Cold War 1947 - 1991

[The_Tau]

18 hours ago, Alpenwolf said:

Server News:

For those amongst you who struggle with magnetic variations for navigation purposes, check here.

ED should make some kneeboard page with current MagVar like HB in F-14

[=475FG= Dawger]

2 hours ago, The_Tau said:

ED should make some kneeboard page with current MagVar like HB in F-14

The F10 map set to MAP (the VFR aeronautical chart) has isogonic lines on it. It isn't necessarily precisely accurate because those charts are dated. However, for our purposes in DCS it is generally close enough.

In addition, there seems to be a wide variation in how this is modeled module to module. Brief testing has indicated that some modules are modeled backwards. The magnetic compass is indicating the declination in the wrong direction.

Edited July 6, 2022 by =475FG= Dawger

[Alpenwolf]

1 hour ago, =475FG= Dawger said:

The F10 map set to MAP (the VFR aeronautical chart) has isogonic lines on it. It isn't necessarily precisely accurate because those charts are dated. However, for our purposes in DCS it is generally close enough.

In addition, there seems to be a wide variation in how this is modeled module to module. Brief testing has indicated that some modules are modeled backwards. The magnetic compass is indicating the declination in the wrong direction.

 

That's a lot of confusion.

I use the Doppler every time I fly the Mi-8/Mi-24. Sometimes I get to my destination, other times a few km off of it. Different maps, different settings, etc.

[Miccara]

@Alpenwolf

I formally submit my complaint regarding the fact Red Farp Mi8's can deploy troops with Manpads on The Open Range mission, Blue cannot. Defending Blue Farp against knowledgeable SU pilots like Count, is almost impossible. They simply fly under the Hawk radar and Vulcans can't cant shot them down. Red should not have Manpads.

Edited July 6, 2022 by Miccara

[Alpenwolf]

12 hours ago, Miccara said:

@Alpenwolf

I formally submit my complaint regarding the fact Red Farp Mi8's can deploy troops with Manpads on The Open Range mission, Blue cannot. Defending Blue Farp against knowledgeable SU pilots like Count, is almost impossible. They simply fly under the Hawk radar and Vulcans can't cant shot them down. Red should not have Manpads.

 

This simply can't be the case if you knew how the CTLD script works. Maybe your logistic structures were destroyed which would be the only/main explanation for that.

[Alpenwolf]

Reminder:

* Operation Search & Destroy (PG) kicks off tomorrow, Friday, 08.07.2022, around 1800 zulu.
* Operation Fulcrums & Tomcats (Caucasus) kicks off this Saturday, 09.07.2022, around 1800 zulu.
* Operation Cyprus 1952 (Syria) kicks off this Sunday, 10.07.2022, around 1800 zulu.

* Operation Fulcrums & Tomcats:
- The mission is designed in a way that both the MiG-29A and the F-14A can carry out both CAP and strike tasks.
- S-24 rockets or FAB bombs for the MiG-29A and ZUNI rockets or Mk bombs/GBU's for the F-14A are more than enough to finish the job in maybe one or two sorties.
- The addition of the Su-25A and the A-10A is a mere extra. If you think it's not suitable for the task then stick with the fighter jets. An extra can only help, but surely not hinder if left out.
- Depends on how the mission plays out, changes might be made while taken into consideration the players' feedback that has already been shared on Discord.
- The plan is then to make the mission part of the daily missions if things go well. With that, it would be the first mission without featuring the MiG-21 and the F-5.

[Miccara]

4 hours ago, Alpenwolf said:

This simply can't be the case if you knew how the CTLD script works. Maybe your logistic structures were destroyed which would be the only/main explanation for that.

 Spoke with Count during the game (just after actually), said he was putting out troops with KUB's... All I got and ever get at our FARP, regardless of where I seem to be on it, is "You are not in a pickup zone" Am I missing something?

[Alpenwolf]

18 minutes ago, Miccara said:

 Spoke with Count during the game (just after actually), said he was putting out troops with KUB's... All I got and ever get at our FARP, regardless of where I seem to be on it, is "You are not in a pickup zone" Am I missing something?

That can only mean that your logistic structures have been destroyed.

Edit:
There was something in the script. It's weird though that it's never been reported all this time, so it was hard to believe there was something missing in the script.
Fixed!

Edited July 7, 2022 by Alpenwolf

[Miccara]

12 minutes ago, Alpenwolf said:

That can only mean that your logistic structures have been destroyed.

Edit:
There was something in the script. It's weird though that it's never been reported all this time, so it was hard to believe there was something missing in the script.
Fixed!

 

 You're the greatest!

[Alpenwolf]

3 minutes ago, Miccara said:

 You're the greatest!

I ain't

Dawger found the issue, by the way. Credit to him. Not saying he's the greatest. He's just... Dawger.

[Alpenwolf]

Operation Fulcrums & Tomcats - Today's Summary:

* max. 3 hours mission time

Round 1:
The roster was full with a few players waiting in the spectators seats for quite a while. Red managed to destroy the Blue FARP, but mainly due to a low number of Tomcats in the first 30-40 minutes of the mission.

Round 2:
Blue was slightly outnumbered, but managed to establish air superiority for enough time for me flying the A-10A to take out 2 x AAA's and 2 bunkers using 4 Mavericks. In the second sortie the Tomcats distracted the Fulcrums further southeast of bulls, and I was able to take out the third and last AAA with a Maverick shot and dropped all 3 x Mk-82's on the comms tower, which eventually destroyed it.

First sortie A-10's loadout: 4 x Mavericks, 1 x AIM-9L and 55% fuel. Made it back home with 28% fuel remaining.
Second sortie A-10's loadout: 2 x Mavericks, 1 x AIM-9L, 3 x Mk-82's and 50% fuel.

During both sorties I was flying around 300 mph. Sometimes even faster when diving into the valleys and never too slow when climbing. The bottom line is, the A-10A wasn't as bad as many have speculated and the flight path I put there is good enough to keep you ca. 80% of the time hidden in valleys on the way in. I asked around and had nothing but very positive feedback regarding the setup of the mission. Therefore, it will be part of the daily missions. And... I'll make another one. Don't worry though, it will always be one Fulcrums & Tomcats mission max at a time on the missions' roster. 10 missions are currently online, 9 out of which are regular missions featuring the standard modules of the server you're familiar with.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

* Operation Bandar 1949 is offline.
* Operation Fulcrums & Tomcats is now part of the daily missions.

Fulcrums & Tomcats change log:
- F-14A's countermeasures set to the following: AN/ALE-39 Loadout: 30 Flares / 30 Chaff
- Should Red destroy the Blue FARP, the first UH-1 slot will still be operational with 2 x UH-1's only! The second UH-1 slot has access to 4 x UH-1's and would be disabled.
- This would weaken Blue's chances of deploying engineer squads, but never render them hopeless.
- Remember! The mission runs for 3 hours, regardless of completing the objectives or not. If you do however, provide CAP and protect your assets until it's over.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

Operation Fight Island change log:
- Instead of 4 hours, the mission runs for 3 hours.
- Red and Blue attacking ground units were moved closer to Qeshm Island Airbase (bullseye) and are now mostly hidden in villages.

Note:
The objective remains all the same: The coalition holding Qeshm Island Airbase by the end of the mission wins the battle. Therefore, there's no need for it to run for 4 hours, especially, when one team is clearly dominating which the case sometimes.
Ground units are now mostly hidden to help them survive should one team outnumber the other until maybe the teams are balanced. And even if they remain unbalanced, the change should increase the enemy's ground units' survivability.

Edited July 12, 2022 by Alpenwolf

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

Operation When The Mountains Cry change log:

- Added 16 x SA342M's - 2 slots.
- Added 6 x Bradleys and 6 Blue x AAA emplacements (mostly around the Blue lakes).
- Added a Blue single helipad for Gazelles only, just west of the Blue lakes. Callsign: Madrid - ATC: 130 MHz.
- The Gazelles' single helipad is for rearming, refueling and repairing purposes ONLY! Always RTB to the actual FARP, Dallas, to save your helicopter.
- UH-1's can use the single helipad for refueling and repairing purposes only, if they choose to.
- The Gazelles' single helipad should save Gazelles long flights of flying back to the actual FARP, in order to get back to battle in a matter of minutes.
- The Gazelles' single helipad is hidden on the map, MFD and planner and is only marked for Blue on the F10 to see.
- The Gazelles' single helipad is marked with an orange circle for providing details and 4 blue arrows to highlight it for Blue on the F10 map.
- Clouds adjusted.
- Winds adjusted to help landing on road bases.
- Removed more light poles and trees around the road bases.
- MiG-29A's and A-10A's waypoints adjusted.
- Briefing and briefing images adjusted.

[Ian Boys UK]

Mig29 vs F14 crashing again for me

 

[Ian Boys UK]

Here an example of NDB in Airfield Control Vehicle on 450KHz. Might be useful for FARPs, road bases (L-39 etc can use this too). Also bases in Syria, Iran etc (Mig-15 and Mig-19 can use them). Contains sound file too. 

 

NDB in Airfield Control Vehicle on 450KHz.miz

[Alpenwolf]

10 hours ago, Ian Boys UK said:

Mig29 vs F14 crashing again for me

 

I just restarted the server machine, deleted a few files, etc. Hopefully, this fixes the issue because I really didn't change anything in the settings.

8 hours ago, Ian Boys UK said:

Here an example of NDB in Airfield Control Vehicle on 450KHz. Might be useful for FARPs, road bases (L-39 etc can use this too). Also bases in Syria, Iran etc (Mig-15 and Mig-19 can use them). Contains sound file too. 

 

NDB in Airfield Control Vehicle on 450KHz.miz 160.73 kB · 2 downloads

NDB's work just fine now after they've been fixed 2-3 months ago. I'll check out your file. Thanks for sharing it!

[The_Tau]

20 hours ago, Alpenwolf said:

Server News:

- Added a Blue single helipad for Gazelles only, just west of the Blue lakes. Callsign: Madrid - ATC: 130 MHz.
- The Gazelles' single helipad is for rearming, refueling and repairing purposes ONLY! Always RTB to the actual FARP, Dallas, to save your helicopter.
- UH-1's can use the single helipad for refueling and repairing purposes only, if they choose to.
 

Love it!

 

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

As you may have noticed, there are no events this weekend. The only reason for that is to put regular (daily) missions in the spotlight.
If you check out the missions' roster you should see that operation Into The Desert will kick off today around 1840 zulu.
I will manually rotate the server tomorrow morning, Saturday, so that operation When The Mountains Cry kicks off around 1800-1900 zulu.

Notes:
- Red are yet to win Into The Desert (last time was very close). Blue has won it quite often.
- Blue have won When The Mountains Cry a few times, but it's mostly Red that keep on winning it very often. Hopefully, the latest mission's change log boosts Blue a bit.
- No significant changes in the mission Into The Desert so far, because I do think it's doable as it is.

[Ian Boys UK]

Here is an equivalent set up for Blue using the TACAN beacon

This beacon provides:
- TACAN at 55X (sound is Morse)
- NDB at 480 Khz AM

TACANs are useful for the Mirage F1, F-5E and others
KHz NDB for the Gazelle, Mi-8, Huey etc

Note that the airbase itself has no radio currently (July 2022) making this a useful method for finding home. Also ideal for FARPs etc.

Multi Nav Beacon for Blue.miz

[Alpenwolf]

2 hours ago, Ian Boys UK said:

Here is an equivalent set up for Blue using the TACAN beacon

This beacon provides:
- TACAN at 55X (sound is Morse)
- NDB at 480 Khz AM

TACANs are useful for the Mirage F1, F-5E and others
KHz NDB for the Gazelle, Mi-8, Huey etc

Note that the airbase itself has no radio currently (July 2022) making this a useful method for finding home. Also ideal for FARPs etc.

Multi Nav Beacon for Blue.miz 161.94 kB · 0 downloads

This is already the case in all missions actually. I put TACAN's and NDB's where there's none. Road bases and FARP's always have either and some airbases that lack both.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

Upon release, the F1 will have access to all weapons for a few days. This is to help players familiarise themselves with the new module. Just like we had it (if you remember) with the M-2000C and the AJS37 back in the day. Not that I had that many options with the former's air-to-air weapons, but you get the picture.
In addition, viewing oneself on the F10 map will be enabled as well. This should help with navigation until players hopefully and quickly figure it out in the F1.
External views will be enabled too. Surely players want to check out their F1 from the outside and maybe share some screenshots.

Again, all the above will be enabled for a few days only. Maybe just for the weekend.

See you airborne!

Edited July 21, 2022 by Alpenwolf

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

The latest update is 5,8 GB. Unable to install due to lack of space on the server's machine. Despite having 14,9 GB left, it wont let me. I'll contact the server provider ASAP and try to purchase a bigger hard disk. I was planning on doing so by the end of the month after the update and now this. I wouldn't have thought to have such an issue. Sorry for the mishap.

Server is offline.

[Alpenwolf]

The server's down again. This time around it's internal issues, not me. The game's updated and all is good. The server provider has been informed, but I doubt he'll answer me tonight. We'll have to wait until tomorrow. Until then, fly your F1 tutorials/training missions/etc.

Sorry for the mishap, folks.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

The current server machine I've been using all this time is not compatible with the latest Windows versions any more. Reinstalling DCS yesterday might've fixed one problem, but introduced a few new ones. Therefore, I'll have to look for a new server provider which I'm already doing. Bear with me, please.