S!

Had a maiden flight on the server last night. Very nice server. Hard to find the locations if the RF set sound is too soft.

I don't get any voice feedback either with TS3; it must be the nature of the beast. I just do a "Radio check. Anyone copy?" and find I get immediate confirmation from the guys. In fact, with their responses back to me I learned I had to turn down my mic (through Win 7 Control Panel) to an acceptable level for all. I also quickly figured out the need to assign a joystick button for "Push to Talk" hotkey. When you get jumped by one or two 109's it's too hard searching for a key on the keyboard to bleat out "Help me!". LOL

lol.. yes mate, assigning a button on my joystick was one of the first things I did.. learnt that from IL2 :) can't be yelling for help, giving details of where I am, yanking the kite around and looking over my shoulder all at once whilst trying to find a bleedin button on the keyboard.. (yikes!!)..

Thankfully Hawker and Mitchell dispensed with keyboards in the cockpit altogether prior to the Battle of Britain........ ;)

ATAG Server Maintainance
 

Hi all! We'll be doing server maintainance on 10/21/2011 starting at 6:00 pm UTC
til 9:00pm UTC.

Thanks All!

ATAG_WatchMan S!

(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 :-P. 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.

congrats mate, now that you have bust your cherry there will be no stopping you :)

Craig

Had frequent 2-5 second pauses last night (9-11pm UK). Not had that before. Seemed to be related to server messages (deaths, joins, etc?) but could have been due to increase in nearby 'traffic'?

I also had a complete freeze again but I suspect thats the game.

+1 me too, several stutters and freeze, another problem was the plane that spawned in front of the hangar with no chance to be towed backwards for regular take off

Well done naz!!..