=BURNING SKIES= WWII Server

Statistics! WOW :thumbup:

 

PS: IMHO 'Kill/Death ratio' is more common phrase for 'ratio of Air Wins to Lost Planes'. Or I will rather call it 'Wins/Loses' instead of just 'K/L' to make it more clear to users.

I am just suggesting, feel free to do it your way :)

W/L is great idea. Will do so!

Hello pilots!

We've improved statistics score system. From now on, the amount of points for killing ground units will correspond to the values set in DCS World for those units. For air win you'll be getting 50 point as previously. If there will be additional changes to score system we'll let you know. Stay tuned!

Also, we keep working on the statistics system for Burning Skies WWII Server. All major bugs and issues are fixed now. Nevertheless we keep an eye on the system and will address all the issues.

See you @ =Burning Skies=!

Hello pilots!

We'd like to inform you that in some situations pilots deaths can be not counted. We've informed ED team on the issue and hope for soon resolution.

Thanks you for flying on our server!

Hi all!

I'm glad to announce that in a day or two we'll be launching Air Superiority mission on Burning Skies WWII Server. The objective is to achive air superiority on the battlefield. The side which will collect set amount of points first - wins. Current ground targets will be there too, but they will be side objectives which will add to your score pool if completed.

While I add last finishing touces to the mission, you may get acquinted with briefing pictures, illustrating the air superiority mechanics.

See you at Burning Skies!

Great stuff eekz!

Only 1 remark, looks like the zone is a little too big.

With the visual issues in DCS this can leave the zone in Contested status for a long time.

Great stuff eekz!

 

Only 1 remark, looks like the zone is a little too big.

With the visual issues in DCS this can leave the zone in Contested status for a long time.

Maybe you are right! However, I'll make neccesary ajusments if needed, hoping to launch it today and then we'll see :)

AIR SUPERIORITY mission is live!

Come and check it on Burning Skies WWII Server!

And since we also fixed bug with pilot deaths counting in statistics, please check the picture!

Small update to the Air Superiority mission:

- Zone radius decreased from 20 km to 16 km

- Score and Zone status message frequency decreased from 1 in 30 sec to 1 in 5 min

Due to many statistics algorithm fixes and new mission format I decided to wipe stats for all pilots. However, here is a screenshot of first 25 pilots progress from approximately stats launch day till the current moment!

Hello!

We added Favorite plane (Любимый ЛА) to statistics page.

It shows the plane type that a pilot has selected most frequently, so choose carefully!

Stats page is on the following link, as always:

http://burningskies-stats.16mb.com/

:)

ANNOUNCEMENT!

Since in 1.5.2 Improved spotting (Enlarged models) feature does not work as it intended:

at Small settings it almost has no effect,

at Medium setting contacts tend to disappear and reappear depending on distance and enemy aircraft angle

at Large the are too big and rendered at up to ~50km and also disappear at some range

I decided to enable Labels at Burning Skies server.

As soon as Model Enlargement is fixed and tuned correctly by ED - labels will be disabled.

You can enable labels by pressing SHIFT+F10

I disabled labels for now.

You can try this: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/270020/ :)

I would like to but as far as I know server cant force label settings to clients so it has no point at the moment.

As labels are not realistic and I want to keep BS more of realistic server, I'll keep labels and sprites off till the moment when we can enforce label settings to clients or sprites will work good and will look realistic.

I hope for more feedback to ED from DCS WWII community on spotting in the game.

Air Superiority mission v.1.05 is on server.

- Zone radius reduced from 16 to 14 km

- Moving supply columns added as objectives to both sides

Have fun!

After many testing I've set Model Enlargement to option "small" on a server. This option has not bad effects like disappearing or rendering contacts at unrealistic distances, aslo it might be slightly better than default visibility.

IMO optimal solution till next patch.

Also, added some additional supply columns.

Have fun:)

New WWII COMBAT mission is live on Burning Skies server.

Main objective is to destroy enemy artillery groups which are close to each other to make battles more intensive! Pictures here:

https://www.facebook.com/burningskieswwii

and in mission briefing

After many testing I've set Model Enlargement to option "small" on a server. This option has not bad effects like disappearing or rendering contacts at unrealistic distances, aslo it might be slightly better than default visibility.

IMO optimal solution till next patch.

Also, added some additional supply columns.

Have fun:)

I think small is not a good choice. First of all it's not realistic. IRL it's easier to spot planes, then enlargement set to small. It's also easier in other WW2 sims (1946, BoS, CloD).

Second of all, you can't find anybody. I was on the server with 8 other people, divided in 4 and 5, and all i could see was airfield vulching. Players fly around, look for enemies, don't see anything, get frustrated, and then hover to the enemy airfield, to shoot down planes on the ground, and eventually gotten shot down by Flak. Gameplay wise that makes no sense at all.

I'd really try to get some decent dogfights in DCS, but currently that's just not possible.

Setting it to normal would not hurt anybody. In fact, it would definitely enhance gameplay, and spotting there is not overdone like when it's set to large.

Please consider. In the current state it makes no sense to hop on your server, when one is looking for some dogfights. I'll gladly come back with different visibility settings..

Cheers

Happy New Year to all!

To make it holiday mood labels will be enabled on the server for sometime in a winter version of a Air Superiority mission!

Have fun in 2016!

PS: remember that our server has stats on the web-page

Thank you eekz, appreciate your hard work and commitment!

Thanks and Happy New Year! There will be nice updates about BS server somewhere in near future :)

Hi all!

First news in this year.

Burning Skies server got new stats page:

http://s1.fossil.by/

Also, holiday is over, so labels were disabled on the server.

We have Improved visibility option set to "SMALL".

Stats were wiped so it's a nice chance to start it all over again :)

Have fun and stay tuned for more news to come!

Best pilots of the previous season can be seen here: http://bs-stats.fossil.by

Known issue: ground kills are not counted. We're working on the resolution.

The issue with ground kills is fixed. Counting correctly now

Hello. I was at your server yesterday. I have noticed that you are not using any model enlargement. I was a witness of the server going empty while there were around 12 people when I joined.

It seemed that most people had problems to find each other and switched to ACG.

I would recommend large models. I was myself looking for a target for around 30min and only foundhim by knowing that destroyed a ground unit.

B&Z with current LOD is impoossible.

Mission itself was OK. Just spotting hurt :(