Finnish VirtualPilots - Dynamic War

[Avetorro-VR]

On 3/13/2022 at 10:47 PM, 335th_GRAlbatros74 said:

Hi. Last night me and a squad mate made a paratrooper drop with two ju 52 at the same point (sector two) simultaneously.  Although paradrop was successful and a chat message confirmed that no points were given to any of us at the end of the 5 hour mission. Is this what supposed to be or have we done something wrong? 

im not sure if it earns points, you are supplying tanks or whatever to your team so that i guess is the

reward

23 hours ago, 1./JG42flesch said:

Wath is wrong with the Finnish Server?

3x Kicks from the Server in the last half Hour!!!!

is that after takeoff?

[1./JG42flesch]

Diconnect after 1, 4, 15 and 25min

Edited March 15, 2022 by 1./JG42flesch

[LLv34_Untamo]

11 hours ago, drogo-joystick said:

im not sure if it earns points, you are supplying tanks or whatever to your team so that i guess is the

reward

 

Also gives the sector a health boost (which moves the frontline).

[1./JG42flesch]

Stats Side is not aktuell, stopt at Mission 12424?

[LLv34_Temuri]

56 minutes ago, 1./JG42flesch said:

Stats Side is not aktuell, stopt at Mission 12424?

Yes, need an update for the stats mod bundle. Revolves is on it.

[[RBRI]Khaela]

15 hours ago, 1./JG42flesch said:

Diconnect after 1, 4, 15 and 25min

Had something similar happen to me the other day (this was pre patch) where I was flying about, had shot someone down and then suddenly just got booted.
Didn't experience it yesterday though (post patch) but instead the server crashed.

[LLv34_Temuri]

Stats are now updating again.

[Bert_Foster]

Is it normal to get Contrails from ground level up on the Moscow winter map ?

[CIA_Elanski]

http://ts3.virtualpilots.fi:8000/en/sortie/2436967/?tour=49

 

This says it all really.  When it takes 4 or 5 passes on a ju88 and you hit it 108 times and the gunner still sets you on fire on the last pass.  Nope, nothing wrong here.

 

Just keep babying the germs so they will go to target.

yes, Tempest 20mm.

 

[LLv34_Untamo]

6 hours ago, Bert_Foster said:

Is it normal to get Contrails from ground level up on the Moscow winter map ?

 

If it is cold enough, yes.

 

2 hours ago, CIA_Elanski said:

Just keep babying the germs so they will go to target.

 

If you have feedback about the plane DMs, this is not the right thread...

[Bert_Foster]

Ref contrails. Is Temperature a variable in the Mission Builder ? If so then what is the value being used in this mission ?

 

In Quick mission off line on Moscow winter map I cant replicate this.

[LLv34_Untamo]

39 minutes ago, Bert_Foster said:

Ref contrails. Is Temperature a variable in the Mission Builder ? If so then what is the value being used in this mission ?

 

In Quick mission off line on Moscow winter map I cant replicate this.

 

You can see the current temperature in the mission briefing (IIRC) and on the stats site:
http://stats.virtualpilots.fi:8000/en/faq/

[CIA_Elanski]

http://ts3.virtualpilots.fi:8000/en/sortie/2436681/?tour=49

 

vs the 2 rounds

[LLv34_Untamo]

5 hours ago, CIA_Elanski said:

http://ts3.virtualpilots.fi:8000/en/sortie/2436681/?tour=49

 

vs the 2 rounds

 

And I repeat: wrong thread. If you have issues with the damage model, post here:

 

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

Not to upset the great CIA but, 1 unlucky bullet and dead, disabled beyond control, burning or all 3 has been a real life thing that's been simulated in the IL-2 Sturmovik series since day 1 of the original title.  And....  yes, it IS a something that completely applies to "flight and damage model".

[LLv34_Untamo]

3 hours ago, CIA_Elanski said:

Threads huh?  what is this thread here for?  chatting?  I don't see a thread topic in this thread....i see many topics here and so I type but do not read....now i read and this ain't the right thread...dang.  So i can talk about contrails and how to earn points with resupply but not about bullets.... thread.... ok

 

Yes. Is the concept of forums with categories and threads pertaining to different topics new to you? On this thread you can discuss things related to the Finnish Virtual Pilots - Dynamic War server, the campaign mechanics of it etc. We have power over how the campaign on our server works. We have no power over how the damage model works, that is the IL-2 developers domain, so your feedback about the damage model here will fall to deaf ears. Well, not deaf, but powerless to do anything about it.

Edited March 22, 2022 by LLv34_Untamo

[56RAF_Roblex]

7 hours ago, CIA_Elanski said:

Threads huh?  what is this thread here for?  chatting?  I don't see a thread topic in this thread....i see many topics here and so I type but do not read....now i read and this ain't the right thread...dang.  So i can talk about contrails and how to earn points with resupply but not about bullets.... thread.... ok

 

I am a little confused.  You are not a newbie so surely you don't think that this server is run by CIG or that Untamo is working for CIG?  They are just a bunch of players like you and me that decided to build some missions and put them on a PC that belongs to one of them and allow us to play on it.  This thread is their way of getting feedback and fixing issues with the server and the mission code they wrote. 

If you want CIG to fix something then talk to CIG and if you just want to just generally complain about something wrong with the game code then post in the general thread as it applies to all servers including offline play.

[CIA_Elanski]

why yes it is..thought you could generally come in and post about server goings on....I rarely go into forums so i don't sit around and figure out forum etiquette.  The number of topics covered in this THREAD is pretty wide and talks about what goes on in Finnish server.  So to say two bullets puts me down and 108 to put down ju88 seems odd.  Youi talk about destroying objects but i cant talk about destroying aircraft.   uhhhhh. whatever.  thanks for the forum instruction

[56RAF_Roblex]

On 3/22/2022 at 1:42 PM, CIA_Elanski said:

Youi talk about destroying objects but i cant talk about destroying aircraft.

 

I can help with that confusion.   

 

How many hits it takes before an object gets destroyed, or even if the object is indestructible,  is something the map creator decides.  For this reason the Finnish crew are very interested in whether players on their server are finding it too easy or too hard to destroy mission targets.   Sometimes they make a mistake and make a vital mission objective indestructible so they definitely want to be told that ?    Aircraft toughness (assuming the mission creator has not enabled 'indestructible aircraft') is not something they have any control over.  That is set by 1C and is the same for everyone playing the game across all maps.

[ema33ig]

Fly, fly, what's going on?

[LLv34_Temuri]

Many might have already noticed that we now have the Rheinland map in rotation.

The map's road and railroad network is such that the time taken in generating a new mission is considerably longer than on other maps. Need to figure a way to shorten that.

[VBF-12_Sluggo]

Great to have the new map and really appreciate the effort you all put into the server and the maps.

 

Just curious in general: (not asking for these changes, just wondering)

Does the Rhineland map needs to stay winter for the duration? 

On maps do the sides need to stay the same:

Can they be split horizonal instead of vertically?

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

1 hour ago, VBF-12_Sluggo said:

Great to have the new map and really appreciate the effort you all put into the server and the maps.

 

Just curious in general: (not asking for these changes, just wondering)

Does the Rhineland map needs to stay winter for the duration? 

On maps do the sides need to stay the same:

Can they be split horizonal instead of vertically?

 

The seasons change.  Maybe it's just random that the time you play has always been winter.

 

I would be ok with this.  North vs. South or dividing lines that start diagonally (corner to corner) would change things up a bit.  

 

---------------

 

I have one request - if it wouldn't stress the server too much.  Can the ability for airfields under attack to shoot warning flares from a truck be added?   Far be it from me to insinuate that WoL comes even close to FVP but, this is one feature they have that would be super useful on FVP.   

[VBF-12_Sluggo]

6 hours ago, 69th_Mobile_BBQ said:

 

The seasons change.  Maybe it's just random that the time you play has always been winter.

 

 

Yep not 10 min after I wrote this had a chance to get on with Bodenplatte, Autumn, very nice.   

[LLv34_Temuri]

16 hours ago, 69th_Mobile_BBQ said:

North vs. South or dividing lines that start diagonally (corner to corner) would change things up a bit.  

By no means is the current setup the only possible one. Suggestions for starting situation and objectives are welcome.

[AstrixAU]

Howdy Folks

[LLv34_Untamo]

Howdy.

 

Some trouble with the Bodenplatte map, so you'll be vacationing in "Cuba" until we get it sorted out...

[LLv34_Untamo]

And got it sorted, back to Bodenplatte.

[Mm1ut1]

From a tanker point of view the Bodenplatte map is quite enjoyable.  Putting a CP in a city makes tank to tank battles quite challenging. Urban warfare sure negates the advantages of a large tank. I also like the rolling countryside. Good job !

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

As we all have seen, there is a short amount of time after the mission timer ends that the gameplay can keep going until the server ends the mission and creates the new one.

I might be wrong, but it appears that any scoring done in this "post-match limbo" time is applied to the next mission period and gives a small head start to whoever scored well while waiting for the mission to regenerate.

Shouldn't it be that once the mission timer is over that no more scoring is possible in the few minutes after that it sometimes takes the server to shut down the expired mission?

[LLv34_Untamo]

8 hours ago, 69th_Mobile_BBQ said:

As we all have seen, there is a short amount of time after the mission timer ends that the gameplay can keep going until the server ends the mission and creates the new one.

I might be wrong, but it appears that any scoring done in this "post-match limbo" time is applied to the next mission period and gives a small head start to whoever scored well while waiting for the mission to regenerate.

Shouldn't it be that once the mission timer is over that no more scoring is possible in the few minutes after that it sometimes takes the server to shut down the expired mission?

 

When you get the "Frontline is moving..." message, the mission is over in the campaign point of view. No object/plane/tank destruction after that point affects the frontline movement of that mission, or the next. That stats site scores and in-game stats are still being recorded for the "limbo time"

 

We're in the process of optimizing the mission generation for the Bodenplatte map, so that it won't take so long. The much more dense road network is choking up my poor old Dijkstra, but got help from Revolves, hopefully getting an A* algorithm running soon.

Edited April 4, 2022 by LLv34_Untamo

[335th_GRbas_754]

1 hour ago, LLv34_Untamo said:

 

When you get the "Frontline is moving..." message, the mission is over in the campaign point of view. No object/plane/tank destruction after that point affects the frontline movement of that mission, or the next. That stats site scores and in-game stats are still being recorded for the "limbo time"

 

We're in the process of optimizing the mission generation for the Bodenplatte map, so that it won't take so long. The much more dense road network is choking up my poor old Dijkstra, but got help from Revolves, hopefully getting an A* algorithm running soon.

What happens if someone get killed in that period ...???? Is the death counds in his stats ?

[LLv34_Temuri]

13 minutes ago, 335th_GRbas_754 said:

What happens if someone get killed in that period ...???? Is the death counds in his stats ?

Yes, death counts in the stats of that pilot.

[56RAF_Roblex]

15 hours ago, 69th_Mobile_BBQ said:

gives a small head start to whoever scored well while waiting for the mission to regenerate.

 

Do you seriously obsess over your scores so much that you worry about someone carrying over one, maybe two, kills into the next five hour mission?   They got the kills and probably got them fairly. Isn't that enough?

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

15 hours ago, 56RAF_Roblex said:

 

Do you seriously obsess over your scores so much that you worry about someone carrying over one, maybe two, kills into the next five hour mission?   They got the kills and probably got them fairly. Isn't that enough?

 

All I did was notice that, when looking at the current mission information, there would be 5 minutes into a new match and territory advancements for one side or the other, so I asked about it.  

 

Besides, do you have your nose so far up my a** that you had to call me out about it?

[beresford]

I landed at an Allied temp, Petit Brogel, in a Pe2, and was told I was 6355m behind enemy lines and was captured! I know it was Petit Brogel because it was me that opened it initially. Is this anything to do with flying an Airstart bomber?

[LLv34_Temuri]

12 minutes ago, beresford said:

I landed at an Allied temp, Petit Brogel, in a Pe2, and was told I was 6355m behind enemy lines and was captured! I know it was Petit Brogel because it was me that opened it initially. Is this anything to do with flying an Airstart bomber?

When was this?

Player: beresford ended flight in coordinates Z: 169568.187 X: 165344.9531

[Flamboyant_Flamingo]

I got chute killed on this sortie by a ju-87, anyway to figure out who did it? http://ts3.virtualpilots.fi:8000/en/sortie/log/2494219/?tour=50

 

 

And can anything be done about this player's name server side, or do I need to hit up IL2 support?  http://ts3.virtualpilots.fi:8000/en/sortie/2496987/?tour=50

 

And love the server guys!

Edited April 11, 2022 by Flamboyant_Flamingo
Saying thank you!

[ATAG_SKUD]

Seems everything Finnish is offline today? I've just got my new rig built so I've been away for awhile. Can't reach stats page and game server does not show up in the list in multiplayer dogfight servers.

Is this temporary?

skud

[[TWB]80hd]

We back!