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Guys where are you all? Server feels abandoned this week... any reasons?

I am still alive, but no one want to dogfight with my F5. SO BAD

Admins, please.....

Hello,

So, we the very active players (ZHeN, Redbat, Dean, Archangel, Leumi, me, and others) have been slowly walking away from the server.

This is why i'm beging the admins to make some changes, and if you have no idea what to change, contact Deadbeef (or PM me an email address) and ask him to transfer you the emails i sent him. In these, i have proposed quite a few fixes for the problems that exist, improvements,... for this mission. Of course these are just propositions.

One of the biggest was the change of Standard map layout :

And in the quest to see if it works, a small team of elite players (joke of course) worked all day to make it happen :

This is supposed to fix most of the balance issues we've had with the old North to South layout (Elbrus antenna, Inguri Dam,...), up North it creates a BVR "Zone" since there are no moutains to hide behind :) And in that BVR zone, in this base layout, it's only Mirages against Mig-29Ss wich, in someway, is more fair then M2Ks vs Su-27s.

It makes Nalchik a very attractive airfield to capture, to win superiority in the region.

The thing is, the mission wasn't designed to be like this, and so, the Reds have no A-10s, no Mirages at Senaki, but they do have 4 Viggens, 4 Su-25Ts and 4 Mig-21s (wich makes no sense),

Beslan has no helicopters, making the capture of Nalchik (for whoever starts with that airfield) impossible without a very brave pilot who has two hours to spare.

And probably other problems, but hey, solves multiple issues, also creates new ones... but it's refreshing.

So please admins, do something, the server is dying at the moment, and we don't want that to happen :) :thumbup:

Sincerely, Rex

+1000 on that

I am still alive, but no one want to dogfight with my F5. SO BAD

I do want to dogfight with your F5 !

ok, first serious flaw: Senaki doesn't have any helicopter slots for Reds !

Guys, thanks for all the feedback. We will revert the mission to an earlier stage before it went on the NA servers.

We also hope to bring it back to an EU server eventually but no promises when that'll happen yet.

Edit: The map layout will not change in the foreseeable future, there is a lot of coding involved to make that happen and would require a complete rewrite of certain scripts.

We will revert the mission to an earlier stage before it went on the NA servers.

What do you mean by that, please? I can't remember much NA changes except for the Fox3s, ETs/ERs and Kh-58s...

Edit: The map layout will not change in the foreseeable future, there is a lot of coding involved to make that happen and would require a complete rewrite of certain scripts.

Yeah, we've noticed already... for example, Blue Mirage MinVody slots force players to perform full INS alignment even with "INS is always aligned" option set to ON in the game settings

Also blue EWR in MinVody doesn't show targets for players... and probably more bugs to come

Looks like the server is bugged, the webmap isn't updated, and all of the ground units on the server are gone :(

Our new layout didn't last long, at least it gave us something to do in the afternoon :D

Craaaaaap

I had so many plans for those Blue spots..!

oh, so the server is simply down ... alright

Server is back up. Weapon restrictions are back. I will see if I find time to alter the original savegame to shift blue/red airbases (easy, no real coding necessary) and check the slots are properly distributed. Cannot promise anything.

It's good to hear from KO's dad :D Thanks Deadbeef, just checked, units are back on the objectives, server is running and i'm happy :)

hey dad, good to have you back ! :D

okay, that spectator mode in which you can see all units on the map is back again ... with all the external views possible

since there are not too many players on K.O. these days, may be admins would consider turning SRS Autokicking script off for a while ?

Is it the end ?

Hey guys, i noticed a week ago that the mission wasn't up anymore, same thing for the website. Did the NA guys drop the mission, is it the end of KO ?

I would think not considering the work that has gone in this mission.

now it's not even under maintenance ...

this is the end ? my only friend the end ?

anyone planning to resurrect the Kaukasus Offensive ?

anyone planning to resurrect the Kaukasus Offensive ?

Looks like they don't care even to respond..

Maybe people got a bit too complainy? It's a lot of work getting missions to work,correcting for updates and testing or improving things. I wouldn't be surprised if they are simply taking a break for the summer! Whoever ''they'' are...

Looks like they don't care even to respond..

I have responded to Zhens personal message a while ago outlining the situation. Two things: I am in the middle of my work season and have zero time for anything, I am glad if I can join a server in between to get some sticktime, but from tomorrow I will be on the road for almost 1.5 months. Apart from that, we currently don't have a server available where it could be hosted, plus we lack personel that is capable and willing to spend the time maintaining the server.

The KO is not dead, however it is put on halt until the factors above change and ED progresses further with merging the versions and improving multiplayer. If anyone is willing to step up and spend time working on it feel free to shoot me a message. Just be aware that it is not just a mission file that needs to be loaded.

That said, we do have some members spending time to get to know the code, but due to it's complexity this is no easy but time consuming task. As I said, I invite anyone who is willing to help to shoot me a message.

Hosting a campaign like that also costs real money... and not to say dedicated members in the hosting team. DCS is also changing a lot so keeping it running after new updates is a challenge.

Will be more action after summer and the release of a working DCS World 2.5. I hope to be back in TAW by then.