'Spitfire Dawn' missions (campaign?) posted

[dflion]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

Tried the first tiger moth mission, and I just found myself in an airfield with a slowly rotating plane... - I have turned the text windows off, do I need them enabled? Will there be some sorts of instructions? - Damn', I don't even think I know how to turn the text window on again!

I really liked your Stuka video Freycinet, keep up the good work.

When I made this Tigermoth mission, I tryed to get the 'surface wind' working in the FMB. This is what is skewing your Tigermoth around (I think?). Just get it started quickly, and start taxying. This mission is really just a familiarization flight. The real Tigermoth (which has been faithfully modelled by Oleg) is a wonderful aircraft to fly and thankfully we have a lot of them still flying in Australia (OZ).

DFLion

PS Don't worry about the text window, it is still not working properly in the FMB.

[Freycinet]

Hi Dflion,

Thanks so much for your work and your kind words about my little video!

- I am away from my gaming computer for the next week, so just out of curiosity (and to give this thread a well-deserved bump! - what happens after I take off? - Do I get directions, do I have to fly somewhere in particular?

[{dz}]

hi,just applied beta patch,got to flying a spitfire on the way to target practice range,i see smoke to mark area, but i see no targets to hit,anyone have this problem....,probably me doing something wrong

[dflion]

Originally Posted by {dz}

hi,just applied beta patch,got to flying a spitfire on the way to target practice range,i see smoke to mark area, but i see no targets to hit,anyone have this problem....,probably me doing something wrong

{dz} The smoke pot is situated directly behind the range. The range is situated in a small 'box valley' and consists of a series of target boards, set-up on your approach direction. You are 'scored' on how many hits you achieved.

One thing I did notice when testing this mission, the smoke appears when you are nearly at the range, then when you fly away from the range you see a lot more smoke? For some reason you are not getting a distant 360 degree view of the smoke?

DFLion

[{dz}]

thanks dflion,
i have same problem as you with the smoke,after you fly over, looks like the whole hill is on fire..ha
enjoying the missions so far,cheers

[Orpheus]

Hey DFlion, do we need to redownload these campaigns again (Spit & German ones) due to the 'sinking below ground' issue with the FMB, or are they stil working ok?

[dflion]

Originally Posted by Orpheus

Hey DFlion, do we need to redownload these campaigns again (Spit & German ones) due to the 'sinking below ground' issue with the FMB, or are they stil working ok?

Orpheus, I haven't seen this problem in my campaigns after downloading all patches, including the latest 1.02.14821. They all seem to be working ok, the only problem I am having is that the default bf109E-3 skin is overwriting Capt. Farrells historical skins, you can't seem to get rid of it, ending up with one skin overlaying the other?

The FMB still has a long way to go, although the flight sim interface seems to be working smoother and the flying seems a lot better.

I did see a Dornier taxying with half its tyres in the runway. When I altered the aircraft fuel weight, they were ok.

DFLion

[dflion]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

Hi Dflion,

Thanks so much for your work and your kind words about my little video!

- I am away from my gaming computer for the next week, so just out of curiosity (and to give this thread a well-deserved bump! - what happens after I take off? - Do I get directions, do I have to fly somewhere in particular?

As mentioned, unfortunately we haven't got the full FMB yet and I can't script instructor orders. In this mission it is just a familiarization flight, 'circuit and bump'. On a later Tigermoth mission you have to set your compass, fly cross-country and find Stonehenge? Use the 'map window' to help you.

DFLion