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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: 68falcon on January 05, 2007, 12:01:07 PM
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On Saturday 6th December at 6pm EST, the 68th Lightning Lancers will be
performing a memorial flight in the Special Event Areana for our CO, Bill
"68KO" Bundesmann, who passed away suddenly on New Year's Day. We know many
of you have expressed a wish to join and we would be honored to see as many
of you there as possible.
Our plan is to perform a 'missing man' formation over an airfield on the
Battle of Britain map. This was one of KO's favorite maps and was the area
where his favorite airplane - the P51 - saw much of its action during WW2.
Naturally, we will be flying P-51's. What we would like those of you joining
us to do is to up C47's and circle the base at 5000 feet. The 68th will
overfly the base at 1000 feet and as we do so, 68Falcon will issue an order
to the C47's to drop troops. Simultaneously he will pull up vertically as
the missing man, passing through the circling C47's and descending troops.
RADIO DISCIPLINE
We expect there to be a large number of people in the arena on Saturday and
for this to work in a way befitting the memory of KO, a lot of co-ordination
will be required. We respectfully ask that everyone keep radio chatter on
RANGE and the 68th's vox channel (168) to a minimum. You are, of course,
welcome to use your own vox channels.
GV Gun Salute
As well as the arial salute, we are also looking for a squad to volunteer to
line up on the runway in tigers or panzers and perform a 21 gun salute at
the point at which we overfly. If any of you would be willing to do this,
we'd be really grateful. Please let 68Falcon know.
ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Please arrive promptly at 6pm EST in the Special Events Arena and go to
base A10,11 or 12 (South East England near Dover). This is a Knight
base so you may have to change country.
2. Go to the hanger and select a C47, troops and 50% fuel.
FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONS
1. As soon as possible, launch and climb to 5000 feet. Once at altitude,
begin circling the A10 in a clockwise manner.
2. As far as possible, try to maintain one continuous circle of airplanes
around the base.
3. The 68th will approach the base from the South West at 1000 feet.
4. As the 68th pass underneath, Falcon will issue a command over RANGE to
drop troops. Simultaneously, he will pull up into the vertical as the
missing man, passing through the middle of the circling C47's.
5. The 68th will continue on in formation NE. Please remain circling until
the P51's have left the vacinity of the base. Thereafter you are free to
land.
Many Thanks - we look forward to seeing you on Saturday.
68th Lightning Lancers.
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Falcon, having prior Military experience with funeral details I would like to volunteer to lead the 21 gun salute of the ground vehicles.
Ironic
Ex 68Ripper
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68 Falcon,
Sounds like a fitting tribute.
I would caution you on one thing however. With all those troops (1000's im sure) floating down at the same time, everyone's FPS will goto slideshow levels, and anyone filming this will end up with a choppy film.
Just an FYI.
Balsy
and to 68KO
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Good point Balsy.
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Originally posted by Balsy
68 Falcon,
Sounds like a fitting tribute.
I would caution you on one thing however. With all those troops (1000's im sure) floating down at the same time, everyone's FPS will goto slideshow levels, and anyone filming this will end up with a choppy film.
Just an FYI.
Balsy
and to 68KO
I seem to recall a few years ago someone (Ripsnort?) organized a mission capture that used 4 or 5 goons and that destroyed frame rates and I heard of another instance where 10? C47s and it caused the arena to shut down...
I may have remember it wrong, might check with Skuzzy or Hitech
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I'd be willing to do any part of it, I'll be there.
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With the MA caps and ENY we have come to the conclusion that this arena would be the best although not our first choice.
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I really dont think that anyone would be heartless enough to cause greif at this Memorial but might I suggest that you lock down flight to one country only and turn on kill shooter...
Also will we be using a specific skin for the 47
68KO
The 68th
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Knights will be the only country enabled and yes kill shooter will be on.
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In that regard... set AmmoMult to 0.
I hope to be there as well.
>S<
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Is there a particular skin for the Ponys Falcon?
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Originally posted by Schatzi
In that regard... set AmmoMult to 0.
I hope to be there as well.
>S<
What does that do Shatzi? Would that effect the 21 gun salute?
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Originally posted by Slash27
Is there a particular skin for the Ponys Falcon?
78th FG/74th FS by Fester this is the one he liked
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Falcon do you have someone doing the 21 gun salute?
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not yet
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falcon did ya set up way points,,,KO would have phhhffftttt
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I have been in on massive troop drops that shut the game down.
That would be a tragedy if that happened.
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Yes....please be aware that a massive troop drop at a base being captured about three years ago caused the arena to shut down folks.
Would be wise to get in touch with Skuzzy on this beforehand. I wouldn't want a fine and fitting tribute to a fallen player to be ruined in any way.
Please check!
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Originally posted by 68Ripper
Falcon do you have someone doing the 21 gun salute?
We are going to run a practice at 5PM EST if you would like to attend
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Originally posted by 68Ripper
What does that do Shatzi? Would that effect the 21 gun salute?
AmmoMults are an arena setting. Setting them to 0 causes planes to have no ammo (done during airraces in H2H). I dont think it would affect GV ammo loads, but im not sure. Will check offline.
Falcon, as an alternative to have troops dropped, why not drop field supplies? With a high number of people, i think the effect would be pretty much the same.
Edit:
I just tested Offline. I set the following Arena Settings to 0.000:
ManGunnerAmmoMult
PlaneAutoAmmoMult
PlaneGunAmmoMult
This caused the planes to have no ammo at all. The Vehicles (Panzer, T34 and Tiger) had no PintleMG ammo, and a reduced load in the Main Gun (around 100 shells). C47 load was not affected.
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Can someone who is in the 21 gun salute please record that for me? I just need one person to commit.
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What is the contingency plan if something happens and the arena crashes during the flight?
Should everyone must meet up in the SEA again and start over?
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I do not think the arena will crash, frame rates will be hit hard when the troops are dropped. With that in mind we are going to change from dropping troops as the missing man goes vertical until after he has passed through and above the C47s.
But if the arena crashes yes please come back in and we will do the Memorial Flight with out launching C47s
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Hey falcon is there anyway that i could have your film from tonights flight?