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

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by 310_cibule

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

Certainly the biggest line shooters anyway , 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.

[310_cibule]

Originally Posted by Osprey

Certainly the biggest line shooters anyway , 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.

[jamesdietz]

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 !

[ChocsAway]

^^^

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?

[jamesdietz]

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...

[310_cibule]

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?

[_YoYo_]

Originally Posted by 310_cibule

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

Is this okey?

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).

[tintifaxl]

Originally Posted by jamesdietz

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...

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