Jatta,

Easiest thing to do is to put these in a .bat file and use them to join the servers.

steam://connect/216.52.148.29:27016 ////Server #1

steam://connect/216.52.143.205:27016 ////Server #2

Open notepad. Copy the details for server 1 or server 2 on the screen and do a "save as" with "all file types" with the file name ending with .bat - example - ATAG1.bat

Then you can place that anywhere on your desktop and use that instead of the launcher.exe from steam. Using the .bat file skips all menu screens and loads you directly into the server. It also automatically shuts down the game when you disconnect from the server. This makes it easy to simply restart the game after every sortie. (to stop with the CTD's)

@Farber - I'll put the link in all the Server #2 channels, but the direct connect link for both servers is also available on the header section in the forums as well.

@bravoalpha/klem - the mission is up on the 1st server now. Server 2 has the old one and some testing missions I'm doing as well. But it looks like some of the limit scripts aren't working all the time (of course they work fine when I'm the only one in there testing :( ), so I'm in the middle of fixing that now. So please don't be alarmed if you see some SpitIIa's or E4's. There's supposed to be 3 and 8 respectfully in this mission.

@Borris - yes, the bomber boys are going to be busy. On Blue you must sink 17 moving ships with AAA and a massive objective that's going to take many a bomb strike to take out. Red has the same sort of challenge.

lol i came from DOS so i know what 'bat' means, thanks for the tip, it does make it easier to launch directly to a server ;) i'll try it and report anything worth mentioning in here

bat file
 

Hi Bliss,

I created a bat file for server #1, and is on my desktop as directed.
When I double-click it the DOS screen flashes by. I presume there is another step, like editing the Steam file???? ... or something!

thx

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Thanks Bliss, missed the "start" section - ie Start "" "steam://connect/216.52.148.29:27016"

Hi Magpie,

Just use this thread: http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.co...cut-for-IL2COD

It could be that you have the ///server #1 in your .bat file.

I have seen many threads regards the horizon appearing through the cockpit but never seen this and thought it was an ATI issue. With the new server 1 dawn start mission, I can see the runway lights through my cockpit instrument panel - anyone else noticed this?

Yep, been there since day one sadly :(

Bliss,
Any chance we can get:
1. variable time of day when mission new battle launches? Maybe have several main missions with different time of day & randomly lauch one of them?
2. Variable targets? The pilots have quickly learned where targets & AI flights are located. Maybe 10 targets each side, & get the script to select 3 each side for any given battle?

re: ATAG server, latest mission settings, The sun, the weather, the environoment, time of day, bright colors, sky, sun, darkness...the sun and sunraise setting is implossble to enjoy, the time it take for the sun to fully rise..
no light to see where to taxi, takeoff, land, and much, much more..

I just cannot see anything,, maybe some younger people with the best eyesight can see, but I cannot... am I the only one that does not enjoy the bright early rising sun?

Just sayin'


I beg ATAG to move the time, change the sun brightness, make it more user freindly and not an eye test...

Thank you again,
Ram..

Sorry ramstein but I can't agree. I think that early morning sunrise time is brilliant. There is runwway lighting for takeoff and cockpit lighting for instruments. I do have to turn off the small lamp on my desk to help with the 'night vision' just as I did in IL-2 '46.

It makes you understand why the fighter pilots hated night flying though :)

It isn't long before the light begins to improve and the sun peeps over the horizon (beautiful, the devs have made such a good job of that).

Anyway I was coming here to congratulate ATAG on this so 'wtg' guys.

btw I'm not young either :)

I am 50/50 with the new mission time period. Its, ok for a short stint but I find it very tiring - its hard enough to see in good daylight. It is dark for too long for me to enjoy, the level of concentration wears me out pretty rapidly.

Yes, the RAF flew night missions and the majority of pilots considered them a waste of time - the results were very poor. They adopted a 500ft layering tactic to help improve the effectiveness of these sorties but it made little signicant improvement.

The best measure of what people would prefer is to run the Dawn mission on server 1 and the daylight mission on server 2 and then see which is the most popular mission.