delta7

Apologies for my intemperance tonight. . I don't get as much time to fly and look forward to our missions and I just think it is is frustrating that we spent an hour trying to launch a mission I realise that we are pushing boundaries and that the basic game struggles to cope with what we are trying to do but we are not helping each other by some of our actions. We need to be smarter to help each other, it is difficult to get a successful launch so we should all be a bit disciplined at the start to give us the best chances of success. make sure your hardware is working prior to mission Make sure you have read through this thread, understand what is required and are able to start, taxi, take off, formate fly and land the P-38 Make sure you have the correct skins available make sure you reboot the game prior to joining, Once you have joined the server, follow your squadron leaders instructions on loadout pick your skin and ready up quickly. Once mission has launched touch nothing untill instructed by squadron leader Squadron leader should instruct on wing position and you should follow instructions on rolling out and takeoff. On a personal note I would like limited restarts e.g. two or three depending on number effected. If only one or two have issues then mission should proceed, only if there are multiple issues then a restart should be called This has the potential to be very imersive and exciting. It would be a shame if technical issues etc put paid to Tom's hard work.

One thing that would help the orginisation is if squadron leaders gave out assignments and loadout as quickly as possible so people could ready up and taxi quickly. If there are no obvious reasons to change the order that we flew the last few times then squadron leaders could post their preferred order now. If anyone is absent on the night the slot stays vacent , the only issue would be large absences where flights may have to merge. This would give people the oppertunity to improve skills by flying the same formation each week and get used to their wingmen.

That would be good mate, if we are all on by 2100 so you can get it generated then we should be take off by 21:30 latest

Can you assign a differemt target for 485th or is it generated by mission generator, was very difficult to ghet a decent run into target as so close to map edge. Can we also try to start a bit earlier? it was nearly 10 by the time everrything was orginised, Hopefullly the small teathing issues can be resolved as this had great potential and you deserve credit for hard work

Could I have 485 d please LOGGED

@fruitbat what is the draw distance mod ?

new processor fitted 😆

No not those kind, joystick curves. I have been having issues with how some planes handle in BOX compared to il2, especially fw190. In a flat turn I can flip out a turn very easily and when closing on enemy the planes bounced around a lot. Then I remembered about the joystick profile s in il2 and how I had spent a lot of time setting mine up, a slight modification of crazy_ivans. I discovered that box has a simplified version where you can adjust sensitivity and dead zone. If you go to yaw, pitch and roll in aeroplane controls in key mappings there is a box you can click to access these variables After trying alternative I have increased the sensitivity to 28% and dead zone to 5% and have noticed a big improvement. It might be worth a try if you aren't happy with the control in the game

I enjoyed last night Positives were immersion and flying as a squad Negatives, had slight frame rate issue at a couple of engagement and had trouble keeping up with flight on takeoff, it would be good for flight leaders to announce flight plan and proposed settings prior to take off and not go full tilt. Some of us don't do a lot of formation stuff so will take time and planning to help us

Yes I would be wary of flashing bios so that's why I checked before I bought an upgrade

Thanks all I bid and won that processor on eBay will order cooler and paste tomorrow

Has anyone bought a second hand processor? anything to be wary of? any good places to source in uk. I am looking to upgrade, the fastest my board will take is a Pentium i7 4990k 4ghz on a LGA1150 socket. Even second hand with a fan Im looking at £250 ish Thanks for any help Dave

I'm happy if I can see my plane on map , although I do find the airspeed and altitude gauges slightly hidden on lightning I'll go with what you want, basically hosts choice as far as I'm concerned , I just wanted to know for practice

Well done in getting this together, can I ask what difficulty settings will be used Thanks

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Only thing I flew was yellow tiger moth at duxford. Iv been passenger in Vc-10s and BAC tridents when I was younger Fokker twin prop and sikorsky helicopters when on rigs

Gosh it looks like I hit the prop 😆 in real time I thought I passed low over you

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Thanks for the replies and for Sids clarification that it should be fun and that we can fly with the settings we were comfortable with @Painless- I fly with small coloured dot or circle, no name etc, there are about 4 versions of the mod, triangle, small triangle, small dot, all black dots . I have just tested the triangle and it is easier to see planes but Im used to flying with dots from il246. If the game improves plane spotting l will happily turn off the map and fly like 46 , but I am reluctant to do so before then. Anyway I think Iv ranted enough and will let others have their say 😉

Painless Sid is concerned about level playing field , fairness and realism but in limiting choice by using the map mod we will give advantage to others so where is the balance? And how many rules do we want/have to follow to fly? The sunday and tuesday sessions were meant to be fun and inclusive, there are other nights and other sims that cater for those seeking more demanding settings. the point I am trying to make is that we have always had choice in this squad, for example I use the small dot mod as thats what I like best. as I believe it is the right mix of realism for me and I accept the game limitations. I have no problems with those that want to use some more difficult settings as they find it more interresting but it is not everyones preference. I just dont think we should be asking anyone to fly BOX with settings that are not fun for them. We are getting very good numbers on Sundays with current settings and Ithink there are other more practical mission based solutions to the bombers getting beaten up rather than force people into these changes. Also who is to say how the mission generator will progress or what user missions will be available to counter Sids concerns?

I must be thinking differently from most , while a lot in the squad are flying Sims like DCS and seem to be striving for harder settings and more realism, I just want it to be fun In 46 the settings were not an issue as planes could be spotted much easier but even then I would not fly in the full real seow as it just wasn't fun for me Everyone is free to chose what planes and how they fly the missions during the session and there are options for one side to help protect the bombers. I don't think we should force people to use the proposed mod as it won't compensate for the game issues or the advantages that VR users will have

This is a tricky one , I understand frustrations as I often fly blue and bombers and the need to try to address some issues but I think that this sim is particularly bad for spotting dots. There are threads on the developers forums dedicated to this and many opinions on what is right but little agreement, so people choose the best options to compensate for the percieved difficulties. In my opinion the game engine is not optimised so very difficult to spot dots and that they tend to dissapear with different settings ;VR users seem to have a particular advantage and spot dots much easier. I believe they have to use a lower resolution but most choose to fly at higher resolutions as they believe it looks better. Using the icons mod, I have flown right over planes and failed to see them on numerous occaisions and looked round and never spotted planes coming on my six as they dissapear with different zoom settings, so I value the use of the map. Personally Im ok with leaving it to the individual to use what he likes, I dont think anyone here seeks an unfair advantage by using the map it just compensates for the games difficiencies.