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Old 06-25-2011, 11:38 AM
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Hallo gentlemen,

I am sorry, I am new to this and I would like to understand what exactly he problem of the COOPs is?


In the IL2FB we had to play COOP because the dogfight missions could not have moving objects. And I remember what kind of PITA it was having to wait for the mission to fill in with players before the start (because afterwards you could not join in).

In CoD both problems are solved in dogfight mode, that is great!
So what is that the COOP has to offer that I am missing?


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Grathos, does your squad not organise it's own coops with a mate hosting and everyone on teamspeak? Dogfight maps are o.k. but it's essentially a lone-wolf type of play.
I think CoD's full potential will really start to come alive when they sort Coop mode out.
In the QMB for single player there is the "Aerial battle Dover" scenerio. My squad has around thirty active members. Imagine the Dover scenerio with fifteen guys attacking in Spits and fifteen guys defending bombers in '109's, all co-ordinated on teamspeak. When they get it sorted it'll be fantastic!
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Old 06-25-2011, 02:35 PM
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There is no such things as "dogfight" and "coop" in CloD, only general "online" simulating real life (because you do not have separate dogfight and coop in real life). Dogfight and coop separation was a limitation of the original IL-2 engine.

If you want to limit yourself to the classic original Il-2 style coop just create an online map with both bots and spawnpoints. Then in the beginning of the mission spawn whatever planes you want and go ahead escorting/intercepting bombers or attacking ground targets depending on what you scripted bots to do.

Probably you mean lack of coop-style missions when yo say coop is not available. Just create your own missions with bots and spawn-points as I mentioned above. FMB and unlimited C# scripting possibilities are there for you.
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:38 PM
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There is no such things as "dogfight" and "coop" in CloD, only general "online" simulating real life (because you do not have separate dogfight and coop in real life). Dogfight and coop separation was a limitation of the original IL-2 engine.

If you want to limit yourself to the classic original Il-2 style coop just create an online map with both bots and spawnpoints. Then in the beginning of the mission spawn whatever planes you want and go ahead escorting/intercepting bombers or attacking ground targets depending on what you scripted bots to do.

Probably you mean lack of coop-style missions when yo say coop is not available. Just create your own missions with bots and spawn-points as I mentioned above. FMB and unlimited C# scripting possibilities are there for you.
Thanks Athos, interesting post. Been thinking in IL2 terms so long none of that occurred to me, Doh! Perhaps that Dover scenerio can be played with in FMB. Really looking forward to some big coop type action with the guys in CoD.
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Old 06-25-2011, 08:51 PM
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There is no such things as "dogfight" and "coop" in CloD, only general "online" simulating real life (because you do not have separate dogfight and coop in real life). Dogfight and coop separation was a limitation of the original IL-2 engine.

If you want to limit yourself to the classic original Il-2 style coop just create an online map with both bots and spawnpoints. Then in the beginning of the mission spawn whatever planes you want and go ahead escorting/intercepting bombers or attacking ground targets depending on what you scripted bots to do.

Probably you mean lack of coop-style missions when yo say coop is not available. Just create your own missions with bots and spawn-points as I mentioned above. FMB and unlimited C# scripting possibilities are there for you.
beginning to understand a little bit what you're saying.What i meant was: in the Il2 1946 Coops:Our Wing took off to fight whatever AI wing and fought and landed, achieving the mission builders goal or not.If i understand you correctly this won't be possible anymore? no problem if not, just trying to understand the new philosophy of Clod then.But if not, i would want a nice guide to C# scripting as , and i know you're some expert on this, but i think most of us arn't.So some tutorial would be most welcome to me (and our Wing) that is, if that will the future of Clods FMB.
Ps:havn't a clue what "bots" are,can you give me a hint?
To conclude, i appreciate your input as you gave me ,for the first time, a
clue to the new style of Clod. Hope more info to come
Thanks
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Old 06-25-2011, 09:23 PM
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By 'bots' I think he means AI.
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Old 06-26-2011, 12:00 PM
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beginning to understand a little bit what you're saying.What i meant was: in the Il2 1946 Coops:Our Wing took off to fight whatever AI wing and fought and landed, achieving the mission builders goal or not.If i understand you correctly this won't be possible anymore? no problem if not, just trying to understand the new philosophy of Clod then.But if not, i would want a nice guide to C# scripting as , and i know you're some expert on this, but i think most of us arn't.So some tutorial would be most welcome to me (and our Wing) that is, if that will the future of Clods FMB.
Ps:havn't a clue what "bots" are,can you give me a hint?
To conclude, i appreciate your input as you gave me ,for the first time, a
clue to the new style of Clod. Hope more info to come
Thanks
In the recent patch notes luthier wrote that they are working on traditional original interface to make coops easier.

The best guide to scripting would be called Introduction to C#, Beginners' guide to C# or C# for dummies. You can download a free course from the Internet or buy a book.

Try a link #1 in my sig. With this script you can have several 'coops' running on your server one by one similar to what happens on Repka #1 server. A newer version of the same script which I posted on the forums has a randomisation feature loading random mission objectives to make the mission more lifelike.

More info on FMB can be found here http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/forumdisplay.php?f=203
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Old 06-27-2011, 09:48 AM
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There is no such things as "dogfight" and "coop" in CloD, only general "online" simulating real life (because you do not have separate dogfight and coop in real life). Dogfight and coop separation was a limitation of the original IL-2 engine.

If you want to limit yourself to the classic original Il-2 style coop just create an online map with both bots and spawnpoints. Then in the beginning of the mission spawn whatever planes you want and go ahead escorting/intercepting bombers or attacking ground targets depending on what you scripted bots to do.

Probably you mean lack of coop-style missions when yo say coop is not available. Just create your own missions with bots and spawn-points as I mentioned above. FMB and unlimited C# scripting possibilities are there for you.
Sorry, but I' don't understand.
Imagin a meeting of 40 or 50 pilots that want to play a coop mission (as Seow as example). Could you tell me in some simple instructions how to connect, select the aircraft and start the mission? The pilots have to looking for the micro aircraft icons and choose them? I think that if this option is true, we are loosing time here. If I understand bad, (I hope it), please exlplane here.
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Old 06-27-2011, 11:01 AM
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Aaaaaha! Now I got it!

You want to have pre-defined planes which the players who join in can select and fly (like the IL2 Coop). Not that everybody can join the server and select whatever plane he may wish.

Otherwise the bombing mission of 4 Ju-87 and 4 Bf109 cover can become a 8 Bf109 strafing party

Hmmm...good point I do not know how this is handled in today's server.

Ataros?
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Old 06-27-2011, 12:06 PM
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If anyone wants to limit themselves to an old style outdated coop just wait for the fix:
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In the recent patch notes luthier wrote that they are working on traditional original interface to make coops easier.
Otherwise you can spawn an aircraft which is needed the same way as you do at Repka #1 server. There is no need to click small icons, just select side, click an airfield and create an aircraft for you. (Set spawnplaces in FMB first of cause.)

Type and number of available aircraft can be limited with a script like it is done in this mission http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23579

The only issue ATM is an absence of briefing page online.

If you played Warbirds, WWII Online, Aces High or ADW server in IL-2 you may notice that none of the above had a limited coop mode. The reason is simple: there is no coop mode in real life airwarfare. In real life you get to airfield, receive briefing, get in an aircraft at hangar, communicate with your squad mates and taxi to runway for takeoff. Then you proceed with your mission objectives and you may even not meet any opposition in the air sometimes. (The only thing missing at Repka #1 ATM from this list is proper briefings.)

Coop is like a duel for several planes and does not simulate real life. There were some duels in WWI probably but not in WWII. Furthermore when you fly a coop you are artificially isolated from the rest of the war environment. You can not meet aircraft or ground units from a previous or from the next mission which is possible in normal CloD online mode. In coop you have to wait till your enemy takes seats in their aircraft and is ready to takeoff and this never happened in real life. Thus coop is very arcadish in nature and was used only due to original Il-2 engine limitations. No point to stick to it now when C# scripting is available in missions.

On Repka #1 server about 6 "coop" missions are integrated into one living airwar environment. The scale and functionality is very basic though. E.g. the same briefings are shown to everyone and are very short (1 line per briefing). A better C# programmer is able to make better briefings for each mission and show them at the right time to right people before mission start.

With C# scripting you can do anything you want even write your own server interface that would be loaded to clients when they connect to server. Unfortunately there are not enough C# programmers interested in creating these things.
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Old 06-27-2011, 05:01 PM
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(...)Unfortunately there are not enough C# programmers interested in creating these things.
Unfortunately there is neither documentation nor an SDK to help us to do from a empty and expensive box , a simulator!
This is only a personal opinion.

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