Originally Posted by Trumper (Post 369135)

Has that 109 got it's wheels down? ,is it a bug surely you wouldn't go into combat with wheels down unless it was survival.

Originally Posted by Foo'bar (Post 369115)

I really would like to fly in ATAG more often. But unfortunately I get a launcher freeze each time I'm getting close to an enemy plane.

So I keep on playing on REPKA#1 instead.

Originally Posted by cheesehawk (Post 369204)

If you reset the landing gear switch to the neutral position after they're up and locked, some people will see the wheels as being lowered.

Originally Posted by cheesehawk (Post 369261)

I play both, there's a lot of things you just don't have control over in MP. It's far easier to replicate something historical with single player, since majority of players online play to dogfight, and there's practically no one doing anything historical. Replicating something that truly happened, the way it happened is a big draw to some, not everyone buys this as a game, some bought it as a sim.

There's still a long ways to go before you can truly replicate the numbers in the air, and of course AI/radio are still completely screwed. But there's something to be said for bringing 4 Spits at 36 Ju-88s escorted by roughly 120 LW fighters (110s and 109s). It's kind of a cat-and-mouse game trying to head-fake your way into the bombers to hit them. I'll post the mission someday if other people are interested.

Originally Posted by cheesehawk (Post 369261)

I play both, there's a lot of things you just don't have control over in MP. It's far easier to replicate something historical with single player, since majority of players online play to dogfight, and there's practically no one doing anything historical. Replicating something that truly happened, the way it happened is a big draw to some, not everyone buys this as a game, some bought it as a sim.

There's still a long ways to go before you can truly replicate the numbers in the air, and of course AI/radio are still completely screwed. But there's something to be said for bringing 4 Spits at 36 Ju-88s escorted by roughly 120 LW fighters (110s and 109s). It's kind of a cat-and-mouse game trying to head-fake your way into the bombers to hit them. I'll post the mission someday if other people are interested.

Originally Posted by SIDWULF (Post 369215)

It seems this thread is implying that most people are still playing offline. What? I don't think i have ever touched single player in the original IL2, mabye Quick Mission Builder for target practice. I always figured Single player was just put in just to say it's there and as a side show to the real magic of multiplayer. Nothing is better then the experience of public servers, online campaigns and squadrons!

And i am even more surprised you have a fully modded HOTAS setup and you have never played online! I would of surely thought you would be using that to dominate everyone on the ATAG server. :)