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Pics from last Saturday: flying A2A accusim planes over Orbx scenery
https://picasaweb.google.com/115863821253978853992/B17MP20110521CYXSKNUW#

No open session this week as we're testing a connection through Hamachi instead of Gamespy. If everything goes well we'll post an "how-to" in this forum.

Happy flying,
David

No need for Hamachi - learn how to open ports on the server computer and you're good to go, without all the inherent security risks of running VPNs!

Best regards,
Robin.

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We tried already Robin! Actually it was on the very first of our sessions one year ago. We all have widely different software and hardware configurations. I know this is hard to believe for an IT guy but all of us are not very comfortable with their firewalls and routers. Romain and I managed a connection this way (so my router should be OK - port forwarding and so on but I'm no expert) yet it proved too painful to continue with the tweaking as we were trying to get more people flying with us. And so we reverted to Gamespy then. Hamachi seems a good trade-off...

Best Regards,
David

Leg #32 - Port Moresby to Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

All pics here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/115863821253978853992/B17MP20110528AYPYAYTK#

And my favourites for today

Simultaneous take-off with Norforce


Sea of clouds


Screaming Eagle


Show room


Next flight Saturday June 4th
Happy Flying,
David
fsx.elington@orange.fr

Robin;
I flew with a group that used a regular server (akin to GameSpy). We had joint FS9 & FSX planes. There were always "issues" with "Port Forwarding". Getting everyone connected, or finding who was causing bump-offs or preventing others from getting logged, on for these monthly events, was a royal "pain"!!
The host switched over to using the Hamachi, an initial caveat was immediately issued, since the program was, indeed, a Virtual Private Network, everyone was instructed to close ALL open programs that contained personal information (you shouldn't be balancing your checkbook when flying, anyway!!) We never had any problems and ALL the flights after going to the Hamachi were stutter/jitter/time-lag free!
For the B-17 & "Little Friends" group we have, I think our MP Flight experience will be way more enjoyable than before!! Looking forward to flying on the "new" set-up!

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Charles

Leg #33 - Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) to Chuuk (also known as Truk Island, Micronesia)

All pics here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/115863821253978853992/B17MP20110605AYTKPTKK#

And todays' specials:

Climbing at dawn


The se'xtant agrees with Plan-G (yep the starshot was supposed to be taken at dawn but we were slightly late as usual!)


Close formation at the front...


... and a bit more relaxed at the back


Crossing the Equator




30° offset on the approach to PTKK


Taxiing on the grass


Debriefing


Next flight next week - Saturday June 11th 19:00 UTC,
Best Regards
David
fsx.elington@orange.fr

Looks like it was a fantastic flight! Sure am sorry I missed out...I'll try again next week.

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GW;
You missed a helluva good time, if not just a good flight.. Everyone was in "rare form" with jokes and "stories" to keep us laughing during the hours of the long (about five hour) flight. NorForce kept us "on track", navigationally speaking (and "nailed it")..

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Charles

Already one year of multiplayer flight around the world with our faithfull B-17 and little friends.

Many thanks to all pilots and special thanks to Elington for organisation and flight planning.

Finaly some pictures of this amazing anniversary flight.

Planes everywhere in the sky shortly after takeoff


Formation flight






Bomb Air Command has derouted the flight to an secret destination


The surprise...


Are we suppose to "land" in this thing


Yes you can do it ! Brakes.!!!




All on board


Great fun

Cheers, Romain.

Crap!!! when is the next flight I definatly dont wanna miss that one i guess!!!

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16, American, proud

One awesome flight guys, thanks for letting me up today...sorry for the early departure. After connection loss, my darn power went out.

Excellent, thanks for the nice pics Romain

How's the cross wind and tubulence on approach with that thing?

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Snuffy

Not bad actually
Unlike the cross wind and turbulence at Iwo Jima (on which we landed last night ). Pictures will be uploaded soon.

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Lukas

Very good reason for that! Because the VPN is encrypted the ISPs can't see what data is being sent/received so don't traffic manage it (I won't say can't as they could simply say it is unidentified traffic so slow it down but it seems they don't do this).

Best regards,
Robin.

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