Night Flight event

[Slazi]

I posted this in the Mi-8 steam group:

 

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/DCSMi-8/discussions/0/522728086834430544/

Long Night Flight - Multiplayer

Anyone up for a long night flight? I'm thinking about creating a simple mission for a group of players. Ideally I'd like to start at one end of the map in the early evening, land at a farp to refuel, then fly on to a pickup point. After that, return to the farp to refuel, then back to home base. I haven't quite worked out the mechanics and flight times, but if people are interested in doing this as an event, I think it'd be a lot of fun.

Anyone interested? No combat, pure formation flight with lights and voice coms to keep things interesting. Hopefully we can run this after the SAR mission. Edited May 23, 2014 by Slazi

[Cibit]

Sounds fun. I would not want to fly too far but something like batumi to Tbilisi over some high ground might be long enough :-)

[Slazi]

Yup, you're right. Done some testing with AI, seems the Mi-8 has around 3 hours of flight time in it. Perhaps starting with low fuel would make things interesting. I definitely want to do it at night, the lights and scenery look great.

[wolf5]

When ? How many time ?

[Zulumike]

I posted this in the Mi-8 steam group:

 

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/DCSMi-8/discussions/0/522728086834430544/

Anyone interested? No combat, pure formation flight with lights and voice coms to keep things interesting. Hopefully we can run this after the SAR mission.

 

I'd also join. When do you plan to fly this mission?

[CoBlue]

I'm in, would love to do some online formation flying....just don't make it to long:smilewink:

[Slazi]

Excellent! Looks like we have a good amount of people. Ideally I'd like to host it at a time convient for all. Weekend is best I think. Saturday the 7th perhaps? 1pm UTC? This will give people time to get prepared if possible.

 

I'll try and host server tests before then to make sure everything is working. I can host on a dedicated pc with a 100mbps fiber connection, so it should be decent for most players. I also have a ts server.

[Slazi]

To be honest, if people only want to fly one leg, that is possible, too. That way everyone can enjoy it :) Looking forward to it.

[wolle]

I might participate, it all depends on the time of day. TooTall's events were is the middle of the night in the US :(

[Slazi]

Yup, we need to balance that out. If people can give me UTC time availability for that day, I should be able to find us a suitable time.

[Cibit]

Once we have a departure and arrival airfield/farp decided upon we need to decide on how we find our way.

Will we follow a compass course or NDB's or both. I think depending on numbers we should split into 4 ship multiples, obviously flying together but forming on their own flight leader. A lead pilot should be in charge of navigation so those flying formation need only concentrate on keeping station.

Also having seen TS decend into a free for all, can I suggest when we start mission we have a comms protocol. Nothing draconion but priority goes to flight commander and flight leaders if something important needs to be said.:)

 

Also for the first time so many fly together perhaps a short daylight mission is run first to iron out any problems. I can think of nothing worse than flying for 2 hours only for something to go wrong that we could have avoided if we had a quick run through

Edited May 27, 2014 by Cibit

[Cibit]

Here is my offering for a flight. From Sukhumi to a FARP at Kutaisi then on through the Kashuri gap to Vazani I did it in about 2 hours 10 mins and it is set for 08.00 in spring:)

 

Fuel set to 43%

mp long distance test run.trk

Mi-8 MP night flight.miz

[Slazi]

Excellent stuff! Will try taking a look at this tomorrow.

[Slazi]

Was hoping to take a look, but have had no time. No out of town for a bit. I'll check it out when I get back.

[Slazi]

Took a look. Looks like a great start point. I'm thinking of adding random failures and more birds to the mission. Might make it a little more interesting.

[Slazi]

I'll throw up a test server now for the next couple of hours.

 

I'll name it Slazia: NF Test

 

With an early version of the mission.

 

You dont need to connect for long - just check it connects if you are free.

 

- And down. Had a few players join at seperate times with no problems.

Edited June 1, 2014 by Slazi

[CoBlue]

I'll throw up a test server now for the next couple of hours.

 

I'll name it Slazia: NF Test

 

With an early version of the mission.

 

You dont need to connect for long - just check it connects if you are free.

 

- And down. Had a few players join at seperate times with no problems.

I'm in now but can't find it....maybe you logged of already.

[Slazi]

Yup, sorry Rode. The edit - "And down". Was when I closed the server. Sorry you missed it.

[Slazi]

It's been a crazy week.

 

So Saturday the 7th is my current target, if people are able to join. Sunday might also be a possibility.

 

I'm going to be out the country for three weeks after this weekend, so I wouldn't be able to run the event after then.

 

I'd like for people to give me availibility below if possible. You can contact me by private message if you'd prefer not to put your times on the forums for some reason. Please give me times in UTC so I don't have to convert everything.

 

Interested parties:

Cibit

wolf5

Zulumike

Rodd

wolle

 

I'm happy to run the event with only one other player if it comes down to that.

 

My availability (UTC) - Event

04:00:00 - 15:00:00 Sat

10:00:00 - 16:00:00 Sun

 

My availability (UTC) - Sever Test

02:00:00 - 15:00:00 Friday

 

Please post your availibility even if your times do not match mine. We may find it better for someone else to run the event.

[Zulumike]

It's been a crazy week.

 

So Saturday the 7th is my current target, if people are able to join. Sunday might also be a possibility.

 

I'm going to be out the country for three weeks after this weekend, so I wouldn't be able to run the event after then.

 

I'd like for people to give me availibility below if possible. You can contact me by private message if you'd prefer not to put your times on the forums for some reason. Please give me times in UTC so I don't have to convert everything.

 

Interested parties:

Cibit

wolf5

Zulumike

Rodd

wolle

 

I'm happy to run the event with only one other player if it comes down to that.

 

My availability (UTC) - Event

04:00:00 - 15:00:00 Sat

10:00:00 - 16:00:00 Sun

 

My availability (UTC) - Sever Test

02:00:00 - 15:00:00 Friday

 

Please post your availibility even if your times do not match mine. We may find it better for someone else to run the event.

 

During the weekend I'm available any time. Maybe 14:00 - 15:00 is also suitable for the test but it is quite uncertain yet.

 

Thanks for organizing the event, Slazi.

[Cibit]

Sorry I am a noob but is UTC 1 hour behind GMT? If so I will post my favoured times after confering with she who must be obeyed:)

[Slazi]

If you're using Windows, double click the time at the bottom right then click chance time and date. When you go to set time zone - it will tell you the relation. You should be UTC +/- 0 right now.

 

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/aboututc.html

[wolf5]

Should be good after 1200 for me

[Slazi]

Excellent. Can you give a time range wolf? 12:00 - ?

[wolf5]

1200-2200