Full-scale airwar on REPKA server

[Ataros]

EDIT 30.07.11:
Status of all Repka servers http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?search=repka&type=server&location=all&game=all&num=30
or here http://en.stats4game.com/search?submit=Search&q=repka&type=server&game=all&map=&country=all

Original post:
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Welcome to a fullscale airwar with more than 10 air missions running simultaneously above frontlines creating the most immersive and action-packed airwar environment.

REPKA Server IP: 84.17.22.14:27016

Hunt enemy bombers.
Bomb shipping convoys.
Escort your bombers.
Strafe enemy airfields.
Protect your ships.
... and much much more to come.

Please note that red airfields are located in France.

Your feedback on the mission would be highly appreciated. Current mission file will be posted in this thread http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?p=273758#post273758

Please feel free to use or modify the mission.

Let the Battle of France begin!

[Ataros]

Updated with version 1.16.11.

Reduced number of bots.

[Ataros]

Added scripts to remove abandoned and crashlanded planes.

using System;
using maddox.game;
using maddox.game.world;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Mission : AMission
{

// loads my sub-missions
public override void OnTickGame()
{

if (Time.tickCounter() % 72000 == 18000) // 40-10
{
GamePlay.gpPostMissionLoad("missions/Multi/Dogfight/128BoF/128BoFsmGroundv1_0.mis");
GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter("Protect friendly shipping in the channel near France!");
}

if (Time.tickCounter() % 72000 == 71999) // 40-40
{
GamePlay.gpPostMissionLoad("missions/Multi/Dogfight/128BoF/128BoFsmBombersv1_0.mis");
GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter("Intel: Enemy bombers are heading to blue airfields!");
}

if (Time.tickCounter() % 72000 == 45000) // 40-25
{
GamePlay.gpPostMissionLoad("missions/Multi/Dogfight/128BoF/128BoFsmBombersv1_0a.mis");
GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter("Intel: Enemy bombers are heading to red airfields in France!");
}


}

// destroys aircraft abandoned by a player
public void _DespawnEmptyPlane(AiActor actor)
{
if (actor == null)
{ return; }

Player[] Players = GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers();

bool PlaneIsEmpty = true;

foreach (Player i in Players)
{
if ((i.Place() as AiAircraft) == (actor as AiAircraft))
{
PlaneIsEmpty = false;
break;
}
}

if ((PlaneIsEmpty) && (actor as AiAircraft).IsAirborne())
{

(actor as AiAircraft).hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.Control sElevatorDisabled);
(actor as AiAircraft).hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.Control sAileronsDisabled);
(actor as AiAircraft).hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.Control sRudderDisabled);
(actor as AiAircraft).hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0Tot alFailure);
//for 2mots
(actor as AiAircraft).hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng1Tot alFailure);

//then wait 10min
Timeout(600.0, () =>
{
(actor as AiAircraft).Destroy();
});

}
else if (PlaneIsEmpty)
{
(actor as AiAircraft).Destroy();
}
}

public override void OnPlaceLeave(Player player, AiActor actor, int placeIndex)
{
base.OnPlaceLeave(player, actor, placeIndex);
_DespawnEmptyPlane(actor);
}
// destroys crushlanded aircraft in 10 minutes
public override void OnAircraftCrashLanded(int missionNumber, string shortName, AiAircraft aircraft)
{
base.OnAircraftCrashLanded(missionNumber, shortName, aircraft);
Timeout(600, () =>
{
aircraft.Destroy();
});
}
}

[Thee_oddball]

your really getting into the C programing Ataros :) nice job )

where is a list of all the verbage..like gppostmissionload or gameplay.??? or gpHUDlogcenter....

thnx

[Jwam]

Very nice job Ataros :)

[Ataros]

Sorry, I did not mention that all credits and many thanks go to FG28_Kodiak http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=274418&postcount=41
and ZaltysZ http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=268215&postcount=16 because I assumed everyone interested followed that thread.
The part "// destroys crushlanded aircraft in 10 minutes" came directly from developers at sukhoi.ru forums.

I know nothing on C# besides copy-and-paste to Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express. Please feel free to use and modify the scripts.

[MadTommy]

Thanks for the server, tried it yesterday but had major issues.

Choose red, and every time i spawned my plane would blow up or get turned upside-down. Tried 5 or 6 times, using different spawn points and different planes. I gave up in the end and left the server.

[Ataros]

Thanks for the server, tried it yesterday but had major issues.

Choose red, and every time i spawned my plane would blow up or get turned upside-down. Tried 5 or 6 times, using different spawn points and different planes. I gave up in the end and left the server.

Thank you for your feedback. We probably have to move spawnpoints back to hangars as planes explode if start at runway. Also we will try moving spownpoints to better airfields (which do not have hangars) in future.

This is the map issue which we can not edit and the Devs are working on it.

Do not give up. If I explode I hit create again immediately and spawn at a good location the 2nd time. Try a new version tonight please.

[MadTommy]

Do not give up. If I explode I hit create again immediately and spawn at a good location the 2nd time. Try a new version tonight please.

Didn't want to give up.. but after 6 times in a row i'd had enough.. but it won't put me off trying again. It does need fixing though.. i'm sure it will frustrate other too.

Thanks again for the server. :)

[Ataros]

Today I had to create a new plane about 10 times in a row, changing airfields sometimes... But it was worth it.

Another busy day in France.

(sorry for large pix, did not find SPOILER code here)

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558655328228011622/B331D51AA2A5AE61ADC3998EB22410AC1209E52C/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558655328228193623/E865BA8F10333C86BC61ACB532675E8BEA899CC0/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558655328228194601/7E1723DE7ED1AEA7E0E129D9300759A16F789AE9/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558655328228232955/3354594702D4FCA69806498898C833DFC72A19E8/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558655328228208633/F6C72A68A948E5EF466F0AFFBB903E14FBBDF721/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558655328228003061/80A7BA1BEB4AABBDBBC1B0F384BE1E11815287BE/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558655328227992318/62A167A11637B0D1B787E02FF54A55663CCB0744/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558655328227985422/816283BAFF67501B625EF588984886758F824203/

[Bobb4]

Ataros what settings you running your card at, I do not see the ATI blue lines on your screenshots?
Unless it is only the HD 6970's that have the problem?

[Ataros]

Ataros what settings you running your card at, I do not see the ATI blue lines on your screenshots?
Unless it is only the HD 6970's that have the problem?

Yes, as far as I know only 6970 and maybe 6950. I never had any lines with any settings

Ppl say 8x AA or aniso set in drivers may help you.

[Ataros]

New maps are put up on both Repka servers.

Repka DS #1 - France map with 5 small missions loading into the main mission creating a living airwar environment with various objectives. (uses this script http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=279416&postcount=95 )

Repka DS #2 - completely reworked carriers map for good old IL-2 dogfight.

Feedback is appreciated.

[JG14_Jagr]

What game version are you using? Latest official, or one of the betas?

[Ataros]

What game version are you using? Latest official, or one of the betas?

14413, but feel free to join with other versions.

[Ataros]

ATM players experience long mission loading time on Repka #1 because landed aircraft are not removed quickly enough by the script we are running and number of objects in the mission increases every hour.

While we are working on the issue please be patient when mission loads. It may take 2-3 minutes atm. The server will be restarted at 16.00 GMT, you are welcome to join it later tonight when you can.

upd. Mission map. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_SFUSvzV-UZg/TcvMG2xv7BI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/gHVDC4ecXzg/s1600/2011-05-12_00049.jpg

[mattebubben]

i like the server and i play on it but i experience alot of netlagg (warping) from other planes they jump around alot so shooting something down is very hard my Ping is good always under 60ms
and its the only server i get it on.
its a shame as i love the maps it play

[Ataros]

i like the server and i play on it but i experience alot of netlagg (warping) from other planes they jump around alot so shooting something down is very hard my Ping is good always under 60ms
and its the only server i get it on.
its a shame as i love the maps it play

Thanks for flying with us )

Ping and netlag are different things. I have seen some aircraft lagging today but not all at the same time. There could be a problem however due to too many objects on the server at the same time. We had to reduce number of aircrafts in missions by about 30-40% and increased time between missions to reduce load both on network and processing power.

The new version is up already. Please try it. Your feedback is very much appreciated.

[Ataros]

Looks like we have found a temporary solution to performance issues in our mission. Repka #1 server will be restarted within 15 minutes with a new version.

You are welcome to join and have some fun tonight. If performance drops we would restart it in 2-3 hours again. Sorry for any inconvenience.

S!

[Ataros]

Removed map-icons for better immersion. We have to leave externals on for troubleshooting purposes for testing period and to let novice pilots to get accustomed to the map a bit. I have seen some pilots having difficult time trying to find directions. We all started there. Sorry for any inconvenience ext.views may cause.

We set the server to restart every 4 hours to avoid lag. Please get back after restart quickly as restart takes only 1-2 minutes unless we manually update mission files. Then it can take 3-4 minutes.

Thanks for flying! There were 20-30 people on the server yesterday night before we got a repeating server error. Sorry, I was not there to restart it at that time.

Please note: a mission can take 1-2 minutes to load. Be patient please. It is worth it ))


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[MadTommy]

Ataros thanks for the server.. had a blast on it last night. Struggled with fps a bit, but it did not distract from the fun. :)

[klem]

Hi Ataros,

two of us tried to use the server last night but there is still persistent blowing up when spawning. We had to give up in the end :(

It seems to be either an altitude thing (the a/c lurches around before blowing up) or the fact that these are usually in small shed-shaped brick buildings, not like hangars, and may just be bouncing off the walls when they try to spawn with a wing poking through the wall.

I'd like to know if you have found a way of fixing specific spawn points for a/c or if you are only using Spawn Areas. With Spawn Areas in my missions we have no problem spawning except when we spawn in one of those small curved-roof hangars (there are some at Hawkinge) where the door openings are too small to get through (!) so we just create another a/c but at least they don't blow up. When I set actual Aircaft on the runway for takeoff (with waypoints) all the aircraft spawn in exactly the same place off the runway and if we don't taxi off the spawn point the next spawn blows us up so its a slow process getting a few guys off, especially with the engine warm up periods. If you know any ways round this I'd appreciate it.

[Ataros]

Could you please report names of airfields with screenshots of troubled hungars. I'll pass them on to developers. Big hangars were fixed in the last beta based on our reports.

I noticed this issue only at Kokel airfield for Bf-109 and Markiz airfield for Blenheims and Baufighters when spawn at caponiers in my mission.

I will fix Kokel tomorrow by placing a new airfield object on top of the old airfield and moving spawnpoint closer to the center of new airfield. If you do not place a runway aircraft spawn on internal airfield radius. When runway is placed they spawn at external radius if no "airfield points" are placed. Airfield points are bagged as far as I understand, I usually do not use them. Adjust external and internal radius of new airfields to prevent the circles from crossing hangars, buildings or rough terrain.

upd. See mission with Kokel fixed attached.

[Ataros]

New mission version is up. Please share your impressions, we need your feedback.

- fixed script bugs. Many thanks go to ZaltysZ !
- fixed some hangars
- moved 1 red airfield to better location
- each side has 5 fields now
- many other small changes

[Ataros]

Testing new script randomizing submissions load on Repka #2. Thanks to FG28_Kodiak for making this possible!

[jojovtx]

Need a reboot as of 2330 Eastern Time. Planes stacked on top of each other on the runway and nothing going on. On Repka 2.

[Ataros]

Map update. Airfield at F5 is also available for the blue side.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_SFUSvzV-UZg/TdOEKTYVJuI/AAAAAAAAA6o/xO43zvOmFtk/s1600/2011-05-18_00004.jpg


Need a reboot as of 2330 Eastern Time. Planes stacked on top of each other on the runway and nothing going on. On Repka 2.

Thank you very much for your notice.
Sorry, we left Repka #2 that way for developers to check what is going wrong with it as logs can not show all the problems. This morning we noticed some devs visiting the server. Repka#2 is used for testing of new features and hunting bugs. Sorry for any inconvenience it may cause. I think this will allow to have a better MP in the future.

Please join Repka #1 which is our primary server, however it also has issues sometimes of cause.

[jojovtx]

I may check out Repka 1 but I like full real and icons kinda kill that for me. I like ya'lls server so I may try 1 if 2 is still busy with dev work.

[Ataros]

I may check out Repka 1 but I like full real and icons kinda kill that for me. I like ya'lls server so I may try 1 if 2 is still busy with dev work.

Thanks for your feedback again.

#1 is FullReal with ext. views
#2 has icons on

We are aiming to switch off ext.views soon. As many people do not fly on the server but just watching an airwar movie :grin: If you like airwar movies do not miss the possibility as it will be gone soon :grin:

Both servers were reloaded and are up. I hope we solved the problem you mentioned in your post.

The show starts at about 19.00 GMT )

[Ataros]

This funny sample mission from the devs is up on Repka #3 server.
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=285348&postcount=133

Tanks capture airfields and move the frontline! So please check the frontline position before spawning or you can be killed by an enemy tank on spawn.

Just a sample version. More to come. have fun!

[JG14_Jagr]

I love the server guys..great setup and performance.. just enough AI activity to keep the targets available when the numbers online were low.. great work!

[Ataros]

I love the server guys..great setup and performance.. just enough AI activity to keep the targets available when the numbers online were low.. great work!

Thank you very much for your feedback! It is much appreciated!

[JG14_Jagr]

Had a wierd experience last night, logged in and was 1 of only 3 on the server.. spawned a Spitfire at an RAF field nearest the coast and the battle line.. lots of flak going on at the time.. when I first spawned in the fps was going from 2 to 62 did that for about 20 seconds then I exited and created a new plane...same field.. spawned and it worked fine..smooth and no stutters.. don't know if it was communication related or graphics..

[Ataros]

Probably the 1st time all the scenery was loading into vram from your harddrive. It takes some time. It is useful to switch to external views and then to several planes to have most of resources loaded into ram and vram before takeoff.

2 fps probably mean harddrive excess. Do you defrag your game files after each patch? I use gamebooster to do this. Works better than steam defrag for me.

[Formula88]

Nice server with plenty of AI to shoot at if theres not so many players in the server. However, its on a 24 hour cycle and its pointless to play when it gets dark...

[Ataros]

Thank yo for your feedback I hope we have automatic scheduled restarts soon to fix this issue.

[Ataros]

Repka #1 is running in Full Real now. NO ext.views finally!

[jojovtx]

I like it! Of course I do miss externals sometimes. These are good looking aircraft haha!

[Ataros]

I like it! Of course I do miss externals sometimes. These are good looking aircraft haha!

Thank you!

BTW we got Bf-110s back to our server yesterday! Enjoy!

I feel like learning to fly it myself. 3 110s on comms should be deadly for anything )

[jojovtx]

I feel like learning to fly it myself. 3 110s on comms should be deadly for anything )

It's pretty easy and probably the easiest to get started. The only tricky part is managing your prop pitch to get the most speed out of it.

Taking off is a bit of a challenge too. Sometimes you blow your tires before you get off the ground. You gotta yank her up before she wants to fly and just hope she stays up for you.

Also not having a AI tailgunner kinda sucks right now, although it's been my experience that the AI TG ain't worth a dang. So I just fly with the rear gun empty now and hope that I get a slight performance boost from it.

[Fragal]

Had a blast last night guys great server.

[Ataros]

Had a blast last night guys great server.

Thank you very much for feedback.

Yesterday we had up to 30 people online at some times. I guess the key to enjoyment is number of players (or targets :grin: ) flying around.

Thanks for flying.

Unfortunately Steam looses connection with server for 30-60 seconds sometimes resulting in disconnecting players but usually it comes back very soon. So if you are disconnected from the server please try connecting again in a minute or two.

Official server restart time is 16.00 GMT / 19.00 MSK when it is not available for 5 minutes.

Example of Steam disconnect: half of players had lag and disco eventually.
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198015561182
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198041324390
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198039736526
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198039785867
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198005731668
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561197970544252
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198036621634
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198000794789
[21:03:04] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198039816514
[21:03:04] Server: До свидания, No457_Mako!
[21:03:04] Server: Dobry ушел с сервера.
[21:03:04] Server: =RP=Envoy разъеденился.
[21:03:04] Server: NN_Razorback разъеденился.
[21:03:04] Server: Mallack ушел с сервера.
[21:03:04] Server: =K=Ham ушел с сервера.
[21:03:04] Server: До свидания, Kanalkrank!
[21:03:04] Server: Hyde ушел с сервера.
[21:03:04] Server: McLoud ушел с сервера.
[21:03:04] Server: =No.609=Parazaine ушел с сервера.
[21:03:04] Server: 3./JG52_Kosach разъеденился.
[21:03:04] Server: До свидания, =K=Aspid!
[21:03:04] Server: alfa1592 разъеденился.
[21:03:04] Server: До свидания, Mokkeri!
[21:03:04] Server: shammy ушел с сервера.
[21:03:04] Server: До свидания, =AFJ=JaMz!
[21:03:04] Server: Kirill ушел с сервера.
[21:03:04] Server: До свидания, Alex!
[21:03:04] Server: До свидания, maxi85!

[Fragal]

One thing i'm loving is the scale and the activeness of the server i.e the AI flights etc i had a lot of fun just running a patrol route from point A to point B and seeing what i came across majority of the time it was AI but it kept me interested and looking around to see what was coming when i did decide to dip into a bit of low level blasting around the 109 base at D3, it was very exciting always had to keep an eye out as what seemed like a small skirmish between 2 spits and a 109 to begin with could very quickly turn into a massive furball as more and more aircraft joined in that didn't spot entered the fight.

Only Downside i had was due to known issues currently i.e sound and the odd lag jitter but nothing that lasted long enough to be considered as anything more than a hiccup.
Many thanks for the server and will see you again.

S!

[Ataros]

Repka #2 now runs a tank battle mission as a test. Tanks fight for a neutral airfield at E3.

Known bugs:
- bombers are not landing atm


Repka #3 now runs an Online Dynamic Campaign by stillborn
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?p=289110#post289110
Campaign contains 14 static missions chained from red airfield to blue. 6 of them are ground based, 8 of them are naval. campaigh starts by spawning tankers moving towards enemy airfield, if they encounter each other they spawn AA guns over them and start to fight until one side is killed and the next mission towards the defeated side is loaded, if one of the ships is destroyed before encountering enemy the other ship continues to progress. When the ships reach the coast, they disembark and continue as AA trucks, when the trucks reach enemy airfield, spawn points change and players can spawn enemy's aircrafts from captured airfield. if the aa trucks are destroyed, spawn points restore and campaign reverts 3 missions.

Scripts contain a code for destroying aircrafts on player leave, crashland or land with a timeout, also the code does not trigger if the player is still inside or another player entered this aircraft in the meantime. Also airborne left aircrafts are not destroyed but damaged. Player checks contain the server too so you can use it with steam lobby.

I have created new airfields for spawning parked in front of the runway, only two aircrafts spawn in front of the runway, if these points are full the other aircrafts spawn in a tight circle next to them.

FMB has a limit for min airfield radius which also defines the spawning locations for extra aircrafts when all points are full, i overrided it in notepad, if you edit the airfields in main mission dont forget to change these.

There's also a single player version of main mission for testing at 16x, ground war is totally random but you can interact with it with unlimited ammo to preview all the missions quickly.

Server briefing page does not refresh the spawn points after you select army, so if a base capture occurs change your army twice to see the updated spawn points on map to use enemy's airfield.

I've made this campaign to share my approach for dynamic mission loading, feel free to copy/manipulate it, with the same logic and a more tidy-flexible code, multiple dynamic frontlines can be created.


Looking forward to your feedback.

[Ataros]

Reduced icons range on Repka #2 and #3.

[Ataros]

Vulching is prohibited on Repka #3 with small islands map. Server warning is up.

[Ze-Jamz]

Vulching is prohibited on Repka #3 with small islands map. Server warning is up.

Yay..lol

Good choice mate cuz its a decent server that you can just join and get quick into some action..and now you dont have to worry about some Numbnut straffing AF's so his score looks pretty

[335th_GRAthos]

Spent a couple of hours at your REPKA server, I am sorry I can't recall which of the three it was (was full real, blue and red in France), it was the one with most players online at that moment.

I do not know whether it was thanks to my new Ramdrive setup but it was a great server, no lag, no problems (constant fps > 55) flying non stop for so much time.

Maybe it should have some more Blue bombers attacking?
I saw at least six groups of two Wellington each, attacking whereas I think only one JU-88 group of two and one group of four JU-87 went out (I can be wrong of course).

What I found very annoying is that I could not correctly assess the dots' distance, I saw somebody posted it today as a bug in the forum - very annoying.

Excellent server, I am looking forward to see how it goes when 40-60 pilots are online!

~S~

[icetbag]

I think you where on the #1 server.

[Warhound]

All the Repka servers seem to have crashed :(
Managed to connect to Repka 1 but couldn't create a plane after choosing my base, bit later it timed out and all 3 repka servers are gone.

[Ataros]

All the Repka servers seem to have crashed :(

Thanks. That was a Steam disconnect. In some cases it requires manual restart and than servers could be down for several hours. Now all 3 are up again.

[Ataros]

Maybe it should have some more Blue bombers attacking?
I saw at least six groups of two Wellington each, attacking whereas I think only one JU-88 group of two and one group of four JU-87 went out (I can be wrong of course).

Thank you for your comments and feedback.
Bomber groups are of cause balanced in terms of bomber quantities per side. Script selects sub-missions randomly and this is why you may see several red missions in a row sometimes but then several blue missions. Also if you fly mostly for one side you will usually meet bombers of the opposing side.

~S~ form 3GIAP and give our regards to 335th_GRTamel. We had a lot of great time with 335th in VEF2.

[Ataros]

Please check out Repka #4 server tonight. It is our test server we put up from time to time.

It runs a script form a member of the dev team where tanks move frontline and airfields change their side accordingly.

To finetune the mission I need your feedback on the following:
- ground battle intensity: should in be reduced or increased
- what you like about the mission
- what can be added to make things better

AI aircraft temporally switched off to test ground war exclusively.

Do not take off close to frontline or you could be vulched by a tank. (like here :grin: ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exlofp86CoU
Probably you can not take off from a captured airfield till next patch anyway due to a game bug.

[Qpassa]

Its nice the REPKA server, I always enter there because I have a good ping there and there's a lot of people, but I would disable the external views and the automatic pilot.
A video of your server ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DgFX5GNjJA

[Ataros]

A video of your server ;)


Thanks for sharing!

Repka #1 has externals and autopilot off.

Why do you think autopilot should be off? I think AI can not fly as good as humans anyway?

Autopilot will be off after next restart on #3 too.

[Qpassa]

A friend of mine told me that Autopilot helps you when you have a stall, for example. I havent tested it yet

[335th_GRAthos]

A friend of mine told me that Autopilot helps you when you have a stall, for example. I havent tested it yet

So it would not be that god to ask for changes on things you have not tried yourself, right? ;)


Just on the autopilot thing, since I also have not tried it myself either, what does it do (or not do)?



Regarding external views, I like external views, they allow the magic of this game to come to realisation!
On the other side however, the "external view nearast enemy" gives an unfair advantage during dogfight.
IMHO "external view" is good, "enemy/friendly rotating view" (CTRL/SHIFT-F2) is good, "external view nearest enemy" is less good.

~S~

[Qpassa]

haha I was actually trying, and yes It helps you ;)
It helps you when you have a stall

[335th_GRAthos]

haha I was actually trying, and yes It helps you ;)
It helps you when you have a stall
There was never a stall I did not get out from with my own skill (unless I was in a flat spin P-39 or P-38 :( ) Anyway, autopilot is not my cup, not my problem...


31 pilots on the REPKA server tonight, running like a dream! Congrats!


~S~

PS. ehem... that cannon on those ships seems a bit low (just behind the ships' propeller...) or the torpedo tubes seem seriously overmodelled ;)

[Qpassa]

Last night I flew in your server, 30 pilots, wow :)
Thanks, Its a pity that the people fly in that server with external views but well it could be worse haha

[Ataros]

Tell me why people prefer server #3 with externals and small islands map rather than #1 with 'fullreal' settings and the channel map?

I am slowly working on a new mission and wonder if I should concentrate on small islands maps instead of France map.

[Qpassa]

I think the people prefer small islands maps because they can see more enemies, and It's more simple

[jojovtx]

Tell me why people prefer server #3 with externals and small islands map rather than #1 with 'fullreal' settings and the channel map?

I am slowly working on a new mission and wonder if I should concentrate on small islands maps instead of France map.

I don't know and it is rather disheartening. I fly pretty much Repka#1 exclusively. I think the map size is perfect for now with the limited people playing the game online at the moment.

Please keep the France map around and continue future development with it.

Thanks.

[Ataros]

Thanks for comments. I know of this game bug but the plane looks so cool I do not what to get rid of it. On the other hand it would be absolutely helpless vs. 109 or 110 if it could not create a slideshow sometimes :grin:
A sort of balancing bug.

A lonely hero.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5kWCMUiRcgE/TeTVab4g5II/AAAAAAAABeY/J8GOzLAP1wQ/2011-05-12_00063.jpg

[TomcatViP]

Hi,

I tried your server the other day and found it nice. IMHO at full realism the France map is too short with most airfield only 1 min of each other.

I'll try to visit your server more often as it look promising.

~S and Good luck in the future !

PS: I am sure we will soon see some factual documents proving the lineage of the B52 in the Walrus.. Hold on ! ;)

[335th_GRAthos]

full realism the France map is too short with most airfield only 1 min of each other.


+1
you take the wrong turn and you get the flak of your life... :D

the island map has one additional advantage, it is easy to navigate around without looking at the map.

ehem, but if I remember well, I was on a French map but the externals were on... :)

Anyway, there is too much eye candy and it would be a shame to lose all that be flying full real :(

my 2cts

[Warhound]

Tell me why people prefer server #3 with externals and small islands map rather than #1 with 'fullreal' settings and the channel map?
I am slowly working on a new mission and wonder if I should concentrate on small islands maps instead of France map.

Think it's because Repka 1 is in direct competition with Syndicate full real while repka 3 doesn't seem to have competition with its full CEM; 3rd person ; small map.
Please do keep working on the France map though, there's alot less vulching and perching when people have to do a little navigation and fly for more than 1 minute to the enemies base. The large map has alot more feel to it aswell.

If I could request one thing though it would be adding some targets for the jabo guys on Repka 1, right now there are only ships (which are bugged :/) and flak around the bases to bomb/strafe(either that or i fail to spot the other targets). Would be fun if there were some truck convoys, artillery/tank lines to attack and if possible some static aircraft to add some life to some airbases.

[pirke]

Tell me why people prefer server #3 with externals and small islands map rather than #1 with 'fullreal' settings and the channel map?

I am slowly working on a new mission and wonder if I should concentrate on small islands maps instead of France map.


because i have 60FPS on small maps with all (very low) except plane model,visual effect and damage decal (on high) , on big map i have 20max in free flight and in fight its go to 1FPS :(
all below 60FPS for simulation is VERY BAD :)
not all have money for new computers only for CoD :(
for now i need only small map for 1vs1 practice to be know with aircraft and engine management and noting more :) for this kind of flight for now is EXCELLENT :) maybe next year SEOW will be on CoD (but just maybe).
next year if CoD replace old IL2 i will buy better computer :)

p.s. why SVAO duel server for CoD dont work ?
pls make me one 1vs1 small map :)

[jojovtx]

I am pretty certain that the human eye cannot distinguish the difference of anything above 30fps or thereabout?

Using a three year old laptop, listed below, and settings at 1680x1050/forest off/building amount low/land shading low/grass off/shadows off/roads on/everything else medium. In my nvidia console I have 2xAA 4xAF force vsync set to override application. I get average 33-36fps with high of 60(73 with vsync off) and low of 5 on black death.

[Ataros]

pls make me one 1vs1 small map :)

You can take an existing online mission that came with the game and modify it in fmb according to your needs, move "birthplaces" closer for instance. It is easy and it's great when you learn something new ;)

Could you tell what SEOW is? Is it like 1vs1 ladders?

[pirke]

You can take an existing online mission that came with the game and modify it in fmb according to your needs, move "birthplaces" closer for instance. It is easy and it's great when you learn something new ;)

Could you tell what SEOW is? Is it like 1vs1 ladders?

i try to make 1vs1 mission from existing maps but i cant do it :(
i cant chose side and planes ???
PLS can you make me 1vs1 mission on some map to see where i do it wrong.

P.S.
SEOW is IL2 massive online war : http://wiki-seow-en.swil.fr/index.php/Main_Page

[Ataros]

i cant chose side

Not possible. Post the interface screenshot in the thread you created. Keep discussion in 1 place.

[phoenix1963]

I'm really enjoying the server, but I had a really odd ping problem last night.
The Steam server ping was about ~70ms, but on entering the server properly my ping went up to 370ms. I tried the SYN server with no such effect. No AV or update was running. I pinged and tracerouted your ISP without problems with sensible 70ms results.
The effect was repeatable in game.
Any ideas?
56RAF_phoenix

[Ataros]

When Steam disconnects everyone experiences lag. Maybe ping is a part of this issue. Try reconnecting in 3-5 minutes when Steam is back.

I am not the server owner and can not tell if there were any issues server side. But in this case we would have more feedback on this here I think.

[jg27_mc]

First of all congrats for the Repka DS #1 server. :cool:

I am having in every (long) sorties disconnects (timeouts), I generally take off with 100% fuel.

Is there any hint/tip that can make me reduce or eliminate the discos? It is very frustrating to be in the air for more than 40 minutes and end up with a disco all the time. :(

The timeouts sometimes occur in the first 10/20 minutes of flight too, but they are more frequent in the long run.

Regards.

[vranac]

First of all I want to congratulate you for nice servers !!!

But I also have the same problem as jg27_mc on Repka 1 server.
On Repka 3 or SVAO no problems exept sound.

I supose there is something to do with scripts.

To confirm that I tried 1 evening on SYN server and I had discos,
and evening after that no disco at all ????

Keep up good work :smile:

we are all diggin in the dark I guess :)


I don't think that I have hardware problems because offline
I had few crashes offline in months.

[Ataros]

Thank you for your feedback.

Players are disconnected when the server looses connection to Steam. To solve the issue please provide bug reports to all appropriate threads. This one is the latest I think http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23405&highlight=connection+steam

And here is my post in it.
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=291292&postcount=42

Please support it to get it a higher priority on the devs list. Now it is like No. 20 or 30 as no one is interested in solving it besides myself (1 vote only).

The messages say "Player is disconnected". The reason you can read in English. I have no information if these disconnects from Steam are linked to bots or processor load (when we have 30+ people flying the 1st core of server processor is loaded at about 80-90%, but other cores are not occupied.)



[0:48:37] Loading mission ...
[0:48:37] Server: Новые Синие самолеты (1xBf 110 C-4) замечены в секторе D,4.
[0:48:37] Server: Новые Красные самолеты (2xBlenheim I) замечены в секторе C,1.
[0:48:37] Mission loaded. time = 0,181
[0:48:50] Server: Бомбардир Wellington () (Бот) погиб от рук Kanalkrank в кабине Kanalkrank.
[0:48:51] Loading mission ...
[0:48:51] Server: Новые Красные самолеты! 1 х Spitfire I были замечены в квадрате E,2.
[0:48:51] Mission loaded. time = 0,012
[0:48:52] Server: Kanalkrank в кабине Kanalkrank прикончил Стрелок Wellington () (Бот).
[0:48:54] Server: Бот-экипаж Wellington-а () в свободном падении!
[0:48:54] Server: Стрелок Wellington () (Бот) готов.
[0:48:54] Server: Wellington () (Бот), Kanalkrank на Bf 109 E-3 () прикончил Наблюдатель Wellington () (Бот).
[0:48:55] Server: Kanalkrank в Bf 109 E-3 () уничтожил ИИ на Wellington ().
[0:51:55] Server: JG4_Widukind разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, Painless!
[0:51:55] Server: No.501_Hollywood разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, =AFJ=JaMz!
[0:51:55] Server: MDA разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: marcus_total ушел с сервера.
[0:51:55] Server: P_Gorubatto разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: SUP_Aracno ушел с сервера.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, =KAG=BRAVO!
[0:51:55] Server: protOn разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, =KK=Frezak!
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, alfa1592!
[0:51:55] Server: mr_stefano разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: Adalbert разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, Kanalkrank!
[0:51:55] Server: Gudari разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, 56RAF_klem!
[0:51:55] Server: greg разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, JG4_Alter:_Fritz!
[0:51:55] Server: 56RAF_Phoenix разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, sl!
[0:51:55] Server: alexhfckr ушел с сервера.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, 7BP_Hornet!
[0:51:55] Server: =JG26=Absolut(wien) разъеденился.
[0:51:55] Server: До свидания, 102nd-YU-vranac!
[0:51:55] Server: Gnohm[RTK] решил полетать в оффлайне.
[0:51:55] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561197990423487
[0:51:55] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198033522755
[0:51:56] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 B () (Бот) готов.
[0:51:56] Server: Bf 109 E-3 B () (Бот) больше нет.
[0:51:59] Server: Пилот Spitfire Ia () (Бот) готов.
[0:51:59] Server: Spitfire Ia () (Бот) разбился.
[0:51:59] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) готов.
[0:51:59] Server: ИИ на Bf 109 E-3 () влетел в ландшафт.
[0:52:00] Server: Пилот Hurricane (Rotol) () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:00] Server: ИИ на Hurricane (Rotol) () разбился.
[0:52:01] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:01] Server: ИИ на Bf 109 E-3 () разбился.
[0:52:03] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:03] Server: Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:03] Server: Пилот Hurricane (Rotol) () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:03] Server: ИИ на Hurricane (Rotol) () разбился.
[0:52:04] Server: Пилот Spitfire Ia () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:04] Server: Spitfire Ia () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:05] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:05] Server: ИИ на Bf 109 E-3 () разбился.
[0:52:06] finding around path...Server: Пилот Hurricane (Rotol) () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:06] Server: ИИ на Hurricane (Rotol) () разбился.
[0:52:06] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 B () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:07] Server: ИИ на Bf 109 E-3 B () разбился.
[0:52:07] Server: Пилот Hurricane (Rotol) () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:07] Server: Hurricane (Rotol) () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:08] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:08] Server: Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:09] Server: Пилот Bf 110 C-7 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:09] Server: Стрелок Bf 110 C-7 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:09] Server: Bf 110 C-7 () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:09] Server: Пилот Bf 110 C-7 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:09] Server: Стрелок Bf 110 C-7 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:09] Server: ИИ на Bf 110 C-7 () разбился.
[0:52:10] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:10] Server: Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:11] Server: Пилот Spitfire I () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:11] Server: Spitfire I () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:12] Server: Пилот Spitfire Ia () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:12] Server: Spitfire Ia () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:13] Server: Пилот Spitfire Ia () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:13] Server: Painless на Spitfire Ia () даже не дал Spitfire Ia () (Бот) взлететь!
[0:52:14] Server: Пилот Spitfire Ia () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:14] Server: =KAG=BRAVO в Spitfire Ia () уничтожил своего ИИ на Spitfire Ia ().
[0:52:17] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:17] Server: Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:19] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:19] Server: Bf 109 E-3 () (Бот) влетел в ландшафт.
[0:52:19] Server: Пилот Spitfire Ia () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:19] Server: marcus_total на Bf 109 E-3 B () уничтожил ИИ на Spitfire Ia ().
[0:52:22] Server: Пилот Spitfire Ia () (Бот) готов.
[0:52:22] Server: Spitfire Ia () (Бот) разбился.
[0:52:27] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198039780371
[0:52:27] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198040117822
[0:52:27] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561197975993614
[0:52:27] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561197978648885
[0:53:04] Server: Пилот Ju 88 A-1 () (Бот) готов.
[0:53:04] Server: Носовой стрелок Ju 88 A-1 () (Бот) готов.
[0:53:04] Server: Верхний стрелок Ju 88 A-1 () (Бот) готов.
[0:53:04] Server: Подфюзеляжный стрелок Ju 88 A-1 () (Бот) готов.
[0:53:04] Server: ИИ на Ju 88 A-1 (), Бофорс уничтожил Ju 88 A-1 () (Бот).
[0:53:10] Server: Пилот Blenheim I () (Бот) готов.
[0:53:11] Server: Бомбардир Blenheim I () (Бот) готов.
[0:53:11] Server: Стрелок Blenheim I () (Бот) готов.
[0:53:11] Server: Blenheim I () (Бот) разбился.
[0:53:38] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198039834190
[0:53:38] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198040273164
[0:53:39] Server: Пилот Bf 109 E-3 B () (Бот) готов.
[0:53:39] Server: ИИ на Bf 109 E-3 B () влетел в ландшафт.
[0:53:42] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198034295435
[0:53:43] Server: JG4_Alter:_Fritz входит в бой.
[0:53:43] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561197997951463
[0:53:43] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198039962988
[0:53:43] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198040065874
[0:53:43] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198040041590
[0:53:44] SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561198040034508

[jg27_mc]

Thanks for the head up.
Regards.

[adonys]

it would be a good server, but unfortunately there's almost no english spoken in there, most of the comm is in russian.

[Qpassa]

video in your server :) : http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=296495&postcount=753

[jg27_mc]

And its down....again. Everytime we start having some good fights with 20+ people in the server it crashes or discons everyone not to be seen again until the next day. Not trying to place blame on anyone but THIS IS SO ANNOYING PLEASE FIX IT!!! All other servers are a fail either because they have arcade settings on or theres never enough players to make it interesting. Damn steam sucks...

Yep... Experience it myself too. :evil:

[Ataros]

video in your server :) : http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=296495&postcount=753

Thank you very much for sharing! We appreciate positive posts :grin:

it would be a good server, but unfortunately there's almost no english spoken in there, most of the comm is in russian.

Do you mean Teamspeak server? There is no other comms on Repka than Teamspeak. I think you can create a separate room for English speaking players there. Let me know if you want to have a permanent channel I will pass info to server owner.

And its down....again. Everytime we start having some good fights with 20+ people in the server it crashes or discons everyone not to be seen again until the next day. Not trying to place blame on anyone but THIS IS SO ANNOYING PLEASE FIX IT!!! All other servers are a fail either because they have arcade settings on or theres never enough players to make it interesting. Damn steam sucks...

Everyone who experiences disconnects, lag or "server down" please report Steam disconnect error (SteamServer: onP2PSessionConnectFail:76561197997951463) in this thread http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23405&highlight=connection+steam

Report it there every time you have the problem but only(!) if you want it to be fixed.

[klem]

Hi Ataros

I think you'll know I posted this elsewhere but I was wondering....


I have run my Game as a server, i.e. I start it normally and select Multiplayer... Server....Load a mission... etc and I do NOT start it with the -server in the command line. No-one playing on my 'server' has had the sound problem and my game has not crashed. True, I have only had about 10 people on it up to now, for 2+ hours, with good reports from the players and it's ony live when I choose to do it for my squad mates and any guests that decide to jump in.

Is it possible for you to try running your server like that for now until the 'server' bug is fixed? Would that help the sound and crash problem?

ASUS Sabertooth mobo
i7 950 @ 4GHz
6Gb DDR3 RAM
EVGA GTX570 GPU
850W PSU
Coolermaster HAF912+ case
Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium
Samsung 22" 226BW @ 1680 x 1050
X52 HOTAS
X45 miscellaneous controls

[Ataros]

Hi klem!

In the past I used to test my mission this way for 3-4 hours from my home PC and got Steam disconnects in the long run after 22-23.00GMT
I do not think this is a solution.

BigRepa runs the servers on remote location fully automated with scripts now I think. There is no one who can click buttons there.

However if you manage to run your server without disco for 48+ hours please let me know. I will pass the info to BigRepa.

[Ataros]

Could you please use Direct Connect when connecting to Repka servers. There is a chance this may help with timeouts and disconnects.

Please let me know if you experience less disconnects when direct-connected. I will pass this info to BigRepa for further testing.

Another important thing. Please do not use custom skins online. They create stutters and can not be switched off server side yet. This especially relates to those who use 5MB+ .bmp skins.

[Ataros]

New groundwar mission by a member of the dev team naryv is being tested on Repka #2. Please give it a try and report bugs.
Mission description http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=307600&postcount=9

[Stealth_Eagle]

Repka 3 is down. Others still up.

[Ataros]

Some footage from Repka #3 is broadcasted in this channel http://ru.justin.tv/dip78/b/290925614

BTW changing icons settings on R3 again. No foe icons now, only friendly.

Please do not shoot down captured enemy planes which have a friendly icon.

[bw_wolverine]

I'll give the Repka servers a try later tonight. The missions sound great. My only worry is the ping I saw to them last night (why I didn't try them then).

We need some North American servers running these missions!

[FFCW_Urizen]

I´d say, don´t trust the showed latency in the serverbrowser, wolverine. It showed a ping of 350 and more, ingame it was a steady 140 oO .

I just took a 109 for a quick spin (first time "full" realism) and i enjoyed the performance of your server. I experienced far less lags than in cs1.6 (server location germany) than on yours.

i think you´ll see me more often from now on.

So Long
Uri

[Ralith]

I've been enjoying playing on the Repka dynamic mission servers on the smaller maps (bombing ships in the Stuka makes for a great change of pace, and the ground/sea battles give everyone a place to congregate for great big furballs) but there's a couple things I'd like to request you change:

First and foremost, it's presently impossible to multi-crew aircraft with friends; I recently wanted to attempt having human-crewed pilot and bomber positions in a Ju-88 with a friend, and was disappointed to discover that this has been disabled. The level bombers are quite hard to use effectively without a full crew, but quite important to actually participating in the ground/sea battles, especially as the allies have no dive bombers. As such, I think having this ability would improve the gameplay for all.

Second, it's currently possible to external-view spectate enemy aircraft, allowing them to be found fairly easily. Judging by the lack of map icons, I assume that this is not something you want.

Thanks for hosting such enjoyable servers! I hope you'll consider correcting these issues to improve what's already a great place to fly.

[Ataros]

Ralith, thank you for your comments.

Could you tell me how multi-crew option can be switched on. I think it is on, however I do not fly multi-crew aircraft and know nothing about it. I think I saw yesterday 2 players listed in the same Bf-110 in a score window.

We have more relaxed difficulty settings on R3 to make life a bit easier to newcomers especially when only 3-5 people fly on the server. For 'full-realism' settings please join Repka #1 server.

On R3 we run stillborn's mission. Please do not forget to thank him and post your comments there http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23129

[FFCW_Urizen]

Ataros, what settings do you use for R3, as i myself consider a newcomer, i might give it a try later? Last time i flew on R1 just to check some things.

Thx
So Long
Uri

[Ataros]

Hi!
On R3 we have external views and friendly icons on. The rest is same as R1.
Anthropomorphic control is off as usual.
CEM is on as this is an essence of this game.

[FFCW_Urizen]

Thanks for the info Ataros.

So Long
Uri

Edit: R3 is down for 25 Minutes now. I guess hung up during restart.

[Ralith]

Ralith, thank you for your comments.

Could you tell me how multi-crew option can be switched on. I think it is on, however I do not fly multi-crew aircraft and know nothing about it. I think I saw yesterday 2 players listed in the same Bf-110 in a score window.

We have more relaxed difficulty settings on R3 to make life a bit easier to newcomers especially when only 3-5 people fly on the server. For 'full-realism' settings please join Repka #1 server.

On R3 we run stillborn's mission. Please do not forget to thank him and post your comments there http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23129

I'm not sure how to configure the server the way I describe, unfortunately, and it's indeed quite possible that I messed up and it's already working. My understanding of how to multicrew a plane is that you have to select it instead of an airfield in the spawn menu, and can then select a crew position and spawn into it; when I tried this, I didn't see my friend's Ju-88 on the airfield. Is there another way to do this? Does what I described work for other people, and I just messed up or hit a rare bug?

I understand and appreciate that R3 isn't hardcore full-realism; that's one of the main reasons I play it. It just seems odd that you can spectate enemy aircraft and thereby get a good idea of where they are, as this somewhat counteracts map icons being turned off. I don't really mind much either way, personally, so if that's intentional for whatever reason then great. (edit: I also notice you mentioned that friendly icons are on; is this a recent change? I didn't see any yesterday.)

I'll be sure to let the mission author know my appreciation of his efforts.

[FFCW_Urizen]

Thanks to R3 i know how much of a rookie i am.

Thx Ataros, this one is now a favourite of mine.

So long
Uri

[Ataros]

Is there another way to do this?

Sorry, I have no idea. Maybe map icons are needed to do this.

Friendly icons appear at 1 km only.

[Ataros]

Thanks to R3 i know how much of a rookie i am.

Thx Ataros, this one is now a favourite of mine.

So long
Uri

Welcome! Congratulations with your first online kill on R3 :)
If you fly red side try to master Hurri Rotol. Now it is a better match for 109 than Spit1a.

[Ataros]

Please try new excellent mission by stillborn running on Repka#2.

Players statistics is available here http://r2.repka.su/stats.htm

Targets: tanks, destroyers, bombers, airfields.

Mission description http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=24954

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Another news is on Repka#3 SpitfireIIa is available for red side on blue airfield after reds capture it. Get on Repka TS3 and join your efforts to capture or protect this key airfield.
Live broadcast shows how reds are working together to capture it right now as I am writing this post. http://en.justin.tv/dip78#/w/1541339248

[kashwashwa]

why is there a password on the server?

[Blackdog_kt]

I think they are running multiple servers and one of them is used for testing out missions internally before going public with them, that's the one that's password protected. The others can be joined by anyone.

[Ataros]

why is there a password on the server?

We experienced some errors with new mission on R2 as discussed in the FMB section. Admin was testing some solutions on locked server. Server will be available for everyone soon hopefully.

Please join R3 in the meanwhile. We have very motivated fights raging there since we added Spit2a as a bonus for capturing a blue airfield. :grin:

Objective is to support your sea and ground troops advancing to enemy airfield and stop the enemy. R3 mission description http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23129

Link to servers status added to the 1st post in this thread. Helpful is you want to check out servers before launching Steam or game http://en.stats4game.com/search?submit=Search&q=repka&type=server&game=all&map=&country=all

[Ralith]

I worked out how to multicrew with map icons disabled: spectate the plane with shift-F2, then hit your "take over AI plane" keybind (mine is alt-F1, I forget if that's the default). You'll be dropped into the first open seat.

[Ralith]

I don't know of any way to do it without either friendly map icons or external views.

[Ataros]

I don't know of any way to do it without either friendly map icons or external views.

As far as I know aircrafts are still clickable on the map even if icons are off and aircraft is not visible on map. E.g. you spawn a plane and taxi it to some noticeable location like a NE runway corner. Then you tell your friend to click on this runway corner to get into your plane.

[Madfish]

Hey Ataros

I have a request. I asked in the SYN server thread as well but maybe you could also help me out? Now that I think of it this could've been worth a thread (or maybe an old one exists).

Could you give some information regarding traffic for hosting? E.g. average traffic per month / user connected that is required? How many gigs or terabytes of traffic do you see over a month e.g.?

Also some estimations regarding CPU and RAM consumption would be nice.

As mentioned in the other thread I'm thinking of hosting for CloD so the numbers would interest me.

Thanks :)

[Ataros]

I am not the server owner just help with missions a bit and being a communications guy :)

As far as I know R1 runs Quad @2.5 and 4 or 8 GB RAM. 4 should be enough as server do not use much RAM. I would recommend a processor with higher clocks, the more you can afford the better because the game sometimes has problems when the 1st core is 100% utilized.
Do not know about traffic. BigRepa told once it is not as bad as reported back in March by some server owners.
R2 and R3 run on virtual PCs.

[FFCW_Urizen]

Welcome! Congratulations with your first online kill on R3 :)
If you fly red side try to master Hurri Rotol. Now it is a better match for 109 than Spit1a.

Ahh, thx, didn´t know that.

So Long
Uri

http://www.abload.de/thumb/lineupyuh0.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=lineupyuh0.jpg)

Am i allowed to shoot those, seems like "AI" to me :D ???

[FFCW_Urizen]

Repka3 is down :(

[Ataros]

R2 is up again after fixing some issues with new mission.

Enjoy the new mission with a bit larger map and statistics http://r2.repka.su/

Mission Briefing http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=6751&d=1311963922

Mission is by stillborn http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=24954

[Ataros]

Also some estimations regarding CPU and RAM consumption would be nice.

Processor load at R3 with 49 players today.

Edit:
Sorry for wrong initial information. The processor was changed to AMD recently. See the 2nd picture please.
BigRepa's plan is to try running all 3 Repka servers on this one physical server.
We'll see how it works.

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=138763&d=1312743655

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=138762&d=1312743422

[Richie]

I always seem to be getting booted off of this server after about 20 minutes or so.

[Ataros]

Welcome to try a new mission on Repka #1.

Objectives are to stop enemy ships trying to cross the channel with a landing party to take your airfields.

Spits2 and Stukas are available at remote airfields only to reduce its quantities.

The mission is under constant development and improvement by andersbravers from Sukhoi.ru forum.

[Ataros]

HC_WOLF's campaign runs on Repka #2 now.

Discussion is here http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=25707

http://i.imgur.com/XuppT.jpg

[Ze-Jamz]

cool

[Ataros]

Update from R2

http://i.imgur.com/TzYs2.jpg

[Ataros]

R2 updated with a new version. Leave your feedback there please http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=25707

[Ataros]

Repka #1 new mission WIP

You are welcome to test an alpha version tonight.

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=139836&d=1314881152

[Ze-Jamz]

Hi Ataros,

What planesets are you using?

[Ataros]

Hi Ataros,

What planesets are you using?

We are doing some experiments and changing it often.
For tonight we hove E4 but no Spit2 on R1 (Channel map) and both E4 and Spit2 on R2 (island map). Some bomber versions of 109 and 110 could be also locked. Do not remember now as I am not the mission maker of the current missions.

R2 was not balanced till Spit2 was introduced yesterday: 70% of players played 109-E4. With Spit2 numbers were more or less even.

Maybe we limit numbers of Spit2 in future if we find a good C# programmer. For now it is better to fly in a wing or squad.

[Ataros]

Testing a new Operation Sea Lion mission by Small_Bee on R1.

German ships carry a landing party which will advance to British airfields and capture them. British organize a counter-offensive and can also capture German airfields if successful.

The mission features limited bonus planes i.e. Spit2s and E4s. Their spawnpoints located next to spawnpoints with all other aircraft (may need to zoom the map to click them - being tested now).

If you loose a bonus plane it will be available again in several minutes only.

To increase number of available bonus planes help your ground and sea units to capture enemy airfields. Number of available bonus planes depends on number of airfields you possess.


The Axis Briefing
Our offensive codenamed 'Operation Sea Lion' has begun. Ground forces are now en-route to England to capture and secure strategic areas. If our ground forces succeed, this should force the Allies to surrender.

The role of the Luftwaffe is to protect and assist our ground forces. This includes ground forces that are en-route, those protecting strategic coastal locations (if under attack) and ground forces that have successfully landed in England. Do your best to help our ground forces take and secure enemy ground whilst protecting our own.

The quantity of available Spitfire IIa and Bf-109E4 depends on the number of airfields we control. Fight hard to deny the enemy using superior aircraft.

* Fighters, escort our ships to England and intercept enemy bombers attacking our ships at all costs!
* Bombers, clear enemy defenses and sink enemy ships approaching our coastal positions in case the Allies launch a counter-offensive.


The Allies Briefing
A surprise counter-offensive against the Axis ground invasion codenamed 'Operation Sea Lion' has begun. Ground forces are now en-route to France to capture and secure strategic areas. If our ground forces succeed, this should force the Axis into re-calling their ships back to mainland France to counter the Britsh offensive.

The role of the RAF is to protect and assist our ground forces. This includes ground forces that are en-route, those protecting strategic coastal locations (if under attack) and ground forces that have successfully landed in France.
Do your best to help our ground forces take and secure enemy ground whilst protecting our own.

The quantity of available Spitfire IIa and Bf-109E4 depends on the number of airfields we control. Fight hard to deny the enemy using superior aircraft.

* Fighters, escort our ships to France and intercept enemy bombers attacking our ships at all costs!
* Bombers, sink enemy ships approaching our coastal positions.

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The mission uses a resource management system. Destroy enemy supply chain to stop their attack. Eliminating bigger supply ships stops landing barges operations. Destroying landing barges slows ground units advancement.
Play smart and have fun!

http://r1.repka.su/index_en.htm

TeamSpeak 3
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Please leave your feedback here.

[Ataros]

Sorry, due to a bug Spit2s and E4s will be available only after restart.

Still very much WIP.

Thank you for patience.

[SEE]

There are some interesting features in that mission. I cautiously left the Hangar at Hawking with all hell breaking loose thinking that there were BFs about. I noticed lots of ground fire and then got hit by the invading German Ground forces on the Folkstone beach as I crossed it. Its a pity there wern't more players. I suffered a 'Time Out' disconnect but will try it again!

[Ataros]

There were about 50 players around 21:00 - 22.00 CET.

Frontline is dynamically moving check the map out often.

Some pictures from last night

Early morning dispatch
http://i.imgur.com/9bA89.jpg

Invasion fleet
http://i.imgur.com/ARbJQ.jpg

Almost there
http://i.imgur.com/29Vi2.jpg

Escort
http://i.imgur.com/gqUE4.jpg

Landing party arrived
http://i.imgur.com/yE0VC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dDCJM.jpg

Beginning an attack
http://i.imgur.com/EJHAb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/R1S9h.jpg

We definitely need more UK bombers to stop the ships before they dispatch ground forces.

[Ataros]

Limited number of players to avoid lag. Waiting for new hardware to arrive.

Spit 2s and E4 are available in limited quantities now.

[SEE]

I had another quick session (only player). The axis ground forces were moving from the beach head. I mistook allied ground units for axis but there was no message to say 'Player XXXXX destroyed friendly.......'.

When I realised my mistake and headed towards the Axis ground units they killed me virtually straight away...(they are pretty awesome!).

Does the player get awarded kills for enemy ground units destroyed (I couldn't get close enough to find out being the only target :grin:) ?

I will have a better idea of how the mission works regards Radar messages and enemy AI when I have another session later with more players.

This mission certainly poses some tactical thinking regards dealing with enemy ground forces advancing on strategic airfields given the likelyhood of attack from enemy fighters above you. The Flak around Hawking was enemy not friendly so you have no idea what is above - only what is below.

Looking forward to another crack at this one and for anyone else.....take care when lifting off at one of the inland bases, there is a railway line on the airfield perimeter just waiting to rip your undercarraige off!

[Ataros]

Does the player get awarded kills for enemy ground units destroyed ?


Server statistics will be implemented later.

Check a map often to see where a frontline is at the moment. Axis tanks have very good AAA cover. It is very hard to take them out when flying alone.

[Ataros]

Guys, could you help with translation into British English from Russian English please?

Or maybe we display Axis briefing in German only for immersion? :grin:
Why not, please translate Axis part in German if you can.

[Army Red]
<Name>
Army Red
<Description>
We launch a surprise counter-offensive aimed to undermine the Axis' Operation Sea Lion. We must land our ground troops in France to force Axis turning their ships back to mainland. Do your best to help our ground forces taking enemy ground and protecting your own. Quantity of available Spitfire IIa and Bf-109E4 depends on number of airfields you control. Fight harder to deny enemy using superior aircraft.

* Fighters, escort your ships to France and intercept enemy bombers attacking your ships at all costs!
* Bombers, sink enemy ships approaching your coast.
---------------------------------------
The mission uses a resource management system. Destroy enemy supply chain to stop their attack. Eliminating bigger supply ships stops landing barges operations. Destroying landing barges slows ground units advancement. Play smart ;) and have fun!



[Army Blue]
<Name>
Army Blue
<Description>
Congratulations! Operation Sea Lion has finally begun! We must land our ground troops in Britain and force the Allies to surrender. Do your best to help our ground forces taking enemy ground and protecting your own. Quantity of available Spitfire IIa and Bf-109E4 depends on number of airfields you control. Fight harder to deny enemy using superior aircraft.

* Fighters, escort your ships to Britain and intercept enemy bombers attacking your ships at all costs!
* Most recent intelligence reports say that enemy started a counter-offensive to undermine our attack but we are well prepared to it. Bombers, sink enemy ships approaching your coast quick and help our ground forces in Britain.
---------------------------------------
The mission uses a resource management system. Destroy enemy supply chain to stop their attack. Eliminating bigger supply ships stops landing barges operations. Destroying landing barges slows ground units advancement. Play smart ;) and have fun!


And also this one in British English please. Sorry English only no other languages so far.

LanguageName=en
CalaisLandingBegunRed=Our army has begun landing near Calais.
CalaisLandingBegunBlue=British begin landing near Calais.
FolkstonLandingBegunRed=Germans begin landing in Folkestone.
FolkstonLandingBegunBlue=Our army has begun landing in Folkestone.
RamsgateLandingBegunRed=Germans begin landing in Ramsgate.
RamsgateLandingBegunBlue=Our army has begun landing in Ramsgate.
WissantLandingBegunRed=Our army has begun landing in Vissant.
WissantLandingBegunBlue=British begin landing in Vissant.
CalaisHarbourCapturedRed=Our ground troops have landed near Calais.
CalaisHarbourCapturedBlue=British ground troops have landed near Calais.
CalaisHarbourGetBackRed=Our army is forced out from Calais.
CalaisHarbourGetBackBlue=British are forced out from Calais.
WissantHarbourCapturedRed=Our army ground troops have landed in Vissant.
WissantHarbourCapturedBlue=British ground troops have landed in Vissant.
WissantHarbourGetBackRed=Our army is forced out from Vissant.
WissantHarbourGetBackBlue=British are forced out from Vissant.
RamsgateHarbourCapturedRed=German ground troops have landed near Ramsgate.
RamsgateHarbourCapturedBlue=Our ground troops have landed near Ramsgate.
RamsgateHarbourGetBackRed=Germans are forced out from Ramsgate.
RamsgateHarbourGetBackBlue=Our army is forced out from Ramsgate.
FolkstonHarbourCapturedRed=German ground troops have landed near Folkestone.
FolkstonHarbourCapturedBlue=Our ground troops have landed near Folkestone.
FolkstonHarbourGetBackRed=Germans are forced out from base near Folkestone.
FolkstonHarbourGetBackBlue=Our army is forced out from base near Folkestone.
AirfieldClosedManston=Manston airfield is closed.
AirfieldClosedHawkinge=Hawkinge airfield is closed.
AirfieldClosedRamsgate=Ramsgate airfield is closed.
AirfieldClosedOyePlage=Oye-Plage airfield is closed.
AirfieldClosedCalaisMark=Calais-Marck airfield is closed.
AirfieldClosedPeuplingues=Peuplingues airfield is closed.
AirfieldClosedSaintInglevert=Saint-Inglevert airfield is closed.
AirfieldClosedPihen=Pihen airfield is closed.
AirfieldAvailableManston=Manston airfield is available now.
AirfieldAvailableHawkinge=Hawkinge airfield is available now.
AirfieldAvailableRamsgate=Ramsgate airfield is available now.
AirfieldAvailableOyePlage=Oye-Plage airfield is available now.
AirfieldAvailableCalaisMark=Calais-Marck airfield is available now.
AirfieldAvailablePeuplingues=Peuplingues airfield is available now.
AirfieldAvailableSaintInglevert=Saint-Inglevert airfield is available now.
AirfieldAvailablePihen=Pihen airfield is available now.
AirfieldCapturedManston=Our army has taken Manston airfield.
AirfieldCapturedHawkinge=Our army has taken Hawkinge airfield.
AirfieldCapturedRamsgate=Our army has taken Ramsgate airfield.
AirfieldCapturedOyePlage=Our army has taken Oye-Plage airfield.
AirfieldCapturedCalaisMark=Our army has taken Calais-Marck airfield.
AirfieldCapturedPeuplingues=Our army has taken Peuplingues airfield.
AirfieldCapturedSaintInglevert=Our army has taken Saint-Inglevert airfield.
AirfieldCapturedPihen=Our army has taken Pihen airfield.
AirfieldLoseManston=Manston airfield is taken by the enemy.
AirfieldLoseHawkinge=Hawkinge airfield is taken by the enemy.
AirfieldLoseRamsgate=Ramsgate airfield is taken by the enemy.
AirfieldLoseOyePlage=Oye-Plage airfield is taken by the enemy.
AirfieldLoseCalaisMark=Calais-Marck airfield is taken by the enemy.
AirfieldLosePeuplingues=Peuplingues airfield is taken by the enemy.
AirfieldLoseSaintInglevert=Saint-Inglevert airfield is taken by the enemy.
AirfieldLosePihen=Pihen airfield is taken by the enemy.
YouAreVulcher=Sorry, strafing this airfield is not allowed!

Yes, briefing page now works online. All server guys please use briefings. (Add 2 side briefings in FMB).

[Ataros]

Added English-speaking channels to Repka TeamSpeak 3.

Please get on TS and never fly alone!

TeamSpeak 3

ts13.forteam.ru:10117 pass: sukhoi

[Ataros]

External views are set to OFF finally on Repka #1. (after next restart)

The mission is still in beta, will get a new version hopefully next week.

[Ataros]

Moved to MS Server 2008.

Mission version updated, fixed some bugs.

[SEE]

Here is my version English........


[Army Red]
<Name>
Army Red
<Description>
A surprise counter-offensive against the Axis ground invasion codenamed 'Operation Sea Lion' has begun. Ground forces are now en-route to France to capture and secure strategic areas. If our ground forces succeed, this should force the Axis into re-calling their ships back to mainland France to counter the Britsh offensive.

The role of the RAF is to protect and assist our ground forces. This includes ground forces that are en-route, those protecting strategic coastal locations (if under attack) and ground forces that have successfully landed in France.

Do your best to help our ground forces take and secure enemy ground whilst protecting our own.

The quantity of available Spitfire IIa and Bf-109E4 depends on the number of airfields we control. Fight hard to deny the enemy using superior aircraft.

* Fighters, escort our ships to France and intercept enemy bombers attacking our ships at all costs!
* Bombers, sink enemy ships approaching our coastal positions.

[jojovtx]

Couple issues, bugs or user errors to be determined.

1.) Last couple of days Calais has shown occupied by red, idicated by frontline pushed to the south of Calais, I have yet to find a singe red unit or ship in the area. I have found a column of friendly vehicles E of Calais on the coast. That is all.

2.) On several occasions I have seleceted a 110C7, equipped my usual assortment of fuel and bombs, click ok and when it is time to hit create it doesnt let me. I have to go through the whole process of choosing airfield(the same one) and sorting out my loadout(saved from previous attempt just double checking) then hitting ok and create. But then I usually wont have any bombs equiped even though I looked and checked on them at the loadout screen. Has happend 2 out of 3 times I have flown the 110C7 from Caffiers. I like to think of myself as an experienced 110 driver. So mistakes should me minimal in armament loadout.

3.) My ping is usually around 160'ish. Last two time I've flown I've been disconnected from server. Is my ping too high and I am getting autockicked? My connection is rocksteady as in I can immediately connect to the internet and join the server again right away so no drops in connection on my end. I can look at my modem and see if it loses sync or connect and neither is the case.

I thoroughly enjoy your server and really think you are onto something with this dynamic online battle. However, if I spend all my time circling an empty Calais looking for enemy ground units that apparently do not exist or go to intercept a bomber only to get kicked off the server due to unknown connection errors, it will make me less than enthusiastic to join the server in the future.

Thank you.

[Ataros]

Here is my version English........

Thank you very much sir!
Loaded it to the server. Will be online after the next server restart. It may not fit the screen 100% as there is no vertical scrollbar yet but a briefing space can be extended horizontally. Let's hope for the fix with the official patch (issue have been reported to the devs).

Anyone eager to help with the Axis side briefing? Now you sure envy your opposition :)

BTW. I found a way to make multi-language briefings in similar way to the off-line briefings naming convention. Therefore if someone provides the same text in German or French or Italian or Bambara, we can have it included.

[Ataros]

Found an error, the Bf-110 C-7 E of Calais spawns with no bombs, even though bombs are available in the loadout. Could some E-3B's be added to the map, this map is too fun for just AirQuake... :)

Couple issues, bugs or user errors to be determined.

Thank you for feedback. I reported the issues to the author, Small_Bee.

The mission is still in its early development stage and has about 6000 lines of code. It is very important to track bugs and problems. Thank you for details you provided.

I hope Small_Bee can find the cause of the bombs bug. Maybe it is a dynamically loading spawnpoints which can be reloaded again while you are in the load-out menu. The mission reloads spawnpoints periodically to allow airfield capture mechanics.

There are some known bugs with frontlines but ground units can be attacking deep into enemy lines and not necessarily be found on the coast itself. Usually players cooperate in TS and tell each other where the ground units have advanced from the coast.

The autokick utility has been just written 2 days ago and also being beta/alpha-tested. Max allowed ping is set at 300 for now. However it is still being worked on and may have some bugs. Players are supposed to receive several warning messages before being kicked.

As stated above all this is very much WIP and will be improved step by step. Thank you very much for your help and support!

[SYN_Repent]

flew on your operation sea lion server tonight, along with several other SYN members, we all really enjoyed it, fantastic server, no lag, no issues, no ghost dots, just plain sailing(or flying) , thankyou repka :)

[SYN_Jed]

Definitely the best experience I have had with IL2:Clod so far....and yes, that includes our own server!. Really well done, guys!!

[Ataros]

Thank you for feedback, SYN! All credits go to mission developer Small_Bee and server owner BigRepa @ sukhoi.ru.

I love your RoF server btw when I feel like flying something else than CloD.

[Ataros]

Blenheims teamwork on Repka #1.

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=144161&d=1320399964

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=144162&d=1320399967

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=144167&d=1320400218

Good to see bombers flying in groups.

Where are the Axis fighters btw? lol

Recent online figures for those who can not find people online to fly with
http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=144121&d=1320350799

[SYN_Jed]

Did something changer serverside, Ataros?.....Im getting waaaaay better performance there last night compared to last week?......weather conditions?....ai?.....mission scripting?....odd, but in a very good way!.

P.S. There were 60+ ppl there when i was in :)

[Ataros]

Did something changer serverside, Ataros?.....Im getting waaaaay better performance there last night compared to last week?......weather conditions?....ai?.....mission scripting?....odd, but in a very good way!.

P.S. There were 60+ ppl there when i was in :)

Glad it works for you sometimes :)
The server OS was changed about 2 or 3 weeks ago back to Win Server 2008 providing 3 cores to a virtual machine.

Since then Small_Bee made some small changes to the scripts which I am not aware of. The mission or the game engine has some memory leak issues which Small_Bee is trying to solve. Probably performance depends on how long before the flight the server was restarted.

Yesterday some static objects were added to airfields and other locations for more immersion (including 4 or 6 trains for example).

Small_Bee is making a complete overhaul of scripts at the same time. A new version will have many new features and will come in 2-4 weeks probably.

PS. I think the reason for less lag is traffic limiter that limits traffic to each clients by 35000 - a bit more than xDSL ingame settings. Many clients have LAN settings for their connection speed which overloads server with data otherwise.

[Ataros]

The Axis achieved some success yesterday night in Operation Sealion

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=145054&d=1321691287

[Foo'bar]

Added English-speaking channels to Repka TeamSpeak 3.

Please get on TS and never fly alone!

TeamSpeak 3

ts13.forteam.ru:10117 pass: sukhoi

May we have a german speaking channel as well?

I really enjoy to fly on Repka#1, big THUMBS UP! :D

Ataros, please drop me a line if you still need help to translate anything english to german. Will be a pleasure to help. :)

[Ataros]

May we have a german speaking channel as well?

I really enjoy to fly on Repka#1, big THUMBS UP! :D

Ataros, please drop me a line if you still need help to translate anything english to german. Will be a pleasure to help. :)

TS channels are done, look in the end of the channel list. You are welcome to use it!

Thank you for your offer. R1 mission is done by Small_Bee and I do not think he will be able to include multi-language support at least before the mission is more or less finalised and fine-tuned (he is slowly but surely working on major revision to v.2.0 now).

It is possible to include a briefing in German however. I guess the filename must have a _de.briefing suffix to be shown in German but I am not sure. If you would like to try it here is a briefing text in English which you can translate into German (do not translate the tags in brackets [ ] or < >).
[Army Red]
<Name>
Army Red
<Description>
A surprise counter-offensive against the Axis ground invasion codenamed 'Operation Sea Lion' has begun. Ground forces are now en-route to France to capture and secure strategic areas. If our ground forces succeed, this should force the Axis into re-calling their ships back to mainland France to counter the Britsh offensive.

The role of the RAF is to protect and assist our ground forces. This includes ground forces that are en-route, those protecting strategic coastal locations (if under attack) and ground forces that have successfully landed in France.
Do your best to help our ground forces take and secure enemy ground whilst protecting our own.

The quantity of available Spitfire IIa and Bf-109E4 depends on the number of airfields we control. Fight hard to deny the enemy using superior aircraft.

* Fighters, escort our ships to France and intercept enemy bombers attacking our ships at all costs!
* Bombers, sink enemy ships approaching our coastal positions.

---------------------------------------
The mission uses a resource management system. Destroy enemy supply chain to stop their attack. Eliminating bigger supply ships stops landing barges operations. Destroying landing barges slows ground units advancement.
Play smart and have fun!

http://r1.repka.su/index_en.htm

TeamSpeak 3
ts13.forteam.ru:10117
pass: sukhoi


[Army Blue]
<Name>
Army Blue
<Description>
Our offensive codenamed 'Operation Sea Lion' has begun. Ground forces are now en-route to England to capture and secure strategic areas. If our ground forces succeed, this should force the Allies to surrender.

The role of the Luftwaffe is to protect and assist our ground forces. This includes ground forces that are en-route, those protecting strategic coastal locations (if under attack) and ground forces that have successfully landed in England. Do your best to help our ground forces take and secure enemy ground whilst protecting our own.

The quantity of available Spitfire IIa and Bf-109E4 depends on the number of airfields we control. Fight hard to deny the enemy using superior aircraft.

* Fighters, escort our ships to England and intercept enemy bombers attacking our ships at all costs!
* Bombers, clear enemy defenses and sink enemy ships approaching our coastal positions in case the Allies launch a counter-offensive.

---------------------------------------
The mission uses a resource management system. Destroy enemy supply chain to stop their attack. Eliminating bigger supply ships stops landing barges operations. Destroying landing barges slows ground units advancement.
Play smart and have fun!

http://r1.repka.su/index_en.htm

TeamSpeak 3
ts13.forteam.ru:10117
pass: sukhoi

[Ataros]

An update on R1 mission scripts from Small_Bee. Translated with Prompt translator.
The small report on progress of work on statistics.

At present work on information gathering in a database and its interpretation is almost finished. There were small technical completions, and to make a website. The site skeleton is ready too, it is necessary to fill with tables and other.

That it is possible to expect from statistics in the first version.

1. The account of the general time spent by the player on the server - is broken into "sessions" - from connection before switching-off with indication of the reason of switching-off.

2. The account of flight-time . I.e. from occurrence in the plane to an exit and from launch till landing \wreck.

3. The statistics can be looked in general, and divided on sessions \departures, and as on the party (red \dark blue) or to the countries.

4. Statistics of a flight - it is painted on time that when have made - when have flied up, at whom have fired and than, what damages have put. Concerning the put \received damages to departure process stats there will be enough the general (a quantity of hits, than and the put damages), but on each plane after flight end it is possible to look in detail - which damages have been received. It is made what not to overload base - too much information.

5. Division of victories on personal and victories in group.

6. Addition of points both for planes, and for ground units. Points are divided into three groups - fighter (shooting on planes), ground attack and bombing (bombs on everything).

7. The quantity of the added points depends on type of the target and a condition of the player and its plane at the moment of flight end. Concerning planes also depends on a condition of a victim. For example for the plane which not received critical damages and has landed in the airdrome, points won't be added. But if the plane falls in the field in the territory, points will be added in a bit smaller volume. For compulsion to landing of the damaged plane in enemy territory on the contrary, will be extra points.

8. In addition points are added for the killed crewmen of the plane and if it there was a player, more points are given.

10. Victories can will be added both to pilots, and gunners if they have together put sufficient damages to the brought down plane.

11. Almost all logic of calculation of points and other is put into stored procedures database. I.e. is open and can be easily modified.

12. Possibility of localization of almost any data-texts which will be taken out on a site.

13. Simple connection of statistics to any existing mission. It is not necessary to modify own logic of missions practically.

Here and so in brief. It will be a little similar to FBDj Stats as this statistics very much is pleasant to me.

Good news especially for bombers :)

[Ataros]

Quick dogfight over France is up on R1 till launcher crash issue is fixed. Low flight-time to battle makes launcher crash not so disappointing we hope.

Spit II and E4 can be removed completely if requested to provide more variety of different plane-sets online.

No much time to work on the mission now, therefore it is provided as it is for now but your feedback is very welcome.

[335th_GRAthos]

....'till launcher crash issue is fixed. Low flight-time to battle makes launcher crash not so disappointing we hope.

Sorry if my comment is a bit OT or it has already been read by most players as I posted already at another thread:
With these settings below (do not pay attention at the resolution; use the one you have) I minimized any launcher crashes.
I still keep tracking the amount of available RAM while on flight (actually I check my RAM gauges more often than my fuel gauges, especially when I am about to enter a dogfight, LOL) but I can fly for 1-2 hrs without the need to exit and restart CoD.
True it does not look as nice as it could be but I am there to fly and dogfight so I could pay too much attention to the ground details anyway.
http://grathos.de/temp/CoD/No_Leak.jpg

In the hope that it may help some...

~S~

[Ataros]

Thank you! Another solution is to restart the game between flights.

[podvoxx]

Mission "Friday on my mind". -New mission on "Repka 1" server

[Server Mission Pack - http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=73858]



Red briefing:
Task 1.1: [500 points]
Artillery position [ S10 ]
Task 1.2: [250 points]
Artillery supply [ S10 ]

Task 2: [500 points]
Column [ Arras => Barli ]

Task 3: [500 points]
Reconnaissance aircraft. Area patrols: [ over the red convoy ]. Height - 5000 m

Task 4: [500 points]
Radio Station [ S14 ]

Task 5: [1000 points]
Military Depot [ W19 ]



Blue briefing:
Task 1.1: [250 points]
50% transport ships of red convoy [ H14 => L9 ]
Task 1.2: [250 points]
100% transport ships of red convoy [ H14 => L9 ]
Task 1.3: [250 points]
Escort ships of red convoy [ H14 => L9 ]

Task 2: [500 points]
Column [ Dieppe => Neufchatel-en-Bray => Granville => Oraa-le-Bourg ]

Task 3: [500 points]
Tank division [ S7 ]

Task 4: [500 points]
Radio Station [ P5 ]

Task 5: [1000 points]
Military Depot [ M3 ]


Available airfields:

"Blue Spawn A" - [ P14 ]
"Blue Spawn A" - [ P14 ]
"Blue Spawn B" - [ S12 ]
"Blue Spawn C" - [ X11 ]
"Blue Spawn D" - [ V14 ]
"Blue Spawn E" - [ S20 ]

"Red Spawn A" - [ L8 ]
"Red Spawn A" - [ L8 ]
"Red Spawn B" - [ E4 ]
"Red Spawn C" - [ S7 ]
"Red Spawn D" - [ F18 ]
"Red Spawn E" - [ T4 ]
"Red Spawn F" - [ M23 ]

Features:
*Mission statistic and menu
*Localization
*Reconnaissance Aircraft
*Team Radio Tower
*Scoring system

[podvoxx]

Team Radio Towers

http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_af7f8c7f.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_1ae86ae3.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_30806468.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_7fe1307e.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_21c517ac.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_24c7a901.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_087a1e65.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_7c8492f3.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_9ea4bb01.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_f34f29ea.jpg
http://cs6003.vk.com/u13511680/149104035/z_958fa576.jpg

[Ataros]

podvoxx, thanks a lot for the mission and for heads up.

A lot of ground targets at last. Bombers must be really happy :)

The mission is restarted every 4 hours.

[Ataros]

Repka 3 is patched. Everyone is welcome for a quick dogfight on a small map.