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Originally Posted by Cirrus
If you are referring to each Client clicking on the Airbase, it is not available to them. It is grayed out.
Cirrus_SD
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Yes.
Hi Blackdog_kt (and again, hi Ataros),
Thanks, but what we are seeing both pre-beta patch and with the new patch is as described. With a "classic" type coop, written as it would be in IL2, the clients cannot join. Clicking on airfields by the clients has no effect. No list appears.
They can join, just as described by Ataros, on servers that appear to be running "scripted" missions... my apologies if I have this confused, but it really appears that the missions on these servers are "dogfight-style" mission (in the way dogfight servers ran for IL2) that have been modified or tweaked via scripting to allow a form of coop play.
I can see great advantages to this approach:
1. Join "on the fly".... this is a huge advantage. IL2 coops don't allow this.
2. Respawn if killed.
3. The possibility of creating a "persistent" battle server (somewhat like Falcon 4 online campaign servers, where clients could come and go, but the server kept the battle running)
But, the disadvantage is that it seems like you cannot fly a "traditional" style mission with your buddies. You can spawn at "spawn points" if an aircraft is available, or into a flying aircraft.... but not into a "mission"... if that makes sense. If you've flown coop in IL2, JF-18, Falcon 4, etc., you'll know what I mean.
Can a group of players decide to fly a mission together, all "spawn" into the
same flight on the runway or in the air, and then complete the mission, just as if it were a singleplayer campaign mission?
When I test the COD missions I've written as the Host, it appears that this can be done, but when we tested it online, we could not get it to work. We are talking about missions with dozens of flyable aircraft, but only the Host can play the mission, clients cannot join.
Does IL2-style coop now work? If so, how? We were not able to figure it out. (That would be Cirrus, Megohm and myself, long-time flying buddies).
Again, apologies if I am missing something really basic, but it still appears that "traditional" style coop play is not available in COD yet.
Thanks!!