Madurai posted:

It's hard to be sure, but isn't this map much bigger than any of the ones currently in rotation for ground combat? Maybe that's the test.

Kesper North posted:

i just like saying "haboob"

Madurai posted:

It's hard to be sure, but isn't this map much bigger than any of the ones currently in rotation for ground combat? Maybe that's the test.

Punished Ape posted:

I really wish they'd release more variations of those backpacks from a long time ago.

Lord Ludikrous posted:

Keru posted:

wow they sure seem to run into nonstop hackers

Kesper North posted:

Getting accused of hacking by that guy is a rite of passage for us top-tier Air AB folks, I am kinda chuffed rn :3

He went by "VPOHAX" for a long time, seems to be absolutely obsessed with trying to prove that the top AB squads are cheating/hacking (with videos that actually show well-known bugs in the replay system).

Kesper North posted:

Getting accused of hacking by that guy is a rite of passage for us top-tier Air AB folks, I am kinda chuffed rn :3

He went by "VPOHAX" for a long time, seems to be absolutely obsessed with trying to prove that the top AB squads are cheating/hacking (with videos that actually show well-known bugs in the replay system).

Lord Ludikrous posted:

There’s no easy way to say this so I’m just going to come out and say it.

The 76mm Shermans are better than the Panthers.

Lord Ludikrous posted:

There’s no easy way to say this so I’m just going to come out and say it.

The 76mm Shermans are better than the Panthers.

Padams posted:

76mm Shermans are an absolute menace in the hands of a decent player. While anything is a menace in the hands of a decent player the fast fire rate, decent speed, and stabilizer make it better than you’d think.

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The Long Afternoon War, a dynamic, player commanded war that combined DCS, Arma 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Command: Modern Operations into one game! It is mainly played in DCS. Played every Saturday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhAwpb5XYOQ


So wots all this then?


DCS World is a flight sim with modules, individually purchased planes that simulate various helicopters and fixed wing aircraft of mostly the modern era. The game includes non-flyable AI assets, and tons of ground units of all kinds. Game requires a lot of patience, as these airplanes are started manually with each system modeled, and the nerds that fly them click the buttons in the cockpit to achieve what they need to do. The sim is good enough to be used by real air forces for training for planes, such as the US Air National Guard for the A-10, and the French Air Force for the Mirage 2000. Our players will talk on the radio channels with air traffic control and air battle management, and they will use different channels to communicate with their wingmen. Each flight will have its own objectives as part of the package, and the flight leads will write up their plan before game day, and after the game, their after action report. Each days’ game will probably last about 1.5 hours to 2 hours. We’ll stream it both from the perspective of a pilot, and from the air battle manager station’s radar screen.

Does it sound complex? Oh gently caress yeah, it is! But it’s a lot of fun. We hope to attract the interest of non-plane goons and are more than happy to explain terms and describe what we do. Don’t hesitate to ask questions, and we look forward to sharing nerdery in this thread or the Discord.

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Ludicrous plot lines, lots of free planes, crazy stuff, insane plot, and even more. Played mostly on Sunday in DCS. Very newbie friendly!








An example mission guidance from a few weeks ago:

"Once we start bombing the vatican, the adrenochrome festival will be effectively disrupted, and the cyberPope should come down off of his throne and start tearing poo poo up
5m after he's disconnected from the adrenothrone, he'll be vulnerable to mk84's and other lamer munitions
He won't pull out his superweapon unless he's threatened
We will get a vague text description of whats happening when he uses it"

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FALCON BMS, The original, the free, the legendary. The absolute queen of F-16 simulation. Older than most, yet better in so many ways.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHQmTmq0T7c
I'm calling it "Regular BMs with Gorson" - I see no problems with that name. I will frag the missions and post them to discord ahead of time. 🫵 choose the mission and post results (if you want). Feel free to request missions, or escorts, whatever. You can also frag your own missions if you like. The idea here is to get people over the hump that is the janky-rear end BMS campaign interface and right into flying with goons.

I know we have a small handful of people who would like to play this game but if there is no interest that's ok I will likely not cry. I am tentatively going to run this on Tuesday nights Central Time USA, but am open to other days and times.

Scenario:

In this timeline Khomeini was installed as a religious figure in 1979 thus avoiding the revolution. Iraq continued their military build-up through the 80's. The US, fearful of a Iraqi strangehold on the region, supported the Shah and provided Iran with modern planes and equipment. In the meantime Khomeini worked behind the scenes to consolidate power and undermine the Shah's rule. Calls for reform and increased representation by religious figures were ignored; riots exploded across Iran in 1991 (organized and supported by Khomeini) and in 1992 the Shah was overthrown and Khomeini put in place as supreme leader. The US immediately pulled support and cancelled all contracts with Iran, retreating to their Saudi allies and consolidating power there.

Iraq, sensing that both Iran and the US were on their heels, launches a full invasion of Iran on Sept 5, 1992. The Gulf War has begun.

Don't know what BMS is, why you should play, what makes it better (and worse) than DCS, issues with setup or configuration? Just ask.

Lord Ludikrous posted:

Don't forget the roof mounted .50 and the smoke shells, the latter of which have proven particularly useful.

Kesper North posted:

but that just sounds like war thunder with extra steps

Mederlock posted:

Package Lead AAR

We were tasked with escorting some grievously wounded soldiers and some VIP's out of Rio Gallegos, as with the PLA fleet just off-shore fixed wing assets weren't available to evacuate them. Our operational leads decided to send us out during twilight to reduce our visual signature, as we received intel that some disgruntled rioters may have had small arms and were willing to use them. After establishing our route and approach, we took off and flew together out to Rio Gallegos. The evening darkness came quickly, and with the cloud cover and weak moonlight, we had to engage our spotlights and NVG's to stay on track.

As we dropped our altitude and started flying over the city, we started taking small arms fire but it didn't cause any serious damage. Orca and Bandido successfully made their landings at the makeshift hospital's at 25th Rgt's base in town and loaded up all of the severely wounded soldiers successfully. Delfin also landed successfully and got the VIP's and their family's out, however the lighting was inconsistent at the LZ and gave Dragones trouble, leading to a loss of one airframe and leading to a wave-off for the rest of the flight, meaning they didn't extract any of the VIP's favoured staff.

The flight home was extremely challenging in the pitch black, and it seems the small arms damaged the nav systems in the Gazelle's. With a mix of navigator help and RWR pings from our EWR, we were able to get oriented and got our pax to FARP Sophie successfully, where they were shuttled further back on C-130's


What went well

Excellent pilotage out there last evening! Low level flying, at night, with small arms fire, with tight and poorly lit LZ's, and limited SA options, and we still managed to get on target, land, load our passengers, and get back to base successfully. Coordination between flight's was good, and we managed to work together well to get back to FARP Sophie.

Where we can improve

We need to emphasize the need for appropriate lighting for our ground crews, as both FARP Sophie and the LZ's were lacking appropriate illumination. Our spotlights must have been pretty dirty too, as only Orca's was effective enough to see clearly. The ADF beacons all seem to have been targeted by PLA EWAR, as we couldn't get a fix on them for the whole mission.

Photo Dump
Take-off/Flying in

Twilight drops off fast

Entering the City, Dark AF LZ's

Riotous bedlam in the city

Someone remembers to pop a flare at the LZ's

We can see so much outside the cockpit rn

FARP Sophie after landing

Saros posted:

What actually determines activity %? I get extremely low scores a lot of the time when I'm actively engaged the whole battle.

Lord Ludikrous posted:

Great Britain specialises their tanks hard so you're either absurdly fast and made of paper, or absurdly slow and almost indestructible, but always with mediocre firepower and an appalling reverse speed. If you try and rank up with Britain it will take forever and suck the whole time.

MrYenko posted:

GB has some great tanks surrounded by some filler tanks, but the biggest problem is that they are the most vulnerable to Gaijin’s seeming unwillingness to have solid shot, APDS, or HESH perform consistently at literally any level.

Captain Stalin posted:

https://forum.warthunder.com/t/planned-battle-rating-changes-for-april-2024/97071

Most of the MiG 15s, 17s and Sabers went down 0.3 in BR . Sucks to be the 7.0 and 7.3 jets that are suddenly gonna face F-86As and MiG-15s.

I wonder why they're pushing it all down though. Were those planes getting whacked by an undertiered missile?

Punished Ape posted:

Probably. There are huge jumps in missile and plane capabilities within the over-compressed post-war BRs, so any adjustment is only going to shift the suffering somewhere else. Today it's the Me 262, F-80, and Mig 9's turn to be broken on the wheel.

Saros posted:

What actually determines activity %? I get extremely low scores a lot of the time when I'm actively engaged the whole battle.