Posted by: badger

Message: This may be a rookie question, but can someone explain to me in simple terms how the Tour of Duty operates and when does the current one end?.....also, is there a reference page anywhere that talks about this subject? Thanks

Posted by: Topcat (RAF, Duxford Wing)

Message:

: can someone explain to me in simple terms how the Tour of Duty operates and when does the current one end?

There is a three week tour of duty. We're in the second week at the moment. The last day of this tour is Sunday 8th Nov / Mon 9th Nov (it tends to change some time in the morning Eastern US time). At the end of that time your score is cleared, but you still keep medals, rank etc. Have a look in the help file under 'scoring and campaigns' in the index, and also look at the iMagic web page, at

http://www.imagiconline.com/games/warbirds/warbirdstourduty.shtml

BUT beware! It hasn't been updated yet to reflect the very recent 2.5 release, so there are some slight changes and the new planes are not on there yet. MO posted the new RPS (Rolling Plane Set) schedule recently, but I've no idea where it can be found.

Hope this helps.

Posted by: =ram1=

Message:

A tour of duty last 3 weeks. At the end of a tour all scored are reset and we start again. The tour consists of a rolling plane set that covers the time period from 1939 - 1945 with new more advanced planes introduced into the arena almost every day. Unfortunately I no longer have the RPS schedule but maybe someone else will post it.

There used to be a reference page up on Pyro's news group, but I'm not sure its there. Spof's pages may also contain this information as he archives some of this stuff.

=ram1=

Posted by: Bino (II./JG54)

Message:

Here's the iMOL page about the TOD/RPS:

http://www.imagiconline.com/games/warbirds/warbirdstourduty.shtml

I think it may be a bit off, though. AFAIK, a day or two was taken from the final week and added to the 1940/1941 timeframe.

bino--