DD_Fenrir

I suspect Oculus Tray Tool is the culprit - it's never supported segregated sound outputs well, particularly when you're directing comms away from the VR headset. Furthermore I suspect there's a conflict happening between Oculus Tray Tool and the Oculus App. Use one or the other, not both. I only use Oculus App, with Steam VR managing the interface with Il-2, no Tray Tool involved.

Reggie, none of us saw you crash so as far as we're concerned you went MIA on mission but miraculously emerged in the Squadron Bar later that evening, somewhat worse for wear having had a set to with a Hun AAA gun and left your P-38 wrecked in no-mans land.

Mission Date 23/12/44 402nd FS - Fighter Sweep, Kleve sector 485th FS - Rail interdiction, Krefeld 193 Squadron - Armed Recce, Venlo Sector Debrief: USAAF 9th Tactical Air Force 370th FG 402nd FS: 485th FS: RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force No. 146 Wing 193 Squadron: 370th FG Awards and Promotions: 402nd FS: 2nd Lieutenant Karl Spartan is promoted to 1st Lieutenant. 2nd Lieutenant Roger Over is promoted to 1st Lieutenant. 485th FS: Captain Les Payne is awarded the Bronze Star. 1st Lieutenant Jean Artage is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. 2nd Lieutenant Norman Gannet is posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. 2nd Lieutenant Tom Petty is posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. Captain Fenton Rea is promoted to Major. Personnel: No changes. No. 146 Wing Awards and Promotions: 193 Squadron: None. Personnel: No changes.

It's odd... when kev initially posted the screenshots from Thuirsday night i too was unable to see them, yet on Friday night they magically rendered. Now I cannot see them again...

Of course Dave, be great to have you back!

Duly noted Crasheroony; sure Sidney Pudding would welcome some less robotic company...!

Yeah. For a non sentient computer program PWCG certainly has a creative streak when it comes to assigning kill claims; we've seen examples of this since day one. This is why I try to establish the precise sub-variant of each kill you claim as this can have a bearing on what gets awarded; if you claim a D-9 but actually shot an A-8 and no Dora's were in that mission then your claim could get denied or awarded to someone else.

Mission Date 22/12/44 402nd FS - Fighter Sweep, Malmedy-Monschau sector 485th FS - Attack Armour, Malmedy Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: 485th FS: 370th FG Awards and Promotions: 402nd FS: 2nd Lieutenant Louis Zook is posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. 485th FS: 1st Lieutenant Reggie Nailed is awarded the Bronze Star. Personnel: 2nd Lieutenant Lucas Zentrum is posted to the 402nd FS.

Lots of goodies here chaps! Mi-24 now available in Stable; updated hook physics and the dreaded burble to the carrier approach for the F-14; JDAM for the Viper; Cyprus now on Syria map; updated Caucasus terrain textures; just to select a few highlights, there are many, many more listed below:

Only from the amount of celebration whiskey you were plied with when the army dropped you back to the squadron bar Dave!

Mission Date 21/12/44 402nd FS - Attack Infantry, Manhay/Bastogne 485th FS - Fighter Patrol, Prum Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: 485th FS:

Scoreboards (as of the morning of the 21st December 1944): 370th FG: Pilot Rosters: 9th USAAF 370th FG: 402nd FS 485th FS: 2nd TAF No.146 Wing 193 Sqn:

Hey poobear, just be on prior to the 2100 cutoff - I'll sort out everything else.

Thanks, Chet, this is the exact reason I set the campaign up. Glad that you (and it would seem many other repeat offenders! ) are enjoying it.

*furious rubbing of hands in anticipation* *+ sado-masochistic chuckle*

Mission Date 20/12/44 402nd FS - Attack Armour, Spa 485th FS - Fighter Patrol, Spa Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: 485th FS: Seconded Lts. Artage and Mayer to the 402nd FS to bolster their numbers as they were wanting for aircrew. Led a formation of 6 a/c, took 2 x 500lb bombs in case of no-show by the Lufties. Take-off and form up uneventful. Climbed to Angels 10 for transit to patrol area. 10km short of the lines Red 2 (2nd Lt. Bayles) called bogeys 1 o'clock, slightly lower; called for a climb to the right to try and put us up sun. The a/c resolved into 5-6 number long nosed Fw 190s. I directed White Leader (Lt. Nailed) to attack the lead e/a whilst Red flight dropped in on the trailing flights from above. After a brisk action that took us over the frontlines and practically down to tree-top height all the bandits were downed; there was much AAA, both friendly and enemy, plus a group of P-47s got involved which complicated matters, but the 485th counted for 5 of the e/a, though the unfortunate 2nd Lt. Bayles got clobbered by AAA whilst lining up a 190 and was forced to withdraw - thankfully he made it home, though experienced further drama when a damaged engine failed on short final; he got it down and is shaken but unhurt. The a/c, however, is somewhat worse for wear... I strafed two of the potentially offending guns and took them out. The rest of 485th remained in the area to cover the 402nd until they had completed their attacks. Whilst in the SE corner of the patrol area we spotted a gun in a field and were northbound and descending, setting up for an attack run when I spotted 5-6 bogeys to the NE, slightly lower and coming in our direction; initial assumption was they were the 402nd and their escorts but we then realised they should be SW of us; it was then that I ordered the squad to break off the ground attack and investigate and potentially engage the coming contacts. They turned out to be a squadron of Bf 110s and we promptly set to, eventually downing 5, but not without some casualties; Lt. Nailed got badly clobbered by the rear gunner of one of the bandits and was obliged to break off and RTB badly wounded and with an ailing aircraft. His wingman, 2nd Lt Badame was able to exact retribution and flamed the e/a, before escorting his flight lead home. Similarly, Lt. Johnson was also tagged by rear gunner fire, but doggedly stuck to his target until exhausted of ammunition. He too was obliged to make for home. Both Johnson and Nailed RTB'd safely. 2nd Lt. Gannet finished off the 110 damaged by Johnson in spectacular style, the e/a exploding in mid-air about 200 yards in front of his airplane! This was the apex of a rather exciting and productive sortie for the young Lieutenant: having downed a 190 in the first engagement, he then went on to claim two further 110s on top of the one that caused Lt. Johnson such frustration! He had a close brush with Grim Reaper however; as a result of his heavy manoeuvrings he lost consciousness, came to pointed at the ground and in his efforts to recover blacked himself out for 2nd time! That said, he managed to recover safely and regained his composure sufficiently to shoot down his final victim before making for home. 10 air kills in one mission gents is a fantastic score; well done gents, solid cross cover, good comms and well done flight and section leads for giving your wingmen a crack at the targets and especially well done to 2nd Lt. Norman Gannet for the haul of 4! Great job gentlemen.

Sad for us but happy for you Chris - hope you have a great time. Love to the family. So who's leading 402 in Chris' absence? Don't all rush at once..! 😉

Will do Crash. To those others considering the same it's worth keeping the trk fike as short as possible in order to avoid desynchronisation and corruption.

Next mission is hosted Sunday 13th June (Campaign date 20/12/44). Scoreboards (as of the morning of the 20th December 1944): 370th FG: Pilot Rosters: 370th FG: 402nd FS 485th FS:

Mission Date 19/12/44 402nd FS - Reconnaissance, Nettersheim-Gerolstein 485th FS - Fighter Sweep, Prum-Zulpich Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: 485th FS: 6 a/c of Zenith Squadron took off uneventfully and proceeded to the patrol area, climbing to Angels 19 en-route. Just after our turn onto the Northern leg of our patrol route 2ndLt. Artage called out a formation of unidentified aircraft closing from our 10 o'clock low, approximately Angels 15. These resolved into enemy short-nosed Fw 190s, 5-6 in all and after calling to jettison our bombs, I led Red 2, Lt. Nailed, in a wheeling dive down onto the rear of their formation which began to break up. The dogfight lasted a good few minutes until all the e/a were eventually dispatched, with claims for myself, Capt. Payne, Lt. Nailed and 2nd Lt. Snocker. 2nd Lt. Bayles also made a claim but for some reason this has been denied by Wing HQ; apparently an AAA battery in the area is making a claim and they've been awarded it. There was plenty of AAA - both enemy and friendly - in the area as the dogfight occurred directly over the front lines. We turned back toward Zulpich, aiming to get back to altitude when I spotted 2 contrails to our NW. We closed climbing hard all the way with 2nd Lt. Bayles the first to ID and engage the bogeys; turns out they were Ju 52s! Also turns out that Bayles is a damn find marksman as he downed the no.2 a/c in his first pass, in a 45 degree climb from head-on! Nice work that man. The lead aircraft then reversed course and I approached with Red 2 from it's low 5 position, putting an accurate and heavy burst into the right wing root and walking the fire across the under fuselage and into the left wing; it lost control and crashed shortly thereafter. Regrouping, 2nd Lt Artage spotted another bogey skimming the treetops just SW of Kelz airfield. Sending his section down and keeping the rest above Angels 10, we watched as Artie ID'd the a/c as another enemy Ju 52, and clinically dispatched it with a controlled burst. This e/a crashed just North of Kelz airfield. At this point I was having fuel feed issues and elected to RTB, but directed Reds 3 & 4 to join with White flight and for Capt. Payne to search for targets at his discretion. Despite being given clearance to join them Red 2 kindly stayed on my wing and we had an uneventful flight home and landing. Capt. Payne took the remainder down to search for possible strafing opportunities but found slim pickings as it looked like the 402nd had already been through the area and picked off the majority of the targets. There were a few however and these were duly liquidated. With ammo running low and targets sparse Capt. Payne wisely decided to make the best of it and called RTB, landing some 10 minutes after Zenith leader and Red 2. Good mission chaps, well done all.

Hey Patrick, The start time is based on a variety of factors; on a normal co-op evening people turn up and drop out for the night/evening/afternoon generally at their leisure. Even if you joined a bit later than the majority, generally you would only have to wait 5-15 minutes till the next coop mission started, there being somtimes3-5 run in the course of the session. However, with a single 1-1.5 hour coop it vastly complicates attendance: everyone who wants in has to be there prior to my generating the mission (I can't generate slots for every possible attendee and just leave the AI to fly those who don't show, in case the AI does something dumb and kills off your persona!) so we had to set a cut-off time to have everyone who wants to fly be there... We have American continent guys joining in their afternoon, with Brits just after supper time and the Euro guys worrying about needing to hit the sack before the mission ends. Ultimately we tested out a few times and eventually it settled on 2100 as a good compromise for everyone. Everyone is generally landed by by 2230/2300 BST, and some duck out early if necessary (without penalty) so there is that option for you.

They should have come with the Checkskins Gary so you're all set in that regard. 😎

I'd prefer peer adversaries; if it's Shermans and the Western Front Rhineland map then I suggest go reasonably authentic: If it's Autumn/Winter 1944 then: Spitfire IX and XIV, Tiffie, Tempest, P-51, P-38 and P-47D (no 150 octane) vs Fw 190A-6/A-8/D-9, Bf 109G-6 late/G-14/K-4 and a limited number of Me 262. If it's Winter/Spring 1945 then: Spitfire IX and XIV, Tiffie, Tempest , P-51, P-38 and P-47D (150 octane for the RAF birds only) vs Fw 190A-8/D-9, Bf 109G-14/K-4 and a limited number of Me 262.

Scoreboards (as of the morning of the 19th December 1944): 370th FG: 410th BG: Pilot Rosters: 370th FG: 402nd FS 485th FS: