Action Report The Slot

[_AH_Col._Hogan]

Man.... I get a P-38 and then can't fly it. I've been craving that plane for three campaigns now.

Got home at 19:00, didn't have the guts to get on vent and here what I was missing.

S!

[_AH_BBQhead]

S~..

  was a fun mission..good turnout..good plan from Skat.. B 25's and P38's.. lotsa firepower headed to the target..and then 'it' started.. the dreaded transferring mission began to rear its' ugly head..   first one.. then another.. and another.. and another.. and another.. i think the final count was 14 transferring missions and one time out..  :thinking-008:

After the debrief Moggy offered a reasonable theory on what may be causing it .. we'll be investigating it during next week's slot mission.   

[_AH_Twisted]

Outside the dreaded "Transferring screen" as mentioned which actually got me this time about 5 mins before I was in position to land it was AWESOME!

Although as normal I covered my wingman  although Bong is one seriously "Twisted" flyer  :lol-053: which I lost him in some clouds. I did spend a bit of time covering others I happened to pick up while looking for Bong.
Finally I got my chance to unleash my furry of firepower on an enemy. Bong covered me and as that slippery AI Zero broke hard I managed to score a few MG hits and another Zero showed up. I latched on him and smoked him quickly this time and returned to cover Bong just as he made sushi of his target.

All in all it was a great mission and I got my first DF kill after having flown a bomber last time.

~S~

[_AH_Olds]

D Flight

Mission 7 Action Report

Flight Leader - Olds

Pilots:

Foxbat
Slikk
Dev


Tonight's mission was to attack an airfield on Kolombangaro at Vila Field, using B-25 H's to attack the field, and P-38's to escort and take out enemy AAA. D Flight was assigned to lead the bomber flight, consisting of D and B flights, with A flight going ahead of us to the target with bombs to clear out the enemy AAA, and C flight to fly CAP.  After A flight cleared the target, D flight was to come in and take out their assigned targets, then head south to Blackett Strait and hold until called back in, or eight minutes had elapsed, then RTB.

We took a general heading of about 295 deg. until we hit the tip of the island in BH18 kp 1.  We proceeded to target, with B flight following, and as we approached the target, we could see the AA still firing. We made a left-hand orbit until we were cleared into the target by A flight. B flight went for the ships, and D flight went for the target. I could see AAA still firing on the coast, so I made a bomb run on the target, taking it out successfully. Foxbat, Dev, and Slikk hit their targets, while I missed my first one. At this point, there were no enemy planes in the area. I swung around to make a second run, and we were suddenly jumped by fighters. I made my second run, and missed. I hear Fox call out that he was under attack by four Jap fighters, Dev was under attack, and I had one on my six. My AI gunners dispatched him, but not before being shot up. Fox was shot down, as was Dev, and Slikk was flying but shot up. Slikk hit the target I missed, and I went after AAA. I made several passes on a 20mm before finally dispatching it, then I ran into the ground. Slikk was able to egress the area, and was on his way home until he got the dreaded transferring mission screen. No one from D flight survived, due to either being shot down, or the mission error. D flight did a great job of hitting their targets, as did all other flights. Hats off to all flights for an outstanding job under tough circumstances.

Disclaimer: Any inaccuracies in my report are due to the fog of war  (tongue)

[Foxbat]

S~
Good job Olds!

[_AH_Stiffy]

well had fun right up til the warping started, i got one kill before i warped into a death spiral right into the water, no need to send a sub, im writing this from a better place

[_AH_Twisted]

I feel your pain Stiffy ~S~

I was on my bomb run and when I got about 1.0 from target frame rates dropped to a really slow slide show. I did a really nice face plant into the side of the hill.  :sad-056:

[_AH_*PODS*_RGAA]

Well .... what to say! ... Moggy great mission I am sure .... you are the man ..... your missions , campaigns are always a 10+ .... Something needs to be resolved with the issues we are having though. Unfortunately there seems to be unknown reasons why we are having these issues. I am running a top end comp with a top end server (20MB) 2MB up and 18MB down ... personally i believe it has more to do with connection distances and host comp capabilities (processors) ... but this is just what i believe. This is in no way directed as criticism towards hosts or mission builders .... As always appreciate your time and efforts! .... After fly'n for 40 min last night .... to have a zero pop right in front of you "out of no were" just to take you out in a collision is beyond frustrating. If its not pop corn .. its transferring you to no mans land ;-/ ... Again ... this is not criticism toward anyone but rather a cry for help .... we all need to research this relentlessly to make it fun for everyone. All ideas are welcome ... Maybe a thread can be started on this subject with postings and results of postings to see if we cant narrow this down a bit. I dont know about everyone else ... but i am beyond frustrated! S! gents (roll)

[_AH_taldrg]

~S~ Don't ask me why 'cause I don't know but, ever since we started the slot missions I have never been transfered to desk top or lost connection. Go figure.

[_AH_BBQhead]

S~.. was up a little early this morning and was thinking about what the problem might be..

  and for fun i went to dsl reports and ran the tweak test to see if my network connection could be improved.. as it turned out it showed my connection at 99% efficiency.. 

you can find the test here: http://www.dslreports.com/tools

after the test runs, it asks you to answer a few connections.. i wasn't sure if my connection was normal or not..  changed one setting.. the MTU value.. and cut down my download speed by 90%.. obviously i changed it back..  when  my MTU was set to 1492  as recommended for pppoe.. great speed.. when i changed my answer from pppoe  to normal.. it recommended the MTU be set to 1500.. i tried that and speed dropped way down..

but while i was looking... i came to the realization that the game more than likely uses UDP.. so all the tcp/ip tweaking shouldn't have much of an affect..

started looking around for UDP tweaks.. and i can't really find any..  but i'm thinking that if we do find a fix.. it will have to do with  a network  setting of some sort...   stack overflow.. UDP packet loss.. something along those lines.. i'm not mr network.. but that's where i'll be looking.. in the network settings/tweaks.. and for UDP info.. ( UDP is User Data Protocol.)

Except for once or twice.. the only times i've lost connection.. it was my internet connection that failed.. not just the game..i was disconnected from vent and the game at the same time..

 

[_AH_Twisted]

~S~ Everyone

I created a thread in this section so we could discuss issues and possible resolutions without cluttering up the action report thread.

Hope no one minds :)

[_AH_Nimble]

Yes BBQ.... I also when my connection is lost...lose my vent and then my connection...it is this way almost every time... if this helps any... cause I dont know doodle compared to you about these computers and networks..... :banned: