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LOFT → 7. October 2010 17:34

Version 1.015

Dear Pilots,

We are proud to announce the release of the 1.015 Update for Rise of Flight. This update includes several minor fixes and the inclusion of two new aircraft – the Sopwith Pup and the Sopwith Triplane. We have also prepared two new volumes of Skins to add to your growing collection. Version 1.015 is primarily a content update but also includes some behind the scenes structural changes that will play a role later on. We appreciate your patience as we continue to improve ROF and push it our engine towards the future. The team continues to work hard on all development fronts. We hope you will enjoy this update.

Volume 3 Skin Packs:

Fictional - 142 new skins
Historical - 108 new skins

Total skins after inclusion of Volume 3 is 1,380.

We appreciate ALL in the community who continue to make gorgeous skins and missions for ROF! Thank You!

Big Aircraft Sale! October 8th – 12th

In celebration of Update 1.015 and the release of not one, but two awesome planes we are happy to offer our biggest aircraft sale to date! If you have not completely filled out your ROF hangar, now is the time to do so. All planes are on sale! The Pup and Triplane are just $3.99 each and ALL other planes are just $2.99! Go create your own special bundle at awesome savings!

Don’t forget that you can purchase planes as a Gift for your friends and squadron mates. At these prices now is the time to re-equip your Jasta or Squadron for frontline action.

All aircraft are available at the ROF Store.

ROF:ICE to Release in Europe October 14th by Aerosoft

The long wait is almost over for our friends in Europe. Aerosoft will begin shipping ROF:ICE in boxed form on October 14th. We are happy to once again partner with the leading flight sim publisher in Europe. ROF:ICE should be available wherever flight sims are sold.

If you can’t wait until the 14th please note that ROF:ICE is available in digital form around the world from the following digital-web-stores – Aerosoft, FSPilotShop, Direct2Drive, GamersGate.

ROF:ICE to be sold digitally by Strategy First

777 Studios has partners with our friends at Strategy First to make ROF:ICE available on the Strategy First website and throughout their network of existing web-stores. We are looking forward to working with Strategy First and ROF:ICE will be available there very soon.

New Community Medals

We are proud to announce the creation of new Community Medals that will be awarded to outstanding members of the ROF Community. These new medals can be viewed in game and will be awarded by 777 Studios staff to members of the community whose contributions have been a benefit to others in the community and personify those qualities that the 777 Studios team holds dear. The following medals will be unveiled with the next update and we will start awarding them to the recipients. These are just a small token of appreciation for those that tirelessly work to better the ROF universe. Your work, enthusiasm and friendship to others are appreciated to no end.

New Community Awards:

Hero of Rise of Flight 3rd Class
Hero of Rise of Flight 2nd Class
Hero of Rise of Flight 1st Class
Order of 777 Studios

A Special Gift to a Special Group

Back on July 2nd of this year we ran our first big aircraft sale and some of you could not take advantage of that sale because you had already purchased all the available aircraft to date. Some of you were disappointed you could not take advantage of that first sale. We were sensitive to your situation, but our options and remedies were limited. You purchased planes and supported ROF when many others were predicting its failure and the chips were down. We want to recognize that support by giving you the Sopwith Pup for free. We have identified all who belong to this small, select group and we have already activated the Sopwith Pup on your account prior to the release of the 1.015 Update. Enjoy your new plane and thanks for the support!

Comments

Finkeren → 10/6/2010 1:25:22 PM #

Oh great :-P I just payed full price for the DH2, N11, EIII and Alb DII. But great news about the update. Keep up the awesome work guys, and I promise I'll never tire of this sim.

splashman → 10/6/2010 6:53:11 PM #

Thx,

nice surprise with the Pup

so instead of $14 i only have to spend $4

FlyingShark → 10/6/2010 6:55:08 PM #

Yeah, thank you for the free plane people. I will continue buying all planes (it's always a special feeling when flying a RoF plane)

.

~S~

Faz → 10/6/2010 7:06:21 PM #

Getting the Pup for free was a lovely surprise and is an indicator of how much you guy's are listening to the community.

I am well chuffed; where's me googles.

Thanks Jason and crew!

Endy → 10/6/2010 7:10:47 PM #

Wow, I didn't expect this. Thank you VERY much for the pup.
I'll get the Triplane tonight, then I'll be up to date again.
Great news on the skins too, thank you, thank you,
thank you, oh you get the idea!

mozza → 10/6/2010 7:31:01 PM #

Awesome Gesture 777.
I was "blown away" when i found out the Pup was for free as I have the full set of planes !! Have just bought the Tripehound and can't wait to fly these new classics.
Fantastic and now even more loyal !!!

Mozza

pollux18 → 10/6/2010 8:00:40 PM #

This gift is a testament to your professionalism and your interest in
your community. I am very pleased with this recognition
and just walked in to buy me the triplane.
Thank you to all the team and good luck to make this simulator
a marvel.

LeBigTed → 10/6/2010 8:33:46 PM #

Hi gents,

This is a very good news, very fair play !!! I didn't get the pup because I paid some planes few weeks ago, but I would like to tell in this post what I was thinking about this decision.

This is very nice !!! I will order those 2 birds quickly (thanks to your special sales) and waiting impatiently for more news, and more flyable planes !!!

To conclude I would encourage your staff to continue to do a beautiful work because tis simulator is very well done !!!!!

Ted

Udet → 10/6/2010 8:38:47 PM #

Thanks, really nice gesture. I continue to buy all planes although I fly only the F7

)

Aiolos → 10/6/2010 9:08:49 PM #

I have no words to express my deep gratitude for the continuous improvements in the game,for your perfect gift, the Sopwith Pup(!)and for much more,I'm excited ...

heitorja → 10/6/2010 9:53:11 PM #

I always had the idea of acquiring new planes to stimulate the creation of new aircraft (which are amazing regardless of this) and the development of the game. Glad to see this support to ROF recognized! Thanks for the PUP! Its a very nice attitude from you guys!!

P.S.: And the Triplane is already purchased!!

KingPhantom → 10/6/2010 11:20:10 PM #

thank you for the pup!!!

i think i have to cry (from happieness)

thank you!

hackers-nackers → 10/6/2010 11:44:14 PM #

Well I never seen that coming!
Just like to say thanks fo the free Pup as she is a beauty.
Just got to get the triplane now!

FG28_Peterace → 10/7/2010 12:32:15 AM #

Thank you for the pup. A real surprise

FG28_Peterace

Jokili → 10/7/2010 12:43:15 AM #

Thank you for the Pup and thank you for that great Sim. Cant wait for the new career mode...

Strykkermd → 10/7/2010 1:19:07 AM #

GOZR → 10/7/2010 1:25:46 AM #

Thank you to the whole ROF Team, They do a very hard work and i'm very pleased to see so many goodies for the community.

Thank you for the Pup!!!
I will do the "PitVision 0.99" release very soon to amplify the RoF realism.
www.gozr.net/iocl/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1069

I 'm still here and i can always help the Dev team.
-GOZR

von_Fuchs → 10/7/2010 1:38:01 AM #

Thank you for the very nice present!
S!

Herodotus → 10/7/2010 2:19:49 AM #

It's already been said but the professionalism and the dedication to the community is strongly evident in 777 Studios with this News. Thankyou for the Pup and the Community medals is a great idea and incentive for new pilots to jump in and join the community. Once again "RoF" flies high. Now must away to don the silken scarf and jump into my new cockpits.

Retro_Burn → 10/7/2010 3:12:57 AM #

Thanks for supporting us

corpuscule → 10/7/2010 3:41:57 AM #

Great sale ! As some kind of "amateur" RoF player, I didn't invest my wallet in all the planes before. But now, with this sale going on, and to support your team, i've bought'em all. Time to try them now

Continue improving this game and relationship with and within the community

NavyGunner → 10/7/2010 5:23:00 AM #

Thx for bring that back, I was not "around" for the first one. Thx for the updates and support from you !

WillyVonWonka → 10/7/2010 7:49:36 AM #

Wow! Thanks for the Pup! I had no problems to buy it but thanks so much for the special gift. You folks at 777/neoqb freakin' rock! You've listened to us in the forums, so for me, once again, thank you! Keep up the great work!!!

DeathTripp → 10/7/2010 9:10:38 AM #

Woah, this sale is back and again it's great. Back on july 2nd I had never bought any planes either but I bought like 5 when I saw the sale quick. I remember alot of people being kinda hurt because they had already bought all the planes. I think it's cool they are happy now that they got a free plane for a change. Heck.. I don't even get to play this game as much as I should but with this sale who wouldn't buy some planes? I hope they email this out if they really want people to know about it. I think I will play ROF alot more like I should when they add two-seaters. Now that is focking crazy.. two seaters?? I'll be in for life. I think 777 studios has done a pretty dang nice job so far. Keep it up bros.. there aint no other WW1 flying sim for guys like me. =D

Speck → 10/7/2010 11:20:34 AM #

Thanks LOFT, Jason, et al! It continues to impress me how supportive you are of us ROFfies. And it's awesome to be watching the continued growth of this sim.

~S~

Speck → 10/7/2010 11:21:41 AM #

PS - now, off to buy my Tripe

Superluminal → 10/7/2010 12:38:35 PM #

So thats why I could not buy the Pup.Thought it was not ready for download or something

.Anyway,thanks a bunch!

Tomslik → 10/7/2010 12:40:05 PM #

Ha Ha Ha this happens to me alot

I buy some thing and later find out that the next (usually better) model/version is coming out shortly! and its better and cheaper !
I didnt get the ICE version D'oh but did get the original version. But I ultimately purchased all the planes anyway.
Thats okay though, Ive been flight simming since the 80's - this sim (in my book) ranks at the VERY TOP !
I flew Falcon 4.0 for ten years, il2 for 3 (still
flying that though also) and lots of others !
I hope that this one will be around for at least
as long as Falcon !
I even bought an UBER computer just so I could fly Rise of Flight.
keep up the good work 777 , its much appreciated !
ps; I already bought the pup and tripe

expat → 10/7/2010 10:58:59 PM #

Thanks for the sopwith pup ,

Pickles → 10/8/2010 4:59:19 AM #

Rise of Flight is without doubt the best flight simulator I’ve seen.  However, as an historian I am somewhat perturbed by the dates of the Careers missions and the aircraft used in them.  For example, the Airco DH.2 was used mainly in 1916 to combat the Fokker E.III scourge and not later against the advanced German types.  Major Lanoe Hawker flew a DH.2 against Manfred Von Richthofen’s Albatros D.II in November 1916 and lost.  By March 1917 the DH.2 was no longer a front line fighter as they were easy meat for the Albatri.

The Fokker E.III “scourge” lasted from mid-1915 until spring 1916, after which the British and French took dominance with the Airco DH.2, Sopwith Pup and Triplane and the Nieuport.  The Albatros became the dominant fighter at the end of 1916 and this dominance endured until the Sopwith Camel, SE.5 and SPAD appeared in late spring of 1917.  The Fokker Dr.I Triplanes appeared in late 1917, and although very manoeuvrable and dangerous, they did little to influence the air war.  From then on it was the larger numbers of British and French planes that flew against the Germans, until the Fokker D.VII appeared in early 1918, that gave the Allies the edge.  By mid-1918, the Germans had learned to keep away from the British and French hoards.  The Fokker D.VII and other advanced types were too late in the war, and in too small numbers to have made any difference to the outcome.

So I believe that RoF’s Careers need a review to get the aircraft into their respective operational years and months.  I flew an Airco DH.2 mission dated June 1917 and met a Fokker D.VII, a Fokker Dr.I and a Pfalz D.XII !  None of these planes existed at that time.

When I was at school in the 1950s, our Technical Drawing teacher, W. G. Stacey, told us he had been a Sopwith Camel pilot during the closing five months of the first war.  He finished the war with no victories, mainly, he said, because the Germans immediately dived away to their side of the trenches when they saw the masses of allied fighters coming.  The main problem during those last months for the Germans was the question of serviceability – i.e. how many aircraft can you actually put into the air – and at that time, they couldn’t muster enough to combat the larger Allied squadrons.

My teacher also told us that more pilots were killed training in the Sopwith Camel than were killed over the front.  It was a plane that demanded respect and never forgave a bad pilot.  He also said that the persons the pilots respected most in the squadron were the riggers.  These ground personnel tightened the wires, checked the aerodynamics and ensured the plane would hold together.

I hope this helps.  Excellent Work for the rest of the simulator.  If I can help with English text, please call me.  I am British, but speak fluently German and French.

Cheerz,  Geoff (geoffrey4).

PikAs53 → 10/8/2010 5:58:38 AM #

I just was writing a letter to warn you that someone had cracked your server and distributes the Pup when I a took a final look and found this thread. So I say: thanks a lot for the Pup and the Tripe is allready in my arsenal.

As good games and especially good simulators are scarce in these times, it is not only fair but also important to support the developers by buying the products to give them a chance.
Well, even so I appreciate these new planes and the 1.015 patch I am still desperately waiting for the speedfix for the Albatrosses (see my threads, lots of evidence and sources). Especially with these two new "Camels light" the situation for Axis flyiers is getting desperate. At least online. A corrected Albi-model would help!

JG2_TurnerVoss → 10/8/2010 10:08:39 AM #

Thanks again for the Pup! I also picked up the Tripe of course and passed the news of the sale to friends. Hopefully they buy all of the planes for themselves now.

Firecage → 10/9/2010 8:17:47 PM #

Well I am not that much on allied planes but I am going to buy them just so ROF has an extra few dollars to use for more R&D on new german 2 seaters 8)

Keep up the great work 777 !!

S!

sgasper → 10/10/2010 3:29:10 PM #

where is the 1.015 download link?

jamie → 10/10/2010 9:49:12 PM #

Thanks guys. It great to know that our support for this fantastic sim is recognised by its developers.

ArcticWolf → 10/11/2010 1:26:33 AM #

So impressed with the way this sim is heading.

I spent $32US in planes tonight from the sale.

Take advantage of it!

falcon500 → 10/13/2010 7:20:44 PM #

poosi → 10/22/2010 7:12:49 AM #

ZheKaPoPo → 11/1/2010 6:31:57 AM #

Gentlemen,

Congratulations on the best game in the world. My hobby is WWI reenactment, and we often have planes fly over, strafe and bomb our wretched trenches. Sometimes we shoot them down with a Madsen or a Chauchat. ROF is a joy to play and a joy to watch.

- Evgeny

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