Pearl to Japan

[:FI:Bluebell]

Thats the stats up for the Sunday 14/01/07 coops, as ever check and let me know of any errors.

due to work commitments next Sunday I wont be able to get online for the coops, so if anyone has any coops they want tested maybe thats the time to try them.
We are now onto the last six missions for Pearl to Japan, three for the phillies(should have been before Okinawa, but we're the FI and can go back in time on a whim and a prayer), the final three at the Japanese homeland.



Vin

[:FI:Genosse]

I would like to host some missions on next Sunday then ...

Let me know whaddya think ...

[:FI:Dr_Strangelove]

Guys I am sorry about missing yet again. It's just, I am so wrapped in this damn NFL at the moment that I cannot bear to take myself away from the television for one second.

I promise that after the Super Bow I will be back in full effect. I might even try to get in there during the off-week.

I got 1946 installed but not patched either, so I need to still work on that one too.

[:FI:Falcon]

... It's just, I am so wrapped in this damn NFL at the moment that I cannot bear to take myself away from the television for one second.

I promise that after the Super Bow I will be back in full effect. I might even try to get in there during the off-week...

Hmph!

I was able, with the help of my dear wiff, to kinna watch the Chicago/Seattle game during the session. I guess if I would have been able to pay more attention to the game Seattle would have won. It is a power that I have.

Anywho, the Saints must go to Chicago and beat dah Bears next week an' I'll be flyin ... sorta, an' watchin' sorta so YOU can too!


Fal ... something

[:FI:Dr_Strangelove]

Hehe, sweet. I am not a Bears fan so I too will be rootin for Da Saints!

[:FI:Scott]

I would like to host some missions on next Sunday then ...

Let me know whaddya think ...

Sounds good to me Gen- thanks.

[:FI:Nellip]

If we decide to stick with 4.05 for another week I have a polite suggestion for Sunday which we could run in that version.

I am putting together a movie depicting an Arctic convoy in 1942 using in game shots from both FB/AEP/PF and SH3. I have written a couple of missions depicting air attacks on the convoy. I could just use AI and run these as single missions but I think I might get some more interesting shots using human pilots.

Mission one is He111 torpedo and Ju88 dive bomb attacks on a convoy using the Coral Sea map (lots of water ) and the convoy is defended by Hurricanes from an escort carrier. We would need people to fly both sides. German aircraft are air starts, Hurricanes will take off and land (hopefully ) on the carrier - without a tail hook this is easier said than done!

Mission 2 uses the Murmansk map and is land based Spitfires (the RAF sent some Spitfires to Russia specifically to protect this convoy) against attacking He111's and Ju88's, with Bf109F escorts.

I will record and then put footage from the coop into more staged shots I am putting together to match the "script".

Any thoughts on this idea guys?

First draft of the "script" is as follows:

Convoy Movie Plan

• 1. Titles – PQ18 – Arctic Convoy.
  2. Titles – 2nd September 1942. The tide of war was still with the Axis powers. In Europe, the German army is advancing on Stalingrad. In the Western desert the Afrika Corp has been halted at the first battle of El Alamein, but the decisive battle is still to be fought. In the Pacific the forces of Japan are gaining huge swathes of territory. The Battle of Midway has dealt a blow to the Japanese Navy but on land gains are still being made.
  3. Titles – British and American vital war supplies are being sent to the Soviet Union via the White Sea ports of Archangel and Murmansk. The perilous northern route means convoys running the gauntlet of Luftwaffe forces in Norway and occupied Russia, and the U-boat fleet.
  4. SH3 distance shot of merchants and escorts in rough seas – text – “In Loch Ewe, Scotland, the Convoy PQ18 assembles ready for the passage to Russia.”
  5. SH3 shot of escort destroyer
  6. FB distance shot of carrier and escorts with Hurricanes deck – text – “The Escort Carrier HMS Avenger will be the first convoy carrier escort of the war.”
  7. FB close up shot of Hurricanes on the deck of the carrier (Sneaky Skins).
  8. FB shot of 8 airborne RAF Spitfire Vb’s flying North – text – “The RAF sends Spitfires and Hampdens to Russia for additional air cover….”
  9. FB shot of crashed plane – text – “…but one of the Hampdens crashes in Norway and the Germans capture the plans.”
  10. SH3 shot of U-boat leaving Bergen – text – “Admiral Doenitz sends out his “Grey Wolves” to intercept the allied convoy….. “
  11. FB shot of He111’s (KG26) and Ju88’s on an airfield – text – “…..whilst on airfields in occupied Norway and Russia the Luftwaffe are ready.”
  12. FB distance shot of Luftwaffe Ar196 flying boat (or SH3 if Bv138 available in game).
  13. SH3 distance shot of convoy sea level
  14. SH3 distance shot of convoy from altitude – text – “12th September, the convoy is spotted by a German reconnaissance aircraft.”
  15. FB shots of He111’s with torpedos and Ju88’s with bombs taking off from airfield.
  16. FB shots of Luftwaffe aircraft flying to target over land then sea.
  17. FB shots of attack on convoy, Hurricanes defend. (Coop shots?)
  18. SH3 shots of sinking and burning ships – text – “During the attack the convoy loses 8 ships.”
  19. FB shots of He111 and Ju88 attacks – heavy flak – shots of German aircraft being downed and damaged – text – “the following day the Luftwaffe return but the defenders are ready and a heavy toll is taken”
  20. SH3 shot of convoy sea level.
  21. SH3 underwater shots of submarine.
  22. SH3 periscope shot
  23. SH3 torpedo attack on convoy – various shots
  24. SH3 shot of convoy sea level – plus ice bergs
  25. FB shots of Luftwaffe attacks north of Murmansk using coop footage
  26. SH3 shot of ships in Murmansk harbour
  27. Credits

[:FI:Sneaky_Russian]

AI Gladiators seem to be able to just about land on a carrier, standing on the brakes and with inches to spare. AI Hurricanes usually go over the bow. Landing may be possible - but quite a tall order.

[:FI:Nellip]

Sneaky

Yes you're right, pretty tough to land a Hurricane!

The mission is set up so the carrier is at maximum speed, but even so I haven't managed it yet!

Nellip

[:FI:Falcon]

Cool!

It sounds ... epic?

Be there I will!


O.W. Falconi

[:FI:Nellip]

[Cool!

It sounds ... epic?

Be there I will!


O.W. Falconi

It looks great in my imagination at the moment. The test will be of the reality lives up to that. Especially stitching together shots from SH3 and IL2 when the ships and weather effects are very different.

Still "he who dares" and all that

[:FI:Scott]

I would be delighted to crash..err I mean take part in your production Nellip.

(land a Hurri on a Carrier )

[AltarBoy]

A movie, huh? Well, Pierce Brosnan can play the old AB and Elmo will play as Falcon.

[:FI:Falcon]

Hey!

That Elmo is missin' his, uhh ...

Light Saber!

KnowwhatImean?

~nudge-nudge~


Fal "Heavy Light Saber" con

[AltarBoy]