Gepard

In the last weeks i was busy with making TOD files for London. So it looks now:

What if the germans would have bought a small fleet of american carriers:

One carrier less.

The A400M is faster and it is a much more modern design. BUT it is build by a company that had never built a military transport plane before. Thatswhy i would prefer the most modern version of the american Herc, or the An-70 from the Ukraine.

In a campaign the squadrons are operating from airfields. In the data.ini of the campaign you can define which squadron is operating from one airfield. An airfield can operate only a certain number of squadrons. How many squadrons per airfield you find in the targets.ini of the terrain. For instance: [TargetArea001] Name= Lympne Position=839000.00,611000.00 Alignment=FRIENDLY Location=1 AirfieldDataFile=RAF_Lympne_Airfield.ini ActiveYear=0 Radius=4242.640625 NumSquadrons=4 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< This is the number how many squadrons can be operated from this airfield When the campaign is started, the game engine sometimes moves the squadrons to other airfields. If there are airfields without squadrons you will see no parked aircrafts. Only airfields with squadrons have parked airplanes.

Wheter parked aircrafts appear in game has nothing to do with a campaign or with NavalMap=True or False. The parked aircraft are defined in the terrain, especially in the xxx_airfield.ini. Here as example the desert_aifield1.ini: [Runway001] Heading=0 Offset=0,0 Length=2500 Width=90 TouchDown=0,-918.5 LaunchAll=TRUE TakeOff[01]= -10,-1100 TakeOff[02]= -30,-1110 TakeOff[03]= 10,-1110 TakeOff[04]= 30,-1120 TakeOff[05]= -10,-1150 TakeOff[06]= -30,-1160 TakeOff[07]= 10,-1160 TakeOff[08]= 30,-1170 TakeOff[09]= -10,-1200 TakeOff[10]= -30,-1210 TakeOff[11]= 10,-1210 TakeOff[12]= 30,-1220 TakeOff[13]= -10,-1250 TakeOff[14]=-30,-1260 TakeOff[15]= 10,-1260 TakeOff[16]=30,-1270 ParkingChance=60 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< modify this line between 0 and 100. Value is in percent ParkingMaxSpan=18.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< setting how big the parked plane can be Parking[01].Heading=180 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<heading of the parked plane value in ° Parking[01].Offset=333,-122 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<position of the parked plane in relation to centre of the airfield values in meters Parking[02].Heading=180 Parking[02].Offset=375,-122 Parking[03].Heading=180 Parking[03].Offset=396,-122 Parking[04].Heading=180 Parking[04].Offset=459,-122 Parking[05].Heading=0 Parking[05].Offset=354,-173 Parking[06].Heading=0 Parking[06].Offset=375,-173 Parking[07].Heading=0 Parking[07].Offset=417,-173 Parking[08].Heading=0 Parking[08].Offset=480,-173 Parking[09].Heading=180 Parking[09].Offset=375,-197 Parking[10].Heading=180 Parking[10].Offset=396,-197 Parking[11].Heading=180 Parking[11].Offset=417,-197 Parking[12].Heading=180 Parking[12].Offset=480,-197 Parking[13].Heading=0 Parking[13].Offset=333,-248 Parking[14].Heading=0 Parking[14].Offset=354,-248 Parking[15].Heading=0 Parking[15].Offset=417,-248 Parking[16].Heading=0 Parking[16].Offset=459,-248 Parking[17].Heading=180 Parking[17].Offset=333,-272 Parking[18].Heading=180 Parking[18].Offset=375,-272 Parking[19].Heading=180 Parking[19].Offset=438,-272 Parking[20].Heading=180 Parking[20].Offset=480,-272 LargeParkingChance=15 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<modify this line between 0 and 100. Value is in percent LargeParkingMaxSpan=48.0 LargeParking[01].Heading=217 LargeParking[01].Offset=353,368 LargeParking[02].Heading=217 LargeParking[02].Offset=395,337 LargeParking[03].Heading=217 LargeParking[03].Offset=436,305 LargeParking[04].Heading=270 LargeParking[04].Offset=530,277 LargeParking[05].Heading=270 LargeParking[05].Offset=530,225 LargeParking[06].Heading=270 LargeParking[06].Offset=530,173 LargeParking[07].Heading=0 LargeParking[07].Offset=436,25 LargeParking[08].Heading=0 LargeParking[08].Offset=384,25 LargeParking[09].Heading=0 LargeParking[09].Offset=332,25 LargeParking[10].Heading=180 LargeParking[10].Offset=436,125 LargeParking[11].Heading=180 LargeParking[11].Offset=384,125 LargeParking[12].Heading=180 LargeParking[12].Offset=332,125 LargeParking[13].Heading=0 LargeParking[13].Offset=436,175 LargeParking[14].Heading=0 LargeParking[14].Offset=384,175 LargeParking[15].Heading=0 LargeParking[15].Offset=332,175

What if the Germans would have selected the 201 too:

London Hydepark Below the Spitfire: Kensington Palace, the round building right of the plane is the Albert Hall

Some trees around Buckingham Palace

MT-LB was a wide family of armoured vehicles. From artillery recon vehicle, anti-tank-gun pulling device, SAM or ATGM carrier and so on and so on and so on. It was a maid of all work. The diverence between MT-LB and MT-LBu was the number of wheels. MT-LBu had had 7 wheels, MT-LB only 6. Here a link to pictures of some MTLBu versions: http://www.militaertechnik-der-nva.de/Bestimmungsbuch/5gepKetFhrmitTurm/53/MT-LBu/532.html And here MT-LB: http://www.militaertechnik-der-nva.de/Bestimmungsbuch/5gepKetFhrmitTurm/53/53.html

Only the islands of Guernsey, Alderney and Jersey were conquered by the germans in reality. Operation "Seelöwe" was a military plan to fight Great Britain on english soil. This terrain will come with a campaign for this never realized german plan.

The channel convois are now part of the map Next step will be to include the ground battles in South England. The main problem is, that in the download section of our forum no british tanks of the year 1940 exist.

"Wenn vor Fehmarn die Royal Navy im Meer versinkt, und am Himmel die bleiche Sichel des Mondes blinkt. Ziehn Piloten mit ihren MiG's zum Kampf hinaus und sie werfen in weitem Boden die Bomben raus. Explosionen zeigen ihnen am Firmament das Bild das jeder Jagdbomberpilot kennt. Und von Bord zu Bord das alte Lied erklingt, hörst Du nicht, wie man singt? Royal, Royal, Royal Navy Komm hau ab sonst komm ich zurück morgen früh! Royal, Royal, Royal Navy Vergiss das nie!"

I placed Railroad Bridges (plus Flak) and Road Bridges on the map.

Recon mission over the Port of Dover The Flak fire was heavy. Suddenly my fighter escorts cried for help. They were ambushed by countless enemy fighters. Spitfires and Hurricanes. A lot of them. The Messerschmitts fought for their live. I decided to engage the enemy, to show them how superb a He-100D4 is. Kill one: Splash two: At the end of the day my wingman and i shot down 17 Tommy fighters. What a wonderfull day!

I have added some Flak to London. So it looks a little bit more realistic.

I would like to place more cityblocks to the City of London, but i fear, that more than the approx.2.500, which i have already placed, could harm the fps rate to much. The cityblocks cover an area between Towerbridge in the east to Kensigton Palace in the west. From Victoria Station in the south and Kingscross Station in the north of London.

Mosquitos over London

S-105, the czechoslovakian licence build MiG-19S

Mosquito over London City

I placed more cityblocks in the City of London Paddington Station and Kensington Palace

I suggest a better NATO Code: "Fat Lady" mandantory screenshot:

The answer is no. the tiles have no influence. That objects are at the wrong position on a runway can be caused by including a second runway in the target area.

The cityblocks are so bright only in sun. When in shadow they looks so: The roofs match more or less with the color of the tiles. Maybe i should make the cityblocks all of brickstone color.