Fighter Aces! Adolf Galland – The Expert! The new Addon from Desastersoft
 

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Hi, nice gift before Christmas ;)

noticed than this new set of campaignes will be available from 6.12.12 (English version). I have from Desastersoft H.Wick vs Dundas and it was great addon for CoD (the review is here, if You want use Google's translator: http://yoyosims.pl/fighter-aces-helm...-vs-j-c-dundas ) and they show us, how campaign must look for CoD. Hope The Galland will have to same or better level.

More info here: http://www.desastersoft.com/en/news.html

Cant wait:

Completely new gameplay elements with thousands of random events and chance encounters!
4 brand-new campaigns: replay Adolf Galland's career in the Battle of Britain, lead a Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter", fly with the polish fighter pilots of No. 303 Squadron and, for the first time, a bomber career with II. Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" for Cliffs of Dover!
A large two-sided map for navigation
Contains course calculator as PDF
Manual with many explanations and details
Hundreds of exciting flight hours and missions await you! Breathtaking air battles, scrambles directly into approaching enemy formations, bomber escorts and bomber missions! Historical campaigns depicting the experiences of a pilot of the "Legion Condor" Geschwader based on meticulous and dedtailed research!
90 aircraft textures for Adolf Galland and other aircraft of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
20 Multiplayer Teamplay Missions (10x JG26 and 10x No. 303 Squadron)
Reworked Desastersoft Game and Career System with many new features and additional options! Medals, promotions and evaluations of your personal achievements!

Awesome! I'm there.

Thanks

They do not show for the Americas shipping:confused:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8735/galgg.png

They do NOT offer shipping to the US.

But in your screenshot the add-on is listed as a download. Perhaps they don't ship DVDs but allow downloads to the US?

yes, sure!

Downloaded to Australia. Great service from Desastersoft. Highly recommended!

I will be buying this one!

If you'll ask me nice, I can translate the review into English (I'm from Poland) ;)
But if you don't want to, just say, because it's two hours or so of a hard work :/
If you want it, I could make it until tomorrow evening

will be in line when the ticket office opens on th 12th!

I'd of course love to see the review in English, but I wouldn't want to take so much of your time, least of all in the Christmas month!

I'll do it then. I just finished reading it and am translating tomorrow.

Thanks Alien

Err .. you are aware that means December 6? In Germany we happen to put the day before the month in calendar dates. ;)

Day before month?! Krazy freakin Krauts!
I kid I kid!

Yeah...I think that kinda goes for almost the rest of the world too. Gotta love those cooky Yanks and their funny units and date systems.:grin:

BTW, I might actually give that campaign a gosh. will wait for first impressions and reviews.

Thx csThor ;-) (and Desastersoft)

To be downloaded this evening.

I've purchased and downloaded 'Adolf Galland, The Expert' a couple of hours ago.

Initial impressions are very good.

I've only played the first mission of the 303 squadron Polish campaign. This first mission is almost like a campaign in its self as there seems to be so much going on. So, a huge amount of gameplay in this add-on. There's also some new features such as frequent radar updates, random events during missions and the ability to call up reinforcements if things are looking grim (subject to availability of course!). Dogfights are pretty hectic and I'd say that Desastersoft have tweaked the AI parameters so that they perform better than in the stock CloD.

Performance is good even with many aircraft aloft and I rarely saw less than 40 fps with 50-60 being the norm.

I really think this opens up a whole new feel of immersion to CloD, something that has been sorely missing for us single players.

Nice one Desastersoft, I look forward to 'Channel Battles' also.

Note:- The cost in GB pounds was around £21. The download is around 800mb.

Cheers,

Choccy.

So TODAY!? Great ! I can get out of my sleeping bag at the Campground & rush over to buy it this morning!
( All kidding aside ,I DID know about European date procedures , but am just dumb enough to forget it every once in a while.My college English teacher who was a Brit & verry particular on the subject would be very annoyed!)

A bit wierd picking out 303 isn't it? JG26 were in from day 1 but 303 weren't, they missed half the battle.

Not really considered that 303. was the most successful squadron of the BoB (as the JG 26 "Schlageter was on the other side).

Desastersoft probably intended to provide us with the best of the best ;)

I've tried downloading Adof Galland English version four times, and each time it failed at about 7% into the download and would not resume. Desastersoft has been helpful, but figures its a problem at my end. The download wasn't very fast at 75kb, and I have a 20Mbps internet connetion. I've tested my internet subscriber connection and everything tested good. Ping 30/ 18.9 Mbps download speed. I've also turned off McAfee real time scanning for a few minutes in the download, but it didn't make a difference in the download speed. I suppose it could be bottleneck somewhere between Germany and the west coast of Canada, but I'm not sure how I can test that. Any other ideas or suggestions? I will contact Desastersoft again tomorrow when their office opens, their replies have been prompt.

edit, I've never had a download fail, until now, some have been slow usually depending where they were coming from, but never fail.

Chivas,

mine downloaded at around 150kbps here in the UK with no problems. My Avast anti-virus wouldn't let me install though so I disabled it for 10 minutes and all went well.

Hope you get it sorted as it's well worth it :-)

I downloaded it in 2.5 hrs. at 92 kbps/sec....you may want to use a "free download manager" from the internet that will help you re-connect if you get "knocked-off" the download.....also don't exit out of the Desastersoft download page, after you start the download.....that also will stop the download.....hope this helps, and yes it is very much worth it....4 different campaigns with over 150 missions....it will load right in with your "Helmut Wick vs. J. C. Dundas" campaigns if you already have it on your computer.....don't forget to update it with the updater before you play it....good luck and good hunting......flightdok........

Ditto -took along time to dowmload to desktop, but once there installed quickly...By all means make sure you update.

Certainly the biggest line shooters anyway :rolleyes:, quite how 'best' is measured is rather subjective, I can give you a dozen reasons why you simply can't take claims as a measure.
I think you missed my point though Cib, that if you are taking 303 then forget flying in any of the epic battles in July and most of August because they simply weren't there. Of course, it could just be unhistorical.

NP, Osprey ;)

I will tell you later wether the campaigns at this add on are unhistorical or just started at the end of August (which is okey for me :) )

BTW - I faced considerable problem while downloading the add on. The speed didn't exceed 20 kbps/s so I interrupted it and waited a couple of hours for some better rate. Later on when I tried out again it stated The program has been downloaded already (during the first attempt I managed to download 20 percent of the .exe). Hope I will get some positive response from the Desastersoft office.

Edit: We have sended You a New Download Link! Do not interrupt Download again pls! Maybe use a DL Manager like JDownloader. You have two tryes for Download. If you fail, contact us again! Thomas

Thanks, guys! Good job.

I have a question that goes to game play & it may be a question of both timing & commnd of a squadron.On at least two interception missions by the R.A.F against incoming Germans.My squadroncompletely misses the interception .It doesn't seem to matter when they take off or scramble to meet it( I've put the whole mission on autopilot just to see if that would make a difference,but it doesn't seem to-the AI doesn't respond to the RT Vector of the incoming planes- they just keep flying on their prescribed route,missing the Luftwaffe completely.
I can respond to the raid individually ( fly out of the formation to go lone wolf hunting on my own) & if I'm lucky find the invaders by myself( risky,risky,risky-no wingman & no squadron,) & again, if I'm lucky meet the requirements in shoot downs by myself( sometimes-in a 303 mission the requirement is 6 Jerries ...beyond all hope in a lone Hurricane,) but I cannot get any help from anyone else.Command for "Help Me!" doesn't work any better here than anywhere else.I usually get a "You're clear" sort of response if I'm not being clobbered by a brute of a 109 or 110! Meanwhile my squadron is off somewhere wool gathering...
I need help getting help !

^^^

Running on Autopilot means you'll almost certainly not come across bandits in my experience. I quite enjoy the search for the enemy to be honest and I've had some success by following the vectors provided.

My biggest problem has been with not being able to get my wingmen to engage the enemy via the radio commands menu even though the enemy are in plain sight and my wingmen are in close formation. This leads to them trying to follow me everywhere rather than engaging the enemy. The option to engage either bombers or fighters never seems to be available for some reason or just doesn't work.

The following text is from Desastersofts manual for Adolf Galland:-

Order your wingmen to attack enemy aircraft:-

Always remember: You should have sufficient altitude, around 1.000 m respectively 3.000 feet.

After taking off you should close up your ranks a bit.

1. Open your radio menu

2. Choose option 6 - Formation

3. Choose option 2 - Formation – and set it to Close

4. Head to the target area

Once you encounter enemy aircraft you should

1. Open your radio menu.

2. Choose option 5 – Air Targets. There you see five options. As long as option number 5, Attack my target, is dark red you cannot order your wingmen to attack enemy aircraft. Should this be the case close the radio menu again until you see enemy aircraft nearby.

3. If all five options of the Air Targets mode are bright red choose the option you wish to choose. Only when all five options are active you can order attacks by your wingmen.

Should option 5 be inactive you need to assemble your unit again:

1. Open your radio menu

2. Choose option 6 - Formation

3. Choose option 2 - Formation – and set it to Very Close

Should you encounter enemy aircraft you should be able to order attacks on them. The order to attack depends on two key premises: You need to be able to see your opponent and your unit needs to be able carry out the order to attack.

No joy with the above so far. Any ideas anyone?

Good info - will give it a try -just had a few emails back & forth with Desastersoft & was given much the same info...will see if I can do better next time...

2 Osprey:

The JG 26 "Schlageter"'s campaign starts in mid June 1940.

The 303.'s campaign starts at the end of August 1940.

Is this okey? ;)

I've known about this alleged fix for some time now - never got it working.

For sure its OK! The first kill was in 30th of August before 303 recived offical combat readiness (Ludwik Paszkiewicz - Bf-110).
Squadron was formed 2th August 1940, Northolt.

BTW.
I have a problem with NEXT button. Not always its active. Looks like a bug. I rememeber with WvsD (firs version) was too same. Patch solved this problem (if You use other languge than English on Steam).

Finally downloaded Fighter Ace, fifth time lucky, although I had to turn down my firewall and real time scanning, which I haven't had to do for any download ever. That said I want to thank Desastersoft for their help and prompt responses.

YoYo, I know it is. Osprey has some problem with this ;)

Having you here YoYo - BTW.

What is the reason one must switch the autopilot on while takin' off (as the manual states)? Does this have anything to do with commmunication with the rest of the flight? Any idea?

As I remember it can be two things:

1/ in betas was a problem with engine on the ground (from the beginning was to hot so You can overheat engine without start), dont know now its a fixed, perhaps yes (near 2 months dont fly in Cod), turn on autopilot solved this problem
2/ AI problem - start in formation (auto solve this problem)

but Im on Your side, no autopilot ; > and any facilitations .

As I understand it the engine has problems "recognizing" a player-flown airraft if the autopilot is not used at the beginning. It's some kind of initialization bug which can cause all kinds of problems with scripts and triggers. These may fail to load/fire properly if the engine hasn't recognized the player-flown aircraft.

Thx, guys, I will test it.

lol, yeah, I want my money's worth and I'm not happy about missing 6 weeks of action! They should've used No.501, they could've started it from France in May and gone the whole way through to October on the front line :cool:

You can't knock Ginger Lacey I'm afraid :grin:

I don't want to miss flying with the best of the best for my money ;) That is why I can do without some six weeks of anything :grin:

No idea about Ginger, I never fly for the Luftwaffe (and we usually don't shoot at each other with Ginger while flying hurris). But as the JG 26 campaign starts in mid June you may meet him theoretically I presume :cool:

Please do update of this addon. Small patch was added Today.
No problem with foreign languges.

Today we upload a Update for the ErprGr210 campaign in the
Wick vs. Dundas Add-on.
It fix the Dover balloon problem, and it brings the "old" CS files up to date,
so no longer problems with the Career system :)

have fun :)

I AM BUYING THIS RIGHTNOW! BoB bundle and Helmut Wick!!!


:)

I just bought Helmut Wick and man it is amazing! You get a heck of a lot for your money!

The only thing that is a bug is starting the aircraft. It's already running in the '2/JG3 Campaign' and the '602 Squadron Campaign'. The game still runs you through all of the start ups even though you're airbourne.


Anyways THANK YOU Desastersoft!

CAN YOU please make 'Channel Battles' a separate download?

:-P

Hi Spektre

nice you like our Wick Add-on :)
after install make a Update ;)

Channel Battles translate in english still at work, how long i do not know.

Hey great! I cannot wait



Oh hey guys I just want to say one more thing about their expansions. Yes they have 41 missions but each of those has anywhere from 20 - 30+ sub-missions so you're getting well over 300 sorties!!!!!!!

:-P

Adolf Galland Add-on Review:

http://simhq.com/_air15/air_576a.html

Any Team Fusion patch/MOD compatiability with this Add On? Just downloaded yesterday on top of the TF MOD....and it didn't work. I haven't tried putting the TF on the end yet...thought I look to save another reload by asking here first.

EDIT: http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.co...ead.php?t=3796 This is the info I needed..

Bought Galland yesterday, been really enjoying it for the most part. Had AI issues with the Polish squadron, problems getting them to get off my wing and attack. The German 109 campaign (the non- Galland one) plays perfectly though, and is a lot of fun picking off hurricanes.

Seems a far better expansion than Wick vs Dundas in my opinion!

Yes & you can actually call in help too!Getting them to actually arrive on time & where you want them is still escaping me tho...

I'm still having problems after the big ATAG patch getting my stats updated after a mission .Yes I've tried upgrading both the Desastersoft add-ons I have purchased.

I like this addon, just one question: do I have to use auto pilot for landing? Tried to land without auto pilot but almost all my squadron crashed :o So next time I used auto pilot, landing was OK but wrong base, had to skip one mission because of that :confused:

Maps to Print
 

Hi Guys!

For Wick vs. Dundas Userers: Please Update, we made the 6 b/w printable Maps for download for you. (at Galland, they are implemented).

The Maps are in DIN A4 and together they are the big one. Also all Add Ons are now available in German as download Version.

Cheers
Thomas

http://shop.desastersoft.com/de/prod...alog/downloads

Has anyone figured out the best way to call up reinforcemnts so that they will actually arrive at the right place & right time or even to get them to joinn your flight? I know howto get them to take off but they never seem to arrive anywhere near where I need them!

It´s a tactical Option. So you have to think, what is your Plan. You also have to think about the time they Need to come up to you. It is not "just in time" it is more like in real Combat.

You got to call them to where u want them 2 be, not where u are. Like deflection shooting! Coz they go to where you were when u called them. Not where u are 5 mins later. So they are only good for covering or blocking. Not so much for joining a fight in progression.

To be sure about this: while flying to a possible engagement that I can see will be at a certain spot on my in-plane map,then, just before I get there,I call for reinforcements and it is there they will perhaps join me , but only if I circle & wait for them& then continue to the engagement,which may or may not still happen since the enemy may have already done his work & left? Sounds a bit like Bader & his big wings which were usually a bit late on the scene.

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yes but they wont "join you" you cant command them they just fly to where u were when you issued the command and engage if they see enemy.

http://www.desastersoft.com/images/d...vd-galland.png

Hi,

nice to inform You than I added the review of Desastersoft addon for CoD - "Fighter Aces! Adolf Galland - The Expert".

Its in my native language but if You want You can use Translator Google Button (top left) for Your language.

In The end You can dawnload too (with Desastersoft permission) Historic Skin Pack for German Side.

http://yoyosims.pl/sites/default/fil...n_Skinpack.jpg

Direct link for the text: http://yoyosims.pl/fighter-aces-adolf-galland-expert .

There, I read (google translated):
<<
... it (the software) can be found on sale for ridiculous money, even experienced promotions for 9.99 zł - so, this "trial" for many of us it will not hurt as it eventually turns out that it is not our hardware "league".
>>

Today the "ridiculous money" is ca. 10 times higher. The price is now exact 87.57 zl A significant barrier to buy this.
Where can i find this addon for 9.99 zl?