I'd like to chase V1s in career

[PB0_Roll]

My logical bet was to fly Tempests after Dday, but only had free hunts.

 

Is there a specialized unit or are V1 intercepts occasional ?

 

 

 

[LukeFF]

Late June - early July is when they start. Depends on the squadron. Most of the unit histories state when they started flying such missions.

[PB0_Roll]

Thanks LukeFF.

[[CPT]Crunch]

They never ran a single intercept on V-1's fired on continent mainly targeted transport hubs in Belgium, nor were pilots allowed to run inland into the UK flak belts once the guns went radar directed.  Doing so would have interfered with AAA which had the best success rates and already had VT shells deployed in UK fully by mid 44.  Historically by that time interceptions were over the channel only.  The only reason they didn't start using VT shells till six months later on the mainland was a fear duds would fall into enemy hands, be used, and they knew they could be spoofed with with the correct RF signals. 

[PB0_Roll]

Jean maridor died there following explosion of a V1 Aug3rd 44

 

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Benenden,+Royaume-Uni/@51.0808599,0.1354723,8.33z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47df22de593e0ef3:0x21d91be0340e2ea8!8m2!3d51.066525!4d0.581756

 

Edit: fly with 91 squadron, Falaise pocket to get V1 intercepts !

 

 

Edited December 2, 2022 by PB0_Roll

[PB0_Roll]

So , 1st mission "flown".

 

My AI flight lead spun his XIV on first takeoff attempts, then proceeded to taxi clumsily back to runway start. It took off quite awkwardly, I took off behind and set autopilot on. Both planes flew into a zone over the channel, we had text asking to check the map for contact updates, never saw any V1 (using external views I saw there were three in flight), got back to land almost as lumsily as we took off, for no result. Two FWs were spotted straffing targets over england ?

second mission: AI flight lead turned right 90° off the runway and proceeded to taxi back to runway start, spun 6 times and broke its engine. I took off, engaged autopilot, autopilot opened canopy and dived into the ground ?

 

Please ring me when game works ?

Edited December 2, 2022 by PB0_Roll

[migmadmarine]

Well, that is a bug worth posting a mission gen file, please do since that clearly ain't right. 

 

[PB0_Roll]

Well i've done my share of beta testing for previous IL2serie, I'm not testing for this one, so I'l leave it for the Q&A guys, or anyone who knows how and wish to do it, thanks.

 

There are enough infos in these post to reproduce  at will, I think.

 

 

Edited December 3, 2022 by PB0_Roll

[LukeFF]

9 hours ago, PB0_Roll said:

So , 1st mission "flown".

 

My AI flight lead spun his XIV on first takeoff attempts, then proceeded to taxi clumsily back to runway start. It took off quite awkwardly, I took off behind and set autopilot on. Both planes flew into a zone over the channel, we had text asking to check the map for contact updates, never saw any V1 (using external views I saw there were three in flight), got back to land almost as lumsily as we took off, for no result. Two FWs were spotted straffing targets over england ?

second mission: AI flight lead turned right 90° off the runway and proceeded to taxi back to runway start, spun 6 times and broke its engine. I took off, engaged autopilot, autopilot opened canopy and dived into the ground ?

 

Please ring me when game works ?

 

8 hours ago, migmadmarine said:

Well, that is a bug worth posting a mission gen file, please do since that clearly ain't right. 

 

8 minutes ago, PB0_Roll said:

Well i've done my share of beta testing for previous IL2serie, I'm not testing for this one, so I'l leave it for the Q&A guys, or anyone who knows how and wish to do it, thanks.

 

There are enough infos in these post to reproduce  at will, I think.

 

I tried to reproduce the problem but have come up empty*, so we're going to need more details before filing a bug report on this one. ?

 

*The AI flight leader took off just fine; 91 Squadron, 5 July 1944.

 

[LukeFF]

By the way, I've found the most realistic way to fly these missions (in terms of mimicking what happened in reality) is to fly the missions on Easy difficulty and Scattered density. That way you shouldn't have to deal with German planes intercepting you over the Channel.

[tattywelshie]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

By the way, I've found the most realistic way to fly these missions (in terms of mimicking what happened in reality) is to fly the missions on Easy difficulty and Scattered density. That way you shouldn't have to deal with German planes intercepting you over the Channel.

Interesting, is that the most way to fly most career missions across the board?

[PB0_Roll]

Quote

fly with 91 squadron, Falaise pocket to get V1 intercepts !

ie aug 44, different airfield I suspect.

 

Mine had a jeep on the runway, daling or something.

 

Thanks for checking this fast.?

 

 

6 minutes ago, tattywelshie said:

Interesting, is that the most way to fly most career missions across the board?

Probably the best way to avoid unrealistic and sometimes impossible odds, at least.

[LukeFF]

5 hours ago, PB0_Roll said:

ie aug 44, different airfield I suspect.

 

Mine had a jeep on the runway, daling or something.

 

Thanks for checking this fast.?

 

Now I suspect that it's because there's an object on the runway the AI is trying to dodge. ?? Alright, will run another test.

[LukeFF]

22 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

Now I suspect that it's because there's an object on the runway the AI is trying to dodge. ?? Alright, will run another test.

 

Yep, that jeep on the runway at Deanland is definitely causing problems for the AI. I've reproduced the problem and filed a report about it. Thanks for the initial report, @PB0_Roll!

[PB0_Roll]

Thanks for forwarding it ?

[LukeFF]

My pleasure. ?