Friar

I was thinking about the possibility of making a mission where fuel could be limited and you have to find some supplies before you run out.

I noticed for the first time yesterday after the update that there was a fuel slider for the tank just like the aircraft. Has it been there all the time?

Just updated the map with the AAA wagon and 5 circling Ju52's. They do not re-spawn when killed but working on it. It is live on the server now as FT as done his magic again and updated the server. For anyone with missions that you edit, you will have to use the tool to Re save all missions to update them.

Don't tell Sid that his weeks of hard work doing the skins have come to nothing..... I dont think the numbers are an issue a simple list by the side of your screen as a reference works and the numbers look more realistic, but a nice idea going forward

Salute As you should be aware, I am offering the chance in this event for people to team up to form a "crew" for a tank. So far we only have two crews, myself, FT and Perfesser in one tank and Sid, Painless and Parts in another. There is still time if you wish to make a crew with someone else. If you want to drive solo, that is no problem. Running as a crew does add something to the game. During our test on Saturday my crew had a situation where we rounded a corner and came upon a Panzer. I noticed that he started to rotate to gun round towards us, so I set off trying to stay in front of the arc of his gun whilst Perf (Commander) was screaming at FT (gunner) who had not noticed him, to get his gun trained on the tank, a situation I would not have been able to cope with playing on my own! Following a test on Saturday we are going to run with the following configuration, which may require you to create a whisper, so if you do not know how to do this please let us know and someone will go through it with you. Multi Crews Players will be moved to their own tank channel eg Tank 3 or Tank 4 The players in these channels will set up a whisper to the other tank channel plus a common channel for all the solo players. Solo Players In order for you to contact the commanders in the two multi crew tanks you will need to set up a whisper to both the tank channels (Tank 3 and Tank 4) For the solo players to talk amongst yourselves, you do not have to do anything extra. Please do post here and let us know if you need any help getting this set up. It is easy to do, you just need a free key to bind the whisper to, so when you press it it broadcasts the relevant channels.

Don't forget to download Sid's numbered skin pack...

Here are the assignments Tank # Player Type 1. APHill - Panzer V 2. Sweeper - Panzer V 3. Sid - Panzer V (Multi Crew with Painless and Parts) 4. Friar - Panzer IV (Multi Crew with FT and Perfesser) 5. Flack - Panzer IV 6. FT - Panzer IV (Multi Crew with Friar and Perfesser) 7. Artie - Panzer V 9. Painless - Panzer V (Multi Crew with Sid and Parts) 10. Wingflyer - Panzer IV 11. Perfesser - Panzer IV (Multi Crew with Friar and FT) 12. Squawk - Panzer IV 13. Parts - Panzer V (Multi Crew with Sid and Painless) Tanks 8,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 are all free at the time of writing. If all of the above play this will give us 8 tanks for the event.

I am going to run another instance of TeamSpeak on the laptop I use for hosting so I can see who is where

Rather than the individuals in "Tank 1" (that is APHILL's number, in case he wanted to have a multi crew) I would rather have a channel called something else, like "Tank Squad" or "Tank Individuals"

I have made another post I am going to allocate the tanks based on the roll of a dice. You can change at a spawn point if you are really not happy.

Salute We have run a couple of events recently where some of us have multi crewed the same tank. This may not be for everyone but for those that have done it they have reported that it has added to their enjoyment. Now, in the sessions where they have taken the same tank they have stayed in the same TeamSpeak channel as the rest of us. For the Battle of the Bulge it is looking like Sid, Painless and Parts will man one tank, myself, FT and Perfesser another. I think the communication will be too messy and confusing if the Multi crew tanks stay in the same channel as everyone else. The usual comms can be quite chaotic without adding another layer of crews trying to talk to each other. The idea was that we move to separate tank channels, eg Tank 3 and Tank 4. Tank 3 channel would have Sid, Painless and Parts, Tank 4 channel would have myself, FT and Perf. Now lets say Perf and Parts are the Commanders for the two tanks. They will need a method to be able to communicate with each other and with all the other players who have chosen to go alone (no problem with that, there is no pressure to multi crew for this event). The single players will also need a way to communicate with Perf and Parts (so they can relay orders to their crew). Can anyone suggest how we set this up in TeamSpeak the easiest way so that we can all communicate correctly? Would be good to have a try out evening to test before the event.

Salute The Panzer Lehr (the unit we are representing) had a mixture of Panzer IV and V's. In order to reflect this I am going to assign everyone a tank, otherwise I can see us all in Panthers! I am going to do this by taking a dice and rolling it for each player. If it lands on 1,2 or 3 you will be given a Panzer IV If it lands on 4,5 or 6 you will be given a Panzer V This is for the start of the series. If you really do not like your given tank you can change at the first activated spawn point but I would hope you do stick with your issued ride.

My finger is twitching over the buy button for a Quest2. I will use it with a link cable. My spec is below. You do not have to log into Facebook to use it but do have to have a Facebook account in your real name. I too have been watching YouTube for stuff and if you have not seen him already I would recommend this guy. He give honest, no nonsense reviews and does not speak at 500 words a minute like most hyped up reviewers. If he thinks it is crap he will say so. Karl Gosling: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSnP7yd5lIbrLW_nTqAc9xA He uses a 2080 with no issues, which is what I have. Cheers Friar. PC: i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (4 x 8GB) Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics. Windows 10 1920x1080 Samsung curved screen. TrackIR5. Logitec X52 Pro with Rudder Pedals

Nice work Sid. Will help when we are ducking and diving around the forest, but as you say we will have our little arrow on the map to help.

That is true FT - thankyou for pointing that out. I have not added the free tank at the moment. I gave people until the 20th to come forward to say if they wanted to play but did not have (are being mean and not buying) Tank Crew and will add the free tank into the missions. I did not want to put them in if they are not going to be used.

With thanks to @delta7 we tested this last night and found that a non-Tank Crew owning person can indeed join a muli-crew tank. So if you wanted to give it a go you can hop in a tank of a fellow player. There are 3 roles available. 1. Driver - for this you power the tank by use of your throttle and steer by the rudder pedals. There are a couple of views that need to be assigned but other than that straight forward. Or even your keyboard if you wanted. 2. Gunner - Turret can be controlled and fired by your mouse (others use joystick if you have a twist feature). You need a button to select ammo type and select range. 3. Commander - Just give orders! You will need a button for binoculars, a couple of special views but that is about it. The event is planned to start on the 24th April so if you do wish to take part you need to sign up quickly and get to grips with the key bindings. I am sorry but we will not be able to accommodate you if you turn up on the 24th wishing to take part and do not know what to do. So GET SIGNED UP NOW if you want to join us - it is going to be a lot of fun - I am biased as I built the missions, but just ask the other "Tankies" about previous events...

i did think about that and my answer is dont know. we need someone who does not have it to do a quick test with us

Salute I am now getting to the final stages of building the missions. If you do not have Tank Crew but wanted to take part, PLEASE let me know as soon as possible so I can include one of the free tanks for you. I will close the missions for this amendment on the 20th April. If you are interested you should buy TANK CREW anyway, its 50% off at the moment!

Myself and FT are going to crew and Perf has agreed to start out as out Commander (we will see how long it takes for him to run screaming to the hills saying "never again with those two"!)

Muti-Crew for this event. If you are wanting to take part in this event as part of a multi-crew please could you let me know your crew please, or put yourself forward as a willing crew member and we can then make some crews up. There are up to 3 positions available for each tank, driver, gunner and commander. If you want to fight on your own, no problem.

Salute, Save the Date! After much work and excellent contributions from @Perfesser and @Sweper I am pleased to announce that I will be running the first mission in my "Battle Of The Bulge" series on Saturday 24th April. It would be great if we could get as many of the regular "Tankies" on parade as possible. Now, start time?. Usually I would have said that I would have started the mission around 20:15 to 20:30 uk time but as we have just put our clocks forward I appreciate that this may be causing folks who do not live in the centre of the universe (also known as the UK) some issues? Could you please give me some indication below as to what start time would suit you, I will then do my best to find the best solution. Battle Of The Bulge Operation Wacht am Rhein You are part of a section within "Panzer Lehr". This was formed from several elite training and demonstration units. The training and demonstration units were some of the most experienced and highly trained troops in the Panzerwaffe, with almost all having seen combat in the East, North Africa, Scilly or Italy. Panzer Lehr is made up of Panzer IV and Panther tank units. Wacht am Rhein opened on 16 December 1944, and Panzer Lehr moved out from the start positions in the centre of the German line. It's objectives were to push West as far as it could capturing the towns of Viaden, Dasberg, Wiltz and the lynch pin in the operation, the transport hub of Bastogne, thus contributing to the main objective of pushing right through to the bridges over the River Meuse and on to the port of Antwerp, thus severing the Allied supply lines. The attack has been planned with the utmost secrecy, with the details of the advance only released to the units on the front line at the very last minute. Mission 1 Your unit will arrive at the front line under cover of darkness on the night of the 15th December, having been transported via road trailers to what you believe to be a front line reinforcement camp. Mission 2 Takes place during the next day in camp, on the 15th, it is here that you are briefed that you are not here as reinforcements but as a spearhead to take the fight back to the Allied forces. You are to familiarize yourself with the layout of the camp and to locate the starting position in readiness for the advance in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Because of the secrecy about the mission only limited information on routes through the difficult terrain is available and you may find yourself picking a route through dense forest and traversing steep incline and descents. Supplies of ammunition, fuel and food will be important the further West you advance. Mission 3 The Attack begins. In the early hours of Saturday 16th December your unit will assemble waiting for the signal to advance. What events and missions come next, only time will tell...

I would assume so as it seems to be from an American manual. Someone posted a conversion (see below) Not sure on the ammo loadouts.

Just seen the below in the IL2 forums. Explains the pips in the Sherman gunsight. Just raise the barrel until your required piper is on the target