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The 352nd enjoyed flying with the DDs and the mission was fine. I agree that we need to make the airfields with unlimited planes and also repair/refuel capabilities. As I told delta7 Dave, I know he makes the missions with the EMG but I would be willing, after he has made the mission, to change the airfields to unlimited planes and also add the repair/refuel vehicles. He just needs to send me the mission and then after I've made the changes, I send it back to him. I've done something similar with DDFriar when we flew missions against the DDs. We always discussed the missions made between the two of us before we flew them with the rest of our groups. Neither he nor I ever discussed the missions with our members before we flew them. It wouldn't be fair or ethical as we are trying to provide enjoyment to them and not take advantage of intel info. I will canvas my members about a penalty time for dying before reentering the fray.

I enjoyed the mission and agree that more AI and available airframes will make it even better. It felt a bit like the old days with so many on TS and flying. Could always do with more DDs joining in.

First thanks for all who turned up, I believe there were 16 flying , which is something we have not seen for a while. This thread is for comments , I believe this will only stay interesting if we work together and ensure any issues are ironed out as much as possible , so please feel free to comment. I am not a mission builder and have only used the quick mission generator, however for this to work I will get the info needed to tweak the missions to suit the majority. My thoughts on the first session; Positives good numbers flying It successfully fulfilled the two main objectives of being fun and everyone working together. Comms was very good Co-operation was very good with people covering each other and not all chasing same target Improvements I will need to make sure there are sufficient planes by making airfields unlimited I will check to make sure there are rearm facilities The secondary and tertiary enemy targets were destroyed by AI, I will remove random flights so that the ground pounders will have alternatives if primary is closed. I am concerned about lack of enemy planes after first wave is engaged, I will look at how to activate a second wave after a period of time so that the fighters have secondary targets later in mission. Questions These are just some ideas, I would need to dig into wither it is possible but would appreciate feedback on this before I put the time in. Do people wish to see a scoreboard ? Do you wish to submit claims and I will keep a running total ? I had doubts about running as a DF as it sometimes leads to carelessness, however I was pleased this did not happen. In future to encourage people to take care of their aircraft/ virtual life do people wish there to be a penalty for being killed , such as voluntary 5 min sit out or an incentive for not being killed such as extra points at mission end on scoreboard.

Success We have given the enemy a bloody nose. All targets were successfully completed with limited casualties. Our victories today will ensure that the enemy wont get all their own way and give our ground troops some relieve. News from other sectors is not so good , the enemy continue to push forward and our battle squadrons took losses. We fly again soon Next round is provisionally Sunday 5th May. I will keep this thread for announcements and have started another for comments/feedback

Working on the new PC. Component list below using one of the GPU cards listed. Component Selection CPU AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor CPU cooler Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 V3 BLACK 77.8 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard ASRock X670E Taichi EATX AM5 Motherboard Memory G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory Storage Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive Storage Kingston KC3000 2.048 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive GPU GALAX SG (1-Click OC) GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card GPU Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card GPU Palit GamingPro GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card Case Antec C8 ATX Mid Tower Case Power supply Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 1350 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply I have the case and have completed all the things I wanted to do. Added 2 USB-c ports to front of case from adapter card - M.2 nvme to 2 x USB-c Added 2 USB-3 ports to front of case from internal header block off plate for one fan port diverter - blow cool air directly to CPU cooler and motherboard made a stand/air filter box for below case to pre-filter incoming air. Hook & loop tape holds pre filter sheet to frame and case side panel

Scramble scramble The enemy is on the move and heading towards the frontier. The battle squadron are getting ready, hurricane squadron will escort them as they attack enemy positions Good luck to all I will take a roll call at 20 :45 and generate mission with enough slots for preferences, either hurricane or battle. Take off is at 21:00.

UPDATE 21ST APRIL 2024 Persian Gulf Deployed troops from helicopter will now head off in Echelon Right formation rather than one behind the other. This means they now will all engage the enemy, rather than just the man at the front. I will update the Syria map to match in due course. Corrected bug with Southern approach suicide bomber truck not working correctly. If it gets through it will now take out our southern SAM defenses.

Sounds good. Will be careful.

Small update - the 352nd have requested that we fly this as a dogfight, so that you can respawn if killed. I have limited experience generating DFS but we will give it a try. We will run this for 1 hour then I will take a note of scores. I would like everyone to try to prioritise staying alive over enemy kills I will review events after mission and see if we need to change anything

8th May 1940 URGENT TO ALL OFFICERS AND MEN Today we have had news from a reliable source that an attack is imminent. In all likelihood the enemy will attack on the 10th of May in two days’ time. Friendly forces patrolling the border have noticed heightened activity on the German side and the sounds of trucks and armour moving into the area. You may have noticed an increase in observation craft in the skies above. You are now on high alert. One squadron will be maintained at standby at all times and all aircraft must be armed and ready for action. While we hope it will not come to pass an invasion looks likely and we have faith in our men to carry out their duty to protect our allies. Please be on dogz teamspeak by 20:45 UK time on Sunday so I will have numbers to generate mission. Start time 21:00 hrs This will be run as a co-op with our standard settings. MODS on. Please use small icon mod. This will be run on our events server so password is same as we used in matches vs 352nd IF it goes quickly, and everyone wished to continue, I will generate a second mission for the night. You will be able to fly hurricanes or il2m1942, please see post above for il2 skin. If anyone has questions please get in touch .

I am very pleased with them so far. They are very solid and have two feet positions plus two types of spring to fit. They have made flying much better and has shown up the amount of adjustment I was doing.

How do you like them?

Going to make landing a Tomcat or Hornet on a carrier feel like a piece of piss me thinks, can't wait!

Apaches killing it at night.....

Thanks to Colin I now have a skin for the IL2 m42 as we will use this plane as substitute for fairey battles. Place it into this folder c:\1c game studios\il2 sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\graphics\\skin\il2m42 This will be flyable in campaign .you can select this skin under custom skins, you should select rear gunner and bombs BBop_Boulton Paul Hack.dds