Hiya Hien

It's a good thing I write stuff down, sometimes forget when I performed a certain task last, like flying a progressive Japanese aircraft....

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15 December 2017

With the Christmas Season well under way, it's time to collect all of the goodies that one can.

I might be a day late on this one, but there is currently an event underway where by just playing a single battle everyday til just after Christmas could put credits, consumables and possibly a premium plane (I wonder what the plane will be, I am expecting a tier II, III perhaps a IV) in your hangar. 

More details are here on that one.

The premium shop has a huge selection of aircraft, not normally available up for sale. I have given up on any Secret Santa surprising me with a winged wonder in my stocking, so I have an eye on one, even two mid tier planes I might gift to myself this year (one I have been waiting a very long time for, but with the changes in 2.0, I doubt I would do well with it now).

Now that I am done sounding like an underpaid salesman, on to my first reward/gift/whatever of the Season!

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Now, who found the Easter Egg in that video? Well, in case you missed it or pressed for time and were unable to look, here is a hint....

Sputtering System

The original plan was to make things better, but that didn't turn out very well....

Although I explain some of those details in the video, I suppose the written word here could be used too. It all started when I wanted to make today's video, by launching OBS and World of Warplanes.

For whatever reason, the game and capture program weren't talking to each other anymore. After fiddling with settings and becoming quickly frustrated with the lack of positive results, I uninstalled OBS and downloaded a new, all inclusive version (since the one I had was the end product of a few updates and who knows, maybe corruption set it).

With a new, fresh copy, I adjusted the settings again, trying to match the look and layout from before. A few experiments showed the initial problem appeared to have been solved, the game and program were back on speaking terms.

Then I reinstalled the replay mod, with the hopes of having that option available to me again, for great looking screenshots (like at the top of this page) and dramatic UI free action moments.

Turns out that three truly is a crowd....

Combat Wings - Battle of Britian, Chapters 2 & 3

Let me start off by apologizing for how these videos are turning out.

Despite my best efforts to optimize the graphical output of this old game, I am noticing the gameplay captures are picking up a noticeable frameskip in the finished productions. Oddly enough, I don't see them while playing the game as I am recording.

Nevertheless, here is Chapter 2 and 3....

T Is For Tornado

Sorry about speaking in a such a low tone, the family was having a "Sunday Morning Sleep In" and I was very eager to belt out the first battle in my new tier VI Hawker Tornado in World of Warplanes....

Combat Wings - Battle of Britain, Chapter 1

During a recent browse on the internet, I stumbled across an old, intriguing game I had never played before.

Originally, I was looking for information, material and media on British aircraft pre, during and post World War II and this popped up during those searches. The title not only caught my attention, but after checking out a few videos and long ago posted reviews, I decided to get a copy for myself.

Despite being a 12 year old game and showing somewhat dated graphics, I was rather surprised with it's playability factor (easy, jump right into action, shared with only a few modern titles of the same genre). In fact, it helped with the additional "British Plane Fix" I was looking for (outside my usually played title, World of Warplanes).

Here's the first gameplay video....

The Bomb Bus With Wings

His name was SeamusMacMattain.

Way back in the pre-launch days of World of Warplanes, the tier IV LBSh was a regular, tech tree aircraft. During that time, the same tired and long forgotten Sh-Tandem was being tested as the premium offering, later to be removed and the LBSh became the premium itself, replaced by the BSh-2.

When the game rolled into 1.0, I thought I had enough premium Attack Aircraft to suit my needs and plans, but there was this one player who....I don't know....inspired me to seriously consider making a purchase.

He had a real passion for his LBSh, which included using it in ways that broke with how aircraft was "supposed to be" flown. I fought battles with him and of course, against him, watching and learning. Over time, I worked up enough courage to try to emulate the techniques I observed him performing.

It wasn't until 1.4 I finally decided to put an LBSh of my own into my hangar, not that I really needed it at that point. Sadly, the player who originally convinced me that acquiring this plane would be a very good idea and I learned so much from just left the forums shortly after my purchase and hasn't been seen with my eyes in the game ever since.

So, SeamusMacMattain, here's to taking my rusty bird into these post-2.0 skies....

The Fabled Winged Horse

From changing tiers to settling on a final release name, I take out my tier II premium Soviet Attack Aircraft, Pegasus and experience something that could be best described as revised nostalgia, after all these years.