You'll find our TX "All-Altitude" Server up and running.  Has had good usage over the last 24 hours.

"All-Altitude" means there are a mix of ground and 3 to 6 Km air starts in the rotation.  In order to balance mission length (don't want too many people having to wait a lifetime to join) and maximize the breadth of environments rendered by Rise of Flight, I felt this was necessary.

Current settings have "Navigation Icons","Warmed-Up Engine" and "Subtitles" set to on.

Maximum Server Size is currently set to 16 - Most missions are 6v6 with 2 larger missions. Server features as many add-on "store" aircraft as feasible, with every mission containing at least two "stock" aircraft.

The missions are constructed "quasi-historically", in that historical locations, dates and aircraft have been chosen for historically correct missions (3 missions in rotation now are purely historical).  I've modified this theme some to ensure each and every mission has "default" aircraft.  So there's a Spad or Alb D.Va or N28 tucked in each - even though they really don't fit perfectly in the historical context.

SERVER MISSION LISTING, CONDITIONS and BRIEFING
Missions in rotation order, on the server now - no Dedicated server errors in these.

1 - Aces High - Late War
AIRSPAWN - 4600 meters
5 DVIIf
3 DVII
8 Spad XIII

Cloud Level - 900 - Cloud Height 500 meteres - Nov 2 1918 6:00 PM

2 - Valentines-Day-Jasta23b-BalloonAttack
Airspawn - 1100 meters
2 S.E.5a
2 Dolphins
2 Camels
2 Abatross D.V.a
2 Pfalz D.III.a
2 Fokker Dr.I

  CloudLevel = 1200;
  CloudHeight = 100;
  PrecLevel = 6;
  PrecType = 2;
  CloudConfig = "precipitation\sky.ini";
  Turbulence = 2;
  TempPressLevel = 0;
  Temperature = 0;
  Pressure = 760;
  WindLayers
  {
    0 :     250 :     7;
    500 :     250 :     10;
    1000 :     251 :     11;
    2000 :     246 :     7.65;
    5000 :     237 :     7.7265;

3 - Vimy Ridge Scramble - RFC Takeoff - German very low alt airspawn
4:45 AM May 15th 1917 - Vicinity of Arras

8 N.17
Entente Objective: Takeoff and Intercept inbound German flight which is 5 Km away at 50 meter altitude
vs
5 Alb D.III + 3 Alb D.Va - airspawn at 50 m - fly 5 Km south and attack allied aircraft.
Central Powers Ojbective:  Surprise and Attack English/Canadian airfield and aircraft


4 - Kaiserschlacht-Mar21-PM
AIRSPAWN - 3400 Meters
2 Dolphins
4 Camels
1 Spad XIII
1 S.E.5a
4 Fokker Dr.I
2 Albatross D.V.a
2 Pfalz D.III.a

  CloudLevel = 700;
  CloudHeight = 300;
  PrecLevel = 0;
  PrecType = 0;
  CloudConfig = "average\sky.ini";
  Turbulence = 2;
  TempPressLevel = 0;
  Temperature = 20;
  Pressure = 760;
  WindLayers
  {
    0 :     180 :     2;
    500 :     178 :     1.98;
    1000 :     176 :     1.782;
    2000 :     172 :     2.56816;
    5000 :     162 :     5.80338;

5 -Winter-Eco-Stenay-Mix-LateWar - TX-EcoDragon's great Stenay mission in winter with the hottest aircraft of WWI
2:00 PM mission time
Takeoff
2 Camel
1 Spad XIII
1 Dolphin
1 S.E.5a
1 Fokker D.VIII
1 Fokker D.VII
1 Fokker Dr.I
1 Pfalz D.VIIf

  CloudLevel = 1000;
  CloudHeight = 50;
  PrecLevel = 0;
  PrecType = 0;
  CloudConfig = "precipitation\sky.ini";
  Turbulence = 2;
  TempPressLevel = 0;
  Temperature = 15;
  Pressure = 760;
  WindLayers
  {
    0 :     42 :     3;
    500 :     39 :     4;
    1000 :     38 :     6;
    2000 :     35 :     8;
    5000 :     20 :     9;

6 -June 21-1918-RFC-German my Birthday ;D
Gunny's Birthday mission
AIRSPAWN 3550 meters
2 Camel
2 Dolphin
2 S.E.5a
2 Fokker D.VII
2 Pfalz D.XII
2 Fokker Dr.I

  CloudLevel = 1600;
  CloudHeight = 200;
  PrecLevel = 0;
  PrecType = 0;
  CloudConfig = "heavy\sky.ini";
  Turbulence = 1;
  TempPressLevel = 0;
  Temperature = 25;
  Pressure = 760;
  WindLayers
  {
    0 :     100 :     3;
    500 :     103 :     3.09;
    1000 :     98 :     3.2754;
    2000 :     105 :     3.37366;
    5000 :     107 :     5;

7 - Rancourt-Revisted-LateWar
5:50 PM October 11th 1918

Central Objective: Takeoff, find and destroy enemy aircraft (very close bases)
2 Fokker D.VIIF
1 Fokker D.VII
1 Fokker D.VIII
1 Pfalz  D.XII

Entente Objective: Takeoff, find and destroy enemy aircraft
2 Spad XIII
1 Nieuport 28
1 S.E.5a
1 Camel
1 Dolphin

3.4 GHz Q9550 Quad Core - 24/7 dedicated hosting.  Windsocks for all airfields - Dynamic and complex environments with various turbulence and altitude dependent winds.

(https://webspace.utexas.edu/joem/ROF-releaseable/TX-All-Altitude-Server/German%20Flag%20-%20banged-up%20D.VIIf.jpg)

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Gunny

Thanks Voxman!  Good to see you on the server on Christmas Eve!

Merry Christmas!

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Gunny

 :) :)

That was fun!

Merry Xmas!

Great to have this but if i may make a request.... if it's not too much... possibility to turn off the "Simple Gauges" ..  newbee alert!!!!  ;D ;D

Gauges off - sure.  Thought I'd give them a little time with gauges for D8.

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Gunny

Off to Mom's, I'll check into it this evening.

I have too stay up all night to turn my self around for Work Saturday.

Roger Toad have fun at your Moms.

Putting server back up in coop mode

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gunny

Been home all evening, my beta is broken, and have yet to see anyone on comms, so no big deal.

egad. . .oh to have time to fly with you guys!!

Ahh well, it's at least fun to check in on the forum action now and then!

Happy almost New Year guys!

Happy New Year Eco!

Wish you were around - we miss you

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Gunny

Folks,

"All Altitude" Dedicated will be opening as soon as I get home tonight from work.  Missions updated to incorporate a few appropriate scenarios with D.VIIF vs SPAD XIII.   If you see me on comms you'll know it's up.

Spent last two nights installing Q9550, flashing 680i bios, tweaking missions and moderate Overclock (3.4 GHz).

Hopefully we'll be able to see if more than 5 v 5 is possible at this bandwidth. Most are 5 v 5 scaling to 8 v 8.  Last time I hosted it on dedicated there was no lag. 

It's time to have a little fun, I think.

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Gunny

Good..!!!
 Mods Off or ON ?

You know Gozr - that's what I was thinking too  ;)  What do you think?  What would you like?

J99 made a "skins server" and "remote ROF dedicated server monitor" applications.  I need to go look those up again to see if they can be used to provide common skins to all players....

A portion of the community has expressed the desire to fly with skins and no stats.  I might run a poll today over at ROF to see if folks would populate such a server.  My guess is they would IF they knew it was up.

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Gunny

Me Mods ON since it's basically just settings.. SKINS ON no stats why not IMO.. i like the skins..

Poll always good  even just to make the server known :) Publicity !

The All Altitude Dedicated is happy to announce an upgrade in bandwidth.

3 mbs up
24 mbs down.

Bandwidth upgrade will be effective by 8:00 PM CST

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Gunny

SERVERS UP @ 9:56 PM CST!!!  Bandwidth checks - 16 down/2.5 up

I'll be on comms in a minute....


Let's see if all this was worth it - 16 players ...

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Gunny

And Gunny what are the bandwidth limit in the server config?

Well SoW will have a server dedicated in case..

Unlike RoF dedicastred server .. ;) hehehe!

New words... you know

Wait - it's going to be a few more minutes.....  Opening router ports for server....

More later...

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Gunny

9:00 pm PCT  i can't connect error .. :(

Thanks Gozr - I'll have to fix it tommorow.  Taking it down now.  Router config ...

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Gunny

Error 10019 .. a port maybe in or out
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SO i tried to connect to the server at 3:00 PM today ( PCT) 5 person were there but as soon as i connected i think the server rotated to a mission with only N17 and DIII witch i don't have since the change server was empty.

This will be a problem in the future for those that want specific choice non stock aircraft.

But i did connect this time and it seems to work .. :)

Yes,  thanks.   It's had folks in it all afternoon.  No more than 6 or 7 max once.  In that mission you mention there were DVa's too.  Were they taken? 

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Gunny

Here's some stats for ya..

From 1800 CST to 1900 CST - with 6 players solid running coops

ROF Dedicated server Internet bandwidth used in upload = 191.9896 MB in 1 hour
                                                                  dowload = 19.1396 MB in 1 hour

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Gunny

Only N17 and DIII available.. did i not look around for more planes.. that would be my fault then?  hummm did you have more than those 2 ?

N17 on allies only - 4 D.Va + 4 D.III so folks that don't buy aircraft can fly.  1917 scenario - D.Va is not too much different in performance from D.III so..  I think it works...

I can't make every mission with SXIII+D7+N28, but I do have much of these stock ac in scenarios.  The one you saw is the worst.

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Gunny

Yeas it's good to have at list one aircraft in option for those that don't have the plane.. I should of look harder.
Thx :)