Quick mission, career, and single missions

[Marvel]

On 12/25/2020 at 3:12 AM, -DED-Rapidus said:

@Marvel, @easterling77, the problem is solved?

 

Hi, sorry for my late reply, yep, the issue never occured again in the last missions.

Many thanks guys!!?

 

Merry Christmas!!

 

M

[norsetto]

Brief description:

 

Downing planes by killing their engine is not considered a kill if the plane manages to land.

Detailed description, conditions:

 

I have seen this twice since 4.504, both times in career mode. Once against a yak-1 and another against a Bf-109.

Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs):

 

I will try to record it next time it happens.

Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software):

Edited December 28, 2020 by norsetto
Corrected s/w version

[Noisemaker]

On 12/28/2020 at 1:37 PM, norsetto said:

Brief description:

 

Downing planes by killing their engine is not considered a kill if the plane manages to land.

Detailed description, conditions:

 

I have seen this twice since 4.504, both times in career mode. Once against a yak-1 and another against a Bf-109.

Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs):

 

I will try to record it next time it happens.

Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software):

 

If they manage to land and the aircraft is repairable, and the pilot is alive, how and why should that be considered a kill?

[Chucks1]

Brief description: 

Tried to play one of my existing careers in BOS, but the mission won't start. Problem started after install of version 4.505c.

 

Detailed description, conditions:

At main menu.  Clicked on Career => selected the career=> clicked on green PROCEED buttton => mission data window appears, clicked on CONTINUE=> Pilot's Details screen appears, clicked on PROCEED button=> Error message appears that says "Automission start failed", clicked on PROCEED button=> returns to main menu screen.

 

Cannot replicate the error with my other active career file.

 

Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software):

Windows 10, current drivers.  I have game version 4.505c with modifications enabled

Edited January 11, 2021 by Chucks1
formatting and details added.

[-DED-Rapidus]

On 1/9/2021 at 9:53 PM, Chucks1 said:

Brief description: 

Tried to play one of my existing careers in BOS, but the mission won't start. Problem started after install of version 4.505c.

Hi, You haven't played career for a long time and started your old career after upgrading to version 4.505c, right?

[norsetto]

On 12/29/2020 at 8:13 PM, Noisemaker said:

 

If they manage to land and the aircraft is repairable, and the pilot is alive, how and why should that be considered a kill?

Its a kill if its me, why should it be different for the AI?

[Solmyr]

5 hours ago, norsetto said:

Its a kill if its me, why should it be different for the AI?

 

How would you know if counts as a kill for AI ?

If you talk about multiplayer, it might be a different way of working. But I think even between human players only, if the aircraft isn't severely damaged and the pilot is alive, then no kill is credited. (I didn't play since a long time, so it's a "my 2 cents")..

 

10 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

Hi, You haven't played career for a long time and started your old career after upgrading to version 4.505c, right?

 

Hi, do you mean there is no retro-compatibility over a too long time for our old career ?

Edited January 15, 2021 by Solmyr

[Chucks1]

10 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

Hi, You haven't played career for a long time and started your old career after upgrading to version 4.505c, right?

No. Played the career the day before the upgrade to version 4.505c.  I just bought the game in mid-December.

Edited January 15, 2021 by Chucks1
more info added.

[Noisemaker]

12 hours ago, norsetto said:

Its a kill if its me, why should it be different for the AI?

It shouldn't be different.  It shouldn't be a kill for you either.

[norsetto]

7 hours ago, Noisemaker said:

It shouldn't be different.  It shouldn't be a kill for you either.

We are talking about planes downed in enemy's territory.

Edited January 15, 2021 by norsetto

[Noisemaker]

3 hours ago, norsetto said:

We are talking about planes downed in enemy's territory.

Very pertinent information that you should have included in your original post!

Then again, maybe the damage was repairable, or perhaps your opponent was very wily and shut off his engine and landed in order to make you think he was shot down, and when you left, took of again and went home. 

[LW_Pilot777]

Hello 

 

As a commander pilot of Bf-109 in Jg3 I must say few words about few mistakes/defects/errors on Bodenplatte career : 

 

- First if You`re a pilot of Jg3 on mission called ,, intercept enemy attack planes ,, You have less then 10% to catch some of these attack planes ( I`m on january 1945 and its mostly P-47 ) I mean the Jg3 airbase is such a huge distance to the front border and region of ,,Thunderbolts hunt,, that before You get on right place the T-Bolts already are over his airfields and they approach to land 

 

- Second ..... on beginning some note to the first point You can chase T-bolts but problem is .... lack of fuel .... even if You fly on 40% of power You have really big problem to get little bit further then over front lines and attack some planes ( red light near fuel indicator is always ,,on,, over my home airbase on the end of mission ) ..... so .... I think and that`s not only my thinking we strongly need additional - jettisonable fuel tank - thats basic mod and I still dont understand why guys from IL2 forget about this one ..... its standart on Bf-109 from 1941 or even from late part of ,,battle of britain,, !!! .... wake up guys !!! ? 

 

- Third landing on friendly airfield mean - crash landing even if land is smooth as a glass

 

I think its everything what I remember for now Thanks and huge regards to IL2 team for amazing work .... keep going guys !!! ? 

[-DED-Rapidus]

@LW_Pilot777, there will be additional fuel tanks coming soon, but I'd like to hear more about crash landing with examples.

[Hanu]

Brief description: Multi-part skins cannot be locked to objects in mission editor:

 

 

Detailed description, conditions:

ICDP:s guide says for like this for multi-part skins like Hurricane (and tanks)

 

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

The naming format for all skins must be as follows:

 

Main skin must end with &1.dds

Vickers S Cannon skin must have the same name as the main skin and end with &1#1.dds

 

Example:

Main skin called Myskin&1.dds

S Cannon skin called Myskin&1#1.dds

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

 

But if your skins are like this and you select Myskin&1.dds from for example "MyPlane" object's advanced options in Mission Editor. (Also after reopen the skin is Myskin&1#1.dds.) But the main problem is that you cannot see the skin during the mission. If you look at the MyMission.mission text file, the object's MyPlane Skin is not saved, but listed as empty:

 

        Name = "MyPlane";
        Skin = "";

 

Myskin.dds works, but when there is & in the name, the mission editor does not save the skin.

[LW_Pilot777]

12 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

@LW_Pilot777, there will be additional fuel tanks coming soon, but I'd like to hear more about crash landing with examples.

 

Thanks for quick response  You said examples .... hmmm .... its pretty easy ... starting your ,,freie jagd,, mission on Paderborn airield next going over frontline next heavy dogfight plus some chase next somewhere over Dortmund red light fuel indicator say ,,hello,, to You ... next making perfect landing in anywhere You want but not on Paderborn ( I do with my Bf-109G14 somewhere between Dortmund and Paderborn I`m sorry I don`t remember now what particular one it was ) and her You go .... ,, mission successful ,, but crash landing .... its not only Battle of Bodenplatte bug but when I was flying over Kuban i saw it to ..... Hope it help a little for me its pretty strange because I remember that I do my landing very close to Paderborn and I was little surprise that I`ve got Crash Landing ....  ..... Regards !!! 

[LukeFF]

13 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

@LW_Pilot777, there will be additional fuel tanks coming soon, but I'd like to hear more about crash landing with examples.

 

If the player lands at an airfield other than his own or one that is in active use by another friendly unit during the mission, the game marks the aircraft as crashed at the end of the mission. 

[LW_Pilot777]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

 

If the player lands at an airfield other than his own or one that is in active use by another friendly unit during the mission, the game marks the aircraft as crashed at the end of the mission. 

 

Exactly !!!

[-DED-Rapidus]

19 hours ago, Hanu said:

Brief description: Multi-part skins cannot be locked to objects in mission editor:

 

 

Detailed description, conditions:

ICDP:s guide says for like this for multi-part skins like Hurricane (and tanks)

 

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

The naming format for all skins must be as follows:

 

Main skin must end with &1.dds

Vickers S Cannon skin must have the same name as the main skin and end with &1#1.dds

 

Example:

Main skin called Myskin&1.dds

S Cannon skin called Myskin&1#1.dds

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

 

But if your skins are like this and you select Myskin&1.dds from for example "MyPlane" object's advanced options in Mission Editor. (Also after reopen the skin is Myskin&1#1.dds.) But the main problem is that you cannot see the skin during the mission. If you look at the MyMission.mission text file, the object's MyPlane Skin is not saved, but listed as empty:

 

        Name = "MyPlane";
        Skin = "";

 

Myskin.dds works, but when there is & in the name, the mission editor does not save the skin.

Okay, I'll try to figure out what's wrong.

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

To fly for the USAAF or the RAF. Which doesnt make sense in the first place.

 

Still I tried it, prolonging to fly the P-47D with the USAAF in BoBP. We all are masochist to a certain extent after all.

 

It doesnt work, it crashes when trying to load the first mission of the new BoBP campaign.

 

So, was the option to prolong this career implemented on purpose or its a bug? If it was done on purpose, well, it doesnt work.

 

Edit : this was moved here by a mod but without the thread title it doesnt make much sense. Its about the fact that you can prolong a russian career in Kuban into BoBP, and it doesnt work when you load the first mission.

Edited January 27, 2021 by I./JG52_Woutwocampe

[bzegmag]

I would like to report bug with campaign mode. I fly with Pe-2 and I am not a leader. After dropping bombs, our squadron is circling over target. More info is here:

 

I have noticed that this bug usually appeared in specific missions: enemy stronghold attack,  enemy river crossing attack ect. Other missions, like Train stacion attack and night missions are correct. Please find attached gen file.

_gen.rar

[[CPT]Crunch]

Novoskolikki winter map QMB, all the static rail stock in the railyard is elevated 3 meters above the rails.

[-DED-Rapidus]

23 hours ago, bzegmag said:

I would like to report bug with campaign mode. I fly with Pe-2 and I am not a leader. After dropping bombs, our squadron is circling over target. More info is here:

 

I have noticed that this bug usually appeared in specific missions: enemy stronghold attack,  enemy river crossing attack ect. Other missions, like Train stacion attack and night missions are correct. Please find attached gen file.

_gen.rar 2.74 kB · 0 downloads

Thank you, I'll take a look.

17 hours ago, [CPT]Crunch said:

Novoskolikki winter map QMB, all the static rail stock in the railyard is elevated 3 meters above the rails.

What is the starting point? conditions?

[[CPT]Crunch]

Solo flight, one vs one, and multiple match, weather set default, all ground targets selected except AAA.  Starting point for all 1500 meters, SE corner of the map near rail yard.

[Noisemaker]

Brief description: 

Sudden time compression at end of flight.

 

Detailed description, conditions:

Flying Stalingrad career in a P-40.  RTB after accomplished ground attack.  Just as I passed the final waypoint over my base (downwind leg) the game sped up into 2 or 4x time compression without any input from me, forcing a very hasty (but luckily sucessful) landing, upon which the time compression returned to normal.

 

First time I've seen this.  Mission file attached.  No track, as I was a bit busy...

 

Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software):

Win 7, Nvidia GTX 1080, latest drivers, no mods, vanilla IL-2.

_gen.zip

[varus2010]

As I was about to celebrate my 62nd kill, a British Tempest, of my FW-190 DORA career, I got the 'Error: mission save error' message.

 

Reboot does not change anything. Funny thing, I have never had this bug in Sturmovik il-2 careers (so, flying the il-2), but it's already the 2nd time I have it with a FW-190 DORA career...

 

At any rate, here is the bug report.

 

Any workaround?

 

Thanks a lot.

 

Varus

[-DED-Rapidus]

@varus2010, greetings, I will write to you in PM.

[-DED-Rapidus]

On 2/20/2021 at 9:22 AM, [CPT]Crunch said:

Solo flight, one vs one, and multiple match, weather set default, all ground targets selected except AAA.  Starting point for all 1500 meters, SE corner of the map near rail yard.

I looked through all the starting points, please give the coordinates of the problem areas more accurately next time.

[Eisenfaustus]

I have serious performance problems in the Rheinland career. Almost every mission turns into a slow motion picture - while keeping 30-60 fps. 
 

I play on high difficulty but low density. 
 

Stalingrad and Moscow careers run fine low density. (As long as I don’t escort large heinkel flights)
 

Also if I set up 8v8 QM everything’s fine. 

 

What can I do?

[TimSell75]

Hello, I am currently flying a german fighter career in BOM. I have just been promoted to second leader and since then I am rather being assigned to any mission, maybe 1 out of 10 missions. Mostly I am being assigned to the second mission of the day, just to be replaced by another pilot every time when the first mission has been calculated .

 

Has that happend to somebody else or is it a bug?

[Thomas_1945]

I have the same issue in Moscow campaign ... everything is very slow and time compression makes no difference.

[-DED-Rapidus]

On 3/17/2021 at 6:37 AM, Eisenfaustus said:

I have serious performance problems in the Rheinland career. Almost every mission turns into a slow motion picture - while keeping 30-60 fps. 
 

I play on high difficulty but low density. 
 

Stalingrad and Moscow careers run fine low density. (As long as I don’t escort large heinkel flights)
 

Also if I set up 8v8 QM everything’s fine. 

 

What can I do?

 

On 3/17/2021 at 7:27 AM, TimSell75 said:

Hello, I am currently flying a german fighter career in BOM. I have just been promoted to second leader and since then I am rather being assigned to any mission, maybe 1 out of 10 missions. Mostly I am being assigned to the second mission of the day, just to be replaced by another pilot every time when the first mission has been calculated .

 

Has that happend to somebody else or is it a bug?

 

On 3/21/2021 at 10:52 AM, Thomas_1945 said:

I have the same issue in Moscow campaign ... everything is very slow and time compression makes no difference.

Please find and share the _gen.mission file in the \data\Missions folder, I need this file for analysis.

[Thomas_1945]

Hi, everybody 

 

See attached details of my last mission. It was a bit slow and overall my game performance is slow. 

 

Thank you for your support

Tom

Missions.rar

[-DED-Rapidus]

@Thomas_1945, I ran the mission several times, completely passed, and did not find any conditions or places where performance drops occur in the mission. Try to reduce the graphics settings in the game to the minimum and gradually increase the graphics level until the slowdown begins.

[bzegmag]

I have noticed this problem like Thomas_1945. I flew with dense front line and simulation was slower than normal - like slow film but with 60FPS. I have switched to normal frontline and problem disappeared. It could by cause by slow CPU in my PC. I have 28GB RAM, new Radeon RX 580 graphic card, but a bit obsolete CPU Intel Core I5-2400 (3.1 Ghz)

[bzegmag]

Please, Do you have a plan for repair bug in bomber campaigns? Info Here:

I ´ve just played mission with Pe-2 in Moscow area and bombers were still circling over targer. This is mission "enemy suplly dump bombing strike". Some missions, like night strikes, train stacion attack, are OK. 

 

Please find attached gen file

_gen.rar

[-DED-Rapidus]

@bzegmag, thank you, it will be fixed in the next version.

[Raptorattacker]

A couple of people have mentioned this over on the Flying Circus section. Going to outside view in the new plane and then GAME CRASH and then this... didn't even last longer than a couple of minutes in it. I haven't tried any other planes yet, was just trying the new one. I'll report back in a bit...

Rap

?

[Tigre91]

same 

 

[LukeFF]

It's been reported already, thanks.

[JGr2/J5_Cremer]

I've taken the albatros up in a couple of quick battles to test the Nieuport.  Downed planes don't register as hacing been killed there.  I haven't encountered a nieuport in multiplayer battles, but it would be a shame if the same lack of recording happened there as well.