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[Hellbender]

Ever thought that these white lines are exhaust from the plane flying up there at very high altitude ? When sitting inside, you can see the white smoke trail behind your own plane. Just fair enough to see that from below.

I mean that :
http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/g...over_leeds.jpg

[drewpee]

Originally Posted by Osprey

How do you know they were Spit IIa's when you got away? Come fly red, you'll soon see some 5 min dogfights where if the 109 gets flown 'unstupidly' then it's a lost cause.

Hi. Yes Spit 11a's from info window and you know when you hit an AC with a heap of E and they just turn and folow your climb that it a 11a(time to run). I do fly red aswell. Never flown the 11a though because only 4 avalable at a time.

PS I try to fly 109 unstupidly most of the time.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Yea it looks more solid on the move. Like there are two of them crossing / appearing disappering.

Never seen it before today.

Last night JTDawg and a few others saw the same thing. When I signed on much later JT was still around but about to sign off. He stuck around on TS while I cruised back and forth between Calais and the French point at different alts about a half mile inland. Couldn't see the same artifact to save my life -- of course I'm now going to have to apologize to him for all my smart-a$$ commentary while I tried. LOL

Hopefully this is a flukey one-off and won't show up again. Fortunately, the next patch will fix everything plus add features that will make the competition squirm. Be sure.

[IvanK]

Originally Posted by Hellbender

Ever thought that these white lines are exhaust from the plane flying up there at very high altitude ? When sitting inside, you can see the white smoke trail behind your own plane. Just fair enough to see that from below.

I mean that :
http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/g...over_leeds.jpg

They are not for 2 reasons.

1. We were well below the COD Contrail level.
2. We flew right up to them and the trail is vertical and stationary.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

Last night JTDawg and a few others saw the same thing. When I signed on much later JT was still around but about to sign off. He stuck around on TS while I cruised back and forth between Calais and the French point at different alts about a half mile inland. Couldn't see the same artifact to save my life -- of course I'm now going to have to apologize to him for all my smart-a$$ commentary while I tried. LOL

Hopefully this is a flukey one-off and won't show up again. Fortunately, the next patch will fix everything plus add features that will make the competition squirm. Be sure.

Reinstalled my OS then I saw it, after I noticed my Gfx driver was an old version. I updated Gfx driver and have not seen it again. -Yet.

[klem]

Originally Posted by Hellbender

Ever thought that these white lines are exhaust from the plane flying up there at very high altitude ? When sitting inside, you can see the white smoke trail behind your own plane. Just fair enough to see that from below.

I mean that :
http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/g...over_leeds.jpg

Yes, I've left contrails in CoD above around 23,000 feet

[ATAG_Bliss]

Hi fellas - Everyone started with a clean slate on the stats 1 December. Also, you can now sort the stats by name, kills, etc.etc., so it should be easy to find yourself on the list.

Thanks all to who flew tonight. I've never had as much high altitude fun since I've started playing IL2COD. I must've gotten into 10 fights above 6500m, and 4 of my sorties I coasted all the way home as I ran out of fuel. It was nice feeling a bit like a 109 in the old game for once.

Thanks

[Bokononist]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

Hi fellas - Everyone started with a clean slate on the stats 1 December. Also, you can now sort the stats by name, kills, etc.etc., so it should be easy to find yourself on the list.

Thanks all to who flew tonight. I've never had as much high altitude fun since I've started playing IL2COD. I must've gotten into 10 fights above 6500m, and 4 of my sorties I coasted all the way home as I ran out of fuel. It was nice feeling a bit like a 109 in the old game for once.

Thanks

Nice one Bliss, did you keep a record of how many unique users logged on to ATAG? While I was searching for my stats towrds the end of last month I had to go through a lot of users. Guestimate 500- 1000?
Also in the last two days someone called alambash has made 12 starts, 101 air kills and 16 ground kills. What in the heck is he flying!

[TomcatViP]

Was straffed twice on diff airfield in less than 5 min by this guy. once while in an hangar.
Next sortie (a short hop at alt to intercept bomber) I came back winchester and found once more the same guys circling the field bellow tree top (only saw the flack bursting almong the forest and all over nearby village's roofs).

I had to land directly trought two hangars to find some rest.

As I alrdy said it's nice that ATAG hven't any IQ test to log on but... sometime make me wonder if it wldn't be better - I take the risk to be log out myself

Regarding the high altitude being more populated, I am pleased to say that yesterday (after a long time I hven't flown on any server) I had 4 dogfights high* over the coast of England in a single flight (two Hurri, two Spits (one IIa) ! Usually I hve one dogfight and the rest are only AI bombers.

Great moves from the server. But are the Flackboat so influencial ?

*High means only btw 13kft to 20kft

[SEE]

Alambash and Co. would like to see themselves regarded as BF109 'ground attack' specialists that take great pride in their 'abilities'. Unfortunately, many regard them as pure and simple stat whore 'vulchers' whilst others think they are a bunch of kids enjoying themselves.

One will crash land on a base and divert Flak whilst the others camp over it (this to them is the art of 'air combat tactics' and they have perfected it, along with the ability to 'warp me out of here - Scotty' a la Startrek.

Meanwhile, much to their delight, players continue to respawn at the same airbase despite having had their butts truly flamed on each previous attempt.

I don't know wether to laugh or cry but if players are offended by their stats - spawn elsewhere and get on TS...........problem solved!