Channel Command to be released this weekend

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Bewolf

Awesome news there. I am looking forward to try it out. Did I get that right, the mission will be online shortly?

Just look for hc_Wolf Channel Command in the server list chaps. Give it a spin while you can.

I didn't explore the commands menu very much, but from what I saw, this is the 'next gen' of online missions.

Total Kudos to Wolf. It's fantastic.

[hc_wolf]

Originally Posted by Bewolf

Awesome news there. I am looking forward to try it out. Did I get that right, the mission will be online shortly?
Edit: I have a question. IF Red side calls a bomber mission, will that mission be displayed on blue side as an intercept mission?

Actually there are different senarios each time. Blue may have an intercept of that group, A mission to CAP/protect another site or another Bomber group or Protect/cap the British target.

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if you build it....they will come

[SlipBall]

Very nice thanks!

[BH_woodstock]

Very cool Wolf, very cool indeed.
~S~

[hc_wolf]

Thanks for all the kind words guys. I hope this mission brings a lot of passion and people back to the game.
I worked through another night on it and had fly with 15 lucky people playing and testing the mission run from my PC (Yes this mission is built for Server). No real bugs just a bad spawn hanger which is fixed.

Progress is great and on track for release to ATAG Server guys this Saturday.

As the online game does not bring up slides at the moment you should look at the main objectives for both sides here. These are no way the only objectives. Many hidden across the mission.

See the two arial Recon slides on this link.
http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.co...hannel-Command

[Bewolf]

So, Was able to try that server yesterday for a bit. A

It is fantastic.

This was the first time I spend quite a bit of energy on setting up a Ju88 and train a bit of level bombing. And going over England at high altitude with all that flak and those great targets was great. It was the first time some real "BoB" feeling came up.

The menu system needs a bit of getting used too, but I do not see much problem here.
I am not yet sure what to think about the AI fighters, I lost a bit respect for Spitfires knowing many of them are not controlled by real players. Takes away a bit of the suspense upon encountering them. Will need a bit to check if the added atmsophere here is worth that.

Only real point of critique is the constant radio chatter, which in itself would be neat if there were not so many repitions. Hearing the same voice saying the same things a couple times in a row is pretty unnerving.

Anyways, this is a quantum leap in regards to Multiplayer.
Short question, will there be moving trains and truck convoys to attack? Have not seen any yet.

[adonys]

I've seen a moving train somewhere in the central south england, while i was limping home, with my engine gripped and flying low over the country towards south.

the mission is great, much better than what we have right now.

you shouldn't dismiss the AI as useless, as they can always be set on higher difficulty settings, and also, with a server full of players, you would never know who's who anyway

[David198502]

tested it yesterday....seems to be really interesting!
some things i have seen...
my squadmate and me have spotted a train which traveled to Folkstone.after it reached the trainstation, i think it should despawn, but it didnt completely...from far away, it was visible as a whole train, but if you get closer to it, then there was only pieces of it left..it looked really strange..one could as well see the steamcloud rising when one approached the left parts of the train...

a nice thing i noticed, which i didnt know it was possible, was that a train actually came out of a tunnel....a not so nice thing i noticed as well, was that the train was already visible through the cliffs when it was still in the tunnel.

flak is really heavy in this mission!
what i noticed, although we were alone on the server,was that on hawkinge airfield half of the flak was destroyed and burning....i dont know whether it was AI bombers which attacked the airfield, or somebody else who left the server before we joined, but to me it almost seemed as the flak took itself out of action.
cause as i made a low flyby, i saw many flak shells imploding on the ground on the airfield quite close to other flak stations.

clouds,....there are many clouds in that mission...as they are not working correctly(players dont see necessarily the same clouds, or on the same position!) and as they are still performance demanding and seem to cause lags, i personally would prefer to have them disabled.

AI planes...we were alone on the server, and after a while we spotted 3hurricanes.i dont know about the skill level, but they didnt do anything when i engaged.one after the other was shot down, while pretty much ignoring me.

messages!....thats a nice feature implemented, and my squadmate had quite a good laugh when he heard some of them.


all in all it certainly looks way more interesting then the missions we have played now for a year already and which became really boring in the meantime...no offense!

[Bewolf]

Originally Posted by hc_wolf

Actually there are different senarios each time. Blue may have an intercept of that group, A mission to CAP/protect another site or another Bomber group or Protect/cap the British target.

*nods* I got that, I am just wondering if red and blue missions actually have an impact on the other side...well, impact not from the exploding bomb perspective, but in regards to organisation =)

Say, Blue creates a mission to target a factory complex in England. Will this "mission" then displayed on red side as "protect that target now!" event?

I "think" that is actually the case, going from what I have seen on the server, just would like a bit of official confirmation =)

Also, are there any plans to maybe include convoys to replicate the "Kanalkampf" phase of the battle a bit? No nessecity here, I am just curious.

Once again, all in all fantastic work and I know where I will spend the week end!