ATAG Dedicated Server is up!

[klem]

Originally Posted by Hellbender

Ever thought that these white lines are exhaust from the plane flying up there at very high altitude ? When sitting inside, you can see the white smoke trail behind your own plane. Just fair enough to see that from below.

I mean that :
http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/g...over_leeds.jpg

Yes, I've left contrails in CoD above around 23,000 feet

[ATAG_Bliss]

Hi fellas - Everyone started with a clean slate on the stats 1 December. Also, you can now sort the stats by name, kills, etc.etc., so it should be easy to find yourself on the list.

Thanks all to who flew tonight. I've never had as much high altitude fun since I've started playing IL2COD. I must've gotten into 10 fights above 6500m, and 4 of my sorties I coasted all the way home as I ran out of fuel. It was nice feeling a bit like a 109 in the old game for once.

Thanks

[Bokononist]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

Hi fellas - Everyone started with a clean slate on the stats 1 December. Also, you can now sort the stats by name, kills, etc.etc., so it should be easy to find yourself on the list.

Thanks all to who flew tonight. I've never had as much high altitude fun since I've started playing IL2COD. I must've gotten into 10 fights above 6500m, and 4 of my sorties I coasted all the way home as I ran out of fuel. It was nice feeling a bit like a 109 in the old game for once.

Thanks

Nice one Bliss, did you keep a record of how many unique users logged on to ATAG? While I was searching for my stats towrds the end of last month I had to go through a lot of users. Guestimate 500- 1000?
Also in the last two days someone called alambash has made 12 starts, 101 air kills and 16 ground kills. What in the heck is he flying!

[TomcatViP]

Was straffed twice on diff airfield in less than 5 min by this guy. once while in an hangar.
Next sortie (a short hop at alt to intercept bomber) I came back winchester and found once more the same guys circling the field bellow tree top (only saw the flack bursting almong the forest and all over nearby village's roofs).

I had to land directly trought two hangars to find some rest.

As I alrdy said it's nice that ATAG hven't any IQ test to log on but... sometime make me wonder if it wldn't be better - I take the risk to be log out myself

Regarding the high altitude being more populated, I am pleased to say that yesterday (after a long time I hven't flown on any server) I had 4 dogfights high* over the coast of England in a single flight (two Hurri, two Spits (one IIa) ! Usually I hve one dogfight and the rest are only AI bombers.

Great moves from the server. But are the Flackboat so influencial ?

*High means only btw 13kft to 20kft

[SEE]

Alambash and Co. would like to see themselves regarded as BF109 'ground attack' specialists that take great pride in their 'abilities'. Unfortunately, many regard them as pure and simple stat whore 'vulchers' whilst others think they are a bunch of kids enjoying themselves.

One will crash land on a base and divert Flak whilst the others camp over it (this to them is the art of 'air combat tactics' and they have perfected it, along with the ability to 'warp me out of here - Scotty' a la Startrek.

Meanwhile, much to their delight, players continue to respawn at the same airbase despite having had their butts truly flamed on each previous attempt.

I don't know wether to laugh or cry but if players are offended by their stats - spawn elsewhere and get on TS...........problem solved!

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by SEE

Alambash and Co. would like to see themselves regarded as BF109 'ground attack' specialists that take great pride in their 'abilities'. Unfortunately, many regard them as pure and simple stat whore 'vulchers' whilst others think they are a bunch of kids enjoying themselves.

One will crash land on a base and divert Flak whilst the others camp over it (this to them is the art of 'air combat tactics' and they have perfected it, along with the ability to 'warp me out of here - Scotty' a la Startrek.

Meanwhile, much to their delight, players continue to respawn at the same airbase despite having had their butts truly flamed on each previous attempt.

I don't know wether to laugh or cry but if players are offended by their stats - spawn elsewhere and get on TS...........problem solved!

SEE I said on Different airfield.

The prob is that the Radio tells you where the poor Brits (or German) will spawn and that some from scratch did not care to exploit that major flaw

[Hellbender]

If you wanna get rid of people like alambash, don´t list their stats anymore from now on. Exclude these people from the stats consequently, if you think they don´t contribute to sportmanship-like behavior.

[klem]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

SEE I said on Different airfield.

The prob is that the Radio tells you where the poor Brits (or German) will spawn and that some from scratch did not care to exploit that major flaw

Oi! That 'Major Flaw' is called RDF! My brilliant controller can see into France.

OTOH if the Blues are getting those reports too but about RAF aircraft, I think the old Freyas and Wurzburgs are a bit overmodelled.

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

I build tons of maps testing this, and I'm 100% positive there are no working radars for either side.

[klem]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Actually, its neither radar or Wotans that are giving the calls, but player's aircraft. You can test by building a mission, lining the coasts with radars, and flying the opposing AI through them. You will get 0 calls. However, as soon as a freindly aircraft (player or AI) gets within visual range, it will announce contacts. I doesn't matter where the contact is, England, Channel, or France, if an aircraft is positioned to "spot" them. You don't even have to be able to see the aircraft, it just has to be within some sort of range where it could be detected.

I build tons of maps testing this, and I'm 100% positive there are no working radars for either side.

Well that's even more interesting and, I'm afraid Tomcat, it simply means that friendlies are doing what they would do, reporting their sightings.

Of course it would be nice to think we had RDF/GCI capability too, we'd get to the Blues even quicker