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So, our CloD server is running along nicely, playing a nine hour mission - 7 AM to 4 PM - then restarts. In a session, out of 67-sub-missions, a random selection is being loaded, at random intervals, currently between 3 and 7 minutes. Map-Icons are on! Makes kinda sure there's always something for you to hunt down, where ever you may spawn... All nice and fine for some leisure flying, shooting along, landing at closest base, picking a fresh aircraft and go get at it again... Yet, there must be something more extra special that we could do with our server and CloD. At the moment, we do not have an option of creating Coops, as there is no way to control the AI, we can program the aircraft to 'be there', and we can jump into their cockpits and fly the plane, the remainder of the flight will be AI and kinda helpless, and do exactly what it's been told in the mission, ergo, they fly along, even if their leader is human. They will not listen. Too bad... So, basically, it's down to programming Blue AI - like currently is being done - and us Red go take off and patrol, and listen to the radar calls... I plan to programme bigger flights of aircraft in one go, all together, based on real events ... (anybody got a detailed resource on LW missions back in the day?) The raid on Southhampton on the Spitfire factories would be a nice one, although it largely went undetected, and for a defensive force not so interesting... then again, there was a diversion attack of some 80 Junkers somewhere over Kent... yeah 80 coukd lead to performance issues.. So, what would work? I'm thinking out loud here, just letting the thoughts go... What if... We create an event. (so, shutdown the nine hour cycle, and restart the server, with a password on it. And, there's a brief. Or maybe not, and there's simply some messages in big red characters on the screen... Brief be like: Spawn in at Hornchurch, create a flight of Spitfires and of Hurricanes. Take off and patrol the area of X to Y, Spitfires at highest level, patrolling the out skirts of the perimeter, Hurricanes a bit further back. Once contact is being made, go and attack, Hurricanes need to be put at a nice intercept course. Or Like: Scramble at Manston, the enemy is close, take off, save the aircraft, take them to a place safe from the enemy attacking. Or Like: Spawn in at Gravesend, take Spitfires, warm the engines up, and wait... you are on stand by ... get Ready. Then, at sometime in the mission (lol ... like 30 minutes ) a message will popup ... Scramble, head out to ABC at alt xxxx angels. And next... no radar messages... Hm, come to think of it, this should al be very well possible, it's just like starting the correct mission at the correct time... Oh, yeah, and make the mission, that too. So, nothing much different from 1946 hey.... So, could this work? We may need to put in tricks like air spawn, like the long DF's... Oh, yeah, what else do you think could be fun? (Anybody else out here that kinda knows how to throw a mission together?) Oh, wait, this is the most important question I got: anybody got any detailed resource on LW missions back in the day?

Very nice video... all them Spits!

No, lol, it's not... just remembered the 'proxy server' thingie... Configure browser to use a UK based proxy server, and here we go!

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Creating a big Blue Mission: - 27 Heinkels will Bomb Biggin Hill - 12 BF-110C's will escort - 12 109's will escort. All at some 20k feet. Some screenshots from a test-run: View from a Blenheim en route: Views from externals in the air: View from the ground at Biggin Hill. Now, would this be good target to immerse yourself as being a hero RAF Pilot back in them days?

As of Today, a bombing target practice area has been setup. Location is F13, np 3 Picture: Now call this a Beta, as I just built it up, but have not dropped any bombs on it. Whether it is usable at high alt? I do not know, it may or may not be visible. It's been inspired by this picture, of a real practice target: Anyways, you should be able to go in low level, aim at a square or building (there's nine buildings SE of the 'ship') and see what goes BOOM! Notes: Whether or not you will be killing friendly targets, and getting kicked off of the server, I do not know. Who knows, German AI might attack it Just try it, see what it does.... and let me know whether it needs any changes...

Realistic? You kiddin'? Whenever and however would any sane pilot in combat with a git on his tail dive a bridge? And, whatever stoopid git on the tail will follow him? No way, sorry. Oh, I get it, you áre kiddin'.... Pearl Harbor 4 the win, hey?

Delete the file named 'last.quick', in subfolder 'Quicks'... and you'll be good to go...

It does, doesn't it .... If only our game(s) would run like simple and easy on Linux ...

See, this is what I meant... Whether it was an issue with your specific key or not... you did need a new one... After a major HW change. Oh well...

Happy Birthday SharkÉ !!

Note that I only mentioned the changing of CPU and/or HD ... only those two will/may lead to licensing issues ...

You have? Brilliant, that shows all the stuff I hear about the matter is not true!

Chances are that won't work as MS knows you've upgraded your license to 10 already ...

As for Windows 10, story/rumours go you can't change a darn thing regarding CPU and HD, without buying a new license ...

Nope, after a format you cannot upgrade... and the 'free' part of Windows 10 is the 'upgrade' part from 7 or 8... So, you should not format and newly install, but you should upgrade your current Windows 7 to Windows 10 .... no format wanted/needed!

Blippage for the w1n.... Throttels are for Sissies!™

Removed the part of the script that removes one's aircraft within two minutes after landing. Also cleaned the main script of code that had no meaning to me. (In the end, anything can and may not happen now) Well, next time the mission cycles that is, some 6 or 7 hours from now... Today, I saw like 35+ peoples on our server!

Happy Birthday !!

With a real rotary engine, but I guess they got more throttle control now than just 'blipping' it? (Too bad there's no sound, we could've told whether or not blippage going on...) It ís! Wonder how long it will take for a tire to burn out ...

Here's the culprit of the F2 issue: As it appears, there's a duplicate definition of this External View line. Now, that's a bug, as you cannot delete the secondary line. Should you assign F2 to the first line, then the issue will occur that you cannot switch to in cockpit view, and your aircraft will be removed from the session/mission.

Could it be you had already restored your data / My Documents folder befóre you started steam and installed CloD and TF Patches?

w00t!

Heads up for those installing CloD in Windows 10: - Do not try and run the stock game, it won't. - It looks like it will not created the folder My Documents\1C Softclub\IL2 Sturmovik cliffs of dover - Apply TF patch 3.0, run Launcher as administrator. Then patch up further and further, between the patches, run Launcher.exe as administrator. See this video: This all worked for Sweper, he had the F2 (external view) but could not get back in cockpit. Then he got kicked from the server. Just re-applying the patches was not good enough, one hás to start the game in between.

It is still going by the looks of it. Though we've not been very active at it... Last Thursday was for trying to get a new pilot in, and about goofing about a bit... our leader was not there, so we did stay on the DD's server...