Blenheim Attack - - - - New movie up at Flightsimvids.com

[Freycinet]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hipWoINtJX0
(Best seen in fullscreen and 1080p)

I made this movie to show what amazing fun and excitement it is to fly Cliffs of Dover online. On the ATAG server everybody can join and fly missions like this one, where we try to take out an important target with our Bristol Blenheim bombers. The Blennie is a bit of a crappy plane, but that just makes the challenge even bigger, and the tension too. As you can see, a fellow came along in his Spitfire to escort us: his contribution was really crucial because he diverted the Flak at a crucial moment.

With the Team Fusion patch and the great online missions on the ATAG server it is really fabulous fun to fly Cliffs of Dover online... - As I think you can see in the movie!

Comments and criticism very welcome.

[Chivas]

Excellent....... I really enjoyed the video.

It must be hard for the old development crew to see their potential masterpiece unfinished, and so unheralded, after so many years of hard work. Thankfully Team Fusion is keeping it alive, and we may yet see a good portion of its potential.

[Freycinet]

Thanks for the reply Chivas... - Good to see there are still some people in here.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Hey Freycinet,

Really liked the video. It highlights the details that make CoD so good. The landscape detail down low and the objects that make the environment come alive.


It also shows me the reason I fly the Blenhiem so often! :)

Makes me want to get on ATAG now!

Hope to see you online soon.

[DUI]

It also shows me the reason I fly the Blenhiem so often! :)

Makes me want to get on ATAG now!
Makes me to get on ATAG and shoot down some of those mean Blenheims! ;)

Really a great video, thanks a lot!

[Freycinet]

You evil Hun... :-)

[RupertVonHentzau]

Enjoyed the video and especially music very much, too.

Two things are of interest to me: Is there some micro stuttering as you see planes from outside over landscapes - or is this my old rig?

Am I right: The Evil Hun put a Red Cross tent (bombed at around 9.50) next to a radar antenna? ;)

[Freycinet]

Stuttering is not too noticeable when I fly the mission, but there is a bit due to the capture effort (30 images per second being stored on the computer), I think. The sim remains eminently playable. The only instances of a noticeable slowdown is particles whirling up behind the planes when they roll fast on the ground.

Yes, evil evil Hun! Or rather the ATAG mission designer who decided on the composition of the "Panzer division" ground target...

[zapatista]

nice video to illustrate the CoD game qualities :)

but if you know exactly where the flak battery is, why still fly directly over it ? navigation skills were good enough to locate the flak and target locations exactly, surely a slight additional detour around the AA unit would have significantly reduced the risk.

and if you had to fly directly over the AA zone for some reason, why fly over it like a line of ducks in a row with spacing between your line of planes, allowing the flak to target one plane at a time in high concentration ? ( spread out side by side forces the AA to split its fire making it less risky)

tactic tactics gentlemen :)

[Freycinet]

Zapatista, that target is surrounded by Flak on all sides. I think we actually managed a good short interval between our three Blennies. The Old Man didn't find the target, but as you can see I bombed only a few seconds after the first Blennie that dropped its load. His time-delayed bombs even went off after mine. Flying parallel is not so easy when you have to hit the same target! Coming in from different compass directions would be good, but that would of course present a huge problem regarding the timing...

[SlipBall]

Players flying at these low alt's is one of the reasons I don't enjoy on-line play :!:

[Skoshi Tiger]

Low level has it's place

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Watch from about 17:10 for some low level Blenhiem action!

I guess its a case of a few bombers by themselves can't win a war, but using team work and precision techniques they can sure meet their objectives and roll a map.

Low level attacks aren't all beer and skittles by the way. They are quite dangerous and practically impossible to get away with if the other side can be bothers to protect their assets!

[SlipBall]

In the gaming world though a little elbow room is needed, some height for maneuvering in an engagement.

[Chivas]

There is definitely a place for high level, and low level tactics. I never understood those that only flew at high level, and looked down their noses at ground pounders and their escorts. In a real war you didn't have the option to only fly at a level that gave you the best chance for survival.

[MB_Avro_UK]

The contribution of the Blenheim crews in the BoB has not been fully recognised. Their losses were savage.

Excellent video :grin:

[Freycinet]

Thanks!

[2GFlea]

Always enjoyed your movies Freycinet. Please keep them coming.

[leitmotiv]

You must like the Blenheim IV as much as I do, F!

[Robert]

You must like the Blenheim IV as much as I do, F!


blinks hard. leitmotiv? I haven't seen you since the UBI boards went anti-political. Hope things are good with you.

[leitmotiv]

Hello Robert, I've been a goy version of the wandering Jew for three years. My gaming computer was sitting in a box in storage. I finally have it up and running, and I am back. Not much point being a groundling on a flight sim forum, so I was on sabbatical! I am having a tremendous amount of trouble with "Dover". See my post!

[Robert]

Ahhhhhh. I just read it, leit. Sorry for the issues. As it is I'm only beginning to get back into the game myself after just rebuilding a new PC. So while I played CoD about a year ago, the experience was a mixed bag and because of my low spec system I decided to wait until I could afford a new build.

I use the CH products, but I do have a Saitek FF Cyborg available to me. Maybe tonight I'll hook it in and see if I get FF. I've read where several have had issues with FF (Bearcat for one and he loves his MSFF stick). I'm not sure of any resolution though.

ATAG forum now has the bulk of CoD users and would probably be a gold mine of help.

Welcome back, Wanderer. ;)

[Les]

Excellent video Freycinet. Watched it the other day (and again just now) and gave it a 'like' on Youtube.

I liked the way you put it all together, following and showing the action in a clear manner. I think it's a great combination of story-telling driven by online action, presenting both what it's like to undertake an online mission, while having the actions represent something more than that. The dedication at the end makes more sense and means more having seen a representation of the kinds of things those pilots went through.

I can't really fault the video, but I thought it would have been good to make mention of where the third bomber went straight after the attack, even if just to show it heading off in another direction. I know there was a lot of action happening with the other planes at the time, but I got a little bit distracted from the story wondering where the third one went.

Good luck with future video's if you choose to continue with it, you've certainly got a talent for telling engaging stories with sound and images imo.

[Freycinet]

Thanks for your comment Les! - I'll keep what you said about the third bomber in mind... It is true that we only caught up with him in the very end of the movie. Always great to get a third-person perspective on things, because what doesn't bother oneself may very well bother people who see the vid for the first time.

Another guy said to me that it would be better synchronize the aircraft being showed with the person speaking in that very instant. Also a good point...