Cold War 1947 - 1991

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

It's that time when I'm forced to talk about server funding, which is the least of fun for me. If you could please donate via PayPal to the following email address that is only used for server funding, I'd really appreciate it:

hokumyounis@yahoo.com

God bless!

[Alpenwolf]

Battle of Al Sijeel:

Mission's briefing

The event will kick off on Saturday, 17.09.2022, around 1900 zulu.

- Signups are open NOW!
- You can sign up yourself and a friend. Example: Alpenwolf - MiG-21 + XXX - F1, or just yourself: Alpenwolf - MiG-21. Your friend doesn't have to be on the same side as you.
- Signing up a RIO for F-14 players is considered as signing up a friend, even though he shares the same aircraft as you.
- It is highly recommended that team members come up with a certain strategy and have a GCI operator.
- Remember! The mission runs for 1 hour and 45 minutes, so constant CAP and discipline are highly required, especially, for Blue fighters.
- Jettison your fuel tanks only if you have to. The number of fuel tanks in the warehouses is very limited (might reduce the numbers a bit more. I'll let you know if that happens).
- The event will only take place if all slots are taken and players actually show up. If not, we'll fight another day.
- Signups for reserve slots are very welcome. Just in case.
- @Red: Once all 6 x MiG-21 slots are signed up for, you may choose the nuke specialist amongst you and keep that information for yourself.
- You may sign up here or on Discord in the #server-discussion channel.
- If you want to stream the event while flying, you may share the link in your sign up post for all to see.

 

Red:

MiG-29_01 - The_Tau
MiG-29_01 -

MiG-21_01 -
MiG-21_02 -
MiG-21_03 -
MiG-21_04 -
MiG-21_05 -
MiG-21_06 -

F1_01 -
F1_02 -
F1_03 -
F1_04 -

GCI:

 

Blue:

F-14_01 - 2IAE-CrashBG + Shadow (RIO)
F-14_02 -
F-14_03 -
F-14_04 -

F-5_01 -
F-5_02 -
F-5_03 -
F-5_04 -
F-5_05 -
F-5_06 -
F-5_07 -
F-5_08 -

GCI:

Edited September 8, 2022 by Alpenwolf

[Shadow KT]

@2IAE-CrashBG + Shadow (RIO) - F-14

[The_Tau]

The_Tau - MiG-29

[MarkMD]

Mike-Delta Put me for F14 or Rio, I'm easy on which ever is needed. GCI is on offer if we need one.

Edited September 13, 2022 by MarkMD

[Alpenwolf]

12 minutes ago, MarkMD said:

Mike-Delta Put me for F14 or Rio, I'm easy on which ever is needed. GCI is on offer if we need one.

 

Not enough signups, mate

Will have to cancel the event.

[Shadow KT]

DCS Community disappoints once again

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

- Operation Battle Over Sukhumi Unleashed kicks off this Saturday, 17.09.2022, around 1700 zulu.
- Operation Prince of Persia kicks off this Sunday, 18.09.2022, around 1700 zulu.

- A new option, Combat Statistics, in the radio menu will be available in the two missions:

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

- Operation Battle Over Sukhumi Unleashed kicks off this Saturday, 24.09.2022, around 1700 zulu.
- Operation Prince of Persia kicks off this Sunday, 25.09.2022, around 1700 zulu.

[Skyracer]

On 9/7/2022 at 10:05 PM, Alpenwolf said:

Server News:

It's that time when I'm forced to talk about server funding, which is the least of fun for me. If you could please donate via PayPal to the following email address that is only used for server funding, I'd really appreciate it:

hokumyounis@yahoo.com

God bless!

How much money do you need?

[Alpenwolf]

13 hours ago, Skyracer said:

How much money do you need?

Not that I need it, mate, but hosting a server costs quite some money every month. I never had to ask for donations until ca. 2 years ago when I had no other choice. And right now with everything getting more expensive, less people are able to donate. The gas prices have went up and my server provider is asking for a bit more. It just keeps getting worse in that regard. I can only cover that much myself and leave the rest for players to do.

[Ian Boys UK]

Cannot re-arm Helos at Sukhumi in "BOSU"

[=475FG= Dawger]

21 hours ago, Skyracer said:

How much money do you need?

All you can afford to send him but he isn't going to say that.

Every month Alpenwolf doesn't have to dig into his own pocket is another month the server will still be there. If he is forced to pay for it himself, he will have to consider shutting it down.

Send what you can.

[Alpenwolf]

10 hours ago, Ian Boys UK said:

Cannot re-arm Helos at Sukhumi in "BOSU"

Because Bilishe destroyed the ammo depot at Sukhumi right at the beginning of the mission.

[Ian Boys UK]

Ah thanks. Good job B!

 

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

Operation Battle Over Sukhumi Unleashed kicks off today around 1700 zulu.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

The Close Air Support - Dynamic Campaign has finally arrived! Check here.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

Once the Close Air Support - Dynamic Campaign goes online this Friday, it stays online until one side wins the skirmish. After that, the server rotates back to a Cold War mission from the regular ones you already know.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

- The Close Air Support - Dynamic Campaign is finished after ca. 1,5 days with Red having holding 9 out of 11 airbases.
- The server will now go back to Cold War missions.
- Meanwhile, the Close Air Support - Dynamic Campaign will be optimised, features will be added or removed and then put back online.
- Stay tuned, please.

[CutterACR]

Is this server's over? 

 

[Alpenwolf]

Curtain Falls:

This is it, friends. It's been almost 9 years of hosting Cold War servers, running events, special editions and tournaments. Throughout the years the Cold War community became incredibly dedicated and very disciplined when it came to working together with each player understanding his role in every single mission. The intensity in so many sessions was really second to none, and I only quote the so many posts by you and the shared feedback in that regard. That really kept me going and pushed me to design more and more missions. At times, I even enjoyed designing missions more than playing them, believe it or not.

I pushed you many times and never stopped doing that urging you all to use comms and work in teams to get the most out of the missions, and that you did often enough. I even kicked and sometimes banned players for the lack of that and surely upset some of you, but I knew I had to do so to maintain the server on the high level it was known for. I considered that necessary on a public server open for everyone, so please believe me when I say in was never personal.

The server's population has been very low as of late and getting new players interested in the stuff we have here, considering the learning curve regarding the server in general and each mission individually, has been rather repellent to newcomers. Many times I've had suggestions by you to maybe run just one mission/campaign with easier settings and more flexibility regarding the distribution of modules, etc., however, I'm simply not into that. It's just not my cup of tea.

I don't know if I'll ever host a Cold War server again, or maybe something else, be it WWll or modern jets. All I know is that's for the unforeseeable future. I'll still be around in DCS though should private life ever permit it again, and I'll remain available here on the forums. As to the recently announced Close Air Support - Dynamic Campaign, I'll have to shut it down too. It requires quite some tuning and I'm currently not able to do so.

I've made a lot of beautiful friends and surely some haters. The two simply come naturally hand in hand in one package, and that's very okay. It's been a ride, folks, and for the most part very enjoyable.
 

Thank you all for the wonderful times and as I always say: God bless you all and godspeed, ED!

Sincerely yours
Alpenwolf

[=475FG= Dawger]

Thanks for the best DCS server past, present or future. 
 

You are a diamond in a very large coal pile. 
 

 

[F16wannabe]

It’s a shame to here this.  I had the best dogfights and always had a blast on the server.  Thanks for providing fun, sad to see you go! 
 

Tricker 

[Graphene]

Sad news. Thank you anyway! 

[Enigma89]

Very sad to hear this news. Thank you for your time and dedication.