ATAG Dedicated Server is up!

[SEE]

Watch it!....I was born in Birmigham....

As for the no AI.......whilst Ze-Jamz was notching up a cricket score for the Blues I decided to spend the entire session (must be mad but I am from Birmingham!) at 20K altitude on both sides of the pond - I didn't run into a single player the entire time. So keep the AI as its mighty lonely up there!

I was looking for the German Bombers Spawn point but what I came across was a group dangling in the air, motionless and pointing every which way, some nose down, others nose vertically up like models on string. T'was a sight to behold.

[TomcatViP]

Hey I just put a couple of 20mm in your spit at 20kft yesterday. AI I am not - wait... let me think about

(you was cutting wings away on some of the 111 in the flight and choose to spiral down your base just bellow)

From time to time you've some action with real players but for sure you'll hve to CAP until you get really bored

[SEE]

Yes, I remember that!......one of the few occaisions that a Bomber Group had an escort. I did see someone break away going low in the distance but thought "nah ...they never have escorts! Must be an allied disengaging!"- I was wrong! Very low on ammo so - "run and live to fight another day" -my motto!

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by SEE

Yes, I remember that!......one of the few occaisions that a Bomber Group had an escort. I did see someone break away going low in the distance but thought "nah ...they never have escorts! Must be an allied disengaging!"- I was wrong! Very low on ammo so - "run and live to fight another day" -my motto!

I'm finding more and more that they do have escorts. It's a great way to play the game. It's a lot easier to spot the bomber formations than a single fighter so they tend to draw players to them, friendly and otherwise.

Plus it's an amazing feeling to bounce an enemy fighter attacking a flight of your bombers and send him packing. Feels just like a film.

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by SEE

Very low on ammo so - "run and live to fight another day" -my motto!

No prob with that m8. I do the same. Sometime even faster

[Ze-Jamz]

@ Bliss or any other map makers for ATAG

Again il ask the question as it seems to get lost or ignored

There is a script that is sorting out this whole ESC and create another AC situation being wrote..can it be implemented into what you guys are doing?


# I.e bailout still records a Death (plane)
# ESC and creating another AC during flight records a death

And killer and killed names are shown on both counts

Im sure with friendly permission you could use it...I read that If you ESC and create another AC midflight (mostly when youve just been spanked) spawns another aircraft for you with its tail missing or fuel pump nonoperational for a certain time period

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

But there's lots of times you ESC from an aircraft without being hit or chased. For instance, you spawn inside a hangar, or on a hill and start sliding backwards. A friend joins up and you want to fly together.

I think the ESC-penalty should be reserved for more co-op style/squad servers.

Its triggered after a certain time so hill starts would affect it..and tbh the amount of times people bail cuz they've been bounced or have taken hits is silly..nearly eveyone you shoot down is AI in this game, on top of that you have to put up wiht the AC warping like hell while it turns into AI..

Just stupid imo, Ive even seen pilots bail out without taking hits cuz they know they are in trouble..

Dont get me wrong ive give up on nursing a badly shot up AC home cuz I know I can esc and create another, I like the scoring in IL2 where you have to nurse your AC home unless you want a death recorded against you..if you bail then it depends on where you bailed as to whether you survive or not

[JG52Krupi]

I get a lot of pleasure nursing my badly damaged aircraft home which is just as well given the number of times I have been shot up

They really need a refly button on this game

[trumps]

sounds fair enough, so long as ditching, bellylandings, bailouts, and dodgy spawns are taken into account with ESC use. i at least think that kills for that mission should not count if the plane is ESC'd from an another spawned.

Craig

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by SEE

Watch it!....I was born in Birmigham....

So was me dad