What:............ 2
Latest
Release:....... 2
How:.............. 3
Installation:......................... 3
Game
Play:. 4
Miscellaneous
Notes:..... 4
Alternate/Optional
Patches:...... 4
Other
Patches:...... 5
WFP
and MissionGen: 5
Who:.............. 6
WFP
5.0
WFP nearly triples the number of aircraft seen in a Red Baron
campaign. With 6.0 there are now 100
aircraft in WFP. To do this, aircraft
models, cockpits, skins, historical research, and everything else that makes up
a patch were begged, borrowed, or developed from scratch by/from people
throughout the RB community.
New Aircraft:
LVG C.I
LVG C.II
AEG C.IV
Aviatik C.III
Other:
Massive reskinning project:
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Reworked aircraft:
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Martinsyde
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Early FE2b
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Vickers Gunbus
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Many Sopwith Strutter
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Bristol scout
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Farman F40
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Voisin LIII
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Caudron G.IV
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Caudron G.VI
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Salmson 2a2
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Breguet 14
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SPAD VII
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SPAD XIII
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Fokker DVII
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Albatros C.I and C.III
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Aviatik C.I
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Roland CL.II
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More squadron specific skins for the ...
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Albatros C types
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Rumpler C types
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Roland CL.II
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Roland D.II
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Roland D.VI
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Aviatik C.I
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LVG C types
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More variety added to Halberstadt CL.II and Hannover CL.III
Improved Roland D.II and D.VI cockpits by Rodion.
Improved DM by Zinteck
Misc bug fixes
WFP works by taking advantage of
von Tom’s Campaign Manager’s date based capabilities. Files are swapped in and out based on the
date registered in CM. CM works as
follows:
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When a patch is loaded, any files in “cm11\patches\patchname\simpatch”
are directly loaded to \data\simpatch.
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These files are not date based.
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Anything in a date folder is loaded into \cm11\date\<date
folder>.
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From here they are loaded into simpatch when CM is told to change the
date.
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Only when a date is specified in CM are files transferred from the CM
date folder to \data\simpatch, where RB can make use of them.
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Date can be specified by using the “Set Game Date” function of CM.
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This MUST BE done before creating a new campaign.
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Date can also be specified by accessing a campaign in CM.
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Once a campaign is underway this is how the date files should be
maintained.
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Do this often when running a campaign.
After each mission is best. Certainly it should be done every time the
game date starts a new month.
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Unzip ALL WFP zips to SIERRA\RedBaron3D\cm11\patches
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Open Campaign Manager. Click
"Patches and Files"
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Click on WFP which is now visible in "Patches Available"
window. Patch will become highlighted.
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Click "Add" button and then click "yes". If it says
to backup RB files, do this first and then repeat step #3.
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You will see files loading up at top of CM page. After loading is
complete, the patch will appear in the "Patches in Use" window.
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Click "Main Menu" button. Then click "Preferences"
button.
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Check box that says "Copy Files Based on Date". Click "OK"
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Click "Set Game Date".
Put in a Date no earlier than 01 08 15.Any earlier won't work. Click "OK"
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This step is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!
If this is not done the correct files will not be in place. DTDs DTDs
(Drop to Desktop: program shut off returning screen to Windows desktop) will
result. See the “How” section for
details on CMs file handling.
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A message will appear that says "Dates are outside of RBII
coverage". Don't worry about this.
Just click "OK" and files will load up. You will see them loading at top of
page. When they finish loading, the
"Dates are outside of RBII coverage" message will appear once again.
Click "OK".
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Click "Exit Program" and start up Red Baron.
Starting a campaign:
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Use CM “Set Game Date” function for the date that you actually want to
start the campaign
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RB might not let you start a campaign as early as you want to.
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Pick the date that you want, not the date that RB lets you have.
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If RB lets you start a campaign on the date that you want:
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Start a campaign on the date that you specified.
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Play normally
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If you want to start a campaign earlier than RB will let you:
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Create the campaign at the earliest possible date.
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Exit RB
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Enter the campaign in CM
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Set the campaign date to the date that you really want.
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Enter RB and start the first mission
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End it immediately.
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Now play normally
Normal game play:
Remember, WFP is a completely date based patch, so you have to maintain
it a bit. It is recommended that you
enter your campaign via CM after every mission to ensure that the proper date
based files are in place.
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Lots of planes are swapped in and out to make this work. As a result, there are sometimes allied
planes occupying German slots (I don’t think the opposite was necessary).
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Allied planes show up in German section of Fly Now.
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Allied planes show up in German object preview.
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This has no effect on the campaign.
Alternate patches generally replace some aspect of WFP with a variation. Alternate patches should be installed after
WFP, as they overwrite WFP files.
Alternate patches are optional and generally a matter of personal taste. They are listed below:
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WvW FiF 7 FM:
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Scouts FMs are from (or based on) WvW’s FiF 7 FM
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2 Seater FMs are from (or based on) Wingstrut’s 1918 Air War
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Royce FM:
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All aircraft redone by Royce
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Zintech DM:
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All damage models redone by Zintech.
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Delta K skins
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These are “clean” skins done by Delta K.
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MvR Patch
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Complete set of MvR skins from Ron Blair
A word of caution: be very careful about (in fact, avoid) using other
patches that modify aircraft or aircraft
behavior unless they were specifically written to work with WFP. WFP uses date based swapping to bring
aircraft in and out, so which plane occupies which slot changes over time. Using patches that are not meant for WFP
will cause odd results. Patches that
are meant for use with WFP generally say so.
The Promised Land patch and WFP are 100% compatible, as are all patches
listed in the alternate section above.
MissionGen is a program that alters mission files. It is not a patch. WFP is pre-configured to work with MissionGen. To use MissionGen with WFP do the following:
Put MissionGen.exe and MissionGen.ini in
your campaign folder.
Open MissionGen.ini and make sure the paths are correct (they are set up for
RedBaron3D)
Start RedBaron3d
Go to campaign
Press next mission
Do not fly it or modify it!
exit RedBaron
start MissionGen.exe
if you have not already done so, select the nation that you fly for and the
region.
press open - select your mission file (campgn??.mis)
press massage
press write
exit MissionGen
The mission has now been altered
Now fly the mission in RB
The original planners and developers of WFP are Beck, Panama Red, and
Pat Wilson. Many others contributed in
countless ways. I don’t even want to
begin to try to specify exactly who did what because, with thousands of files
and all of the contributors listed below, there is no hope of ever getting all
of the details right. I hope that a
sincere thank you to all listed below and to the RB community will suffice.
Credits:
Baron von Benz
Baron von Helton
Beery
BlackJack
Captain Darwin
Charles de Thielt
DeltaK
Flybert
Greybeard
Hobbes
Ishmael
Kessler
Leviathan
Lowengrin
Mark Hutchinson
Mark W. Miller
Otto von Stachel
Ron65Ron
Royce
Steve Fabert
Ted Harrity
Uhlan
Von Tom
Will von Bill
Wolfgang von Wellhausen
Wingstrut
Ziggy
Zintech
Zsolt