Server LeadFarm 24/7 Patched
 

Direct Connection 74.73.250.33:21003.
Running BoB Map.
Give it a shot. lets see if we can crash it.

So far so stable :grin: .

lets hope so:grin:

BY the way the FPS while playing online are quite excellent, since your computer isn´t calculating any AI stuff.

So far the onlien gaming experience is just excellent. We jsut need much more people to mass on the servers :cool: .

i'm playing now but there's no one that wants to get in my 111 with me :(

I can get into the Map, Select an ARMY but then how do you fly ? There is no Fly button or option ?

Click on a airfield to create a flight. Since the patch the game lags severely. It stops completely and after 10 sec or so i find myself crashed into the ground :( Not good.

the BoB map is to big i think.

would be awesome if LeadFarmer changes it back to the one which was running that night when there were problems with the BoB map

So Having created a flight how do you actually get flying ?

pick a side.

when you manage to pick an airbase (mouse over over AF and when it shows you tooltip double-click on it - airbase will have red circle when selected) you will get a new GUI element on right side of screen - pick a plane there, set it up and scroll through that GUI element downwards until you see "create" button - once you press that one you'll be inside the cockpit.

be prepared for anything :) - I once managed to jump into moving AI plane on the end of take-off run :)

cheers

server crashed... got timeout when flying. all planes were moving like when you get a timeout in il2 :D .... omg... the games are so similar. anyway. cant connect on it now

Just went down again.

Thanks cmirko

Thanks for hosting this Leadfarmer,

I flew a round on this a while last night (some of the time with Cmirko).

The interface is pretty similar to il2's to join, but the selectable airfields don't show up as a colour which makes it a little tricky to search them out and be able to spawn.

After that though. It seemed to run really smoothly. Actually much more smoothly than Offline missions ! (I don't think I got a single stutter with quite a high ping.)

I get the feeling that of the work that was don, much effort was made on this ?

Timeout:roll:

they all show up in in the server list now:)

Works pretty well, except that I found myself alone in the air for some time because most people couldn't figure out how to turn their engines on :P I guess once engine management becomes more common knowledge, that won't be any trouble.
Also, I'd turn the realism settings up a notch, I miss the headbob.

ye, and make it cock-pit only view. :p

anyway, nice to see lots of server's going up. many are high ping though.

roll on those dedicated 128 man server's. heh

all the servers I got in my lists are all port 27015. Maybe only servers at this port get listed in the MP lobby.

I noticed that they will not always show up especialy the high ping ones.
Just refresh it a few times.

Was able to join your server LeadFarmer but still can't see any servers in Internet list.

the map just changed to the channel map and I'm having problems selecting a base to spawn from. anyone having this same problem?

zoom in and you'll see it

I got my best frame rate on your server, average about 45, about 10fps more than the single player missions.

Cool!

My ping is fairly bad but that more about where I live than anything else

Cheers and thanks for putting up the server!

LeadFarm, did you adjust battle area.. some reason in the FMB and creating a MP mission it doesn't show the battle area.. was it trial and error?

Trial and error. I was too tired and foregot about it.:grin:

She is back up now. Im trying to figure out what to change in order to stop it from crashing :confused:

No worries, managed to change the battle grid, but not make the map smaller.. maybe i need a sleep too.

I dont think you will be able to make the map any smaller.

Cheers for putting the server up mate, i have been having a great time on it, even from over here in western australia. shame the chat, and stats don't seem to work. hopefully more servers will pop up, the game really does have potential
online!

Cheers
Craig

Dunno why, but still can't connect to your server mate. I time out. I have played online on many other servers and successfully hosted one myself. Weird..

direct connect does not work for you either>?

nope. can't find it in browser, nor direct connect. Where do you live? And do you fly the russian version?

Hey I connected last night first time with no problems. Had to disconnect to figure out how to get into a plane. I then could not reconnect and have not been able to since. Bit of a shame.

Am connecting all the way from New Zealand though.

Edit
I just got on and had a play for around an hour. Had a fly with a mate for a bit. Lots of people were joining. Then someone tried joining about 10 or so times. Join disconnect join disconnect and so on. The server then crashed. Unsure if this is what caused it.

I joined your server tonight but could not spawn..... :(

Had another fly on the server before you shut it off. Was just about to bomb some poor bugger sitting on the Allied runway trying to start his plane. Haha.

I dont know whats causing it to crash. I have this machine on all the time so I can only restart it when im home or awake. Dedicated server will be a lot friendlier to run and I would be able to restart it on my phone even if im not home.
Any word on that>?

Thanks for playing

Strike,

Im in US, New York. Sorry to hear you are having trouble conncting.
Have you tried reinstalling the direct connect tab should be there by default
or am I misundertanding something.
The game is a british version. Hope to see you up there soon.

i cant find any server on the server list and i cant connect to servers using Direct connect
i add IP and click connect but nothing happends (comes to a screen saying client Connect but then nothing)
help? =(

LeadFarmer -

Did you have any trouble setting this up in NY ? I was under the impression that you would not be able to activate the game in the US until the April release date

RAF238thWildWillie

I bought the game from justflight.com. Its a british version

hey lead do u happen to see my server listed in the game browser?

what did you do to get your server to show up under the ingame browser?

THanks for the fun again tonight LeadFarmer and for the qúick adjustment when my squadmates and myself asked you for CEM on.

Just one final thing... can you consider turning object icons off? People would still be able to find each other either using the map or outsideviews if they are unfamiliar or uncomfortable in a "pits-on" environment.

Yes I saw it. I briefly joined it as well looks good mate.
Icons will go as well. the dots are well done in this one. ;)

cheers, what was the name of the server in the game browser?

Dedicted server cause you didnt change it :grin:

ahhhh your a good lad...i dont care what your mum says about you ;)

cheers that was the info i was looking for....did you change the name of yours ingame or through the confs? i ask because i wonder how much control the confs has over the dedicated server...

p.s put your system specs in your sig :)

Mine reads LeadFarm :grin: changed in confs

Planes with no bombs
 

Just a theory leadfarm...

The four bases you have for spawning, are they "fighter" or "bomber" bases... Maybe you need to create AI or have vehicles to load bombs to actually load bombers?!

Cheers

Just a quick note to say thanks mate had heaps of fun on server tonight, while ping was high for me all the way in AUS I still had good game play.

Yes, im going to add a few nice targets like radar stations for the blues or stationaey parked planes foe the reds. Suggestions are welcomed.

Still no kills and rookie skills... lol... but still a good fun fulled game!

Ross

convoys? dont know much about the builder myself yet
but some convoys for the stukas would be a good gathering point for the furballs
Salute

also,what do you think about putting CE on?
the 109s are porked at the moment so it might even up the playing field a tad,either that or replace the spit II with the spit I

check out the FM/DM thread on the 109,quite unhappy that the beloved 109 is down on power right now

So its not just my crappy flying skills that is letting me down in a 109!?

Ce is on and the spit 2a will have to go for now. Are we talking about truck convoys evacueting troops from france???

Thank you LeadFarmer, I now use your server exclusively for multiplayer. Just one thought, how difficult would it be to have an associated voice server for this? (I am no expert on these things).

I geta ventrillo server set up but you guys have to give me time.

i still cant connect or find servers =( help? i want multiplayer so Badly =( i cant find the server on the list and when i use Direct Connect nothing happends

it does not connect to 74.73.250.33 :21003
make sure that the source is Internet. Its Lan by default.

Just thought I'd let you know farmer, that as time continues and you have 24/7 there will be time when it's night-time..

its never night in fantasy land

:mrgreen:

actually i was thinking shipping convoys,mate
thanks for your time and trouble with the server,much appreciated
Salute

i havent played with the builder so i dont know whether you can make them mobile or just static,regardless some small grps of shipping someplace in the channel would be a good target for the stukas and bombers to practice on

Hey, ross! I was flying with you some time yesterday as well, great fun. Don't know what was wrong with that horrible stutter that drove me to frustration but it seems to be gone now (crosses fingers).

Online name is Pergrine7 {sam} :grin:

see you all in the air!

PS: we need a ts server for this...

Leadfarmer.............server............timed out! :|............ its ok Ross deep breaths............................"starts shaking"..................

I couldnt get in this one either.
I got on syndicate but man I couldnt even get alap around the pattern before my engine blew up. Im a managment noob.

Im sure your'll manage, i got the knack of it... id recommend having a key for 'glance at dash'... i shall do it myself at one point, either that or a head tracker... Check the manual for some aircraft engine management

Those who can not connect try adding server IP to your favorite server list in Steam. Then it should appear in Favorites list in game.

You sir are a genius! Works perfectly and is a huge help. Many thanks.

i know and i have changed to Internet but still it wont work =(
also tried the thing stated above but it dosent show on the Favorites list =( i can find it on the steam Server list but not ingame =(

it was up for awhile just now,but seems to have crashed
the lobby system does work too,but does take several minutes to list any servers
currently 3 are being listed,-1 as leadfarmers seem to have gone down

It does not show ingame only when server is down. Otherwise smth is not done correctly. Try again.

got it working played for 5 min then i timed out and now it seems the server is down =(

when will the server be up again?

Server back up.
Leadfarmer don't know how you did it but the graphic interface at the start of mission seams to be fixed, can click on planes and bases now instead of looking for the active part around the map :).

Not to sound like a fanboy but love the detail of this game, made a 109 wing catch on fire heheheh, then got taged by flack and OMG the detail, could see the superstructor and the damage in detail. Stuff it, think am becoming a fanboy at this early stage.

Leadfarmer can understand why got rid of the spit II but was a bit worried but seams to me that the Spit I can hold it's own so no more worries.

Thanks for that mate works a treat. Can see when servers are up or down with no problems in the favorites server list. Heaps better then having to use direct connect. :-P

This browser is tricky. I see servers on if I refresh it takes a little while to get them back. Sometimes it returns no servers. This thing is 24/7 I just dont understand the delay. I blame it on the aliens :grin:

The convoys will be just barges because no other ships are available.

thanks for having your server up... the multiplayer (Internet connect) does work :)

and yeah, what a tricky adventure the browser is to get going in :confused:

BoB map updated Ship convoys, radar stations, static aircraft and flak its all there.
I need your input on the # of flak guns. Smooth gameplay vs realism and difficulty.

Let me know if its not too easy :grin:

I suppose that's why the server was 'down' just now...

Shall give it a go tomorrow ... If I have time...

Cheers for the update!

Thanks mate will look at it when get home from work,can't stand it when it intrudes on my flying lol

im think i know why we are randomly crashing, i was sitting here testing the server when i got a message saying "launcher has encountered and error and must close" as soon as i tryed to start it back up it said it cold not connect to steam and closed again :(
this is going tobe a major problem if they dont fix it...we cant have our servers crashing because they lose touch with the mother ship:evil:
it took 5 attempts for me to get connected again, and there is nothing wrong with internet

:confused: Weird...... I can see your server in the internet list but just get a timeout when trying to join.

Usually I can join with no problem. Has something changed?

EDIT: Now it seems to let me in. Just one of "those things" I guess. :)

This steam thing is starting to piss me off. :evil:

Is there a way to run the server without it>?

it just happened again:(:(, oleg said! we could use HL and i hope this is true , if the game has to check in with steam when launched that will be fine but having an umbilical cord will cause major problems...its already gone down on me 14 times because steam had a ...hiccup!

on the bright side i found a way to do map rotations (if you didn't already know) and automate messages :) i feel like its 2005 again..scripts and all :)
S!

HI,

could you pls add AI plane groups? (for example Heinkels attacking airfield and after finishing mission and RTB another group spawns)
Sky seems a bit empty.

Also i recognized that map in menu displays the lower corner. Some people dont know that they have to scroll up to pick airfield

Server just went?!

just as i got across the channel too :(

oddBall,

How would I get the map to restart lets say every 3 hours.
I there a way to do that or is this still something that needs to be figured out>?

I Have been briefly looking at the syndicate guys post so I guess it is not possible atm.

It is possible but its a bit convoluted, or my solution is, have to keep calling cmd files, attached is what I am using ATM for 2 hour rotation of two missions with logging switched on and count downs in the last five minutes.

syn.cmd is the launch file and starts the cycle going. It works on my dedi server at home in short cycles. Obviously you need to change mission names and maybe the time before calling the first chat file. Have a look.

We have been running the server up and then closing steam, it seems whether steam is open or not it still crashes at random :confused:

Thanks , Blackart :)

I see>.

I think I have finaly got it stable. If anyone expieriances a crash please open a new thread or post here.

same here mine has been running for 12 hours now :)

On last night I did notice some air crew without the plane around them sitting above the axis bases. Not to sure if is my side or server side.

P.s. Nice dog fight last night there lead.

I ran into some flying humans today:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/623/botsf.jpg

And these weirdo lines near Dover. I checked Offline and they arnt there.

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4140/doverlines.jpg

This running the 15th April patch