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    PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

    Posted

    Cool vid Rox, I must remember to record TS as well to splice it in. Although, there's rarely any singing in the 402nd!

    42 minutes ago, rox said:

    Oh and question for BluBear, when you make those awesome videos, do you record a track and then record? Do tracks work as they should in GBS (they're near-useless in DCS)? I figure that would be a much better workflow than directly recording in-game with the UI and other ugliness getting in the way.

    Tracks + Fraps + Premiere. That is my method.

    Tracks do seem to be quite stable in GBS, more so than the old ntrks of '46 that seemed to deteriorate after time elapsed; although there is I believe a file size limit for a single track in GBS.
    I don't have any experience of DCS tracks so can't comment.

    I try to remember to hit record whenever there is action, then replay at a later date for screen and audio capture in Fraps. Here you can of course hide the UI / icons etc and 'Direct' your movie how you see fit. The FPS style free-roam camera is fantastic for getting some unusual angles. 
     

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    PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

    Posted

    45 minutes ago, DD_Fenrir said:

    Thanks to all who attended last night gents, that was a pretty intense one! I had a lot of fun, hope you all did too.

    First thing I need to do is apologise profusely to both @FoolTrottel and @Reggie for missing their claims during the AAR process; as most of you know I normally ask if I have missed anyone before committing the info but last night having worked my way through all (I thought) of the personnel tabs in sequence I just forgot to do this usual last sanity check - I've got a lot on my mind regards work and home at the moment and I rushed it.

    I did spend 2 hours trying to correct the error manually last night by editing the various files, but thus far I've kept corrupting the campaign. I will keep trying but please bear with me. 

     

    I may be missing something, but can these not be added on to the next AAR? Or do EA actually have to be destroyed in a mission in order to make a claim against it?

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    PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, Perfesser said:

    Looking for the last few missing skins. Just got the one from BluBear but I'm sure there are a couple I'm missing(T-bone..). Don't see them in the skins section, I guess posting them in the thread doesn't do the best job of of keeping everyone up to date.

    Usually, FT is kind enough to add to the skault for those using chkskins. I think that's how it works. I believe, with the exception of my new one and T-bones, I uploaded everybody's 402 skins to the skins area and also in this thread. 

    With regards to T-bone, not sure he actually officially released his skin, I have it because I created it to begin with but passed over the working files for him to finish. 

    PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

    Posted

    On 12/1/2020 at 11:58 PM, DD_Fenrir said:

    Closing to visual range the bogeys were ID'd as five Ju 52s and leading his element up sun Lt. Rea then set them up for a classic bounce. Rea and his White 2 2nd Lt. Baker shot down one apiece in quick order, with the 2nd element arriving soon after to get in on the action, 2nd Lts. Hinkley and Rox also claiming one each in the ensuing massacre, Rea mopping up the final e/a.

    Some further gun-cam footage of the last mission flown to whet your appetites for tomorrow gentlemen.
    Illustrating perfectly just how terrible my gunnery can be against such a huge lumbering easy target!

     

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    Mighty Eighth VR reboot

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

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    Imagine yourself inside a B-17 flying over Germany, with flak exploding all around you. Deadly Me-109s and FW-190s are zooming and booming spitting bullets that rip through the wings and the fuselage of your Flying Fortress. Smoke fills the cabin. You glance out the window to see flames licking the wing

    Could be worth a look:
    https://www.microprose.com/games/the-mighty-eighth#

    Although, a multi-crew DCS B-17 would be preferable...

    PWCG P-38 Lightning Strikes Co-op Campaign

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Series

    Posted

    To whet everyone's appetite once again for tomorrow's instalment, here's another little movie of a close call a couple of missions ago.

    On 11/11/2020 at 1:19 AM, DD_Fenrir said:

    Debrief for the 5th November 1944:

    402nd - Air Patrol of the front-lines between Gerolstein and Nettersheim.

    ...

    With the remainder of Red section headed direct back to Florennes, Baker and his wingman, 2nd Lt. Fenton Rea set course for Bierset - it was looking all too unlikely that Baker would be able to return to home base, such was the rate at which his fuel was disappearing. Spotting a flak gun on the front line Rea asked permission to break off and attack, which was granted. Having attacked and destroyed the gun, Rea then attempted to rejoin his leader who was now several miles ahead and a good few thousand feet above, aiming to get above cloud and if necessary glide to a friendly field. Struggling to gain on his lead Rea watched Baker disappear into the cloud layer and was blindly following suit when through a chance gap in the clouds spotted two bogeys high above, and duly warned his leader. Sure enough these resolved into 2 long nosed Fw 190s who were setting up to jump Baker, though thanks to Rea's warning, Baker was able to evade their attack. Despite a couple of close calls, Rea and Baker (even with the damage to his aircraft) managed to down one bandit apiece. 

    With the skies now apparently clear, Rea covered his leads forced landing at Bierset and then made his way home to Florennes.

     

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    Dog Fight / "Tank Fest" Scenario - Final Briefing - Everything You Need To Know (I think) - PLEASE READ!

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Thanks Col, that was a great deal of fun! The ground/air coordination added a challenging element and I think the capture the flag objective worked just right. 

    You evidently put a lot of effort into this and it paid off, kudos to you sir. I look forward to the next one. 

    I just wish I'd recorded the moment I flew under the bridge in a 110 as a Sherman crossed overhead. 😄

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