Colonel Akir Nakesh

The Su-33 has a Chinese livery included with it now, thanks, Deka! (?)

Hey all, Just tried to give Cage the Bear a spin, took off, intercepted bandits and me and my homies splashed 1 Bear, 4 Fencers, 17 Backfires. 3 Tomcats were swatted by SA-2s. We didn't get any more mission progress notifications after the Backfires took off, and I RTB'd with a score of 50. Has anyone played this mission lately and were you able to finish?

Hey Heatblur team, I'm working my way through some of the F-14 training missions and seem to be having problems with some of the triggers. Cold start mission: I get to the part that says: "Turn on: The ARA-63 POWER switch, the remaining DISPLAYS control switches and the radar altimeter by scrolling up on the control knob.", then I do as instructed, but the mission doesn't proceed. Notably, the master test knob stays highlighted, and doesn't extinguish even if I rotate it and push it in and out at every step. Best guess: maybe latest patch changed some of the cockpit argument in range parameters and it isn't setting the conditions for the "radios on" trigger? AIM-9 training mission: On the SEAM fl7 trigger, I get the part that says: "Press SPACEBAR when you are ready. Try to destroy the aircraft in front.". However the mission starts unpaused, and the Frogfeet are already spawned in. From the triggers, it looks like my opportunity for flag 7 to activate is being bypassed, since when I kill the Frogfeet, it doesn't progress to the "First Kill fl8" trigger. Track attached for AIM-9 training (apologies I do not have it for the coldstart or guns missions but kids are about to wake up) I get a similar problem with the guns only except with the IL-76s. Thanks and looking forward to the Phantom F-14B tutorial AIM9.miz_28022024_10-18.trk

Hey mytai01, looking into trying this campaign out. Was it mostly bug free in 2023?

Heya Deadlyfishes, "From UPDATE 08/08/2020 – 1: v1.68a – Updated ALL ground mission zones to use “zone polygons” which are essentially HAND-DRAWN boundaries within towns, cities, landmarks that still spawn units in a random position within the zone, but in a more realistic position to add a bit more immersion. - If you still like the “blob” of units in a circle formation in an open feel, there is a quick guide on how to get that spawning method back." I just tried the Marianas variation but found that reinforcement units were driving through and parking in water (the units were non-amphib like T-90s and Ural trucks). I'm running a vanilla mission with no edits to the file. Is this just the way it works with Marianas or is there a way I can force the units onto land? Thanks :))

When I played the Dora campaign (maybe 9 months ago?) the only problem I remember really sticking out was the overcast (the missions still use the old cloud system) obscuring the enemy fighters. Did you write both the Bf109 and Dora campaigns?

Hey Nineline! I looked and looks to me that in the three ground attack missions, there's flag 20 when you kill the required amount of targets, then the win condition (flag 1) is set for surviving one minute for the static infantry and tank missions, and 20 seconds for the moving convoy mission, but the narrated text says 'you can quit this mission now' which leaves you with score of 50 and unable to progress unless you wait for the set amount of time which is unknown to the player. I love the Dora and Bf109 challenge campaigns they are really underrated

Hey sorry for the necro, but reflew the campaign recently (Nov/Dec 2023?) and was able to finish all the missions. Love this campaign, the short missions are great when flying while the kids get their evening TV. IIRC one of the ground attack missions doesn't give you a pass when you kill the targets and you only win if you fly for another minute and let a trigger end the mission.

Thanks guys for giving the Hind the love it deserves! Best module, IMO.

Thanks SL PAK, I replayed my track and they actually advanced on the friendly column this time and me and the lead Hind flight wiped them out and I got a mission accomplished. Meanwhile Petrovich and I will get our eyes checked. Thanks again for the campaign!

Hi guys, Having a ton of fun with this campaign! But I can't seem to progress. One of the C1 groups (not sure which since they are hidden on the F10) makes it to the win zone and I kill the Shilka and bunch of BMP1s and a BRDM. I noticed in the "WIN F556" trigger, there is a 'time since flag 555,15) and 'group alive C1', but no 'group alive c1w'... did my group C1W make it but not trigger the win state? Track attached. Also one of the groups, probably C2, stops at the train tracks and doesn't proceed. Not sure if this is intentional. Thanks everyone, great to see the Hind finally get its campaign revanchetrain.trk

I just tried loading 4-5 troops into an AAV-7 and M2 Bradley but nothing was selectable under 'infantry'. Curious how to get this to work, it's a huge addition to DCS

DCS has a room for civil and I hope more follow Oilfield's suit. But I'm mostly patting myself on the back for no one having explosive diarrhea in the back of my Hip ^_^

OK thanks!! I tried again and it worked. I tried manually adding my own tree-clearing zone after time =1, so not sure if it that fixed it, or the one that you put in fired as intended Thanks again for the great campaign!

Daniel, Were you able to complete the mission? I was able to complete it successfully (as of Oct 2023) Nakesh