Emp_Palpatine

If I recall correctly, WoI's pits are not that good for the arms. They seems unfinished: no "in range" or "armed" light indicator in the F-15. They are in MF's ones. If the ennemy beams on you, I supposed they will try to fly to you and lock you on radar, the same way when you beam on them. I might be wrong.

So say we all! Thanks again guys. And all my respect for the fallen heroes. I'm also glad to hear that Afghan units were in the fight. Such a pic, Afghan and Marines fighting together against terror is a vivid proof of what have been already done and what we must be standing for. "As He died to make men holy, Let us die to make men free" Thoses verses of the Battle Hymn of the Republic had always moved me so much. And it's so true for those who fought ('Nam, Korea, WWs) and are fighting. May God bless service men and women all

Second week of August. It was supposed that the troops Dubail had routed were only scouts who thought they would hardly have to fight the belgian Army. Scouts there were indeed, the franco-belgian did undestood it all too well when 150 000 men with heavy artillery support hit them hard. The belgian corps (50% of usefull belgian forces!) did even melt during the heavy fighting, the surviving regiments or companies being temporaly integrated into the retreating, and battered, french forces. The said forces hastily retreat and regroup toward Lorrain or the upper Meuse. Disorganized by the German attack, the commanders did not thought about a retreat to Brussels from where any German future advance might have suffer from a flank attack. The poor belgians who suffered the most violent part of the attack. In Alsace-Lorraine, the Plan XVII is put into motion and French units are charging! The success there outshine the defeat of the Ardennes in most spirits! Strabsourg, lost 40 years ago, is now so close... French troops awaiting orders in Alsace. In the Eastern front, the western victories of Germany did not help to slow down the Russian almost unopposed advance. Russian scouts are in the outskirts of Koenigsberg, and the capture of Dantzig isolates eastern Prussia from the rest of the Empire. Russian's advance into Prussia. On the other parts of the front, all is calm apart from skirmishes. In the Balkan and in Galicia, Austria didn't try much, probably resting from the battle of Belgrade and planning other moves. The fact is this week events had put things into motion: a big German offensive has started in the West but Germany has to defend herself in the East, or it will lose any western gains there. Casualties and moral report for this week:

Sure, I always fly on the most hard settings. And most of the time, hit means either death or parachute. Situation like the one above with the Aermachi are really rare for me.

The Mirage 4000 was a good plane, it would have been cool to have it. Nevertheless I don't think there is such thing as shame to buy a foreign plane when one needs it (read: buy F-18) and can't provide it in a speedfull and efficient manner. But, we must save rafale, and blablabla... So, more than 20 years of waiting for the Navy, and no modern fighter from the 80's to the 2000's.

Unfortunately I don't. I've search the web for a pic of a french tested F-18 too, but did not manage to find one.

It's an old photo I found on Check six. It dates back to when the eagle was evaluated by the Armée de l'Air in the late 70's, before the oil crisis, when France did not lack money and was willing to have an heavy interceptor: hence the F-15 trials and the Mirage 4000 project.

A little number of Rafale are now in service, and they entered it a few years ago. They were planed to join in the early 90's... From the late 70's to the early 2000's, our fleet air arm lacked a modern fighters. The cruze was awesome, but hey, obsolete all the way. That's why a purchase of the F-18 was studied but some nationalist arguments made it fail. For 20 years, we had to keep the Cruze...

Hi guys! A few month ago, someone posted a little fix in order to allow WOI F-16s to bear killmarks. I've use the search engine but can't find the thread anymore. Does anyone have some tip?

Thanks chap! I'll save it now.

Here's the show! First battles are raging on the Franco-belgian border. Lanzerac, marching into Luxemburg, is hold at bay by a German corp who is already in the city. Despite heavy fighting, and heavy losses for the defender too, Lanzerac has to stop the offensive for the moment. Further North, the situation is reversed. A scouting German corp is defeated by Dubail forces in the Ardennes. Fightings will surely be hot there in following weeks... In the Balkan, Serbian gamble for Sarajevo succeeds: no ennemy units in the town, it is now occupied by Serbian forces. By the way, heavy fighting broke out for Belgrade. 150 000 Austro-hungarian attack the 60 000 Serbian soldiers in the city. Thanks to the Danube, that must be crossed by the Habsburgs' forces, and to the hill and urban terrain, heavy losses are inflicted to the assaulting forces. But the death toll is quite severe for Serbia too. Belgrade ruins will endure more blood and fire soon... Russian offensive in Eastern Prussia is on the contrary a cakewalk for the moment: Germany is severly defeated in the southern area of Prussia (let's say near Tannenberg! ) just like in the eastern part of the country. The road to Koenigsberg seems open!! After a week of fighting, here are the results: We are still in the "movement phase" of the war, hence the "one-week impulse", but here are the frontlines: (Koenigsberg seems ready to fall...) And the moral and casualties after a week of fighting: Not so bad, actually.

Aren't those versions things language-only issues? I downloaded the international version, and among english it asked me, upon installation, the language I want. (I was afraid of having suddenly a french-speaking game on radio chatters, but they keep speaking english. Great for immersion! )

Save your pic into a non-too big format like PNG or JPEG. Host it on image shack and then copy here the given link between two things.

Things will really start in the next update. What have been posted is the first "mobilization" phase and then the "order" phase, where I do my moves. It's simultaneous move in this game: I set orders, the adversary does the same; then movement are resolved. I might very well collide with Germans in the Ardennes. I might be there first, they might be first too...

Unsurprisingly, the first actions of the war take place on sea. Belligerent fleet quickly made contact one with another. The Royal Navy prevails in these early battles. The Entente, with these early August engagments makes her controll of sealanes quite sure. The subsequent decision of Italy not to join the war might have be related to these battles. Stating that the war had been started by Central Powers whereas its Alliance with them is defensive, Italy declares its neutrality. Reaching Paris, the news relieved the french from worries about the Alp frontier. Italy might be drawn into the war later, but not for the moment. Eager to start its "Plan XVII" offensives, the French Staff find an interesting for those aeroplane contraptions. Some are sent between Metz and the Vosges, in order to scout German positions there. According to pilots, German forces do not exceed two corps, with a strength of somewhat 100 000 men. [one point equal somewhat 2000 men; units are corps of 2-3 divisions]. Offensive is definitively possible, but some howitzer barrage are orderd by a cautious staff before any move. Wasting men in an ill-organized offensive while news of German attack on Belgium are coming would be a bad idea. On the said belgian front, General Dubail forces are ordered to enter Belgium territory in order to assist belgian little army. A German victory here would open the way too Paris, without much natural defense line... Dubail is to join with main belgian forces in the Ardennes and along the Meuse near Liege Forts. These forts are the keys of further advance in Belgium. They must not fall. Further south, Lanzerac will march into the Ardennes, meeting any German advance there, and into the Luxemburg. Neutral but so tiny and defenseless, the little Great Duchy had been invaded by some Germans scout. Hopefully, Lanzerac will be able to outspeed any German push there, and stop them using terrain. In the East, as planned, Russian troops are crossing the border and heading toward Konigsberg, the capital city of old Prussia. On the Galician border, a little attack is ordered to Czernowitz. More a feint than a planned offensive, its main goal is to scout Austrian forces there and make them a little busy. And what about Serbia, for who all Europe is now at war? Serbian Army, bold and with some intelligence, surprisingly do not stay on its defensive line, but tries an advance toward Austrian held Sarajevo. Believing his scouts and spies reports, General Misic is sure that the bosnian city is not defended. The armies are now on the move... on both side. They will soon collide.

Might be wrong, but navy planes do bears the roundel on both wings, not on one in the US style. http://cocardes.monde.online.fr/v2html/fr/...mar1_supet.html A two tone like this super etendart looks good for a front line plane.

Looking great! I would like to see more... as this girl: And F-18 too. A shame we did not ordered it in the 80's, would have been great for our fleet.

On 28th June, 1914, the Habsburg's Empire heir was shot in the town of Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist. Vienna did not take much time to link the tragedy with some shadowed support of the little Serbian kingdom, whose pan-yougoslav propaganda had been spreading in the slavic holdings of the old Danubian Empire. The ultimatum therefore sent was unacceptable for Belgrade: face reprisals or accept to be subdued to Austrian authorities for the inquiry. Actually, a denial of Serbian independence, a vassalisation. War was inevitable, given the "blank check" given to Austria by her German ally. What could have been a limited crisis was to grow to a full European war, and even worse. Indeed, Serbia closest ally was the Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary arch-ennemy. And for Russia, failing Serbia was unacceptable. If Austria was to attack Serbia, war will broke out between the two eastern Empire. In such a war, Germany, in an alliance with Vienna since the 1880's, just could not stay outside and had to support her ally by declaring war on Russia, a choice that will bring France into the browl, as France was in a defensive alliance with Russia... Germany's war plan schedulded an attack on France through Belgium, in order to avoid the harsh terrain of eastern France and it's fortification. Britain did guarantee Belgium's neutrality. As things moved on, UK had no other choice but to join in. First days are strangely calm. The long-planned warplan are put into motion, reservist are being called and mobilisation decreted across Europe. British small army is presently stucked in Britain, and it will be a month before they can cross the channel. In France, the army is set to face a possible German advance in the east, or to follow the planned "Plan 17" whose main goal is an offensive into German holded Alsace-Lorraine (annexed to Germany following the defeat of 1870) in order to reconquer these provinces. French staff was aware of possible German offensive through Belgium but did believe that it was possible to outflank them with an attack there. Two corps are ready to jump to Belgium's help. Just in case... On the Alps, only a thin line of troops is set. Hopefully, Italy won't join the war, and if she does, these troops will hopefully gain some time or even more, deter any will of offensive (as the ennemy won't see what sort of troops are there) from Italian. In the Balkan, the small Serbian Army is set on a defensive line, ready to face Austrian Empire attack. They won't last much alone if the Habsburg Empire commit its full strength on this front. All hope there are on Russian shoulders. What's going on in Russian Empire? In the Caucasus, a small army is ready to deter any Turkish attack. But the Ottoman Empire is neutral, for the moment. In the Western part of the Russian Empire, a great offensive into German eastern Prussia is schedulded. With so much forces committed there, only small amounts of troops are defending the rest of the Empire's western borders. Hopefully, it will be enough to hold the Central Power at bay before Russia has fully mobilised. In all belligerent powers, the fleets are sailing too. French one in Meditterranean, Royal Navy in the Atlantic and North Sea. Controll of sea lanes are crucial for Britain economic survival and for the BEF to cross the Chanel. A last glitch of peace time: In the first couple of days of August 1914, mobilisation is over, and dark times lie ahead. Will the boys be home before the leaves fall? I don't think so...

Happened to me too! Was hit by AAA above Goose green in Sea Harrier, made it, with much difficulty, back to the flattop, only to learn that I've been dead all the way! Hell, I've never seen a dead fly his plane back during 20 minutes...

Well... I'm using a laptob which dates back to last year. I've no particular frame-rate issues or any lag, or wwhatever, all on max. But indeed, the machin gets very hot (just like with heavily crowded thirdwire campaigns). I've now turned down shadows (well no time to watch them) and a few other things in order not to spoil ressources on eye candy I will never pay attention to (shadows are the best example) and we'll see how it do.

Can't even take off correctly! What have been said about realism is quite true, all the more with those propeller things so complicated to fly. I'll have some time to get used to controlls, find how to be the same pilot in campaign (whose strategical aspect don't bother me too much as I'm also a wargame player) and a few other things before being able to fully enjoy it. But my overall impression is indeed very good.

Eerr... something missing! (nothing in the log too, and I did not remember!) but brought back to Puerto Argentino (Port Stanley) all the same!

Not at the time, but you're right: red planes only engaged above North Korea (and even not above the North Korean territorial waters) because some were strangely blonde and blue-eyed for asian people. And strange accent from Moscow too...

What's sure is that Syrian got totaly owned in this campaign. By the way, even if the article's claims are doubtfull, the "lots of kills to none" may not be totally truthful too. No lucky shot? No lucky MiG? It's quite possible. It's also possible that some losses had been presented as SAM kills for some propaganda issue. But the fact is indeed that Israel shall be more easily believed than Syria, for obvious reasons.

Got a surprise in my mailbox this morning! Time to test!