off-topic here: How brutal is the RoF online-world for complete noobs like me?

There are different servers for different levels of experience. However, the learning curve in RoF is not overly difficult. Once you are familiar with your chosen aircraft and learn to manage your energy you should have no problem.

[Fjordmonkey]

Thanks, Wotan. I might drag my silly carcass onto one of the MP-servers, if not for anything else than to be another target

[LukeFF]

I absolutely intend to.. Especially since BoM will be done from here..  I have more planes than I thought I did.. 

 

It's BOS, not BOM.

[Bearcat]

Yes it is.. I meant to say that... BTW Luke .. Nice manual you wrote up.

[ATAG_Slipstream]

One question that I have that might be a bit off-topic here: How brutal is the RoF online-world for complete noobs like me?

Even though its tempting to jump between different planes, I would recommend sticking to one or two and learning them well.I just wish I would follow my own advice!

[Foobar]

Each time I watch at RoF screenshots I must admit that the spinning propellors look gorgeous especially from side view. This is top notch modelling art!

[4./JG53_Wotan]

fyi - there is an "unofficial Public RoF TS server":

 

http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=18946

 

Also, you can use this web page to see who is ingame and on which server:

 

http://online.riseofflight.net/en/

[Shagnasty]

I had a blast playing this for the first time this weekend, loved it - although getting used too 150 -200 mph and planes that just want to climb was interesting!

[AndyJWest]

Re the 'planes that just want to climb', take a look at pages 18-19 of the manual. You can counter this with 'response curves' - adjusting the control surface neutral positions.

[Shagnasty]

Re the 'planes that just want to climb', take a look at pages 18-19 of the manual. You can counter this with 'response curves' - adjusting the control surface neutral positions.

Will do thanks