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The SAS Factory - Tech Help, Ancient Mods etc. => IL-2 Great Battles Lounge => IL-2 Great Battles => The Keepsake: Old Mod Packs, Game Versions and Guest Mods => Movies & Screenshots => Topic started by: dietz on November 20, 2013, 08:55:43 AM
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Its here with one Lagg to play with so far, but it is a very pretty one:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013_11_18__22_50_15_zps35be2928.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013_11_18__22_50_15_zps35be2928.png.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013_11_19__1_22_43_zps7feb2a1e.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013_11_19__1_22_43_zps7feb2a1e.png.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013_11_18__22_14_8_zps43c3d414.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013_11_18__22_14_8_zps43c3d414.png.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013_11_19__1_19_3_zpsce4936e4.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013_11_19__1_19_3_zpsce4936e4.png.html)
Tricky though:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013_11_19__0_23_50_zps6e13b16b.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013_11_19__0_23_50_zps6e13b16b.png.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013_11_18__21_17_55_zps15df34ba.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013_11_18__21_17_55_zps15df34ba.png.html)
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Pretty for sure dietz, the aircraft and the landscape, never thought I would get to like snow so much. 8)
Now I have finally figured out how to remove the clutter from the screen using "H", should prove a paradise for the image makers. ;)
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm42/Mission_bug/Album%202/BoSA_zpsca1bff17.jpg) (http://s293.photobucket.com/user/Mission_bug/media/Album%202/BoSA_zpsca1bff17.jpg.html)
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm42/Mission_bug/Album%202/BoSD_zps4b2cfafc.jpg) (http://s293.photobucket.com/user/Mission_bug/media/Album%202/BoSD_zps4b2cfafc.jpg.html)
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm42/Mission_bug/Album%202/BoSE_zps711a8253.jpg) (http://s293.photobucket.com/user/Mission_bug/media/Album%202/BoSE_zps711a8253.jpg.html)
Cannot complain about the view eh. :D
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm42/Mission_bug/Album%202/BoSB_zps312f82c6.jpg) (http://s293.photobucket.com/user/Mission_bug/media/Album%202/BoSB_zps312f82c6.jpg.html)
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm42/Mission_bug/Album%202/BoSC_zpse5642a31.jpg) (http://s293.photobucket.com/user/Mission_bug/media/Album%202/BoSC_zpse5642a31.jpg.html)
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm42/Mission_bug/Album%202/BoSF_zps840ebf41.jpg) (http://s293.photobucket.com/user/Mission_bug/media/Album%202/BoSF_zps840ebf41.jpg.html)
Wishing you all the best, Pete. ;D
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I think I need skiis ...or snow shoes?
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013_11_21__6_44_37_zps0ac64ec9.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013_11_21__6_44_37_zps0ac64ec9.png.html) :-\
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by N8PlaysGames
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Rather than post a zillion screenshots ( which would be easy & fun to do) a much more efficient method is to direct you to this post over at Il-2 BoS Forums for you to roam around at your liesure...enjoy:
http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/forum/60-screenshots-wallpapers-other-pics/
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show me some other screens...
FMB? QMB? Menues? a lot of Options, are there about 5000 control axis and Buttons?
Convince me to buy this sh..
this simulator.
bring on the screens!
Still in Alpha... grow up.
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The Friedrich is such a pretty aircraft...
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2013_11_26__18_49_15.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2013_11_26__18_32_59.png)
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yep, it is pretty indeed,
(http://dangerdogz.com/forums/uploads/gallery/album_5/gallery_607_5_89725.jpg)
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Sure has potential...sad it is not Pacific.. :P
No, just my preference, looks cool. If they throw in some British and US birds, and later a lush season, it will surely look great.
Chrs :)
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Still in Alpha... grow up.
am i Fkucing stupid?
There is three bottles in life, corresponding to the major Life steps.
milk bottle, beer bottle, infusion bottle.
i refuse to even get to level two.
grow up he sais...
if i ever hreard bad advice, this must be it.
:D
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Sad they don't make a free demo available. Just one player manned plane and some AI's plus a map would be enough.
It's hard to buy something that you don't know, except for screenshots and vids made by others (excelent, I must said) :-X
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Still in Alpha...
Well actually that's sort of debatable. It's actually pretty hard to classify what this Early Access programme actually is with classic game development terminology.
Alpha stage of game development typically refers to the stage when the game is not yet feature-complete. However, Alpha stages are typically characterized by not being available to public, and usually being exclusive to developers themselves.
Similarly, games enter Beta stage when they're feature complete, and at this point there still may be placeholder assets that will be replaced during Beta stage, while testers (either public or open beta testing group) stress the game to see if they can find any bugs or problems with the game's features.
After Beta testing, the game enters Release Candidate or RC stage, in which the Quality Assurance (QA) department of the developer (and sometimes publisher's QA as well) goes through the game version by version, until they get to a version which they're happy with and which passes the QA requirements. Typically that RC is then rebranded "Gold", and sent to the publisher for production. With luck this happens before the planned launch date.
The reason Battle of Stalingrad sort of defies this classic naming scheme is because it combines features of all these stages, but doesn't really fit in on any of them completely.
The game is certainly not feature complete - we all know that. In this sense, it's in Alpha stage. However it's available to Early Access program members, which is atypical of Alpha stage of development.
It's definitely not in Beta stage either - it's not feature complete, and the Early Access members are not required to do any testing although bug reports are appreciated and obviously give the developers a solid base of testers any case - but we're not exactly closed beta testers.
It's not RC and obviously not Gold either. However, the features they've made accessible so far are remarkably mature, both software and asset-wise, which suggest there's already been some work done internally by QA department of 1C/777 studios.
So is it fair to say it's in Alpha stage? I'm not sure. In some ways that's what it is, but on the other hand the product is already remarkably stable and only requires more content and unlocking of features, as well as possible tweaks to things that get reported by people. In this sense, it defies the classical terminology of stages of game development. In some way, I guess each update to the Early Access version goes through its own "development cycle" in mini scale... but that makes the Early Access program more of a stage-by-stage developing hybrid of all the stages, without a clear definition of being in any of the stages, but seamlessly shaping into a finished product, update by update.
Here's an interesting screenshot I took after an incredibly rough landing. I had intentionally shut down the engine to practice forced landing and landing site selection. I had picked a small road going through a village (for challenge) but when I was approaching planned landing site, I basically ran out of airspeed and my sinkrate got quite high. The aircraft slammed down on a three-point attitude though, didn't roll or tumble, and although I deviated away from the road into the snow, aside from the touchdown I was pretty happy with the landing... until I took a closer look at my aircraft:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2013_11_27__0_22_11.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2013_11_27__0_22_29.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2013_11_27__0_24_30.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2013_11_27__0_24_21.png)
Basically, what happened (I guess) is I slammed on the ground hard enough to shatter a lot of glass in the cockpit, caused some damage to the tail (not readily apparent in these screens though), broke the wings off almost completely, so they probably bent down, then came back up like a spring, and deformed into that position. The other possibility is that the wingtips touched the ground during landing, but I don't recall that happening.
In 1946, my plane would have just exploded instantly. So the crash damage model is already quite nicely done, although I don't know if the physical deforming is active yet or if the planes fall apart in pre-determined chunks.
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Sad they don't make a free demo available. Just one player manned plane and some AI's plus a map would be enough.
It's hard to buy something that you don't know, except for screenshots and vids made by others (excelent, I must said) :-X
thats one of my beefs...
15 years ago they would have posted a demo, you know, to get the userbase rolling.
Now they charge you double price and give you a nametag.
Funny times.
Love what i see.
Hope its an F2, so that an F4 can come later.
and a LaGG with more guns too.
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it's sure looking promising, but i'll commit once i see what the explosions look like.
explosions, and of course, weapons ;)
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Weapons in two weeks, be sure.
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Looks very much like an improved IL-2 ! will be very familiar to the IL-2 players, I think...
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I cant wait to try this, my two weeks away made me wait until next week. To a Alpha vertion I am very much impressed. And Oscarito we payed 90 buks to get early access so I think you will not have a free beta until late next year
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I cant wait until its First release, Im going to buy it as soon as it is.
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The 109 pit look like a modded IL 2 standard with different light and shadow added. Well that can't be wrong can it
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Wait a few weeks or more (dunno :-\ ) and give HistoMod a chance as additional install. :D
You will get a high definition BF-109 cockpit and mod, not my favourite but very impressive along with all the functions. Wish I had not busted my Beta test install of Histo 6. :(
Carry on gents! :)
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I don't really know why people think the 109 cockpit has somehow low details. It has tons more detail than any modded or unmodded 109 cockpit in 1946 and pretty much same quality as the LaGG-3 cockpit, it's just different design. The LaGG-3 pit has "rounded" impression with recessed gauges on the panel, the 109 pit has extruded gauges that you might not really see from the pilot's default position but if you move about a little, the truth is revealed...
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2013_11_26__19_10_23.png)
I'm not really sure what you want, that's about as detailed as can be. I also expect that the cockpit would look quite different with the sun higher up in the sky, when there would be more light, more contrast, sharper lighting...
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I am refering to pictures, I have been away from my rig in two weeks And the pit looks to me as a modded IL2 pit. And I did not mean that in a bad way :)
I think this must be the best Alpha version in history, atleast it looks like it
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Ouch @ alpha channel and tex res, up close its a bit blurry there.
Its more than we need tho... from the cockpit 3D perspective.
Some laGGs in that quality, Stula, IL2 Pe2 T34 and StuG...
eh. whaddya want.
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Looking at some of the screen shot threads, some of the images of the aircraft with a wing missing made me think -- they've got glorious snow and lighting, yet they still haven't got any further than IL2 1.0 with the damage. Wings look to be shearing off cleanly in set places with one or two struts added sticking out the side. You'd think they'd've actually moved on....
I really hope they were unfortunate shots, because RoF has shown what can be done, hell, Wings of War, a hilariously arcadey ww1 game had an incredible dynamic damage model that looked the absolute bee's knees (for the time).
A wee bit disappointed on that count.
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109 wings were attached to the side of the fuselage, it was actually a design feature of the aircraft that the wings could be changed without having to lift the aircraft onto jacks, since the landing gear hardpoints were on the fuselage instead of on the wings.
The wing attachment bolts were very much strong enough to hold the wing on within the prescribed flight envelope and then some. But a connection like that is always going to be less strong than, say, a solid wing spar going through the entire wing. So naturally, the attachment points of the wings were the weakest link of the wings, in the position where the cantilever torque is the strongest...
I wouldn't be surprised if the most common failure mode of the wings in crashes was to simply snap relatively clean off the fuselage at the wing root. Of course, typically some bits of mangled metal would stick out of the damaged area.
On the topic of general "wing snapping" in the middle of the wing, I sort of agree and sort of don't. It's true that the breaks seem "clean", in a way. They seem to follow the wing ribs, but I find it sort of unlikely that the main wing spar itself would give away that easily. Sure, after being blasted by some HE shells I would expect parts of the wing to break off, especially if the main spar itself is hit, but otherwise yes - I do think the parts of the wing clip off a bit too easily.
However, I think the physical damage modeling is already much better than on IL-2 1946, for two reasons:
1. The break-offs can happen pretty much anywhere along the wing or fuselage structure, whereas in 1946 you are restricted to prescribed debris chunks coming off. For example, wings are generally divided in only two or rarely three parts (root, middle, and tip). Some planes like Hurricane can fly without the outermost wing tip, most of them however can't. The damage system in BOS allows for wings to be cut off in much smaller parts, so it's already much more dynamic system.
2. Planes don't necessarily explode on high speed crashes or collisions with objects. In 1946, the collision physics was typically that if you hit something, parts come off your airplane. And if you hit something with the fuselage, fuselage explodes. In BoS, complete disintegration and fireball does happen with high enough speed, but there's much higher probability for skidding along the ground in a cloud of debris and hoping that the aircraft stops before pilot is killed by some collision forces.
Finally, as always, it's an alpha version of the game so far. It's entirely likely that they'll improve the visual damage to the aircraft... I don't even know if the physical deformation damage system is in yet.
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1. The break-offs can happen pretty much anywhere along the wing or fuselage structure, whereas in 1946 you are restricted to prescribed debris chunks coming off. For example, wings are generally divided in only two or rarely three parts (root, middle, and tip). Some planes like Hurricane can fly without the outermost wing tip, most of them however can't. The damage system in BOS allows for wings to be cut off in much smaller parts, so it's already much more dynamic system.
2. Planes don't necessarily explode on high speed crashes or collisions with objects. In 1946, the collision physics was typically that if you hit something, parts come off your airplane. And if you hit something with the fuselage, fuselage explodes. In BoS, complete disintegration and fireball does happen with high enough speed, but there's much higher probability for skidding along the ground in a cloud of debris and hoping that the aircraft stops before pilot is killed by some collision forces.
I had not realised that the wings could snap from other points, the only screens suggested the root - middle - tip as per 1946. I am also pleased to hear airccraft are less explosion-prone.
Many thanks, you have allayed some of my fears.
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Please post more screens people :)
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no screenie, but a vid of BF109 vs LaGG3,
http://youtu.be/bnAC6TavIgE
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I'm sold,I like it :D
Thx for the vid,looks amazing
no screenie, but a vid of BF109 vs LaGG3,
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I Could been doing that. But stuck at work again. Not once Ive been home while its open
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should be open all weekend 8)
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Yeah but I got gready I did another two weeks at work paid overtime. So I work 7 days a week until xmas :)
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Ahhhh, bummer (until you get the paycheck that is)
Another to wet the appetite,
http://youtu.be/lQaLRpmdNJE
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Slurp.... :P
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Igor!!!!! Fetch the medical instruments! We must dissect it, learn its inner most workings and MOD it!!! " Insert evil laugh here" LOL :)
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I Could been doing that. But stuck at work again. Not once Ive been home while its open
For your consolation Finn, I face exactly the same situation. I have never been able to actually play the bloody thing; I have been constantly away from home (writing from Berlin right now), and I won;t be back before next Thursday...
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Found this on YouTube
http://youtu.be/oljsCIKpQZg
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Here's what I recorded during the weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9u2oQYUxM
:)
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and guess what....
These are not the alps!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Volgograd_1979.jpg)
i dont know what you expect... a lot of lows, some higher, but still flattish terrain...
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I hope they work on the terrain. At this point it's profoundly uninteresting.
You are right about that , but to be fair it is a demo Alpha winter map ...Also remember the first maps Il-2 gave us when it was first introduced? I do remember they were superior to almost anything else we had seen before , but if you look at them now they look pretty spartan compared to what 3rd party map makers have given us at the various mod sites.
A bit OT but modders over at ATAG have provided several seasonal variations on the Cliffs of Dover Channel Map,including a very convincing Winter:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013-11-22_00002_zpsdbc37ee2.jpg) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013-11-22_00002_zpsdbc37ee2.jpg.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013-11-22_00006_zps5e5b44b7.jpg) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013-11-22_00006_zps5e5b44b7.jpg.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013-11-22_00012_zpsac974aa2.jpg) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013-11-22_00012_zpsac974aa2.jpg.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/Screenshot21710_zps1caa62ef.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/Screenshot21710_zps1caa62ef.png.html)
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This is not one of mine but borrowed because it has a nice quality ( I think)Although I missed it because I was out of town,this week the Alpha got working guns & two 'combat missions to test them .
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Screenshots/2013_12_7__23_40_23_zpse587a640.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Screenshots/2013_12_7__23_40_23_zpse587a640.png.html)
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(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/HansHansen/crash.gif)
probably not my best landing... :P
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PICS FROM A NIGHT MISSION
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Look tracks in the snow :)
Whats more manage to get two novise 109 kills with my lagg on a fair dogfight in expert mode, with that little ammo that is good , manage 7 in a 109 vs lagg. But I love the lagg
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Impressive effects and immersion . great fun to shoot big gun
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(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/Dark_Apostle_2006/2014_1_18__1_25_42_zps43d25399.png) (http://s115.photobucket.com/user/Dark_Apostle_2006/media/2014_1_18__1_25_42_zps43d25399.png.html)
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/Dark_Apostle_2006/2014_1_18__1_26_5_zpsbd20d54a.png) (http://s115.photobucket.com/user/Dark_Apostle_2006/media/2014_1_18__1_26_5_zpsbd20d54a.png.html)
Game gets more amazing with each update.
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Still a lousy fighterpilot :-[
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(http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad32/finno2/2014_2_13__9_50_40_zps16ebce64.png)
Nope, no improvement in sight :-X
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concerning your lousy fighter skills or the lousy map objects?
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Well the latest update made things far better . Objects itself are very good. It is more the texture and rubble in Stalingrad that was my concern. Witch now is improved by color, still want a more live rubble thing around tho
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we want 3D Rubble in piles and some stickking out objects of metal and wood... :D with a medium Rez texture :)
altough... from up high you see none of it :)
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Cool Screenshots Otto!
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il2 is here 8)
(http://dangerdogz.com/forums/uploads/gallery/album_5/gallery_607_5_181824.jpg)
(http://dangerdogz.com/forums/uploads/gallery/album_5/gallery_607_5_377076.jpg)
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(http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad32/finno2/2014_2_14__22_12_40_zpsf7fb8670.png)
I fly happy along minding my own buisniss
Then somthing familiar happend
(http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad32/finno2/2014_2_14__22_24_34_zpscde4d6a5.png)
And I found out you can survive a crash in top of trees
(http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad32/finno2/2014_2_14__22_24_55_zpsa4b2d171.png)
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I see its a field modded version less tank but with a Gunner, 2x20mm , not the 23mms, and the early engine too... AM35 i think.
Whats really important compared to the War thunder one, is that this one has a (not reinforced) wooden tail - like most of them.
wooden wings too.
I like the external Oil splatter, but why only the Canopy?!
also tree speed blur, smoke, pitot on right side, exhflame...
Good to see HER, the Goddess that started it all, in BoS.
I guess I'm in, come Payday.
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Still no trim, but you got option between 20 mm - 23 mm and 37 mm cannons and 2x250 kg bombs or 8 rockets I just wanted a light flight on that one and got hit by flack . One of the ground object mission you also got enemy fighters and you attack airbase.
I am telling you that mission I can fly many times over.
Something is just right with the physics in this game. Maybe the fm is not historical, but that can be changed. This game got great potentials
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AH? 37mms on an early IL-2, that's not right... On a late one, there were some 900 IL-2s with the 37mm cannon.
But eh, its just for demo purposes at the moment. The IL-2 alone, the technical side is a book on its own. Really important milestone there.
:)
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The idea they have is to use everything on the load out. You have to load your turret also. you must choose what you will have.
Same thing with the upcoming Stuka, You will have to choose the dive brakes since within the load out also is the armament of G1.
Infact I think since they have taken this liberty it will not be long until we have a Kursk MAP or the ability to create one. Because you can easily make that environment once the JU- 87, FW-190 , PE-2 and the rest come
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as long as they then divide the Plane Families into different proper Slots, with correct technical possibilities, that is okay with me.
I mean, dive brakes were not removed or added like ammo belts, were they.
And the 37mm Cannon were fixed on the Plane, and not added or subtracted by the armorers.
A good idea is the Turret load... different ammo belts?
That would mean that in the year 2018, when BOS "Aces expansion packII" comes, the Mustang and Thunderbolt Drivers can choose proper APIT Ammo and all these things. :)
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No I mean, they have chosen to do 1 slot and give you options to build it as a G1
JU-87 you can add armor plate on side of the window and cannons for the G1. In the place to choose cannons you got dive brakes also. So you cannot choose both.
In IL2 you cannot choose bombs and rockets. For the time being you got the same button for rockets and bombs. Obviously they need to add 100 kg and 50 kg bombs and a combined rocket bomb setup
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and the Phosphor Bombs and the PTAB stuff in several cassette variants and ... its quite a long list of crap they can dump on Wehrmacht assets.
let me copy that... by Herbert Leonard
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_L%C3%A9onard
http://www.aero-journal.com/chtourmovik.php
Guns either 20/23 +7.7mm
Type 3 , AM38 /1944
Normal Load,
-192 PTAB 1.5
-6x50kg (DER-21)
-4x100
-200 Phosphore balls in AJ-2 Containers
-256 AO2.5
-112 AO2.5 (cast steel)
-4x38 AO-8
-4x30 AO-10
-4x20 AO-15
-2x12 AO-20
-2x12 AO-25
-4x184 ZAB-1
-4x108 ZAB 2.5
-4x22 ZAB-20
-4x216 Phosphor balls AJ-2
Overload?
In overload its the same but more of it. Most noteable differences are the wellknown 250kg bombs, and the Vap-250 Chemical dispensers.
This thing could do 390kph, and when you read a bit about it, you realize what a mean affair it was to be attacked by Shtormoviks -
they could throw Everything Russia had to offer at you, from the 30s Era Bombs, Bomblets, set you on Fire, rain Acid, to the classics 50 and 100, 250kg Bombs.
and then you have to add some serious cannon and MG fire and 8 Rockets.
She is a Monster. You never wanna see her head your way.
I for one hope they do her justice, and are thorough in their Systems, FM, DM and Visuals.
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Well I tried it some more, it is a significant lighter ac without Turret, but still you aint getting more load out on her like you had in singleseat. It got stable flight controls but tend to be easy to dogfight with, except it bleed energy while doing it. It got more difference in weight after dropping ordinance than in other games , meaning it is more realistic in that way.
I find it easy to fly, witch is historical , It is heavy but easy.
I deem this to have even greater potential than CLOD have at the moment, I am afraid of the end product since my hope for this is even greater now than when I had not flown it.
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(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/soviet_plane_stronk_1.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/soviet_plane_stronk_2.png) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihpHQb38oiY&hd=1)
Had a tail strike on a gun run.
Managed to land the aircraft with this kind of damage. ???
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not very credible O.o
But beautifuly COLD shots. :)
atmosphere is kickass!
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From engineering perspective, it's actually not impossible for this kind of thing to happen. If you have a collision somewhere, it's entirely possible that parts of the structure get damaged in a different way (compressive vs. tensile stress).
The biggest issue here is with the visual damage model, and explaining how the control cables can still move the elevator and rudder. Other than that I can see something like that happening, but I don't expect to be able to replicate this on purpose.
Other interesting screenshots...
(http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/ramming_speed.png)
(http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/ramming_speed_2.png)
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all new! summer textures! :P
(eh, its a stalingrad map, therefor BoS, therefor legit)
(http://s15.postimg.cc/htdbmiqyz/image.jpg)
sure, the tail was still attached at the top, therefor tension on top and compression on bottom, because the top attachment was above the elevator axis.
but as you say... the cables are at a precise length and having such a visual situation, they must be either stressed or loose. therefor little or no control.
i noted the very same dmg model on the F wings, and am not entirely pleased with it...
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Well the damage model is not correct, they still do not have the prop bend feature. You could never bring home a plane in that state by my opinion.
But there are really much talking for this plane, it will not be a easy kill and it will inflict much damage in a campaign
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(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q553/az9157/il-22014-02-1609-42-29-74.jpg~original)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q553/az9157/il-22014-02-1609-43-09-15.jpg~original)
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q553/az9157/il-22014-02-1609-43-37-34.jpg~original)
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Nice Steven!
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Gurner are you out there? Show these guys how you make such great looking smoke!
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Rhinofilms, you the same as flew with Trademe in atag server, hi I fly as LG1. Jaeger over there
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Yes that's me.
Nice to hear from you my friend.
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Thos screenies look very promisiing, but how do the clouds look in BOS? Did they finally manage to replace the cotton balls for some more realistic looking clouds? That would really be the icing on the cake for me. :)
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Thos screenies look very promisiing, but how do the clouds look in BOS? Did they finally manage to replace the cotton balls for some more realistic looking clouds? That would really be the icing on the cake for me. :)
Current weather doesn't have clouds yet.
If you want to have a baseline, the original version of the game engine is used in Rise of Flight which does have clouds, so we know the game engine can perform at least to that level. Depending on how the developers choose to implement clouds, I'd expect them to be at least that quality, and probably slightly improved.
Just so you know, though - making realistic, good looking clouds is quite difficult. To reproduce "real" clouds' appearance, you would have to essentially make a pretty complicated weather system which would then determine whether water vapour in a certain "cell" of air is completely vapourized or partially condensed into water droplets, and how large those water droplets are. Essentially you'd have to track temperature, density, and humidity throughout your game atmosphere, then implement movements of air as wind, convection currents, etc. etc. based on relative parametres of the air. To get really fancy you could also add the possibility of ice crystals forming, which are needed to produce high altitude clouds like Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, and the top parts of Cumulonimbus clouds.
If you do it with small enough cell size, in theory you should be able to reproduce any cloud formation in existence - completely procedurally. You would get natural "cauliflower" appearance of Cumulus clouds, and you could get the even grey overcast Stratus or Nimbostratus clouds, simply depending on how your simulated weather system is behaving.
However - and this is a big however! - the processing requirements for this kind of system are staggering. To create even a simplified weather system requires a very, very large number of "cells" to interact with each other, and then calculating the simulation in real-time requires basically supercomputers. At this time, we cannot implement this type of system on consumer level electronics, which is probably why it hasn't been done in games.
Mostly, clouds are done with particle systems of some kind, either with lots of small particles "filling" a volume of a cloud's shape (volumetric particles), or with coarser, larger particles with a billboard type texture, dropped into the game in a fixed pattern to create an appearance of cloud from all directions. IL-2 uses the latter type of clouds, and I think most other games use a similar system because large numbers of particles have been too much for most gaming systems in recent history. However, advances in graphics card technologies have made it more feasible to use volumetric particles to create things like smoke, fog, or indeed clouds.
It remains to be seen which one gets used in Battle of Stalingrad but I'm not too worried - it'll probably be perfectly acceptable, good looking solution.
And now, some screenshots to make this post more acceptable for this thread:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2014_2_15__6_1_31.png)
"Another successful landing, comrade!"
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/131849120/2014_2_15__6_1_46.png)
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i see your tracks... tried some 4x4 type action? why do you think you broke your back, all you did was roll uphill?
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After getting an engine failure from being damaged by AAA, I made a forced landing on the river, but had too much speed and rolled on the river bank.
why do you think you broke your back, all you did was roll uphill?
There was lots of bouncing involved, you can see a "ramp" near the river's edge... it sent me airborne, then my aircraft came down on the steeper part of the river bank, still traveling upwards before coming to a halt.
The landing gear are made of really sturdy stuff on the IL-2 by the way. Did you know you can do push-ups with the landing gear hydraulics? Unlike the LaGG-3 and the Bf 109, you can actually retract and extend the IL-2's landing gear while on the ground. It wrecks your engine, even if it's not running so you don't really get a prop strike. It just refuses to start afterwards, but the landing gear seems to suffer no ill effects. ;D
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Stalin does not approve of this action! ;D
Still good old IL-2, terrain bouncing like an air castle.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDwqj-Cd6jg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj_fq0GqZi4
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This is NOT going to be an easy transition.
Stuff looks difficult and complex.
(Yesss!!!! 8))
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Not as complex as CLOD atm. But there is something in this game engine that give you a feeling of realism. No matter the FM , the game physics just feels very good and probably the best yet
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Not as complex as CLOD atm. But there is something in this game engine that give you a feeling of realism. No matter the FM , the game physics just feels very good and probably the best yet
I disagree.
Hence why my founder account is for sale.
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:) there are many that hate this game. But I can see me active on this. But put in the light of old IL 2 both CLOD and BOS is a real disappointment . We should expect better from a 2. generation IL 2
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:) there are many that hate this game. But I can see me active on this. But put in the light of old IL 2 both CLOD and BOS is a real disappointment . We should expect better from a 2. generation IL 2
I am very disappointed in BOS as it stands now. I gave up on participating in their forum. Luckily I have not spend one single penny on the alpha version.
Ground textures are bland and low rez, villages look too generic, Stalingrad is very empty, ruines of houses look like cardboard, effects of explosions and smoke are simplistic, the lighting in cockpits is drab. Map itself is so boring with that pristine white snow blanket all over the place. Not to mention the grinding for unlockable stuff.
I, and many others, have mentioned everything already on their forum but everytime the mantra is 'it is an alpha', 'it is only at 36%', 'at least we release a working game', 'we have a budget and a deadline', etc.
But let's face it, official release is in 3 months. In May already. I won't see anything change for the better in such a way I will open my wallet and throw my money to them.
(For a game that might have looked revolutionary back in 2008.)
A pity though that Clod has its problems because its sequel BOM looked so promising. :(
After the cancellation of BOM I put my hope on BOS.
Now I will put my hope on DC:WWII. Despite the fact I am not that much into ETO. But the EDGE engine seems to be really something. According the screenshots.
Otherwise I keep playing good old IL2:1946 till the end of days. ;D
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....Otherwise I keep playing good old IL2:1946 till the end of days. ;D
Sometimes an old friend is better than a new friend .....
A new friend is often just a doll ..... ;D
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Naah I like it, much of the reason is probably me getting this big 737 yoke between my legs, meaning I use no force keeping it straigh and level by pushing all the time.
Now I flew and got hit by a 109 snd got almost back, The engine start making realistic noises and the plane acted realistic to lack of power.
Cant help it, love the IL2
(http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad32/finno2/2014_2_22__23_18_31_zps424e77c2.png)
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(http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad32/finno2/2014_2_23__1_2_9_zpsb39f56e0.png)
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The Ju 87D is here!
(http://i.imgur.com/jOSRjsT.png) (http://imgur.com/a/lt3Eq)
(http://i.imgur.com/GQiS57y.png) (http://imgur.com/a/lt3Eq)
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This is intense. Intense from the first to the very last second.
Nothing in there is precise, everything is sluggish. have only touched the LaGG, and she is a rough ride, like a traktor.
It is a lot of work. First time i even got off the runway, and spun the plane backwards.
Total loss of control. Only sitting there, hanging on to my dear life.
(http://s3.postimg.cc/njoc3c94j/Il_2_2014_02_28_20_45_22_61.jpg)
Awesome. This is Siriusly Good.
I landed near some town (scenery so-so, repetitive and dead) and taxied through a street.
Tail wheel did all sorts of funny things while on the loose.
(http://s2.postimg.cc/jivgnsro9/2014_2_28_20_24_28.jpg)
Look at the tail wheel track...
(http://s30.postimg.cc/yzgqaj9xd/2014_2_28_20_25_38.jpg)
I wont shut this program down all week. 8)
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Give me some pit pic. I am not home
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Yes I love the LAGG
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There you go... :)
Sad LeOne... i hope you get your Fix!
(http://s29.postimg.cc/z6q6bxoc7/2014_2_28_21_1_41.jpg)
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I meant th stuka. I went to work on a barge on a crane at nightshift. So I am not home this weekend and the next. This is why I want to see JU 87 pit and everything about it
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(http://s14.postimg.cc/3x65cdzc1/2014_3_1_17_31_5.jpg)
Column movement. :)
(http://s24.postimg.cc/sn135itpx/123.jpg)
lights
(http://s28.postimg.cc/c19p91lod/light.jpg)
-on tree top right
-on snow and dust
;D
second car:
lighted back of the box. inside of box :dark.
cabin: area below back cabin window :dark.
:o 8)
not only is the sun casting shadows - every lightsource can, and DOES cast shadows.
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looks freaking epic! :D
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whats really fun is to get the engine rolling and play with the mixture to see how low you can keep the RPMs. I find 300RPMs about the lowest point on the Klimov.
at that point she shakes a lot and makes a blubb blubb sound like a Harley.
Or let the engine die, and at the last fraction of a second put the mixture up again to bring it back to life.
With BoS, the fun starts right there under the Camo netting.
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Glad you like it
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oh! headlights on trucks! very cool.
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Realistic light. But not realistic use of it, those drivers obviously have a deathwish
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true dat true dat.
only need a stick of Bombs on that column... a handsfull of small SC50 bombs... and they are all gonna be gonners. :P
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Game's ON again!
new paintjobs (reminds me of the original LaGG paintjobs from 15 years back, 512/8bit :D
all retro
and a few proper kickass loadout options.
(http://s21.postimg.cc/ipvmgaynb/2014_3_7_19_3_13.jpg)
anyone know how to switch between rockets and bombs on the "flying Tank"?
got no clue... and dere ain no readme in dat preview either :P
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I'm setting up my founder account to sell, anyone interested in buying it?
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well if you think its rubbish... what do you want for your Rubbish?
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Id let it go for $75 US.
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I'm setting up my founder account to sell, anyone interested in buying it?
I'm reasonably sure that selling your account is against the terms of service agreement, particularly parts 5.4 of the main user agreement and 1.1 of Schedule #1
Then again, courts (in the US at least) have traditionally held that if someone buys a game they have the right to re-sell it, so in fact the user agreement may not hold in any court of law; just be aware that if you do sell your account to someone and 777/1C decides to see it as a terms violation they have this piece in there:
4.2. The Operator reserves the unilateral right to terminate rendering Services to the User in case of infringement by the User of this Agreement and/or the law of the USA. In the latter case, the User shall be responsible for any damage inflicted to the third parties.
...which basically means they can shut down your account and you'll end up with a pissed off person who bought the account from you.
You will of course do what you feel is the best course of action, but with matters like this it would be at least courteous to ask what SAS1946 administration thinks of this.
After some googling I found some references of someone selling their Rise of Flight account and apparently 777 Studios hasn't been terribly bothered by it. Here is a reference: http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=6470
Right at the bottom of the page they outline what problems are associated with selling a ROF account, but don't expressly forbid it. Obviously I can make no guarantees that 1C will have the same attitude, but considering the business model seems fairly similar it's highly likely they won't pitch a fit about it... but it would be best to ask them first if you haven't already.
And, as Gandalf Stormcrow says:
"Do not meddle in the affairs of lawyers, for they are greedy and quick to sue."
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tell us again, what are the differences between a founder and the early access account? you get dat fockewulf, and the La-5 right?! that would be , like, 55 bucks my money, or two weeks worth of food or a proper pair of shoes/jeans.
25 bucks per plane...
but still better than the early access version which is 90+.
if you wanna sell, promote your product, yell!
:D
edit: dis page needs more screenshots.
screenshots mandatory!
(http://s11.postimg.cc/5i36jh737/2014_3_2_1_37_30.jpg)
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Well we have discussed having a buy and sell section here. But we abandoned it for the very same reason as Herra says.
But we do allow people to give a hint as CWMV here did.
But those who respond to such also know that this was a private deal between involved parties and SAS does not have any part of it.
If I where a 109 fan as CWMV here are , I might consider BOS in the same way, I do not like the 109 neither, the reasons for my optimism is the upcoming PE-2 witch suppose to have a very good FM witch the developers are very satisfied with. Considering my love for the way LAGG and IL2 flies in this game I pretty much sure PE-2 is going to be the plane for me.
I can only refere to Typhoon and his story about the LAGG, because he put my words in it in the most excellent way. It is not the performance , it is the feel you got flying it. For a man like me who love Russian plane BOS is Mecca or heaven , but if I was a fan of German planes (not tried the Stuka yet) I would have been disappointed.
We need to accept that people do not like the game, respect it. And please do make a trade, but whoever does are alone , no help from us. We intact did not see any offers
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I find it an utterly utterly idiotic idea to sell a BoS account/Licence.
Or at least to let it go to waste in any way.
I know, Vet, you are a 109er kind of guy, and to be honest - coming from ANYwhere...
cfs2. 3. IL-2(any the follow ups) that at the first sight the behavior of the planes seems, no - MUST seem like a piece of crappy coding.
If you take a look at some 109er youtube Vids, you might - just might get an idea how authentic the behavior is. 70+ years of technology between the inch-precision flying of todays dreamliner and those hotrods.
If you spend some time with any of the planes, you will discover things and details that show you 777 studios are not in for the fast money, and that they do care for their systems.
For example i just found out i can brake the wheels midair - and if i dont, they keep spinning for a goddamn eternity.
Digging some more, i gather the 75 Bucks you get are not a lifesaver to you.
and given that "licences" are available at infinitum, unlike a ook that goes out of print - and what makes yours so special is the "founder" element...
I gather that the 75 dollar tag is just your way of saying : this "41%-down-the-road product" doesnt please me.
Or, brutally put: "this suxxxx nag nag nag clockwork-wife-nagging"
My answer to that would be a bucket of ice cold water over your head:
because you stuck with IL-2 for all this time
-patience
-keeping up to date
-having a bit of faith that your personal niggles will either be solved or you accept them in time
-willingness to get your head into it
Throwing BoS away at this time -41%, kind of like version number 0.41 would , to me, indicate
-lack of patience
-no faith, pessimism even
-wanting perfection right away.
as personal as it sounds...
THAT is not the CWMV i know.
selling the founder account at 0.41 for 75bucks is just taking a cheap shot at the game in its current state.
...because you didnt specify "i have no time/my comp cannot handle it/i rather play the sims"
if that were the case, you would have said so after my "how much for your rubbish" comment.
Keep that licence.
Just like you kept your copy of Forgotten battles.
And FFS was FB a shoddy piece of software compared to 4.12.2
...?
sorriiiieeee... here is the screenshot.
LaGGs under cover.
:)
(http://s28.postimg.cc/u0asuxh4d/2014_3_7_22_26_15.jpg)
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Take a look at this raggedy old LaGG - up there around 5.5, doing 180 indicated, full pull.
(http://s15.postimg.cc/6sono8ecb/comrade.jpg)
-levels of reflection (exhaust area!)
-scenery textures and forrests are not tile/squarelike
-reflex line on wing leading edge
-engine starter attachment in spinner - PAgeronimo could not have done it better.
up here, i can kick him around... no problem!
but once on the loose it takes some good piloting (automatic recations) and some nerve to get him straight again.
I bet they called the laGG a Mule, a Bull or the like. because once you get that Thing mad, you are in for a hefty ride.
maybe more like an Ox... because a Bull still has his Balls - an essential thing that the LaGG laGGs - potence.
Klimov Burning away fuel at 2k7Rpm...
But the fat Fuselage prevents any movement.
Again... an Ox - not a Cheetah. :P
(http://s29.postimg.cc/snu2jbu2f/2014_3_7_23_52_10.jpg)
Its a Piece of Shaisse. Nix gut, nein! VVS nix gut!
Go fly Luftie Planes, haz better Technologi!
But i love my little LaGG.
I hope for more variants, especialy the early 4 and 5gun stuff.
With a retractable tail wheel... oh pretty pleeeease!
Cant wait to paint some skins and weathering layers.
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Well we have discussed having a buy and sell section here. But we abandoned it for the very same reason as Herra says.
But we do allow people to give a hint as CWMV here did.
But those who respond to such also know that this was a private deal between involved parties and SAS does not have any part of it.
If I where a 109 fan as CWMV here are , I might consider BOS in the same way, I do not like the 109 neither, the reasons for my optimism is the upcoming PE-2 witch suppose to have a very good FM witch the developers are very satisfied with. Considering my love for the way LAGG and IL2 flies in this game I pretty much sure PE-2 is going to be the plane for me.
I can only refere to Typhoon and his story about the LAGG, because he put my words in it in the most excellent way. It is not the performance , it is the feel you got flying it. For a man like me who love Russian plane BOS is Mecca or heaven , but if I was a fan of German planes (not tried the Stuka yet) I would have been disappointed.
We need to accept that people do not like the game, respect it. And please do make a trade, but whoever does are alone , no help from us. We intact did not see any offers
I hate to respond in a screenshot thread, so if yo like cut this out into a new one perhaps?
Ive spoken to 1CGS. There response was that it is possible to sell the account. Ive come up with a way that will make it easy to do, but I will not go into it here, not the right place.
As to the game, Im glad you like it 110G, really I am, but I hate the russian front, and this game feels as dead as rise of flight to me. I have no feeling of connection to the virtual airframe that CoD gives.
Just not for me, and I dont think 777 ever will be.
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Then why the (obviously censored) did you get your copy?
That, dear Dude, makes no sense to me at all.
I had a few "keep the licence because..." arguments lined up - but if this is not your cup of tea, then there is nothing for me to say.
(Besides the prospect of Flying some Lend lease American Material in there or wait for the western front to kick in?? maybe?)
I could see the "support the industry" element. But then you are in my mind a kind of practical man, who does not start what he has no intention to finish, buy what he never intends to use... That confuses me!
Tell us a bit about What the advantages of your (founder) vs my (early access) or the later (standard) accounts are, and you might get some response.
I know *I* am not uninterested, and if you can describe the extras, i might shoot you a PM or two.
Here is a shot from up there.
(http://s28.postimg.cc/edipq0rx9/over.jpg)
Took my Ox up to see what i could do in thinner air. I got to 8.900, maybe 8.930 indicated but speed was some 200km/h and he would go no higher, no matter what i tried. Except stabilizing at 8.500, get "some" oomph and do a zoom climb or something silly like that, the service ceiling was just a tad below 9.000.
Obviously the handling was... delicate. And maybe i messed up something. Still new to all this.
There is at least 800 metres missing from what i know, and this is once again an indication for me that the "early access" material is not the latest and greatest that 777 has in action. Too much vital material (trim, gauges, mixture at alt...) is still missing and makes flight difficult. Not to talk about combat.
That's not a negative point, just impatience to get to the good stuff.
Talk is, multiplayer is somewhere between "on the horizon" and "around the corner", so that's a cool milestone i look forward to.
That and a plane skin folder/way to skin.
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I hate to respond in a screenshot thread, so if yo like cut this out into a new one perhaps?
Ive spoken to 1CGS. There response was that it is possible to sell the account. Ive come up with a way that will make it easy to do, but I will not go into it here, not the right place.
Thanks for the info! In this case it's good to be proven wrong.
And yeah I agree it would be a good idea to split these few messages off into another thread. :)
I would post screenshots but I am spending an extended weekend at my parents' and have no access to the game here...
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I am at work and only iPhone so I hope another admin can do it. Or just start a new topic and mention I ok the sale here
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Getting back on track before Friday update:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Battle%20of%20Stalingrad/2014_3_10__1_4_13_zpsd990c107.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Battle%20of%20Stalingrad/2014_3_10__1_4_13_zpsd990c107.png.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Battle%20of%20Stalingrad/2014_3_8__1_39_9_zps042b7d51.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Battle%20of%20Stalingrad/2014_3_8__1_39_9_zps042b7d51.png.html)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d116/jamesdietz/Battle%20of%20Stalingrad/2014_3_8__1_38_54_zpsf0b9568c.png) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/jamesdietz/media/Battle%20of%20Stalingrad/2014_3_8__1_38_54_zpsf0b9568c.png.html)
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Very nice James!
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+1 8)
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Nice screenies Dietz. :)
I hope they do something about the overall colour.
Like default IL2 does have a yellowish tendency, BoS has a greenish tendency.
I think that in a snow covered world everything should have a more cooler lighting and reflections.
Except during sunrise or sunset of course.
A quick edit. Before and after.
The edits look better. But hey, that's personal. ;)
(http://s20.postimg.cc/yj462gcx9/Ju87_EDIT01.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)
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he is everything the LaGG isnt.
challenging ground handling- LaGG isnt.
happy-to-be-airborn-plane - LaGG isnt
precise-LaGG isnt
limited firepower - LaGG got dat 37mm upper hand instant sniper kill.
peashooters - .50cal
Multiplayer? screw multiplayer. dis is much better.
again this nagging feeling: MOARRRRRR!
More of the same! More Variants! 1b, 7 7uti 7M 3 9 and the whole family!
(http://s30.postimg.cc/k9ij21u4h/2014_3_15_18_51_37.jpg)
Having a bunch of annoying complete game freezes, even after a complete reinstall. Not so happy bout that.
and the snow starts to get on my nerves.
only snow, white pixel overload.
Fbomb. many of them.
unlimited ammo and external views. all else full switch, or in BoS terms - "no switch"
Number 4 got me.
(http://s14.postimg.cc/d11wfcr1d/2014_3_15_19_40_45.jpg)
bad. no edit.
(http://s1.postimg.cc/wirr7j35r/2014_3_15_19_41_29.jpg)
canopy shattered external. fuselage structure. somersaults (?) breaking up on ground.
(http://s22.postimg.cc/b1g6xjjz5/2014_3_15_19_42_3.jpg)
this one had me by the hip. nothing i could do.
the 3 before, i ... managed. not easy, but... i managed.
this one i lost. he didn't lose me... and won.
lose the contact lose the fight.
Tschort!
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I think we will have a summer map before you know it, if this get popular we also will have aCrimea scenario and Kursk. I bet we will have HS 129 within the next year if there are enough interest. The buissniss model are based on constant upgrades.
In this game I want FMB and QMB before MP
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I have to disagree...
the fun part is the physics, right?
then bring on anything between 40 and 42, before going Kursk and berlin.
because planes of the early war were IMO much more affected by physics, and changes were more radical.
imagine a Henschel one-two-three or a fiesler storch. The slow and agile stuff. It would be a Hoot to fly
once you get to Emil and Friedrich level, Yak-1 and 3, LaGG3 and La5... all only gets faster better stronger.
Only in very late war (Sea fury... Spit XIV++, :D) it gets interesting again, when engine torque will kill you faster than any other CFS ever did before.
Or West front Mustang high speed stalls.
But moving to Krim and Kursk will bring nothing, plane physics wise i think.
I have to agree on the scenario and objects, maps weather and FMB stuff...
Have you see the russki Refueling truck? Its as beautiful in stock, as the modded ones in 1946.
The "caponiers"/ airplane shelters and nets... and the dismantled Planes...
and the fact that appearently missions can start under the camo net...
Drooooool. Things that IL-2 has been waiting on for a decade.
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I think they look at this as a time aspect after BOB, and will not go earlier. But I hope I am wrong. I wist for the HS 129, that heavy machine will be a victim for physics. And you are right it is the physics in this game that overwhelmed me, more than the graphics and FM.
I think we both are pretty close in what we like
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The one with the Pak-75?
Nobody in their right mind would ever fly that! ;D
I hate all this "Bos/CloD" interference.
Right now, something in my head wishes for the entire eastern front thing, from the Radio incident in Poland, to Hitler's suicide in Berlin.
From Finland in the North to Greece in the South, Made to this, all new 2014 standard. Lend lease Martlets, Hurricanes P-39s and Mitchells included.
*raises a big wad of cash*
I have to say that i have become a su**er for hires textures and shadow and lighting systems too. (see 2048 for 1946)
(http://s10.postimg.cc/yntva7v7b/2014_3_15_18_53_10.jpg)
This in summer, with a bunch of tall green trees in the background, a russian jeep and a handsfull of mechanics. Perfection.
and although i have suffered from loud machines over long times (steel industry) my ears enjoy what they get from this BoS "sneak preview".
(http://s10.postimg.cc/lied441bt/2014_3_15_19_26_48.jpg)
--> white line around cannon: dynamic moving sireflection.
--> wheels keep spinning for 10 minutes if brakes not applied. even retracted or through high G manuuvers.
"so so" bug as there is no perpetuum mobilé or somesuch.
Imagine an Essex. a Bunch of Corsairs in various maintenance stages, mechanics, palms, nets, tents, Bomb Trolley... done this way.
Imagine the ship movements.
*holds up an even larger wad of cash*
i would pray for such a thing to happen, if i believed in anything else but human stupidity. 8)
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B*****s of Stalingrad. 8)
(http://s30.postimg.cc/vvh8kp3cx/bstd.jpg)
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I think they look at this as a time aspect after BOB, and will not go earlier. But I hope I am wrong. I wist for the HS 129, that heavy machine will be a victim for physics. And you are right it is the physics in this game that overwhelmed me, more than the graphics and FM.
I think we both are pretty close in what we like
See I simply do not feel that.
I'm not saying your wrong, as it is very subjective, but to me this game feels even worse than 46, with CoD being fast and away ahead of both.
In cliffs I actually physically get into the game, a close miss on s head on pass makes my hair stand on end, and a hard fight leaves me panting and heart racing.
This one though, not so much. I wish I could see what you guys do.
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I find myself flying less and lesser CLOD, I started to recent the way people play in ATAG server. Vulching and point collecting Warthunderpilots all over the place. I rather fly offline in the small amount of simtime I got. I personally feel BOS as a good platform if they implement a good qmb and FMB
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See I simply do not feel that.
I'm not saying your wrong, as it is very subjective, but to me this game feels even worse than 46, with CoD being fast and away ahead of both.
In cliffs I actually physically get into the game, a close miss on s head on pass makes my hair stand on end, and a hard fight leaves me panting and heart racing.
This one though, not so much. I wish I could see what you guys do.
Immersion?
Its the same for me, when i said that the LaGG was sluggish, vibrated a lot and that all the hyper-precise kung-fu Moves at the edge of the stall and wingtip Vortices are ...
...are a thing of the Past.
In 1946, you ARE the plane. You ARE the Friedrich. you ARE the Barrel of the MG 151/20, and i am not saying it is simple, but it is at least POSSIBLE to become mentally one with the plane, provided you get into the plane enough
Know its engine state by listening. "Not even looked into the Cockpit once"
To know its wing damage level by feel. "not even looked at the wing once"
To automatically switch to rudder use when the ailerons are out. "not even wasted a splitsecond checking aileron reaction"
..and so many things more, and for many Planes too.
A pilot does not exist any more, after a few hundred hours in <name your favourite plane>.
And by looking at youtube videos for Cliffs over Dover, i get the impression that the Fusion between Player mind and Virtual plane is still a possible Thing.
Especially the Famous armchair Pilots... they have the handling of their Crate down to a martial art. It seems more Mental than BoS, less checking gauges, less listening to the Plane's feedback, more forcing it to do what you want - at the razor sharp edge of the possibilities.
And i have shifted position ... the Separation i feel in BoS makes things a LOT harder.
It is not fun - it is an effort. I actually try to stay alive. In 1946 i didnt give a whoopdeedoop.
In BoS, it is actually possible, for me, to be scared of the machine.
And BoS is a very Humbling experience to me personally... i am confronted with the pilot's situation, not with the Plane's PoV.
I am not detached. I am not the Plane.
Physics?
the pic above with the two LaGGs...
the one below was actually the next screenshot.
We somehow hit (to be expected) and our contact didnt make us go BOOM (cough IL-2 cough 1946), but instead i was spun to the left, rolled to the left and lost my canopy.
the flap you see by the Rudders is His, not mine. I must have hit it with my Canopy from down below.
(http://s17.postimg.cc/fjws7rjwt/2014_3_16_0_8_29.jpg)
this meant i was suddenly inverted, moving sideways, and had zero airstream around the wings. Death sentence.
Also note the sunset reflecting off his fuselage. and tail.
Physics.
A large step ahead from 1946.(15 years...)
Concurrence?
Maybe...
maybe because i dont put 1946 into a direct comparisation, or maybe because i quit 46 to do some war thunder interim action....
...i am able to embrace the new stuff, as DIFFERENT [disgusting and ugly!!!!!] it may seem.
High Hopes?
I threw my expectations overboard before touching BoS. I told myself "as different as CloD is from 1946, this one is even stranger, so keep the mind wide open"
I put aside the little frustrating Time i have had with CloD, and the sadness i had when i learned that CloD will never turn into the next "1946+DBW"
This is a piece of software that humbles you as an Armchair Pilot, that gives (me at least) the message:
You are not even worthy of touching that LaGG, get back to 1946 Kindergarden where planes fly straight, greenhorn!
Screw all of you naysayers. Screw 1C, Screw 777, screw Oleg, screw Ilya, screw all and anyone.
Imma keep going till i got this down to the same precision level i had with my Typhoon back in 46.
because this one is sound, and this one has Potential.
Of course the Road is long.
But this is 41%. We arent even on the Runway yet. We are still Taxiing along somewhere between engine start and lineup.
keep that in mind...
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WOW passion :)
For me the LAGG invite because of the fact that the entire community have deemed it to 109 fodder. I get a bit sad knowing my fighter skills are less than average.
But if it ever was a plane I would like to own the 109 in , this is it. I know it is almost impossible to beat a good 109 pilot witch probably going to be 100 % of the online community. But would it not be great to be able to do some resistance with the LAGG.
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The underdog with the 37mm. :D
The Yakovlev is closer to the 109 in terms of handling.
But the LaGG is very much more satisfying to survive / win with.
as soon as Multiplayer starts, i expect to see a whole SERIES of Lolwaffle squadrons pop up and also old ones expand to BoS.
there will be more virtual Luftwaffe squadrons with 109s than anything else.
and i will be happy to be on the other side, resisting the onslaught best i can.
soon(tm)
:D
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Shall we do a joint effort in the old Lagg. It would be fun
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WOW passion :)
For me the LAGG invite because of the fact that the entire community have deemed it to 109 fodder. I get a bit sad knowing my fighter skills are less than average.
But if it ever was a plane I would like to own the 109 in , this is it. I know it is almost impossible to beat a good 109 pilot witch probably going to be 100 % of the online community. But would it not be great to be able to do some resistance with the LAGG.
The community isn't the one who judged it so, history has!
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I know , the Lagg had nothing going for it but numbers. Together with badly trained pilots this was doomed to be a coffin. When you design a plane to succeed a obsolete but relative good airplane as I 16 and you base it upon using materials that is not priority of war and not what it suppose to fight against.
The YAK was lightly armed to get some advantage against the 109 but the LAGG had nothing going for it
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http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/4802-official-teamspeak-server-bos-mp-now/
Attention Pilots!
I have created an official Teamspeak Server for BOS Early Access Multiplayer sessions. Feel free to use this weekend during MP testing.
Server IP: 8.3.5.133:9407
Password: bos2014
Any problems with the TS server post in this thread.
Jason
updates rolling as i speak...
LeOne! get out of your crane and into your awesome cockpit! its playtime!
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Ha ha ha . Iwould if I could . Sold my house yesterday and I am drunk as a bat :-\
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I had some interesting experiences...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCy9zPmX52s
Highlights:
De-wing kill 0:44
One-shot death 10:43
Lost the canopy, pilot wounded 18:03
Lost a wing tip 18:24
Interesting landing 21:00
Two glorious overkills, starting from 28:30 and 30:20
It can only get better from here... :)
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Nice video. I must see if I can borrow my computer from my daughter this evening to try out this mess. I kind of getting more an more optimistic with this sim.
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very nice.
i am pretty close to being sold on this new sim :D
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There are problems with it. I love the smootness in tracker but others hate it. They have made the controls for full length and that is why I love it, since that is what I got. But for those who don't, they tend to be too fast
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Sigh...one of these sims with a later WWII stage and P-51s and P-38s, please.. :D
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IIN8II´s film is beautiful . It is a good sim, just not complete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBa31SdxMrk
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wow..... epic movie :o 8)
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i was fortunate enough to be able to take the game for a spin, and although its obviously still early days, what i've seen so far is truly impressive.
definitely a contender for a worthy successor to IL-2 :D
a few screens, done before i could figure out how to get rid of icons, etc, so please excuse that.
the maps, atmospherics, etc are truly great. the combat sim future looks bright with this one!
definitely something to look forward to 8)
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa226/bigbossmalone/bos3_zps1da6fb7b.jpg)
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;D
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The game looks really nice, I hope that this is a beginning of a longer series.
I hope that they plan to invole the community at least in map/object/texture creation...modding would make this series more popular. Btw will there be a summer map?
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Btw will there be a summer map?
Questions by member, answers by Loft about other maps in the Dev Updates:
Q:Will made other maps (smaller) for online except map of Stalingrad?
A:We hope that we will have enough time to do them. Or you can make them.
Q:For lovers of aerobatic aircraft were added pylons in the latest patch for CloD. Can we expect something similar in the BoS (map for racing / flags / pylons / visual platform etc.)?
A:Only if you make it yourself. We'll give you all the necessary tools and information.
Q:Whether you considered opportunity to make the map of Gulf of Finland in the future, as in "IL-2"?
A:It's almost standard issue. I'll no longer respond to such questions, because the answer is always the same. About the future we need to talk in the future. Of course, we dream to make all theaters for all the wars in which the aircraft used. But after the dream work starting and we're working to make this future a reality. It is a matter of probability.
Q:Do you plan to allow adding additional user made maps for dogfight like it's done in ROF?
A:Technically it is possible. We only need to have creators who can provide us (and you) with such maps. We can't pay much attention to them being really busy with the development, but we hope that won't stop map-makers. Will such map become a free gift or a content pack for sale - the authors and the quality of their products are going to determine that.
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My personal conclusion is we won't see a summer map for a long time.
Just white areas with bare trees, snow covered houses and winter cammo.
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Wow that looks awesome Eugene, thanks for the report.
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+1. That game and a good flight dynamics code and I'm in.
Also with maps. :P :D ;)
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As far as other maps... http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/5594-will-there-be-other-maps/?p=108154
With the game reaching 50% a new user made map is nearing completion, a quick read of the whole thread will give you all the info
http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/5594-will-there-be-other-maps/
very promising for the future considering this early stage
Cheers Dakpilot
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For me this sim gives the best feel of physics and flight ever as far as the Russian planes. I dont like the german ones. It is some funny 10 minutes in current version
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That's Funny since the la5 is such a dog.
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I find it very nice.
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yes, what i've experienced is really good, the potential for this, if developed properly, is astounding.
the physics feel right, cockpit immersion is superb, the lack of any object pop-ups on the map(objects in the distance come into view seamlessly as you get closer), the much better feeling of altitude and speed when flying closer to the ground, the epic mile high columns of smoke that are visible from miles away, as they should be, and seem to have no real effect on framerate, these are just some of the things i noticed.
in fact, although i obviously should upgrade my PC for this sort of next-gen game, it still played relatively well, with no significant frame drop-offs at any stage.
the only time i noticed a slowdown was when panning around inside the cockpit quickly. this led to some slow blurring of the scene, which very quickly disappeared when i stopped . panning around slower also helped a lot, lol.
so, yes, it still has some ways to go, no doubt, but my overall impression of it in this early stage, is extremely good.
considering that i've never really been able to get CloD running properly yet, my first outing in this new sim was really enjoyable.
i'll be in the queue for this when its released, definitely :D
edit: if i have one major gripe at the moment, its the overly complicated control setup.
while i can appreciate a good flight sim having multitudes of control options, when things go wrong, as they did for me, it can quickly become a nightmare.
i found that suddenly many of my controls were being shared with more than one input, and this all seemed to happen of its own accord.
my elevators became reversed, and no amount of trying to correct it in setup worked. the game would only recognise one direction on my joystick, so i found myself left stuck with a reversed elevator control.
at this point, i ended my test flight. :D
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I find it very nice.
Do you prefer it to the yak?
Because brother let me tell you, Im a lot more effective in threw yak.
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"the only time i noticed a slowdown was when panning around inside the cockpit quickly. this led to some slow blurring of the scene, which very quickly disappeared "
Go to settings-Camera and turn off cinematic . This should turn off the "motion blur" effect
hopefully the controls bug will get fixed this Friday update, the bug seems to happen more often when changing settings while ingame
Cheers Dakpilot
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Malone switch of cinematic view in setup , this will remove the blurry view when moving the head
And CWMV, I am such a lousy incompetent non motivated fighter pilot, that efficiency is no concern of mine. I just like the feel in turns and the realistic feel it gives.
If There where no bombers in combatsims I would simply not do it
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Bought it couple of days ago after learning that Shvchenko's done a runner again and only tried it just now without expecting much... I have all jets and choppers in DCS, flown the free Mustang there a couple of time too, so was totally surprised by how much I was touched by BOS! Not just impressed, it really did touch me deep :) The feeling of the Lagg-3 taxiing and taking off is just beyond words. It feels so heavy and yet powerful and cool! The cockpit looks plain/boring, on the other hand the winter and external model look good, external model in particular- the texture and different materials of the plane are superbly done (better than DCS). Polygon count of the models is higher in DCS, the prop spinner and wheels are more round, but planes look better in BOS - purelly because of lighting texture, materials feel much more tangible and proper.
On balance, I honestly believe that every single fan of IL2 owes it to himself to experience this- take Lagg3 for a take off and landing and then just watch the replay of it on the F2 camera- goose bumps!:) This experience alone is worth the price of admission, even if everything else will turn out to be crap.
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More screens please
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Most screens do not do it justice, for one the superbly done snow spray form the prop looks superb in motion, but very poor when frozen in pause. Buildings and trees look really cool in motion blur, but sharp and unrealistic in motion blur-less paused screenies. Motion-blur is captured when screnshoting without pause, but then its hard to get the angle right. The motion of the plane, the way it rocks and bobbles and the way its suspension is playing around, the sound of the brakes - all these are beyond screenies too :) Great showpiece of plane sim engineering and art! I certainly keep my fingers crossed ofr its single player to come together now.
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Very cool! Unedited? (I prefer unedited shots for new games, that way you know how it looks, well, anyway, can't run this game with my setup=atm-give that sim a Stang and I'm all over it (if it has a good FM) :P ).
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I f**king love this sim looks so good
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Stunning though this game by and large looks I am astonished that they still have such clean wing damage. I mean, I've no issue with the way the wings break up asuch, but I find the lack of any tears to be disheartening. Even in the above video, wings fell off the aircraft as though someone had sawn through them cleanly. Even some of the models from IL2 at least had mangled bits of the wing's structure sticking out so that the damage looked like it had actually been caused by gun fire rather than a laser cutter. It's surprising in what is otherwise such a visually gratifying and modern /advanced sim.
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Well it is getting ver good, I always said , give it a dedicated server and it will bloom. Now it is impossible to get into Syndicate server because it is full, so that has become a problem.
For IL 2 users this is a wet dream, It is like flying IL 2 with the best physics ever made. Personally I like cod better , mostly because of the Lofte bomb aim and control setup with hotas, witch this game got too little of. Worst than that they let us believe that trim was going to be hotas, not buttons.
But I just love flying transport missions with the Heinkel with real objectives. Wonderful game.
I wish for ME and a good offline feature. Online it really start to compete with cod
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Yes, I echo what LeOne posts above. I am involved in both CloD and BoS and I find that they each satisfy a different need. They both have their own strong and not so strong points but it's clear that BoS is the one that will rapidly develop as time progresses. The sim isn't even on release yet and MP is already well in place and working better than I expected. Won't be long before the SP campaign is included for the release version.
With DCS WWII an unknown commodity at the present time, it's BoS that is proving to be the lead horse.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIAfHnpyJgY
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www.youtube.com/embed/AQ2V4ZlZX6c"
love this one
Cheers Dakpilot
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A6lzad-gQc&list=UUsOOLtc3K01FGIJ0XHYSFLw
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Train Busting near an enemy airfield...= Train AAA+Airfield AAA
= NopeNopeNopeNopeshitshitshitshitttttt :(
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\m/
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Lost in the woods... [blair witch project]
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here come the mudmovers!
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It's beautiful.
but nobody said it was easy!
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and just for the record!
coolant leak and fuel leak, and one MG damaged.
the buddies cleared the yaks, i put some more 151 in the second Peshka.
Then opened up the power, ran 50 miles home and kept an eye on the temps.
15 miles out i hit the red zone, so i chopped it and flew at 230km/h... fuel gauge on the last line.
normal approach...
a bounce...
a prop strike.
and engines like that... so i was noted as "crash landed"
IDIOTS!!!!! i want my XP!!! my unlockssss!!!! :D
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Home sweet home.
1 heinkel and 1 damaged. no 109s
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Very glad to finally see some pictures among the too many text replies :))
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You do not need to do.
You do not need to push.
There is no effort - just blink
Mer'ly need to think.
with no rush as time stands still
your dreams she will fulfill
effortless
take you to hell and back
with a smile
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Home from the nightshift...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBa31SdxMrk
This is what I truly think of BOS, and I have all flight sims
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What's that Le0ne?
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Sad to say my system cannot do justice to BoS, once the shooting starts it struggles, but for those who have the right hardware and the ability to make such outstanding videos as that it shows just how much of a outstanding product it is. 8)
Most of the videos from Cliffs of Dover and Battle of Stalingrad that I have seen show the amazing quality of both sims, every credit to those who made them and those who have the talent to exploit that in the video presentations they make. ;)
Wishing you all the very best, Pete. ;D
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My problem is I have went from fed up about cod to getting plain sick of it. That leaves me with IL 2 and BOS. However I do not like MP play in BOS. The players are pure base rapers and a few good fellows. But all you see is the bs
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syndicate is the answer,,,
i see a lot of he111 transport missions...
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Found this one at ATAG BOS section
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXxQaANHcXk
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Have to say that is one of the really enjoyable forms of missions I am doing at the moment :)
Cheers dakpilot
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Me too, he got a good gunner, probably human. That mission must have been the one you remember
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...need to grab paganizonda... :D
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Please check this site. :D
http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/13602-game-version-1008-discussion/
Sample skin.
https://www.mediafire.com/download/rd69klo52gkddjb/fw190a3-sample.zip
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Thankyou :) very nice
You will forever have the honour of having made the first user made skin installed in my copy of BoS 8)
Cheers Dakpilot
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Guys, yes.
Il-2 BoS is YES, for me :D
(http://i.imgur.com/gaiYswR.jpg)
S!
A1
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Some screenshots from my Platzschutzstaffel Pitomnik mission pack I am working on at the moment:
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The official wip thread is here:
http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?11721
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Beautiful shots Steve :)
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Sigh, such a cool game engine, wish they had any of my favourite USAF/RAF planes in. A P-38 and I would try it. :P
:P
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Being a deasant bomber pilot does not mean the crap if you try groundattack
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There are some issues with forrest and flickering objects and aircraft parts, but all in all I enjoy a daily sortie in a online server
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Last two pics very nicely done
Cheers Dakpilot
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The 110 is beta right now
One of my favorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcRVTJlPSpA
And at the end of the year the one fighter I flown most in IL 2 the underdog Mig 3 love it
http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/168-developer-diary/page-3#entry293573
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Great screens, someone tell me once they include a P-51 or P-38 please.
All the rest...well, looks great, but I need a Stang or P-38 ;D
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The 110 is beta right now
One of my favorites
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And at the end of the year the one fighter I flown most in IL 2 the underdog Mig 3 love it
http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/168-developer-diary/page-3#entry293573
Very cool. :)
Wheels
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https://youtu.be/5m6Vn3bA688
Found this today - great sense of speed in low level flying among buildings in destroyed city and beautiful close up of plane during landing.
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I must admit that lately I've made friends with BoS/BoM again.
The 2.009 update greatly improved playability for me, graphics look near perfect now.
I might have missed a few more updates inbetween, but now I can actually take off without just turning in circles, land without losing my gear all the time, fight without getting the engine cranked up by enemy sniper AI gunners on first shot, attack ground target without getting shot up by AI AAA before they even get in sight etc.
On a sidenote, in my early days I was always shocked to see how I "collided" with trees in ground attack sorties even though I flew well 20m above them - this issue is gone too, I can now even sneak in between trees ;)
And last but not least, ReShade 3.0.7 is working perfectly fine on BoS/BoM, whereas with IL-2 1946 I have to stick to ReShade 2.x for an obvious rendering error.
BoS, let's become friends again 8)
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Best regards - Mike
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Admin edit: Please don't quote pics!
It ( BoS,BoM,BoK etc.,) is definitely getting better & shows real commitment by the Studio 777 crew.Persona;;y I bounce around from the BAT install of trusty original Il-2,BoS ( in particular the Pacific Naval Aviation campaignsand the new & improved ATAG CloD ( and am excited by the long delayed but still up & coming big new Mediterrean patch.)Now with VR offering even more immersion, the possibilities as vast indeed...Welcome Mike!
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Hey Dietz, is that weed growing in your cockpit? 8)
Cheers!
Mike
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Hey Dietz, is that weed growing in your cockpit? 8)
Cheers!
Mike
I hit the ground pretty hard apparently!!!!
BTW I was going to add one very small bit of advice ( I have shared the experience of wandering all over the countryside trying to get off the ground in the 190:) you probably already know to pull the stick back to lock the tail wheel- it works wonders! However the Ju-88 does share the 190's wandering ways without a locking tail wheel.It is a challenge!
May I also suggest the scripted campaign "The Butcher" found here: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/28786-butcher-sp-scripted-campaign-fw190/
You'll get plenty of experience taxing the Butcher Bird !
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those Screenshots do look amazing .. looks like it is time for me to fire up BoS again as well :-|
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Yep, it's come a long way.
Since Jason took charge it been upward and onward. He's also made it clear that a mods mode will come to BoS&M so there's that to look forward to as well.
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Hey Dietz, is that weed growing in your cockpit? 8)
Cheers!
Mike
Naah, don't think so.
The way he moves his hand up to the nose I think the pilot is more into some kind of white powder.
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Probably you're right Uufflakke, I thought of weed because of the "WE" below the canopy ;)
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Jason (...) also made it clear that a mods mode will come to BoS&M
That would be great and that's what really matters most to me.
Let's face it: If IL-2 1946 would just have been another game to play, with no way to put hands on it ourselves, many of us would not be here anymore.
The whole SAS wouldn't exist and I would probably have pushed the 1946 DVD back into the shelf on the day after purchase.
BoS/M/K/<whatever> really needs a mods interface, eye candy we have plenty of already.
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Best regards - Mike
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SAS Storebror,
This is very slighty OT,but I'd like to ask you if the aircraft in Il-2 1946 et al could have ever had working shadowsin exteriors and perhaps interiors? It would have made a big difference in emersion game play & as we see here screenshots.Some of the aircraft ( I am thinking now of the Corair stable) are so close to the standard on CloD & BoS.Could you explain ,briefly, the hurdles that prevent perhaps the biggest Mod we'll probably never see?
( Please feel free to move to a more appropriate discussion area.)
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SAS Storebror,
This is very slighty OT,but I'd like to ask you if the aircraft in Il-2 1946 et al could have ever had working shadowsin exteriors and perhaps interiors? It would have made a big difference in emersion game play & as we see here screenshots.Some of the aircraft ( I am thinking now of the Corair stable) are so close to the standard on CloD & BoS.Could you explain ,briefly, the hurdles that prevent perhaps the biggest Mod we'll probably never see?
Shadows in IL2 is a wish that exists since -at least- 2010.
Search for 'cockpit shadows', 'self-shadowing', 'dynamic shadows' or 'moving shadows' and many topics pop up.
Here is one with an explanation of why not:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,44807.msg502031.html#msg502031 (https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,44807.msg502031.html#msg502031)
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self-shadowing
That's the keyword.
We don't have it in IL-2 1946 and if we had, it would just reveal all the nasty "hacks" which have been applied to IL-2 planes to make them look like they do.
No sorry sir, that's out of reach for us.
Best regards - Mike
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Thanks for the explanation & the link!
So back to On-Topic:
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I wish there were more Stuka pilots.
Our group I./JG 54, is trying to recruit them in addition to our 109/190 pilots to have an organic strike ability to try and move the servers, but 87 pilots seem few and far between.
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I wish there were more Stuka pilots.
Our group I./JG 54, is trying to recruit them in addition to our 109/190 pilots to have an organic strike ability to try and move the servers, but 87 pilots seem few and far between.
While we are wishing-how about a SP Stuka scripted campaign?
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I'm with ya.
The single player side of the house is definitely tilted towards the reds, as far as amount of campaigns go. And any German campaign is 109/190 based.
You'd think there would at least be an anti tank campaign for the 87.
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Successfully landed the big bird:
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...and the tiny little bird too:
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Improving combat skills against AI, if only at "normal" level at the moment. This is right after the battle:
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...and this was the result, 3 Bf 109 F-4 downed and 3 cars destroyed.
Does that sound like a reason to be proud of myself?
Not really, but it's better than two months ago at least.
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G-AY Meeting. It's a bit funny to see how all planes in a flight have the same callsign when you use non-standard skins.
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Closer? Okay, closer:
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Closer again? Okay... eh - dammit.
Note the crack in the vertical stab:
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Best regards - Mike
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Intentional Donut, ran out of runway:
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Bf 110 fans will love Battle of "X", P-40 fans will hate it:
In Battle of "X", the 110 outruns, outturns, outclimbs etc... any P-40, it outperforms it in any aspect except for the roll rate.
Best regards - Mike
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Skylla (Fw-190) & me (Mc.202) doing some test sorties on a frog's online server in Battle of Stalingrad yesterday.
Sorry for the partly poor image quality.
I've had "cinematic" mode on, which unfortunately not just blurs your own view, but screenshots as well.
Pictures are unedited, no Reshade, just like they pour out of the game.
Preview pics here, click for full size (WQHD 2560 x 1440).
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Two sorties flown, one enemy carrier sunk (skylla), one patrol boat heavily damaged (both) and one P-40 shot (me).
No own casualties.
For a first test sortie we called that a success 8)
Cheers!
Mike
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Skylla and me having fun with Tanks on our new "The Flying Ass Clowns" BoX Gameserver.
Previews here, untouched, click for full size (WQHD, 2560x1440).
Skylla riding through the steppe:
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/ me making it past a lost village:
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Skylla sinking his kite. Mind you: Frozen rivers might work for skating children, they don't for tanks though.
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Enemy Tank spotted:
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FIRE!
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Direct hit!
Hard to see through all the smoke, but it's been a hit right underneath the turret.
Unfortunately the tank damage model in BoX could use some improvement:
In a tank vs. tank battle, you can score a hundred direct hits at the track or turret mount, but there will be no effect:
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Yes, it's strange to drive tanks in a flight simulation, but it's been a hell lot of fun!
Best regards - Mike
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3 Clowns having fun on our brandnew FAC Test Server, starring Blaubär (Bf 109 F-4), Skylla (Fw-190 A-3) and Storebror (MC.202 Series VIII).
Images unedited, full size is WQHD (2560x1440), click for full size images.
Blaubär:
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Skylla:
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(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4585/38838820172_552e459dc7_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4585/38838820172_90d44105d8_o.jpg)
Storebror:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4526/24004134617_d11ca98214_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4526/24004134617_ab3747543f_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4522/38153654074_6dee281f11_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4522/38153654074_f80257a5ac_o.jpg)
All together:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4578/38153653774_4f40564ac1_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4578/38153653774_52cf9dfced_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4569/24004134257_bf8b362d87_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4569/24004134257_719741fd7a_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4563/27092505559_2f779100f9_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4563/27092505559_b94f4ff3e6_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike'
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A few cockpit views.
Some may say "looks boring" but let me say: Look closer (and click to see the full size). It's damn nice.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4568/24004136937_e572e4090c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4568/24004136937_44dc33eb15_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4522/24004134207_275670a9bf_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4522/24004134207_f906c2fcbd_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4556/24004136797_07f177f6cd_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4556/24004136797_4855e7f80c_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4543/24004136667_e3f570a0d5_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4543/24004136667_79b512e656_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Fighting a ruskie Yak-1 Series 69.
Click for full size pics.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4531/38838818192_5dfd872be6_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4531/38838818192_39b15262ce_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4527/24004136317_80904ddd72_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4527/24004136317_231ca9201a_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4572/24004136257_0b2143e75b_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4572/24004136257_eae08bc5b9_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4516/38838818072_0105533a2c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4516/38838818072_4523673809_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4548/27092505479_0611c86dc1_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4548/27092505479_c8d11ebf61_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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how come the Flying Ass Clowns server is locked.
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That's because it's just for testing purpose at the moment.
We don't have suitable missions for public gameplay yet, and we need to acquire a more powerful server before we can go public.
It's all planned for the beginning of next year.
For the moment, the server is merily for us Server-Admins to get used to the look&feel of the BoX dedicated server and it's Mission Editor (and later the Stats System), because all of this differs in dimensions from the good old 1946.
Best regards - Mike
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Mikes shot reworked a little bit (sharp & in 4K):
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/34429349/Mike__Skylla_4k_pimped_bk.jpg)
Klick the pic to enlarge... ;)
Best regards, Gerhard :)
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Thanks Gerd :)
Time for you to get on board me thinks ]clown[
Cheers!
Mike
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Mikes shot reworked a little bit (sharp & in 4K):
Do not quote pics!
Wow.....awesome! One has to look quite intently to determine it's not a photo. When seeing screen caps like these I can sure tell it's time to upgrade my PC.
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Compared to Cliffs of Dover for instance, Battle of XXX is way less demanding to the hardware and compared to IL-2 1946, it scales much better with modern components like multi-core processors (except for the dedicated server, but that's a different story).
My victim falling apart - click for full size:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4580/24004134097_c122600db1_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4580/24004134097_b3376c5b1d_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4569/24004136147_0f889a721d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4569/24004136147_3c83346436_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4566/24004136457_dd88e271c7_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4566/24004136457_d7950cb17c_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4516/38838818102_bb3314a6c8_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4516/38838818102_60960b5391_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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... fighting with nav lights ON is damn bold, Mike ...! 8)
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I know it looks odd, but that's FAC style :D
We do it to avoid friendly fire.
Not that it helps much, but we stick to it, maybe just a sentiment...
Cheers!
Mike
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We do it to avoid unintentional friendly fire.
FTFY :P
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IIRC that fits the term "unsolicited additional information" 8)
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4642/38227157945_5ef04bfe4e_k.jpg)
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4639/38600079925_f98257df42_k.jpg)
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4588/25675083778_037230480a_k.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4637/38649627465_37679c32d4_k.jpg)
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Blaubär (1st Bf 109 G-2), Skylla (2nd Bf 110 E-2) and me (3rd Fw 190 A-3) lined up for takeoff on our FAC Battle of Stalingrad Test Server, click for full size (WQHD 2560x1440) images:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4607/39013790794_f1f8ecce04_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4607/39013790794_70bed633ae_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4762/25851206268_ebc84e77c2_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4762/25851206268_5ffee6e62c_o.jpg)
In the background with nav lights switched on, you can see Gerula passing the base in his Bf 109 G-2.
Cheers!
Mike'
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4704/25857978678_40fd3760bf_k.jpg)
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Skylla pulling his 110 into the air:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4707/25851202308_3bf60fbe6d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4707/25851202308_8b441d8b47_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4700/38824887655_9d85c2d704_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4700/38824887655_d2a82ebd5d_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Me myself and I getting into the air. Not quite as forcibly as Skylla did, I'm a pacifist even to my own plane. Gentle!
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4708/25851206108_0acc862766_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4708/25851206108_0741a03361_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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A bodged landing and the aftermath...
From a couple of sorties flown with Skylla. Blueberry and Conky a few days ago.
On my 1st sortie (with quite some success), on landing I overlooked the NDB placed at one end of the runway and ran right into it on approach (all images clickable for full size):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4767/38824885385_74c38cfe89_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4767/38824885385_70b1cd8491_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4744/25851205098_133071bb08_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4744/25851205098_f3323f25d0_o.jpg)
The resulting damage was interesting.
The prop got bent but the wing went through the NDB (or vice versa) with no damage:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4654/38824886695_3dbdae4fd2_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4654/38824886695_2e983c705e_o.jpg)
The poor Focke got kicked to the side, and even though the tail didn't touch the NDB at all, the right horizontal stab was ripped off:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4762/25851204418_b8734cb9e4_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4762/25851204418_67e2769c82_o.jpg)
The aftermath fell within expectations first.
Ditched the right wing, structure showed a crack, then toppled over to the left, ditched that wing too, struture cracked again:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4749/25851204218_08377d992b_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4749/25851204218_c24bb897ee_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4629/25851203988_dacf50bacb_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4629/25851203988_564d2c9065_o.jpg)
Finally I got rid of my tail wheel and came to a halt, twisted around by 180°:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4614/38824885935_e140ae0abc_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4614/38824885935_8932d7b661_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4625/25851203568_8d6969caf6_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4625/25851203568_79d0bbf176_o.jpg)
The plane was standing like this for about a minute, when all of a sudden the right main gear strut collapsed and I fell down on my right flaps:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4618/38824885585_dd8d52a5ed_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4618/38824885585_2418738154_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4662/39722922301_3199fe36eb_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4662/39722922301_c6b064d8e6_o.jpg)
Conclusion: Funny stunt, albeit not all that realistic ]cheers[
Cheers!
Mike'
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You can look down on my way to take off as much as you want, but I bet CO would choose my way of trashing tail wheels over yours anytime :P
Well, clowns being clowns I guess. We always stay the same, no matter what sim we're in ...
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You can look down on my way to take off as much as you want
Oh no, not at all, quite opposite: I have the highest esteem for the 110's airframe taking the pain.
Much more than looking at what we did, it's important to always improve on the next sortie, so next time I expect you to hang the 110 in it's props vertically ]clown[
Cheers!
Mike
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Skylla bombing enemy tank groups, me giving cover. On top image you can also see Blaubär sweeping in for his attack run:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4746/25851202048_66df3cbcb0_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4746/25851202048_aea4ba904c_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4672/38824887345_617a661f3d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4672/38824887345_fa7f812c5c_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike'
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Blaubär lays an egg:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4721/25851205718_6f91b7f1da_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4721/25851205718_c8b366935f_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike'
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Skylla proves that he's no Luftwhiner.
That much about the Peshka's alleged invincibility:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4610/38824887175_3d13d44d8c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4610/38824887175_6ca422ebe9_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4676/39722922631_7474f49c67_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4676/39722922631_3515deab76_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Butcher Bird @work:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4760/25851205478_d09b10f183_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4760/25851205478_495b92a43a_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4761/38824886995_ebb2cfeae7_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4761/38824886995_e04a735796_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4721/38887218015_1581ead841_k.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4761/28007953909_386170744b_k.jpg)
multiplayer action , stunning map good job I brought my camera with me :D
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How not to hunt tanks in an IL-2 part 1. Doesn't look that bad so far (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4604/28112801039_1a87288fde_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4604/28112801039_cd368bcb56_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to hunt tanks in an IL-2 part 2. We're getting closer. On the left you can see SAS~Skylla banking away from his attack run (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4749/28112796179_3e11005152_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4749/28112796179_3f5140ff50_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to hunt tanks in an IL-2 part 3. Pulling out of the dive (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4724/39893675221_6433d37947_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4724/39893675221_70632538f3_o.jpg)
Note the small gap between the windshield frame and the pilot's sliding canopy.
This is one of the really nice features in IL-2 Great Battles Series: Gravity on all parts.
In this particular case, the canopy was open all the time, but when I dove down the canopy slid forward, if only just before the position where the handle would have locked it, so pulling out of the dive makes it slide open again.
Really nice detail!
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to hunt tanks in an IL-2 part 4. Oupsie (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4673/39893682901_77183465b9_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4673/39893682901_3bd5e6cc7a_o.jpg)
Note the crack in the right wing and the fully deflected aileron (it wasn't me).
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to hunt tanks in an IL-2 part 5. Disappearing into the bushes (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4605/39893681361_f19f0ca98f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4605/39893681361_6f9c7f7ca8_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to hunt tanks in an IL-2 part 6. Who put those trees there, have they been here before? (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4610/39893680631_59727e20f6_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4610/39893680631_c02e028d2c_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4663/38993972995_5588d3d831_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4663/38993972995_b53c0d972f_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Feel your pain Mike, did the same thing , twice, like a clown......beautiful screen shots, very educational :D
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Il 2 is excellent when you flown it 567 hours you stop doing that half the time, the rest I am afraid will end in a tree
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I think it's funny. I know not to do it, from many attempts where it happened before. I know that IL-2 needs some time to stabilize on the dive and I know that while it pulls out quite nicely, it's better to leave enough room to stay reasonable gentle on the stick. Yet then there's the tempting situation where, when you'd normally just pull out, the target is perfectly aligned in your gunsight, and then instead of goind around for another run, you take that extra split-seconds to place your shot and then... well then you get the screenshot series depicted here 8)
How not to hunt tanks in an IL-2 part 7. Down like a clown (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4712/39893679311_ac7a6c224b_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4712/39893679311_f27707da44_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4763/38993967615_2a8390a77c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4763/38993967615_4917830ae9_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to hunt tanks in an IL-2 part 8 (final part). The aftermath (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4659/39893678961_155cfdcc6b_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4659/39893678961_3c668d9307_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4604/38993986305_2d2c7baaae_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4604/38993986305_22b53def4b_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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An ugly fat Henschel as intermezzo (click for full size image).
Flies like a filled bathtub, absolutely doesn't compare to an IL-2. It scares me to think of the "A" version of that plane, which just had 930 HP instead of the 1400 HP of this B-2 version.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4660/39893678171_bb0ae7ef59_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4660/39893678171_ff89e76483_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Next series. How not to take off with an Fw 190 part 1. The Focke is no Jump Jet and a bunker is no Ski Jump(click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4704/39893677861_fecda78295_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4704/39893677861_389b3fcd78_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4769/28112800519_825faff24d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4769/28112800519_909425573b_o.jpg)
At my defence I have to say: That wasn't me ;)
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to take off with an Fw 190 part 2. Doing the Focke dance (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4656/38993985665_b68d826ded_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4656/38993985665_be7aaeee5a_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to take off with an Fw 190 part 3. Squeeze me! (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4674/39860844762_ae16178e44_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4674/39860844762_885333b395_o.jpg)
As a pilot, you'd have to squeeze the stick all the way back into your belly in order to force the poor Focke into the air like this :P
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to take off with an Fw 190 part 4. Consequences - deal with it (click for full size image):
Right when you think you got away with that stunt, this is what happens seconds later while you assume to be safe and sound...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4666/39893676141_866d8a2efd_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4666/39893676141_b9c82c84b0_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4604/39893675791_721894d8f1_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4604/39893675791_017b2d8680_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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How not to taxi with an Fw 190. Extreme Donuts don't work for too long (click for full size image):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4709/38993967175_cb916b5924_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4709/38993967175_eba3f2d89a_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Skylla taking off:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4650/39986611522_bc65607b32_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4650/39986611522_aa310c7295_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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/ me taking off:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4700/39986611422_c8cb18531d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4700/39986611422_dd705afc45_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4662/39986613332_681c289ec0_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4662/39986613332_6c2711e326_o.jpg)
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Skylla:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4619/39986609052_c63c3e8b17_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4619/39986609052_de5f6919a5_o.jpg)
/ me:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4667/39986611202_3ceaae25f7_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4667/39986611202_e9ab567348_o.jpg)
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I simply love the details of the 3D models in IL-2 Great Battles.
Look at the slats and their see-through effect between wing and slat. Can it get any better?
Not to mention the cloud shadows and scenery in general...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4741/39308366234_af9a6acd5b_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4741/39308366234_88a1b9d91e_o.jpg)
Skylla dealing with an IL-2:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4669/39986611122_f1fe76b191_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4669/39986611122_884fe2ce87_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Once again, I love the details. See how wing slats extend asymmetrically here:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4695/39308367954_46ffe35486_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4695/39308367954_ac1d6eda98_o.jpg)
And some action shots. Skylla...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4758/39986610362_0990005026_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4758/39986610362_e10dbcf557_o.jpg)
...and me...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4619/39986610902_7ce7ac68f4_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4619/39986610902_331ff996f4_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Skylla dismantling a Shturmovik:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4713/39308367104_a5acd32403_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4713/39308367104_d4a622cdd9_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4766/39986608562_6afbde150d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4766/39986608562_01f62b59db_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4742/39986609722_562e08fec7_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4742/39986609722_1cecb5c575_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4629/39308366984_abdb2a5831_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4629/39308366984_d7df3b26d8_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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/ me doing the same to a Peshka.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4702/39986608902_8c99689d59_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4702/39986608902_9ca276092c_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4698/39986610292_ccf4488ffd_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4698/39986610292_6601e109b5_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4603/39986610202_1f7902d252_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4603/39986610202_101f64fa8f_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4610/39986609562_8c1dc83d1f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4610/39986609562_c67772258a_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4714/39308369744_856f0b91be_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4714/39308369744_6b3392b2de_o.jpg)
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(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4614/39308366244_332fcc472e_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4614/39308366244_98da62a8a6_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4708/39986609872_386ea9812a_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4708/39986609872_e58e4105a0_o.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/5N0APel.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IxmN1wp.jpg)
EDIT:
I am seeing a weird white color in the distance on the second picture when I post it, the shot looks fine in my folder though. I get this with a lot of screens, which is why I keep deleting posts. I'm not sure why I'm having this issue... anyone have the same problem?
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Look for an option to "remove alpha channel" in your image editor. Sorry for not being more specific, but I simply forgot how I did it :(
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Look for an option to "remove alpha channel" in your image editor. Sorry for not being more specific, but I simply forgot how I did it :(
Thanks, I'll give that a look next time.
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The white part happens when you upload your screenshots as they are (.bmp Bitmap Format) to e.g. Imgur.
Imgur will then convert your image to jpg format, and during that converting the white issue arises.
You should instead convert your .bmp screenshots to .jpg files locally first and then upload them.
Cheers!
Mike
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4653/38550473600_029bb3c3b6_k.jpg)
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The white part happens when you upload your screenshots as they are (.bmp Bitmap Format) to e.g. Imgur.
Imgur will then convert your image to jpg format, and during that converting the white issue arises.
You should instead convert your .bmp screenshots to .jpg files locally first and then upload them.
Cheers!
Mike
Perfect, just what I needed to know! I had a feeling it had something to do with the format.
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A few pre-release shots of the A-20B from the IL-2 devs:
https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/168-developer-diary/page-5#entry572766 (https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/168-developer-diary/page-5#entry572766)
(https://i.imgur.com/TvIEKhy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/KGhfXsN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mGUV7VD.jpg)
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Skylla and me fooling around with Tanks...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4673/40371045052_80007d6522_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4673/40371045052_d2808cd215_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4769/25543681237_14f57e1055_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4769/25543681237_404df31295_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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If you are in the direct neighbourhood of the farm, you can hear its dog barking. o_O
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Right that Blueberry, really a stunning level of realism.
More screenies of the tank "battles". Shooting skylla:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4677/38604407690_c1dea2a5bc_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4677/38604407690_19981bbcac_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4648/40371044102_38ece09deb_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4648/40371044102_d8d63da9bc_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4604/40371043932_16ce254330_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4604/40371043932_55bb5aeb16_o.jpg)
Getting shot by skylla:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4619/40371044392_ee67d97738_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4619/40371044392_88bb4ac69b_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4715/38604407350_a48ff86fa8_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4715/38604407350_396f734ec0_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Skylla (up in the air) and me:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4755/39519243565_b78cc25116_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4755/39519243565_f129c21acc_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Starting the fat lady's engines:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4751/26573118348_19364431c0_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4751/26573118348_8f1d375464_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Business as usual: 109 lazer guns kill a ruskie MiG.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4710/40444177451_3aec6461f3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4710/40444177451_b94fbd9d89_o.jpg)
Why do I show this screenshot if it's so damn boring "same thing every day" action?
Because it shows how beautiful IL-2 Great Battles looks without editing a single bit of the image.
Look at all the details, e.g. the MiG's leading edge slats, look at the trees (even in the distance), their shadows, the atmosphere, or even just the cloud shadows: Stunning graphics all over the place!
Cheers!
Mike
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That's really true. I enjoy it too.
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(https://s17.postimg.cc/gue5p3xzj/Ju_52.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/55a61570r/)
This Friday I did Friday night Bomber flight on German side. Flying resupply missions. The task was ment for 3 JU 52´s but we where only two. So we had some work ahead before it was weekend for us. And that was how I felt, I have many years as a truckdriver on my belly and I recognized the feeling of getting the logistics to work with you. Really fun it was
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Business as usual: 109 lazer guns kill a ruskie MiG.
Cheers!
Mike
Beautiful "boring" screenshot. Thanks for sharing the details.
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4758/40470466821_3d87c98588_k.jpg)
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Nice ones Otto & Steven, and thanks for the comment CT.
Let me show you another detail shot illustrating the stunning attention for those small little details in IL-2 Great Battles.
It happened to me when I was attacking two german Bf 110 E-2 destroyers in my nimble yet fragile Spitfire Mk.VB.
The second 110's gunner got me in his sight and managed to severely damage some oil rods.
I made it back home, albeit just barely:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4630/38641553460_0fab8fba5f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4630/38641553460_935eaeb56e_o.jpg)
Oil pressure was still fine on landing, but god knows for how long this would have lasted:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4751/40408197532_096c0229ce_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4751/40408197532_279cb63b86_o.jpg)
After having come to a full stand, I took a look at my crippled bird from outside.
Oil splats on the windscreen are visible from both outside and inside to the same amount (not like in 1946), but that's not nearly all.
Look at the oil cooler! You can see the oil spilling out of it, and it's even simulating gravity as it's running out of the cooler's tail pipe.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4625/40408197132_3969e92f01_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4625/40408197132_27e1f74b50_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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you guys convinced me to finally take the plunge and invest into this range of sims...I had BoS for quite some time now but never got around to install it and thanks to the 50% off thingie i am now also a proud owner of BoM PRemium with BoK and BoBP to follow...
I have read somewhere that one can "merge" all the modules into a coherent Eastern Front sim..is there any thing I need to know about the process? BoS install will be from disc and BoM from the installer I have downloaded...
cheers
phil
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I can see no reason for a CFS pilot interested in WW2 not to buy this sim. I might bitch about many things regarding this particular game, mostly about the complexity. But this was a sim never ment to acomodate me and a few other fellows. It was ment to bring in new people. For me the feeling of it could have been so much more is overwhelming. But I think they nailed it for newcomers.
It is not too hard , but still give room for many month of improvements. It runs on relative modest pc and they continued improvement beyond what you expect amaze me. Together with DCS I can live with it, I do not think I can live without it
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(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/170183049269608448/417392908560367630/IL-2_Sturmovik_Battle_of_Stalingrad_Screenshot_2018.02.25_-_19.43.31.95.png)
The interesting part of the JU 52 Paratrooper is that the nuber sitting in the plane are changing for every paratrooper jumping. And the P 40 is actually pretty well modeled.
Coconut server expert mode . You increase the attack power and defemnce power of AI troops and armor by dropping them 1,5 km to 2,5km behind your lines. Making these sort of task very rewarding. Suddenly a Transport plane can be decisive in order to win a map
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Very interesting detail about transport sortie impacts on the mission outcome. Sounds promising for upcoming missions with deeper immersion.
Nice screenshot as well btw :)
Another random screenshot from my pile, pulling the fat lady into the air.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4716/40400290572_6889e59c02_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4716/40400290572_3ca3b505fe_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Skylla attacking a Luftwaffe 2cm Flak 38 AAA gun:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4613/38633712720_80507985a3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4613/38633712720_7df8bf29db_o.jpg)
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By P 40 I mean MP 40 the paratroppers is carrying ;) Yes I am in transport mode. Flying supplies to oilfields in DCS with MI8 and ant JU in BOS . I find it refreshing
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Aren't we all suppliers in a way?
See Skylla supplying lead and heat here:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4743/38633712030_eee1255382_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4743/38633712030_9fcd0b7461_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4709/40444177171_7bc798182f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4709/40444177171_3ee4f62993_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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From the funny small glitches series (these are extremely rare, I must admit).
Levitation exercise after crash-landing:
(https://s10.postimg.cc/tanaf0hw9/2017_6_25_15_14_2c.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/lhwmn1bx1/)
(No, it's not a snapshot, the plane was 'solidly' levitating after it came to a stillstand.)
The dead gunner strikes back:
(https://s10.postimg.cc/erg5dmz21/2017_7_31_17_28_7b.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/qgk51lq0l/)
(The gunner was shot dead several seconds earlier and his body fell to the floor accordingly. His ghost, however, returned to the gun and damaged my Yak so that I had to RTB.)
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Igniting a big cracker:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4632/40444177071_23ddc283a0_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4632/40444177071_d1433dd47d_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4704/40527274391_81a73b0e93_k.jpg)
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First they got Skylla (who manned the gunner seat), then finally they got me to smash my kite into the ground:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4708/38633711840_f7af66a1fb_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4708/38633711840_bc3b9379c7_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Kind of puzzled, two times I gotten lost in my supply route and overheated my engine in the prosess one of the times . It is years since I have expirienced problems like that. Does anyone knows if there have been added random engine failure . I never ever overheated a PE 2 before, in wintertime with rads fully open, I forgot to reduce them
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4740/26677728288_14e7ca8561_h.jpg)
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I never ever overheated a PE 2 before
Depends on which one. Series 87: Agreed. Series 35: Different story.
With it's slow governor, the Series 35 easily overheats in a dive if you don't throttle back or reset your RPM's in time (the latter must be done a minute before, since the governor's reaction speed is beyond imagination).
Blaubär from my POV. Note that I have depleted all my AP ammo so I wasn't in the right shape for a fight anymore. Not that much of a problem as Blaubär was on my side, nevertheless... we're called "Clowns" for a reason so when I saw him turning his turret towards me, I carefully asked "you don't want to... no?"
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4706/38641551370_3319449ff3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4706/38641551370_310fefb370_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike'
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o_O I vow to do better for the future.
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Why that? It's been funny like hell!
See my Tank disintegrate from Blaubär's "coup de grâce" here, note the Turret which got ripped off and fell to the side:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4754/38641552550_55c2d5b0f3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4754/38641552550_ea73cc2f53_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4741/38641551940_306b3500ed_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4741/38641551940_28c9e53aab_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4767/40408195452_496a51835c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4767/40408195452_aa2003a5d3_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike'
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well, yesterday I've been working a bit on our server mission again and came across a hangar with two open ends .. it came as it had to .. barnstorming time!
Flying through a wide open hangar looks quite nice, but is pretty boring .. so I decided to do it in a Bf-110 and also put a He-111 into the hangar as obstacle. Everything else would be boring, right?
(https://s18.postimg.cc/wqdx7a5ft/2018_3_1_16_34_11.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/4q9tn01z9/)
(https://s18.postimg.cc/7x4d6zwtl/2018_3_1_16_36_11.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/mt2wel885/)
(https://s18.postimg.cc/5fslzqkmx/2018_3_1_16_37_45.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/su0lbo2k5/)
Looks good, huh? Nevertheless, time to step things up a bit. You guessed it, we're going to do it inverted this time 8)
(https://s18.postimg.cc/54b5mnbt5/2018_3_1_16_42_21.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/l2jvcs611/)
(https://s18.postimg.cc/qqq63p58p/2018_3_1_16_43_3.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/9q79v0s79/)
(https://s18.postimg.cc/xh6nd5n9l/2018_3_1_16_43_36.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/5h2jsvjt1/)
hmm, seems like we came in a tad too close to something there ..
But don't panic, we're still quite fast (otherwise this stunt wouldn't be possible at all), so there's enough energy for a short climb and a turn ...
(https://s18.postimg.cc/rt0cmbgd5/2018_3_1_16_45_3.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/xty1je2z9/)
(https://s18.postimg.cc/3p9ky3art/2018_3_1_16_46_58.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/r3hka0sp1/)
.. and a three point landing. Emergency or not, this has to look good!
(https://s18.postimg.cc/ec3e3k0xl/2018_3_1_16_48_48.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/yjgtvuyet/)
Last, get off the runway to park. Blocking traffic is rather rude, after all.
Overall I would call this sortie a success. We got a few nice shots and can even use the plane again. Just the props and the gunner's underpants need to be discarded ;)
Best Regards,
skylla
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Holy crap...
This looks all too familiar for me.
Clowns took over :P
Oh and about the "successful" sortie: Your C.O. says he'd love to demote you for this if you won't be on the lowest rank already. And he added a "P.S." telling that you should better not put your hands on his daughter 8)
Cheers!
Mike
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Mike, is that 14,000 posts a hack or real? In the latter case you should be drowned in Champagne/coffee :P
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It's a hack, I have more. 14.491 according to the database (14.492 when I finished this one), but not all of them count (for various reasons).
Since a lot of such posts are located in "private" boards, e.g. like any other forum we have an admin board, and we also have a private squad board for the "Flying Ass Clowns", our Online Squad - the numbers can differ a lot depending on who's looking at them.
Cheers!
Mike
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Friday night bomber flight is up for next Friday, and I booked myself a JU 52 again. I usually fly IL 2 with my mates, but is a bit fed up about it. I reccomend you all to try it out, very nice people with friendly approach to everything.
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Friday 9PM unfortunately is not my flying time, sorry.
Cheers!
Mike
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4661/39735458015_32de53a479_k.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4611/40631251251_1900b8e019_k.jpg)
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Friday 9PM unfortunately is not my flying time, sorry.
Cheers!
Mike
Yeah I know, It suit me fine, main thing is it got to happen after 20:00 UTC for me any day of the week. Before that I am not able to attend
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Skylla getting his hands dirty (click for full size):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4602/38859041840_312e8a5af2_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4602/38859041840_7117697a5f_o.jpg)
Me getting mine burnt:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4781/38859041490_1c0b869e2e_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4781/38859041490_4b207dfecf_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Me cheering Krauts (don't freak out, I'm allowed to say so, I am one myself ]clown[), click for full size.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4648/38859044050_022d6ec0e1_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4648/38859044050_2eb82f3096_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4792/26797968548_d74e993e76_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4792/26797968548_88cfc07e6c_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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From Skylla with love, click for full size.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4796/40669326031_0d194f936f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4796/40669326031_d40537d312_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4651/26797968438_cbf2b106ec_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4651/26797968438_851292c903_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4773/38859043810_2c8417ddee_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4773/38859043810_def54626eb_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4800/26797966918_e1410b35c6_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4800/26797966918_1a31a329b9_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Scratch one gunner. Nice pics. :)
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Another two from the train attack (this is me), click for full size as always.
Note the nice rocket flame, the self illumination on the right side of the plane (as was the self illumination inside the cockpit as shown before), the steam vaporizing from the damaged locomotive's boiler, and even the grass get's illuminated by the flames being around:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4796/40669325911_267d47b276_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4796/40669325911_5b1b908bc0_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4660/38859043580_82fb77e605_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4660/38859043580_d1396eab55_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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The god of hellfire (click for full size):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4800/26797968108_92eb9612e3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4800/26797968108_26b936efa5_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4705/26797966748_927f6ddd1a_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4705/26797966748_078cda6dca_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4705/25798613537_8109dbbeef_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4705/25798613537_f31d452b95_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4705/26797966678_f5f096d586_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4705/26797966678_be934fd491_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Nice pictures of the beautiful Airacobra Steven!
This is Skylla and me playing around on the FAC Server yesterday...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/865/26174937777_ef56b2d5df_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/865/26174937777_a9bbe94993_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/879/26174936707_4195e7e92d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/879/26174936707_9f0a586b64_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Italian Kamikazes!
A desperate Italian pilot called Günther Brandt ...
(https://s7.postimg.cc/tehyejjuj/2018_3_27_20_20_28.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/5ar6q91dj/)
... drives his Macchi into the ground ...
(https://s7.postimg.cc/9jvwsfrsb/2018_3_27_20_20_33.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/soz6276g7/)
... and the resulting explosion makes me ...
(https://s7.postimg.cc/rmozjnvcr/2018_3_27_20_20_38.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/5nikwgeif/)
... dead.
(https://s7.postimg.cc/pi4mikeaj/2018_3_27_20_21_23.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/8hlq9w193/)
Farewell to sunshine, farewell to the thousands of Rubles I received for shooting down 30+ Fascist swines, farewell to vodka, that we had with my comrades to the health of Stalin, farewell to the Motherland, farewell to Olga, farewell to the Volga.
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Nice story sniper ;)
Unfortunately that's what you get on servers with "Normal" difficulty setting: Desperate people with lack of control. Lack of control about anything, including their mindset.
Another two random pictures of Skylla and me...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/896/41045686041_5df186ecf4_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/896/41045686041_7144364011_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/820/26174937577_3e38478d9f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/820/26174937577_d957f71ab0_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Unfortunately that's what you get on servers with "Normal" difficulty setting: Desperate people with lack of control. Cheers!
Mike
It was not online, it was the end of my SP career in full real except for icons. The funny/not so funny/bug-related aspect of the story is that according to the devs there shouldn't be AI Macchis in the Moscow campaign, Günther Brandt is a relatively rare Italian name, and the AI's inclination to drive his plane into the ground is said to have been fixed in 3.001. Whether a plane with no bombs exploding 30 m right behind me should kill me in an instant is an open question. 8)
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I've seen planes diving into ground on 3.001 at least as often as I did on 2.012d.
Concerning the career issues I can't add much, didn't test the career mode yet.
Another two random pictures of Skylla and me...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/808/41045685921_44b91e376f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/808/41045685921_2507dbe643_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/871/41003744672_55a07e280d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/871/41003744672_9ce36210a4_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Wow, brave thing to fly that close, hence the name FAC I guess
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If you think that was close, you'll appreciate this:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/887/41003745152_e1da7eae5a_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/887/41003745152_f593ef6627_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/811/41045685021_6a92a9b1dd_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/811/41045685021_3eb08d9ce8_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/799/41045684451_089dc2588d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/799/41045684451_a9a92213bb_o.jpg)
...and that's just the cockpit view, from outside it looks even more scary.
Cheers!
Mike
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Jetman chasing Yak-7b:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/810/26216937067_1893695f96_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/810/26216937067_6ca5c8c80e_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Lol, you should repost it in both the Humour and the Art of Flight section. Could also be used as a FAC splashscreen.
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Another Flying-Ass-Clown-Style flyby, followed by Skylla threatening me with his flare gun:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/895/41045685831_604599a639_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/895/41045685831_4c33f5f55d_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/867/41045685621_63aa466dd6_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/867/41045685621_8cde2c0bd7_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/872/26174936607_d75c6f089e_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/872/26174936607_5b4b141c76_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/874/41045685531_85114a8a5c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/874/41045685531_ddc0b48f50_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Nice pictures, I really do not know what to think about the A 20, I find it pretty soul less in BOX. I liked it better in old IL 2. But still a wonderful bomber and addition to Russian airpower. Can hold double the load than the PE 2 . The IL 2 is still my favorite . HS 129 is made uncontrolable for me, cannot use axis on pitch nor mixture . I find the auto pitch unusable. Still feel the LAGG 2, IL 2 and PE 2 provide the best realism in feel of flight
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We (Skylla and me) have been talking about that statement of yours, Otto, yesterday on our evening test sortie.
Both of us (mostly) agreed.
Among the planes available to date, the Lagg 3 and IL-2 definitely give the best feeling of being "just right". The Pe-2 is okay, but to me it's rougly on the same level like the Fw 190.
All other planes feel a bit off here and there.
But then again, we're all just armchair pilots so what does our bums feeling count?
The Henschel is a beast to fly, you have to read the pilot's manual each time before you take off. With those strange french engines, the absence of axis for pitch and mixture is porbably just correct, and the fact that auto pitch was meant to be used for combat and emergency power only apparently is correct. For cruise you are supposed to switch off the auto pitch and adjust it yourself, which means you constantly have to deal with mixture, pitch and ATA because all of this varies with speed and altitude. As I said: A beast to fly. It seems like the engineers were well aware that controlling all these parameters takes a big portion of the pilot's attention, so they threw in this half-hearted auto pitch to at least avoid over-revving the engine in combat situations.
Okay, time for a screenie. Skylla for a perfect 3-point touchdown, the plane needs a bit of a repaint:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/889/26174937247_03a4a60435_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/889/26174937247_40a7568ef2_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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My low pass on Skylla, outside view:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/881/41045684901_7176664447_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/881/41045684901_888b4192aa_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/815/41045685161_0ee613b4c5_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/815/41045685161_f672239785_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/815/26174937137_a738be447d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/815/26174937137_52b86b238e_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Brrr. My revenge on Macchis. Note the tires.
(https://s18.postimg.cc/50w9o4bp5/2018_3_30_22_36_4b.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/50w9o4bp1/)
(https://s18.postimg.cc/ystc36vwp/2018_3_30_22_34_0b.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/lonrqi3ut/)
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Poor Macchis. Nice screenies 8)
Me in an inverted flyby, skylla watching from ground. Note the RPM gauges while I recover from inversion - the engines were all about to cut out:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/889/41003744822_ebd5785755_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/889/41003744822_0d4c69cffd_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/876/26174936767_69324d3890_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/876/26174936767_ca3f52e205_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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A-20 touchdown, me myself and I 8)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/872/41045684621_a35e689b1b_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/872/41045684621_ab35bd68ed_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/822/26174936447_a1d40daa78_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/822/26174936447_9af7de2273_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Yes nice pictures, I was in for a 5 minutes test on FAC server. At what time are you guys flying there, I liked the dence action. I was just taking off and all hell broke loose.
And do not get me wrong, I just love flying the A 20, I suppose old IL 2 set a pretty good standard, and I did not expect that. Thinking about it many planes in oldest versions of the game felt right (old IL 2) I remember how easy I stalled and how hard the P 39 was early on in combat situations, I felt really accomplishment when I manage to do something in it. I do not know if patches changed that or I got better at it , I simply did not find it a challange later on
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We don't have no fixed sortie times right now.
There's quite a chance to find Skylla and/or me flying at about 7PM-8PM CET, but it's not every day and we can't say in advance whether we'll be there or not.
Here in the chat you will see when we we meet up.
On sundays we sometimes switch to the IL-2 GB Server at 6PM if there's enough IL-2 GB players around, but since the 3.0 update we have somehow "lost" gerula as his game cannot run the Stalingrad Summer map anymore (bug report has been posted at il2sturmovik.com forums).
Screenies? Screenies.
Skylla incoming:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/807/27215679828_cd0db15535_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/807/27215679828_43bcc767e8_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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There are many that have this problem, also a problem of connecting to servers in general. Well see you when I see you in the skies over Eastern front.
Normally there would have been a hotfix out after a couple of days, but this time I think they got so many things to fix. So it will take some time. But fixed it will.
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There are many that have this problem
So why don't they report it?
I know of gerula and two others.
One big issue for developers is that many users have issues, but they either don't report them at all, or they report them in a way that no one can find the report, let alone decipher it's contents.
Screenies... /me at my favourite distance to target:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/816/26216937247_5d30bca69b_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/816/26216937247_40f574696e_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/898/41044972932_4225dcd82e_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/898/41044972932_04b1ee0f3f_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/804/26216940577_499efa656f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/804/26216940577_a6246dde1d_o.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGrc4rpM3s0
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The Yak'oh'nine dance.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/792/41044973312_d1ac82f408_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/792/41044973312_6e29427030_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Demonstrating an off-liner's landing skills : one of my better ones!
Note new "gull wing" design , on starboard side only.
f_f
(https://s17.postimg.cc/azkfezyyn/landing_skills_1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/bp37rczi3/)
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It starts to show on the port side as well 8)
Remember: Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.
This guy will have a much harder time to touch down within the plane's specified landing limits:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/876/26216940797_7868bb3322_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/876/26216940797_106792e691_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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Rainy days again:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/881/41044972592_f791c61688_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/881/41044972592_26215f85cf_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/791/41044972292_26a6e4e9ea_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/791/41044972292_1517d8b766_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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PzKpfw III Ausf.H No. 1 kill:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/804/26216940227_e06f76a600_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/804/26216940227_54b459eb54_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/784/41044972002_1475ef879f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/784/41044972002_c94b5c248c_o.jpg)
Cheers!
Mike
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A miscalculated attack which turned out to be a successful skip bombing on the river bank.
(https://s17.postimg.cc/5t1z55y5b/2018_4_5_22_40_35z.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/l1rwixrtn/)
(https://s17.postimg.cc/dyk13c1tr/2018_4_5_22_41_14z.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/6ikrhje4b/)
(https://s17.postimg.cc/lejap4htb/2018_4_5_22_42_17z.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/x3nad38rv/)
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Nice bang :)
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/789/39624687770_8e8bad370a_k.jpg)
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Not as beautiful as Steven's high-res pictures, but still a nice scenery:
(https://s31.postimg.cc/b6dsh6d4r/2018_4_12_20_53_54b.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/wg1es0tfb/)
(https://s31.postimg.cc/q2cborw97/2018_4_12_20_57_50b.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/miqdyytjb/)
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trial , after conversion to jpeg
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(https://s7.postimg.cc/m9h2tswbf/2018_4_19_23_48_48.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/831byklg7/)
(https://s7.postimg.cc/g8jdwr4kb/2018_4_19_23_43_42.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/js5bmk79z/)
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Looks good. 60 FPS on Kuban map looks good too ;)
Cheers!
Mike
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(https://s9.postimg.cc/4aqopwsin/2016_9_8_12_34_55.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/62jnktbvf/)
(https://s9.postimg.cc/6fb1r0han/2016_9_8_12_37_7.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/6fb1r0haj/)
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(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/828/41944265442_29bc51f277_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/828/41944265442_3ec88d2363_o.jpg)
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Skylla demonstrating the art of reverse parking:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/827/42032991401_277821bd09_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/827/42032991401_d27d5bf2f0_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/824/28159921208_277821bd09_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/824/28159921208_d27d5bf2f0_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Stuka!
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/911/42032991271_562c1dc4df_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/911/42032991271_d0e94bd909_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/961/42032991531_3070462882_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/961/42032991531_545fce6eac_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Max (German nickname for SC-2500):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/831/42032990501_556f559b4a_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/831/42032990501_2ecbe009e9_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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A bit target gready
(https://s20.postimg.cc/nfg2yo0nt/2018_5_10_21_34_36.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/nfg2yo0nt/)
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Amazing screenshots! 8) Great game!
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блядь!
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/955/42032990931_9a5ac36a8e_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/955/42032990931_6bfe6e1bc0_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike'
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^^how right he was:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/960/42032990851_90ea9fa7b5_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/960/42032990851_8213d4bdd6_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Max away, target in sight:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/905/42032990451_473e58145a_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/905/42032990451_1682d0f8c2_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/952/42032990401_76a460ff81_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/952/42032990401_0c98a98376_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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The last capture looks stunningly real o_O That's very difficult to achieve, the eye knows if the viewpoint is real or fake, but somehow you got the right perspective and it fools me big time. Beautiful!
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Thanks whistler.
One thing that always makes such screenshots look unrealistic for the human eye is the complete lack of DOF (depth of field).
In real life, you won't see both the plane and the ground crispy sharp like that at the same time.
Anyway... this is the SC-2500 impact:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/949/42032990321_e94a21fea8_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/949/42032990321_becfea1c6f_o.jpg)
Now you might think "what? that's all?". Yes it is. In the latest patch, the explosion effects of big german bombs are a bit random, and sometimes off somehow.
This for comparison is what it looked like when I dropped an SC-1800 and an SC-1000 on the same target:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/907/42032990201_81f7c2719f_c.jpg) (http://)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/969/42032989941_5458e7d1dc_c.jpg) (http://)
Now guess which one was the SC-1800 and which one was the SC-1000?
You guess it: The first (bigger) explosion was the SC-1000 and the second (smaller) was the SC-1800.
]cheers[
Mike
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Gotcha... eh... ... 𝔖𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔦ß𝔢!
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/965/41219431335_b72dd5bf43_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/965/41219431335_8768261d09_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike'
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2nd attempt, still not really convincing, or like my C.O. put it:
𝔇𝔲 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔷𝔞𝔭𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔢𝔯 ℜü𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔰𝔞𝔠𝔨!
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/971/42074412952_619a8eb506_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/971/42074412952_6c3e1c1278_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/977/41219435915_5dcfdd1df1_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/977/41219435915_41c1c42551_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike'
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My C.O. insisted that the only way to survive an attack on an enemy airfield with heavy AAA was to rush in low and fast, and he kept yelling
𝔖𝔠𝔥𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔇𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔫 𝔄𝔯𝔰𝔠𝔥 𝔦𝔫 𝔡𝔢𝔫 𝔎𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔯!
so I went down lower and asked "low enough?"...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/951/42074412822_0e15a377db_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/951/42074412822_6091e86a0b_o.jpg)
...but the only thing I got back on my headset was
𝕽𝖗𝖗𝖗𝖗𝖗𝖗𝖗𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗!!!
]cheers[
Mike
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"Yes Sir!" I said.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/979/41219435175_3798ba324f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/979/41219435175_7fc5d1212c_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/966/42074412582_890b6f898f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/966/42074412582_bc1c757b66_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/830/41219435515_8142350ce5_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/830/41219435515_526ecaec69_o.jpg)
𝕾𝖎𝖊𝖍𝖘𝖙𝖊, 𝖌𝖊𝖍𝖙 𝖉𝖔𝖈𝖍! C.O. replied.
]cheers[
Mike
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Searchlight bombing
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/957/42074412322_15e77b5391_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/957/42074412322_02f87e48e7_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/950/41219434975_cdc7ae00bc_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/950/41219434975_02f96a506b_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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...and another pass for the 8.8cm Flak.
Note how the first bomb bounces off the ground in 2nd pic (and unfortunately, also note how the wing bombs are missing there - that's a bug):
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/949/41219434725_36e733b23f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/949/41219434725_7b5f243314_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/946/42074411972_68817079ee_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/946/42074411972_888877c2e2_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/874/27467395937_a6724ed40a_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/874/27467395937_5a044c1bda_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1755/41614272214_f115a69d61_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1755/41614272214_466e696300_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://s7.postimg.cc/8e2mbwamj/2018_5_25_21_56_14.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/9gcsuftfr/)
(https://s7.postimg.cc/9gcsug8vf/2018_5_25_22_5_28.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/prcwqrld3/)
Start to change my mind on this Bodenplatte thing
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The Mk. IXe is a beast.
Just had one online sortie with it yesterday on our server.
Clipped wings, standard (Merlin 66) engine, full bomb load (1x 500lb, 2x 250lb).
Got jumped by a Bf 110 E-2 right after takeoff.
I didn't want to jettison my bombs, so I decided to fight the 110 with my bombs attached. Took a few more turns than usual, but in the end he was dead meat.
Then I came to attack a train, bombed the engine, tender, two AAA cars, a platform car and damaged two others. All in one pass.
Another Bf 110, this time a G-2, came around to stop us (Skylla was with me there) - climbed up, jumped the 110's six, down. Less than a minute.
On my way back home I met two Bf 109 G-14. The first was dead before he even knew what was going on, the second dragged me home to his base, but that didn't help him in the end.
This is the sortie:
http://www.sas1946.rocks:8000/sortie/806/?tour=1
https://storebror.it.cx/fac/SpitIX_Track.7z
And by the way: Great screenshots Otto. I like that extra-clipped wing, but mind you: Don't asymmetrically clip them 8)
]cheers[
Mike
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After one of my fights with my worst enemies in BoX, I finally got hope yesterday:
(https://s33.postimg.cc/s7cs6ko0f/2018_5_25_18_8_2.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/v1fxk0q6j/)
Now the trees don't win anymore .. we both loose! That's a step forward, isn't it? 8)
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Dropping Paratroopers for an airfield assault from our Tin Annies.
Luft Hansa D-2527 "Manfred von Richthofen": SAS~Skylla
Greece/Creta/Mediterranean 1941 1Z+SF: Me myself and I.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/878/42403130601_f125ae038d_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/878/42403130601_9016825f29_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1733/42403129341_2e255fe7ab_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1733/42403129341_140654d0bc_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Two more Tin Annie pics:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1753/42403130481_337d6f96c2_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1753/42403130481_68ed36591a_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1748/42403130361_4a9ed03628_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1748/42403130361_46fbdc91a2_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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A badly damaged flight of Heinkels returning to base:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1730/41679787574_fb9a1679f4_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1730/41679787574_1cd15f856d_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1745/41679787484_51d2ed7384_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1745/41679787484_cd6218ec10_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Skylla preparing for another deadly attack at the ruskie defences.
2nd image shows that the party last night was a really great one 8)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1746/42403130031_5ec55b0549_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1746/42403130031_1e566fe4a2_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1724/41679787004_d6af6fa174_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1724/41679787004_ac1244b89f_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Continuing the AAA attack I've started here (https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,37961.msg647393.html#msg647393)...
The bomb couldn't have been aimed any better:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/950/41219434375_d078d4a63c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/950/41219434375_e0ecfd55f8_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/943/41219434115_4c8ab3529c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/943/41219434115_f0e31986ef_o.jpg)
The only problem is: I've intentionally set the bomb fuze to 5 seconds for low-level attack, but hitting the Flak's ammo box directly means that it will blow up instantly - ending up in a near-self-kill (see left wing and cockpit/fuselage area).
The only reason for me to survive this stunt at all was that it took place online, so there's a delay of ~100ms until the server noticed the ammo box hit and initiated the detonation.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/829/41219433025_b75560dc4f_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/829/41219433025_43090ee837_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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We just love being Clowns.
Ground: Skylla. Inverted above: Me.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1745/27765236807_edb6acda47_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1745/27765236807_225bb1b05d_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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He-111 air raid against a russian airfield near Черны́шковский.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1730/42403129071_eced0039ce_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1730/42403129071_4c5d5712c2_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike'
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God i need a new computer..... i want this game so bad. Its beautiful.
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Not so long ago it was just beautiful, but now it's much more than that. Definitely the way to go for the WW2 CFS genre.
Screenshots... Skylla (gunner) and me on our way back home from an early version of his new BoS FAC Server mission:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1760/27765239087_7153229b49_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1744/27765238367_bf01d5a825_c.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1741/27765238597_8d145acaa3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1741/27765238597_2980ab3af3_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1744/27765238367_bf01d5a825_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1744/27765238367_936565ffe6_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Lining up for another attack run. Foreground: Skylla, behind him: Me.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1744/27765238097_1f5e357ab3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1744/27765238097_e056b1eca2_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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FABULOUS screenshots! 8)
Amazing game
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(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1831/42913748622_dc9ae35ab3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1831/42913748622_b518b2390c_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1813/42913748082_76231f8b50_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1813/42913748082_7fa9f1a3c0_o.jpg)
There's a story behind this, to be discovered later...
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Now this is how it all began:
A few days ago, Skylla had issues to get a He-111 H-6 into the air with 20% fuel, SC-1800 + 16x SC-50 bombs.
I've tried, had no (or little) issues and reported back, but there was no time left for Skylla to repeat the test.
Yesterday he remembered the issue and tried again.
I was just at the end of a sortie in my brave Lagg-3, having had a quite successful raid against the german airfield, but there was still enough fuel for 20 minutes in my Lagg so I decided to stay above the german base and watch Skylla taking off.
The takeoff went successful, and Skylla gave command to his gunners to cease fire so I could fly in formation with him.
He tried to dump bombs with "jettison store" command, then dumped bombs with fuses disabled, and finally we've been having fun with flares a bit.
On the He-111 the flare gun is a fixed mounted thing shooting straight down from the nose.
Being Clowns, we thought we should give it a try and I flew in close formation underneath Skylla's Heinkel, while he tried to shoot me with that fixed flare gun.
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1774/42913748762_744b99b18c_b.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1774/42913748762_6e8f1be87b_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/887/42913747942_70fe4962e0_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/887/42913747942_6634735d00_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1796/42061643925_1d7ee43920_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1796/42061643925_71d22a8481_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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I'm so sorry Mr. Messerschmitt... :D
Klick the pic to enlarge.
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35532852/SorryMr.Messerschmitt.jpg)
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Haha, BK's 1st BoS 109 Screenshot 8)
A 109F-4 less - deal!
I think I owe you a follow up to the story of the Flaregun Shot Contest between Skylla and me.
As you saw in my previous screenshots, Skylla aimed pretty well.
He actually hit me and my plane suffered from a fuel leak:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1772/42061643705_1e7374c1da_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1772/42061643705_011aed2ac0_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1833/42913748332_2262812603_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1833/42913748332_fd4e37f645_o.jpg)
We decided that there's still sufficient fuel for another attempt, but this time I got too close and when my vertical stabilizer touched the belly of Skylla's 111, I flipped over across it's right wing...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1830/42061643495_703ff1335c_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1830/42061643495_ea2164bd86_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1795/42061643415_c8f263a313_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1795/42061643415_de2d0eec75_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35537609/Bf-109F-4_vs_IL-2_bk.jpg)
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35537611/Bf-109F-4_Winter_bk.jpg)
8)
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Wünderbar 8)
I see you'll be a tough opponent next sunday ;)
]cheers[
Mike
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...klick the pics to enlarge...:
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35541638/BR-55_bk_bk.jpg)
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35541627/Bf-109F-4_Tegtmeier_Nr.8_bk.jpg)
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35541632/Bf-109F-4_Tegtmeier_a_bk.jpg)
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35541634/Bf-109F-4_Tegtmeier_b_bk.jpg)
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pince schei**e, forgotten: bk is clown N° 9. 8)
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35541776/Bf-109F-4bk_Nr09_bk.jpg)
cheers :D
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Nice screenshots BK (eh.. the Startup Screen - why?) 8)
I see you're proceeding through the familiarization with the 109 F-4.
Honestly, with you name you have to get hands on the 109 G-6 collector plane ;)
]cheers[
Mike
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(eh.. the Startup Screen - why?)
I love the BR55 photo! I rubbered the IL-2 Sturmovik "loadletters" away, a little bit sharpening and this pic looks so wonderful now. 8)
Take it as desktop pic. ;)
Best regards, Gerhard :)
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Ah I see.
Here's the aftermath of the "Flaregun Competition".
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1821/42061643245_a15efa5329_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1821/42061643245_a926fa38ca_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1780/42913748192_805d59e4b3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1780/42913748192_7f14494fd2_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1781/42061643135_2947039eea_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1781/42061643135_f8591f8497_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1778/42061642945_53d10dda2e_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1778/42061642945_9f8007c693_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1776/42061642715_6c8d2bc140_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1776/42061642715_9736a44987_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35545817/Bf-109G-2_Huey_bk.jpg)
8)
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I see .. now that the BK (finally!) is in the skies, we Reds will have to watch our six again 8)
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we Reds
...says the striped guy: http://www.sas1946.rocks:8000/pilot/1/SAS_Skylla/?tour=1
]cheers[
Mike
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so .. I have to watch my six only half of the time? :P
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...or half of it each, all the time :P
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GREAT Screenshots!
I personally like the one with the Russian airplane destroying the train scene.
My new IL2-1946 wallpaper 8)
THANKS!
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My new IL2-1946 wallpaper
Hello Max,
that makes me proud. ;D
Best regards, Gerhard :)
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(https://s22.postimg.cc/5bu41159t/2018_6_30_1_23_49.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/nrekyfje5/)
(https://s22.postimg.cc/tfkvpbvgh/2018_6_30_1_24_54.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/an90lqz25/)
O look , a tree grew through my wing.... :P :D
Try that , Skylla... ;D ;D
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eek! The trees are striking back ... :D
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My first screenshots of BOS. Learning to fly and drive tanks. Not so well but learning
(https://s19.postimg.cc/oz3jw6roz/20180704203525_1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/90uu61abn/20180704203601_1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/qqwir3qhf/20180704205450_1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/qqwir3irn/20180704210121_1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/pomc8jkir/20180704210135_1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/66roslfv7/20180704210639_1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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(https://s19.postimg.cc/gbhm9w0k3/2018_7_5_21_2_16.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/flytxj7qb/2018_7_5_21_2_18.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Ok. My first actual attempt at landing on purpose. My screen shot above of the plane upside down was just being silly but this one I actually took off from the runway, I did have to set it to auto to start the engine because I don't know how to yet but I circled the field and with no hud, dropped flaps, lowered gear, dropped speed and not as graceful as I can in 1946, I landed with no damage and didn't die. :) I made it! :)
Click for bigger pics.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/canyk1kw3/2018_7_6_23_36_14.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/u0pn52qr7/2018_7_6_23_36_33.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/bl567os2b/2018_7_6_23_36_55.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Ok, maybe a little damage? Not sure.
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The incredible feeling of having had your first successful touchdown in BoS.
I still remember how that felt, in my trusty Fw-190 A-3.
After a hundred donuts. Or more :P
]cheers[
Mike
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Trust me, this was sheer luck. ;D After touching down I bounced and I think I spun around a few times, the wing started to go up so I hit the brakes and finally stopped. After taking a breath, I had been holding it since approach :D , I took these pics.
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Every landing you can walk away from is a good one as you know.
Cheers to your first successful landing!
]cheers[
Mike
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True. :) Second landing didn't go so well but could still walk away. 8)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/r64mfveab/2018_7_7_16_48_33.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Learned how to add skins...
(https://s19.postimg.cc/lhybp1uj7/2018_7_7_15_52_44.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/x72bd0t7n/2018_7_7_16_14_59.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Just a few random shots...
(https://s19.postimg.cc/xjtpj7qwz/2018_7_7_13_23_35.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/b7vwptzir/2018_7_7_13_33_21.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/4u6tml2cj/2018_7_7_14_36_49.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/cmxhekg1f/2018_7_7_15_22_48.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Learned to add the Green Moscow map as well.....
(https://s19.postimg.cc/9imthfc03/2018_7_7_17_24_20.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Wow! I love the way BoS looks. It has a very different feel from 1946.
(https://s8.postimg.cc/581kjaynp/Bankedand_Grey1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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(https://s19.postimg.cc/sg7hrt1gj/2018_7_8_19_39_55.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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FINALLY!!!! So, I have been having such a hard time trying to take off in a LaGG 3 I had given up for a bit and drove tanks. Then tonight I said the heck with it and tried a mission to intercept Stukas. I thought I would start in the air but no! I end up on a runway in a Yak and they have a tail wheel lock. ;D I was able to take off, find the Stukas, take down one and wound a second one. Then made it back to base and landed safely. 8)
I was too frustrated at first to take a pic on the ground because all my attempts had failed before but I did take off.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/9x2e6371f/2018_7_9_2_12_13.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/uh784l9xv/2018_7_9_2_27_59.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/6dgggbmc3/2018_7_9_2_29_16.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/4yevrlsyr/2018_7_9_2_30_1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
The one that got away. :D
(https://s19.postimg.cc/4yevrm0oj/2018_7_9_2_38_5.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/5ckt4d29v/2018_7_9_2_47_36.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Back at base....
(https://s19.postimg.cc/xpgauub5f/2018_7_9_2_45_17.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/s1a03yeir/2018_7_9_2_47_14.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Great fun. Loved the mission. It's fun learning a new sim. 8)
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in a Yak and they have a tail wheel lock
Correct 8) The Yak has it, and you need to lock the tail wheel while taxiing except when you want to take sharp turns because otherwise the Yak's tail will swing like hell.
Knowing the tailwheel control mechanism is vital in BoS.
May I add to that confusion? This is what you get at the moment:
- Free tail wheel which is drawn to the center position by springs (LaGG-3, La-5, Spitfire, Pe-2, He-111, Bf-110);
- Tail wheel that can be locked from cockpit (Yak-1, IL-2, Ju-87, Bf-109, MC-202);
- Tail wheel that can be locked by pulling the flight stick (Fw-190);
- Tail wheel linked to pedals by spring rods (I-16);
- Tail wheel linked to pedals by spring rods that automatically unlinks at significant pedal application (P-40);
- Tail wheel linked to pedals by spring rods that automatically fixes at neutral position at small pedal application (MiG-3).
- Tricycle gears which naturally don't need not tail wheel lock (P-39, A-20)
Thanks for the very cool screenies :)
]cheers[
Mike
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Thanks Mike. I cant believe how difficult some planes are about taking off. I was getting frustrated until the Yak. Would you happen to know of any good single mission training missions out there? I have found several missions at the Sturmovik site but not many for training.
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Frankly I never came across any better training mission than the one we have currently in rotation on our Gameserver "The Flying Ass Clowns".
You can have any plane you like, any loadout, any startup type, any kind of fight - and it comes at no cost 8)
Just connect to the Server and have the kind of training you want.
]cheers[
Mike
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Thanks Mike. :)
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That tank in the sunflower field looks great! 8)
Can you say Panzerkampfwagen III five times really fast? :D
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Click for bigger. 8)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/sdar2shc3/2018_7_10_3_12_50.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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It sure looks cold but why not use the cabin heating? :P
Nice picture 8)
Can you say Panzerkampfwagen III five times really fast?
I know that skylla can shoot them five times really fast. Does that count too?
]cheers[
Mike
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SAS Storebor wrote: Knowing the tailwheel control mechanism is vital in BoS.
May I add to that confusion? This is what you get at the moment:
- Free tail wheel which is drawn to the center position by springs (LaGG-3, La-5, Spitfire, Pe-2, He-111, Bf-110);
- Tail wheel that can be locked from cockpit (Yak-1, IL-2, Ju-87, Bf-109, MC-202);
- Tail wheel that can be locked by pulling the flight stick (Fw-190);
- Tail wheel linked to pedals by spring rods (I-16);
- Tail wheel linked to pedals by spring rods that automatically unlinks at significant pedal application (P-40);
- Tail wheel linked to pedals by spring rods that automatically fixes at neutral position at small pedal application (MiG-3).
- Tricycle gears which naturally don't need not tail wheel lock (P-39, A-20)
That's really helpful info on take-off in various aircraft. Thank you. I too have really struggled getting "no lockable tail-wheel" planes into the air - without spectacular donuts that end badly. The LaGG-3 being the hardest, Closely followed by the LA5 's. I recently found that a slight tap on the brakes coupled with rudder input saves the day :) It's re-assuring to know that experienced gaming pilots also have to re-learn their skills to fly IL-2 Great Battles as it was intended. A very, very different flight model to good ole' 1946.
I'm starting to really quite like it, as my skills improve - as in - I can now get off the ground - mostly ;)
(https://s22.postimg.cc/uc5e2zkvl/LA5_FN.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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(https://s19.postimg.cc/cq3ver13n/2018_7_15_15_7_29.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/ypaa1y2ib/2018_7_15_19_18_37.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/dfmnr3txf/2018_7_15_19_18_42.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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I wish we cold also have this type of grass and sunflowers in the IL2-1946 ::(
Its all so beautiful.
Great screenshot Mark!
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Personally I'm very delighted by the sounds. They're amazing. The grafix too, of course. ;)
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I got my new graphics card yesterday and can now run on 60fps with setting maxed out, I think they are at least. Would anyone have any suggetions for best setting for max performance?
Thanks. :)
Click for bigger pics.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/6i6xrhgar/2018_7_18_2_3_2.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/yib1bs6wj/2018_7_18_2_59_46.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Your screenshots look fine, although they look scaled to me.
IIRC your screen is a Full HD one, which means it should render at 1920x1080 pixels.
Your screenshots as posted here are 1280x768 pixels.
Either something went wrong when posting or converting the screenshots to jpg format, or your screen resolution is not set up correctly, or your screen is "HD ready" and not "Full HD".
This is what I'd recommend:
General Setting = Ultra
Screen Resolution = <your screen's hardware resolution, whichever that is>
Full screen = On
Enable VR HMD = Off
Multi GPU Support = Off
VSync = On (Off for G-Sync Users)
SSAO = On (matter of taste, I like the self-shadowed cockpit instruments very much)
HDR = On or Off, whatever you like better, this is really just a matter of taste. IMHO On looks better overall, but has shortcomings on winter maps (overexposure)
Sharpen = Off
Shadows Quality = Low (negligible improvement on higher settings IMHO, but your taste might differ. Big FPS impact for little more visual aid if you ask me)
Mirrors = Medium (use Complex only on really powerful GPU)
Distant landscape detail = x3 (for really powerful GPU: x4)
Landscape filter = Sharp
Grass quality = Ultra
Target FPS = Off (only relevant for VR users)
Dynamic Resolution factor = Full
Antialiasing = 4 (use 2 for weaker GPU and Off for sub-par ones)
Gamma correction = 1 (adjust to your liking, take small steps)
For Nivdia 9xx and 10xx GPU users: In Nvidia Control Panel, open up the "IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad (IL-2.exe)" profile and set the Vertical Sync to "Fast".
]cheers[
Mike
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Your screenshots as posted here are 1280x768 pixels.
Yes!
Right is 1280x720:
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35649148/2018_7_18_2_59_46_1280x720.jpg)
bk's...: ;)
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35649152/2018_7_18_2_59_46_1280x720_bk.jpg)
Best regards, Gerhard :)
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Thanks Guys. I'll fix it up at lunch. :)
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Better? :)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/9qtsnkgoz/2018_7_18_17_56_35.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/lsp6hppxb/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/qelaq6ls3/2018_7_18_17_56_42.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/x51rzm8xr/)
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Yes, perfect.
Looks much better.
Everything looks fine for me. What your frame rate with that many clouds?
]cheers[
Mike
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58-60 fps. Although I have the nvidia control panel, I don't know where to find the " open up the "IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad (IL-2.exe)" profile "
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Jesus... these kites are turning 8)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1785/43492973231_87e11ee224_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1785/43492973231_88b22b7756_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Looks like a transporter accident from Star Trek. :)
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Your screenshots look fine, although they look scaled to me.
IIRC your screen is a Full HD one, which means it should render at 1920x1080 pixels.
Your screenshots as posted here are 1280x768 pixels.
Either something went wrong when posting or converting the screenshots to jpg format, or your screen resolution is not set up correctly, or your screen is "HD ready" and not "Full HD".
This is what I'd recommend:
General Setting = Ultra
Screen Resolution = <your screen's hardware resolution, whichever that is>
Full screen = On
Enable VR HMD = Off
Multi GPU Support = Off
VSync = On (Off for G-Sync Users)
SSAO = On (matter of taste, I like the self-shadowed cockpit instruments very much)
HDR = On or Off, whatever you like better, this is really just a matter of taste. IMHO On looks better overall, but has shortcomings on winter maps (overexposure)
Sharpen = Off
Shadows Quality = Low (negligible improvement on higher settings IMHO, but your taste might differ. Big FPS impact for little more visual aid if you ask me)
Mirrors = Medium (use Complex only on really powerful GPU)
Distant landscape detail = x3 (for really powerful GPU: x4)
Landscape filter = Sharp
Grass quality = Ultra
Target FPS = Off (only relevant for VR users)
Dynamic Resolution factor = Full
Antialiasing = 4 (use 2 for weaker GPU and Off for sub-par ones)
Gamma correction = 1 (adjust to your liking, take small steps)
For Nivdia 9xx and 10xx GPU users: In Nvidia Control Panel, open up the "IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad (IL-2.exe)" profile and set the Vertical Sync to "Fast".
]cheers[
Mike
Thank you.
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/923/42781658704_0b0504dfa8_k.jpg)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1825/43498015151_975930fe0b_k.jpg)
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Taking out a convoy in the new tank missions.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/3qexsoc7n/2018_7_19_2_28_48.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/atmt8ahn3/)
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(https://s19.postimg.cc/ntl8irttv/2018_7_19_17_32_5.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/5e0rldfpb/)
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That is beautiful 8)
Great place for a vacation spot. Go Fishing and camping....
... then all of a sudden someone drops a bomb! :D
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Click for bigger pic.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/4br1m6b8z/2018_7_20_22_0_9.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/75u6zmdf3/)
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Click for bigger pic. :)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/3q22qa5yr/2018_7_20_23_3_53.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/hjqffbyjz/)
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(https://s19.postimg.cc/58oa3nv5v/2018_7_21_20_54_22.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/p3abpsadb/)
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Hey SAS~Bombsaway, I thought this was a game screenshot posting area?
YOU CANNOT POST REAL PICTURES ! :D
if they are from the game, I am amazed!
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Click for bigger pic. 8)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/hzv5c13nn/2018_8_1_2_36_2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/nba1wqpq7/)
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Great Screenshot! 8)
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Looking and feeling very smug.... on the way home after taking down a He-111 and a 109 G2 with minimal damage, I've got just enough fuel to get back to base. Jade_Monkey's "Battle of Britain Revival" offline single mission. Very enjoyable :)
(https://s22.postimg.cc/9v4u1p48x/2018_8_1_17_45_34.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/l7hfjhcxp/)
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From my first mission I have made. It's just a practice mission for the P-40. Take off and landing but I also put an enemy ship in for anti shipping fun.
Click for bigger pics.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/48yzlo09f/2018_8_5_20_11_56.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/d3ztw6p1r/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/j4xit9r3n/2018_8_5_20_14_17.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/mojgj2ttb/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/jugb5mzcz/2018_8_5_20_20_50.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/3w7lfi54v/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/ifeqgwiub/2018_8_5_20_21_27.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/f8k6x9ye7/)
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Learning to make tank missions now. Once you have the feel for the Mission Editor, it's not bad.
Click for bigger pic. 8)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/5bdri0t1v/2018_8_6_0_35_28.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/hq0jickjz/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/jhtid9bmr/2018_8_6_0_35_42.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/bp2ula5nj/)
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Nice Mark, really nice 8)
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Thanks. I'm trying to get the tanks to move in columns but having a hard time with it. Setting waypoint, timers, command formations and such. It's only my third or fourth day but I feel like I'm starting to understand it a little.
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Some keys to formation handling:
- Formation and Spawner is mutually exclusive.
Don't ever attempt to spawn a formation. - Before issuing a formation command, make sure that the formation is moving.
Let them move to the first waypoint for a second or two, and then issue the formation command. - Take care of the order of planes/vehicles in the formation. Each formation member has a zero-based #index denoting it's position inside the formation.
The information in the Mission Editor Manual page 74 "Managing Object Formations" is quite comprehensive.
]cheers[
Mike
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Click for bigger pic.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/u0d1zwngz/2018_8_18_18_56_35.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/h8yvtedov/)
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Astonishing screenshot ! 8)
Cheers
Alfie
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on the way home after taking down a He-111 and a 109 G2 with minimal damage...
You shot down a Bf-109? Shame on you! ;)
Best regards, Gerhard :)
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Conky aka Sillius_Sodus, perfectly parked.
Click for full size (2560x1440).
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1862/30426044788_fc7e563709_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/1862/30426044788_7cbf572c08_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Click for bigger pic to see better.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/vciwd81ir/2018_9_9_20_30_5.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/5tqk07hyn/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/sifqzses3/2018_9_9_20_28_34.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/qqms4vvf3/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/hvlxudecj/2018_9_9_20_28_47.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/fr1ktacpr/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/5gz5u229v/2018_9_9_20_29_11.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/m4qnwjx1b/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/4eozbir6b/2018_9_9_20_29_26.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/oytta06xb/)
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That's some really cool Tigermoon pics, thanks Mark!
]cheers[
Mike
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Just keep shooting Fritz!!!! :)
Click for bigger pic.
(https://i.postimg.cc/J7vhM404/2018_9_16_18_56_54.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/23dYxYnP)
(https://i.postimg.cc/L6P8XKgk/2018_9_16_18_56_57.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/svVr6Lc1)
(https://i.postimg.cc/wBqq01fF/2018_9_16_18_57_26.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HrN1LkC7)
Yes mine pilot. :)
(https://i.postimg.cc/G29cnZ1y/2018_9_16_18_57_9.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qhVf8DqJ)
(https://i.postimg.cc/nMfZ7r94/2018_9_16_18_57_32.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7J9prxVh)
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Bugger. :( (However the new flame effect looks cool!)
(https://i.postimg.cc/xT3nCPfj/2018-10-14-18-34-57.png) (https://postimg.cc/Vdv3Zn02)
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From yesterday's FAC Session, showing gerula (center plane), Skylla (front plane A-8U) and me (prototype in the background), click for full size:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4885/44025059960_41c0244fe0_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4885/44025059960_24d6a5c080_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4823/44025059610_9398203041_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4823/44025059610_0602206a22_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Not the most comfortable place to be:
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4879/31970682158_3b88a23fb3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4879/31970682158_e4b151ac20_o.jpg)
Left to right: Storebror, gerula, Skylla
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4854/32002634518_5958012b03_k.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4848/45873802511_006019515b_k.jpg)
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Nice :D
Takeoff run "Clown style".
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4906/31970682098_3b88a23fb3_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4906/31970682098_e4b151ac20_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4899/31970681968_2abea2f553_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4899/31970681968_2891805c82_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Skylla: "I'm gonna respawn, ground loops always damage your plane!"
gerula: "Yes, my wing touched the ground, I'm gonna respawn as well."
Storebror: "Nevermind, my plane is fine, I'm gonna take off and wait for you."
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4852/31970681638_ffb9ce9708_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4852/31970681638_0505071178_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4834/44025059730_b4aba5b617_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4834/44025059730_aec1a536fe_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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I learnt that only from experience as well :D
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I had to learn it the hard way.
Everything felt fine until I had to pull back the stick...
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4818/31970681788_2d3f70618a_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4818/31970681788_09e022bd65_o.jpg)
(https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4820/44025059460_9d37f416f6_c.jpg) (https://www.sas1946.rocks/flickr/storebror/4820/44025059460_78c42fc2fa_o.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Taking the Jug for a first ride online. That P-39 shown here is piloted by Skylla.
(https://image.ibb.co/mmkyzq/2018-11-22-05-42-21.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/mmkyzq/2018-11-22-05-42-21.jpg
On that note, the level of detail in IL-2 Great Battles never ceases to amaze me.
Look at that vent window front/left on the P-39...
(https://image.ibb.co/cB5LCA/2018-11-21-19-26-06.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/cB5LCA/2018-11-21-19-26-06.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/g7C0CA/2018-11-21-19-26-22.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/g7C0CA/2018-11-21-19-26-22.jpg
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/36265350/2018-11-22-05-42-21_bk.jpg)
8) ]cheers[
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4812/31058617827_29b9aa59b2_k.jpg)
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Some more Jug images...
(https://image.ibb.co/dSn0CA/2018-11-22-05-45-04.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/dSn0CA/2018-11-22-05-45-04.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/ddALCA/2018-11-22-05-48-23.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/ddALCA/2018-11-22-05-48-23.jpg
]cheers[
Mike
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Two more before I hit the road:
(https://image.ibb.co/fzTe5V/2018-11-22-05-51-07.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/fzTe5V/2018-11-22-05-51-07.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/fsWz5V/2018-11-22-05-53-58.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/fsWz5V/2018-11-22-05-53-58.jpg
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/36265941/2018-11-22-05-53-58_bk.jpg)
8) ]cheers[
Gerhard ;)
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Nice crispy colors Gerd, thanks a lot!
Three more showing the formation flight...
(https://image.ibb.co/bvsiXA/2018-11-22-05-54-36.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/bvsiXA/2018-11-22-05-54-36.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/kLgcsA/2018-11-22-05-55-32.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/kLgcsA/2018-11-22-05-55-32.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/ndOqCA/2018-11-22-05-56-04.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/ndOqCA/2018-11-22-05-56-04.jpg
]cheers[
Mike
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Wenn hä sisch dat esu anlure deid wed hä escht neidisch! :))
Kölsch schreiben ist nicht leicht.
Tolle Fotos Mike!
]cheers[
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Wenn hä sisch dat esu anlure deid wed hä escht neidisch! :))
Haha :))
Buy it so you have it too.
Time for a bang comparison.
Part 1: P-39, fully loaded (FAB-250 bomb on centerline):
(https://image.ibb.co/gtniXA/2018-11-22-05-58-08.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/gtniXA/2018-11-22-05-58-08.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/ktWACA/2018-11-22-05-59-24.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/ktWACA/2018-11-22-05-59-24.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/dm31Kq/2018-11-22-06-00-38.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/dm31Kq/2018-11-22-06-00-38.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/cdEaeq/2018-11-22-06-02-02.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/cdEaeq/2018-11-22-06-02-02.jpg
]cheers[
Mike
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For comparison, here is part 2: P-47, fully loaded (1x500lb + 2x1000lb).
Unloading the ordnance:
(https://image.ibb.co/ka5gKq/2018-11-22-06-06-04.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/ka5gKq/2018-11-22-06-06-04.jpg
1st bomb (500lb):
(https://image.ibb.co/fHRMKq/2018-11-22-06-07-28.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/fHRMKq/2018-11-22-06-07-28.jpg
2nd bomb (1000lb):
(https://image.ibb.co/iYeK5V/2018-11-22-06-07-30.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/iYeK5V/2018-11-22-06-07-30.jpg
3rd bomb (1000lb):
(https://image.ibb.co/gQemkV/2018-11-22-06-07-33.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/gQemkV/2018-11-22-06-07-33.jpg
Final result:
(https://image.ibb.co/jgDCQV/2018-11-22-06-07-41.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/jgDCQV/2018-11-22-06-07-41.jpg
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4889/45128399515_3799fc762e_k.jpg)
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Can't stress enough how much I love the details in BoS:
(https://image.ibb.co/bsAgKq/2018-11-22-06-12-38.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/bsAgKq/2018-11-22-06-12-38.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/fWie5V/2018-11-22-06-13-45.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/fWie5V/2018-11-22-06-13-45.jpg
]cheers[
Mike
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More detail pictures.
Note the bazooka details: Fins unfolding after launch, self-illumination from rocket fire on launch, empty tubes after launch etc. pp.
It's really amazing.
(https://image.ibb.co/gA4mkV/2018-11-22-06-14-07.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/gA4mkV/2018-11-22-06-14-07.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/e0Rz5V/2018-11-22-06-15-09.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/e0Rz5V/2018-11-22-06-15-09.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/fJNveq/2018-11-22-06-15-33.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/fJNveq/2018-11-22-06-15-33.jpg
(https://image.ibb.co/gD9xsA/2018-11-22-06-16-28.jpg)
https://image.ibb.co/gD9xsA/2018-11-22-06-16-28.jpg
]cheers[
Mike
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Downloaded BOS on Christmas Day. Two days and a lot of head scratching later, I'm able to get the Yak-1 airborne.
(http://i64.tinypic.com/257hmqt.jpg)
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Nice rkalhorn109 8)
Time to activate Mods (Settings -> Game -> Activate Mods -> Accept and Restart) and meet us in Multiplayer Dogfight Mode ("The Flying Ass Clowns").
Yesterday we took bomberkiller into the air again, after a long time of absence from IL-2.
See him leading our flight here, BK is the "yellow 12" in a Bf 109 G-2. Skylla flying a Bf 109 G-2 as well, "white 8". /me is in a Bf 109 G-6/R6, "red 12":
(https://i.ibb.co/nzzchTv/2018-12-28-07-37-54.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://i.ibb.co/m43ykz8/TFAC-Bo-S-2018-12-27-bk.jpg)
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(https://i.ibb.co/h81QNmn/Bf-109-G-2-Nr09-bk.jpg)
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...number 9, number 9... :D
(https://i.ibb.co/bvNcn87/Bf-109-F-4-Nr09-n-bk.jpg)
:)
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Number 25 "Mike", thanks for the skin BK :)
(https://i.ibb.co/23BsH4j/2018-12-30-8-27-26.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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BK's 1st and 2nd takeoff attempt after a few months absence from IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad.
Sorry BK, couldn't resist to post these...
1st attempt, left to right /me, BK and skylla. Behind skylla, an ML-20 Howitzer just dropped a charge from a few kilometers away :P
(https://i.ibb.co/sw0kZ65/2018-12-28-07-22-04.jpg)
2nd attempt, BK tried to takeoff straight across the airfield, "1946 style":
(https://i.ibb.co/CB09FTr/2018-12-28-07-23-51.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Sorry BK, couldn't resist to post these...
Thank you, Mike! :-[
:))
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At least takeoff no.3 worked better.
BK left one aileron on the ground (hehe :P) but still managed to get airborne.
(https://i.ibb.co/Vqp3WS3/2018-12-28-07-28-12.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/pXDh0hB/2018-12-28-07-30-31.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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...after the loss of my right aileron. :D
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Skylla and me enjoying a post combat debrief. My first time online with the FAC - so it was very re-assuring and helpful to have a couple of wingmen watch out for me! Thanks fellas!
Kind Regards,
MDS1
(https://i.postimg.cc/NfZDw32q/Skylla-MDS-1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CzHkG64m)
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"ME109's at 11 o'clock High Skipper .... One fears they're bent on mischief"
You know: It's bomberkiller! ;)
wbr, Gerhard :)
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(https://i.ibb.co/hsLRL96/2018-12-28-07-34-25.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/FKWn3VH/2018-12-28-07-32-40.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/3FkY0Cn/2018-12-28-07-35-45.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://i.ibb.co/pxzkTrk/2018-12-28-07-39-36.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/m9N4wR0/2018-12-28-07-40-34.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/ZYz8YXg/2018-12-28-07-43-43.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://i.ibb.co/j8sGh6M/2018-12-28-07-45-37.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/F0Npgyv/2018-12-28-07-46-32.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/zfw5GzD/2018-12-28-07-46-52.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7914/46080430665_fde99eb80a_k.jpg)
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Offline Career mode, using my fictional Luftwaffe character Dieter von Chessman, Moscow 1941-1942.... flying a Bf 109 F2. I say! What Ho Chaps! :D
(https://i.postimg.cc/RZtBdnDf/2019-2-12-12-1-20.png) (https://postimg.cc/w19ZT3HT)
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Cheers, have a nice Sauerkraut and Bratwurst on that great success and don't you dare to pour Worchestershire Sauce on it :P
]cheers[
Mike
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LMFAO!!! :D :D
Bratwurst und Pommes zum Mitnehmen Bitte. Oh yes, and some senf.
Forgive my spelling old chap, I'm afraid Mein Deutsch ist nicht gut. "Worchestershire" sauce would not be a good companion to Bratwurst, it's fine on it own :D :D (I doubt the Americans would agree though)
Kind Regards,
MDS
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What about Currywurst? ;)
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That would be Lesta Packaging (http://www.lestapackaging.co.uk/) worker's choice, yep.
]cheers[
Mike
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Offline Career mode, using my fictional Luftwaffe character Dieter von Chessman
Dieter von Schachmann! :))
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(https://i.ibb.co/tLHYjW6/TFAC-Bo-S-2018-12-27-gross-bk.jpg)
8)
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Yay, number nine 8)
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MDS1 nice fiirst name. ;D
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This one's for Bomberkiller..... Hauptmann Chessman arriving home safely after his 264th confirmed air kill. :D
(https://i.postimg.cc/cJvnjDnS/Chessman-264-Kills.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/nstr9G2R)
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:D thanks...
...and with a little bit photoshoping:
(click the pic)
(https://i.ibb.co/gz2MCxq/Chessman-264-Kills-bk.jpg)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/hGbQNRMG/2019-3-18-22-44-53.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/nsrLQ5y8)
(https://i.postimg.cc/wBdsWjXP/2019-3-18-22-44-21.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ZWVRnZDF)
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Still no luck with the tanks map?
Anyway, the Sherman's a beauty. And nimble.
Thanks for the screenshots!
]cheers[
Mike
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Finally got the map to work. I guess it was because I'm using the better grass mod and because the map is supposed to be of higher detail, it took longer to load.
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because the map is supposed to be of higher detail, it took longer to load
I can confirm the longer load times.
Just tried to load the map in the Mission Editor and it took almost 3 minutes to load.
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Mike
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They have said that this map is more detailed and they wont add such fine detail to other maps for air battles. That this map was done so as it's for tanks and closer viewing. I can run the grass mod but it does affect FPS but not too bad.
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Number nine, number nine, number nine...
(https://i.ibb.co/T4YXzzK/Bf-109-G-2-R6-Bo-S-c-bk.jpg)
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Thank you Sir, can I have another?
(https://i.ibb.co/V3jfwHd/2019-03-27-06-38-36.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Dr33FBS/2019-03-27-06-37-06.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/0ZCm6rN/2019-03-27-06-27-26.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/BzSjVgT/2019-03-27-06-30-49.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/hmR6d27/2019-03-27-06-34-56.jpg)
Images taken online on our SAS BoX Gameserver.
Note how the blast from the rocket grenade explosion pushes the Jug's tail to the side, causing it to slip and turn on takeoff.
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Mike
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There are Jugs on BoX..? No I'm even more into wanting to try BoX... It just keeps getting cooler.
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Sure there are, in Battle of Bodenplatte ("Early Access" at the moment) we have Jugs.
The overall planeset of IL-2 Great Battles meanwhile is quite impressive.
I'm quite sure many people are eagerly waiting for the 262 for instance...
]cheers[
Mike
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WE got the DORA for now....and the ww1 planes for fun :P
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The Dora is a handful.
I've had two sorties with it so far.
Feels extremely powerful but take care: Eating bullets always seems to kill critical parts.
I never made it back home so far, and all it took was like two bullets and a little debris.
]cheers[
Mike
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I replaced the tanks in a mission with the M4A2's, and they now seem to have AI. They moved and attacked.
(https://i.postimg.cc/d0Kpdsmn/2019-4-27-20-14-40.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/68YMxNPG)
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Interesting find, thanks Mark!
]cheers[
Mike
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(https://i.postimg.cc/rpXbf98V/2019-5-4-23-30-52.png) (https://postimg.cc/cvhXHwg2)
Two bullseyes but no cigar those 100 kgs could not breach those
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Köln! :)
Click the pic and enlarge to see a little better quality.
Btw: 36fps in 2k (2560x1440), thats not so bad I think as there are
many objects when doing this at flight level 300m.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Y017KTYT/2019-9-30-20-28-1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Pvr9136M)
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Lightning Strikes
(https://i.postimg.cc/Vs7WgWVJ/2019-10-1-2-58-35.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Nice pics.
Didn't know the two of your have BoS.
You should come to meet us on the FAC Server one day, we do casual flying, mostly against AI there.
]cheers[
Mike
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You should come to meet us on the FAC Server one day
Before I have to learn to fly this planes,
at the moment I enjoy watching the AI only ..
all screenshots on the "Rheinland-Netherland" map.
(https://i.postimg.cc/fWxkJ6Zr/2019-10-1-9-58-44.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hhtKYZXL)
(https://i.postimg.cc/wTwqNzr0/2019-10-1-10-7-20.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/nCQf8ypD)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3xhq301q/2019-10-1-10-31-33.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/6yHc03DV)
(https://i.postimg.cc/ydCjywGb/2019-10-1-10-26-31.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hJMVS3cL)
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Before I have to learn to fly this planes,
Ah, don't worry, I basically made my first steps on the server.
And to be honest, if "knowing how to fly these planes" would be a requirement for connecting, then I would still have to kick myself out right away I guess.
Really, don't be afraid of looking bad .. We all still have our share of bad landings and ground loops on a regular basis :)
If you happen to see us flying, don't worry about your skill, just join in, even if it's only for a few minutes. Would be cool to fly a few sorties with you!
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Great shots Gerax, Cologne looks so wonderful!
Best regards,
the other Gerhard :D
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Skylla (Tempest) and Mike (P-38) having some fun with the new kites on our FAC IL-2 Great Battles Server.
(https://i.ibb.co/WfmfP38/2019-10-02-05-27-32.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/gV5zXtB/2019-10-02-05-30-39.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/M2jfd4y/2019-10-02-05-32-03.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/TYBK1nn/2019-10-02-05-33-22.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/PmV8WC1/2019-10-02-05-38-58.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/tHVD99G/2019-10-02-05-39-22.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/5krRhXx/2019-10-02-05-39-47.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/qnQ7Zrr/2019-10-02-05-41-22.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/D7dhrW5/2019-10-02-05-41-43.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Nsmksr5/2019-10-02-05-42-22.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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Now I see what you meant with the gear ...
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Yep, definitely a bug if you ask me.
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Oh just noticed that. :))
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48862019412_ced763a551_k.jpg)
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My first time landing the P-38. Could have been worse but it could have been better. LOL :)
(https://i.postimg.cc/P5tsjSns/2019-10-12-20-29-53.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F7nnbgKD)
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So I made a little flight training mission for the P-51 to practice take offs and landings......
(https://i.postimg.cc/PqxjycVr/2019-10-13-19-58-4.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PCB9r6kB)
(https://i.postimg.cc/43STS5jv/2019-10-13-19-59-19.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/p9z79DWy)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Tw5XMbXz/2019-10-13-20-2-0.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8JGYLjc4)
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZnkzTqbC/2019-10-13-20-4-32.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dk9x6wTY)
(https://i.postimg.cc/15Q1247d/2019-10-13-20-5-51.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/fkBP0WN7)
(https://i.postimg.cc/RZC5CyBQ/2019-10-13-20-9-6.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F76nDP17)
(https://i.postimg.cc/0NrTDSrz/2019-10-13-20-12-18.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PLsVkPWH)
(https://i.postimg.cc/d0XzB0T4/2019-10-13-20-17-18.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/3yXSrY1v)
I'm enjoying the stable flight models of the P-38, P-47 and the P-51. I thinks the Dev's have done a great job.
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Wow! That's so beautiful looking! Nice screenies.
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Split the Steam discussion and moved it to the BOS Lounge. ;)
Lets have another Screenie :):
2K, Moscow Winter Map, QMB MiG3 vs 109F4 started at 8000m.
(https://i.postimg.cc/gkZQk9bH/MiG3.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/56fnnR0X)
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(https://i.ibb.co/m4zSg60/2019-10-16-17-30-58.jpg)
Inspired by this Thread (https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/54968-cockpit-photo-as-checklist/), based on the idea of II./JG1_Vonrd (https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/profile/804-iijg1_vonrd/).
Frame and type stripes by OrLoK (https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/profile/82634-orlok/).
]cheers[
Mike
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ooh, that's a great idea ;D
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It may be old hat to most but I just bought the Ju-52 so I made a mission for fun.
(https://i.postimg.cc/4N9gc4x6/2019-10-20-19-51-31.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8jN9QSWc)
(https://i.postimg.cc/bwfj9XZK/2019-10-20-19-57-13.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/svm83N9c)
(https://i.postimg.cc/cL7GDDY6/2019-10-20-20-2-4.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NK0nFkdw)
(https://i.postimg.cc/g0YF1vqs/2019-10-20-20-5-46.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jDkF7n1n)
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The Ju-52 to me is one of the best made planes in IL-2 Great Battles, maybe the best in any combat flight simulator at all.
The level of detail both in visual representation and from a simulation's point of view is simply stunning.
Nice screenshots Mark!
]cheers[
Mike
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SAS~Skylla (Fw-190) and I (Bf-109 G4) back at base after our airbase strike sortie, circa 2k19. 8)
(https://i.imgur.com/vhiWSo4.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/Xaelr4N.png)
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Click for bigger pic. 8)
(https://i.postimg.cc/sfhKBtWR/2019-11-24-16-36-21.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hhKV6ZMC)
(https://i.postimg.cc/MHVYhQwG/2019-11-24-16-38-10.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PvfZDNPG)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4NRPpBvH/2019-11-24-16-38-15.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SjVchLvm)
(https://i.postimg.cc/gkyDs84S/2019-11-24-16-40-10.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RNFKV3kK)
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZqnxJgm2/2019-11-24-16-47-13.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8F86HZjm)
(https://i.postimg.cc/sgVJNxNV/2019-11-24-16-47-41.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Yhsg4r7V)
(https://i.postimg.cc/T3CcMxzn/2019-11-24-16-48-21.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/K13TB6vY)
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Nice screenshots.
I must say that FC is the part that I enjoy the most - except for the two seater gunners which are a bit off at the moment, but all other stuff is endless fun!
]cheers[
Mike
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early morning mission on Finnish server One bridge and 12 Artillery knocked out on two drops from 6 K
(https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/uploads/monthly_2020_03/2036064738_ju88.jpg.c22efe24dff462d52fadcf6e9e9d6bc9.jpg)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/hPXDcSbM/2020-4-7-15-34-10.jpg)
Need to find myself back in the seat, knocked out 3 Mitchels, the last while ripped into pieces kept firing my Elevetor off. Funny sight, flying straight into a firing piece of Fuselage...
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I can join the coolbois FHD club now by and by.
(https://i.imgur.com/RzZTA9K.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TuGodTC.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/lGvEDAu.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/KE4EQWJ.png)
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(https://i.imgur.com/tQMUwK0.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/izIcfCR.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/VaiXF3z.png)
^When you bail out instead of starting your engine...
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awesome!
cool skins, also :D
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When you rek 2 planes in one go cause
AI BOTs are dumb as shit and will taxi/fly straight through one another or anything in front of it.
(https://i.imgur.com/1qjeHN0.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/eJybFDb.png)
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G129 and Skylla - Circa 5th June 194x
(https://i.imgur.com/tGTw1AJ.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/l8GBwPl.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/gXH44I8.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/EEIxLt2.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/T3YqnvN.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/g9doyzl.png)
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Summer training map?
Nice screenies.
I have to show off before it's gone :P
(https://i.ibb.co/YRVM4Zg/Streak.png)
However, and since I'm not pride of any such virtual shit, let me say that the stats simply aren't true.
As a matter of fact, I've died three times in this "streak" and once at least, Ricky has eye witnessed my death.
The other two deaths were a bit weird and I would have expected to survive the incidents - one death after bailout, but I've been hanging in the chute for a minute before and was just gliding down to mother earth safely, and one death after a perfect belly landing for god knows why...
Anyway, not true.
And honestly, I don't think the stats' gunnery accuracy is right either:
(https://i.ibb.co/ns5kJFL/Sortie.png)
While I'm usually closer to my targets than most other guys and carefully try to avoid wasting ammo, I certainly don't score a 54.5% hitrate on the Jug (which shoots like a scattergun in BoX), especially not with it's nerfed flight model when I've had to fight with 4 enemy aircraft (2x 109E-7, 1x109G-4, 1x190A-3) which intercepted me right on my attack run and decided that I'd have to be the one.
Never ever.
]cheers[
Mike
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Yesssss!
(https://i.ibb.co/jyL9Zm2/2020-7-8-17-36-10.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/mtrS81t/2020-7-8-17-53-33.jpg)
]cheers[
Mike
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I just want that f00kin hurrican m8
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Yesssss!
(https://i.ibb.co/jyL9Zm2/2020-7-8-17-36-10.jpg)
Looks like a big fat Smart limping home after a Saturday shopping at TESCO with the air-conditioning broken. ;D