closed Storm of War - DCS WWII / Historical Server

As of now, Storm of War DCS server is shut down.

For information, just in case people are concerned, there are no health issues or problems within the admin team.

Edited January 28, 2022 by philstyle

Very Nice...

 

Flying around in Caucuses the other day at sunrise, it struck me that it could make a good stand in for Italy. Great Idea!

Great!

 

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Spend some time there and like it! :thumbup:

Good stuff, looks really good.

How do you rotate between the missions?

How do you rotate between the missions?

 

I just add more than one mission to the mission load list. DCS auto-rotates to the next on the list when a mission ends...

Ok, just wanted to know if it stayed on a given map for a day, of if like you describe, rotate when ever a mission ends :thumbup:.

sounds great will check out! thx

Always good to have more Servers for the WWII part of things in DCS. Out of curiosity what difficulty are the AI set to?

 

Thanks Phil/SOW and good luck with the Server!

Always good to have more Servers for the WWII part of things in DCS. Out of curiosity what difficulty are the AI set to?

 

Thanks Phil/SOW and good luck with the Server!

 

AI difficulty is mixed.

Section leaders tend to be "high" and "average", wing-men are mostly lower skill levels.

 

Every A.I. aircraft has a hand picked difficulty level, depending on its place in the formation. This includes the bombers too. The lead bomber crews should be more skillfull than the guys at the tail end of the formation, as a general rule.

But now and then there might be a surprise.

As feedback, I don't consider the server to be VR friendly. You've added labels, but then coloured all of them black, meaning that I'm no better off than having no labels at all.

You either include labels and have them colour coded for side, or leave VR users nearly unable to identify an aircraft until you're on top of it.

Is ping limit set on server, and if it is, what is the limit?

thx for answer

Good Luck! :thumbup:

Hi Phil,

 

Will this server be on the release version or beta?

 

Happy landings,

 

Talisman

Will this server be on the release version or beta?

 

 

Beta.

Hi Phil,

Will this server be on the release version or beta?

Happy landings,

Talisman

 

 

As Dietrich says, the server is up on Open Beta.

 

 

I will tend to bring it down on Mondays and Tuesdays though, given these days are quiet, and it gives me the chance to do maintenance, check missions etc..

As Dietrich says, the server is up on Open Beta.

 

 

I will tend to bring it down on Mondays and Tuesdays though, given these days are quiet, and it gives me the chance to do maintenance, check missions etc..

 

Thanks Phil and Dietrich. Your reputation and admirable commitment has persuaded me to download the beta version and give DCS WWII another go.

 

I have managed to convince one other member of our squad to join me, so I hope to be punching holes in the virtual sky on your SoW Historical server soon :)

 

Many thanks for all your work and providing the server.

 

Happy landings,

 

56RAF_Talisman

New Mission now live in the server rotation.

 

The allies have now taken the Cherbourg Peninsular and are preparing for an assault on St.Lo. See the in-game briefing for full details.

 

 

Have now implemented restricted Field of View on the server for all player aircraft.

 

Minimum field of view has been increased from 20 to 30 degrees. A 20 degree field of view is quite extreme, and allows details of models beyond normal visual range to be discerned b y the player. Bringing this value up to 30 just takes some of the extreme end out.

 

Maximum field of view reduced from 120 (in spit) and 140 (in german aircraft) down to 105. This removes the "fish eye" distortion that comes in above about 110 degrees. It also means that the tail section and headrest of the aircraft is more of a realistic hinderance to pilot vision behind the aircaft.

 

 

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Edited October 17, 2018 by philstyle

Nice start!

Have now implemented restricted Field of View on the server for all player aircraft.

 

Minimum field of view has been increased from 20 to 30 degrees. A 20 degree field of view is quite extreme, and allows details of models beyond normal visual range to be discerned b y the player. Bringing this value up to 30 just takes some of the extreme end out.

 

Maximum field of view reduced from 120 (in spit) and 140 (in german aircraft) down to 105. This removes the "fish eye" distortion that comes in above about 110 degrees. It also means that the tail section and headrest of the aircraft is more of a realistic hinderance to pilot vision behind the aircaft.

 

 

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tested what impact this has on vr headsets?

btw, hope you get rid of the AI at some point, up until then i will probably stay out of that server, which is a pity, as the missions sound interesting, and the ping is also very good for me.

tested what impact this has on vr headsets?

 

Campbell has flown with VR on the server, he's the guy to ask.

 

btw, hope you get rid of the AI at some point, up until then i will probably stay out of that server, which is a pity, as the missions sound interesting, and the ping is also very good for me.

 

There will always be AI on SoW servers. For many reasons. It's a deliberate design choice which, if it alienates some players then that's a small price in our opinion. We're not chasing player numbers, our goal is an immersive environment that isn't essentially an empty death-match area.

 

1. A big part of the mission design is to enable people to play it as though it were single player, but to also engage in PvP. Having AI means that even when the server is empty, someone can log on and still have to think/ worry about getting bounced in the combat area. A combat patrol when no other players are about still runs the risk of bumping into the airborne enemy.

 

2. The AI in SoW are used sparingly, and with intent. They're not just random flights which re-spawn all the time and auto generate, rather they are tasked with doing things that are sensible within the mission context. They will take off and land. They will fly cross-map flight paths, rather than just circling around in some kind of artificial "PvE-area" int he sky. They will attack meaningful/ sensible targets. Sometimes they will not be there, other times they will.

 

3. Large formations (iconic for WW2 daytime air fighting) - especially bomber formations cannot be achieved in DCS WW2 without AI.

 

4. Whilst their combat behavior is ropey, we're not going to remove all the AI. this would just require us to have to build all our missions up again once the developer fixes their combat routines. This would be too much wasted effort. So, we build the missions now in anticipation of better AI routines from the platform in the future.

 

5. In a few few limited cases, people can spawn with an AI wingman. This is a deliberate mission feature designed to encourage people who wouldn't normally play online to give it a try. This also ties into reason 1.

 

6. AI ground units and ships cannot be avoided, unless people only want static ground units with no firing capability.

 

7. ED have stated many times that a number of the WW2 aircraft will be AI only, at least for some time, possibly forever. In order to flesh out the sky with these types we will be forced to use AI. We want to see a mosquito now and then, or a Liberator, or a JU88. So long as those frames will be Ai-only, then AI will be the only way to get them into the environment.

 

OK. That explains why.

If people don't like it, fortunately there are other servers to play on. My opinion is that the AI, despite the bugs, still adds a lot.

 

Edited October 18, 2018 by philstyle

fully agree on that one, thx for the effort - i will join downloaded open beta

Campbell has flown with VR on the server, he's the guy to ask.

 

 

 

There will always be AI on SoW servers. For many reasons. It's a deliberate design choice which, if it alienates some players then that's a small price in our opinion. We're not chasing player numbers, our goal is an immersive environment that isn't essentially an empty death-match area.

 

1. A big part of the mission design is to enable people to play it as though it were single player, but to also engage in PvP. Having AI means that even when the server is empty, someone can log on and still have to think/ worry about getting bounced in the combat area. A combat patrol when no other players are about still runs the risk of bumping into the airborne enemy.

 

2. The AI in SoW are used sparingly, and with intent. They're not just random flights which re-spawn all the time and auto generate, rather they are tasked with doing things that are sensible within the mission context. They will take off and land. They will fly cross-map flight paths, rather than just circling around in some kind of artificial "PvE-area" int he sky. They will attack meaningful/ sensible targets. Sometimes they will not be there, other times they will.

 

3. Large formations (iconic for WW2 daytime air fighting) - especially bomber formations cannot be achieved in DCS WW2 without AI.

 

4. Whilst their combat behavior is ropey, we're not going to remove all the AI. this would just require us to have to build all our missions up again once the developer fixes their combat routines. This would be too much wasted effort. So, we build the missions now in anticipation of better AI routines from the platform in the future.

 

5. In a few few limited cases, people can spawn with an AI wingman. This is a deliberate mission feature designed to encourage people who wouldn't normally play online to give it a try. This also ties into reason 1.

 

6. AI ground units and ships cannot be avoided, unless people only want static ground units with no firing capability.

 

7. ED have stated many times that a number of the WW2 aircraft will be AI only, at least for some time, possibly forever. In order to flesh out the sky with these types we will be forced to use AI. We want to see a mosquito now and then, or a Liberator, or a JU88. So long as those frames will be Ai-only, then AI will be the only way to get them into the environment.

 

OK. That explains why.

If people don't like it, fortunately there are other servers to play on. My opinion is that the AI, despite the bugs, still adds a lot.

 

Totally agree, there are plenty of servers online for "FPS simmer" or even others arena game... To be consistent, immersive and a bit realistic WWII skies and land must be populated... So AI are a "must to have".

 

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For the Caucasus mission, do I need the WW2 asset pack thing? I'm saving for a Tomcat at the moment but this looks like great fun.

 

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