Poliesti Mission Breifing for the testers

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HouseHobbit

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Here is some answers for the testers.. I recieved a e-mail and here are the answers to these question For the Poliesti missions..

I am glad to hear your getting shot down..LOL..About 50% of the time I don't make it and of the 50% I am damaged at least half of this..Very realisitc when only about 40 aircraft out of 178 made it home untouched..
I am sending two sets of screen shots showing how i do it..
I let the AI bombers pull ahead, and then stay somewhere near the center of the formation.. Sometimes I am at 100% and sometines only 40% power..You Have to let the AI aircraft stay ahead, and around you to protect you from the Flak, one of those game engine things they can't be changed..
You MUST Really Fly the B-24 Truly Hands on this one.. The AA will focus on you if you jump out in front..
After I hit the target I turn HARD and keep turning Hard until I clear the target area then I warp home.. And i usually get Home with about 10% or so fuel with the ferry tanks..After I hit the target is when you Have to Fly Like a MAD MAN to survive.. Lots of turning and changing of the flight path to get out..To Be honest it is a very Hard Mission to survive just like real life..

And all the aircraft at take off, was one of the problems in the crews debriefings I read, they also had problems with..again realisitic to the real mission..Several b-24's almost ran into the others during the form up over the Home base.. According to the Crew reports..Just Keeping the Mission true to the event..


I am not using you EVA files in My B-24, They are loaded into one of my other stand alones right now..
Not using the paras right now, am finishing re modeling them using G max, So they preform better with the Bigger bombs..
I expect to have that finished in a few weeks..God Willing.. G Max is a PAIN to Learn and use..
Check out the screenshots..
They will help you get through the mission..
Enjoy,
Owen
 
Here are some b-17 shots showing how to survive with the AVH B-17 80 002 remember YOU MUST Fly Your aircraft and do as the real pilots did, and try to get in and out..
Good Luck..

Oh, I usually warp after the target is destroyed, to get out of the target area and the heavy Flak..
 
Here are shots in the B-24 group size 32..
With proper use of wingmen and Mad Man flying, you can destroy the target and get out
Sometimes low on fuel, sometimes damaged..
I usually survive 50% of the time, of this at least half of that is damaged..

And in the mssions I am finishing where the Romainian and Luftwaffe jump your flights, only 10% to 20% of the time do I get Home..Unhurt, most of the Luftwaffe intercept missions end with me bailing out at some point..
And in the Luftwaffe missions I find myself manning a turret to defend my bomber..( Have shot down two Me 110's in my testing of these)..

These are over the target in formation flying in and out of the area..
 
Mission report.... and this is not the definitive mission I've tested, Househobbit have other surprises to add!!:icon_lol:

On the way to the target: nothing specific to highlight.

Target area: I've done exactly what you have recommended, I stayed just behind the others B24's and the flak fired at them. Doing this, I managed to bomb the target at very low altitude without damages.
A few seconds after the bombing run, I flown over a flak 20mm nest.... holly cow!!! It tried everything I could to escape and when I've been hit, I nearly lost control of the aircraft and fall under tree top level!! Hopefully, I managed to escape, I don't really know how to be honnest...

Way back home: damages were not as heavy as I thought and tanks have not been hit so I managed to come back to North Africa safely. But damned, that was a bloody long way home in this damaged Liberator!!:medals:
 
Major Magee has given permission for me to release the Great skins for the FP B-24 and the Halifax
He has build for the Poliesti missions..
BRAVO Major..
In the next revision on the missions, when more have had the chance to fly it all. and sent their observations, I'll send out the skins with all of this..

THANKS to Major Magee for his great work in this mission set, and for the great Skins he has Blessed us all with..
It is a team effort and it is wonderful to see it as such..
Bravo to All..

If you want these sooner just e-mail me and i shall send them out to you asap..
 
Thanks Very Much,
Led for the mission update, as I hear from the other testers I shall be updating the missions as needed and recommended..
Bravo to all involved and Thank You..
I am planing on using AI B17g and AI B-24 aircraft,( except for Players Aircraft) All the needed files will be included to the testers..

To allow more to be able to use these missions without great FPS loss..
One commemt on the Poliesti missions has been the great framerate hit with the AVH B17G 80 002..

To help more out in being alble to use this mission set I will include AI aircraft that are standalones..
That I have built for these missions..
As soon as i get permission to do this from whom ever owns the credit for the aircraft..
And if by chance our Masters here finish the freeware b-24 or a AI.. I will ask their permission to use it in the missions..
instead of the ones I have set up..
 
Hi,
"I've done exactly what you have recommended, I stayed just behind the others B24's and the flak fired at them"

Now I understand !! As leader I was first over the target and I had NO chance to survive !!:173go1:

These missions are Great and difficult ... well done
 
I have sent out the revised Poliesti missions 1 to the testers..
If I have missed anyone please let me Know..

*** Included: AI B17G, Load this AI B-17G into your Aircraft folder
it is a stand alone and will not conflict with any other Bomber****
To reduce framerate loss using the AVH B17G..Some have reported in testing..
Changed numbers of Facilites and AA used to increase framerates
To improve the overall use by more people.
Changed the frontline to more reflect the period in this theater...

The AVH B-17G 80-002 is still the players group in the missions..
 
Just got around to working on these tonight. Unfortunately, I cannot get past waypoint 10 where I consistently CTD. It makes no difference if I'm warping there, or flying in real time.

BTW is there a command to stop warping?
 
It seems others have found the BUG in the MAW install set up also..
As I said it took three reloads before MAW would work properly in Europe for me also..
Perhaps the Mastwers here will find a way to redo the install for MAW to correct this..
 
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