Helo & Flightsim Screenshot Thread!

[[501]Otto]

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3341/baddayo.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/686/64dxetb.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3332/launcher201201080003096.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8320/tigermothoverdover.jpg

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Nieuport_Albatros_Comp_final.jpg

EDIT:

The Ferret on the prowl
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Ferret_On_The_Prowl.jpg

[Biggles]

I scratched me first Harry! :D
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/ROF4.jpg

[Arclight]

Tom and Dick still at large. :O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Flew out of Vancouver and headed North through the mountains. I came across a large frozen lake, which I now believe is Lake Chilko. I then asked myself a question I'd never even though of before - can I land on ice in FSX? :hmmm:

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/968/f201.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/2799/f202q.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8615/f203.jpg

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7845/f204.jpg

Ok, yes you can. How about something bigger? :hmmm:

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7963/e3am.jpg

And that worked too, good job they haven't figured out how to give the ice weight limits! :D

Back to Vancouver in a Hurricane, just because I can. :yeah:

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/6826/hurricaned.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9296/hurricane2c.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/2500/hurricane3.jpg

[hawk2495]

HB's CO after landing an E-3 on a frozen lake..
"What the bleep were you thinking?"
"Well it looked like fun sir."
"Well you're damn lucky Microsoft didn't bother to try to model ice in any realistic fashion. We'd be out a 30 million dollar aircraft, and you and your crew would be pilotcicles."

[Herr-Berbunch]

That conversion would be one of the easier ones, the A-10s (mine and others') come back (sometimes) much worse than an E-3 with an icing issue and a flooded engine or four. :D

[hawk2495]

True, but the A-10 was designed to fly with nothing left but the gun the cockpit and a quarter of the fuselage.... An E-3 not so much....lol

[Herr-Berbunch]

True, but the A-10 was designed to fly with nothing left but the gun the cockpit and a quarter of the fuselage....

Someone should've told DCS that, they don't seem to have modelled that correctly - they're insistent that I also need engines!!! Amatuers. :roll:

[hawk2495]

I didn't say she flew well......:arrgh!:

[steve_the_slim]

This isn't really much of a screenshot, but it's kind of a big deal for me, since this is my first confirmed kill after not flying for about four years. The combination of rusty flying skills and using much higher difficulty settings than I used to made this a huge challenge. I chased this guy for about 15 minutes, staying right on his tail but never getting good hits until the very end, when I had run out of ammo in my machine guns and had only a few rounds left in the nose cannon. Since the I-16 can easily outclimb the Morane, I almost gave up the chase when he pulled up, but I said the heck with it, yanked the stick back, and got a beautiful shot right into his belly. I was making this face :D for a good five minutes afterward.

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/steve_the_slim/1201201219-28-55.jpg

Perkele, you commie bastard!

[Oberon]

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5170/2012011300002.jpg
So...Hunter takes off in a 109...and crashes. I try to ram a Stuka after jumping into a Hurri and finding it has no ammunition, the Stuka crashes but I lose a prop and jam the undercarriage up, so I decide to come and visit Hunter :rock:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/7867/2012011300003.jpg
Hunter does some aerobatics. I repay the favour later whilst he is in a similar hangar warming up his Blennie. :D

[HunterICX]

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8650/2012011300001.jpg

Oberon paying a visit in Lolwaffle fashion :shucks:

:damn: I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
*pulls out hair*

the Blenny

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3152/2012011400001.jpg


HunterICX

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/RoF_3.jpg

[Oberon]

Ooooh, very nice. :yeah:

[[501]Otto]

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4696/rusooo.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6982/28328255.jpg

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3501/24236489.jpg

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/152/76360142.jpg

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/9899/15326783.jpg

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1674/15634909.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6408/20821288.jpg

Doesn't matter which game, the results are always the same... :dead:

:D

[Dowly]

It's good to be consistent. :O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I really should, for all these games, RTFM. :roll:

[CCIP]

Just another day of doing routine 737-300 operations :D

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd674.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd703.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd732.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd734.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd736.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd744.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd749.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd750.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd773.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd790.jpg

[GSpector]

I too still like to fly FSX:yeah:

As for X-Plane 10, it looks great down to the smallest detail such as the road traffic wil actually drive routs on the road and I think the roads will be modeled after real roads but the cities will all be auto-generated, so not modeled after any city :down:

I am still waiting for more info on MS Flight. That one sounds promising.

[Biggles]

Okay, I know this is hugely Off Topic, but I just found this amazing thing on Wikipedia. It's quite large, so I will link it rather than post it as a picture. What is it? Well it's a visual representation of the number of British aircraft used during the big raid on Dresden in 1945. Imagine seeing that in a flight sim one day! :o

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Dresden_Lancasters-900px.PNG

[Herr-Berbunch]

Similarly off-topic, at Brize Norton's civvy flying club they have a photo of some 30+ (a guess, it's been a while since I've seen it) Horsa gliders all vying for the same airfield. :o No go-arounds, just land, and if the glider just in front stops quicker than you :doh:

[CCIP]

Not quite that big, but BoB II's major raids can be really breathtaking in scale - we're still talking hundreds of aircraft. And it actually doesn't require a supercomputer to run and looks darn nice :yep:

As far as I know, big raids aren't a 'new' thing either, it's actually that most newer games (like IL-2) have regressed in terms of numbers lately. EAW for example, from what I recall, was also known to have supported massive packages.

[[501]Otto]

The last and desperate fight of German pilots to defend the motherland against the USAAF bombers. So desperate, that even a damaged plane, that has lost a landing gear, has the engine damaged and is leaking fuel rolls towards the combat, ready to fight till the last bullet.
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/465/last20bullet.jpg

[Dowly]

:yeah:

[hawk2495]

Gorgeous as always Otto.:rock:

[TarJak]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/dutch2_Cine.jpg

Control, I think I have a problem...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/sabre16_smoke.jpg

[Biggles]

Rainy day in November. The boys on the ground must be really sick of it...
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/ROF6.jpg

[[501]Otto]

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4347/crashlanding.jpg

[Dowly]

Excellent as usual Otto. :up:

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/2671/vre8.jpg

[[501]Otto]

A beauty of a shot, Herr-Berbunch

[Biggles]

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/ROF7.jpg
Another bombing mission in the rain...this time a rail-station! Unfortunately, we didn't really hit anything of importance (unless you count grass as a vital resource for the war industry) but at least we made it back unscratched! Curiously enough, the next day we were tasked to attack the same place! A consequence for not being able to raze the place the first time, or pure randomness? I hope the first, but think the latter :haha:

[HunterICX]

While performance tweaking CloD I did some missions and grabbed the E-3 with the Priller skin (thanks Oberon :yeah:)

First I was like:http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7075/2012012600001.jpg

Then I was like :cool: having a chill flight back to base:

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/9777/2012012600002.jpg

and then I was all like...
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/6827/2012012600003.jpg

Lolwaffle :yeah:

HunterICX

[hawk2495]

I'm glad you guys can get CoD to function right. I can't get the bloody game to hold configs. It hates my Warthog, my CH fighterstick even more. The software ignores deadzones that I either setup in game, or with my controllers' software. It looks great, but I have never had so many issues with a sim before. I would say it is hardware, but IL2 1946, A-10C, and BS all read my sticks correctly..

[Oberon]

:har: Good work Hunter, I must try landing with the 109, see how fragile that undercarriage really is :D

Hawk, yeah CloD is a intemperate mistress and it's questionable how much more support she is going to get after Battle for Moscow comes out, but there's a lot of promise there. I just wish I could get a few more frames out of her...but I think it's a OS issue (again).

[Herr-Berbunch]

but I think it's a OS issue (again).

You know what to do about it! ;)




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[HunterICX]

:har: Good work Hunter, I must try landing with the 109, see how fragile that undercarriage really is :D

That's why he was talking to Kurt Tank in this picture...talking about undercarriages and their wonderfull performances they show in the Lolwaffles. Hell we're the best pilots for designers like Kurt to make sure we test every part of the plane to it's maximum extend :shucks:

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/7033/sinttulofdd.jpg

I must say getting to understand the BF109 E3 a lot more how to use the right pitch in what I do (combat, cruise, landing) I really like to fly it.
Though I really must stop trying to get into turnfights with a spit...I ain't going to win that EVER! :rotfl2:

Got into one a earlier with a Spit...but he didn't shot me down :O:
we both spiralled down to very low altitude near the coastal cliffs as he was fighting to stay out of my sights I was fighting to keep the thing under my control as it tended to flip and spiral down into water...when I did lose it a bit I managed to recover the aircraft but unfortunately I did not recover from the smack I made into the cliffs of Dover that followed shortly after :haha:

HunterICX

[Oberon]

You know what to do about it! ;)




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The opportunities for this seem to have improved slightly, but we shall see what the spring brings, this time of year it's primarily sacrified to the Gods of the 1800s.

http://www.energy4me.org/images2010/source_coal.jpg

Yeah, our house still runs on coal heating... :doh:

[Oberon]

That's why he was talking to Kurt Tank in this picture...talking about undercarriages and their wonderfull performances they have in the Lolwaffles. Hell we're the best pilots for designers like Kurt to make sure we test every part of the plane to it's maximum extend :shucks:

I must say getting to understand the BF109 E3 a lot more how to use the right pitch in what I do (combat, cruise, landing) I really like to fly it.
Though I really must stop trying to get into turnfights with a spit...I ain't going to win that EVER! :rotfl2:

Got into one a earlier with a Spit...but he didn't shot me down :O:
we both spiralled down to very low altitude near the coastal cliffs as he was fighting to stay out of my sights I was fighting to keep the thing under my control as it tended to flip and spiral down into water...when I did lose it a bit I managed to recover the aircraft but unfortunately I did not recover from the smack I made into the cliffs of Dover that followed shortly after :haha:

HunterICX

:haha: Yes, we test every plane to destruction...and then beyond!

You crashed into the cliffs of Dover? We're going to have to fine you for littering, you know that... :nope:

[HunterICX]

You crashed into the cliffs of Dover? We're going to have to fine you for littering, you know that... :nope:

Over my dead body!



Ow.....:oops:

HunterICX

[CCIP]

You can always count on German engineering (look at that completely reversable rudder!), and the Lolwaffles to make full use of it :O:


Early morning flight:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd793.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd801.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd800.jpg

Eastern seaboard down below:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd808.jpg

Arriving in Washington DC:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd818.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd825.jpg

[seaniam81]

Nice shots CCIP. And I just noticed your down the road from me (401). Anyways do you just like US Airways or do you fly for a VA?

[CCIP]

Good old 401 and all the time I've spent on it :O:

It's sort of like my one-man VA - I always fly actual scheduled routes and use FSPassengers, and so it only made sense that I would want to get in on an airline and stick with it. I ended up semi-randomly picking US airways back in the day (liked their early 2000s livery on some of the first payware planes I bought), and have since flown 400+ hours on Boeing and Embraer jets doing their routes. I keep meaning to add Airbus to that list, but keeping my skills sharp in even a couple of complex planes is enough work!

I might join an actual VA someday, but I like the flexibility of managing my own rules.

[Schroeder]

That's why he was talking to Kurt Tank in this picture...talking about undercarriages and their wonderfull performances they show in the Lolwaffles. Hell we're the best pilots for designers like Kurt to make sure we test every part of the plane to it's maximum extend :shucks:

Er... Kurt Tank designed the 190 not the 109....or did I miss something....:hmmm:

[HunterICX]

Er... Kurt Tank designed the 190 not the 109....or did I miss something....:hmmm:

:O: Ofcourse I know that...

I was reffering to undercarriages in general.

HunterICX

[TarJak]

Good to see the Lolwaffle traditions being upheld.:haha:

[seaniam81]

I fly for Pacific Airways (as the LAX Hub Director).
PMDG 737NGX on short final for LAX. LOVE the HUD!
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/seaniam81/Subsim/2011-11-10_4-9-53-177.jpg

Departing LAX in a 767 in Pacific Cargo colours.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/seaniam81/Subsim/2011-11-20_10-54-52-786.jpg

A2A B-17 in a custom paint
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/seaniam81/Subsim/2011-12-18_0-7-52-607.jpg

B-17 showing off the custom paint's nose art (Simone from Epica)
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/seaniam81/Subsim/2011-12-18_1-6-4-299.jpg

A2A Spit
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/seaniam81/Subsim/2011-12-18_15-16-54-240.jpg

[Oberon]

I really must fire up FSX again. :yep: I do love A2A Accusim. Adds so-so-so much more to the aircraft.

[seaniam81]

I really must fire up FSX again. :yep: I do love A2A Accusim. Adds so-so-so much more to the aircraft.
Unless I'm flying for my VA, Accu-sim is the only thing I fly (oh and the Katana-4X)

[Oberon]

Unless I'm flying for my VA, Accu-sim is the only thing I fly (oh and the Katana-4X)


That's the one with the refueling click and drag option isn't it? Saw a vid on that a while back, very impressive looking and with a lovely wide cockpit window for sight-seeing. :yep:

[seaniam81]

Ya it is. The airplane is very impressive. And being a RW pilot who learned on the DA-20, the sim is pretty close to the real thing.

[[501]Otto]

A remake of an old A-10c screenie, hope you like it:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1310/sunsetbe.jpg

[[501]Otto]

"During Operation Nimble Archer a lonely F-14 tests Iranian AA defenses in order to provide CAS missions if a land invasion is needed"

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/441/f14pm.jpg

[Lord_magerius]

Found my copy of FS2004 again :D
Early morning departure from Manchester
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/Toffeeapple/Earlymorning.jpg

[CCIP]

seanim81, you've actually kind of inspired me - or at least game me that last nudge. Earlier this week I joined a VA - US Airways of course. Enjoying it a lot, but really can't wait to get qualified to fly my regular complex feelthere jets :D

In the meantime, slogging out 20 hours on this thing:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd932.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd929.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fs92012-02-0121-23-17-14.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fs92012-02-0201-27-08-79.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fs92012-02-0201-29-45-92.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd965.jpg
(the glowy thing at bottom right is Manhattan)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/fd970.jpg

[danasan]

I tried hard to LolWaffle, but that didn't work. Please note that I still play on easy settings...

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5176/il2fb20120206165337161.jpg

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/1649/il2fb20120206165343701.jpg

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/6091/il2fb20120206165345201.jpg

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/2072/il2fb20120206165345861.jpg

Any ideas how to tweak the graphics a bit? :hmmm:

This is IL 2 1946 Ver. 410_01 + HSFX 5.0 + Hotfix

[darius359au]

@danasan if you've got a nvidia graphics card you can tweak the Antialias and AF useing the nvidia control panel -look in manage 3d settings/program settings for il-2 stormovik forgotten battles+ace expansion pack.
That works for 1946.

[[501]Otto]

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/268/su25frogfoot.jpg

[danasan]

@danasan if you've got a nvidia graphics card you can tweak the Antialias and AF useing the nvidia control panel -look in manage 3d settings/program settings for il-2 stormovik forgotten battles+ace expansion pack.
That works for 1946.

I've everything on maximum / quality in my ATI Catalyst. My impression is that the graphics in-game is fine now, seems just the screenshots...

There was a tweaking tool for AMD / ATI in the past, but that doesn't work on WIN 7 64.

Thanks for help!

Stolen from HunterICX:

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/9777/2012012600002.jpg

and mine:

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5230/il2fb2012020706304114.jpg

[CCIP]

That's cause Hunter's screenshot is not from IL-2 (a game on an 11-year-old engine) but from IL-2 Cliffs of Dover, a completely different game on a new engine :88)

[HunterICX]

I've everything on maximum / quality in my ATI Catalyst. My impression is that the graphics in-game is fine now, seems just the screenshots...

There was a tweaking tool for AMD / ATI in the past, but that doesn't work on WIN 7 64.

Thanks for help!

As CCIP already mention my screenshot is from IL2 Cliffs of Dover :03:

in IL2 1946 my settings are on my HD5850 with CCC 11.5
AA x 8 (Box filter)
AF x 16
most of the other sliders are set to performance.

and then the game should look something like this (old screenshot of mine):
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7529/painfullspitkq0.jpg

HunterICX

[danasan]

That's cause Hunter's screenshot is not from IL-2 (a game on an 11-year-old engine) but from IL-2 Cliffs of Dover, a completely different game on a new engine :88)

Well, that makes perfect sense to me. I thought it was IL 2 1946 as was often mentioned here in this Thread :oops: In game - graphics are rather good now :D

[HunterICX]

Managed to get the AA and AF to kick in now Danasan?

HunterICX

[danasan]

Hi Hunter,

I am glad you asked... After playing around with the settings, I have some strange behaviour in - game. All the water is gone... no lakes, no rivers :hmmm:

:doh:

My current settings are those:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2742/picture001ov.jpg
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/7465/picture002vo.jpg

The planes look beautiful in - game...:D

Edit: I tried now with the same settings and the water comes and goes and I found some texture - flickering in the cockpit...

Another edit: Went back to 4x AA and 8x AF:

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7265/il2fb2012020818125546.jpg

I can live with that...

[Dowly]

Your problem is most likely ATI or more specifically the Catalyst AI, which can't
be turned off anymore from the control panel. Battled ages to get AA *kinda
working in Black Shark 1. :nope:


*as in, it worked when it felt like it.

[danasan]

"Your problem is most likely ATI or more specifically the Catalyst AI, which can't
be turned off anymore from the control panel"

...this

I made good experiences with Omega drivers, but they don't seem to support 64 bit and development seems to be ended:nope:

Edit: OK, before playing around with the driver for the rest of my life, I'd better play the game:

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4209/il2fb20120208201931461.jpg

This is as far as I can get it. Nice reflections...

[HunterICX]

Your problem is most likely ATI or more specifically the Catalyst AI, which can't
be turned off anymore from the control panel. Battled ages to get AA *kinda
working in Black Shark 1. :nope:


*as in, it worked when it felt like it.

yeah the Catalyst AI is junk...so I keep it on performance and that box unticked.
the AA issue I've had in Black shark was just a case of trying a different driver...as with some drivers they tend to mess a game up.

@Danasan,

Water gone or is it flickering?
and what card do you have?

I'll give you my full settings:
AA: x8 (Box Filter)
AF: x16
Tesselation: AMD optimized
Catalyst AI: Performance and the box unticked (don't bother with the Catalyst AI)
Mipmap: Quality
Vsync: Off
AA mode: Multi Sample AA
OpenGL triple Buffer: unticked (off)

HunterICX

[danasan]

@ Hunter:

Your settings seem to work so far. Whatever it was, everything is there now. Let's see how long.

Thanks for the support! :salute:

[HunterICX]

No problem, good to know it worked :salute:

HunterICX

[eddie]

Hunter, notice anything different in this pic from CoD? Other then the fact that I resized it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/a1-1.jpg

[HunterICX]

:hmmm: Err...my guess would be that you've tweaked something.
but without having anything to compare it with I don't know what there should be different.

HunterICX

[[501]Otto]

Summer, 1940.As the Battle of Britain rages over the skies, a JG-27´s BF-109 prepares to shot down a Spitfire over the Channel

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5592/gotchai.jpg

Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto ;)

[Dowly]

Like it very much. :yeah:

Always liked the "early" (BoB) camos the 109's had.

And I have to congratulate you. You've picked the talent very quickly. :up:
(based on what you've shown here at Subsim.com of course)

Say, do you take requests? I might have something in mind. Tho, I can't pay you anything, being the poor little git and all that, but if you are interested,
throw me a PM and I try to give you as much details as I can. It's a late war ETO WWII thingy.

[eddie]

:hmmm: Err...my guess would be that you've tweaked something.
but without having anything to compare it with I don't know what there should be different.

HunterICX

Really didn't tweak much, but I found out how to turn off the Info Box and that throttle box that is in the corners of screen. Never couold understand why they put those in there, always messed up great screen shots I thought. It is suggested that you go into the main CoD folder and make a copy of the userconfig, and save it somewhere. Then when you are in the sim flying some where, hold down the Left Alt key, then right click on the Info Box, you will get another window where you can close it. Select Close and its gone. Do the same for the throttle box in the left lower corner of the screen. One warning though, not sure how to turn them back on, but don't know why you would want to?

Now I'm trying to find the parameters that dictate how close you can zoom in, but haven't found it yet, seems to me we can zoom in closer in IL 46 then CoD.

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/460/rof1sa.jpg

Tried a career, it made me be french, so I flew about - returned back to base but couldn't figure out the throttle, made several attempts at landing but airspeed just too high. Then climbing out after a pass my engine cut out and I lolwaffled into the earth.

Then I became Deutsch (or should that be ein Deutscher?)
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6568/rof2.jpg

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/470/rof3.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8397/rof4.jpg

Nope, it's not made up, it's my first official RoF kill :arrgh!:

The barn door can now be hit, and just on the other side was an S.E. 5 :yeah:

[Oberon]

RFC planes are nice but they spend more time trying to kill you than the enemy does.

[danasan]

A dogfight... Sorry for still playing with easy settings :oops:

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7154/il2fb2012021009432287.jpg

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/2577/il2fb2012021009433116.jpg

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/7370/il2fb20120210094254741.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7201/il2fb20120210102959841.jpg

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5640/il2fb201202100946299511.jpg

Great game, just wow :o

[HunterICX]

A dogfight... Sorry for still playing with easy settings :oops:

We've all been there :03:

HunterICX

[TarJak]

I am the Walrus
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/2012-02-06_00003.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/2012-02-06_00002.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/2012-02-05_00011.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/2012-02-05_00009.jpg

[danasan]

Could be rather cold being outside that Walrus...

Here is Live And Let Die:

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5417/il2fb201202101029598411.jpg
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6380/il2fb201202101125495011.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5236/il2fb201202101125539211.jpg
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3756/il2fb20120210112630971.jpg
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/1852/il2fb20120210112640241.jpg

[TarJak]

Stringbag
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Stingbag001.jpg

[Biggles]

Coo Coo Cachoo! :D

Okay, a little late, I know...

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/ROF8.jpg
I love to lean out of the cockpit and see what's going on ahead and under me! :DL

[CCIP]

I assume the Walrus is an AI only plane? I'd love to fly a good floatplane sometime, myself :D

A few highlights from my adventures at my new virtual airline:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/bos07.jpg
Saab 360 at Bar Harbor, Maine - the plane on which I did most of my hours to earn my full First Officer rank at the airline.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/bos09.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/sa06.jpg
Boston Logan airport at sunset

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/sa13.jpg
Evening approach into Boston

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/sa16.jpg
And my new ride :D

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/e07.jpg
The Big Apple!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/e08.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/stuff/e11.jpg

[darius359au]

@tarjack ,that shot reminded me of a book about the swordfish "To War in a Stringbag" by Charles Lamb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lamb_%28Royal_Navy_officer%29 its a very interesting read if you haven't read it.

[Biggles]

ROF will add a channel map in the not too distant future!
http://riseofflight.com/SharedResources/Blog/posts/2012_02_10/1.jpg
And they're also working on two floatplanes to go with it!
:D

[CCIP]

That's very cool!

Too bad that doesn't go to London. Could've made for some interesting strategic bombing :D

[[501]Otto]

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4224/a10sl.jpg

[CCIP]

I haven't seen you do modern yet Otto. Great job once again - I love how the sharpness of that one almost jumps out at you :yep:

[Oberon]

ROF will add a channel map in the not too distant future!
http://riseofflight.com/SharedResources/Blog/posts/2012_02_10/1.jpg
And they're also working on two floatplanes to go with it!
:D

Excellent!

Now all they have to do is spell Brightlingsea, Sheerness, Faversham, Canterbury, and Folkestone correct and they'll be sorted... :O:

They might want to move 'Canterberry' a smidge further north, it and the Stour too, they're a bit too far to the south, they're encroaching on Lower Hardres.

I know, I know, I'm picky but I was born in that county so I have an excuse, you should have heard me when we were flying Canonuks Channel map in the Lolwaffles, gave them a guided tour of the bloody Kentish Weald I did! :haha:

Pity it doesn't go further north too, could have added the Aldeburgh Aerodrome...not that it saw much action. The most action in fact was shooting down Zeppelin L48. But still... :O:

[Valantine]

Blimey, another Kentish chap! I was starting to think I was the only one!

Great to see ROF expanding for the Channel, quite good for those long range bomber runs!
V

[[501]Otto]

I haven't seen you do modern yet Otto. Great job once again - I love how the sharpness of that one almost jumps out at you :yep:
Thanks, mate. WW II planes are easier to handle, less buttons to click :haha::haha:
Cheers:
Otto :03:

[danasan]

Might be historically incorrect :hmmm:

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1751/ohnetitel3kopie.jpg

[Schroeder]

Pity it doesn't go further north too, could have added the Aldeburgh Aerodrome...not that it saw much action. The most action in fact was shooting down Zeppelin L48. But still... :O:
Shooting down? Come on, you stalled it into the ground.;)*

* running gag among the Lolwaffles that says that Oberon could even stall a Zeppelin.:O:

[Oberon]

Shooting down? Come on, you stalled it into the ground.;)*

* running gag among the Lolwaffles that says that Oberon could even stall a Zeppelin.:O:


I...I...

Yeah...ok...it was me... :oops:

I blame the joystick calibration and the bad flight model... :nope:

[Oberon]

Blimey, another Kentish chap! I was starting to think I was the only one!

Great to see ROF expanding for the Channel, quite good for those long range bomber runs!
V

Wahey! Sevenoaks born but Suffolk bred. Still think of the land of the Oast Houses as home though. :rock:

[Jimbuna]

Are their still 7 ? :DL

[Valantine]

Wahey! Sevenoaks born but Suffolk bred. Still think of the land of the Oast Houses as home though. :rock:

I hail from one of the little towns outside Folkestone myself.
Moved away from Kent almost 10 years ago now but I'm pretty sure in that time Ashford hasn't upped sticks and moved and neither has Canterbury :yeah:
V

[Herr-Berbunch]

I have an ex from Kent who owes me about £1500 from about 10 years ago :stare:

[Oberon]

Are their still 7 ? :DL

Not after '87 there weren't! :haha: Six of the seven they planted back in 1902 were blown down, I remember that making local news. It was a breezy night! I slept through it all! :har:

I dunno about Ashford moving Val, I think since we've left (It's been 20 years for me) Ashford and most of Western Kent has been assimilated by London. Still, there are still some nice places I imagine, I reckon Trottiscliffe wouldn't have changed much, I think time stood still in that little village.

Ouch, Herr B...unlucky... :dead:

[Jimbuna]

I have an ex from Kent who owes me about £1500 from about 10 years ago :stare:

For a 50% share of the debt I'll go round with an ex colleague and get it off him for ya :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I have an ex from Kent who owes me about £1500 from about 10 years ago :stare:

For a 50% share of the debt I'll go round with an ex colleague and get it off him for ya :hmmm:

Cheeky twunt. :stare:

She doesn't live there anymore, last I heard she was an air trafficker at Stanstead and married to some poor sucker. :)

[Jimbuna]

Cheeky twunt. :stare:

She doesn't live there anymore, last I heard she was an air trafficker at Stanstead and married to some poor sucker. :)


:har::har::har:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Back to screenies.

VC10 from Interlaken to Palma de Mallorca, a successful flight (neither myself or the PC crashed). :yeah:

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7716/vc101c.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3470/vc102.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9025/vc103.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3479/vc104.jpg

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/222/vc105.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4858/vc106.jpg

Spot on touch-down :yeah:

[[501]Otto]

Scratch one!!!

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/952/scratchone.jpg

Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto ;)

[Herr-Berbunch]

We always like it. :yep:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6209/gr3t.jpg

[[501]Otto]

Thanks, mate :salute:
Wow, a Harrier...I have an idea for a screenie with that plane...maybe someday, as I don´t own a sim with that plane.

A new one, gents.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4766/p47b.jpg

Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto :03:

[Crécy]

Wtf, Otto!? Are those pictures really from a game?

Stunning! :o

[[501]Otto]

Wtf, Otto!? Are those pictures really from a game?

Stunning! :o
P-47 is from IL2 1946, heavily tweaked with Photoshop, the background is a pic I have founded on internet. Mix them together, apply more PS...and it´s done :yep: . BTw, if you are interested in screenshot art making, take a look at www.screenshotworl.com (http://www.screenshotworl.com) , it worths!!
Cheers:
Otto ;)

[hawk2495]

Ok I thought I'd throw my hat in again, just for the heck of it. This one I did as my signature in the forums for the gaming clan I belong to.. It's not purely flight, but it combines some things we all love...

http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p350/hawk2495/sh4sigprototype1b2.jpg

The Corsairs, Hellcats, and Dauntlessessesese way the hell in the back were captured in IL21946, the Balao, well that's obvious, SH4 w/ TMO2.0

[Oberon]

Niiiice! :yeah:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'd got one Sunderland, now somewhere out there is another one on it's last legs -


http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/39/109e4vsunderland1.jpg

He tried to lure me down into the water but I had my wits about me and he ended in a watery grave.

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2815/109e4vsunderland2.jpg

Then sadly en route back to France my engine, with virtually no liquids remaining, gave up just off the coast, and I too went to my watery grave.

C'est la vie. :hmmm:

And finally - vill zis fool zem? We'll never know as I met another watery grave before reaching the British coast. :cry:

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9951/zisvillfoolzem.jpg

[TarJak]

Clean your windscreen guv?

http://photobomb.pl/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Mycie-okien-na-stacji.jpeg

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Heres some screenshots from my current German and French campigns in RoF
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1456/201222017526.jpg
Thats one tough Eindecker!
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9063/2012220171251.jpg
Over No Mans Land.
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5188/201222017177.jpg
Early Morning Start.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3940/201222717826.jpg
Dawn Patrol.
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1656/2012227182055.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Finally got a playable version of il-2 (thank you HSFX guys). Thought I'd take a P-51 to hunt V1s on a quick mission.

Look bits falling off something that isn't me :D

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5626/il22.jpg


Got that, time to land. Found the mettled runway and made my approach, lowered my gear and... err, now it is my bits falling off - my round rubber bits. :-?

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1130/il21.jpg


Only chance was a belly-landing and then

...run...!

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/859/il23.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

NOE flying in Switzerland, Harrier GR3. :rock:

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7314/gr31.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3283/gr32a.jpg

[Oberon]

You'll be joining us on Monday then Herr B?

Love the Harrier shots, what Harrier pack is that?

Also, FYI on IL2, try not to lower gear over speeds of 300kmh, it doesn't end well as you have seen, likewise flaps. Not sure what the MPH version is...I think about 140mph off the top of my head, trying to remember what it says next to the gear indicator in the Spitfire.

[GSpector]

If the spped in Km/H is 300, then MPH = 186.41 :know:

I too have experienced the loss of aircraft parts while flying a bit to fast in the past, LOL:D

[HunterICX]

Lower Flaps only when under 300 Km/h
Lower Gear around 200 - 220 km/h (around 130 - 140 mph)

and I think you might want to setup a Game profile in your Nvidia control panel for IL2 1946 to crank up the AA and AF settings for that you're letting that card sleep while playing IL2 and ofcourse the game will look a lot nicer and smoother when you've enabled that.

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

Aargh, reinstalled it all this morning but forgot about the 4.10.1 patch, can't seem to find it. 242 points me to softpedia but that links somwhere eternally timing-out. Anyone know of another location?

@Oberon - the Harrier is Wilco's, but I still don't have FSUIPC installed yet so the nozzels move but thrust isn't altered. Another thing on my to-do list. It's very stable to fly - maybe that'll change with the thrust direction. I know the GR3s weren't easy to fly IRL, many lost on the runways of Wittering and Wildenrath (have you seen what Siemens have done to that place!) so I was expecting a bit more of a bumpy ride. Had it for a while but only installed a few weeks ago.

Thanks for the speed advice guys, and I'll tweak nVidia's CP :up:

[Dowly]

Did you try the links on the official thread?

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=18751

[Herr-Berbunch]

Did you try the links on the official thread?

About 30 seconds after posting, obviously. :damn: I meant to pop back and edit but got distracted with skins, conf.ini changes, and CP settings to try tonight. 4:3 be gone. :D

Or maybe PAYDAY first, see if I can open that damn door in Heat Street.* :hmmm:



*just kidding, I know how to open the door, just press fffffffffffffffffff...

[HunterICX]

4:3 be gone. :D

to get IL2 into widescreen:

in the config.ini

[window]
width=xxxx - set to native monitor resolution
height=xxxx - set to native monitor resolution
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=1 <- set to 0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=1 <- set to 0
Use3Renders=0

still the menu will have these black bars on each side but in-game it's widescreen.

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

All sorted :D full screen and not a jaggie in sight. Herr-Berbunch is now Herr-HappyBunny. :yeah: Was a bit worried for a moment when the ocean started to resemble the Himalayas!

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9330/grab0004e.jpg

[TarJak]

Die alte Vogel

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/2012-02-05_00008.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

OK, more 1946 practice for me tonight with the aim of joining in a lolwaffle game sometime soon. Am I of the same high standard? :hmmm: I tried a variety of aircraft

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/764/hurrilol.jpg

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3461/he111low.jpg

All successful so far, shot stuff down (not my guys!) with the Hurricane, blew up a ship (the actual target) with torpedoes from the He-111. Also, not pictured here, I led some C-47s over a snowbound Slovakia - is it just me or do you all like trying to get the AI to crash into things. :D

Finally, my masterpiece, worthy of a slot amongst the lolwaffles - :yeah:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9223/lolwaffleland.jpg

[Oberon]

The AI doesn't generally need much encouragement to crash into...well...anything. Particularly the player aircraft...they seem magnetically drawn to it in a dogfight. :hmmm:

Well, Herr B, we have a game tonight (Monday) so, feel free to hone your P-47 smashing skills and join us. 2100Z in Arcs TS. I presume you have the same HSFX as us? 5.01? Well, you must have, it's the latest one.

They should be updating soon to take into account the new IL2 patch...but they said the timeframe was '2 weeks' about 5 weeks ago... :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Can't get the 5.01 hotfix to run, says it's incompatible with my OS which I doubt as I'm far from the only one running win 7 64 bit. Tried a couple of different download locations. I'll keep trying :cry:

[HunterICX]

That's odd since I got Win 7 64bit too and I had no problem.

So where does this say it's incompatible?
When you launch the installer?

HunterICX

[TarJak]

Die Alte Vogel II

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/2012-02-05_00008_pop.jpg

Decided to spice this one up a little.

[Herr-Berbunch]

So where does this say it's incompatible?
When you launch the installer?

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3002/hsfx501hotfixerror.jpg

As soon as I run the exe. I can find nothing at m4t or sas1946 to indicate there are 32 and 64 bit versions. :cry: The file has been run from desktop, IL2 folder, and root, all mods are disabled in JSGME.


@TarJak - lovely addition :yeah:

[HunterICX]

Have you tried any of the compability modes (right click -> properties -> compability)

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

Downloaded again as I was typing that, installed ok! Strange how three d/ls didn't work and one did. :-?

All set for tonight, just need to get rid of the wife... :stare:

[HunterICX]

Downloaded again as I was typing that, installed ok! Strange how three d/ls didn't work and one did. :-?

Maybe corrupted download?

All set for tonight, just need to get rid of the wife... :stare:

guess the battle for middle earth is nothing compared to that :O:

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Might have it installed for tonight as well. :hmmm:

[[501]Otto]

The prelude of the battle, when the pulse of the pilots starts to go faster and the adrenaline run through their veins.

Pulse

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/2845/pulsec.jpg







Sometimes, it is not a matter of fighting, or shooting down some huns. Sometimes, it is just the feeling of freedom you have when you are up there.

Freedom

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1556/freedomjj.jpg


Hope you like them, cheers:
Otto :03:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Otto;1850404']
Hope you like them, cheers:
Otto :03:


Daft question, of course we like them. :yep:

[Schroeder]

Die Alte Vogel II

*Coughderaltevogelcough*:know:

[[501]Otto]

The Hunters

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1684/emiliosb.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Your usual high standard :yeah:

Here's the reason we use Night Vision equipment -

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6459/beforenvgafter.jpg

[TarJak]

*Coughderaltevogelcough*:know:

Meine Deutsch ist hesslich!:oops:

[Rilder]

Gotten kinda back into IL-2 1946 lately, especially because of Jefmajor's let's play of it.

Anyways: Oh gods why are they making me fly when its like this outside. :dead:
http://i.imgur.com/vaYzo.jpg

Russian Bombers have a tendency to troll me and explode in my face, taking out my engine.
http://i.imgur.com/68ZTp.jpg

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Diary of Group Captian Greeing, 303 Polish Squadron R.A.F.
6 September 1940.

This moring we recived news that something big, really big was expected but no-one knew when or where it would come from.

10:25AM
Operations has got a call from Group, radar reports a massive fromation of enemy aircraft forming up in the Calais area and are heading NNW towards London. We where ordered to take off and get up to 22,000ft.
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4309/07032012215359.jpg
The German formation heads across the Channel.

10:30
We assembled for a quick breifing from the CO. "We know that this large formation is heading for London. It is your job to get up there and shoot down as many of the Hun bombers as possible before they get to their target. There will be other fighter groups in the air. Remember this is the largest raid to date that the Luftwaffe has sent up. If your plane does get shot down try to crash land so it can be repaired, if not well I hope all of you have been brushing up on your English. Now off you go then!!"

10:42
We got in our Hurricanes and started up. After checking to make sure everything was working we taxied and took off.

11:32
After orbiting the suburbs of London for several minutes I began to hear the radio suddenly come alive with shouts of "109s!!, and fighters,3 o' clock high!". I was constantly looking about wondering where the hell these fighters where, then suddenly at my 12 o' clock I see a HUGE formation of planes heading towards us.
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/991/07032012222944.jpg
The first enemy bombers are sighted.

As we move in closer the dots, grow larger and larger until I see that these planes are He-111s. I quickly order my wingmen to split up and attack the Hun bombers. We yell our battle cry "Dla Polski!!!" For Poland, to which we recived a curt reply "Slience in Polish!!!".

I watch as the bomber formation passes, then I turned and climbed to get on the tail of one of the He-111s. I move my Hurricane left and right to thow off the gunners aim. I fire a four second burst in the bomber, the Hurricanes eight .303 machine guns spark to life. I raked the bomber from right to left, killling the top gunner and smoked both engines. The bomber shutters as it falls out of the formation.
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4968/07032012223117g.jpg
One of the He-111s to fall from the Hurricanes of 303 Sqdn.

As I turn to engage another 111 I can still hear though the radio the dogfight that is going one else where over Southern England. I think of what sort of hell it must be for those other pilots who are dueling in the air. Soon I'm bought back into my own fight, my Hurricane is rattled by the top gunner of another 111 at my 1 o' clock low. I turn and dive again raking the from side to side, he too falls away. I roll left and target another 111, damaging his left engine which begins to trail smoke.

I dive below him and to the right, I then spot another 111 climbing and turning to the right. So I follow, I press the trigger on the stick. The 111s right engine begins the trail thick grey smoke. I move to fire at the left engine but then nothing. Out of ammunition, I roll upside down and dive away. Else where the battle still rages and it almosts seems like we're losing the fight.
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1940/07032012224904.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4825/07032012224923.jpg
Else where the battle rages.
Through all the chatter,screaming and yelling on the radio, I make contact with my wingmen. My number two has claimed 3 ememy bombers and another 3 damaged, number three reports that he got 2-4 enemy bombers but his engine was badly shot up and had to RTB. Number four was missing and neither of the two who where still flying had seen him go down. I became worried about what had happened to him.

13:21
I'm finally back on the ground and intact. So myself and my wingmen went to get debrifed. I had claimed four He-111s shot down, my number two reported 3 downed,3 damaged, and my number three claimed 2 downed. I also reported that one pilot was missing and presumed lost.

Just as I finished speaking the telephone rang. "Kellett here. Yes. What do you mean, you have one of our chaps down there? Who? Grzeszczak? Yes we have a man by that name. He's where?! At the Sevenoaks police station, what on Earth is he doing there?! A farmer with a pitchfork brought him in hum? Claimed he was a German, 'cause he didn't speak English proper.. Yes,yes we'll send someone for him. Good bye."

"Well Greeing, it seems that a farmer found your missing wingman. Dismissed."

16:00

I look back at the events of today and have for the first time realized how quickly combat goes by. We got lucky today, but tomorrow it could all end. One just never knows.....

[[501]Otto]

That night vision shot is a bgeauty, Herr B.
Just an English bomber

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/7944/bombera.jpg


Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto ;)

[Herr-Berbunch]

Otto;1851924']That night vision shot is a beauty, Herr B.


Thanks, although when I got home and viewed it at night the left shot suddenly seems so much brighter and full of more detail than I intended in my sunny office. :-? Squint a bit, it's fine.

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6263/stuka1.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

More piddling about with PS - inspiration to cartoonify from TarJak :up:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6969/hurria10cartoon.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice work sir.

Feet wet over the Channel
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot_20120310_105702.jpg

[[501]Otto]

It is a real beauty, TJ. Nicely done, mate.
A quick one, not really good but....

Speed over Irak

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/1975/irake.jpg


Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto :03:

[Jimbuna]

Otto;1853158']It is a real beauty, TJ. Nicely done, mate.
A quick one, not really good but....

Speed over Irak




Hope you like it, cheers:

Otto :03:


That's definitely a 'keeper' Otto :cool:

[Oberon]

Indeed, very nice Lakenheath Eagle there. :yeah:

[[501]Otto]

Thanks gents :oops:

Heinkel He 111

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2533/he111b.jpg


Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto ;)

[Schroeder]

That one is awesome.:up:

[Crécy]

That one is awesome.:up:

Indeed. Especially the city is beautiful!

What's the name of the game in the shot 'Speed over Irak'?

[[501]Otto]

Thanks,gents :oops:
What's the name of the game in the shot 'Speed over Irak'?
The Eagle is from DCS A-10C,and the background is a pic from Google pics.
Cheers:
Otto :03:

[[501]Otto]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6058/justfly.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

After a surprise reboot last night I had a quick play with FSX - firstly a UKMIL Puma just outside Cairo at dusk -

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9587/ukmilpumapyramids1.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8979/ukmilpumapyramids2.jpg
Followed by a fully laden 41 Sqn FGR Mk. 2 Phantom at Bruggen (runway's closed in FSX!!!), a few circuits before heading to the UK - I thought I'd head due west and crossed the channel between Calais and Lydd before heading up to Wattisham for a full-stop landing. There appears, in FSX, to be a great big control tower in the middle of the runway at Wattisham. :damn:

First approach at Bruggen -

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6179/f441sqnfulllanding.jpg

[eddie]

Taking off with a load of wounded as the base comes under attack
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/d2.jpg

Glad we got out, not sure anyone could still be alive down there
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/d3.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Nice shots Eddie :up:

No more FSX shots from me for the time being - uninstalled the whole kit and caboodle inc. all existing screenshots. I'll reinstall in due course but will be more selective with my add-ons - I realised the other day that 90+ Gig is just too much HD space to use for one program I perhaps run once per week for an hour. :roll:

All other stuff remains, IL2 1946 + CloD, BoB II, A-10C, Ka-50, and RoF. :D

Edit, finally got rid of all FS9+10 stuff - 125 Gig! :o

[[501]Otto]

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/385/hindsafganistan.jpg



http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3405/landingeagle.jpg


Hope you like them, cheers:
Otto :03:
P.D. Dowly, I got stucked with your screenie, have changed it all and will be finished in a couple of weeks. Srry for the delay

[Herr-Berbunch]

Otto - that Hind shot is sublime :rock:

Playtime over Spain - 1937

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6633/condorlegion1.jpg

[hawk2495]

He said Hind shot... Hehehehehhehehehe. Okay I couldn't help it.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Just started using DBW 1.71 for Il-2 :o :D :yeah:

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7715/bf109evb17g.jpg

[GSpector]

DBW?

I found info on Deep Blue World but I'm still not clear just what it adds. I will admit, the screen shots look great though.

Is it just for IL-2: 1946 ?

[Herr-Berbunch]

DBW?

I found info on Deep Blue World but I'm still not clear just what it adds. I will admit, the screen shots look great though.

Is it just for IL-2: 1946 ?

It's for IL-2: 1946, only compatible with offline games, adds more maps and skins - especially if you add the FBDSM mods also. Think it requires UP3 but multi-install is a piece of cake. I use ModAct and from there choose either MP with HSFX or SP with UP3 or DBW, bog-standard game is also available.

I think the biggest thing it brings to the party is IL-2: 1916 (guess when that is set?), and JetWar 1956 (...again...?).

I think, but could be wrong, that TarJak uses it and so may know much more about it than moi. :hmmm:

Back to screenies - :D

Defending those with whom we mostly disagree with!

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7691/hpflyby.jpg

[GSpector]

Thank you Herr-Berbunch, for the info. Screen shot looks great.

[[501]Otto]

As requested by Dowly....

Gunther Lutzow was a fighter ace during WW II http://en.wikipedia....her_L%C3%BCtzow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_L%C3%BCtzow) .
His last mission was during April 1945, when he was flying a Me 262 with Galland´s Ace Squadron, JV-44 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JV_44 .
He shot down a Marauder, but he never made it home. Nor his plane or body were founded.

Gunther Lutzow´s last fight


http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7213/lutzowslastfight.jpg

Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto;)

[Dowly]

Thank you, it's perfect! :yeah:

[Oberon]

Wow, now that is very impressive indeed. Well done mate! :yeah:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Get it printed on to canvas!

[TarJak]

Müller
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot_20120308_143144_ground_damage-2.jpg

France October 1940
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot_20120325_122247_Val_Hangar_Damage.jpg

[Schroeder]

Excellent work. I like the first one especially.:yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Excellent work. I like the first one especially.:yeah:

The force is strong in him :|\\

[TarJak]

Thanks gents.

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/1194/hbbshurricaneart.jpg

2015 - Herr-Berbunch's display Hurricane. :yeah:









0706 - Woken up by the wife :cry:

[HunterICX]

0706 - Woken up by the wife :cry:

Like a Messerschmitt :O:

HunterICX

[[501]Otto]

Thanks gents :)
Have a new one:


Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was an American fighter ace during World War II (http://en.wikipedia....Pappy_Boyington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington)) (he was awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ). He was the leader of the VMF-214 ("The Black Sheep Squadron" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMA-214 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMA-214) )


"Pappy" Boyington "Black Sheep"

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9275/pappyboyingtonblackshee.jpg


Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto ;)

[Herr-Berbunch]

Nice, and a nice change of theatre too. :yeah:

[[501]Otto]

Thanks, mate :up:

[hawk2495]

Mmmmm Corsair......

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Nice one Otto, one of my favorite pilots and squadrons of WW2. I got to meet some of the surviving members of VMF-214 during the opening of a new part of the Muesum of Flight near Seattle, Washington while I was still living there(got a poster of a Corsair with their sigs on it).:D

[[501]Otto]

Thanks, gents ;)

[[501]Otto]

Mig Mad Marine


This plane was flown by U.S. Marine Corps Major John H. Glenn and dubbed "MiG Mad Marine". Glenn flew this aircraft during his time as an exchange pilot with the 25th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Wing, in Korea in mid 1953. He shot down three MiG-15 aircraft. John Glenn later became an astronaut and U.S. senator.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9541/migmadmarine.jpg



Hope you like it, cheers:
Otto ;)

[Schroeder]

Great job, looks like a real painting and not a photoshop from a photography and some Il2 aircraft (I assume that is what it is, right?).:yeah:

[[501]Otto]

Great job, looks like a real painting and not a photoshop from a photography and some Il2 aircraft (I assume that is what it is, right?).:yeah:
Thanks, and yes, you are right :yep:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Superb Otto, as always, but your work is somehow improving! :doh: :D

[[501]Otto]

Thanks, mate :DL

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Stunning as usual Otto(we should have a avation art thread,hint,hint:O:)
Heres something new from my German campaign.
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3112/2012417204139.jpg

[TarJak]

Der Hai

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot_20120331_145937bmp.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot_20120331_124226bmp.jpg

[TarJak]

Made it home:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot_20120331_155535.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Made it home:


Yeah, I thought I'd made it home, too, the other day - just nosed over :damn:

[GSpector]

Yeah, I thought I'd made it home, too, the other day - just nosed over :damn:

Maybe your nose-over was just your Planes way of helping you out the cockpit after flying so rough with the plane :D

[TarJak]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot_20120310_105709bmp.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Wow, stunning shot :o :up:

[TarJak]

Cheers mate.:salute:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/2012-02-05_00004_scape2.jpg

[Schroeder]

Sorry for the smartassing but shouldn't it have turned to the right instead of left.:hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Hey! You been following me?

[Jimbuna]

Hey! You been following me?

Pretty hard not to when considering your posting habits :har:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Pretty hard not to when considering your posting habits :har:

That is exactly the type of thing the phrase 'pot calling the kettle black' is for. :rotfl2:

[TarJak]

Sorry for the smartassing but shouldn't it have turned to the right instead of left.:hmmm:In RL maybe, but this is art and if it went the other way it would draw the eye away from the main focus of the image.:O:

Hey! You been following me?

No this is just one of my typical landings.:oops: At least it's not upside down and on fire.:O:

[TarJak]

Oblt. Adolf Summer of Stab JG/26 belly landed his Bf-109E4 during the Battle of Britain:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/ASummer_orig_damaged_3.jpg

Based on this WWII photo of his crashed aircraft:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Asummer-1.jpg

Skin by JG26-EZ http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=172&t=33525&sid=12e91e9aeda3621ea782318abc0d7f19

[Jimbuna]

Nice one mate :yeah:

[Herr-Berbunch]

10/10 - Lovely, and that was before I saw it was a faithful recreation. :yeah:

[HunterICX]

Wow...nice work :yeah:

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Indeed, very nicely done Tarjak, you've got the hang of this lark alright. :yeah:

[TarJak]

Cheers gents glad you like it. :salute: JG26-EZ from over at airwafare.com requested it to help advertise the skin he made.

[HunterICX]

Having a go at CoD after my recent format...game seems to run a lot better, still have to try mutliplayer.

A bomb was dropped with a timed fuse....timed precisely when I drove by.
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4885/2012050200001.jpg

I can still make it!....

D'oh.

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/699/2012050200003.jpg

Take 2:

Hello Fritz!
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3299/2012050200005a.jpg

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9977/2012050200006.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5541/2012050200007.jpg

Rakatakakakakaka
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/7634/2012050200009.jpg

Have a nice cold swim!
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/121/2012050200011.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9336/2012050200012.jpg

Returning to base
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1852/2012050200014.jpg

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6909/2012050200017.jpg

:yeah:
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9025/2012050200018.jpg

HunterICX

[Oberon]

I had a...messy landing on ATAG, was intact though, until I taxied over to the hangars, bounced off something invisible and nosed over. :doh:

[GSpector]

I had a...messy landing on ATAG, was intact though, until I taxied over to the hangars, bounced off something invisible and nosed over. :doh:

And THAT is why FOD clearing is so importaint on Runways and Carriers. :salute:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Glad it's working for you now. :yeah:

Hopefully see you over der Kanal online soon!

I was embarrassed last night, I was low level over England and spotted a Tiger Moth, turned in to him for a quick pass and missed. In the ensuing turn to locate him again I spun, that's not recommended at a couple of hundred metres. I could just see the grin on this guys face from ear to ear! :damn:

[Oberon]

Glad it's working for you now. :yeah:

Hopefully see you over der Kanal online soon!

I was embarrassed last night, I was low level over England and spotted a Tiger Moth, turned in to him for a quick pass and missed. In the ensuing turn to locate him again I spun, that's not recommended at a couple of hundred metres. I could just see the grin on this guys face from ear to ear! :damn:

Oh, I'm hard to miss me, I'll be the one with a broken neck trying to get his TrackIR working the way he wants it to :O:

[Oberon]

Not a screenshot...but still...

And before you ask...no, it's not me. It's not on fire...

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3564375/Umm_are_you_sure_there_is_an_A.html#Post3564375

[HunterICX]

Oh, I'm hard to miss me, I'll be the one with a broken neck trying to get his TrackIR working the way he wants it to :O:

Still have to set a profile for CloD for Track IR and disable the axis that makes it 6Dof because with 6Dof if it was visible in game you'll see me sliding the canopy open and toss that Track Clip pro out :haha:

but shocking made my first 2 airkills in CloD online last night :o

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

I had a...messy landing on ATAG, was intact though, until I taxied over to the hangars, bounced off something invisible and nosed over. :doh:

I spawn on an airfield in France and look for the runway markers - they're not always visible so I just look for a long stretch and a gap in the trees and gun it - at Coquelles (iirc) there is a bloody ditch running through the airfield! I find it almost every time. :damn:

. . . made my first 2 airkills in CloD online last night :o

And fortunately not one of them was me. :D If I'm on tonight (bit tired) I may try the Hurricane - wish me luck!

[HunterICX]

And fortunately not one of them was me. :D If I'm on tonight (bit tired) I may try the Hurricane - wish me luck!

Will run on a bit later on tonight as I'm working out. But if I catch you online on their server I'll join you. :salute:

HunterICX

[TarJak]

Can't shake him off!

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Ottoscreenshot15.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Can't shake him off!

:yeah: As usual :yeah:

[HunterICX]

:yeah: As usual :yeah:

+1 Very nice TJ :shucks:

HunterICX

[TarJak]

Thanks gents.:salute:

[TarJak]

TarJak's mind was definitely not on the job at hand:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Otto-milk.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

OK, I'm nit-picking now, but a blue pencil? :hmmm:

Apart from that, it's another masterpiece. :yeah:

[TarJak]

OK, I'm nit-picking now, but a blue pencil? :hmmm:

Apart from that, it's another masterpiece. :yeah:

LOL I wondered who would pick that up. It was the only image I could find on Google that fit what I wanted other than one with a paintbrush.

[Herr-Berbunch]

LOL I wondered who would pick that up. It was the only image I could find on Google that fit what I wanted other than one with a paintbrush.

You could make it dark grey, I know you can. :D

[TarJak]

You could make it dark grey, I know you can. :D

Yes but it would still say Dark Cobalt on the pencil and then some f'narkin rivet counter would have me on that as well.:O:

That and I couldn't be arsed changing it.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Fair enough :salute:

Took me a while though, didn't spot it over at AW.

Off to count me rivets. :D

One, two, three, four, damnit - dropped them.

One, two, three, four, five, six - damnit TarJak, stop knocking the table. :O:

[HunterICX]

Yes but it would still say Dark Cobalt on the pencil and then some f'narkin rivet counter would have me on that as well.

It would've been so obvious :O:
anyway, nice work mate

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Shiny new monitor...time to try some CloD!

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9092/clod1.jpg
Strange graphic artifacts are strange, probably something to do with the way the ground renders...will have to look into that...

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5495/clod2.jpg
Coming into land after spotting zilch all patrol I see this cheeky little bugger strafing my airfield. Have to fix that!

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1914/clod3.jpg
A short chase and some not-very-controlled-bursts later...

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4239/clod4.jpg
Ker-splosh!

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2267/clod5.jpg
"Home, and tea, for once you've earnt it!"

[HunterICX]

Strange graphic artifacts are strange, probably something to do with the way the ground renders...will have to look into that...

If that's near Calais I wouldn't worry that much about it, those strange lines appear at my end too. :hmmm:

HunterICX

[Oberon]

If that's near Calais I wouldn't worry that much about it, those strange lines appear at my end too. :hmmm:

HunterICX

It was over most of eastern Kent, from Manston down to around Dungeness.
I think it has something to do with the LOD, because it's at the border where the ground textures render in their normal size. :hmmm:

[TarJak]

It was over most of eastern Kent, from Manston down to around Dungeness.
I think it has something to do with the LOD, because it's at the border where the ground textures render in their normal size. :hmmm:

I get these lines as well and it's a known LOD bug.

[Dowly]

Returning home from my first ATAG combat sortie. Celebratory fireworks kindly provided by the Royal Airforce.
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/ATAG_First_Sortie.jpg

Downed me three Blenheims over the Kanal. :smug:

[Oberon]

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/4494/shot20120504233102.jpg
Hunter and his 109, whilst practicing on a private server.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4978/shot20120509232254.jpg
Back on ATAG I lose Hunter in a dogfight over Dover but pick him up again as he prepares to land, Herr B spots him at the same time but both fail to spot me. Being a gentleman, I let Hunter land, giving him an RAF salute as I fly underneath him and climb up right in front of him.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/5282/shot20120509232543.jpg
Herr B latches on to my six, but as he's in a 109 he can't keep up with my turning, fortunately for him my eyesight is useless and he's able to break away before I can come around behind him, and then...well...what's the German for "Stop Spinning!"?

[Dowly]

Aww, was about to fly tonight on the server but then I decided to run a complete
Avast! scan on this POS because I accidentally opened Internet Explorer yesterday
and it immediately allowed my PC to be infected. :haha::wah::nope:

[Oberon]

I accidentally opened Internet Explorer yesterday

http://www.readthesmiths.com/articles/Images/Humor/Fail/fail-dogfood.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Herr B latches on to my six, but as he's in a 109 he can't keep up with my turning, fortunately for him my eyesight is useless and he's able to break away before I can come around behind him, and then...well...what's the German for "Stop Spinning!"?

:hmmm: Nicht mehr dreht, but I'll happily be corrected by someone with more know than moi. :03:

Anyhoo - from my point of view -

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1041/grrrroberonoutturnedme.jpg

Dowly - Internet Explorer :hmmm:

[GSpector]

Just wondering, I've reloaded Cliffs of Dover and started playing Single Player. How can I remove the Text (server info), from the upper Left-Corner? It covers the Communication Options making it a bit hard to read due to the overlapping.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Press left Alt and right click the window, it'll bring up a variety of options. :up:

[GSpector]

Thanks for the help.:salute:

[Herr-Berbunch]

No worries, glad to help :yeah:

It annoyed me until about month ago, now I have it customised to show what I want. I too remove it in SP though.

[TarJak]

Ouch!
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/shot_20120506_210039.jpg
This was the view after my first sortie on ATAG after the patch. Less said about it the better.

[HunterICX]

Ouch!
This was the view after my first sortie on ATAG after the patch. Less said about it the better.

It's just a flesh wound.:O:

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

Not tried the patch yet. . . :hmmm:

To be fair, I usually end up with a shot windscreen and blood all over, the only exceptions are like the shot above where I'm in flames. :stare:

[Schroeder]

what's the German for "Stop Spinning!"?
Hör auf zu trudeln!

[Dowly]

Re: the beta patch, people are talking that turning SSAO on would get rid of the
CTDs. :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Shall we (We being Dowly, Hunter, Herr B and myself) go to the beta patch then? I mean, I only fly CLOD online and since ATAG1 which is the fastest and most full server has moved to the beta patch, do you think we should follow?

[HunterICX]

I'm game if I know where to get it and how to roll back if it doesn't work for me.

HunterICX

[Dowly]

@Hunter

D/L links here: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=31759

You can roll-back to the stable version simply by verifying the files on Steam.

JSGME might work too, but I rather use Steam.

Few things about the patch and the CTDs that I've gathered:
- Clearing CloD's cache before running the game helps for some
- SSAO = on helps for some

Tho, keep in mind that eventho the thread title says it's Beta, it is indeed an
alpha patch, so except it to be wonky in worst case scenario.

[HunterICX]

:salute: Thanks will get on it as soon as I'm back home.

HunterICX