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Ataros

10-06-2011 01:23 AM

Repka Steppe Mission - please try it and have fun

Repka runs a new mission on Steppe map.

The map is medium size which gives it an advantage of being fun with just a few players as well as enough room for tactical thinking that can compensate any limitations of a particular aircraft.

The new feature is limited number of bonus planes: Spit 2s and 109-E4, that will make fighting enjoyable for both sides as we hope.
It is planned that number of available bonus planes will depend on objectives completion starting with mission version v.1.05.

EDIT: Added submissions with random bomber flights. More submissions of various types will be added later.
EDIT: Added on-screen messages giving update on objectives .
EDIT: Added permanent international English-speaking channels to Repka community TS3: ts13.forteam.ru:10117 pass: sukhoi .

There are plenty of targets for bombers as you can see on the map. The key objective is to maintain air superiority over D4 area in preparation for a ground attack.

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachmen...9&d=1317997344

Please read ingame briefing screen. It works.

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BRIEFING

Limit of available bonus aircrafts namely Spitfires IIa and Bf-109E4 is incrementally increased each mission. However if you fail to achieve the mission objectives bonus aircraft numbers are reset to minimum! Fulfill objectives announced on screen to obtain better aircrafts.

Fighters' Objectives
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Primary: Stop enemy bombers attacking our airfields and protect friendly bombers at all costs.

Secondary: Achieve and maintain air superiority over strategic facilities located in the forest at D4. We are moving our ground forces to this area for an unexpected attack and must stop enemy aircrafts from getting away with any recon data collected in the area. Our recon data shows increasing enemy activity in D4 as well.

Bombers' Objectives
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Destroy enemy armor which is concentrating near cities and in small forests. When tanks are destroyed destroy as many enemy ships as possible.

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

Your feedback is highly appreciated.

Get on TS and never fly alone :)
TeamSpeak 3
ts13.forteam.ru:10117 pass: sukhoi

S!

ATAG_Bliss

10-06-2011 01:58 AM

Looks fun :)

Ataros

10-06-2011 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss (Post 344903)

Looks fun :)

Thanks. Just posted a script in the FMB section. I hope it can be useful to ATAG as well.

Ataros

10-06-2011 10:42 AM

Luthier posted a hotfix for CTD

Quote:

Originally Posted by luthier (Post 345056)

We have a hotfix for the particle effect issue that caused CTDs at the first explosion.

I edited the link plus some additional information into the OP.

Therefore the servers stay at recent Beta 2. Please download and apply the hotfix, check out if antyepilepsy is OFF in conf.ini, and sound settings are correct, etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by luthier (Post 344373)

Update – October 6, 2011
Please download and install a small update to the beta that fixes the most commonly encountered issue that has to do with explosions and particle effects hanging up the game.
http://www.1cfiles.com/IL2_CliffsofD...core_patch.rar

Extract the contents to your
[Program Files]\Steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\
Folder. (It already contains the folder structure and should automatically put the file into the \parts\core\ subfolder – or if you’re using some weird extraction method, please put the file there manually)

We are currently looking at other issues. Reviewing some conf.inis sent to us, we see that a lot of people reporting decreased frame rate are playing with the anti-epilepsy filter enabled. Please disable it in the game options or manually edit the line in conf.ini, setting AntiEpilepsy to 0.
Also if you encounter an issue where all buildings in the game disappear, please check your conf.ini for a corrupted
StereoMode
Key value (which by the way can enable 3D stereo on compatible hardware, if you’re willing to test this even further)
It can be either 0 (OFF)o r 1 (ON). If it’s anything else – and we’re trying to figure out why it went haywire on one tester’s machine – then manually set it to 0.

Ataros

10-06-2011 11:40 AM

Welcome to Repka TeamSpeak 3
ts13.forteam.ru:10117
pass: sukhoi

It is possible to create temporary channels there.

Ataros

10-07-2011 02:32 PM

Mission updated.

Bombers now can create groups of up to 4 planes at special Bombers Airfields (see map).

Frontline airfields are not available for takeoff.

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachmen...9&d=1317997344

Ataros

10-09-2011 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesehawk (Post 346615)

Wow, that's a LOT of AA!

Well, the idea was to prevent abuse of strafing :) Does not help much though :)

@ ALL
Thank you for active testing!
Will be adding some more scripts tonight to clean AI and reduce lag.

Please try setting your network speed to ISDN or xDSL maximum to prevent lag, compare and report the results please.

Ze-Jamz

10-09-2011 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesehawk (Post 346615)

Wow, that's a LOT of AA!

Lol thats what i thought..:)

nice one fellas

Ataros

10-12-2011 04:05 PM

New v.1.04 is up
- added removal of abandoned aircraft for better performance
- added random bomber attack on airfield
- added Messaging System
- ground targets are temporary shown on ingame map (enemy aircrafts are not shown)

Follow onscreen objectives and have fun!

Special thanks to FG28_Kodiak for making this possible.

Ataros

10-13-2011 01:24 PM

The mission runs on Repka #2 now.

Could you advise if you get English messages on screen and in chat?
Let me know if you get any Russian messages instead.

Or maybe someone can PM me the maddox.dll (responsible for language selection) so that I can check it out myself.

Thank you!

Qpassa

10-14-2011 08:18 PM

there's one thing I miss:
DONT ATTACK PLANES WITH GUNS IN ENEMY AIRFIELDS

Cant takeoff ... 2 times

the spawn killer was alambash

Ataros

10-16-2011 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qpassa (Post 349299)

there's one thing I miss:
DONT ATTACK PLANES WITH GUNS IN ENEMY AIRFIELDS

Sorry, this map is big enough to let you chose a safe airfield. If you were strafed once there is now reason to take off from the same airfield again. You can always choose another one. Then it is a primary fighter objective to cover most important airfields denying the enemy any strafing possibilities.

We may include an anti-vulching script prohibiting vulching of one of remote airfields later but it is quite historically correct to strafe airfields which are close to frontlines.

sorak

10-19-2011 03:49 AM

I love yall's servers and this is a cool map. Good job and keep up the good work. I look forward to future missions/maps

I just wish you had some closer servers to me (im in US) Because of my ping.. hehe

Ataros

10-19-2011 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sorak (Post 351270)

Thank you for flying. We plan to set a ping limiter on 300 or 350, sorry if it would keep you out. Make sure you try the ATAG server which is based in the US iirc and III./JG27 Server which has an advanced Mission Menu system.

But please try connecting to Repkas again as your (or server) connection may improve.

Ataros

10-19-2011 03:32 PM

New version 1.11 is up on Repka #3.

Main news:
- bonus planes (Spit IIa and 109E4) are available at all airfields now.
- limit of simultaneously available bonus planes incrementally increases each mission for both sides a bit.
- too keep all your bonus limits to the next mission you have to stop enemy bombers. If enemy bombers bomb the objective your limit is reset to minimum.
- you are informed about availability of a limited plane upon entering one. Please read the message and do not use a plane if it is out of stock.

This is a candidate to be put up on Repka #2 as well, please test it and give feedback too speed up development.

Thank you for flying Repka.

Jatta Raso

10-19-2011 05:31 PM

i always CTD or get timed out from server after about 30m in... fun while it lasts though:confused:
not clear what to do to overcame this

Ataros

10-19-2011 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jatta Raso (Post 351587)

i always CTD or get timed out from server after about 30m in... fun while it lasts though:confused:
not clear what to do to overcame this

Sorry to hear this. Do yo mean Repka #2 or #3 which runs with external views?

Does it happen when you use external views?

Does it happen on other servers? On Repka #1, ATAG, or other servers with ext. views ON?

Try reinstalling all and every program from this folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\redist

Search for newer versions of these programs on the Internet (MS site, etc.).

Try reinstalling video drivers.

I do have CTDs myself but usually when I use external views. Thus I try to avoid them.

Jatta Raso

10-20-2011 02:00 AM

it was Repka 2 steppe Full Realism
it happened before on other servers as well but rarely, on R2 it went down 3 of 3 times for me; but on ATAG no problem. i also usually don't use externals even when available, at least in mid flight.
drivers are latest beta (nvidia)

i'll check again on R2 shortly, if it keeps happening i'll see if that "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\redist" folder makes any difference and get back to you

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q6600 3.2 / 4G DDR2 800 / GTX570 / P5K-E wi-fi

Ataros

10-20-2011 01:10 PM

Please send your crash dumps to luthier. Some people who send many crash dumps during betas report that they do not have crashes any more which means that those problems were fixed.

Quote:

If you ever experience a crash, we want to see your crash dump! There is a
Cppcrash
Folder under your main game install
([Program Files]\Steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover)
Which contains a .dmp file for each game crash.
We’re very interested in those. Please forward them to
ishevchenko (at) 1cpublishing.eu
along with your system specs and the description of what you were doing at the time of the crash.
NOTE: we will be looking at all your crash dumps, but I may not necessarily be able to answer general questions or suggestions (while I do read them all)

arthursmedley

10-23-2011 12:07 AM

Spent a very enjoyable hour and a half on this server tonight Ataros. Very good fun. The map gives space to climb, position and hunt without having to fly around for ages without seeing anything. The bomber hunt or bomber escort seems to provide something for everyone with some good action.

Technically I had no problems whatsoever. No huge stutters or freezes, fairly smooth all round for CoD and I quite like the settings. There's definately a place for a server with externals and limited, friendly icons.

After flying the E4, the Spit 1a and Spit2a I'm starting to appreciate some of the concerns people have with the performance of some of these 'planes!

Keep up the good work. I appreciate it.

Ataros

10-23-2011 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arthursmedley (Post 353078)

Spent a very enjoyable hour and a half on this server tonight Ataros.

Thanks a lot for feedback and for flying.

R2 has 'fullreal' settings, R3 runs the same mission with external views ON and limited friendly icons.

Ataros

10-27-2011 08:15 AM

Ingame briefing updated:

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BH_woodstock

11-03-2011 05:52 PM

hi all..~S~
i really like this server alot!can you please put it up in hyperlobby?I know many pilots that would like to fly in it too.I will do my best to help populate this server.
thank you.

BH_woodstock
HYPER/STAFF

amd dual core 5400+
gtx460
6gb ram
win7 ultimate
trackir 3 using trackir4 software
microsoft sidewinder ff2 joystick

Ataros

11-04-2011 05:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BH_woodstock (Post 357821)

Hi! Thank you for flying on Repkas.

If you know how to add servers to HL please let me know as I have to explain it to server owner. HL site does not have a manual for server admins and neither BigRepa nor myself are familiar with HL on server side (but used to be happy clients in IL-2 times).

Also there are some issues like registration requirement and HL prefix that have to be sorted out imo. http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=103

In the meantime please use ingame browser to join the server. It is free and easily available to everyone without any restrictions or extra requirements. Join our Teamspeak to chat with friends.

Ataros

12-14-2011 07:58 AM

Now runs with more realism settings, i.e. external views OFF. Everyone is welcome!

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