ATAG Dedicated Server is up!

[SEE]

Naz, well done!

You will be awarded your points after the player has landed and respawned if your hits didn't result in a immediate kill/crash/bailout.
You won't always be informed of the player and it will therefore be listed as an AI. You may have to wait some time but you will get the points/kill credit.

On that basis I never chase down after scoring hits and keep my altitude/ammo and wait to get the points later or share them if someone else picks that damaged ac up and finishes it off. However, keep your eyes peeled as even an ac with glycol or fuel leaking can sometimes fly just well enough to have a second crack at you - usually they head back to their base.

[aus3620]

Well done Naz! i can empathize with "blind as a bat", I only usually see the enemy when they are on my tail! Best to fly as Brits so I can see the yellow nose! haha!

To increase your survival probability join an on-line squad. Much more fun than flying individually.

www.raafsquad.com

Brings another dimension to on-line flying.

Good luck!

[naz]

Thanks fellas!

Originally Posted by aus3620

... Best to fly as Brits so I can see the yellow nose! haha!

There I was thinking I was the only one using that particular trick

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by naz

(I THINK) I JUST GOT MY FIRST ONLINE KILL !!!!!!!!

None of my mates are into gaming so I just have to tell someone!

Took off from an inland airfield (cant remember the name) and was flying over Hawkinge at about 13000 ft. I then saw a plane, but being blind as a bat, I couldn't tell if it was friendly or foe....I sat in behind him zooming in to try and id him...eventually he turned a bit and i saw a big black cross! He clearly had not seen me as he was flying relatively straight and level....I closed in and released a good burst...smoke started pouring out of the 109 and he dove. I followed him down and he leveled out. I was just about to fire again when i saw tracers and cannon explosions all around me...another 109 on my tail !...damn target fixation . Now it was my turn to dive for the deck! I had warnings about something being broken (something to do with cooling systems I think) and had smoke pouring out of my Spit IA.

I dove and tied a few turns. My speed picking up all the while and the controls became sluggish, I had to use heavy trim to keep myself from crashing into the ocean. as i pulled up I saw over my shoulder the 109 trying to stick with me but going too fast, he flipped and plummeted into the channel....maneuver kill!!??

I started to head for home, but I noticed the temps seemed ok and the smoke had cleared up...so I stuck around for a bit longer. Saw some other planes flying about but was unable to get close. Someone must have shot me again however, as I got a message about some of my guns being damaged...didn't see any tracers a or any plane for that matter as that happened LOL.

All of a sudden my engine started making an awful screech and I saw a message that my govenor had broken (whatever that does...must have been important given the engine noise )

I landed safely at an airfield, but in all the excitement i have no idea if it was Hawkinge or another one nearby.

I asked on the server if a maneuver kill counts..apparently it does? I wish I knew if the 109 I actually shot made it home or not. I didn't see any server message about getting a kill so i assume I only damaged him.

Either way, Wow, I am definite convert to online play, what took me so long! I am 40 years old but feel like a kid on Christmas. Thanks ATAG for the server and thanks for you guys for being there. Awesome.

Well done NAz. That remind me some souvenir.

Now you'd better makes your gaming rig comfortable, bought another coffee machine and be ready to spent a lot of time assessing if that dot on your screen is a dust or not.

Wish you a lot of fun !

[ATAG_Bliss]

Congrats naz

Don't forget to join TS!

[McFeckit]

Just Info for Server Admin if interested:

had 3 CTDs on ATAG last night and also found a bunch of Heinkels in K13 hanging vertical (nose down) at 11000 feet.

[SNAFU]

Hey Bliss,

I did some futher testing concerning the ghost-dots in the last weeks and set the mpdotrange = 30. Due to the fact, that planes get rendered by the game if a player is in a distance of 20km (as confirmed by narvy and easly observed with WPF planes) a longer dotrange might give the game time to refresh the positions, before the player is in the distance where the plane gets rendered.

I had seen no more ghost dots on our server since I set the dotrange to 30, but that might be just a coincidence and the testing time was not long enough.
Your sever is more active and tests results are easier/faster to get.

Maybe you can try this?

[335th_GRAthos]

I am not sure about it but I have the feeling that somehting is not working well with the server right now.

I see no messages about bomber groups, actually there are hardly any messages from the server...

~S~

[SNAFU]

RDFs are not working yet, as far as know.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Looks like it didn't rotate right which = no bombers, or any objects for that matter.

All sorted now. Sorry fellas.

@SNAFU - interesting about the dots. Even if you set dotrange to 30, I believe the maximum setting in game is 25km though. I'll try it and report back.

Thanks.