ATAG Dedicated Server is up!

[SYN_Per]

Well, Bliss has gone hog-wild on the server and we are currently running a mission with at least some 300 ai in it. Come in today and give our server all it can handle.
Much appreciated!

[ATAG_Bliss]

Well I had over 1500 Bombers in the air at once on there, but the loading times were about 5 minutes to get in. According to flashy it was still smooth. 300 different bombers going to target should be plenty though.

[Blakduk]

Tried your server last night- had some fun but ran into a gaggle of 109's that circled just off the coast at approx 1000ft. I chased them at full throttle and managed to down three of them.... and no reaction from them other than to move their circuit overland.
I couldn't keep up with them so i let them go and headed back to base. Just as i was about to land i had a major screen freeze and (I think) slammed into the ground.
This was the first time i've had problems on your server- never had a screen freeze like that before.

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by SYN_Bliss

Well I had over 1500 Bombers in the air at once on there, but the loading times were about 5 minutes to get in. According to flashy it was still smooth. 300 different bombers going to target should be plenty though.

you guys are nuts!!!! remember gentlemen a chain is as strong as its weakest link...your server maybe able to handle it but i doubt most people will be able to deal with more than 50 AI in there view at any given time ....but lets hope i am wrong

[SYN_Per]

Thx all for flying on the server! Seems to run ok. Some lost sound though, including myself. Mine came back eventually.

[Anvilfolk]

Played for a quick hour yesterday evening. I think I missed the high-times, since barely anyone was there. Had a good time, but I'd like to report a couple of things:
- Could not find the raids reported by radar for the life of me!
- I actually saw dots in the sky at the expected position, but once I got in closer they disappeared altogether. Had the same effect with the barrage balloons on the English coast.
- One of the ships in the convoy was sinking (permanently?). When I opened the console, I got constant messages about a bug related to a couple of ships. It said something about NaN, Not a Number. This is a C# issue, I assume, but it might be worth reporting or looking into.

Bear in mind that I'm running on a crappy, 2 year old laptop, and have to enable DX9 instead of DX10. I run at 15-20fps, and I'm guessing some of these faults might be at my end!

Thanks for putting the server up. Hope to fly there more often

[jojovtx]

Couple things. Can we get a mission description here or somewhere web based so that we have a reference. I hate asking dumb questions because I cannot find the information elsewhere.

Why are the squadrons and aircraft limited at each airfield. If I want to fly a 110C4 I have to go to the furthest back airfield. Then I am limited to a Stabstaffel instead of being able to chose III./ZG26. If I want to be closer to the action I have to grab a 110C7, which I believe would be a less able performer than the C4 since it is equipped with bomb rack, as that is the only option at that airfield.

The airfield that has the only option for a 110C4 says to escort JU87 to Dover. Flown from that airfield numerous times and never could find any JU87 needing escort.

Just some questions for an otherwise escellent server. I have a great connection and am sure I will enjoy the map/missions more once I come to a greater understanding of whats going on. In the meantime though I fly from the rear airfield to Dover just in time for my sound to cut out or my game to crash. A bit aggravating yet not ya'lls fault. Thanks all.

[Flashman]

Originally Posted by jojovtx

Couple things. Can we get a mission description here or somewhere web based so that we have a reference. I hate asking dumb questions because I cannot find the information elsewhere.

Why are the squadrons and aircraft limited at each airfield. If I want to fly a 110C4 I have to go to the furthest back airfield. Then I am limited to a Stabstaffel instead of being able to chose III./ZG26. If I want to be closer to the action I have to grab a 110C7, which I believe would be a less able performer than the C4 since it is equipped with bomb rack, as that is the only option at that airfield.

The airfield that has the only option for a 110C4 says to escort JU87 to Dover. Flown from that airfield numerous times and never could find any JU87 needing escort.

Just some questions for an otherwise escellent server. I have a great connection and am sure I will enjoy the map/missions more once I come to a greater understanding of whats going on. In the meantime though I fly from the rear airfield to Dover just in time for my sound to cut out or my game to crash. A bit aggravating yet not ya'lls fault. Thanks all.

Hi jojovtx,

Thanks for the comments. The 110C4 will turn up in the near future, probably the next version of the mission. Your not the first to ask for it. To be honest, not many people fly ju 87s so you wont find many to escort! however now we are using more AI you might get the chance.

Unfortunately at the moment the briefing system doesn't work so giving people missions etc is quite tricky! Once they have that sorted we should be able to give all the required info.

To be honest the mission we are running at the moment is a test bed and is constantly evolving and as such some of the mission parameters get out of date. We are trying different techniques to enable AI all the time to see what we can actually do so anyone flying on Syndicate is taking part in a big experiment, sometimes it works sometimes not.

I did consider writing a mission brief but its changed so many times it would be out of date. As for airfields with only one plane type... its one of my 'things'. Certainly for the RAF there would often only be a single aircraft type or squadron at a given airfield and its likely it would have been the same for the lufwaffe to a certain extent.

Hope you enjoy the server, at the moment we are trying a mission with a constant AI presence using a new script technique and if it works the server will never be empty again! If it works......