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Rise Of Flight User Manual (v.1033c Rev.1)

English:  https://rof.s3.amazo...h_133c_rev1.zip

French:  https://rof.s3.amazo...h_133c_rev1.zip

German:  https://rof.s3.amazo...n_133c_rev1.zip

Russian:  https://rof.s3.amazo...n_133c_rev1.zip

Spanish:  https://rof.s3.amazo...h_133c_rev1.zip

Steam Free-2-Play New Player Guide (HotleadColdfeet, with video by J2_Jakob)

http://steamcommunit...s/?id=716205602

RoF Mission Editor User Manual:  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/ROF_Mission_Editor_User_Manual.zip

(Approximate release date and installed size of skin packs on HDD in parentheses below)

Official Skin Pack (latest version, 1.033, 3.21 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazo...ack_v.1.033.exe

Community Skin Packs - Historical

Historical Volume 1 (10 JUN 2010; 510 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.1.exe

Historical Volume 2 (3 AUG 2010; 1.26 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.2.exe

Historical Volume 3 (6 OCT 2010; 579 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.3.exe

Historical Volume 4 (1 DEC 2010; 693 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.4.exe

Historical Volume 5 (30 JAN 2011; 563 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.5.exe

Historical Volume 6 (23 MAR 2011; 435 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.6.exe

Historical Volume 7 (30 MAY 2011; 441 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.7.exe

Historical Volume 8 (28 AUG 2011; 951 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.8.exe

Historical Volume 9 (16 NOV 2011; 812 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.9.exe

Historical Volume 10 (21 DEC 2011; 344 MB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.10.exe

Historical Volume 11 (21 MAR 2012; 446 MB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.11.exe

Historical Volume 12 (24 JUN 2012; 543 MB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.12.exe

Historical Volume 13 (23 DEC 2012; 605 MB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.13.exe

Historical Volume 14 (23 MAR 2013; 988 MB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.14.exe

Historical Volume 15 (19 AUG 2013; 2.08 GB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.15.exe

Historical Volume 16 (18 DEC 2014; 640 MB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.16.exe

Historical Volume 17 (26 JAN 2015; 22.4 MB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.17.exe

Historical Volume 18 (22 MAY 2015; 60.3 MB): https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.18.exe

Historical Volume 19 https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Historical_Skinspack_Vol.19.exe

Community Skin Packs - Fictional

Fictional Volume 1 (10 JUN 2010; 1.52 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.1.exe

Fictional Volume 2 (3 AUG 2010; 974 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.2.exe

Fictional Volume 3 (6 OCT 2010; 762 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.3.exe

Fictional Volume 4 (1 DEC 2010; 1.41 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.4.exe

Fictional Volume 5 (30 JAN 2011; 1.05 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.5.exe

Fictional Volume 6 (23 MAR 2011; 1.28 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.6.exe

Fictional Volume 7 (30 MAY 2011; 1.75 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.7.exe

Fictional Volume 8 (28 AUG 2011; 2.27 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.8.exe

Fictional Volume 9 (16 NOV 2011; 1.30 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.9.exe

Fictional Volume 10 (21 DEC 2011; 666 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.10.exe

Fictional Volume 11 (21 MAR 2012; 1.56 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.11.exe

Fictional Volume 12 (24 JUN 2012; 2.16 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.12.exe

Fictional Volume 13 (23 DEC 2012; 2.36 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.13.exe

Fictional Volume 14 (23 MAR 2013; 1.91 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.14.exe

Fictional Volume 15 (19 AUG 2013; 1.22 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.15.exe

Fictional Volume 16 (18 DEC 2014; 3.34 GB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.16.exe

Fictional Volume 17 (26 JAN 2015; 114 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.17.exe

Fictional Volume 18 (22 MAY 2015; 342 MB):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.18.exe

Fictional Volume 19 https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RoF_Community_Fictional_Skinspack_Vol.19.exe

Skin Preview .jpg to .dd "converter" (for Volumes 1-9):  http://www.mediafire...s_converter.zip

Skin Templates (for creating new skins):

Albatros D.II:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/AlbatrosD2.psd.zip

Albatros D.III:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/AlbatrosD3.psd.zip

Albatros D.Va:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/AlbatrosD5.psd.zip
Brandenburg W12:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/W12.psd.zip

Breguet 14:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/breguet14.psd.zip

Bristol F2BF2 and F2BF3:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/BristolF2B.psd.zip

DFW C.V:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/DFWCV.psd.zip

Airco DH.2:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/DH2.psd.zip
Airco DH.4:   https://rof.s3.amazo.../UM/DH4.psd.zip  (if not working, try   http://www.mediafire...emplate_DH4.zip  )

F.E.2B:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/fe2b.psd.zip

Felixstowe F.2a:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/FelixF2A.psd.zip

Fokker D.VII:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/FokkerD7.psd.zip

Fokker D.VIIF (closed):   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/FokkerD7F.psd.zip

Fokker D.VIIF (open):   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/FokkerD7F_open.psd.zip

Fokker D.VIII:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/FokkerD8.psd.zip
Fokker Dr.1:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/FokkerDr1.psd.zip
Fokker E.III:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/FokkerE3.psd.zip
Gotha G.V:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/GothaG5.psd.zip
Halberstadt CL.II (early and late):   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/HalberstadtCL2.psd.zip
Halberstadt D.II:  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/HalberstadtD2.psd.zip

Hanriot HD1:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/HanHD1.psd.zip

Hanriot HD2:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/HanHD2.psd.zip

HP 400:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/HP400.psd.zip

Nieuport 11:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Nieuport11.psd.zip

Nieuport 17:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Nieuport17.psd.zip

Nieuport 17Brit:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Nieuport17Brit.psd.zip

Nieuport 28:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Nieuport28.psd.zip

Pfalz D.IIIa:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/pfalzD3.psd.zip
Pfalz D.XII:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/PfalzD12.psd.zip
R.E. 8:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RE8.psd.zip

Roland C.IIa:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/RolC2a.psd.zip

S-16:  https://rof.s3.amazo...emplate.psd.zip

S22 Muromets:   https://rof.s3.amazo...emplate.psd.zip 

SE5a:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/SE5a.psd.zip
Sopwith Camel:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/SopCamel.psd.zip
Sopwith Dolphin:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/SopDolphin.psd.zip
Sopwith Pup:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/SopPup.psd.zip
Sopwith Strutter and Strutter B:   https://rof.s3.amazo.../SopStr.psd.zip 

Sopwith Triplane:   https://rof.s3.amazo...riplane.psd.zip 

SPAD VII (early and late):   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Spad7.psd.zip
SPAD XIII:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Spad13.psd.zip

Pat Wilson Campaign Generator (latest version for RoF with RoF GUI Mod included):

Download version 3.3.2 for RoF from Pat's website, here: http://www.pwcampaig...web/PWCGRoF.php

A JSGME-ready copy of the older version (16.3.1) preferred by some folks as possibly being more stable, can be downloaded from my copy here:  http://www.mediafire..._for_JSGME.zip 

And a JSGME-ready version of the RoF PWCG GUI Mod for game version 1.037 can be downloaded from my copy, here:  http://www.mediafire..._for_JSGME.zip 

JSGME (superb mod-manager for use activating/deactivating mods):  http://www.mediafire...rsion_2.6.0.zip

RoF Key/Character Map Charts

Front:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Key_Chart_Front.pdf

Rear:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Key_Chart_Rear.pdf

Rise of Flight - Maps and other Content Images

RoF ICE Western Front Map (Adobe Illustrator file):  https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/ROFICE_Map_Print_Source.zip

RoF ICE Western Front Map (.pdf file):   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/ROF_ICE_Map_Front.pdf

RoF ICE Western Front Map (PhotoShop file):   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/ROFICE_Map_Source_Revised_11-13-11.zip

RoF ICE Map Rear - Dicta Boelcke:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/ROF_ICE_Map_Rear_Dicta_Boelcke.pdf

Official Rise of Flight Logo:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Official_ROF_Logo.zip

Official 777 Studios Logo:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/Official_777_Studios_Logo.png

Rise of Flight Box Art:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/ROF_Box_Art.zip

Rise Of Flight Awards Poster:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/ROF_Awards_Poster.zip

Rise of Flight Awards/Medals:   https://rof.s3.amazonaws.com/UM/ROF_Awards_Medals.zip

Attention Rise of Flight Pilots!

Today we announced our plans to produce a new WWI era simulation as part of the IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series. It will be called Flying Circus - Volume I and it is planned to be the start of building all that you loved about ROF inside our Digital Warfare Engine that powers all our Sturmovik products. We hope you like this news and will follow our future development updates. Please see the official announcement on the Sturmovik forum for all the details announce so far.

Full Announcement is HERE!

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Jason

In celebration of the devs finally releasing a new set of Volume 19 Skin Packs, I will award $50 worth of RoF gift codes ($10 each) to the first 5 folks who PM me (either here or on the BoS Forums, where I also mentioned this pledge) to let me know what RoF stuff they would like to try.

Maybe if they see an uptick in revenues and some new interest in skin creation activity for RoF resulting from this release, the devs might be persuaded not to wait quite so long before the next skin pack release.  Probably dreaming, but hey, most people had given up hope on this one and yet, here it is

At last it’s finally here! Today signals the end of a journey for me. After 3 years of dreams and hard work, “Legend of Murvaux: The Final Flight of Frank Luke Jr.” has arrived at long last.

I would like to heartily thank all those here on the forums who encouraged me and/or gave valuable input on the variety of threads I started related to this project in some way or another during the last 3 years. You guys are why I made this film and it is you guys who made it possible in so many ways.

Salute!

-         Hotlead

Dear pilots!

We welcome you to the new and improved Rise of Flight website! We’ve done quite a lot of work in all directions - from complete replacement of the technology to all new graphical style - to make the site more convenient, easy and enjoyable for you. At the same time all you profiles have been kept in tact, so be sure that your old credentials are working here as always.

The new free-to-play version, Rise of Flight: United Edition is at last much more accessible now, and can easily be found on the main page. So if you decide to offer your friends to try out ROF, simply lead them to riseofflight.com, they won’t miss the right button. And now a few words about the store that received quite a lot of positive changes.

Firstly, we’ve added the long awaited virtual shopping cart. From now on you can put in it as many items as you can and, of course, get a discount depending on how many of them you’re buying.

Secondly, starting today we’re removing the border between field and weapon modifications. That old system was not particularly convenient, so we gathered all mods in packs for each plane. Furthermore, everyone who had only one type of modification on a plane gets the other one for free.

St.Mihiel campaign is now available for free. Vander, thank you again for this generous and kind decision.

To celebrate the launch of the new site and store we’re sending personalization packs as gifts to everyone. These are not just fancy attributes but an essential part of WWI combat aviation history as well, and we believe we should share them with the community more widely than just by selling these items. Also, field modifications for Focker E.III and Airco DH.2 are available for free from now on too.

Note that some prices on planes have been reduced slightly. For instance, $6.25 price tag turns into $5.99, which is nothing like a drastic change but still this saves you a penny or two. Rise of Flight forum has changed completely. At the same time we moved as much of the previously created forum content to the new forum engine as possible and established new and perspective boards for all WWI aviation fans and ROF players for many years to come. While moving the only content that left untransferred was polls and user pics. So let’s settle in already and upload new images. Speaking of the looks of the forum - we’re planning to change its skin to make it adequate to overall website style, game interface and the old colors you’re all used to. Please, pay no attention to the current forum skin - it’s a temporary solution because just like you we’re still getting used to ROF’s new home.

Enjoy the housewarming everyone! We believe that the new home will be kind and hospitable to both old friends and new pilots.

Hi all,

After a long work, i can release my Zeppelin P type mod.

A big thank you to:

 

Mod Zeppelin_AI_V1.0

by Genius and ActionJoe

 

This mod revised the felixtowe IA for the use of the Zeppelin mod.

 

Disclaimer:

- To be used preferably in mods on for the Zeppelin_v1.0 mod

- If you install this mod, they impact the felixtowe fe2a AI

- Do not hesitate to give a fairly large radius (at least 200m) in the waypoints and spaced between waypoints  

 

Well, I've finally finished the project I've been working on for a while, to get rid of the strange zig-zag forest lines found in many areas along the front lines of the Western Front map in the stock game, which look like the following:

Before Mod:

 RoF - Map zig-zag - last stock section left.jpg   447.09KB   7 downloads

After mod:

 RoF - Map zig-zag - last stock section - after fix.jpg   430.38KB   6 downloads

For details about the process leading up to this mod, see this thread:  https://riseofflight...orest-zig-zags/

I've put all the modified files (including both the on-the-ground fixes and the in-game display map tweaks so what you see on your map in game will essentially match the modified forest areas on the ground) into a JSGME-ready mod package, which is available here:

http://www.mediafire...1_for_JSGME.zip

All you have to do is unzip the D/L package into your MODS folder and activate it with JSGME, then make sure you have "mods on" in your game and go enjoy the scenery again

I've tested this as well as I could given the time available (free-flying around up and down the front lines, and doing some career mode missions as well), and I think it's working just fine.  However, I haven't been able to cover the entire map so if anybody spots any unintended side effects or map/ground anomalies they think might be attributable to this mod please feel free to snap and post a screenshot of the relevant area (preferably like the one above, with your map up too so I can figure out where to look for the problem) and I'll be happy to check into it.

Hope y'all enjoy this as much as I am - those zig-zags have bugged me for years and I'm so glad to be rid of them finally.

SPECIAL THANKS to the following RoF Community members (without their help I never would have gotten this done):

BaronVonMyakin - who provided the info I so desperately needed about which files held the key and how to start manipulating them to achieve the desired result  

=HillBilly= - who created a simple mission I could use to speed up the testing cycles (and taught me what I was doing wrong trying to use it) 

Hi all,

New mod development: the Caudron G4

Some screeshots:

Dear pilots!

This May we celebrate the amazing 6th anniversary of Rise of Flight’s initial release and we enter its 7^th year of availability. It’s hard to believe that so many challenging,  but greatly creative years have passed since we began working on ROF – but we see ROF still alive and in good health thanks to ROF’s wonderful community.

Or course, these years have been filled with many accomplishments and milestones like creating over three dozen of WWI planes, releasing ROF on Steam and merging ROF the ILYA Muromets… it’s been a long, steady climb to greater heights.

In appreciation of the continued support of our dear players, and to show Rise of Flight our love we are making these three excellent announcements.

First, the game will be updated in the beginning of June with a pack of bug fixes. In particular, we’re addressing the broken gunner system - getting the issue fixed will no doubt be a big relief to all bomber pilots and server operators.

Second, in addition to the project’s first Russian aircraft ILYA Muromets we’re are releasing a new airplane! It is the S-16 fighter created by the renowned aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky, Russia’s very first mass-production fighter plane with a machine-gun synchronizer. Now you can escort the big S-22 on combat missions!

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And finally, to celebrate ROF’s the 7th year on the market we’re launching a 70% off sale on all game content (except ILYA Muromets and upcoming S-16). It’s a wonderful bargain and also a chance to check out the new store page on our updated official site. The sale will of course be going on Steam as well. The 70% discount will remain active from May 25th till June 1st.

                                                                                                       
Thanks for your continued support, and see you in the skies of ROF!

New PWCG Web Site

16.1
Added S16
Added difficulty to claims - need to at least get the number of seats right.
Added artillery spot grid lines
Added tool tips (hover over something for a description)
Bugs
Fixed excessive victories awarded to player
Fixed artillery spot missions
Fixed subtitles
Fixed mission briefing not appearing in game
Fixed Strutter load for photo, spotting, and scout loads
 

16.0 Test 3

Many fixes.

PWCG Test 2 has been posted.  Three big changes. 

1. Tarnopol map

2. Living world improvements

3. Major restructuring of PWCG internals.

#3 is something that you might not care about, but it is probably the biggest change of the lot.  PWCG had gotten to the point where it was very difficult to debug.  I did a major restructure to improve this.  Such changes are inherently high risk, so I really need help testing.  If you choose to use the 16 test download, make no mistake, you are testing .  Please post feedback in this thread.

16.0 Test 2

Eastern Front Map
- Tarnapol Map
- Austrians
    - Use German and Hungarian names
    - Can transfer to/from German Air Service
- Russians
    - Can transfer to/from Allied Air Service
    - Added Ilya Muromets
    - Added Nieuport 17 Russian
One step closer to a living world
- Former squadron mates continue to exist after a transfer.
- Transfer back and they are still there.
- They continue to fly, score, transfer, and sometimes die.
- If a squadron mate transfers you might meet him in a totally unexpected place.
- Adjusted victory/death rates based on campaign simulations.
- Made AI members of high quality squads more likely to score.
Allowed transfers across any service (on the same side)
- Spend some time on loan to a different service or country
Slight delay in medal awards - will receive medal one mission after meeting criteria.
Made more use of skins
Bugs
Fixed non historical ace victories not awarded
Fixed observers not awarded victories
Fixed medals not resulting in newspaper
Fixed several internal issues with regards to AAR
Medals are awarded on campaign generation - avoids flood of medals on the first mission
 

I'm going to try and see if I can continue to put them all into one post, let's see what happens

Thanks to Trupobaw my tutorials are now nicely organized on steam!

I highly recommend reading the steam version over the forum version because it's organized much better and doesn't have posts in between.

LIBS NEWBIE TUTORIALS ON STEAM

PDF DOWNLOAD  courtesy of PikeStance
 

 
LESSON No.1: "LIFTOFF"




Unfortunately this terrible new forum has a very low limit for pictures added to a post, I've updated the thread which now has "LESSON No.6" on page 2.

What I'll do is make some sort of page to combine all the lessons into one page by page booklet, but for now the lessons are in numerical order on this thread.

Salute all! I've been working on an unofficial promo video for Rise of Flight since last September. Today, it is finally done. Thanks to all who helped make it possible. I hope that your passion shines through in this effort. Enjoy! 

Eeehh friends, that lasts long time, much longer as I planed and wanted - but the progress is still going on.

Just a some picture to keep you warm 

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This July Fourth please take a moment and fire a volley of flares,(all colors) before your flight.

                                                             For 

                                       Annabelle.jpg   92.31KB   3 downloads

                                         How she did love fireworks

                                      Thank you.

In light of the recent cheating incidents, we have formed a group of like-minded server owner/operators to share tools and policy regarding cheats and exploits in order to protect the integrity of the game.

Tools exist to identify pilots who cheat ("cheating" will be determined and enforced by the group of server owners/operators).

Bans of at least 1 month for the first offense may be assessed on New Wings, J5, JG1, Cuban's Syndicate and may be denied access to campaign/tournament events.

Pilots with a 2nd offense will be permanently banned as well as be publicly named in the forums.

For Annabelle. 

Gentlemen,

    I've intentionally stayed away from the Rise of Flight Forum for obvious reasons i.e. I used to enjoy the great things it offered and but now avoid it because of the negative bantering. 

    But, our =NFF= name has come up several times recently in bad light.  I'd like to clarify several things so you can understand who and what we really are.  

    First of all, HillBilly IS NOT,  (voluntarily), a member of our =NFF= group.  He is a frequent companion who is respected among our community.  Any reference to him as representing =NFF= is absolutely incorrect.  He does not prefer to ask us for opinions or suggestions.  He stands on his own.  Any belief that his words or thoughts reflect =NFF= sentiments are mistaken.  We do however, welcome his recommendations and ideas.  He is known among us for his depth of knowledge and technical expertise.  

   Second:  Our sole purpose is to provide two, FREE, high-speed Servers where everyone can enjoy flying, learning, competing, laughing, and pleasant chat twenty four hours a day.  We do NOT ask for, nor accept any donations or funds from ANYONE!   Not one cent has ever been used for these services other than what I put into them.  Period!  It is not a business. There are no co-owners. There is no hierarchy or structure.  Each member of the group has equal say in what we do.  Everyone is listened to for improvements and alterations to improve what we offer everyone.  

    Third:  Our reasons for leaving NW's was purely personal.  There were misunderstandings among some of the founders.  It was much more practical to separate our efforts than to have ongoing, disruptive disputes.  It served both groups a better place to do what was desired, productive, and worthwhile.  Other than the recent animosity among a FEW people, we've maintained a cordial, albeit remote, association with NW.  (The '=NFF= Ban' being the exception that caused some very bitter feelings).  Chief is a primary example of our acceptable relationship.

    I sincerely hope this clears up some misconceptions.   

    The future is bright for both organizations.  It seems that both teams offer enough quality maps and events that we've attracted a lion's share of the Multiplayer folks.  That will only get better as time goes on.  We welcome everyone who behaves in a basic, civil manner.  

    I'm also hoping that any future negative bickering can be restricted to PMs.  That would clear the RoF Forum for far better discussions.

    Please PM me at your convenience for any further clarifications.  I'd be glad to be of any help that I can.

    Very Sincerely,

    Phil =NFF=Patriarch

    (Philemmett)