So I'm back to WWII flight sims, where do I go from here?

[KronikAlkoholik]

Originally Posted by jubei69

Try Birds Of Steel

I do own Birds of Steel on the Xbox360, it's a nice game considering it's a console but it lacks what I'm looking for. It's mostly dogfights and even if you can fly bombers and bomb in the battlefront mode it lacks the groups working together playing I had in the original IL-2.

I'm not seeking out games where I drop onto a server knowing no one jump into a bomber and fly away solo somewhere. I wan't to know some guys where we prepare a mission and go fly it together, as a group, working together.

You can know a few players and play on the dogfight servers together and help each other out occasionally but it's still mostly solo with friends.

Things seem to be different from when I played IL-2 back in the days. The forums where full of players like myself, there was a dedicated subforum for finding a group to play with. I came here expecting it to be the same but the lack of this kind of discussion scared me a little as I was thinking IL-2 wasn't like that anymore hence my first question on where to look for something like that.

I'm not asking about game recommendations here, I wan't to know what games/mods today currently have this kind of presence and I do know Birds of Steel doesn't.

Originally Posted by Jones

I would suggest that SEOW is what you're looking for if you've got the time to dedicate on a regular basis (x hours per week). To get the most out of it you will require a large(ish) group of individuals who have the technical knowledge to install all of the web server and database software and the also individuals who will plan out all the missions that are then flown in IL-2. You will unlikely be able to do this yourself unless you are quite tecnically minded.

So, I would suggest that you head over to the SEOW boards to check things out and find a squad that already has everything set up.

Where many campaigns are run: http://seowhq.net/seowhqforum/index.php
Sourceforge site for SEOW code: http://seow.sourceforge.net/
SEOW discussion boards: http://seowhq.net/seowforum/

If you're looking to join a squad I can recommend the guys (and gals) at =69.GIAP= (http://www.69giap.com/). I am not a member but have had significant dealings with them and their SEOW campaigns. I don't know what's required to get into the squad, but they are an exceptionally knowledgable group that will make you feel like a small (but happy!) fish in a big pond.

Good luck!

I was inclined to think this as well, however I looked around the SEOW forums and I couldn't actually find good evidence that this was very active as other then a mod in progress. No forum there was dedicated to helping people finding groups that actually used this. Should I just post on the forums there asking about groups? Are there any places where groups actually advertise themselves trying to recruit new people?

[Jones]

Originally Posted by KronikAlkoholik

Should I just post on the forums there asking about groups? Are there any places where groups actually advertise themselves trying to recruit new people?

Yes! Put your wants out there as many places as you can.

Here's a thread of a campaign starting up you could get into: http://seowhq.net/seowforum/viewtopi...9ea59ddd5#5669

Other than that you'll need to find a squad that does the activities you like to do on a regular basis. Most people posting in this forum belong to a squad or some such and have links in their signatures. Or check out the 69.GIAP! I know people in that squad that put a lot of energy into running SEOW campaigns on a near continuous basis. Express your interest in joining and start learning!

[Untamo]

S!

+1 for the SEOW campaigns, they are the ultimate coop fun .. You usually have to go hunting for the SEOWs, as many squads run them without so much noise on seowhq forums. Our squad (Lentolaivue 34) is currently in action in a Korea SEOW run by the 69 GIAP.


For some lighter action I would recommend the War-Birds-FH server:
http://www.war-birds.com/

What is War-Birds? Well this page clears it:
http://forum.war-birds.com/index.php?action=page;id=9

Not a coop as such, but cooperation is elementary.