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I wont be there tonight, I have family out of Holland comming over so wont be sitting behind the computer tonight.
HunterICX
******* That, when my missus says theres family coming over, i'm off quicker than a ferret up a skirt :o
Waaaah I thought we were your family Hunter....darn...
Thursday will be my last day for two weeks as I am getting an early nioght Friday before I fly away....to Moscow...Maybe I can get a trip to Monino..
We'll transfer to the Eastern Front and meet you a couple of miles outside Moscow :up:
Suicide Charlie
07-30-08, 07:33 PM
Where does one get this DCG upgrade?
Where does one get this DCG upgrade?
http://www.lowengrin.com/news.php
Soooo, we flying tonight?
dunno about anyone else..but i'm out on the beer tonight :lol:
Fincuan
07-31-08, 12:26 PM
I'll be there(flying, not beer, or probably both).
Raptor1
07-31-08, 12:38 PM
I'll be there without the beer
XabbaRus
07-31-08, 12:44 PM
I'll be there with beer. Hunter said family were out...
Raptor1
07-31-08, 05:01 PM
I can't believe those Belgians with their chocolate and their invincible Global POW Positioning Systems... :cry:
I can't believe those Belgians with their chocolate and their invincible Global POW Positioning Systems... :cry:
Take it, things didn't go to plan then ?
http://www.free-animations.co.uk/transport/aircraft/images/aircraft_29.gif
HunterICX
07-31-08, 06:05 PM
I can't believe those Belgians with their chocolate and their invincible Global POW Positioning Systems... :cry:
Take it, things didn't go to plan then ?
http://www.free-animations.co.uk/transport/aircraft/images/aircraft_29.gif
:damn: I got captured, just a few KM from our frontline, scheisse...
HunterICX
Raptor1
07-31-08, 06:07 PM
I can't believe those Belgians with their chocolate and their invincible Global POW Positioning Systems... :cry:
Take it, things didn't go to plan then ?
http://www.free-animations.co.uk/transport/aircraft/images/aircraft_29.gif
:damn: I got captured, just a few KM from our frontline, scheisse...
HunterICX
Bah, you only got captured once
HunterICX
07-31-08, 06:11 PM
:damn: I got captured, just a few KM from our frontline, scheisse...
HunterICX
Bah, you only got captured once
once too much ;)
the main goal is to stay alive and on your own side.
Ow and I got a friendly Flak shell (109 number 8, 9 and 10 got shot to pieces too) right in my engine by take off making me crash at the end of it....:nope: kinda weird that the light flaks are attacking the ground targets passing just behind the airfield, thereby firing accros the runway.
something new for Oberon meeting Blenheims,
Oberon, NICHT Angreifen, Ich wiederholen NICHT angreifen!
HunterICX
Raptor1
07-31-08, 06:14 PM
Who the hell let those ground targets pass 10 meters from our airstrip anyway?, they drove a huge gap in the front...
Oh, and it seems the French mission planning is about as bad as ours, the first sortie a whole wing of Blenheims bombed their own airstrip after flying right over ours
I guess the Belgians will now make me reveal all our secrets with their chocolate and beer...
Soz guys, I fell asleep. I'll try to make it tonight. :hmm:
Fincuan
08-01-08, 01:30 AM
I'm going to see the new Batman tonight, but I should make it. In case I'm late feel free to start without me and I'll join when I join. :up:
Fincuan
08-01-08, 01:39 AM
something new for Oberon meeting Blenheims,
Oberon, NICHT Angreifen, Ich wiederholen NICHT angreifen!
HunterICX
Hahaha :)
I was climbing right behind Oberon so I had a front row seat. Even before the message appeared you could see what happened, as his 109 suddenly plummetted towards the ground with all guns blazing.
The last sortie was funny because immediately after we turned towards the bombers your voice came over the TS: "Guys do not attack the bombers. Nicht angreifen die Bombers. Ich wiederhole, nicht angreifen die Bombers" :lol:
Fincuan
08-01-08, 01:46 AM
Oh and one more thing: We should really start working on some kind of lead/wingman and inter-element cooperation system before the going gets tough. Hurris and P-36s aren't too hard to deal with even when one is alone, but they'd be a piece of cake if we cooperated better. This isn't actually my field of expertise, so some practise would be useful before we meet those Spits, Lightnings, Thunderbolts and Mustangs.
HunterICX
08-01-08, 03:00 AM
TS: "Guys do not attack the bombers. Nicht angreifen die Bombers. Ich wiederhole, nicht angreifen die Bombers" :lol:
:lol:
I said ''Nicht die bombers angreifen, ich wiederhole nicht die bombers angreifen''
about tactics, for now we are just blazing around..picking our own target and mow it down.
to practice some Leader & Wingman we should play 2 vs 2 (vs 2) dogfights and put ourselfs in seperate channels on teamspeak so the 2 teams cant hear eachother.
Dowly and I have tried this before with P51's in my dogfight server, and we did it in spitfires in the WoE server for a short time, works quiet well as long the enemy does not hear what you're doing and the results are satisfying.
but if you're the leader you have to tell your wingman everything you do with your engine management (throttle, radiators, mixture, superchargers, prop pitch) so he can keep up with you.
perhaps we could do a 1-day a week Dogfight session where we practice Teamwork between 2 pilots (leader&Wingman), Bomber escort, bomber killing and some more stuff.
HunterICX
XabbaRus
08-01-08, 03:22 AM
Sounds good to me.
Last night in first patrol when we met the three hurris I went off after one as I saw you and fin had the other two. I shot him down then saw 2 C-47s and thought you two were dealing with the Hurris....then fin and I took down the C-47s and couldn't find anyone else...
Seeing I won't be able to sleep tonight I think I'll come and play.
Fincuan
08-01-08, 04:35 AM
Teamwork practice via dogfighting sounds good :up:
A few more lines about yesterday: Pretty soon after doing one run on the Hurris I lost both them and Hunter in a cloud. Even after a bit of diving and climbing I couldn't find them again, so I climbed above the clouds and spotted tracers, which turned out to be Xabba firing at the C-47s. Xabba just finished one run when I arrived, so I made a run on the other one which actually turned out to be his target(sorry!). My cannons quickly sawed off his wing, so I pulled up and away to give Xabba some cover when he took out the other C-47. At this points Hunter called for help. Apparently he had shot down one Hurri, while the other Hurri had found him and was firmly stuck in the six of his damaged 109. After a bit of searching I found Hunter, who by now was almost out of fuel due to a fuel leak, and managed to give the Hurri a taste of the Emil's cannons. Apparently he didn't like them because he promptly baled out. Hunter baled out or crashlanded(didn't see which), so I rtb'd on my own. On the way I bumped into a couple of AI 109s chasing P-36s, and remembering AIs habit of stealing kills I "stole" one of the 36s losing my rudder in the process. After trying to catch a few Blenheims and witnessing Oberon's death it was time to land the "tailplaneless" 109, which was luckily accomplished without further carnage :lol:
HunterICX
08-01-08, 05:18 AM
Ok, thats settled lets pick a day during the week, and I'll make a Dogfight map that will be our training grounds.
with ground targets, 3 - 4 different colours of Teams, flak batteries near targets to simulate campaign level bombing. ground convoy's to practice ground strafing.
HunterICX
Suicide Charlie
08-01-08, 05:18 AM
Started a DGC single player campaign tonight. Took me a lot quicker than I thought to get back into it. I was definitely jerking the stick too much. I forgot how smooth it should all be.
I have limited ammo off while I'm honing my gunnery skills again. I ended up taking out 14 aircraft including 4 G4M's on the ground, one coming in for a landing, a flight of D3A's, and Zeros.
Raptor1
08-01-08, 05:22 AM
Well, are you coming to fly with us then?
Gunnery and flight skills are not required, looking at our track record so far
Fincuan
08-01-08, 05:27 AM
I have limited ammo off while I'm honing my gunnery skills again. I ended up taking out 14 aircraft including 4 G4M's on the ground, one coming in for a landing, a flight of D3A's, and Zeros.
Looks like you have a pretty good start :up:
For re-adaptation I'd recommend trying out the P-38(any model). No torque, easy to fly, excellent cockpit visibility, easy to land. It's also a stable gunnery platform, fairly well armed and all guns are in the nose so you don't have to worry about convergence.
I think those french gunners must ALL have laser sights, here was I thinking that a Blenheim would be a nice pretty easy kill, I've taken out enough bombers with a Spit or Hurri before, just tuck in behind, stay low and aim for the engines. But, no! Mr Frenchie had a sniper rifle in that gunner position :lol:
Still, at least I redeemed myself the next mission by destroying the flak truck that caused so much chaos on takeoff.
Here's a shot as I orbited the runway after dealing with the flak truck, the distant smoke is Hunter, the closer one an AI which then blocked the runway for the two AI sitting behind it. :damn: Needless to say, I took one look at that and picked another airfield to land at :lol:
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/810/runwaychaoszd3.jpg
Raptor1
08-01-08, 05:41 AM
I'm going to run a Bomber pilot from now on, taking He 111s whenever they're available and Bf 109s whenever they're not (I won't be taking STUUUUUUUUKKAs because of my hardware problems at the moment, nor Ju 88s because I can't hit a thing with those and it'll take me a while to learn to operate that overly-complicated Bomb Sight thingamajiger)
Fincuan
08-01-08, 05:44 AM
it'll take me a while to learn to operate that overly-complicated Bomb Sight thingamajiger)
Level bombing manual 2.0 (http://www.warwingsart.com/WarWingsServer/LEVEL_BOMBING_MANUAL_v2.0.rar)
Have fun :)
If you mean the Stuvi dive-bombing sight, then here's one tutorial: http://www.airwarfare.com/guides/stuvi_guide.htm
You can also do it like this:
1) Set "Bombsight altitude" to wished release altitude, and "Bombsight speed" to your best guess on the speed at the moment of release
2) Above the target roll inverted, throttle to zero, extend dive brakes and set "Bombsight automation" on.
3) Keep the short horizontal line on the target. Release the bombs when you hear the release sound(BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP)
4) Retract dive brakes, throttle to full, get out of there.
Raptor1
08-01-08, 05:45 AM
I can deal with level bombing, but when you have a complicated bomb sight for dive bombing it gets much harder...
EDIT: Oh, the 88 has the level sight too, well I could use that instead of the Stuvi
EDIT 2: Hmm, seems the Stuvi isn't so bad, guess I'll use the Ju 88 instead of the 111 when available
Schroeder
08-01-08, 07:51 AM
Sorry guys, but from 19:30 local time on I could not convince my router anymore to let me access the Internet (maybe my provider was doing maintenance work or something..).
So one could say I ran out of luck yesterday but around 22:00h I was compensated with an extra portion of luck.... o.k. it was only bad luck but hey, one shouldn't be so picky, should one?;)
First I felt so sick all of a sudden that I was forced to part with my stomach contends in a reversed way, if you know what I mean:know:. After doing this three times my body finally got bored with it and tried something new by switching to have the runs instead....
Well I'm still feeling quite weak and strange right now so I'm not sure whether I'll be joining you tonight.:roll:
Hope you feel better soon m8 :up:
Sorry guys, but from 19:30 local time on I could not convince my router anymore to let me access the Internet (maybe my provider was doing maintenance work or something..).
So one could say I ran out of luck yesterday but around 22:00h I was compensated with an extra portion of luck.... o.k. it was only bad luck but hey, one shouldn't be so picky, should one?;)
First I felt so sick all of a sudden that I was forced to part with my stomach contends in a reversed way, if you know what I mean:know:. After doing this three times my body finally got bored with it and tried something new by switching to have the runs instead....
Well I'm still feeling quite weak and strange right now so I'm not sure whether I'll be joining you tonight.:roll:
Urk, sounds a bit like food poisoning, take plenty of water and it'll eventually flush out of your system. Hope you feel better soon mate.
Dowly and I have tried this before with P51's in my dogfight server, and we did it in spitfires in the WoE server for a short time, works quiet well as long the enemy does not hear what you're doing and the results are satisfying.
but if you're the leader you have to tell your wingman everything you do with your engine management (throttle, radiators, mixture, superchargers, prop pitch) so he can keep up with you.
The problem with 2on2 fights is that... well.. there is only 2 enemies to look for! You spot one and you see the other one too if they're in formation. So, the fight turns to 1vs1 + 1vs1, making team tactics useless.
Tho, this could be avoided by making the fights as "rounds" i.e. shot down pilot doesnt spawn immediatly and head to aid his mate. This method would make it more rewarding to work as a team to take out the enemies one by one. :hmm:
perhaps we could do a 1-day a week Dogfight session where we practice Teamwork between 2 pilots (leader&Wingman), Bomber escort, bomber killing and some more stuff.
HunterICX
Good idea. :yep:
HunterICX
08-01-08, 10:35 AM
The problem with 2on2 fights is that... well.. there is only 2 enemies to look for! You spot one and you see the other one too if they're in formation. So, the fight turns to 1vs1 + 1vs1, making team tactics useless.
Tho, this could be avoided by making the fights as "rounds" i.e. shot down pilot doesnt spawn immediatly and head to aid his mate. This method would make it more rewarding to work as a team to take out the enemies one by one. :hmm:
-edit-
Good idea. :yep:
Yep, that was the idea
you can take off again, as soon your teammate has been shot down or landed.
(you may respawn but NOT take off)
AI is always working in pairs....you'll notice that one is breaking and you'll follow him while the other one is sneaking up your six and without a wingman of your own, you're doomed.
also if we have I.E 6 players we are going 2 vs 2 vs 2.
Restrictions/rules -
*the 2 aircraft of Leader&Wingman must be the same (I.E Leader -FW190A4 Wingman - FW109A4)
*before we start we'll discus which class aircraft we are going to use (early War, mid-war, late-war) and all the teams have to pick the same class when decided.
*for this teamwork Dogfight practice event, I turn off the Free camera (Locked Cockpit ON) to prevent peaking where the others are flying about, looking at the terrain/rivers and towns/cities you can tell where they are when looking on the navmap
''for other practice events like Level bombing it will be unlocked again''
Any more suggestions?
HunterICX
Schroeder
08-01-08, 12:28 PM
@Kratos & Oberon
Thanks.:D
@rest
Well I see a little problem in this because some of us can't talk....
I think for such coordinated flying both the leader and the wingman have to be able to communicate quickly. i doubt that hte keyboardusers will have a lot of time to type...:know:
I see a bigger problem....:lol: some of us (meaning me) halven't mastered the art of taking off and landing with locked cockpit :hmm:
I see a bigger problem....:lol: some of us (meaning me) halven't mastered the art of taking off and landing with locked cockpit :hmm:
I usually look out of the right hand side of the cockpit and judge the angle of the edge of the runway. Funnily enough, I can't take off without using the cockpit :o
I see a bigger problem....:lol: some of us (meaning me) halven't mastered the art of taking off and landing with locked cockpit :hmm:
I usually look out of the right hand side of the cockpit and judge the angle of the edge of the runway. Funnily enough, I can't take off without using the cockpit :o
What Oberon said. Also, locking your tailwheel helps to keep the plane going straight.
What I did before I got my TIR, was that I put the field of view to the farthest (PgDown), helps to see the edges of the runway better. ;)
Suicide Charlie
08-01-08, 01:16 PM
Well, are you coming to fly with us then?
Gunnery and flight skills are not required, looking at our track record so far
I want to. Only obstacle is time. Most of you guys are in Europe and I'm in the farthest timezone from you in the continental US. When you guys are flying I'm either at work or doing errands it seems.
Schroeder
08-01-08, 02:16 PM
I made a little video in which I'm taking off, landing and taxiing with cockpit view locked.
When you watch it for the first time, make sure you switch the manual view control off, so that you can only see what I saw when flying this.
Take-Off,Landing,Taxiing (http://rapidshare.de/files/40137260/takeofflanding.ntrk.html)
Just place the file into your Il-2 Sturmovik1946/records directory.
Description:
Switch to the view in which you have the best all round vision (page down [as Dowly already wrote]). Now you can see the edges of the runway and can stay in the middle of it (I know I moved pretty far to the right during take-off but this wasn't too bad because I had already reached takeoff speed and rather pulled gently off the ground than starting some wild correction maneuvers).
After take-off I turned around and flew parallel to the runway. When the end of it almost vanished behind my seat I turned in, set flaps and gear and brought her down.
After the landing you will notice that I rolled in s-patterns to see what is in front of my. Make sure you don't get too fast here since the 109 loves it to tilt to one side or even to nose over (as I almost had close to the end of the taxiing section:oops:).
One final tip, if you don't have a track IR and have to use your coolie-hat than you should get a program called NewView (that's what I'm using in the video). It emulates a track IR that can be controlled using the collie-hat (much more precise than the original Il2 view control).
Suicide Charlie
08-02-08, 12:24 AM
Man... The DCG program rules. I just really wish that the AI would stop flying in circles over and over and over and over and over and over and over during escort missions.
HunterICX
08-02-08, 03:24 AM
Thats what the AI does, it turns circle so they keep up with the bombers they escort.
HunterICX
We flying tonight? :hmm:
Dunno m8,Hunter never said owt. He prolly still sulking ;) after Schroeder left due to his T/storm and you went to bed, there was message popped up on chat bar ''POOR KRATOS left on his own against three'' yea he got me...but i made sure i took him down with me :rotfl: in all honesty he peppered my windshield and i couldn't see diddly squat, I heard his engine and i throttled right down and took a guess where he might be and let rip with everything i had ...baaaaaaaaastaaaaaaard was all i could see on the chatbox :rotfl:
We flying tonight? :hmm:
Dunno m8,Hunter never said owt. He prolly still sulking ;) after Schroeder left due to his T/storm and you went to bed, there was message popped up on chat bar ''POOR KRATOS left on his own against three'' yea he got me...but i made sure i took him down with me :rotfl: in all honesty he peppered my windshield and i couldn't see diddly squat, I heard his engine and i throttled right down and took a guess where he might be and let rip with everything i had ...baaaaaaaaastaaaaaaard was all i could see on the chatbox :rotfl:
Well done, mate! :up:
Forgot to suggest this last night, but Huntsie, maybe you could pick a map for our dogfights and take 4 squares (sectors, what the fock you call 'em) when and put chimneys or something to mark the border. It's retard's job to try and find anyone with icons & externals off in a map the size of the DF maps.
On the other news, I'm not 100% sure if I can make it tonight. I came from work 2hrs ago and I've already drank pretty much ½ of my stuff (a bottle of JD & 6pack of beer), buuut I try to be sober enough to atleast get to the air before crashing. :yep:
Schroeder
08-02-08, 08:56 AM
Sometimes I wonder whether Finns have two livers.:hmm:
Sometimes I wonder whether Finns have two livers.:hmm:
they dont have internal organs ... its an organic distillery :rotfl:
:rotfl:
A medical study has found out that Finns are actually one big liver:
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/FinnLiver.jpg
HunterICX
08-02-08, 10:38 AM
a quik report of yesterdays fight:
I was chasing Kratos for a while and I had enough of his evasion action
so I went full throttle with my Tempest going 540km/h and I got a clean shot at him..blazed my 20mms...GOT HIM YEAAAAH! now just after that '':ofoooooock thats toooo close!!!!'' cliped my wing and down I went with him yelling the thing mentioned above :lol:
after that I had a little fight with Fincuan nailing him in a MustangIII (fast aircraft I tell ya) but I got him smoking and I blacked out resulting crashing into the ground.
then I took a B25 and anounced that this is my last sortie..and gave everyone a free shot at my B25 (well free...they get 50 calls in return)
first attempt: Oberon in a 262 (how the hell did he take off in that...normally he creates instant BBQ's on the ground :D)
anyhow..I saw him on my six closing.
now 1 sec burst of that 262 and I'm in pieces, but I managed to get a great shot at both his engines and his cockpit killing the pilot.
2nd attempt: Fincuan in his Mustang, he dived in to ram me and got his engine and the jackpot instant mid-air explosion :rock:A Fin going out with a blast :rotfl:
3th Attempt: Kratos in a spitfire....results : 3 board gunners dead (rear, top, side-right) left engine heavily damaged, right engine failing about, fuel tank on fire, which after the 2nd time blew up and ripped my wing off.
HunterICX
******* hell I'm stupid!
Just realised it now after reading Hunter's post!
I think it would be appropriate (or whatsamacallit) to say that only the stock IL2 planes should be used, AFAIK Mustang isnt flyable without the soundmod. (or then I'm just blind, hairy S.O.B. who should REALLY think of quitting masturbation... :hmm:)
HunterICX
08-02-08, 10:57 AM
:roll: A doctor just whispered : ''Stop Wanking!''
Stock:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6061/mustankds7.jpg
:rotfl:
HunterICX
*stops wanking*
sry about that, I r blind. Kids, dont wank!
Fincuan
08-02-08, 12:26 PM
Are we flying tonight? I'm just too wasted(tired that is) to go drinking anymore after a hard day of climbing, so I might as well take the Mustang for another ramming attempt :lol:
Hunter's was report from yesterday was spot on. It was nice to fly against humans for a change, so that one won't adapt too much to the AIs tactics.
After we quit I jumped on Hyperlobby for a couple of sorties. First was Emils vs. Spits and Hurris with mostly humans, but AI filling in the empty slots. Here our coops with the Emil really showed: I downed one Spit(human) and two Hurris(human&AI) without getting a scratch. Then we did a couple of early Pacific sorties with SBDs and F4Fs. The flying distances were ok and the sorties were actually quite fun, so maybe we shouldn't scrap carrier aviation just yet.
edit :lol: @ Dowly
Raptor1
08-02-08, 12:27 PM
Mustang Mk. III used by the USN? BLASHPEMY!
Anyway, yeah, we flying tonight? I haven't shot anything in days...
I talked with Hunter on TS just 15mins ago and yeh, he said he'll post here if we ARENT flying.
EDIT: I THINK
Heh heh heh, getting that 262 off the ground wasn't easy. Most of the fires around our airfield were caused by me :up: I really wasn't aim to shoot you down, my aim was too terrible for that, all evening my joystick was pulling to the right, made piloting the Spit a bloody nightmare, I tried to counter as usual with left rudder but bah, it didn't work. Anyway, my plan was to ram you out of the sky but you sniped the cockpit before I hit you and my body must have slumped over the stick and the 262 dived below you.
I took the Lerche for a spin and decided to buzz you several times, and very nearly unintentionally collided with you :doh:
Anyway, if there is a flight tonight I might not be joining, got BF2, and STALKER to have a look at. :know:
Raptor1
08-02-08, 01:13 PM
A single burst from the 262 can turn anything into a flaming pile of scrap, that's what I like about that plane
Schroeder
08-02-08, 01:17 PM
@Oberon
You must use the throttle very carefully in every jet in Il2. No quick changes!:know:
@Oberon
You must use the throttle very carefully in every jet in Il2. No quick changes!:know:
I think it just applies to german jets. ;)
Schroeder
08-02-08, 01:29 PM
Try to quickly change the throttle in the YP-80 and you go either boom or it will become very quite in your plane. Just depends on the direction.:know:
Schroeder
08-03-08, 11:42 AM
I won't be around tonight, an old friend of mine has come to visit me.:D
baggygreen
08-03-08, 10:42 PM
Would you gents have any objection to an aussie nub joining one night and checking if its playable with his ping?? If you play at 2100GMT, thats a lovely early morning for me but I wouldn't mind having a bit of a crack..:cool:
Fincuan
08-04-08, 02:27 AM
Come on in, I don't think aynone minds if your ping isn't something completely outrageous(otherwise Dowly will move onto Mexican servers). :lol:
I've played Arma with Aussies with a ping of 150-250 ms, which isn't all that bad if it's about the same in IL2.
Raptor1
08-04-08, 05:02 AM
Yeah, but pings skyrocket on Hunter's server rather quickly
Anyway, I'm sure it's not such a big problem
Fincuan
08-04-08, 10:20 AM
The Finnish Postal service at it again :up:
My "Saitek pedals", or more precisely a parcel with that number, just arrived at the local office and I of course went to fetch them immediately. At home I opened the package and WTF?!, A SCANNER! :damn:
Against all odds the company I bough them from, Pixmania, had apparently done everything correctly, while the ****ers at Finland mixed up the numbers. Luckily the original recipient's phone number and address were still visible, so I just called him and he'll fetch his parcel and we'll see if the pedals are there. The scanner is his, so with any luck he should have my order.
Raptor1
08-04-08, 10:25 AM
Ouch :damn:
Well, you can always just play with the scanner instead...
My bird will be staying in the hangar tonight lads, better get an early night to catch up on the late nights :lol: So tell the Belgians they're gonna have to work for their kills tonight! :cool:
Raptor1
08-04-08, 02:27 PM
My bird will be staying in the hangar tonight lads, better get an early night to catch up on the late nights :lol: So tell the Belgians they're gonna have to work for their kills tonight! :cool:
Aww, that means I'll have to die instead :cry:
Who needs sleep anyway?
What a beautiful morning to die (err fly) 05.05 AM and Goering sent Fincuan and myself to escort the bombers.
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9315/beautifulmorn0011pn1.jpg
couple of good sorties tonight :up:
Raptor1
08-04-08, 06:28 PM
Ja, first we knocked out a bridge (Well, I knocked out a bridge since Hunter just HAD to point his bombsight to look at that nice Belgian lady doing the laundry in the yard), then we went on a suicide attack against a massive formation of RAF Hurricanes after Belgium surrendered
Fincuan
08-04-08, 11:04 PM
Yes good sorties yesterady :up:
First sortie you did a good job with the bridge, while us fighters even managed to protect you this time. The second one was probably the hardest so far given the amount of Hurris. Immediately at the merge I think I got one that was turning onto Hunter's tail but did it right in front of me. He just flew right into my sights and I gave him a good burst. I saw strikes and pieces flying but didn't follow him down. Then I was tailed by two or more Hurris and lost sight of you guys. At least it was on our soil! 109 barbeque ftw :lol:
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 01:05 AM
So is there room in this squadron for a rookie? Forgive my total n00bness but can DCG add an extra player mid-campaign? :D
Also, what time of day do you guys usually play at?
BTW, when I say "rookie" I mean like... in my offline campaign, I think I killed more wingmen (by crashing into them) than enemies, so far. You have been warned. :lol:
Raptor1
08-05-08, 01:18 AM
So is there room in this squadron for a rookie? Forgive my total n00bness but can DCG add an extra player mid-campaign? :D
Also, what time of day do you guys usually play at?
BTW, when I say "rookie" I mean like... in my offline campaign, I think I killed more wingmen (by crashing into them) than enemies, so far. You have been warned. :lol:
DCG doesn't have a problem with players joining in the middle... (Look at the original post for the time)
Oh, and we destroyed more of our own planes then the enemy, so YOU should be warned as well
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 01:35 AM
Thanks for the answer (and the warning lol)
I have 1946 patched to 4.09b1m - will there be any compatibility issues?
Raptor1
08-05-08, 01:35 AM
Thanks for the answer (and the warning lol)
I have 1946 patched to 4.09b1m - will there be any compatibility issues?
You need 1946 patched to 4.08m
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 01:43 AM
Thanks for the answer (and the warning lol)
I have 1946 patched to 4.09b1m - will there be any compatibility issues?
You need 1946 patched to 4.08m
:-?
Er... that might be tricky... I didn't backup 4.08. 4.08 stutters on my machine in perfect mode, but 4.09 fixes it (by increasing some buffer or other). Not a request, just a question: why don't you use 4.09? Are there problems (bugs) in it?
Also, I've never played IL2 online... are the realism options set server-side? If so, what are they set to in your campaign?
Fincuan
08-05-08, 01:47 AM
Er... that might be tricky... I didn't backup 4.08. 4.08 stutters on my machine in perfect mode, but 4.09 fixes it (by increasing some buffer or other). Not a request, just a question: why don't you use 4.09? Are there problems (bugs) in it?
Also, I've never played IL2 online... are the realism options set server-side? If so, what are they set to in your campaign?
I've seen a 4.08m/4.09b1m switcher floating around at least in the Ubi forums(and possible Mission4Today). That should do the trick. From the *cough*mods*cough* site you can get a switcher that allows you to switch between 4.08m modded/unmodded and 4.09b1m modded/unmodded. Realism settings are server side so don't worry about them. Hunter will have to answer why we aren't using 4.09b1m. I'm using the graphics .dlls from it(actually never ones, from March 2008), and they work great with 4.08.
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 01:51 AM
Er... that might be tricky... I didn't backup 4.08. 4.08 stutters on my machine in perfect mode, but 4.09 fixes it (by increasing some buffer or other). Not a request, just a question: why don't you use 4.09? Are there problems (bugs) in it?
Also, I've never played IL2 online... are the realism options set server-side? If so, what are they set to in your campaign?
I've seen a 4.08m/4.09b1m switcher floating around at least in the Ubi forums(and possible Mission4Today). That should do the trick. From the *cough*mods*cough* site you can get a switcher that allows you to switch between 4.08m modded/unmodded and 4.09b1m modded/unmodded. Realism settings are server side so don't worry about them. Hunter will have to answer why we aren't using 4.09b1m.
I've seen the switcher too, but I assume you have to install it before installing 4.09. Maybe I'm wrong, I'll find it again...
I'm curious to see what Hunter has to say. :hmm:
P.S. Sorry, the coughing went over my head!
P.P.S. But what are they set to? Please don't tell me I have to ******* around with engine management...
Fincuan
08-05-08, 01:59 AM
I've seen the switcher too, but I assume you have to install it before installing 4.09. Maybe I'm wrong, I'll find it again...
I'm curious to see what Hunter has to say. :hmm:
P.S. Sorry, the coughing went over my head!
P.P.S. But what are they set to? Please don't tell me I have to ******* around with engine management...
At least with the modded version of the switcher you have to patch up and mod the game, then use the switcher. I've never used to other one so I don't know about that. The caughing was because IL2 mods are still a bit of a no-no in Subsim(and most other IL2 forums). In many places that policy has been revised to allow conversation on them but no links, but I haven't seen such a notification here yet.
In difficulty settings I think we have "No speedbar", "no outside view" and "no map path" switches off while the rest are on. So yes you have to manage the engine, but the good thing is it's completely automatic in the 109. The throttle is all you need.
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 02:11 AM
I've seen the switcher too, but I assume you have to install it before installing 4.09. Maybe I'm wrong, I'll find it again...
I'm curious to see what Hunter has to say. :hmm:
P.S. Sorry, the coughing went over my head!
P.P.S. But what are they set to? Please don't tell me I have to ******* around with engine management...
At least with the modded version of the switcher you have to patch up and mod the game, then use the switcher. I've never used to other one so I don't know about that. The caughing was because IL2 mods are still a bit of a no-no in Subsim(and most other IL2 forums). In many places that policy has been revised to allow conversation on them but no links, but I haven't seen such a notification here yet.
In difficulty settings I think we have "No speedbar", "no outside view" and "no map path" switches off while the rest are on. So yes you have to manage the engine, but the good thing is it's completely automatic in the 109. The throttle is all you need.
What, no padlocking? Why on earth...!?
As for the 4.09b1m and why we wont use it.
The patch was released months ago and me & Hunter talked about it in MSN shortly. We decided to wait for the full 4.09 patch before moving on from 4.08m. At the time, the full patch SHOULD have been only 2-4weeks away, but we're still waiting. ;)
Also, now to think of it, does anyone know if DCG works with the new patch?
I have no objections to move onwards to 4.09b1m, from what I've read, it should be pretty stable. :hmm:
I've seen the switcher too, but I assume you have to install it before installing 4.09. Maybe I'm wrong, I'll find it again...
I'm curious to see what Hunter has to say. :hmm:
P.S. Sorry, the coughing went over my head!
P.P.S. But what are they set to? Please don't tell me I have to ******* around with engine management...
At least with the modded version of the switcher you have to patch up and mod the game, then use the switcher. I've never used to other one so I don't know about that. The caughing was because IL2 mods are still a bit of a no-no in Subsim(and most other IL2 forums). In many places that policy has been revised to allow conversation on them but no links, but I haven't seen such a notification here yet.
In difficulty settings I think we have "No speedbar", "no outside view" and "no map path" switches off while the rest are on. So yes you have to manage the engine, but the good thing is it's completely automatic in the 109. The throttle is all you need.
What, no padlocking? Why on earth...!?
We have padlocking, read it again "NO outside view turned off". ;)
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 02:26 AM
I've seen the switcher too, but I assume you have to install it before installing 4.09. Maybe I'm wrong, I'll find it again...
I'm curious to see what Hunter has to say. :hmm:
P.S. Sorry, the coughing went over my head!
P.P.S. But what are they set to? Please don't tell me I have to ******* around with engine management...
At least with the modded version of the switcher you have to patch up and mod the game, then use the switcher. I've never used to other one so I don't know about that. The caughing was because IL2 mods are still a bit of a no-no in Subsim(and most other IL2 forums). In many places that policy has been revised to allow conversation on them but no links, but I haven't seen such a notification here yet.
In difficulty settings I think we have "No speedbar", "no outside view" and "no map path" switches off while the rest are on. So yes you have to manage the engine, but the good thing is it's completely automatic in the 109. The throttle is all you need.
What, no padlocking? Why on earth...!?
We have padlocking, read it again "NO outside view turned off". ;)
Hrm, well, yeah there is that... though I'd prefer to stay in my cockpit... external padlock seems a bit "cheaty" to me... :p
I can't really understand why you allow external padlock but not internal.
Hrm, well, yeah there is that... though I'd prefer to stay in my cockpit... external padlock seems a bit "cheaty" to me... :p
I can't really understand why you allow external padlock but not internal.
I fly my offline campaigns with locked pit, but the online campaign allows externals simply because we're not all used to fly without externals, landings, take offs etc. might prove to be too hard.
Fincuan
08-05-08, 03:16 AM
Also, now to think of it, does anyone know if DCG works with the new patch?
I have no objections to move onwards to 4.09b1m, from what I've read, it should be pretty stable. :hmm:
DCG should work with the 4.09 beta no problems, at least I haven't seen anyone say otherwise. I do know it works well offline. The core of 4.09 beta, the dlls, are indeed very stable. I've had one CTD with them, and that was probably because of a cloudmod I was experimenting with.
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 03:27 AM
Also, now to think of it, does anyone know if DCG works with the new patch?
I'm using them both. No problems in Auto mode. I had problems in Full-Auto, but I was having those problems in 4.08 too.
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 03:34 AM
I fly my offline campaigns with locked pit, but the online campaign allows externals simply because we're not all used to fly without externals, landings, take offs etc. might prove to be too hard.
I hear you, but for me the tasks of taking off and landing have always been a piece of cake in comparison to the task of trying to keep track of where an enemy plane is without padlock. I guess if I had an analogue hat it'd be easier, but I don't, and trying to use the mouse and joystick at the same time is like trying to do one of those physically "impossible" things (like pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time).
I guess there's no point debating it since realism settings can't be changed mid-campaign. I'm just surprised at the choice of settings. :88)
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 03:38 AM
The caughing was because IL2 mods are still a bit of a no-no in Subsim(and most other IL2 forums). In many places that policy has been revised to allow conversation on them but no links, but I haven't seen such a notification here yet.
Er... why are IL2 mods taboo? :oops:
There's only two sticky's in this forum, and having glanced at them both I didn't see anything about IL2 mods being off-limits.
Edit: nm, I found the answers: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=127606
Fincuan
08-05-08, 03:45 AM
Er... why are IL2 mods taboo? :oops:
There's only two sticky's in this forum, and having glanced at them both I didn't see anything about IL2 mods being off-limits.
In this case it seems to be because of Subsim's general policy, since the modding is being done without permission from 1C/Maddox Games. At least I'm under that impression. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong so we can start a mod conversation :lol:
edit: I just saw the thread you found. That settles it.
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 03:52 AM
Totally OT, I just realised... I've started posting on a flight sim forum and my title says "Maverick" in it. :o
And now that I'm thinking that way, my avatar even looks a bit like...
Oh, bugger. :damn:
Schroeder
08-05-08, 04:28 AM
Did I understand that correclty, you don't have any coolie-hat?:huh:
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 04:51 AM
Did I understand that correclty, you don't have any coolie-hat?:huh:
What's a coolie-hat?
I'm talking about the POV "hat" on the joystick. Mine is a basic 8-directional, non-analogue (what's the word for that?) hat. An analogue hat would be easier to use (assuming IL2 accepts them as a form of input for looking around).
HunterICX
08-05-08, 05:18 AM
Mods & Patches,
the 4.09m Beta patch,
the main reason is that Public IL2 servers are still running 4.08m, I think that would change if the FULL 4.09m will ever be released. (I'm too wondering why it isnt out yet.)
Mods,
I do not mind that the word has been dropped from time to time, that some of you use it while joined my server I'm fine with that as long it doesnt interupt the gameplay(its hard to get around it nowadays), but I'm firmly against sharing links for the IL2 Mods, also I rather do not have complete discussions about them.
the big no-no here at subsim is mainly due that the 1Cgames/Oleg forbids it and ofcourse you require the IL2FB.EXE to be cracked in order for the mods to work.
HunterICX
Fincuan
08-05-08, 05:26 AM
Mods,
I do not mind that the word has been dropped from time to time, that some of you use it while joined my server I'm fine with that as long it doesnt interupt the gameplay(its hard to get around it nowadays), but I'm firmly against sharing links for the IL2 Mods, also I rather do not have complete discussions about them.
the big no-no here at subsim is mainly due that the 1Cgames/Oleg forbids it and ofcourse you require the IL2FB.EXE to be cracked in order for the mods to work.
HunterICX
That's clear enough.
Has Subsim(or you) been considering any kind of policy revisions now that at least Ubizoo and M4T have allowed discussion(links are still a no-no) on mods and SimHq is considering it?
How about making ONE thread, where everyone could discuss about mods (link sharing would still be banned). You know, just chit-chat, like
"Wow, did you see the new BoB beta map CanonUk made? ******* looks great!!"
"You tried the new NG 110? Finally I can play as a true nightfighter pilot!:rock:"
"Yadda yadda yaaaaaa."
This would concentrate the discussion to one topic only, instead of it popping out now and then on different threads where it is OT.
Just a though. ;)
Did I understand that correclty, you don't have any coolie-hat?:huh:
What's a coolie-hat?
I'm talking about the POV "hat" on the joystick. Mine is a basic 8-directional, non-analogue (what's the word for that?) hat. An analogue hat would be easier to use (assuming IL2 accepts them as a form of input for looking around).
For so long iv'e been having a little trouble using the locked cockpit, due to the 8-directional hat on the joystick (dont have track-ir)it was a bit jerky and i used to get a bit disorientated when the heat was on, then Schroeder kindly told me about newview
http://war.by-airforce.com/downloads/newview.html
A little bit of tweaking here and there to suit your needs and i feel a lot more confident flying locked cockpit now.:up:
Schroeder
08-05-08, 08:39 AM
What's a coolie-hat?
Err, I thought it would be the English word for what you are referring to as POV.:oops: (We are using that word here in Germany and it doesn't really sound German so I thought you would say that in English too...:oops:).
O.K., as Kratos has already pointed out you should give NewView a try. It should solve most of your surround view issues.:D
Besides, we Germans are loveing English words and if we run out of real ones then we create our own ones...
For example the "German" word for mobile phone is Handy.
But there are even better ones espescially when marketing stuff gets involved and some idiot needs a cool sounding (of course English) name for a new invention. Women can buy little bags here that are worn over the shoulder and are meant to carry cosmetics, purses and small stuff like that. Now imagine what name was given to it by our brilliant highly capable marketing masterminds....
Body-Bags....:dead::damn:
Sometimes I wish that people who are in charge of finding names for something would at least speak the language they are abusing...:roll:
Never head it called coolie-hat before... What's wrong with plain 'Hat-Switch'? :roll:
Mikhayl
08-05-08, 08:49 AM
My first crappy joystick didn't have a "hat switch", it was definitely a "coolie hat" :D
http://www.dancedesire.com.au/catalog/images/HTCO6230.jpg
Schroeder, LOL, now I'm trying to picture a cute woman with a short skirt, tight top and a body bag on her shoulder :rotfl:
Fincuan
08-05-08, 10:28 AM
now I'm trying to picture a cute woman with a short skirt, tight top and a body bag on her shoulder :rotfl:
Just forget the body-bag and it'll be a lot easier :lol:
Mmmm...
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/girlBB.jpg
HMMMMMM YUM YUM
http://www.amazing-animations.com/animations/men23.gif
AAaand there goes my erection, thank you very much. :rotfl:
Mikhayl
08-05-08, 11:49 AM
On second thought it's not a bad idea, you could use the bag to dispose of the woman after use :hmm:
Now I have to make bloody well sure that my girlfriend never sees this :rotfl:
Raptor1
08-05-08, 12:15 PM
Now I have to make bloody well sure that my girlfriend never sees this :rotfl:
That's easy to solve, do you have a Body-bag?
Now I have to make bloody well sure that my girlfriend never sees this :rotfl:
That's easy to solve, do you have a Body-bag?
The gal in the picture has one. :p
EDIT: Ow yeh, and sry for not flying lately. I am kinda busy restoring my BF109G2 to it's glory :p
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/DowlyshangarG2.jpg
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EDIT: Ow yeh, and sry for not flying lately. I am kinda busy restoring my BF109G2 to it's glory :p
So, THAT'S what they call it these days, eh? :hmm:
Dammit! Why did Goring have to build his private Chateau at the end of our runway?! I'd have just about managed to glide in if it wasn't for those damn houses! :damn:
Oh well, at least I'm getting kills now...even if I'm getting killed after getting those kills... :lol: I think my score for tonight was 3 or 4 Blenheims for 2 deaths, and neither caused by French snipers :rock:
onelifecrisis
08-05-08, 10:05 PM
How about making ONE thread, where everyone could discuss about mods (link sharing would still be banned). You know, just chit-chat, like
"Wow, did you see the new BoB beta map CanonUk made? ******* looks great!!"
"You tried the new NG 110? Finally I can play as a true nightfighter pilot!:rock:"
"Yadda yadda yaaaaaa."
This would concentrate the discussion to one topic only, instead of it popping out now and then on different threads where it is OT.
Just a though. ;)
I second this!
I would very much like to be able to discuss mods. I'm essentially a brand new player of a 7 year old game, and joining such a well-matured modding scene is daunting to say the least. I have questions! Many, many questions! What is "enjoyr"? What alternatives are there to DCG? What is the "soundmod" and why do some site say it's essential? Is it the one at AAA and if so, why does it claim I need to install it before I can install other mods? And if it's a sound mod, why does it say "New Flyable Aircraft"? And is it compatible with DCG? And what was that mod Ven posted? Was it any good? And and and...
I would prefer to be able discuss these things here than have to register on other forums. Please consider Dowly's idea.
Raptor1
08-06-08, 10:22 AM
I hope we transfer to Italy next, it's way too hot in North Africa :roll:
I hope we transfer to Italy next, it's way too hot in North Africa :roll:
That would be nice, my engine overheats enough chasing Blenheims in France :lol: By the way, Raptor, loved the strafing action going on with Schultzs tower and the Goring carrier :up:
EDIT: Oh, and your demise in the first mission was spectacular, I was on your six moving over to tackle the Blenheims on your left, saw you hit the Blenheim and saw it explode and take you with it! :P
Raptor1
08-06-08, 01:49 PM
I must've pumped 3/4 of my ammo (Too much in an Emil) into Schultz and that Göring Carrier
Well, let's hope I won't repeat my successes with the Blenheims today
BTW, Does anyone know what the objective is in the Normandy '41 campaign?
Do we need to capture the Secret British Airfield?
Fincuan
08-06-08, 02:00 PM
Do we need to capture the Secret British Airfield?
Ooh you should have told me that yesterday! I could have become the Subsim Fallschirmjäger and parachuted on the airfield. At least that's something we've practised a lot :lol:
I wouldn't want to parachute anywhere, when Raptor's still in the air ;)
onelifecrisis
08-06-08, 02:40 PM
Did I understand that correclty, you don't have any coolie-hat?:huh:
What's a coolie-hat?
I'm talking about the POV "hat" on the joystick. Mine is a basic 8-directional, non-analogue (what's the word for that?) hat. An analogue hat would be easier to use (assuming IL2 accepts them as a form of input for looking around).
For so long iv'e been having a little trouble using the locked cockpit, due to the 8-directional hat on the joystick (dont have track-ir)it was a bit jerky and i used to get a bit disorientated when the heat was on, then Schroeder kindly told me about newview
http://war.by-airforce.com/downloads/newview.html
A little bit of tweaking here and there to suit your needs and i feel a lot more confident flying locked cockpit now.:up:
Great tool. Took me a while to get my head around it (no English manual :-?) but I got there eventually and it's a huge improvement. Thanks for the link! :up:
Fincuan
08-07-08, 06:11 AM
Good sorties yesterday, maybe our strongest performance so far. We didn't wreck that many 109s, and the majority of us didn't even die :lol:
Hunter's five Blenheims on one sortie was really something, but I think the last sortie was the best example on a how a few humans working in cooperation can own the AI. Hunter was in the lead, Schröder a few hundred meters behind him me on Schröder's wing. Hunter called out two Hurries approaching from 12 o'clock. Schröder asked if I took the right hand side Hurri, but before I could answer a third Hurri appeared out of the clouds above. I told him I'd take the high one and pulled my 109 into a zoom climb towards the enemy. The Hurri never saw me coming, but the first burst from a 100 meters only damaged him(gotta go closer next time!), and he immediately did a split-s and started diving towards the ground, trailing smoke. At this point I heared both Hunter and Schröder call their Hurries destroyed, so they didn't really waste much time! I followed my Hurri down, and when he leveled out another burst took off one of his horizontal stabilizers. Wobbling badly but still staying up he continued flying, but only a short coup de grace was needed to turn him into a fireball on the ground.
The whole engagment from spotting the Hurris until the last one went down took maybe two minutes :up:
HunterICX
08-07-08, 06:20 AM
Transfer , Transfer...here to there...what does the High command want :stare:
anyway, indeed the 2nd sortie was a brilliant attack between 3 109's
we should do it more often when we spot them we co-ordenate which we choose as a target and then engage.
HunterICX
Hunters first Blenheim kill of the five was spectacular, full burst at minimum range and kaboom! It went up like a bloody catherine wheel! Last time I saw a Blenheim go up like that it took Raptor with it.
Shortly afterwards I had a close encounter with a Blenheim and lost the engine again, instead of trying to nurse it down I jumped out. I'm not going to risk hitting one of Wide Boys chateaus again :damn: Second time we ran into Blenheims and a Hurri escort, Raptor broke off and went after the Hurris and I tucked into the Blennies. First one, close the range, open up with both at minimum range, smoking engine, good, spin around and come in behind them again. Close the gap, aaaah not that close!!
Hit the silk again.... :hmm:
Third sortee me and Raptor could barely see a damn thing for cloud, flying out of the Le Harve desert. I lost him, then I found him again, then some Hurris found us. Raptor sorted them out, I could barely see my prop so I rtb'd. On the way back I joined Raptor in strafing Schultz's tower and destroyed one of his luxury Opels :rock: -100 for me, but I'll probably be dead next mission so :lol:
The timing was perfect though, less than fifteen minutes after we finished the last mission a pretty violent electrical storm entered the fray, lightning every few seconds, the first of a series of storms which lasted until about five in the morning.
A few caps from the 2nd sortie last night....
A hurrie having a go at me
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/1-3.jpg
slowed down and let him pass..the i took a wobble and lost sight of him
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/2-2.jpg
hurrie on someones six.trying to help
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/3-2.jpg
I think everyone had the same idea and jump this hurrie
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/4-2.jpg
safely back on terrafirma
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/5-2.jpg
poor hurrie didn't stand a chance with Fincuan and all his wingmen lol
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/f1-1.jpg
another with Finc & Co
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/f2.jpg
some more
Hunters first blennie of five
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/h1.jpg
This is the one that had two ton of dynamite in the cockpit
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/h2.jpg
strike three for Hunter
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/h3-1.jpg
and four
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/h4.jpg
Oberons view of Hunters fireball
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/o1.jpg
Oberon bags the blennie and the debris takes his wing off
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/o2.jpg
Raptor trying to hide among the blennies
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/r1.jpg
Raptor1
08-07-08, 12:55 PM
It seems that JG 5 cannot maintain enough aircraft for all of us so it seems that me and Oberon are flying with JG 2 until those barbar...err, I mean, pilots in JG 5 learn how to not lose too many aircraft...
Fincuan
08-07-08, 12:59 PM
Great shots Kratos! It's always nice see glimpses of the action afterwards :up:
Looking at those it's amazing I'm still here reviewing them, since #5 is within touching distance of me!
And the final few
Raptor leaves the scene
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/r2.jpg
Raptor strikes
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/r3.jpg
and Raptor strikes again :rotfl:
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/r4.jpg
Schroeder playing chicken with two hurries
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/s1.jpg
and a few of Schroeder carefully watching everyones backs..wasn't till i watched the track i noticed Schroeder covering a few players six's :up:
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/s2.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/s3.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/s4.jpg
Yeah, he's a good teamplayer is Schroe, I remember a few sorties back in Poland he was covering my six whilst we were P11 hunting below the cloud layer :up: I'd return the favour but I keep losing sight of everyone :damn: Good to know it was the debris that took me out rather than me clipping the Blennie though :lol:
Great shots Kratos! It's always nice see glimpses of the action afterwards :up:
Looking at those it's amazing I'm still here reviewing them, since #5 is within touching distance of me!
Its amazing i'm still here :lol: was watching the track, speakers up loud had a bit zoom on your a/c for better pics and this *******ng wingman came from nowhere I'll tell you my sphincter was twitched like a rabbits nose :rotfl:
Schroeder
08-07-08, 01:16 PM
Yeah, he's a good teamplayer is Schroe, I remember a few sorties back in Poland he was covering my six whilst we were P11 hunting below the cloud layer :up: I'd return the favour but I keep losing sight of everyone :damn: Good to know it was the debris that took me out rather than me clipping the Blennie though :lol:
I usually do this when I believe that there is no "free" aircraft left to take on (none that isn't under attack by a human player). Then I join up with someone who is attacking a plane and cover him.
Suicide Charlie
08-07-08, 02:35 PM
Are you guys going to be playing today in a couple of hours?
Raptor1
08-07-08, 02:36 PM
"A couple of hours"?
Game will start in about 20-30 minutes, probably
Suicide Charlie
08-07-08, 02:41 PM
"A couple of hours"?
My math must be all messed. I was told you play at 21GMT. I'm PST on the West Coast of the US. I'm trying to figure out the time difference.
Raptor1
08-07-08, 02:52 PM
Well, if you get on TS...now, I'm sure Hunter will let you play
HunterICX
08-08-08, 03:12 AM
Spitfires Vb and we are still in the E4...comon Göring give use some new aircraft!
last nights sortie are one to forget...they where horrible for some of us.
HunterICX
Fincuan
08-08-08, 03:21 AM
I don't think the Spits are a problem at all. They're faster than the Hurris, but the AI just can't fly them, and you can beat them by quite easily by taking the fight into the vertical. That's unofficially. Officially we had huge problems with them, and new aircraft are definitely needed :lol:
Yesterday's sorties, well... The first two were quite ok for me, but the last one was mixed. I had some good cooperation with Schröder while we took out the Blenheims' escorts, but unfortunately that AI 109 tried to cooperate with me a bit too closely :down: That motherfu****. At least I'll remember to stay clear of those *****s anytime I see them in the future.
Congrats on your Blenheims Hunter :up:
IIRC you again downed a bunch of them.
HunterICX
08-08-08, 03:29 AM
Congrats on your Blenheims Hunter :up:
IIRC you again downed a bunch of them.
Nah, the spit arent that a problem (unless they you get hit by its 20mm hispano's)
but just in general we really could use some better aircraft (I.E Fw190)
In general, stay away from those AI hornest nest (aka 4 ai chasing 1 enemy)
the AI seems to be blind when it comes to detecting friendly aircraft.
A big loss, If I recall you where one of the top scoring german fighter pilot in our squadron
Had a little score to settle with those Blenheims after they shot my pilot the sortie before...
but they did a number on me too seen here:
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2820/cockpitgo5.jpg
got a bit windy in my cockpit, and when I returned to base I noticed I was beeing chased by a Hurricane, giving me hell on my six so decided to bail out as my 109 wasnt going to last any minute longer.
HunterICX
Fincuan
08-08-08, 03:51 AM
Bloody hell, that's a lot of bullet holes in one plane! No wonder you had a hard time with that Hurri above the airbase.
Schröder was(and is, if he didn't die) our top scorer, and I was on the second spot. Now I'm tempted to switch sides and have a go at those AI 109s :lol:
It's one thing to die in battle or make a mistake and crash, but to die like that... Well, no more kill stealing from the AI that's for sure.
Raptor1
08-08-08, 07:51 AM
Göring is being really cheap, the Brits get Spitfires AND a fresh new squadron of volunteer American pilots, while we have...Emils...arrgh, I can't stand this plane any more
It seems that in DCG the first version of the Fw 190 comes into service in June, 1942 but the Friedrich-4 comes into service in June, 1941, we should be getting it pretty soon (I hope) (It's listed as the upgrade type of the Emil-4, so we SHOULD be getting it, but I don't know much about how DCG works)
I didn't find it too bad last night but my main problem was finding free targets. I usually have enough time to line up on a Spit, then he evades and by the time I find him again he's been bagged by someone else (usually one of the AI seagulls) I did get jumped by two Hurris but they were easy to shake, just a case of waiting until they get close, then slamming the throttle shut and climbing, they shoot past underneath, and then you follow them.
Not quite sure how I lost part of my gear on take-off during the first mission though....sure made landing interesting... :hmm:
HunterICX
08-08-08, 09:50 AM
Not quite sure how I lost part of my gear on take-off during the first mission though....sure made landing interesting... :hmm:
You probally used cheap ductape :p
HunterICX
Fincuan
08-09-08, 01:40 PM
Dunno if the campaign continues, but I'll be there tonight. Yesterday we practised smashing planes into carriers and the sea, after which Hunter left and Schröder and I flew a few Hyperlobby coops.
We haven't flown a weekend sortee for a while, let me know if we're going to :yep:
Could be fun... atleast for me... I am starting to be in "No condition to F*ck". :p
Schroeder
08-09-08, 02:10 PM
Could be fun... atleast for me... I am starting to be in "No condition to F*ck". :p Starting? I thought this was a permanent situation.:hmm:
:rotfl:
Jimbuna
08-09-08, 02:13 PM
Dowly is sitting up there on his own :hmm:
http://www.crimeshots.com/forums/images/smilies/cttequila_e0.gif
@Schroeder
Yeh, that's what the doctor's said, but I dont believe them! :p
@Jim
What can I do? *sniff* :cry:
Jimbuna
08-09-08, 02:27 PM
@Schroeder
Yeh, that's what the doctor's said, but I dont believe them! :p
@Jim
What can I do? *sniff* :cry:
Get a feckin mic and I wouldn't have to come out of minimised to see what your typeing.
many of us have told you....if you have a childishly squeaky or gilie sounding voice, that is okay.
We all know your gay anyway, so what's the problem....Justin :p
Even if I'd be gay, you wouldnt need to tell it to me! :-? :p
Hunter, how about telling when you can fly? I'm using my only free day this week just so I could fly with you guys, but noooo, you are nowhere to be seen. :down:
Jimbuna
08-10-08, 09:10 AM
Hunter, how about telling when you can fly? I'm using my only free day this week just so I could fly with you guys, but noooo, you are nowhere to be seen. :down:
Have you checked out the back of the bike shop....he could be interfering with them cockroaches again :lol:
HunterICX
08-10-08, 09:47 AM
Hunter, how about telling when you can fly? I'm using my only free day this week just so I could fly with you guys, but noooo, you are nowhere to be seen. :down:
Perhaps because on your only day(saturday), the whole week comes down on my shoulders and I hop into bed at 11 Pm.
I work my arse off 6 days a week monday till friday (and saturday till mid-day) I rush my butt home come home mostly at 20.30 have a dive in the pool have some supper rush my butt on my seat put the PC on and host almost the whole week from monday till friday if I can.
No offence but you're not the only one working hard in the high season.
Just in General notice then:
During the Week: DCG continues (if not I'll give notice beforehand)
Weekends: No Flights on Saturday (Sunday, I might be there and if are others are up as well I may host a Dogfight/Co-Op Game)
HunterICX
Fincuan
08-10-08, 09:57 AM
Hunter, I don't think anyone has a problem with you being away on saturdays, especially when you've got a very good reason for that. We'd just like to know about it beforehand. Now that it's cleared up let's enjoy teh flights then! I'll be there tonight.
Dowly you could have also joined us yesterday. We flew some coops in Hyperlobby, after which we continued with a few missions of a DCG New Guinea campaign. After that Raptor and I flew single missions, so there was definitely a lot going on.
HunterICX
08-12-08, 05:31 AM
Talking about the worst sorties yet :lol:
1st sortie Fin got a 2nd ramming by a AI, thats gotta hurt.
I was too dumb by forgetting to take more then 25% fuel :damn:
Kratos got one bugger rammed into his Six O'clock.
Raptor as usual was on his killing rampage and hungry for iron crosses which he got.
Oberon got promoted :o un-f(bleep)in believable...:know:
The 2nd sortie was a Luftwaffle Disaster...
I clipped my wing of by raming it into a Blenny, Fincuan got his engine messed up same goes for Raptor(?). the rest landed without having any confirmed airkills.
HunterICX
Fincuan
08-12-08, 06:07 AM
Yes, Lolwaffe at its best yesterday.
At least I was rammed by an enemy AI this time, but what the hell is wrong with them not being able to fly slow scissors? Four of them is enough even without one going kamikaze :lol:
The second sortie was definitely an improvement: The majority of my plane made it down, wheels on the ground and still attached to the fuselage I might add, in an airbase, and I even downed that pesky Blenheim who shot up my engine :lol:
I guess we have now seriously crossed swords with Herman, since both Hunter and I weren't awarded kills we clearly made.
I couldn't believe my promotion either :o The third kill was a sheer fluke, I clipped a Hurri with a rake of bullets as it swung past me, and less than twenty seconds later I got the "Enemy aircraft destroyed" sign pop up :o I couldn't believe it. Still, I saved Raptors backside, you had a Spit angling for you mate, fortunately as it tucked itself in behind you, it tucked itself right in my gun sights, I think the pilot must have brown trousered judging by the way that Spit suddenly climbed out of there when I opened up on it! :lol:
The second mission was a non-event, I spent most of it chasing the defecting Goring carriers, then had no idea where the main battle was taking place, and when I found out, it was far too late to make an intercept so I turned around and RTB'd.
Oh, and that verdamnt AI kill-stealing monkey :damn: I put that Hurri into the ground, but number two claimed the credit! :shifty:
Quote of the evening:
Fin (on seeing a herd of 109s chasing a Spit): "Oh, I'm not getting into that gang-bang!"
I probably won't be with you guys tonight, there's some good television for a change tonight and I want to be watching it :D
HunterICX
08-12-08, 10:06 AM
Watch out with promoting Oberon, you might become Göring favorite and then you'll have this sort of things happening:
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6169/highres1000861620copygr3.jpg
Dear Oberon,
You've become one of meine favoriten Piloten in thiz luftwaffe
I'm thereby very happy to anounze that you havze been promoted to Leutnant, and I would like to invitze you to dinner with my lovely wife und jungen.
with love,
Hermann Göring
P.s: tell the others to die like cowarldy dogs for not achieving anything the last days
HunterICX
:rotfl: :rotfl:
I thought he defected? :rotfl:
Anyway, there's no chance of me becoming Berlin's favourite Luftwaffle, not when Goring sees the cost of replacements for bits of aircraft I've knocked off during my landings :lol:
Yup that first sortie was a disaster...I managed to bag a nice kill, then the wieirdest thing happened, as Hunter said above i got rammed , lot of holes in the wings for being rammed :hmm:
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1544/kill1ag1.jpeg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9844/chaseoq5.jpeg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4662/gonerin3.jpeg
Schroeder
08-12-08, 12:58 PM
I won't be there tonight. I'm going out with a friend of mine.
Kill some off those bloody Tommys for me.:smug:
Running away from Kratos, Oberon, Xabba.....http://www.smilevalley.de/smileys/Boese/114.gif (http://www.smilevalley.de)
I won't be there tonight. I'm going out with a friend of mine.
Kill some off those bloody Tommys for me.:smug:
Running away from Kratos, Oberon, Xabba.....http://www.smilevalley.de/smileys/Boese/114.gif (http://www.smilevalley.de) http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/764/tn2791qv0.gif
Raptor1
08-12-08, 02:54 PM
Is the TS server working for anyone?
Fincuan
08-12-08, 02:59 PM
Nöpe, "connection timed out"
HunterICX
08-12-08, 03:22 PM
*Emergency Teamspeak Launched*
EDIT: Never Mind, Normal Teamspeak works again
HunterICX
Raptor1
08-12-08, 03:25 PM
Normal teamspeak working now
Quote of the evening:
RAPTOR: That's 10 kills now
RAPTOR: Without dying
Raptor was killed.
Raptor1
08-13-08, 05:41 PM
I hate, hate and despise, they must all pay for their actions
Was pretty nice sorties. 1st was pretty crappy for me, followed someone in a Hurricane, shot and shot and run out of ammo. Got chased and crashed during a mnauver too close to the sea.
In the 2nd, I got one kill (AI) and one damaged (player, not sure who it was). Crashlanded.
On the 3rd, I lost my TrackIR and had to quit. :-?
I still ******* think we have to get the AI atleast to average. I did tests, 109 vs Hurri MK.IIb at Rookie, Average & Veteran. Hard to guess (:p) Rookie I shot down easily, average gave some fighting, but shot it down and Veteran, gave abit more fighting and I crashed to the sea.
Raptor1
08-13-08, 05:43 PM
In the 2nd, I got one kill (AI) and one damaged (player, not sure who it was). Crashlanded.
That was me, and you didn't damage me at all (only managed to jam one of my MGs, but who uses those anyway)
Was pretty nice sorties. 1st was pretty crappy for me, followed someone in a Hurricane, shot and shot and run out of ammo. Got chased and crashed during a mnauver too close to the sea.
That was me, you made a mess of my little Emil. Still made it back to base though :up: Honestly never thought I'd shake you off my six, every time I turned the red nosed bastard was there! :lol:
Fincuan
08-14-08, 12:55 AM
How was the last sortie guys? I of course had to screw up the takeoff when the weather finally fine after two sorties where I hardly saw the enemy. Especially the second one had a very stereotypic British weather. Reminder to self: Concentrate on flying and not on the chat when taking off :lol:
Got one Hurri which was only an AI(Dowly's wingman) and not the evil ferret himself, so there's definitely room for improvement. This was btw the first time I've seen an AI stall AND spin after trying to follow me in a zoom climb. That's why I thought he was Dowly at first.
Was pretty nice sorties. 1st was pretty crappy for me, followed someone in a Hurricane, shot and shot and run out of ammo. Got chased and crashed during a mnauver too close to the sea.
That was me, you made a mess of my little Emil. Still made it back to base though :up: Honestly never thought I'd shake you off my six, every time I turned the red nosed bastard was there! :lol:
*sigh* If only I had had more ammo and one beer less. :rotfl:
HELLOOOO!!!! ;)
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/OberonDowly.jpg
HunterICX
08-14-08, 03:45 AM
I still ******* think we have to get the AI atleast to average
they are average at the moment.
---
Mmmm...seems that some progess is going on..the french pocket is gone so we are now it complete control of the mainland.
I hope we get a change of aircraft as well soon (hopefully F-4's)
the first sortie bagged 3 Blenheims for the price of my Engine which failed during my return to base and had to crashland somehwere on a road
Dowly as usual was teasing one of our 109's in his Hurricane.
@Fincuan: that last sortie well the award for the case of extremly bad luck goes to Raptor, he just declared himself that he didnt die and having been promoted, awarded and creditted with 10 enemy aircraft shot downs.
and just 5 second later I see a Mid-air explosion...Raptor just got rammed by AI. OUCH!:dead:
HunterICX
Wow...I knew we were maneuvering close but not THAT close :o Probably just as well I'd have probably panicked and ditched in the sea :lol: I honestly thought that I was a goner, just couldn't shake ya, so Schroeder, the beers are on me :up:
Schroeder
08-14-08, 07:05 AM
I didn't really shoot him down. Just some airconditioning was done by my peathrowers. Dowly crashed himself into the ocean.:huh:
(at least I think I didn't do much damage)
I didn't really shoot him down. Just some airconditioning was done by my peathrowers. Dowly crashed himself into the ocean.:huh:
(at least I think I didn't do much damage)
You got him off my six, that earns you a beer :up:
Raptor1
08-14-08, 06:53 PM
Libya, Here we come!
Well, I guess Göring must be very pleased with the fact that we are suffering the desert heat now while he can sit in his office all day (If he still has a chair, that is)
Fincuan
08-15-08, 01:36 AM
Yay, Afrika! Hopefully we can retain our hard earned Friedrichs. :up:
My first sortie in the F got cut kind of sort by a bloody Blenheim and a Spit. Made a head on pass at the Blenheim, which resulted in a smoking Blenny and engine damage to me from either pieces or mg fire from him(it was a CLOSE), then pulled up right and in front of the Spit :damn:
Received a few hits, no big deal, went in to scissors with him and gained a shooting opportunity from 2 meters away, and BLAM again. Spit went down(I suppose, didn't see him anymore and got credited with one kill after the sortie), and I got damaged even more by either flying pieces or the explosions of my own cannon shells on the Spit. Luckily I was once again able to glide to an airbase while you guys kept the enemy busy and kicked their ass :up:
ps. Hunter could you please update the thread title to reflect our current situation? Thanks!
HunterICX
08-15-08, 05:47 AM
@Fincuan: Done! :up:
and now a Question to all -
Who dares to fight against Veteran AI :cool: ?
HunterICX
@Fincuan: Done! :up:
and now a Question to all -
Who dares to fight against Veteran AI :cool: ?
HunterICX
WHAAAA!! you have THREE weetabix this morning ?
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Raptor1
08-15-08, 06:00 AM
Well, as long as you put my 111 on the highest AI setting so my gunners can actually hit them, fine
Schroeder
08-15-08, 06:35 AM
O.K.
Average AI simply isn't good enough. You can avoid beeing hit by just flying shallow turns.:nope:
Let's see how long we will survive against better AI.:p:huh::roll::dead:
Yay for the veteran AI! We've used it before, so let's continue that! :up:
Ah, Tobruk... More Spitfires.... FOR ME TO SHOOT YOU LUFTWAFFLES WITH! :D
Lol, makes no difference to me, nine times out of ten you guys have shot down all the AI before I even get there :lol:
Schroeder
08-15-08, 10:28 AM
@Dowly
*mysterious voice in your head..*
You are a die hard 109 pilot.
You want to fly 109s only.
You love the 109 more than anything on this planet.
You rejoice when you hear the DB engine jumping to life.
You love the tracers coming out from the nose of your 109.
You know they mean certain doom for your enemies.
You want to join the Luftwaffels in all their glorious sorties.
You dislike the Spitfires.
You know that those Spitfires want to hurt your beloved 109.
You want to see them destroyed.
You want to be the one destroying them.
You want to eliminate this threat to your 109 for good.
And now wake up again and go to your 109. PERKELE!
*mysterious voice out*
:rotfl:
*Dowly wakes up, feeling relaxed and full of joy. He ALT+TABs back to EVE Online and starts to spam the help channel with queries on where to buy Me109. Moments later Dowly's account is suspended, no refunds.*
:D
HunterICX
08-15-08, 10:56 AM
Ah, Tobruk... More Spitfires.... FOR ME TO SHOOT YOU LUFTWAFFLES WITH! :D
you make Göring cry...:nope:
HunterICX
He's a crybaby anyways. :D
Suicide Charlie
08-15-08, 02:26 PM
Set up a BoB campaign for the hell of it last night, just to kind of see what you guys would have been playing. Picked the British side... Jeez... It's a good thing you guys are playing as the Germans. Because there's no Spitfire Mk. I only Hurricane's are availible. Makes being a German a piece of cake.
I don't know how I managed to survive as long as I did. All but three Hurricanes out of 16 I believe, not including myself were shot down within 5-10 minutes of Bf-109's showing up on scene. Trying to maintain any sort of energy advantage or even just a reserve seemed impossible. Not having a fuel injected engine really makes a difference.
Veteran A.I? http://www.homestead.com/%7Emedia/elements/AnimatedClipart/people/animations/monk__prayingA.gif oh mamma help me :lol:
One more killed for Leutnant Obie, just gotta work on these desert landings :lol: As Hunter said though, at least the sand cushions your ass as it skids along the ground :lol: The first sortee I got shot down although I didn't see or hear the impact, the engine just cut out, I thought it was an overheat or too much use of the GM1, so down into the desert I went.
Second sortee I managed to saw a wing off a Hurri MkIIb at close range which surprised me, and then one stuck itself on my tail and wouldn't do the decent thing and sod off. So with no-one else in the area I called in my AI wingmen and then closed in and killed it. I'm beginning to like my wingmen now :D
Third sortee Hunter got himself in a pickle with two Hurris on his six, I was in the area so I dived and overheated myself over there to help, managed to scrape them off his six and then closed to engage. One Hurri did a bizarre move, it must have been a server thing because he moved forward and starboard on a level flight without turning or banking just as I got a line on him. So I turned and lined up again, opened up with both, he twisted and spun out to starboard so I considered him 'down' but sadly he must have levelled out and escaped because I didn't get a kill. Eh well, live and let live :lol:
Had to hurry up my landing procedures because the AI was doing something funky with the bombers, no idea what, things were alright out on my little island base :lol: Although on the second sortee something went wrong and one of my squadron crashed in the hills near the base, not sure what that was about. :hmm:
Fincuan
08-16-08, 02:44 AM
Sorry for my absence yesterday. I decided to take a small nap on the couch and woke up this morning, so there goes Friday evening :damn:
Looks like you had fairly good sorties once again, and those bloody brits got what they deserved. But about GM-1, how did you end up using that? It's the high-altitude boost. :hmm:
HunterICX
08-16-08, 03:37 AM
Sorry for my absence yesterday. I decided to take a small nap on the couch and woke up this morning, so there guys Friday evening :damn:
Ouch....proofs you where very tired then.
I'm really having fun in the BF110 ;) already turned about 20 ground targets into dust.
and in that first sortie we disovered that a desert map with fog is really horrible you wont see the runway unless you're flying straight over it...
HunterICX
Schroeder
08-16-08, 05:47 AM
@ Obi
Are you sure the Emil has GM1?:hmm:
You should really test the F4 a bit more often (offline if you want to), the increase in performance gives you really an edge over the Hurricanes, Kittyhawks and even the Spitfires. The F4 doesn't handle that differently at all, just try it a few times and you won't want your Emil back.:D
What ya using the boost for? It's emergency! Not to be used when not really needed. :D It'll overheat your engine quickly and overall, it doesnt do good for the engine.
Yeah, it came up that it was a GM1 :hmm: I was trying to get across to where the Hurricanes were all over Schroeder at full speed :yep:
Now that I have the powers of the Dark Side, I will have to give the Freddie a go, although I quite like my little island base :lol:
From now on, I'm thinking of starting a VERY simple, personal, AAR.
It's in 3 sections, first being the "Too close for comfort" moment of the night. The second one being my guncamera recordings of every attack I made during the sorties, resulted it to a kill or not. 3rd section's just a simple overall statistics of my sorties on that night.
The first "official" TCFC moment was between me & Schroeder tonight, on the 2nd sortie. Schroeder was attacking my wingman, so I got into his 6. After a few head on passes, he pulled up and I followed, resulting in both of us stalling and spinning pretty much next to eachother downwards (A decent view of the spin in the guncamera vid below).
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/Spin.jpg
Guncamera recording, Tobruk, 16/8/08:
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/th_Guncam1Tobruk.jpg (http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/?action=view¤t=Guncam1Tobruk.flv)
Sortie #1 - Plane: Spitfire - Kills: 0 - Damaged: 1 - Result: Bailed Out
Sortie #2 - Plane: Spitfire - Kills: 0 - Damaged: 1 - Result: Bailed Out
Sortie #3 - Plane: Tomahawk - Kills: 1 - Damaged: 1 - Result: KIA
Me getting told by Schultz to wait my turn after flying two sorties this morning (where I am). Nice flying with you guys. Managed to bag a Kiwi Warhawk and a C47 but got hoplessly lost in cloud on my first sortie.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/SHOT2555.jpg
Looks like you guys had fun tonight! (:up:) I Didn't ''some scumbag S.O.B'S'' took my Wheels for a joyride tonight :nope: Stole it from my friends house as i was taking a virus from his P.C. It was a 5 ...10 min.visit and my Blood (piss) was boiling, The local police have apprehended the ****bags, but my
motorbike is impounded for forensic test's :stare: HEADS ARE GONNA ROLL for this :yep:
Raptor1
08-17-08, 02:46 AM
Great weather in Libya - Rain, wind and clouds
Schroeder
08-17-08, 04:37 AM
''some scumbag S.O.B'S'' took my Wheels for a joyride tonight :nope: Stole it from my friends house as i was taking a virus from his P.C. It was a 5 ...10 min.visit and my Blood (piss) was boiling, The local police have apprehended the ****bags, but my
motorbike is impounded for forensic test's :stare: HEADS ARE GONNA ROLL for this :yep:
Bloody hell! At least they got those suckers. (wish the bloody police would have been at least a bit interested in my case when my bycicle was stolen about 10 years ago...they did not even start to search for it....)
I haven't had that much fun yesterday. Dowly "Finnished" my career....twice
http://www.smilevalley.de/smileys/Traurig/28.gif (http://www.smilevalley.de).
*EDIT*
But my gratest "success" was, when Jimbuna asked me to find u-boat badges and I gave him a link to a NewView site. He came in pretty quiet and my engine was pretty loud so I misunderstood the "u" of u-boat as "new" and my brain (yes, I have such a thing) consequently added the "view" to it.
I bet after recieving the link he was asking himself what this Kraut was smoking.:oops::dead:
Eh? Thought we didn't fly on a Saturday? :o
Are we flying tonight?
Schroeder
08-17-08, 06:46 AM
Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't.;)
But there is always the Hyperlobby.:D
Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't.;)
But there is always the Hyperlobby.:D
:yep: Trouble is, now I've joined the Dark Side, how do I figure out what games I can join without Oleg sending his Stormtroopers out? :hmm:
Raptor1
08-17-08, 07:20 AM
You have the Dark Side, you can take on all the puny Maddox Imperial Stormtroopers
We bombed Oleg's private Winter retreat yesterday (Or rather, earlier today) too...
Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't.;)
But there is always the Hyperlobby.:D
:yep: Trouble is, now I've joined the Dark Side, how do I figure out what games I can join without Oleg sending his Stormtroopers out? :hmm:
Owwww.... you didnt backup your Files.sfs & IL2fb.exe?? :o What I use to switch between the modded & unmodded version of IL2 is that I have those 2 files backed up in a folder called "Stock" and I have another folder called "modded" with the 2 files copied from the soundmod. Then, I just copy & paste either the stock or the modded files to the IL2 1946 folder. ;)
@Kratos:
Better unleash the Dogs of War on them suckers!
Raptor1
08-17-08, 07:38 AM
I have have 4.08 with mods off then I use JSGME to switch on either 4.08 with mods or 4.09 with mods (I don't really have a use for 4.09 without mods...)
HunterICX
08-17-08, 08:06 AM
@Dowly: That guncam video looks awefully........
GOOD! only misses some old propaganda tune back and you got it close to the real thing :yep:
HunterICX
@Kratos:
Better unleash the Dogs of War on them suckers!
Dont worry m8 they will get a good stern speaking to http://www.msnpro.com/funnyanimations/funnyanimation24.gif ;)
Jimbuna
08-17-08, 08:13 AM
Looks like you guys had fun tonight! (:up:) I Didn't ''some scumbag S.O.B'S'' took my Wheels for a joyride tonight :nope: Stole it from my friends house as i was taking a virus from his P.C. It was a 5 ...10 min.visit and my Blood (piss) was boiling, The local police have apprehended the ****bags, but my
motorbike is impounded for forensic test's :stare: HEADS ARE GONNA ROLL for this :yep:
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7975/gigglebigtb9fg3.gif
http://www.paperbackplace.com/boy_riding_scooter.gif
http://www.paperbackplace.com/man_walking.gif
http://imgcash5.imageshack.us/img517/4871/executedyl7.gif
http://www.bostonblueyes.com/blog/cop-prisoner.gif
Jimbuna
08-17-08, 08:14 AM
''some scumbag S.O.B'S'' took my Wheels for a joyride tonight :nope: Stole it from my friends house as i was taking a virus from his P.C. It was a 5 ...10 min.visit and my Blood (piss) was boiling, The local police have apprehended the ****bags, but my
motorbike is impounded for forensic test's :stare: HEADS ARE GONNA ROLL for this :yep:
Bloody hell! At least they got those suckers. (wish the bloody police would have been at least a bit interested in my case when my bycicle was stolen about 10 years ago...they did not even start to search for it....)
I haven't had that much fun yesterday. Dowly "Finnished" my career....twice
http://www.smilevalley.de/smileys/Traurig/28.gif (http://www.smilevalley.de).
*EDIT*
But my gratest "success" was, when Jimbuna asked me to find u-boat badges and I gave him a link to a NewView site. He came in pretty quiet and my engine was pretty loud so I misunderstood the "u" of u-boat as "new" and my brain (yes, I have such a thing) consequently added the "view" to it.
I bet after recieving the link he was asking himself what this Kraut was smoking.:oops::dead:
LOL.....whatever it was, pass it round http://imgcash1.imageshack.us/img144/9549/dope3rfnk4.gif
@Dowly: That guncam video looks awefully........
GOOD! only misses some old propaganda tune back and you got it close to the real thing :yep:
HunterICX
Shouldnt look any different than the rest I've made. :p Tho, there's 2 things different; You see the props rotating and the cannon hit effects are slightly different. Now, just need to be arsed to D/L the curved bullet trails mod. :hmm:
HunterICX
08-17-08, 10:23 AM
Thats what I noticed the props and cannon hits.
seeying my HE111 beeing shot by you like that made me wonder how the hell I made it back to base :p
HunterICX
Jimbuna
08-17-08, 10:25 AM
Anyone interested in buying a cheap bike.....cheap :rotfl:
Thats what I noticed the props and cannon hits.
seeying my HE111 beeing shot by you like that made me wonder how the hell I made it back to base :p
HunterICX
Lol, I wondered the same thing! :D Both your wings were riddled with holes, lucky bstard! :-?
So, any idea if you up for a flight tonight or you wanna take a day off? :hmm:
Anyone interested in buying a cheap bike.....cheap :rotfl:
ROFL! :rotfl::arrgh!:
XabbaRus
08-17-08, 12:24 PM
So we are in Africa now. I'm assuming the invasion of France went well.
I'll be back in action Tuesday at the most. Just got back today after the journey from hell and though I didn't hav a drop to drink I feel like I have the world's biggest hangover.
No guncam from last night, only got 1 kill and it was during the night, way too dark for the guncam settings I use. :nope:
No guncam from last night, only got 1 kill and it was during the night, way too dark for the guncam settings I use. :nope:
I dunno, I think you could count my first death as being related to your doings :lol: Even if my loyal AI sacrificed itself to prevent you delivering the coup de grace. Should...have...bailed... :damn:
No guncam from last night, only got 1 kill and it was during the night, way too dark for the guncam settings I use. :nope:
I dunno, I think you could count my first death as being related to your doings :lol: Even if my loyal AI sacrificed itself to prevent you delivering the coup de grace. Should...have...bailed... :damn:
******* hate the AI twits. :nope:
So we are in Africa now. I'm assuming the invasion of France went well.
I'll be back in action Tuesday at the most. Just got back today after the journey from hell and though I didn't hav a drop to drink I feel like I have the world's biggest hangover.
We got stuck on Groundhog Day in France, shooting the same eight Blennies over and over and over again. In the end we got so fed up by this that Raptor was about to mutiny and start strafing Schultz again, so Schroeder used the fact that he's Gorings favourite to get us transfered to Tobruk. ;)
Fincuan
08-18-08, 02:25 PM
Guncam experiments from yesterday. Shamelessly stealing a kill from an AI. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgs1dtQLYO0
edit:Looks like Youtube made it a whole lot darked than it should be. Oh well, next time...
HunterICX
08-19-08, 03:26 AM
Campaign update & Reset :
Due I'm been messing around with the DCG settings of the current campaign it turned to be a complete mess.
so best way to solve that is wipe it all off the table and start over.
but this time I want to change the following things and get it right:
Campaign settings:
-all AI skins will be Desert skins (I still look for skins(without markings) : Ju87-B2, He111, Spitfire Vb, Hurricane IIB, BF109E7/B, BF109F4.
(if you can find them if you have the time post the D/l towards the skin here please, thank you)
-the Weather, Desert doesnt know that much rain and lots of clouds so lets see if I can change the weather to stay clear most of the time.
-Shipping, lets see if I can increase the amount of shipping.
Dificulty settings:
-External Camera OFF, from now on we will fly with locked cockpit.
HunterICX
Raptor1
08-19-08, 03:37 AM
M4T has some nice non-marked Desert skins
You can change the "Wors't Conditions" in the Custom Mission screen in DCG (At least in normal campaigns)
Oh, and why change the camera settings? That means I have to stay in the boring Stuka cockpit the entire 20-year long journey from the starting point to the target
Fincuan
08-19-08, 04:00 AM
Sounds good Hunter :up:
Externals off is a double edged sword... Now that we fly on different sides it would good if we wouldn't be able to see where others are by using externals, or when all enemies are eliminated, but otoh I always like to look at things from the outside view and enjoy some eye-candy. I still agree with Hunter though, switch them off.
Weather, damn... must be rain season going on. The little I've read read about Luftwaffe in Afrika points to good visibility being a problem for large formations, not continuous cloud cover and fog! Especially the groundfog is horrendous. You could also try enabling "Shipping remains destroyed"(or something similar, I know there is such setting) from DCG, so that Raptor doesn't sink Tramp Steamer 13 every mission. :lol:
I've been using this skinpack for AI aircraft: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads2&file=details&id=3046
It doesn't include Emil and Ju-87B-2 skins, but those should be easily found on m4t.
And these Friedrich skins for my own aircraft: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads2&file=details&id=4035
Locked cockpit ? :o i suffer from Claustrophobia :cry:
I dont mind l/cockpits for silly dogfights and stuff because there not that long,but sorry i cant fly full campaigns with this setting, so i guess i'll sit this one out
HunterICX
08-19-08, 07:02 AM
Locked cockpit ? :o i suffer from Claustrophobia :cry:
I dont mind l/cockpits for silly dogfights and stuff because there not that long,but sorry i cant fly full campaigns with this setting, so i guess i'll sit this one out
No you're not going to sit this one out!
I'm planning to fly mostly something that requires a Gunner for my protection so untill you get used to fly with locked cockpit you can be one of our Gunners to fend of the enemy fighters.:D
HunterICX
Jimbuna
08-19-08, 07:57 AM
Locked cockpit ? :o i suffer from Claustrophobia :cry:
I dont mind l/cockpits for silly dogfights and stuff because there not that long,but sorry i cant fly full campaigns with this setting, so i guess i'll sit this one out
No you're not going to sit this one out!
I'm planning to fly mostly something that requires a Gunner for my protection so untill you get used to fly with locked cockpit you can be one of our Gunners to fend of the enemy fighters.:D
HunterICX
Kratos will probably enjoy being at your ar$e end :lol:
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4324/gayxy5.gif
Locked cockpit ? :o i suffer from Claustrophobia :cry:
I dont mind l/cockpits for silly dogfights and stuff because there not that long,but sorry i cant fly full campaigns with this setting, so i guess i'll sit this one out
No you're not going to sit this one out!
I'm planning to fly mostly something that requires a Gunner for my protection so untill you get used to fly with locked cockpit you can be one of our Gunners to fend of the enemy fighters.:D
HunterICX
Kratos will probably enjoy being at your ar$e end :lol:
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4324/gayxy5.gif
love it when a geordie thinks he's funny http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7918/zzkleintjes041ax6.gif :lol:
Raptor1
08-19-08, 08:48 AM
Oh, if you're messing with our campaign, change one of the Fighter squadron's base to that of the Stukas so we can get some escort while you're at it
It's just pathetic how they get slaughtered with no escort
Oh, if you're messing with our campaign, change one of the Fighter squadron's base to that of the Stukas so we can get some escort while you're at it
It's just pathetic how they get slaughtered with no escort
Cry me ein river your dirty kraut! :D How about giving the RAF side a try? 4 Hurricanes vs. ~10 109Es&Fs, 110s that start directly over our airbase and Stukas. :roll:
Re: Locked pit
Good call Hunter, especially for me as I tend to fly the RAF now. There's been tons of situations where I would have just wanted to dive and get the fock out, but the LW guys could've just follow me with the F6 view.
As for the campaign in general, I wouldnt mind getting some more squadrons to actively fly for RAF, instead of only having a choise of 4 Hurris. :p
@Kratos
Practice practice practice! It really isnt that hard when you get the hang of it. Just use the widest field of view and keep your eyes on the runway's edges, push the nose down as soon as you can to get view of the runway. You can do it! :up:
Schroeder
08-19-08, 09:53 AM
I too think that the RAF need reinforcements.
4 RAF against dozens of Luftwaffe planes simply isn't fair.
Or the RAF guys could rejoin the good side.;):smug:
Or the RAF guys could rejoin the good side.;):smug:
Or we just get those reinforcements. :p
HunterICX
08-19-08, 10:56 AM
I too think that the RAF need reinforcements.
4 RAF against dozens of Luftwaffe planes simply isn't fair.
Or the RAF guys could rejoin the good side.;):smug:
Question: Is the luftwaffe even fair :doh:
Lets see if I can get the sides a bit more balanced.
HunterICX
Raptor1
08-19-08, 11:12 AM
Wasn't the RAF outnumbered historically?
Wasn't the RAF outnumbered historically?
Yup. Also wasnt there a real threat of dying/losing your plane due to too much G's? Or a possibility to jump in from the clouds, surprise your enemy and disappear? A change of shaking your enemy and escape? Should I continue on listing stuff that IL2 DOESNT have? :p
Really, the 4/8 vs. 25 goes way beyond silly and isnt fun anymore. Atleast give me a Spitfire with unlimited ammo and I'll get you all! :p
Raptor1
08-19-08, 11:26 AM
And so it turns from a campaign into a dogfight server with the time and place changing from time to time...
Maybe we should just fast-forward to a campaign that was more balanced historically
Both sides have been choosable in our campaings from the very first online coop we played 1+ year ago. I dont see what's wrong with it. :-?
Raptor1
08-19-08, 11:32 AM
I don't have a problem with choosing both sides, just don't mess with the historical accuracy to make it more "balanced" (Note, I could be wrong about the fact that RAF was outnumbered in North Africa at 1941, but I'm pretty sure they were)
Pretty much every campaign after 1943 would be a lot more balanced historically
Schroeder
08-19-08, 11:35 AM
I'm not sure about the numbers of the RAF in Africa but the only German fighters around where PARTS of JG26 and JG27 (not even the whole squadrons) IIRC. So I actually don't think that the Luftwaffe fighters were outnumbering the RAF big time.:hmm:
Raptor1
08-19-08, 11:38 AM
That would make sense, there are 2 Luftwaffe fighter squadrons and 1 RAF squadron, we just kept it's numbers down so much that it can only field 4 aircraft (Which I think is the minimum)
I'll skip tonight's sorties. This ferret's sleeeeeeepppyyyyy. Will be there tomorrow with JD (Thursday off) if we're flying. :up:
If your bringing J.D along you'll be http://smilieland.com/graphics/snore.gif so we prolly wont see you then either :rotfl:
Jimbuna
08-19-08, 03:11 PM
If your bringing J.D along you'll be http://smilieland.com/graphics/snore.gif so we prolly wont see you then either :rotfl:
More like http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/9291/1019rx7.gif (http://imageshack.us)
HunterICX
08-20-08, 03:24 AM
Talk about a great start for a re-start....
1st attempt something was wrong, the british ground troups where all over the place :o something must have gone wrong with the ground settings.
the 2nd re-start was better in terms that the campaign is acting normal and there is a lot of activity in the air due that the allies have at least the number of aircraft now to be a threat to the luftwaffe.
HunterICX
Fincuan
08-20-08, 03:38 AM
I'll skip tonight's sorties. This ferret's sleeeeeeepppyyyyy. Will be there tomorrow with JD (Thursday off) if we're flying. :up:
You tosser stealing my idea(sleeping, not JD), though I was implementing it way before you wrote that message... Sorry guys, slooks like it's no naps for me if I want to fly that evening :lol:
Anyone want to give a short recap on yesterday's sorties?
Not really a lot to tell :oops: Nothing to see when you got locked cockpits, when you fart and die at takeoff, you gotta sit there doin nothing :cry: till the few that did takeoff return to base. Even trying to listen on teamspeak is difficult, two or more people speaking at the same time isn't good listening, soo i go downstairs for a beer and speak to the missus :roll: thats gotta be better than looking at a pile of smoking wreck on a stoopid runway :damn: I Hate locked cockpit
HunterICX
08-20-08, 06:18 AM
And Schröder and I have to report to ''Roland Freisler'' for shooting at our own convoy in a BF110 after complelty destroying the british forces in the depo of Tobruk...and we saw 1 more convoy going to our lines (so we thought they where british too) but seemed to be friendly forces retreating
HunterICX
Schroeder
08-20-08, 06:22 AM
Yeah, in the middle of red territory almost 10km behind enemy lines.:damn:
Jimbuna
08-20-08, 06:36 AM
ROFLMA :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Bloody amatuers :lol:
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