Coming to a server near you (maybe)

[BadHabit]

I hope we will see the mustang where it belongs. Really high and between bombers ;)

 

Mig-21 Headbutter

[ViFF]

Cool, what part of the world are you guys in?

 

Euro Time Zone (GMT +2)

 

Cheers,

[Shahdoh]

In the future, will probably end up creating a challenge page or something. For now, we are still testing how well this will work and if the numbers check out. If interested in helping test, organize 2 groups of 4 to 8 players per side (can be more for reserves/spectators/live streamers to a limit). and we will try to schedule a test run.

 

This campaign idea is kind of a long haul deal, will take several weeks to play out. Thanks for your interest.

[mwd2]

I think, most of us, would like to test the Bomber-Mod during the waiting time ..... :music_whistling:

[Shahdoh]

Soon I will be posting signups for single mission tests. For those, the bomber mod will be handed out. And when we feel we got the bombers damage model finished up, will make it openly available.

[M1Combat]

Sorry to miss the Friday run :(...

 

I hear it was a good time even 7v8 though :).

[gavagai]

Have you figured out how to make the bombers not try to dogfight? That was always a problem with the B-29 mod.

[Shahdoh]

Yes, but at a cost. You have to turn off all offensive(bombers can not directly drop bombs) and defensive(bombers guns will not fire) capabilities.

 

To solve those 2 issues, I have scripted the bombing and defensive capabilities. See this thread for details:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=168153

 

The bombing is convincing enough, and you do not want to hang out inside the enemy bomber formations for any length of time, you will get chewed up. This is a temporary solution until ED changes the bomber AI.

 

So far, all those that have tested the missions are pretty convinced of their effectiveness.

[shaunwallis21]

Where did you get the B-17?the b-17 and Ju-88 we use had working bombs but the gunners only work in Singleplayer. we had a ported B-17 and Ju-88 that we used at VSAAF but we could not get the gunners to work in MP. also we substituted the damage model for the b17 from another plane I think the b17 we use comes from X-plane

Edited July 10, 2016 by shaunwallis21

[Shahdoh]

Its the same B17, I do not use the available guns or bomb drops because I prefer to keep the WWII bombers in formation when attacked. I use scripting instead to simulate the bomb drops and also the bomber defenses. We are finding out we need to tweak the flak and bomber defenses as it seems the explosions from them are being amplified by the number of players in the server. Causing them to be way more effective than intended.

[Shahdoh]

Campaign #1, week 2 news report:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=170071