LIONS OF KALININ - Bf-109 E7 scripted campaign

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

1 hour ago, Juri_JS said:

Where do you see the 130 rounds? For me the ammo counter always shows 120.

When I first Spawn in it shows 65 rounds each canon.

[Juri_JS]

42 minutes ago, 71st_AH_Mastiff said:

When I first Spawn in it shows 65 rounds each canon.

I can't reproduce it. MGFF should only have a capacity of 60 rounds. Can you post a screenshot.

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

15 hours ago, Juri_JS said:

I can't reproduce it. MGFF should only have a capacity of 60 rounds. Can you post a screenshot.

Juri must of been a fluke, I was in the beta version. testing it. so I'll look again.

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

yes its working correctly.

 

still Radio issue with these campaigns, wing-man stuck loop destroyed target loop.

 

     

 

02.2020-04-10_16-20-01_00.zip

 

 

 

 

[Juri_JS]

5 hours ago, 71st_AH_Mastiff said:

still Radio issue with these campaigns, wing-man stuck loop destroyed target loop.

You should report it in the beta tester forum.

[Juri_JS]

A new version is available:

http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/download.php?view.989

 

It's now possible to rearm and refuel at the player's airfield and take-off a second time. This will only work for the player and not the AI, moreover autopilot will no longer work after the second take-off.

 

The service area is at the southern edge of the airfield, near the camo nets. When you've entered the area, switch off the engine and press the keys for rearm and refuel. After you switch on the engine again, rememember to press the reload gun key or the guns won't fire.

[Retrofly]

On 4/11/2020 at 12:35 AM, 71st_AH_Mastiff said:

still Radio issue with these campaigns, wing-man stuck loop destroyed target loop.

 

Radio issue is a problem on any map/missions. Its an AI issue I think.

[Tigre91]

really good campaign. Thanks!

[Nadelbaum]

@Juri_JS I want to congratulate you on yet another excellent campaign! I've become very fond of the E7 thanks to this campaign. And I can say that I totally sucked at using bombs at first, but now after Mission 6 I'm constantly spot on dive bombing static targets. My strafing skills have also improved quite a lot. I can't wait to finish the rest of the missions. 

 

And again I have to say that this sim just positively surprises me campaign after campaign. In Lions of Kalinin you have used convoys as targets in some of the missions. It is just mind blowing that when a convoy, which is driving a road in a strict formation, is attacked it will stop and different vehicles are driving off the road to take cover like they would IRL. So it is definitely not a straight line of vehicles anymore. One might say that yeah, that's how they should naturally behave, but it again proves that the development team has thought over and implemented things that create a very high level of immersion ?

[TAIPAN_]

Just completed this, can confirm it works fine on the current version 4.007.

 

Great fun campaign! A lot of action

[jollyjack]

Juri my man ! Thanks ! Just tried the first round, and i never tried the E7 so far; strafing with it is fun, but quite difficult sort of, must study the technique first.

 

But i like your style a lot, not too much fly arounds first, but straight into business. But i couldn't kill one tank with an E7 at all.

I will try a duck inserted via the mission editor.

 

Edited June 29, 2020 by jollyjack

[Juri_JS]

Campaign updated to game version 4.008:

http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/download.php?view.989

 

 

[Nadelbaum]

@Juri_JS Even if I've already completed this excellent campaign I want to raise a toast for you for updating it to 4.008! Many thanks for your commitment ?

[WM_KMS]

Great campaign, I was afraid of the Messers until I flew this, I'm in love with them now

[No_Face]

I just finished this campaign. Thanks, she was fun to play.

I will now embark on your campaign for the G6 héhé.

[Jiggs]

This is an excellent campaign. I would love to play the Hs-123 side of this campaign. Fantastic!

[Jiggs]

will this campaign be updated?

 

[Juri_JS]

5 hours ago, Jiggs said:

will this campaign be updated?

 

It already is.

[Jiggs]

Thank you, this is one my favorite campaigns

[Falcko]

I really enjoyed this campaign, the E-7 is a joy to fly. Thank you very much Juri!

[Juri_JS]

New version available:

http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/download.php?view.989

 

Changes:

- Fixed flares. Yellow flares were no longer working after one of the last updates, now white flares are used by ground units.
- New smoke effects added.

[Numenor225]

Thanks Juri_JS, your campaigns are great!!

[vonGraf]

Nice campaign, I have to say! I'm in the 6th mission now and didn't know I'm able to hit moving tanks with 50 kg bombs.Learnt something new today...

I'm not playing the E7 as a ground pounder very often and had to get use to it first, ruined a motor by over-reving once and crashed one time at the start because I miscalculated the weight of the bombs- But now it's all good.

I'm playing still the 'old' version but everything is working fine on my end; I'll DL the new one as soon the site is up again and play it a second time.

[Pikestance]

I'm with you; destroyed my first tank(s). 

One thing I learned was using my Horizontal Stabilizer. I adjust it so that I have pushed down to go straight and use a little pressure to dive. When I drop the bomb, I let go of the stick the plane drifts up nicely. I fly almost inclusively on continuous power. 

 

I have the older version. 

[Roger_Meatball]

This is a great campaign. I love the low cloud deck and short flight plans. The atmosphere feels chaotic and urgent. I would have paid for this campaign

[justin_z3r0]

Thanks Juri - Just finished this one yesterday. What a great campaign! The E7 is so nice to fly too. Good way to get my feet wet with Luftwaffe aircraft.

[Pikestance]

Yes, thanks! I finished it a couple of weeks ago. Very enjoyable! if you love flying the 109, then this is a must to try. Missions are short and there was always a sense of urgency with each one.  

[Roger_Meatball]

20 hours ago, justin_z3r0 said:

Thanks Juri - Just finished this one yesterday. What a great campaign! The E7 is so nice to fly too. Good way to get my feet wet with Luftwaffe aircraft.

I love the E7 - I think it's my favorite 109. It is less polished than the F and less bloated than the Gs. Very neat airframe! Feels ahead of its time in that moment.

[justin_z3r0]

5 hours ago, Roger_Meatball said:

I love the E7 - I think it's my favorite 109. It is less polished than the F and less bloated than the Gs. Very neat airframe! Feels ahead of its time in that moment.

Agreed.  I'm playing 10 days of autumn now(same timeframe). The f-2 is a different animal. It's fast but doesn't turn so well. I'm more used to a spitfire so its a challenge for me. I felt more at home in the e-7 for sure.

[Pikestance]

1 hour ago, justin_z3r0 said:

Agreed.  I'm playing 10 days of autumn now(same timeframe). The f-2 is a different animal. It's fast but doesn't turn so well. I'm more used to a spitfire so its a challenge for me. I felt more at home in the e-7 for sure.

 

True, the E-7 flies easy. The F-2 feels really heavy though faster. It is like the early war version of the G-6 compared to the G-4 which i can absolutely abused when flying. However, I played the "Kersch" Scripted Campaign that features the ^-6 and got use to it  little bit. The F-2 However, I keep flying and still feel awkward to me.  

[IkeV]

Just tried the first mission and failed it. What are the success conditions? I blew some stuff up and landed. Well, survived the landing. I followed the waypoints. Was ere something in particular I was supposed to blow up?

Edited February 19, 2021 by IkeV

[Juri_JS]

3 hours ago, IkeV said:

Just tried the first mission and failed it. What are the success conditions? I blew some stuff up and landed. Well, survived the landing. I followed the waypoints. Was ere something in particular I was supposed to blow up?

No, all you have to do is to land back at your base. But sometimes the game will not correctly register the landing when you damage your plane.

[IkeV]

That would be it then. I need to practice my landings. 

[Roger_Meatball]

On 2/17/2021 at 9:09 PM, justin_z3r0 said:

Agreed.  I'm playing 10 days of autumn now(same timeframe). The f-2 is a different animal. It's fast but doesn't turn so well. I'm more used to a spitfire so its a challenge for me. I felt more at home in the e-7 for sure.

Something about the E-7 makes it feel more like a machine to me. I feel like I can *use* it how I want rather than being forced to fly it straight and fast like the rest of the 109s. Feels more like a bunch of metal and bolts  I love it.

[itsbillyfrazier]

I've enjoyed playing through this campaign over the past few evenings. Its been both fun and challenging doing ground attack missions in the E-7 with the SC50's.

 

The shorter mission flight times are a refreshing change from some of the other longer campaigns I've played recently. It can be pretty frustrating to fly for ~10-15 minutes only to get sniped by AA at the MO and then have to do it all again...With "Lions of Kalinin" this was not an issue at all.  I replayed quite a few of these missions given they were fun and pretty short. The bomber intercept mission was probably the highlight for me, after struggling at first with the gunners, I eventually managed to take down two bombers before landing the peppered E-7 at the base just as the engine failed on approach. Felt good man?

 

Many thanks @Juri_JS for this campaign, I hope you have plans to do some more.... I could certainly use more practice using the SC50's. ☺️

[Juri_JS]

On 3/13/2021 at 1:49 AM, itsbillyfrazier said:

Many thanks @Juri_JS for this campaign, I hope you have plans to do some more....

I have some ideas for the Normandy map, but first I need to see if the map is detailed enough, otherwise it won't be possible. I also had some ideas for the Rhineland map, but had to abandon them, because too many important locations were missing.

[ZM12CR8]

22 minutes ago, Juri_JS said:

because too many important locations were missing.

that's such a pity. I would really appreciate a little more life on the Rhineland map. Especially about a ME 109 (G14 / K4) based campaign. ?‍♂️

[Juri_JS]

1 minute ago, ZM12CR8 said:

that's such a pity. I would really appreciate a little more life on the Rhineland map. Especially about a ME 109 (G14 / K4) based campaign. ?‍♂️

I wanted to do Market Garden campaigns, both for JG 26 and 2nd TAF, but when important locations like Overbeek or Son are missing and we don't even have the correct road network to show Hell's Highway that's of course a problem.

[justin_z3r0]

1 hour ago, Juri_JS said:

I wanted to do Market Garden campaigns, both for JG 26 and 2nd TAF, but when important locations like Overbeek or Son are missing and we don't even have the correct road network to show Hell's Highway that's of course a problem.

I'd love to play through a market garden campaing. Even with the missing towns. It would be great once the typhoon is available too. I hope you can find the inspiration to make it at some point. Your campaigns have all been great (the ones I've played). Lions might be my favorite of all of them even though I prefer the allied side.

[ZM12CR8]

2 hours ago, Juri_JS said:

but when important locations like Overbeek or Son are missing and we don't even have the correct road network to show Hell's Highway that's of course a problem.

i do completely agree!

2 hours ago, Juri_JS said:

both for JG 26 and 2nd TAF

a jg 26 campaign would have been completely in my mind. I live in the region where mainly the jg 26 was stationed. I have read a lot about the jg 26.

 

What´s about an early war night fight campaign?

I played your fantastic night fight campaign on the Kuban map with great joy. The Venlo airfield is available on the Rhineland map. The NJG 1 operated from here.

... just a thought ?