#3533566 - 03/06/12 06:41 PM
Vampires of Guadalcanal updated to 4.11!
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I have now posted version 2.0 of "Vampires of Guadalcanal". The campaign has been subject to a big overhaul. Firstly the campaign has been upgraded to 4.11 standards, which includes new take-off standards (mainly in pairs) and patrol way-points. And yes, you will meet the Ki-45! (And your opponents will use the new AI, so beware!) Have also added five new missions (all with a random element), where you fly the P-38. (The 44th Fighter Squadron converted to the P-38 late in the autumn of 1943.) So now the campaign consists of 18 missions. I've also added skins, tweaked a number of old missions and fixed typos etc. You can download it here: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads&file=details&id=4042Thanks for looking!
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#3535849 - 03/10/12 04:24 AM
Re: Vampires of Guadalcanal updated to 4.11!
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The issue of incorrect aircraft endurance has been noted by the SEOW community. In fact, as an example, when we ran a large campaign recently that included the Solomons maps we found that the Betty endurance was seriously low, as juri noted above. Since our mission lengths were 3 hours in that particular campaign, we really needed much better modelling of fuel consumption in the aircraft involved. For example, it was well known that Zeroes had extreme endurance compared to Allied fighters of the time. HSFX consequently released a mod that corrected the endurance of the Betty and several other aircraft to historic performance. In the end, we could fly from Bougainville to attack Henderson, do some recon and return to Munda within the 3 hours limit.
Note that "historic performance" does not mean that you take off and fly at full mix and 100% throttle for 6 hours. You still need to fly at economy settings to get proper performance, and that is a whole new ballgame for most online pilots. Personally I would like to see this issue corrected for all aircraft in IL-2, but it would take a lot of work and would be lost on many people.
Cheers, 4Shades
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#3535913 - 03/10/12 09:01 AM
Re: Vampires of Guadalcanal updated to 4.11!
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The issue of incorrect aircraft endurance has been noted by the SEOW community. In fact, as an example, when we ran a large campaign recently that included the Solomons maps we found that the Betty endurance was seriously low, as juri noted above.
I ran into the same thing with my original attempt at True Pacific on original DGen. One reason why I sometimes put carriers closer to targets, even on "historic" files.
Last edited by Nimits; 03/10/12 09:01 AM.
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#3537455 - 03/13/12 01:44 AM
Re: Vampires of Guadalcanal updated to 4.11!
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Did I see HSFX 6 on the way? Really enjoying 5.x. Kudos to HSFX SEOW, Aaken for addressing those "under the hood" issues such as fuel consumption, FMs etc. Assume HSFX 6 will incorporate 4.11. The AI is excellent in 4.11 (Well, as well as it probably can be?). Combined with HSFX/DBW will make for some great offline experiences.
The lurker formerly known as Deltahawk and Deltahawk53
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#3537608 - 03/13/12 10:23 AM
Re: Vampires of Guadalcanal updated to 4.11!
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Assume HSFX 6 will incorporate 4.11. Correct, and much more.
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#3537885 - 03/13/12 08:59 PM
Re: Vampires of Guadalcanal updated to 4.11!
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#3538078 - 03/14/12 01:05 AM
Re: Vampires of Guadalcanal updated to 4.11!
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1SMV_Gitano told me that TD will check the G4M fuel load, so there is a good chance that the current issues will we fixed. Hopefully when they check the G4M they decide to check several of the Japanese planes since none of them seem to have the correct fuel usage modeled. Wheels
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#3539394 - 03/16/12 04:00 AM
Re: Vampires of Guadalcanal updated to 4.11!
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Never downloaded a campain before, where do I place it and where will it show up in the game?
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