Cold War 1947 - 1991

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

As you know, beacons are broken in DCS on dedicated servers. After running multiple tests today and with some great help from Sedlo we got the beacons working. Check here.

I'll get on it and fix the beacons in the missions. It's somewhat of a workload, so bear with me, please.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

All beacons in all Caucasus missions have been fixed.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

The solution for the bugged beacons Sedlo came up with didn't really work well and caused the server to crash. With that, the beacons are still bugged until ED maybe fixes the issue.

Sorry, folks.

[=475FG= Dawger]

20 minutes ago, Alpenwolf said:

Server News:

The solution for the bugged beacons Sedlo came up with didn't really work well and caused the server to crash. With that, the beacons are still bugged until ED maybe fixes the issue.

Sorry, folks.

Thats too bad. 

[Ian Boys UK]

Strange ending to Phone Booth tonight. Red held Beslan but Blue still won??

 

[rogorogo]

Potential Bug PHONE BOOTH @Alpenwolf& @rossmum

can you check the script for objectives completed... two days in a row we had objective complete for blue but neither side actually retook the enemy base.. or destroy a camp...
script said "blue completed ALL objectives, blue wins" on two days... 
script was also completion-triggered, full mission timer would have gone for some more hours in both cases.
Server was populated on both sides and people were involved all over.

either a typo/ED-hotifx weirdndess or a status message missing (I suspect the former).
FLAPS 1-4 was flying BLUFOR, I was REDFOR.. and we both said "huh?" afterwards... 
He did not get any further sucess messages other than "liberated Nalchik" throughout the map.

Thank you in advance!

Edited February 11, 2022 by rogorogo

[Alpenwolf]

1 hour ago, rogorogo said:

Potential Bug PHONE BOOTH @Alpenwolf& @rossmum

can you check the script for objectives completed... two days in a row we had objective complete for blue but neither side actually retook the enemy base.. or destroy a camp...
script said "blue completed ALL objectives, blue wins" on two days... 
script was also completion-triggered, full mission timer would have gone for some more hours in both cases.
Server was populated on both sides and people were involved all over.

either a typo/ED-hotifx weirdndess or a status message missing (I suspect the former).
FLAPS 1-4 was flying BLUFOR, I was REDFOR.. and we both said "huh?" afterwards... 
He did not get any further sucess messages other than "liberated Nalchik" throughout the map.

Thank you in advance!

 

I'll check it out. Didn't change anything in the mission, so it must be the recent game update.

[Alpenwolf]

Server News:

The latest update by ED caused some of the AI attacking convoys in operation Phone Booth to either stop moving or stop after a while before attacking the airbases. This resulted in confusing some triggers which led to a sudden server rotation or no rotation despite completing the objectives -> Fixed.

Edited February 12, 2022 by Alpenwolf

[=475FG= Dawger]

 

[MarkMD]

On 2/10/2022 at 6:44 PM, LLv34_Vellu said:

I'am new with DCS but two decades with IL2 series. Right now DCS started to interest more.

I wonder why this server plane set does not include Mirage 2000C or A-4.

Both are Cold War age planes and I think they would be quite popular.

LLv34_Vellu

Hi VELLU,

Welcome to the Cold War, it’s great to get new players coming to the server.  I see you said you’ve flown in IL2, this is a great start.  We on the Cold War 1947 - 1991, try to help players like yourself and give you the support you need to succeed here with us.  We primarily use SRS for comms, the text box is a back up, but we simply don’t have the time to type to players. We understand not all pilots can use voice, we work around the by them listening and then typing to reply. 
My role is mainly GCI and Ground commander.  When you come online, ask if for me C/S: Merlin for GCI, I also go by C/S: Mike-Delta for when I’m flying. I’ll give you tasks depending upon your skill set, direct you and if needed, give you help on how to engage. The server is fast, dynamic, and ruthless at times.

We are mainly on between 1800hrs to 0200hrs GMT.  Thanks once again for trying out at the Cold War server, we hope you’ll enjoy what we do, and how we work. There’s plenty of things you will learn, we have a great community if your having issues please ask. 
 

Thanks,

Mike-Delta / GCI

[MarkMD]

Mission tonight?

Hi guys, was it just me, or is there a mission on tonight?  We’ve had some great fights over the last few nights, it’s been a great battle both in the air, and on the ground. It takes a lot to get my blood moving, but it’s been pumping well over the last week.

Fingers crossed for some good team work on both sides…

See you all in the next fight…

Mike-Delta

[Alpenwolf]

2 hours ago, MarkMD said:

Mission tonight?

Hi guys, was it just me, or is there a mission on tonight?  We’ve had some great fights over the last few nights, it’s been a great battle both in the air, and on the ground. It takes a lot to get my blood moving, but it’s been pumping well over the last week.

Fingers crossed for some good team work on both sides…

See you all in the next fight…

Mike-Delta

Search & Destroy kicks off in about 2.5 hours.

[Alphaless]

Alpenwolf,

Do you plan on including the AGM-45 Shrikes in that A-4 mission you are creating? I'd imagine for game balance we'd want their use, if any, to be quite limited.

[Get_Lo]

39 minutes ago, Alphaless said:

Alpenwolf,

Do you plan on including the AGM-45 Shrikes in that A-4 mission you are creating? I'd imagine for game balance we'd want their use, if any, to be quite limited.

well fortunately the shrikes have a pretty terrible PK, and in order to get to the range at which a kill is more likely than not, you would be better off with a Zuni.

[Alpenwolf]

58 minutes ago, Alphaless said:

Alpenwolf,

Do you plan on including the AGM-45 Shrikes in that A-4 mission you are creating? I'd imagine for game balance we'd want their use, if any, to be quite limited.

Yes, I am.

[MMI_Grim]

17 hours ago, Alphaless said:

Alpenwolf,

Do you plan on including the AGM-45 Shrikes in that A-4 mission you are creating? I'd imagine for game balance we'd want their use, if any, to be quite limited.

Balance

You know red will get nukes?

Alpen will build a nice mission.

[rossmum]

On 2/10/2022 at 1:02 PM, MarkMD said:

As a tank commander, I would regularly get off the tank and look around, I’ve even stood on the tank while moving. This is a perfectly acceptable move, granted the hight is a little high.

As for cheating, I think that’s a little harsh. I do take offence to that statement. I understand your meaning, but please think before posting those type of comments. 
 

I go to great lengths to play fair, I have listened to other players, I realty call missiles fired out, unless I see them from the ground. 

We have lots of things required for ÇA, but it’s moving in a good direction. 
 

thanks,

Mike-Delta. 

Not sure if you ever played a WWII game called Red Orchestra, but when they made a sequel to it and removed the ability for crews to exit their tanks it pretty much ruined tank gameplay for exactly that reason - I couldn't get out and check out the other side of a wall or such by climbing on top of the thing or going around it like in the first game. The main reason cited for tethering the crew to the vehicle? People used to complain about "tank jumping", where someone would bail right before an incoming shell hit them, so a kill wouldn't be awarded. That was only possible because the original game's physics engine required shell velocities to be about half what they should have been, a problem the sequel didn't have, but by then the damage was done

On 2/11/2022 at 5:44 AM, LLv34_Vellu said:

I'am new with DCS but two decades with IL2 series. Right now DCS started to interest more.

I wonder why this server plane set does not include Mirage 2000C or A-4.

Both are Cold War age planes and I think they would be quite popular.

LLv34_Vellu

The A-4E being an unofficial mod means there are a lot of potential issues with using it on a public multiplayer server, versus a private community where all players can be assured to have the mod installed and up to date. As for the Mirage - it's a monster, and fairly effortlessly destroys any other plane in the server regardless of player skill. The issue is mainly in that its fly-by-wire makes any manoeuvre absolutely trivial at either the high or low end of its flight envelope. It's a shame that's the case, as it has the best radar simulation currently in the game and this new unreliability would be a lot of fun here, but it isn't fun to fight against. The only thing that could really threaten it was a perfectly-flown MiG-29, and those are not as common as incompetently-flown ones, sadly.

On 2/13/2022 at 7:06 AM, Alphaless said:

Alpenwolf,

Do you plan on including the AGM-45 Shrikes in that A-4 mission you are creating? I'd imagine for game balance we'd want their use, if any, to be quite limited.

They're honestly pretty crap, I doubt it'll be too much of a concern - especially if red's tac comm can silence the radars, or if the SAMs in question are mobile at all.

Edited February 14, 2022 by rossmum

[Alpenwolf]

1 hour ago, rossmum said:

Not sure if you ever played a WWII game called Red Orchestra, but when they made a sequel to it and removed the ability for crews to exit their tanks it pretty much ruined tank gameplay for exactly that reason - I couldn't get out and check out the other side of a wall or such by climbing on top of the thing or going around it like in the first game. The main reason cited for tethering the crew to the vehicle? People used to complain about "tank jumping", where someone would bail right before an incoming shell hit them, so a kill wouldn't be awarded. That was only possible because the original game's physics engine required shell velocities to be about half what they should have been, a problem the sequel didn't have, but by then the damage was done

...

 

As for tank battles, I think Post Scriptum is by far the best out there as of now. They released some armour upgrade last November. That's when I started paying attention to it. Looks very promising.

Just imagine the Combined Arms module getting there some day.

 

[=475FG= Dawger]

3 minutes ago, Alpenwolf said:

As for tank battles, I think Post Scriptum is by far the best out there as of now. They released some armour upgrade last November. That's when I started paying attention to it. Looks very promising.

Just imagine the Combined Arms module getting there some day.

 

I used to play some Post Scriptum with a realism group although not in tanks. Back then the vehicles could run around like cockroaches and it was less than realistic but maybe that has changed. I have been playing some ARMA 3 lately and really enjoy it much more than PS but that may be because it is a true sandbox like DCS.

I doubt I will live long enough for computers to be able to handle the load of a both a rich ground war and properly simulated air war but there is always hope.

[rogorogo]

Potential Bug FIGHT ISLAND  @Alpenwolf& @rossmum

Another warehouse glitch.
When REDFOR faction (might apply to BLUFOR too) holds Qheshm Field, all RRR is availabe EXCEPT the Ataka AAM.
Again the prompt is just.. not prompting.. at all.
Probably again a DCS hotfix/update glitch and the warehouse needs to be replaced (for both factions)

 

 aso aso, everything available

Thank you in advance for looking that up whenever there is time (also: can't remember if the Petrovich-reticle is minimized on this one already) .

P.S: In Oil & Water Petrovich-reticle is still full, just fyi jic 4 bulletpoints
 

[Alpenwolf]

9 hours ago, rogorogo said:

Potential Bug FIGHT ISLAND  @Alpenwolf& @rossmum

Another warehouse glitch.
When REDFOR faction (might apply to BLUFOR too) holds Qheshm Field, all RRR is availabe EXCEPT the Ataka AAM.
Again the prompt is just.. not prompting.. at all.
Probably again a DCS hotfix/update glitch and the warehouse needs to be replaced (for both factions)

 

 aso aso, everything available

Thank you in advance for looking that up whenever there is time (also: can't remember if the Petrovich-reticle is minimized on this one already) .

P.S: In Oil & Water Petrovich-reticle is still full, just fyi jic 4 bulletpoints
 

Thanks for reporting - Fixed.

[=475FG= Dawger]

 

[Alpenwolf]

Another mind blowing masterpiece by Caparzo:

 

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[Gunslinger22]

      Just had my first flight in a while back in DCS after a break from Multiplayer and was reminded to why this server is the greatest online. Having some amazing teamwork with another Hind working over one of Alpens masterfully created target areas really reaffirmed to me what this server has always offered really well, that being diverse and challenging, yet rewarding target areas. I really hope that those with whom might be trying other servers return to what has always been very loyal and rewarding to them, as this server is made by those whom fly and fight in it! Hope to see you in the virtual skies of the Cold War server soon!