IL-2 Midway COOP

XabbaRus · 03-16-08, 07:04 AM

Since I am reading Dauntless Victory about Midway I'm starting to plan a Midway COOP mission.

It would be realistic, you ahve to find and bomb the enemy, no 30 minute game here but a gruelling mission.

Any interest?

Steel_Tomb · 03-16-08, 08:21 AM

yeah im up for it. Fighter escort or just dauntless's?

Dowly · 03-16-08, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Since I am reading Dauntless Victory about Midway I'm starting to plan a Midway COOP mission.

It would be realistic, you ahve to find and bomb the enemy, no 30 minute game here but a gruelling mission.

Any interest?

Funny, I was toying with the idea of making a string of realistic low level bombing missions a week or so ago. :p No icons, only a general area where the target is, with only a screenshot taken from high altitude to help spot the target. So, yeh, bring it on.

XabbaRus · 03-16-08, 11:05 AM

Everything.
If we could get enough we could have japanese too.

See if we could do a better job.

Dowly · 03-16-08, 11:22 AM

This might be useful. It's an aerial photo of the smaller airfield (Henderson? On the eastern island anyways), a pretty crappy quality, but you make out the buildings and the plane shelters running next to the runways.

XabbaRus · 03-16-08, 12:04 PM

I'd be hoping to get about 6 to 8 people airborne. Split the players 50/05 between IJN & USN and have AI too. Would have to experiment with number so it won't hit people to hard.

Mind with the distances involved it would require a good 2 hours to play.

Dowly · 03-16-08, 12:07 PM

I'm more than ok with long flights.

XabbaRus · 03-16-08, 01:45 PM

I'm tracking down maps of flight paths too. I have found a few but none that I would call definitive.

Dowly · 03-16-08, 01:48 PM

I think those are pretty hard to find, especially from the internet. Better off to start looking for after action reports and the position of the carriers etc. and just guess the paths. I'll start looking for stuff here too. I'll let you know if I find anything.

XabbaRus · 03-16-08, 03:08 PM

Cool

I have a template for Midway but all it has is teh islands, not carrier positions.

This might take a bit of time but it will be worth it.

Dowly · 03-16-08, 03:26 PM

Havent come up with anything on these last 2 hours I've tried to search info about it.

XabbaRus · 03-16-08, 04:16 PM

I have Midway: Dauntless Victory and want to finish reading it and then reread it to study info.

It was certainly a really confusing battle. Neither side really knew where the others were.

Steel_Tomb · 03-16-08, 05:51 PM

I'm at home all day tomorrow, so I'll see if I can find any information from the internet, I'm quite handy with search engines so hopefully I'll be able to come up with some useful information. Especially regarding the aproximate positions of the IJN Carrer force, as this would be pretty crucial for historical accuracy. I will post any results from my efforts tomorrow evening.

Will there be human pilots flying Wildcats for the USN? Or the USN pilots restricted to the Dauntless? I'd rather fly a Wildcat as escort! I'm pretty ****e when it comes to dive bombing! (Give me a GBU-24B/B anyday lol).

03-16-08, 07:04 AM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	IL-2 Midway COOP Since I am reading Dauntless Victory about Midway I'm starting to plan a Midway COOP mission. It would be realistic, you ahve to find and bomb the enemy, no 30 minute game here but a gruelling mission. Any interest? __________________

03-16-08, 08:21 AM	#2
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yeah im up for it. Fighter escort or just dauntless's? __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*

03-16-08, 11:05 AM	#4
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Everything. If we could get enough we could have japanese too. See if we could do a better job. __________________

03-16-08, 12:04 PM	#6
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'd be hoping to get about 6 to 8 people airborne. Split the players 50/05 between IJN & USN and have AI too. Would have to experiment with number so it won't hit people to hard. Mind with the distances involved it would require a good 2 hours to play. __________________

03-16-08, 01:45 PM	#8
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm tracking down maps of flight paths too. I have found a few but none that I would call definitive. __________________

03-16-08, 11:22 AM	#5
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	This might be useful. It's an aerial photo of the smaller airfield (Henderson? On the eastern island anyways), a pretty crappy quality, but you make out the buildings and the plane shelters running next to the runways.

03-16-08, 12:07 PM	#7
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I'm more than ok with long flights.

03-16-08, 01:48 PM	#9
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I think those are pretty hard to find, especially from the internet. Better off to start looking for after action reports and the position of the carriers etc. and just guess the paths. I'll start looking for stuff here too. I'll let you know if I find anything.

03-16-08, 03:08 PM	#10
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Cool I have a template for Midway but all it has is teh islands, not carrier positions. This might take a bit of time but it will be worth it. __________________

03-16-08, 03:26 PM	#11
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Havent come up with anything on these last 2 hours I've tried to search info about it.

03-16-08, 04:16 PM	#12
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I have Midway: Dauntless Victory and want to finish reading it and then reread it to study info. It was certainly a really confusing battle. Neither side really knew where the others were. __________________

03-16-08, 05:51 PM	#13
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm at home all day tomorrow, so I'll see if I can find any information from the internet, I'm quite handy with search engines so hopefully I'll be able to come up with some useful information. Especially regarding the aproximate positions of the IJN Carrer force, as this would be pretty crucial for historical accuracy. I will post any results from my efforts tomorrow evening. Will there be human pilots flying Wildcats for the USN? Or the USN pilots restricted to the Dauntless? I'd rather fly a Wildcat as escort! I'm pretty **e when it comes to dive bombing! (Give me a GBU-24B/B anyday lol). __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.**