Tokyo Club Full length Mission

Started by Kopfdorfer, March 22, 2018, 08:27:39 PM

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Kopfdorfer

Greetings Everyone,

               I am organizing an online event that I hope will appeal to (at least some of) the Aces High Squad.

               The concept is a full length ( about 4 hours) Mission to be flown online on Sat April 7 (tentatively).
               It will also require an organizational meeting and server test one week prior Sat Mar 31.
               The Mission will run from 1800hrs Atlantic to 2200 hrs Atlantic on 7 April.
               (Coincidentally this date in 1945 was actually a bomb mission by the Tokyo Club on Honshu - I had no idea when I first came up with the concept.)
               The Meeting will run from 1800hrs Atlantic on Mar 31 as long as deemed necessary , and a brief stress test will be performed
               when the meeting is over.

               I have invited several squads and some diverse friends in the hopes of pulling a decent turnout.
               The time has been considered to offer the best chance for Pilots from the broadest number of timezones
               to participate.
               I have not claimed any association with Aces High in regards to the promotion of the event.
               (So if it is a bomb (yes intended) it is all on me)

               The Mission : A B29 bombing raid on Honshu ( the central Japanese home island) escorted by P51D VLR(Very Long Range)
               fighters of the VII fighter Command based on Iwo Jima - The Tokyo Club.

               Technical Information :
               IL2 Version will be HSFX7.0.3
               Communication will be on Teamspeak3  IP-Address  TBA
               The Mission will be in Dogfight format - this will allow involvement of those not able to turn up at the exact start time.

               I realise that in-game settings are always a subject for debate in such an endeavour.
               The settings I have chosen for this exercise are not what I would choose for myself ,
               but rather those which I think will appeal to the broadest number of pilots.
               If you choose to fly this mission you do so in acceptance of my requirements and settings for this mission.
               
               The Map used will be the Kanto Plain Mod Map for jsgme - I will make it available in a dropbox link later
               This is not a perfect map - it has some flaws ; but I have determined it the best one to serve the purpose of this mission.
               I will supply an historical skinpack which must be used - I will make it available in a dropbox link later.
               Realistic Navigation will be ON.
               MDS Fog of War settings will be used.
               Radar will be active.
               HUD Icons will be on , but settings will be restrictive.
               Individual Scores will be OFF.
              Team Cumulative Scores will be ON.
              There will be a finite supply of airframes.

              Red Bombers and Escort Fighters will take off from Iwo Jima , fly to the Japanese Mainland , bomb one/all/some of the
              available targets , and return to Iwo Jima.
              The Red Team will be furnished with Recon Photos of the potential target areas at the time of the meeting Mar 31.
              This will allow them to discuss and determine which targets they will attack and plan their coordinated action.

              Blue Fighters will attempt to locate and intercept the raids - they will not know for sure which targets the Red Team is planning to strike.
              Blue Fighters will have one or two aircraft types associated with specific airfields.
              Blue aircraft may sortie , return to base , rearm and fly again as many times as they wish , as long as their aircraft has not been heavily damaged ,
              and they return to their home base.
              Damaged aircraft which force-land at a friendly base that is not their homebase will not be counted against the point total -
              but the airframe will no longer be available for re-use.

              Squads/Players may choose to Fly as a Red Bomber Sqdn , a Red Fighter Escort Sqdn , or a Blue Interceptor Sqdn.
              Pilots must be pre-allocated to a side in order to fly.
              A Mission Password will be issued at the pre-meeting.
              Red Pilots must commit to the entire 4 hour Mission.
              Blue Pilots can come and go as they wish , and may change aircraft types and homebases each sortie.

              Both sides will have very limited air re-spawn points.
              For the Red Team these will be Fighters only.
              For the Red Team the Fuel Limit for an airspawn is 70 %.
              For the Blue Team the Fuel Limit for an airspawn is 50 %.

              I hope this appeals to you as a group event ,
              and I'd really like to see the Aces High put in for at least one Fighter Sqdn (Red or Blue)  and one Bomber Sqdn (of 6 B29s).

              Kopfdorfer


_AH_Hollywood


~S~ Kopf,

Saturdays work for me. Sounds like fun

Thanks for putting this together
"You sneaky little bastards aren't getting doodly sh*t from me, except maybe my name, rank, and Social Security number: Wood, Hollis P., Lumberjack, Social Security 106-43-2185."-Slim Pickens-The movie-1941

_AH_Bear

~S~.. Im in!!!! and wish to Fly as a Red Bomber Sqdn :happy-112:  Ill offer to lead if anyone else doesn't wish to do so..

Kopfdorfer

Dropbox Link to Kanto Plain Map
Download/Unzip/Place in jsgme/enable in jsgme.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a3ayb466728bz0x/Map_Kanto.7z?dl=0

Kopf


Kopfdorfer

Thanks for help testing last night to Short , Jellyman , Mona , Pretty Boy and BBQ.
Pretty boring and I wasn't as organized as I had hoped BUT it did lead me to discovering
and I believe solving a few problems.

I did figure out why we weren't successfully destroying our own aircraft (yes that was part of the test -
What ? The rest of you think you could do better ?)
It turns out that when you copy and past objects , you aren't in fact copying the properties of the object
as you have set them for your scenario/mission , the game only pasts copies of DEFAULT characteristics.
Because I copied several sets of stationary aircraft and hardstands that I had built on Iwo Jima , the stationary aircraft
did not keep my desired parameters of 1. Allow DF Spawn , and 2. Do NOT Respawn if destroyed.

I fixed each stationary aircraft 1 by 1 this morning , and I am now moving on to check each stationary aircraft
at each airfield on the Japanese mainland. I should be done in time for FNF (on Sunday).

Thanks again for your help guys.

See you tonight.

Kopf

_AH_Hollywood

"You sneaky little bastards aren't getting doodly sh*t from me, except maybe my name, rank, and Social Security number: Wood, Hollis P., Lumberjack, Social Security 106-43-2185."-Slim Pickens-The movie-1941

Kopfdorfer

#6
The Organizational Meeting for this event will be at 1800 hrs Atlantic (UTC -3) Tomorrow , Sat Mar 31.

The Mission will take place one week following , from 1800-2200hrs Atlantic (UTC -3)
Saturday 7 April ( 73 years to the day of the first mission of the Tokyo Club !).
If you fly as a Red Pilot , you must fly the full mission.
If you fly as a Blue Pilot , you may come and go freely during the mission.

The Meeting will be on Teamspeak3 at Joint Command IP 207.254.170.82 No Password.

The Tokyo Club Pilot's Kit can be downloaded Here :  https://www.dropbox.com/s/ey26l51hnut60oy/Tokyo%20Club%20Pilot%20Kit.7z?dl=0
Includes :
-The Kanto Map (for jsgme)
-An Historical Skin Pack - Required
-A Downloadable Mission Map
-Mission Overview

I hope to see a healthy dose of Aces High at the meeting tomorrow , and  flying the mission.


Here are the credits to the skinners whose art I have used.
                     I forgot to include these in the skinpack.
Skin Credits for The Tokyo Club Mega Mission


Blue
A6M5c           Default
A6M7-62         Default
B6N2            Hayate
D4Y3S           Default
J1N1_S          Default
J2M5            200th Sakagawa
Ki-44-II-Ko     Box Weasel
Ki-45-Tei       Phil K
Ki-46-Otsu-Hei  Hayate
Ki-61-I-Hei     Jaypack44
Ki-84-Ic        Jaypack44
Ki-100-I-Ko     Ronnco
N1K2-Ja         Box WEasel

Red
B-29 1944      497th , 498th , 499th , 500th BG(H)  Jaypack44
PBN-1          IMME
P-51D-20NT     15th , 21st FGs   Goodwood


Sincerely,
Kopfdorfer

Kopfdorfer

#7
Re : The Toyko Club

Emergency Server Redirect !

Joint Command TS Server is down.

Today's meeting will be held on  "Virtual Fighter Squadrons"  TS Server
TS IP   :    104.131.191.195        Password :   tolwyn

1800 hrs Atlantic (UTC-3)

Kopfdorfer

Kopfdorfer

334th Padre of the 334th Eagle Squadron has put a Tokyo Club Practice Mission on the
334th_Server at Hyper Lobby.

I suggest if you are going to fly this mission , you give it a whirl.

Kopfdorfer

Kopfdorfer

Hi Guys,

Here are the Roster assignments as they stand now.

I am requesting that you please use the historical skins provided.
I have no problem if you wish to personalize them with noseart , kill markings etc.

The Tokyo Club RED TEAM Roster (as of 3-4-2018)

(Chart of Sqdn/Group historical Skin Assignments)


SQUAD                                                                  BOMB GROUP                                       FIGHTER SQDN


Aces High                                                               497th BG (H)                                      46th FS/15th FG
                                                                             "A" Tails                                             Blue Stripe , spinners , wingtips
                                                                                                                                      AC Numbers 200-249*

334th Eagles                                                          498th BG (H)                                       72nd FS/15th FG
                                                                             "T" Tails                                              Yellow Stripe , Spinners , Wingtips
                                                                                                                                      AC numbers 250-299*

Joint Command                                                      499th BG (H)                                       531st FS/15th FG
                                                                            "V" Tails                                              White Stripe , spinners , wingtips
                                                                                                                                      AC Numbers 300-349*

UNASSIGNED                                                        500th BG (H)                                       78th FS/21st FG
                                                                            "Z" Tails                                              Yellow/black tips , yellow/black spinner
                                                                           AC Numbers 100-149*

AI                                                                        500th BG (H)                                       45th FS/21st FG
                                                                            "Z" Tails                                             Green Stripe , green/black spinner
                                                                                                                                     AC Numbers 150-199*

* This is in case you wish to personalize your skin with an historically correct AC number.
These numbers were in black.
The game will not allow this accurately - it will not accept 3 digit identifiers except with a personalized skin.
This is not required , just FYI.

It would assist greatly in terms of organization to know which of you (other than Hollywood and Bear who are the only respondents to date)  will or will not be participating.
Remember that if you can't commit to flying the full RED TEAM Mission - you can fly Blue and come and go as long as the mission is on
since it is in DF mode.

Kopfdorfer

_AH_z5o

Map installed, don't know if it works or not. Skins installed. TS installed and I cant get it to work. Grrr
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.

Kopfdorfer

Hey Guys,

For those that need some assistance with the Pilot's Kit for the Tokyo Club Mission , or with Teamspeak ,
I''ll be around most of the evening tomorrow.

I'll be on Teamspeak at Virtual Fighter Squadrons_Tolwyn tomorrow for most of the evening if anyone needs assistance.
TS IP - 104.131.191.195 Password : tolwyn
I will also check in to AH_Ventrilo intermittently .
You can page me at Hyperlobby as well.
We'll get you squared away if you wish to join us.

Kopfdorfer

Kopfdorfer

The Tokyo Club Coms Info

Mission Start Time is 1800 Atlantic (UTC -3)
Please show up at least 30 minutes prior to Mission Start.

We will meet and fly the Tokyo Club Mega Mission on the following comms :

Primary TS Provider
TS IP  :  104.131.191.195   PW :  tolwyn

Backup TS Provider in case of technical problems
TS IP  :  66.55.131.26:9338  PW :  letmein

There will be a mission password needed in order to join.
The Tokyo Club Mission Password is :  lemay


Kopfdorfer

AH_DealnDave

Good luck to all that are flying this mission today, wish I could be there.

Enjoy and have fun !!!
Salute,

AH_DealnDave

_AH_Shrtaprch

S!  How'd it go?  Sorry I missed it, camping and hiking in the mountains with Scouts!  Hope it was a blast!

Shrt

_AH_Hollywood


There was a good turn out... Bear, Zulu and I were there.

Destined to be a 4 hour mission, went about 90 minutes before 4 red bars... and we all got booted.

Lots of fun and there is another one planned I believe.
"You sneaky little bastards aren't getting doodly sh*t from me, except maybe my name, rank, and Social Security number: Wood, Hollis P., Lumberjack, Social Security 106-43-2185."-Slim Pickens-The movie-1941

_AH_Bear

Yea .. it was enjoyable.. too bad it didnt last the full shot.. :happy-112:

Kopfdorfer

I just wanted to say thanks to those who showed up.
I was too  busy to give any personal attention to anyone who was prepared , to try and prevent those that weren't
prepared from damaging the experience of those who were.
We had in the mid-twenties of participants from several online groups , most of whom had not flown together before.
There were several deficiencies that caused the experience to be sub-100%.
It was very disappointing for me for the server failure to occur somewhere after 70 minutes or so , just as the main
formations were about to engage.
My hope is that the positive indication of the solid turnout can lead to something similar succeeding in the future.

Kopfdorfer