=BURNING SKIES= WWII Server

[OnlyforDCS]

Flew for a little bit on the server yesterday. Gotta say that I enjoyed the change of weather. Though it seemed that the labels mod was turned off. Flew for about an hour, below and above the cloud cover couldn't find anyone to save my life, despite a full server. Flew back to base for a pretty good landing. (Obligatory wingscrape at the end, damnit, Im still having huge troubles with those, its like the Spit is doing it on purpose just when you think you are slow and safe, bam!).

 

Is the weather planned to be like this for a while? I quite enjoyed it.

[Brigg]

Glad to see the server doing so well. I jumped back in for a few flights (first since June) and i was shocked at the number of 190s in the air... what gives!? when did they become as popular as the k4?

 

Yeah every time I have been on this week their hasn't been any available. Although it has reminded me why I felt in love with dcs in the first place......... Flying the 109! :pilotfly:

[amazingme]

The bad weather conditions contribute to the already bad spotting conditions.. so no fun for me :(

[OnlyforDCS]

The bad weather conditions contribute to the already bad spotting conditions.. so no fun for me :(

 

I have a difficult time spotting too. I swear Im blind as a bat in DCS. However I don't think the problem is due to the weather. The labels were disabled I believe yesterday.

 

Also the real bad weather will force people to fly above the clouds, in supercharger "territory". This is great news for us poor Allied pilots :)

 

Also flying just below cloud cover is a great way to prey on unsuspecting targets below you, while being relatively safe from BnZ :)

[eekz]

I will change the weather from time to time to provide some diversity. Already tweaked yesterday's weather for little better spotting. Let's see if the next day brings a sunny day :)

[amazingme]

OK then.. let's make the mission as safe as possible for the 'poor' Allies... :)

[OnlyforDCS]

I will change the weather from time to time to provide some diversity. Already tweaked yesterday's weather for little better spotting. Let's see if the next day brings a sunny day :)

 

Boo! Bring on the storms, the rain, the raging wind, turbulence. Bring it I say! :thumbup:

[OnlyforDCS]

OK then.. let's make the mission as safe as possible for the 'poor' Allies... :)

 

Deal with it. :lol:

[Little_D]

Hi gents,

 

It was a blast to fly since 1946 in bad weather conditions online, love it. You even could put more wind in or blizzard and thunderstorm :thumbup:.

 

@eekz

as you said, you will change weather from time to time, could you maby set the clouds from 800m up to 2500m? In the moment they are from about 3700m up to 5000m. So the fighterbomber has very good cover from the clouds and the fighters dont need to climb to 5000+m to have a clear fighting zone. I spend about 2 hours over the clouds on a full server, but dident finde some one, so i think clouds are maby to high for some pilots, as it is a lot of work to climb to over 5000m :smilewink::music_whistling::megalol:.

 

Lets hope with normandy the mapswitching will work, so you can make some maps with different weather and let them load one after an other.

 

Is the weather dynamic? Would be cool to start in rain and land with clear sky or other way around.

 

regards

 

Little_D

[FoxDelta]

i absolutly love flying without this" label mod", made it much more realistic i want to say.

i don' t think that many pilots flew above the clouds yesterday. especially fw190 did it like in the real war. fast and low(for ground attacks)

 

it has been quite hard to find your counterpart again after an upturn, i guess it was as difficult as in reality

[amazingme]

Hi gents,

 

It was a blast to fly since 1946 in bad weather conditions online, love it. You even could put more wind in or blizzard and thunderstorm :thumbup:.

 

@eekz

as you said, you will change weather from time to time, could you maby set the clouds from 800m up to 2500m? In the moment they are from about 3700m up to 5000m. So the fighterbomber has very good cover from the clouds and the fighters dont need to climb to 5000+m to have a clear fighting zone. I spend about 2 hours over the clouds on a full server, but dident finde some one, so i think clouds are maby to high for some pilots, as it is a lot of work to climb to over 5000m :smilewink::music_whistling::megalol:.

 

Lets hope with normandy the mapswitching will work, so you can make some maps with different weather and let them load one after an other.

 

Is the weather dynamic? Would be cool to start in rain and land with clear sky or other way around.

 

regards

 

Little_D

 

Indeed, nobody from the allies flies over 4-5000m. I've never seen one since I've been playing on this server, so the clouds are disturbing for us, the Axis.

Best solution is to alternate bad weather with good weather so everybody can enjoy the server.

[eekz]

Best solution is to alternate bad weather with good weather so everybody can enjoy the server.

 

I will certainly do so.

[showtime817th]

These new changes are a no go for me and probable for the other VR users. In the past I have done a few test with clouds on and off with the results of loosing 15 20 fps. With out clouds I will get a solid 45 fps which is really important with VR. Also I thought the clouds are not in sync in multiplayer so, I'm inside a cloud and can't see shit bandit not in cloud and shoots me down.

 

Me thinks Burning Skies as been popular do to smoothness, labels and stats page and it has been the best dog fighting experience I have had on any WW II server.

 

Just my 2 cents...oh yeah, let me know when the weather clears up :)

 

Show.

[FoxDelta]

additionally, clouds and rain caused a huge frame drop for me! on VR i am at the limits with my hardware

[FoxDelta]

u were faster, but i prefer: labels off for all

[showtime817th]

I'm not in limits with my machine either, l just always felt BS was a good VR friendly server.

 

Foxdelta, we will just have to disagree on labels though.

 

 

S!

[Krupi]

I don't recall a significant drop in fps with clouds, however I wasn't online last night.

 

My issue with clouds is that they are not synchronized online :( .

[Integrals]

I've browesed the last few pages and didn't see a clear answer. Are labels off now? briefing still has the Lshift+F10 mentioned in it but no one on the server had labels just now.

 

Please do not get rid of the dots, spotting in this game is next to impossible with out them and we really don't need make it any harder on the more casual people (myself included). more people flying is better for everyone.

[Brigg]

I've browesed the last few pages and didn't see a clear answer. Are labels off now? briefing still has the Lshift+F10 mentioned in it but no one on the server had labels just now.

 

Please do not get rid of the dots, spotting in this game is next to impossible with out them and we really don't need make it any harder on the more casual people (myself included). more people flying is better for everyone.

 

+1

[OnlyforDCS]

Please do not get rid of the dots, spotting in this game is next to impossible with out them and we really don't need make it any harder on the more casual people (myself included). more people flying is better for everyone.

 

+2

 

Yeah I have a hard time spotting even with the labels on. I really hope ED implements some type of permanent solution to our spotting troubles.

[TBear]

 

Please do not get rid of the dots, spotting in this game is next to impossible with out them and we really don't need make it any harder on the more casual people (myself included). more people flying is better for everyone.

 

+3

 

Even for non casual player is absolutely too hard to spot, and the dot labels is the best interim solution to the completely unralistic DCS spotting behaviour till ED fix it.

[eekz]

Sorry, seems that I accidentally turned off labels in settings and they are not forced by mission but by DCS settings.

Next mission will have clearer weather and labels on

[showtime817th]

Thank you!!

[Brigg]

sorry to harp on about it but we still need a ping limiter. their were ones nearly 400 tonight, and the words Etcha Sketch spring to mind

Edited March 25, 2017 by Brigg

[FoxDelta]

400 and above should be limited. but i would prefer not to start a ping discussion. got called an " idiot lagger" and others . with a ping of 140. mine is usually between 100 and 170. and my friend in the next room with his own internet connection couldn't observe any lag on me.

the person arguing had a ping of 70, and obviously thougt to be observing lag.

so ping might not be all