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[hammer2787]

i think i has the no instant success on. thanks you i will be more specific next time
sorry

[SAS~Monty27]

MALTA DEFENCE FLIGHT
Malta Defence Flight currently comprises three modified Sea Gladiators 'Faith' (N5519), 'Hope' (N5520) and 'Charity' (N5531)4. These are all that remain from five crates dropped off in by HMS Glorious weeks beforehand. Many aircraft were shipped in crates, one of the reasons why pilots used to call them 'old crates'.

The supply of more modern fighter aircraft is expected soon. Isolated flights from the Regia Aeronautica have made sporadic forays close to Malta but as yet no attacks have taken place. Recce flights are to be expected in advance of an air campaign, although there has been no official declaration of war from Italy as yet.

Date: June 7th, 1940
Time: 09:00
Location: Hal Far Airfield
Weather: Good-Light Northerly winds
Clouds at 3,000 feet (1000m)

BRIEFING:
Italian recce aircraft were sighted close to Malta yesterday. From now on the Gladiators are to be fully armed and no un-armed flights of any aircraft will be authorised for the duration. The flight today is a patrol around the southern end of Malta.

Take off and patrol the southeastern coast around to Valletta. As yet we have no formal declaration of hostilities but keep your eyes open for further probing flights. Practice climbing out in the old Gladiator. Altitude is generally everything, providing better position and energy for the fight. Get yourself some height.

As in the Battle of Britain, which is also underway at this time, the radar at Fort St Elmo, Valetta, will be in radio contact with the fighters, providing enemy flight information and vectors to intercept. Listen to your radios (actually, watch out for the GCI display). This was to be a two-ship flight, but one of the Gladiators has developed engine trouble on the flightline, so go ahead on your own.

IMPORTANT NOTAMS:
Italy has not yet declared war on Britain or Malta. You may be guided to the intercept but do not fire on any aircraft unless you are fired upon first! There is little need to hasten a bad situation. Just drive anyone off if you can, try and avoid a shooting match.

In any case it will not be easy to catch and pursue the fast Italian bombers, they will prove a slippery prey, so make your mistakes here! Frustration and target fixation lead to poor habits and chancey flying, these practices will get you killed in short order.

*SKIN* Faith.bmp
Markings OFF

Hi hammer2787

What it all means:-

Mission 2 is an opportunity to take-off and practice getting to altitude in the Gladiator.  Stay around the Southern end of Malta and the St. Elmo Radar will begin to flash messages when it detects an incoming bomber, which you should attempt to catch.  Actually, you have to be VERY good to even get anywhere near the high-flying Italian bomber, but if you do, and it fires upon you, go ahead and blast it out of the sky.  At this stage, and at this mission, most players would simply realise that their technique is too little-too late and resolve to do better next time.

There are no waypoints for most of the early Siege of Malta missions, and therefore no autopilot either.  Sometimes the bandits are identified before you scramble, sometimes they are not and you have to be able to get into position ready to fight anything.  The open style of this briefing is intended to build an atmosphere of un-certainty, the sense that these guys just figured out the rules as they went along.  It will settle down as you practice - get up, read the radar messages - get to the bearing asap.

Simon(Monty27)

[IanC]

 SoM Great Campaign! Brilliant, best I have played!  Which is why it is a disaster that I have hit a problem.  At the end of mission 43 (last Beaufighter mission) a warning comes up about mission failed to load and it goes back out to the main menu.  If I go back into the campaign and click 'fly' the sreen goes mad and I have to Task Manager to bail out.  If I load the same Mission (44) in single player I get a warning that 'The Air Class SEAFIRE245 does not exist and I am in a Avia S 199 1947. If i load either in FMB i can find no Red Army planes at all.  Anybody any ideas??  If I start single mission without MissionPro ComboI just sporne in midair without a plane! I could continue this campaign as single missions but that would be a shame.

This really is a great campaign and I am doing soooooooooo well!

[SAS~Monty27]

SoM Great Campaign! Brilliant, best I have played!  Which is why it is a disaster that I have hit a problem.  At the end of mission 43 (last Beaufighter mission) a warning comes up about mission failed to load and it goes back out to the main menu.  If I go back into the campaign and click 'fly' the sreen goes mad and I have to Task Manager to bail out.  If I load the same Mission (44) in single player I get a warning that 'The Air Class SEAFIRE245 does not exist and I am in a Avia S 199 1947. If i load either in FMB i can find no Red Army planes at all.  Anybody any ideas??  If I start single mission without MissionPro ComboI just sporne in midair without a plane! I could continue this campaign as single missions but that would be a shame.

This really is a great campaign and I am doing soooooooooo well!

Hi IanC

Disaster averted! The problem is because of a missing airplane, due to the fact that since the campaign was written the air.ini slots were changed in the latest version of DBW.  Thanks for raising this issue, the mission is easily corrected and I will put up a patch as soon as I can re-write it and check a few other things.  Won't take long, just a few missions to patch.


Simon(Monty27)

[SAS~Monty27]

No time like the present...

Patch_to_DBW1.7_The Siege of Malta.rar
https://www.mediafire.com/?oy90954957e2pah

This link is on the front page now too, thanks again IanC.

[IanC]

Wow! fast or what.  Nothing like waking up the next morning to find the problem has gone away.  Downloaded patch, loaded mission 44 and bingo, I appear to be sitting in a Spit cockpit in the right place and time.  Had to cancel and go to work but that just hightens the anticipation! Brillant work mate, keep it up.  Just read 'Malta Spitfire' about George Beurling and have been waiting to get to the Spit phase with eager anticipation.

So thanks for the quick fix and more importantly thanks for the brilliant Campaigns!

Ian

[SAS~Monty27]

Wow! fast or what.  Nothing like waking up the next morning to find the problem has gone away.  Downloaded patch, loaded mission 44 and bingo, I appear to be sitting in a Spit cockpit in the right place and time.  Had to cancel and go to work but that just hightens the anticipation! Brillant work mate, keep it up.  Just read 'Malta Spitfire' about George Beurling and have been waiting to get to the Spit phase with eager anticipation.

So thanks for the quick fix and more importantly thanks for the brilliant Campaigns!

Ian

No problem Ian, your post was clear and in the right place.  Eliminating this odd gremlin will help everyone with the campaign, good job mate.

[WWHappy]

Hey Simon could I book a tour or do I need a reservation

[SAS~Monty27]

Hey Simon could I book a tour or do I need a reservation

LOL! I love that skin, by the great Maxthehitman.  Real happy to also report that I recently upgraded to a Intel-Quadcore and nVidia Geforce 9600, plus a modest 4Gb of RAM.  Now running everything maxxed out like you and lovin' it!  Expect the Monty27 campaigns to get even busier!

[WWHappy]

Great news on your upgrade Simon Glad you went with a Quad core you will see a marked improvement with the 9600 also.Keep up the good work.

[ol' Navy]

It's just me, older (70 now) and still not very smart, and as usual I have a problem.  Let me tell you my sad story first - hard drive died and I replaced it with a Samsung SSD and new install of Windows 7, etc.  Needless to say, my DBW went away.  Luckily, I had a backup and started using it, but, when I started the BoB campaign from the beginning, something has gone wrong.  I was OK through the first seven (I think) missions, but with number eight, I can't even start the mission without getting killed.  I see the ground, debris, smoke, etc., but my A/C is gone, and I have bought the proverbial farm.  Same thing if I try it in QMB.  When I try the DC-3 rescue mission, it starts with the plane on its belly, props turning slowly, and that's as far as that one goes.  I think when I was playing before, those missions had worked and I was certainly further in the campaign, but now I can't get past mission 7.  Most assuredly, it is something I have screwed up.  Any thoughts, as usual, are greatly appreciated.  Thanks very much for your time and patience with one not very bright.

[352nd_Hoss]

re-download the campaign, and reinstall it.  Not sure if your back up got hosed or what.  When you spawn in and blow up, you spawned in on a stationary plane or object.  Not sure about the beached whale with spinnin props.  Do you have more hard drives in your computer?.  I have a SSD that has my operating system and Clod, I install everything else on my G: drive to play and have back ups on my E: drive.  Makes for a good buffer if one of them craps the bed....  and it's easier and quicker to defrag your games on the HD's, can't do that on SSD.  Got the games on a 300Gb WD Raptor.