Beta AvA Schedule

[Easyscor]

Arena Schedule

Starting Monday week of 20 June -
Channel Battles, July, 1940

Tuesday Night Bomber Setup will be enabled at
9pm EST for 3 hours
Plane set B17s with P51+P38L escorts vs
BF109G-6,14 BF109K4+FW190-A5, A8 & D9

Thursday Night Tank Fight Probably here in Beta

As always, check the AvA forum for details and changes
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(Until Monday)
This is a newest version of ETO
All vehicles enabled
External Views are enabled
Killshooter is off until Monday for testing
Protect Objects is off for testing
It takes 5 rounds from the M3 to kill city bldg

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Added updated V2 rockets at Peenemunede.

Created a new 1x1 mile city with rail yards.
There are a few issues with the city ground texture yet
but it's on the fix-it list.

If you feel like driving around and blowing
up buildings, then Spawn from 177 or 202 and drive east into
Antwerp. It also has the fewest trees right now and no guns.

Comments Welcome
Do you see any issues with the CBM?
Do you wish to see additional labels on the CBM?
Is there an area where you want more spawn points?
Same for factories and air spawns.

If you find a base that isn't blending with the
terrain, please
 .psave [with a file name matching the base number].
Same for a factory only use the sector number or
factory type.
Please post a copy of that text file in the AvA forum.

Thanks

Stats
246 fields
45,950 objects

[Easyscor]

Starting Monday week of 20 June -
Channel Battles, July, 1940

The Channel Battles

10 July to 11 August 1940: Kanalkampf, ("the Channel Battle").
 
The Kanalkampf comprised a series of running fights over convoys in the English Channel and occasional attacks on the convoys by Stuka dive-bombers. It was launched partly because Kesselring and Sperrle were not sure about what else to do, and partly because it gave German aircrews some training and a chance to probe the British defenses. In general, these battles off the coast tended to favor the Germans, whose bomber escorts massively outnumbered the convoy patrols. The need for constant patrols over the convoys put a severe strain on RAF pilots and machines, wasting fuel, engine hours and exhausting the pilots, but eventually the number of ship sinkings became so great the British Admiralty cancelled all further convoys through the Channel. However, these early combat encounters provided both sides with experience. They also gave the first indications some of the aircraft, such as the Defiant and Bf 110, were not up to the intense dog-fighting that would characterize the battle.

Arena: Beta Events - AvA Arena



Terrain: avaeto

Axis Fields
A91
A80
A95

Axis Plane set
Bf 109E-4
Bf 110C-4b
He 111H
Ju 87D-3

Allied Fields
A15
A18
P16

Allied Plane set
Hurricane Mk I
Spitfire Mk I
Boston III

Designer: Slash27

Arena Settings:
Allies - Bish
Axis - Knit
Country switch enabled
Killshooter On
Outside views for bombers
Formations Enabled
Icon range - 3K
Radar - Everywhere
Fuel burn 1.0
AAA at default
ExitWhileMoving for Chute
Visibility 10 miles

[Shuffler]

This conflicts with Monday Night Madness in AVA AH II which I wish was in Ah III.

[Easyscor]

This conflicts with Monday Night Madness in AVA AH II which I wish was in Ah III.

Don't worry, it's not meant to be a conflict, it's a "weekly setup" for those wanting an historical setup in the Beta. Monday Night Madness is still running in the AH2 Arena until 3 goes live. If the Beta AvA starts filling up with more people, then MNM will likely move on over here but that's up to Jaeger. Some of our favorite terrains haven't been updated yet and there's no one on board to build replacements.

[Easyscor]

Opps, wrong thread.

[Shuffler]

Outstanding!!

[Chilli]

Download stops at the end and the game does not launch.  Anyone else have that problem?  I tried both DX11 and DX9.

[715]

Download stops at the end and the game does not launch.  Anyone else have that problem?  I tried both DX11 and DX9.

Yes, same thing happens to me.

[Easyscor]

Yep, the same thing is happening here. I'll try another 20 minute upload but I may have to call Skuzzy.

[Chilli]

Tank Map up and running had a lot of quick fun with Kenai77, but also had a few glitches and reported in the DX11 thread.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,379825.msg5058978.html#msg5058978

[Easyscor]

Edit

I don't know what else to do. I've checked everything on my end, finally found a possible bug and fixed that but it's still not going through.

I'll see if it will go through in the early morning hours.

When I see an upload taking 8 min instead of 20, I know something went wrong.

[Easyscor]

I think I've found it. Maybe.
See if you spot it.
Keep in mind that each upload took me ~8 minutes times 10 to 20 uploads so between 1hr 20 minuts and 2hrs 40 minutes staring at the upload window. Well, not really. I left during most of the uploads but still!
If that were all there was, it would have been easy, but between each upload, I was removing stuff from the source files thinking it has to be me. I still don't know for sure but this looks like the culprit. See if you can spot what I see.
 

[Shuffler]

Ahhhh loose nut behind the keyboard. 

[Easyscor]

Ahhhh loose nut behind the keyboard. 

That's me! You got it hehe.

We're back in business but it will probably be late tonight before I have everything rebuilt and back on the server. I'm thrilled to have it all working again.

[Chilli]

Loaded at 3:40 pm EST and ran smooth as a baby's bottom