Operation "Blue Flag" - 24/7 PvP Campaign - ROUND 9

Just got kicked out 6 times in a row before I could even take off. Decided to just give up. I see that people are doing a trace and saying it has something to do with where things are being routed but if that's the case, why wasn't it this bad in all the previous rounds? It's never been this bad.

Just got kicked out 6 times in a row before I could even take off. Decided to just give up. I see that people are doing a trace and saying it has something to do with where things are being routed but if that's the case, why wasn't it this bad in all the previous rounds? It's never been this bad.

routes change. peers change. link capacity changes. That is why. :)

"The Internet" is not that everything connected to everything thing you are usually made to believe. Its definitely the cogent part, if your traffic is going through that network.

Tried to use the VPN service of my uni, but unfortunately they are oply providing VPN access to their internal net. :DD

And yeah I already gave up as well, there is no point to fight a flawed connection.

what is cogent? And in which country is their network center?

i gave up too. I just would like to see the server in a stable state. Nothing frustrates me more than doing a 100km flight in an Mi-8 just to d/c from the server....

routes change. peers change. link capacity changes. That is why. :)

 

"The Internet" is not that everything connected to everything thing you are usually made to believe. Its definitely the cogent part, if your traffic is going through that network.

 

Tried to use the VPN service of my uni, but unfortunately they are oply providing VPN access to their internal net. :DD

 

 

And yeah I already gave up as well, there is no point to fight a flawed connection.

Thanks for the explanation. It's become unplayable for me. I've literally spent more time joining, getting disconnected before I can takeoff and trying to reconnect than actually getting up in the air. I think I got a total of two flights in while trying to connect ALL day since this morning until 10pm tonight. I hope they are willing to move the server to someplace more stable.

On top of it all, I'd be surprised if this round isn't over by tonight or sometime tomorrow. This setup has things so lopsided that Red has over run Blue in about 3 days. I'd hate to have it end and have to wait another month for this.

Well the only issues I had so far were 15-20 fps on landing on that one airfield where there were 10 smoking things at the same time (afaik that was reason for fps drop) and some warping of other aircraft (2 times, once a bandit just disappeared, another time I saw a friendly Mirage smoke trail (it was damaged) going zigzagging...)

I was trying the server yesterday aswell and within 1 hour had two disconnects which can be really annoying when you just spend time alligning the Mirage and setting up the flight plan just to be disconnected while taxiing to the runway (not only me, there were 43 people on the server, when i checked the server just seconds after my disconnect there were only 8 people remaining on the server).

Useless to try, not worth the time 'n' frustration that comes after it.

Last night I had multiple disconns and 2 special disconns like 30min downrange in the Mi-8 taking a FARP when the Pop-Up comes...DCS has crashed....due to disconn.

Utmost frustrating, a friend was watching me trying to play and asked me how silly we are even trying this as adult men...LoL but he's true !

what is cogent? And in which country is their network center?

http://www.cogentco.com/en/about-cogent

Madness is when you try the same thing over and over again and expect different results.. :)

Had a good evening last night of a few hours of uninterrupted gameplay. Only issues were DCS crashing when loading a few times but nothing while in flight.

On top of it all, I'd be surprised if this round isn't over by tonight or sometime tomorrow. This setup has things so lopsided that Red has over run Blue in about 3 days. I'd hate to have it end and have to wait another month for this.

I don't think the setup is lopsided. The numbers are more even this round, and on average have thus far favored Redfor more.

Greg, do think about removing the kill messages again in the future. They give way too much tactical information. It's really hard to stay hidden in a chopper when you destroy a target, and it broadcasts what was killed, and what killed it.

(Secretly hoping the only way to fix the instability, is Mig-21 vs F-5E & only transport helis "setup")

((Maybe even, to have REDFOR start out in the South and let BLUFOR try and protect Beslan/Nalchik for once))

xD

(Secretly hoping the only way to fix the instability, is Mig-21 vs F-5E & only transport helis "setup")

 

((Maybe even, to have REDFOR start out in the South and let BLUFOR try and protect Beslan/Nalchik for once))

 

xD

I keep suggesting f5 v 21 but they don't seem interested.

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I don't think the setup is lopsided. The numbers are more even this round, and on average have thus far favored Redfor more.

I've been on everyday since it started back up, all day until late evening. Twice I've seen close numbers, most of the time it's been 2-1 or worse.

The year is X before the Hornet. Caucasus is entirely occupied by the RED. Well, not entirely...

One small area of indomitable BLUES still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the RED pilots who garrison the FARPS of Beslan/Tbilisi and Kutaisi/Tbilisi ... [free after Asterix and Obelix]

Been playing Blueflag now for 2 nights and the Blue team has been greatly pushed back. Problem is, last night I think I counted 6 or 7 disconnects between 1700 and 2030 Z. Also seems whenever you are just about to get something done it disconnects... makes it really hard for blue team to capture anything.

Has anyone got any real explanation on this? Surely an event of this caliber should be held on a server that can actually support the planned operation? I mean, tonight on TS people were half-jokingly convinced it's a red side spy conveniently DDOS:ing the server whenever a red FARP was under attack... I don't like to believe such claims without real evidence, so I assume it happened on both sides...

I'd say, either get the server stable with what ever means necessary, or call BlueFlag Round 9 cancelled. There is unfortunately no point in flying if all you get to do is set up your loadout and do interior preflight.

And don't get me wrong, I've never had this much fun flying sims when it works... but now it seems most of the time it doesn't.

Regards,

MikeMikeJuliet

This is certainly turning into a more pay to play for the server. I like it. Prevents the hop oners and those that don't know any form of organization.

 

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Donations sounds more better, Some of us dont have the money to pay to play, Hence why i dropped PS4 and and never used an Xbox :)

I don't think the setup is lopsided. The numbers are more even this round, and on average have thus far favored Redfor more.

Been playing Blueflag now for 2 nights and the Blue team has been greatly pushed back. Problem is, last night I think I counted 6 or 7 disconnects between 1700 and 2030 Z. Also seems whenever you are just about to get something done it disconnects... makes it really hard for blue team to capture anything.

 

Has anyone got any real explanation on this? Surely an event of this caliber should be held on a server that can actually support the planned operation? I mean, tonight on TS people were half-jokingly convinced it's a red side spy conveniently DDOS:ing the server whenever a red FARP was under attack... I don't like to believe such claims without real evidence, so I assume it happened on both sides...

 

 

I'd say, either get the server stable with what ever means necessary, or call BlueFlag Round 9 cancelled. There is unfortunately no point in flying if all you get to do is set up your loadout and do interior preflight.

 

And don't get me wrong, I've never had this much fun flying sims when it works... but now it seems most of the time it doesn't.

 

 

Regards,

MikeMikeJuliet

I am praying this get this figured out soon. It sucks waiting a month to fly this, just to get on and lost 3 of your 4 lives to the server dying, not to mention is looks like this round could be over any minutes already. Well, I'm off to wait 4 hours to get lives back so I can lose them to server crashes again. lol

Been playing Blueflag now for 2 nights and the Blue team has been greatly pushed back. Problem is, last night I think I counted 6 or 7 disconnects between 1700 and 2030 Z. Also seems whenever you are just about to get something done it disconnects... makes it really hard for blue team to capture anything.

 

Has anyone got any real explanation on this? Surely an event of this caliber should be held on a server that can actually support the planned operation? I mean, tonight on TS people were half-jokingly convinced it's a red side spy conveniently DDOS:ing the server whenever a red FARP was under attack... I don't like to believe such claims without real evidence, so I assume it happened on both sides...

 

 

I'd say, either get the server stable with what ever means necessary, or call BlueFlag Round 9 cancelled. There is unfortunately no point in flying if all you get to do is set up your loadout and do interior preflight.

 

And don't get me wrong, I've never had this much fun flying sims when it works... but now it seems most of the time it doesn't.

 

 

Regards,

MikeMikeJuliet

Just because you aren't able to fly doesn't mean the round should be canceled for others.

Also, have you not followed the thread at all? There are many posts from players from all sides having connection issues. microvax (a RED player) went into great detail on where the problem is. Perform a traceroute, and see if you have a hop through Cogent. If you do, then you're likely to continue having connection woes till Cogent addresses the issue on their end.

If you pay for a VPN service you might be able to connect through their various different servers to attempt to get a route which doesn't go through Cogent. No guarantee though.

I am praying this get this figured out soon. It sucks waiting a month to fly this, just to get on and lost 3 of your 4 lives to the server dying, not to mention is looks like this round could be over any minutes already. Well, I'm off to wait 4 hours to get lives back so I can lose them to server crashes again. lol

This is how we win wars comrade! We throw lives at the problem. :thumbup:

Everybody's talking about the balance. Compared to the last round it's a bit better. I'm more concerned about all the bugs we have! It's not fun any more. The game crashes all the time. If this is fixed on friday, any chance we could simply restart the round? I only managed to have a few sorties without my game crashing. Spending too much time on only trying to get started -___-

Well if the BS team would actually pay for a server that most people don't have a 350 ping to things may be solved.

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Been playing Blueflag now for 2 nights and the Blue team has been greatly pushed back. Problem is, last night I think I counted 6 or 7 disconnects between 1700 and 2030 Z. Also seems whenever you are just about to get something done it disconnects... makes it really hard for blue team to capture anything.

 

Has anyone got any real explanation on this? Surely an event of this caliber should be held on a server that can actually support the planned operation? I mean, tonight on TS people were half-jokingly convinced it's a red side spy conveniently DDOS:ing the server whenever a red FARP was under attack... I don't like to believe such claims without real evidence, so I assume it happened on both sides...

 

 

I'd say, either get the server stable with what ever means necessary, or call BlueFlag Round 9 cancelled. There is unfortunately no point in flying if all you get to do is set up your loadout and do interior preflight.

 

And don't get me wrong, I've never had this much fun flying sims when it works... but now it seems most of the time it doesn't.

 

 

Regards,

MikeMikeJuliet

Explanation anything buddyspike can do stuff about is fine. Its pretty much in the middle between player ISP and their ISP. So, yee, Not sure who is even to blame if anyone.