Wrecking Crew

I am prolly not answering your question, so I hope this helps. I've picked this info up over the years, it's what I use... Tanker Friendly Altitudes & Speeds KC-130 is all tactical drogue, KC-135 is all boom, KC-135MPRS is all drogue KC-130 Tanker Freq 298 MHz AM, "Shell", 9Y, "SHL", 15,000' @ 336 kts, for AV-8, drouge KC-135 Tanker Freq 297 MHz AM, "Arco", 10Y "ARC", 12,000' @ 310 kts, for A-10, boom KC-135 -- 20,000' @ 410 kts, for F-15C & F-16, boom KC-135MPRS Freq 296 MHz AM, "Texaco", 11Y "TEX", 23,000' @ 430 kts, for F-14 & F/A-18, drogue IL-78M Tanker Freq 290 MHz AM, 23,000' @ 430 kts, for Su-33 AWACS Freq 277 MHz AM, "Overlord", 24,000' @ 450 EWR Freq 280 AM, "Axeman" Stennis Carrier Freq 380 MHz AM, TACAN Bearing 74X "STE", ICLS 11 Tarawa Freq 390 MHz AM, TACAN 75X "TAR", ICLS 12 -- For 250 kias. To get this set the Speed in the Mission Editor as follows: 30,000 ft. 400 kts 25,000 ft. 375 kts 20,000 ft. 350 kts 15,000 ft. 325 kts 10,000 ft. 300 kts For intermediate heights, change it by 5 kts per 1000 ft. --- Frequency Band Designations - AM Unless Specified: 30-37 (FM): Blue Ground 50-57 (FM): Red Ground 216-227: Red FARPs 228-239: Blue FARPs 271-276: Red AWACS/GCI 277-282: Blue AWACS/GCI 290-295: Red Tankers 296-302: Blue Tankers 304-314: Red Flights 315-326: Blue Flights 361-379: Red Ships 380-399: Blue Ships TACANS X Channels for Ground/Ships Y Channels for Tankers/Air Units 32-43: Red 2-11, 50-80: Blue WC's Flags.txt

Advise noted.. I am aware of the ID issue. You and Franze talk the same language I'll work with him on my script and post it here, if that's OK with @Pizzicato to continue this conversation on this thread. I had the same problem/solution detecting 'Roki Tunnel destroyed'. Because, IIRC, Map Object Destroyed did not work.

cfrag - I will use your recommendation in my new mission. My pal Franze has tried both methods, and said it's easy to test with an Explode the Bridge.. will do that if my errors continue. Pizzicato - no idea why it's happening, and it is very random, maybe one in ever 20 runs of the mission, in both ME single player and on the server.

I was getting this 'initiator' error -- see pic. And fixed it with this line added to the code -- if(event.initiator ~= nil) then For this -- -- detect if the Hosta bridge is destroyed: -- Hosta Bridge Destroyed Flag is 91401 local mybridgedest = {} function mybridgedest:onEvent(event) if (event.id == world.event.S_EVENT_DEAD) then if(event.initiator ~= nil) then -- Franze — 02/13/2024 3:44 PM if(event.initiator:getCategory() == 5 and event.initiator.id_ == 73695398) then trigger.action.setUserFlag(91401, true) trigger.action.outText("Hosta bridge destroyed! Nice job, Blue. Word", 10) end end end end world.addEventHandler(mybridgedest)

Here is a mission file from @Black6 that I am going to work with. One of his scripts does the 'detect enemy aircraft with search radar'. I am hoping to use this for low level flight Blue ac vs a Red SAM site. I am starting with this from his mission.. Do Script -- Flat Face detection local DetectingUnit = Unit.getByName('P19') local TargetUnit = Unit.getByName('Tiger-1') if Controller.isTargetDetected(DetectingUnit , TargetUnit , Radar) == true then trigger.action.outText('detected by Flat Face', 10) trigger.action.setUserFlag( "11", true ) end

I use this utility from Skatezilla that has a Repair and Clean option. I always use this to Update as it saves the previous versions. Give it a go...

It looks like we have the same setup - Win 11 and the latest DCS.. On the ME load, when I click left & right, I'll see a Windows is not responding. In Full Screen it stayed up long enough to where I clicked Continue, in Windowed Mode it went on through. Both modes loaded the mission.

I've seen that comic. The patient was reaching for his wallet

Some aircraft have a Takeoff From Ground option. That might help if you have run out of parking spaces.

Hi Tippis, folks. I did this, in my clunky way I have five sets of coordinates and want one set chosen randomly, for the first objective. When the objective is complete, another one can be accepted and the next coordinate set is randomly selected from the remaining four. Rinse and repeat. For the set up, Flag 5 is set to a random value between 1 - 5 at mission start. Then scripting will define a dictionary with values {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. Mission Start: Flag 5 set to a random value from 1-5 Mission Start: Create a "F5Dict", and remove the current value of Flag 5 from the dictionary. Flag 5 value determines the coordinate set (one of five) for the objective -- MS, code.Create F5Dict Flag5Dict = {1,2,3,4,5} do local Flag5Value = trigger.misc.getUserFlag('5') local indexsearch = 0 for index, data in pairs(Flag5Dict) do if (data == Flag5Value) then indexSearch = index end end table.remove(Flag5Dict,indexSearch) end After the first objective is complete, the player can select to attack a second objective from the remaining four values in the dictionary; Flag 75 goes True, so Switched Condition Do Script.. -- SC, Select Next Killbox, F75T do if #Flag5Dict > 0 then local indexRand = math.ceil(math.random(#Flag5Dict)) trigger.action.setUserFlag(5, Flag5Dict[indexRand]) -- remove the new value table.remove(Flag5Dict,indexRand) end end Complete the objective. Rinse & repeat. Credit for the code help goes to Franze Boxcutter Hari 02.lua Boxcutter Hari 29S1g.miz

There is an Action for Smoke Marker On Unit.

Wow, blast from the past! @Mav87th I use a "Latch" flag approach -- --- System Flags --- --- Latches: do not turn off once set --- Timers: Use for control Example -- Flag 50 goes true and is the Latch flag that will never go false again Flag 506 is the associated Timer flag and can be turned On or Off as needed. Another tip -- for every mission I have a .lua file with all of the notes, scripts, flag assignments, and events. See the attached. edit 20240228 -- updated miz file Confounded 02.lua Confounded Bridge 29C1f.miz

Big aircraft don't do well with Groups of more than 1 Unit. Make the first aircraft with its loadout, waypoints, altitude and speed. Then clone it with Cntrl-c -> Cntrl-v. Also, a Client (or Player) can be the 1st Unit in a Group that has wingmen (or wingwomen) but not 2nd, 3rd, etc.

Perhaps this will help -- --- MS: code.Create & Load Client Tables aircraftClientBlueNames = {} aircraftClientRedNames = {} do local function contains(tbl, val) for _,v in ipairs(tbl) do if v == val then return true end end return false end for uName, uData in pairs(mist.DBs.humansByName) do if(contains({'red'}, uData.coalition)) then if not(contains(aircraftClientRedNames, uName)) then table.insert(aircraftClientRedNames, uName) end end if(contains({'blue'}, uData.coalition)) then if not(contains(aircraftClientBlueNames, uName)) then table.insert(aircraftClientBlueNames, uName) end end end end

See the attachment. Someday I'll clean this up WC's Script & Mist Examples.lua Much of what is in here came from the help that I got in this forum. WC's Flags.txt

SkateZilla's utility can Clean and Repair. It can manage up to six DCS installs. Here is my home screen with one DCS Open Beta install.. Here's a post about setting it up ..

Yes, @2circle see this DCS utility -- DCS Updater GUI Utility, by SkateZilla --

You tried to use the Message To All Seconds as the repeating interval, but that is not what it is for, it is for the time the message is to be displayed. A Repeat Message has to be Initiated and then use a Time Since Flag to repeat it.

Thanks guys. I filled in the Manager Options with the path to my .omx file and now my two mods show up on startup.

Here is the structure I use for just a couple of mods.. One is of the mod folder structure and target, the other shows OMM when I open it -- I need to go to Recent to find the .omx file. There must be a better way.. ?

Here is a way to keep a message up, by repeating it... Shadowlands WC01.miz

Here is an example. It's long ... This is yours -- if trigger.misc.getUserFlag(5),1) == 5 then is missing a "(" like this Flag((5,1) == 5,,,, but I don't know if that actually works local msg = {} msg[#msg + 1]='Welcome to the Witches Hollo mission! \n \n' if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30000') == 0 then -- All Four Objectives Still Alive -- Blue Counter F30000 is False msg[#msg + 1]='Blue must clear out the Witches Hollo of the Red HQ and three Red Camps. See the Briefing for HQ & camp target coordinates. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Use JTAC Hummers to spot targets and laser designate. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Go Blue! \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Blue to win: \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Destory the Red HQ and three camps: East Camp, Central, and West. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='See the Radio F10 Menu for mission options including Restart. \n \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30000') == 1 then -- Three Objectives Still Alive if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30101') == 0 then -- RDR VGrp01 HQ Alive msg[#msg + 1]='Very nice Blue pilots -- one camp was destroyed. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Finish the mission objectives. Destroy the Red HQ building! \n' else -- RDR VGrp01 HQ Dead FT 30101 msg[#msg + 1]='Very nice Blue pilots -- the Red Headquarters was destroyed! \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Finish the mission objectives -- destroy the three Red camps at Witches Hollo. \n' end end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30000') == 2 then -- Two Objectives Destroyed, Two Still Alive if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30101') == 0 and trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33001') == 0 then -- HQ & Central Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]='Blue pilots -- destroy the Red Headquarters at Witches Hollo! \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='The Central Red camp is also operational. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Destroy these two targets to finish the mission objectives. \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30101') == 0 and trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33101') == 0 then -- HQ & East Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]='Blue pilots -- destroy the Red Headquarters at Witches Hollo! \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='The East Red camp is also operational. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Destroy these two targets to finish the mission objectives. \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30101') == 0 and trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33201') == 0 then -- HQ & West Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]='Blue pilots -- destroy the Red Headquarters at Witches Hollo! \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='The West Red camp is also operational. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Destroy these two targets to finish the mission objectives. \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30101') == 1 then -- HQ Plus One Camp Dead msg[#msg + 1]='Very nice Blue pilots -- the Red Headquarters was destroyed! \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Finish the mission objectives -- destroy the last two Red camps at Witches Hollo: \n' if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33001') == 0 then -- Central Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]=' Central Camp \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33101') == 0 then -- East Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]=' East Camp \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33201') == 0 then -- West Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]=' West Camp \n' end msg[#msg + 1]='\n \n' end end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30000') == 3 then -- Three Objectives Destroyed if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30101') == 0 then -- HQ Alive msg[#msg + 1]='Blue pilots -- the Red Headquarters building is still operatonal. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Destroy this structure to complete the mission objectives and send the red dogs back to Kaspi! \n \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33001') == 0 then -- Central Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]='Blue pilots -- The Central Red camp is still operatonal. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Destroy this fortification to complete the mission objectives! \n \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33101') == 0 then -- East Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]='Blue pilots -- the East Red camp is still operatonal. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Destroy this fortification to complete the mission objectives! \n \n' end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('33201') == 0 then -- West Camp Alive msg[#msg + 1]='Blue pilots -- the West Red camp is still operatonal. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Destroy this fortification to complete the mission objectives! \n \n' end end if trigger.misc.getUserFlag('30000') > 3 then -- All Objectives Destroyed msg[#msg + 1]='Blue wins today hooray! Fun flying under the clouds. \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='All mission objectives are met! \n \n' msg[#msg + 1]='Mop up any remaining Red units around Witches Hollo. \n \n' end trigger.action.outText(table.concat(msg), 25)

Yep. Had to turn off IC on the Hollo Pointe server for this

Interesting.. Perhaps you renamed the Unit Name to a value that is now the first in the list? What is the Unit Name?

I think Rudel_chw's answer is correct. I will reply that the mission will start with the first unit that is placed in the mission. When I think about it, I like to have the first unit being a Reaper or a F-117. I don't know how it could be changed once the new mission gets saved.