Cold War 1947 - 1991

[DerNeueMensch]

Congratulations, Alpenwolf! All the best! 

[Sideburns]

Congratulations, and also amazed you had only yourself as a one man act keeping the server running most this time

[Snappy]

Congratulations on your child Alpenwolf !
There are  more important things in life than a server.

Hope you and your family are well !

Kind regards,
Snappy

Edited December 10, 2021 by Snappy

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:
 

*** The server goes back online today, Saturday, 11.12.2021, around 1900 zulu ***
 

Operation When The Mountains Cry will start the show and it's currently the only mission with a complete remake, which will be implemented in all missions over the upcoming days and weeks.
Note that you might not notice these changes, but from my perspective as a mission designer they are huge.
 

GCI, Combined Arms and LotATC:

As you know, I always try to emphasise the importance of the Combined Arms module being involved in almost all my missions. I'd rather have players control the ground units to have things as dynamic as it can get rather than AI. And I always encourage purchasing the module (Note: ZERO profit in it for me, other than having players control the ground warfare), so we can have more players involved in the ground game.
The downside of the module is that the GCI operator is provided with highly accurate and without any delays precise information. That mostly affects aerial units, especially, helicopters and strikers. You'd think you're undetected flying behind a mountain or in a valley, but the enemy's GCI operator sees you on the F10 map.
Note that the Combined Arms module wasn't designed to be used as a GCI tool in the first place, therefore, LotATC is now added to the server and should be used as such. Besides, LotATC is way more realistic and I might tune things in it in the future or change certain settings.

LotATC:

2 x slots per side and you can only use it if you're not flying. In addition, there's a password needed for those who want to do GCI. Reach out to me here via pm or on TS for that matter. I could name ca. 10 players who do GCI out of the top of my head, and they'll probably be the first to receive the passwords from me.

Whether it's going to stay at 2 x slots per side or whether the password is really needed or not, only time will tell. Your feedback is as always very vital.

In the updated mission When The Mountains Cry, all aerial units are hidden on the F10 map! That means Combined Arms users will only be able to see ground units and ground assets only. They're busy enough with the ground warfare and those of you who have been doing both simultaneously know how stressing it can be. How is this going to affect comms or the progress in the mission? Again, only time will tell and your feedback is once more very much appreciated and needed.

Other missions haven't been changed in that regard yet. We'll have to see how it plays out first.
 

SRS and The MiG-15 Comms' Issue:

Poor MiG-15 pilots have always been working alone on their radio frequency while being unable to contact any other pilots due to differences in the radio systems. I could enable the radio expansion for all to operate freely and I did that once, but that caused a bit of chaos and players ended up operating of different frequencies. Therefore, the radio expansion will only be enabled for MiG-15 players only. However, that requires the players themselves to do the following:

- Go to Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\Services\DCS-SRS\Scripts path.
- Find the DCS-SimpleRadioStandalone.lua file and save a backup somewhere.
- Copy and paste the file below to your Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\Services\DCS-SRS\Scripts path.
- Do NOT change the filename.

You should now have a Virtual Radio (Expansion Radio) available in SRS when flying the MiG-15. This radio can be tuned to all frequencies between 116.000 and 399.975 in the VHF and UHF Band.

Here's the file you'd need for that purpose:
DCS-SimpleRadioStandalone.lua

* Note that every time ED releases an update for DCS, the file is overwritten and you'll have to repeat the procedure of copying and pasting the file again.
 

--------------------------------------
Operation When The Mountains Cry:

- All radio frequencies have been optimised and added to the briefing.
- In addition, the orange circles on the F10 map contain further information in that regard.
- The warehouses have been adjusted.
- Added specific lua files and triggers.

Note that other essential changes are mainly to help things perform better.

Beacons are still bugged and don't work on ED's dedicated servers. I filed a report a while ago and I can only hope they fix the issue, so I can set up beacons for both sides and in all missions to help with better navigation. Fingers crossed!

* A co-admin is found, I hope. Hopefully, I can announce that soon.

* Special thanks to =475FG= Dawger for helping me out and testing multiple things with me. Bless you, mate!

 

Thank you all for your patience!
Alpenwolf

Edited December 11, 2021 by Alpenwolf

[Miccara]

Awesome. Thank you. Looking forward to the changes.
May invest in LotAC...

 

[GeneralMav24]

47 minutes ago, Miccara said:

Awesome. Thank you. Looking forward to the changes.
May invest in LotAC...

 

absolutely worth it if you like doing the GCI work, makes your life a bit easier but a bit more interesting in various ways. 

[=475FG= Dawger]

1 hour ago, Alpenwolf said:

Server News:
 

*** The server goes back online today, Saturday, 11.12.2021, around 1900 zulu ***
 

Operation When The Mountains Cry will start the show and it's currently the only mission with a complete remake, that will be applied to all missions over the upcoming days and weeks.
Note that you might not notice these changes, but from my perspective as a mission designer they are huge.
 

GCI, Combined Arms and LotATC:

As you know, I always try to emphasise the importance of the Combined Arms module being involved in almost all my missions. I'd rather have players control the ground units to have things as dynamic as it can get rather than AI. And I always encourage purchasing the module (Note: ZERO profit in it for me, other than having players control the ground warfare), so we can have more players involved in the ground game.
The downside of the module is that the GCI operator is provided with highly accurate and without any delays precise information. That mostly affects aerial units, especially, Helicopters and strikers. You'd think you're undetected flying behind a mountain or in a valley, but the enemy's GCI operator sees you on the F10 map.
Note that the Combined Arms module wasn't designed to be used as a GCI tool in the first place, therefore, LotATC is now added to the server and should be used as such. Besides, LotATC is way more realistic and I might tune things in it in the future or change certain settings.

LotATC:

2 x slots per side and you can only use it if you're not flying. In addition, there's a password needed for those who want to do GCI. Reach out to me here via pm or on TS for that matter. I could name ca. 10 players who do GCI out of the top of my head, and they'll probably be the first to receive the passwords from me.

Whether it's going to stay at 2 x slots per side or whether the password is really needed or not, only time will tell. Your feedback is as always very vital.

In the updated mission When The Mountains Cry, all aerial units are hidden on the F10 map! That means Combined Arms users will only be able to see ground units and ground assets only. They're busy enough with the ground warfare and those of you who have been doing both simultaneously know how stressing it can be. How is this going to affect comms or the progress in the mission? Again, only time will tell and your feedback is once more very much appreciated and needed.

Other missions haven't been changed in that regard yet. We'll have to see how it plays out first.
 

SRS and The MiG-15 Comms' Issue:

Poor MiG-15 pilots have always been working alone on their radio frequency while being unable to contact any other pilots due to differences in the radio systems. I could enable the radio expansion for all to operate freely and I did that once, but that caused a bit of chaos and players ended up operating of different frequencies. Therefore, the radio expansion will only be enabled for MiG-15 players only. However, that requires the players themselves to do the following:

- Go to Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\Services\DCS-SRS\Scripts path.
- Find the DCS-SimpleRadioStandalone.lua file and save a backup somewhere.
- Copy and paste the file below to your Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\Services\DCS-SRS\Scripts path.
- Do NOT change the filename.

You should now have a Virtual Radio (Expansion Radio) available in SRS when flying the MiG-15. This radio can be tuned to all frequencies between 116.000 and 399.975 in the VHF and UHF Band.

Here's the file you'd need for that purpose:
DCS-SimpleRadioStandalone.lua

* Note that every time ED releases an update for DCS, the file is overwritten and you'll have to repeat the procedure of copying and pasting the file again.
 

--------------------------------------
Operation When The Mountains Cry:

- All radio frequencies have been optimised and added to the briefing.
- In addition, the orange circles on the F10 map contain further information in that regard.
- The warehouses have been adjusted.
- Added specific lua files and triggers.

Note that other essential changes are mainly to help things perform better.

Beacons are still bugged and don't work on ED's dedicated servers. I filed a report a while ago and I can only hope they fix the issue, so I can set up beacons for both sides and in all missions to help with better navigation. Fingers crossed!

* A co-admin is found, I hope. Hopefully, I can announce that soon.

* Special thanks to =475FG= Dawger for helping me out and testing multiple things with me. Bless you, mate!

 

Thank you all for your patience!
Alpenwolf

 

With LotATC coming onboard, I would suggest the use of server side licenses. This would allow folks to use LotATC without paying for the license. Of course, the server side licenses would need to be paid for, so we need to either directly donate the licenses or send Alpenwolf the money to obtain them. 4 GCI slots would mean 4 licenses needed. The 475th will pledge to buy one for the server if Alpenwolf decides to go this route.

 

[MarkMD]

2 hours ago, =475FG= Dawger said:

With LotATC coming onboard, I would suggest the use of server side licenses. This would allow folks to use LotATC without paying for the license. Of course, the server side licenses would need to be paid for, so we need to either directly donate the licenses or send Alpenwolf the money to obtain them. 4 GCI slots would mean 4 licenses needed. The 475th will pledge to buy one for the server if Alpenwolf decides to go this route.

 

I for one will be happy to purchase a license, I’ve offered this over a year ago, but due to technical issues Alpenwolf was unable to get LotATC to work correctly. 
This will make my life simpler, I’ve already got LotATC and will be your first GCI tonight. 
Get the word out and let’s make this server populated with like minded members of the DCS family. 

QS

Mike-Delta

A moto from my regiment (Quis Separabit)
"Who shall separate us" 

 

[MarkMD]

Cold War 1947 - 1991 server back online!!

Looking forward to tonight’s new and improved mission. 
Using LotATC for the first time in anger, watch live on twitch tonight.
 

https://twitch.tv/mikedelta_dcs

QS

Mike-Delta

[MMI_Grim]

Welcome back!

The changes are great.

I bought CA in the sale soly for your server. Looking forward to use it when I get the grasp of it.

I appreciate your work! 

EDIT

Do I get it right that Alpen needs a normal client licence for a "open" LotATC slot on his server? 

If so I would happily provide one on behalf of [_FLAPS_].

Edited December 11, 2021 by MMI_Grim

[Alpenwolf]

7 hours ago, =475FG= Dawger said:

With LotATC coming onboard, I would suggest the use of server side licenses. This would allow folks to use LotATC without paying for the license. Of course, the server side licenses would need to be paid for, so we need to either directly donate the licenses or send Alpenwolf the money to obtain them. 4 GCI slots would mean 4 licenses needed. The 475th will pledge to buy one for the server if Alpenwolf decides to go this route.

 

Sounds good to me.

4 hours ago, MMI_Grim said:

Welcome back!

The changes are great.

I bought CA in the sale soly for your server. Looking forward to use it when I get the grasp of it.

I appreciate your work! 

EDIT

Do I get it right that Alpen needs a normal client licence for a "open" LotATC slot on his server? 

If so I would happily provide one on behalf of [_FLAPS_].

 

No worries, mate. I'll get one myself

[BuckarooUK]

No, No, No !

 

The cold war server is back but demands a password.  Please don't make me spend another week talking to the wife ...

[Admiral_ZIPANGU]

We need password for join server now?

[Apok]

Testing....

[MMI_Grim]

4 hours ago, Alpenwolf said:

No worries, mate. I'll get one myself 

I reffered to the proposal of server side clients so anyone can jump into magic. You would need 4 client licences then...

My offer stands.

33 minutes ago, BuckarooUK said:

No, No, No !

 

The cold war server is back but demands a password.  Please don't make me spend another week talking to the wife ...

Guess they are still testing and open the server at 19:00 Zulu like announced.

Edited December 11, 2021 by MMI_Grim

[Enigma89]

Alpenwolf if you need help with lotatc let us know. We stubbed our toe on it a few times when we installed it. The refresh rate seems to have a direct correlation with server performance. I would imagine for your server you would want the refresh rate lower so it is more realistic so you may not run into this problem, it defaults to 4s. When we took it down to 2s it seemed to start to lag things a bit more.

Some of the realism settings require a miz reset and do not get applied immediately. WE were going crazy trying to figure out why things weren't applying so hopefully that helps. 

Edited December 11, 2021 by Enigma89

[cicimicikiller]

Happy to see the server back, looking forward to updated missions! Thanks Alpenwolf and everyone else involved!

 

Smash 1-1 | Hawk

 

[Alpenwolf]

3 hours ago, BuckarooUK said:

No, No, No !

 

The cold war server is back but demands a password.  Please don't make me spend another week talking to the wife ...

No password is needed. It's only on right now for testing purposes.

2 hours ago, Enigma89 said:

Alpenwolf if you need help with lotatc let us know. We stubbed our toe on it a few times when we installed it. The refresh rate seems to have a direct correlation with server performance. I would imagine for your server you would want the refresh rate lower so it is more realistic so you may not run into this problem, it defaults to 4s. When we took it down to 2s it seemed to start to lag things a bit more.

Some of the realism settings require a miz reset and do not get applied immediately. WE were going crazy trying to figure out why things weren't applying so hopefully that helps. 

 

Yeah, I've noticed that. The server crashed a few times, so I started fumbling around with the LotATC settings and it seems to be fine now. Mine is actually set to 6 seconds by default, so whatever else was causing the problem seems to be gone. I hope so.

You still don't allow mods on the server? Haven't been able to check out your mission yet because of that. Alright, I'm a bit lazy to uninstall the mods, I guess, so I'm kind of waiting on ED to release an update for the game which would overwrite any mods, so I can join before reinstalling them

A bit busy with moderating and updating these days, so I wont be flying anywhere anyway, but soon, I hope. Little Alpen is demanding as well, but that's a blessing

Cheers!

[Alpenwolf]

Server's up.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

Co-Admin: rossmum

twitch
youtube

 

Now, that doesn't mean you should be spamming him with private messages. Give him time

[muffler]

51 минуту назад, Alpenwolf сказал:

Новости Сервера:

Соадминистратор: rossmum

Twitch
YouTube

 

Теперь это не значит, что вы должны рассылать ему личные сообщения. Дай ему время

Hi! I Can be GCI RU/EN if you send me a password. Alpenwolf your PM is full (can't send PM to you)

Edited December 11, 2021 by muffler

[Alpenwolf]

7 minutes ago, muffler said:

Hi! I Can be GCI RU/EN if you send me a password. Alpenwolf your PM is full (can't send PM to you)

 

Sent you a pm.

[rossmum]

Server had a bit of a sneeze while changing missions, I could neither find it in the MP browser on my end nor see it doing anything on its own interface. On the plus side, I think I got it back up without breaking anything.

Should be on Two Towns currently.

[GeneralMav24]

Is there a folder somewhere with the briefing maps for all the missions? would be nice to have so while playing as GCI can see where the targets location is and draw them in LOTATC or to have on a second monitor. if not it isnt that big of a deal.

[MMI_Grim]

Server down again?

Enjoyed it very much yesterday. 

Would it maybe be possible to add some Hind slots with rolling starts and landings? Totally for the realism, not because I have a hard time hovering the beast.