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So following a last little test last night of mission saving and restoring, thanks @fruitbat Syria Mission Control, we are confirming go-live at 20:15 on Thursday. It will start with a small scenario and game play brief. The actual mission will then start at 20:30 for this first mission. Following missions will start probably around the same time, maybe 20:00 but obviously it will live action from the start. I will not be running through the brief again if people join later, which there is absolutely no problem with you doing so. If you need to leave before the end, no problem, just bank your scores. I will NOT be doing the brief multiple times as people join. Happy to answer the odd question when applicable, but that should not be a problem as there will have been lots of people attend the brief so we all know what is going on. I will NOT be acting as a General for this campaign so will not be making tactical decisions. I will advise on potential next objectives but that is all. So please do not ask me "what should I do next Friar?" I have built quite a bit of randomisation into the campaign so even I know may not know what is going to happen next. The mission will also be run with "FOG OF WAR" settings. Icons in game but limited information on the F10 map.

on a Friday, early in the evening... 🙃

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Hi all. I have now been able to work out how to host our website and TS3 more reliably, currently using a VM on the DCS server but that likes to go to sleep sporadically. During the weekend I will transfer the forums to a better host, this will require extended downtime so that I can host the ~200GB of files (downloads, uploads, gallery, post attachments, and Check Skins). Apologies for inconvenience.

I can add Discord, would need admin to the Discord though. TS is actually being used right now! I will be putting the web site into maintenance mode late Europe time today, transfer will take a couple of hours and all should be good tomorrow.

Welcome Jag - I will update your status to full member so that you can access the discord invite link from the banner and also see all the forum (we keep the best bits for our "special people") Salute and thank you for reaching out to the Dogz.

Bumping again! Also, for those of you who are still pining to own the Wooden Wonder, it's currently on sale for a cool $29.99. So, if you want to ply your digital stable with DH's finest, do it now. Don't be a beech about it.

Wahhhhhhhhhhhh points points points points points! Seriously though, fair enough, thanks Col.

Salute Chaps I am afraid I have had to do a bit of a "re-set" on the Campaign. Due to some issues I was having with the saved data being reloaded after I had made some changes to the mission file (adding planes and clearing the carrier decks). Last night (Monday) we started the mission again and re-saved after about a 2 hours of play. We can pick this up on Thursday. It does mean that the scores started again. Sorry about that. We still have captured Gazintep so that airfield could be used for rearm and refuel (no spawn). Some of the towns will need to be attacked again. On the plus side, it did give the opportunity to change the way the enemy AI is generated. Hopefully now the air to air element should be constant through out the duration of the mission.

We have successfully hindered the enemy withdrawal by sea, the next objective are enemy airfields. Transport planes have landed there to ferry men and material to the mainland , we have an opportunity to catch them on the ground as they refuel. P-38s will attack at low level and bomb the stationary planes. Spitfires will provide cover. Expect heavy flak and air cover as the enemy try to protect their comrades . P-38s are limited to 2*500 for first sortie then any bombload they like for further sorties It will be an air start with ground bases available to land at if required Mission scheduled for Sunday 2nd February

Hi Guys, Just saw this video on how to get better performace in DCS VR by removing shaders. I knew about the dcs ones this video shows some located in the NVIDIA folders on your PC. Anywat ys if have time check it out. Zukker

Hey I'm Squee7e (or Max irl), 29 years old, from Germany and i learned about this squadron when some of you on the WingWalkers PvE server invited me to your voice chat. I first played flight sims when i was a kid and the OG IL2 Sturmovik was on the CD in a computer magazine my father bought for me. Sadly back in the day i didn't have the friends that shared my passion so after some years i stopped playing and switched to other games. Last year i rediscovered my passion for flying and bought myself a new rig with proper peripherals (though only TrackIR and no pedals yet) and got a new module everytime there was a sale. I play mostly PvE because i am not a fighter ace and without a wingman it ends the usual way but if you need someone who watches your six you can rely on me in PvP as well. I also own some DCS modules but didn't want to invest too much money into it without some people to fly with and until the Razbam issue is being resolved. I am looking forward to flying with you guys

@Friar @delta7 That sounds awesome! I should've looked more closely before making any assumptions about the time frames you're flying in I think I'll prepare the mappings for my current peripherals and practice the Tiger a bit since it is one of the easier planes to get used to and I still have to set up the controls for the new throttle I bought a month ago. Haven't played much DCS for a while so I don't want to come completely green 🌱 Tanks for the invite! Update: Everything set up and ready for tonight

Thanks for your kind replies, guys! @Friar I looked up the DCS section of the forum here and got the impression that you guys exclusively fly WW2 planes. Sadly I don't have any of those but I'll let you know if I decide to buy one. I only have Flaming Cliffs 2024, the Saab Viggen and the Syria map (I bought it for the legendary cold war server of Enigma89) Which scenarios do you guys prefer? I think I'd choose a plane accordingly when there's a sale. @delta7 see you on Sunday then I might be there a bit later due to dinner time but I'll join you guys right after Edit: Just visited the IL2 page to update the squadron tag

Welcome Max! Look forward to hopefully seeing you in the virtual skies soon.

Some multi crew Kiowa action with Fruit Bat. Before a series of unfortunate events.

My new favourite D.E.A.D platform, took 3 sorties and some actual planning, but completely cleaned out all the caucuses SAM sites up to Sukhumi, SA-2, SA-6, couple of SA-8's, SA-15 and a SA-19 plus all the AAA guns. Got my reward to strafe Sukhumi Babushara aircraft landing and parked up!

Operation Husky Gentlemen We have been reassigned to Malta and the conversion onto spitfires is proceeding apace. We must hurry , High Command are planning to invade Sicily and there are rumours that an enemy convoy is en route to help evacuate their troops, we must get ready to provide cover for our attack planes as they try to intercept the fleet. The next mission will take place on Sunday the 19th.

Our hosting service has completed their work on the servers and our security certificate has been updated. All should be working as expected now. Please continue to report any unexpected difficulties using the site and we will do what we can to get them resolved as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience during this maintenance period. 😎 Wheels

A few thoughts. The previous poll was relatively useless, as a load of people who don't fly anymore and still don't fly voted in it, so hardly representative and therefore was a waste of time. Also, BVR is just as skilled as a WWII dogfight, its just different skills. If it wasn't skilled everyone would be able to do it, and few actually can. And once you merge into BFM you still get to use your WWII skills.... Next, I'm unlikely to ever reinstall IL2, its a dead game to me at this stage. And lastly, I'll turn up to fly DCS nights whenever we decide they are. I do however miss flying on a Sunday where its easier to mix with both sides of the pond.

I have gotten a positive response from 352nd and out group so will restart these soon. I am in discussions with deacon over their proposed missions and will feed back to all with any proposals

OK move appears to have gone well... Pages *seem* to load a little more slowly, but all downloads and uploads (including gallery) appear to be working OK.

Hm, somehow I got Syria map, so I can try the Hercules...

A couple more,

On are way back to said landing, after a very successful mission, multiple SAM's and enemy jets. 1 Jf-17 for me along with 2 SA-8's and an SA-6, whilst Tom had 5 enemy jets.

Hey Jag welcome to the Danger Dogz, always a pleasure having more people flying with us. I am as the lads call me, one of the colonials as I am Canadian from Vancouver BC. Usually we get together on Mondays & Thursdays, British Time 8:00 pm. My time Noon where I am. You are very welcome to join us tomorrow. Ask DD_ Friar for Discord link for comms. Leave a message here and they will get back to you. Hope to see you in the server. DD_Wingflyr

Oh Yes, I'm In. Yes I hear you Kev, I disco-ed out right at the beginning and could not come back, very very disappointing. I was so looking forward to it. Bloody workers working on the power line in the back laneway cut the power. I will recruit the boys Zukker, Sherriff, Niall, Perf, and Sqwak.

I'm in, hopefully i wont have a bloody disconnect in the middle of it this time😬

"Bitte eine Taste eingeben"

I will update as soon I can get on my other computer and give full permissions. UPDATE: I have updated you to full DangerDog. You may now add DD_ to your username, please wear it with pride!

Hi mate, good talking to you last night and to see you here, I'm sure someone will sort out the full forum access for you. The il2 group you met will be back online Sunday around 20:15 UK time

@Squee7e Welcome Sir, Thank you for coming to find the DangerDogz. We play both IL2 and DCS. We fly IL2 on Sundays and Tuesdays from around 20:00 UK time. We play a mix of dogfight maps, co-op maps and are currently running a special event with another group taking part. For Comms the group still use Teamspeak. We fly DCS on Monday and Thursdays from around 20:00 UK time as well. For comms we use Discord. If you would like to fly DCS with us, please let me know which modules and maps you have. We are a friendly bunch and make no demands on how much you fly with us, we all have Real Life V1.0 to contend with! We also do not expect you to attend training sessions before you can fly. We do have another member from Germany that flies with us, his name is @Mosquito or "Mossie"

Nope.

"what should I do first Friar?" My debrief: only one thing to mention: at the end, the captured base at Giantizep, I deployed the NASAM cargo, but it did not show up. Menu was changed correctly, as the option to deploy was removed, but the three vehicles did not show up as they did earlier on base in BA52. Good show Colin, good fun. Thanks!!

Briefing update for Sunday Primary target is shipping Planes available are P-38s for anti shipping and Spit Vc for air cover P-38s are limited to 2*500 for first sortie then any bombload they like for further sorties First sortie is ground start , further sorties you can use either of the 2 airstart bases provided Look forward to seeing you there on Sunday at 21:00 uk time

Okay chaps, who's up for a 2025 replay of Tom's superb mission? The closest Sunday to the anniversary is 16th February. @DD_Fenrir are you happy to do the full discord brief etc again? I suspect we'd need to open up to the community again for the sake of numbers. You can tell I'm reading about the Mosquito at the moment, I'm chomping at the bit for some low-level wooden wonder action!

Looking forward to this Colin, thanks for all your hard work on this👍

USAF Heritage flight whoop! Always amazes me how tiny the viper is, also how slippery it is. Had to keep the airbrakes extended almost continuously, it just kept wanting to race away with the smallest amount of thrust adjustments.

I am working on ground vehicles having a role - scout with laser targeting which I thought you might enjoy

Start date scheduled for Thursday 16th January.

UPDATE 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Added more AI enemy flights. There are now 10 possibilities including a potential carrier attack. Added Destroyer and Cruiser escort to the carrier. Moved some of the flights around to change the flight paths Added special TU23 intercept mission. Get within 1000 feet to force the "bear" to turn around and go home and stop the information gathering flight on the carrier fleet. Adjusted the "Stop AI Flights" logic to pick up flights that were waiting in the time delay buffer. "Stop flights" should now stop all flights. Enjoy and Happy New Year to all our DCS pilots and the IL2 ones as well.

Fruitbat landing on the carrier from LSO seat

A Wing Walkers server session. 4 Dogz show up to suppress an airbase. Random fight but you can see the elements of a typical intercept. Spot the target. Lead pursuit till the target is in range. Pull in behind with a touch of lag pursuit, steady sights and shoot. https://youtu.be/_W8jA5-ZU8k