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As part of a campaign we currently run in the 132nd Virtual Wing I've prepared this set of CombatFlite file and map to assist in better understanding of the complex theatre of Northern Israel and its borders with Lebanon and Syria. Living not too far away from that area and having a certain degree of personal familiarization with it I figured it might be nice to have a tool to provide a more realistic background of that area. The ZIP file contains a CombatFlite file with the following bits: 1) A more precisely plotted international border between Israel to Lebanon and Syria. The plot follows RL borderline more closely than the general border as given in the DCS world map. For the Israeli-Syrian border, both line "ALPHA" and line "BRAVO" are given with "UNDOF-ZONE" between them (The demilitarized zone established as part of the ceasefire between the two countries in 1974). The plot also includes a short portion of the Jordanian-Syrian border and the Syrian-Lebanese border. 2) Outposts belonging to the UN peacekeeping forces along the two borders. Those outposts are marked in the CF file and provide the location of the outposts as built in DCS (not fully following RL position but close enough , and as those outposts bare UN markings they can be quite useful for some interesting scenarios). The outposts are divided to UNIFIL ("United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon") and UNDOF ("United Nations Disengagement Observer Force") 3) Key terrain features including a few mountains on the Israeli side of the border as well as a few dormant volcanic mountains along the Israeli-Syrian border that - due to their tactical importance as vantage points - played a key role in previous conflicts. 4) Finally, a high-resolution 50mb map made out of DCS-World map overlaid with some labeling and markings aimed at assisting with the understanding of the area. A suggested method to get to know those features is to create s flight and a flightplan in CF from the enclosed file, export it into a MIZ file and just jump in and fly it/ DISCLAIMER - I do not claim this map and details are 100% true-to-life. It was done based on publicly available data and based on personal familiarization with the area. There are many other features and landmarks worth mentioning which I might add later on. Everything's in the file section, right here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3322170/ Have fun. Assaf

Thanks! Unfortunately I'm nowhere near being able to alter/modify any existing script (Have only used very basic MIST functions and that, too, took lots of trials and - mostly - errors...). I therefore look for a solution I can grab and implement.

Hello! I'm looking for a script / solution which would simulate artillery/impacts effects better than what's currently done in DCS. My scripting knowledge is just about nil and I would really like to create some interesting scenarios for MP missions involving pilots, tactical commanders working together. What I have in mind: An artillery round impacting inside of, say, 50 meters from a SAM radar unit is likely to have no effect on the unit in DCS but I would very much like to see that unit becoming inactive (Radar dish stopping for "x" amount of minutes - perhaps a random period that can be configurable?). Then the unit would become fully active again. While at it, if the unit suffers any actual damage but still "alive" by DCS standards it would be incapacitated for even longer time. I imagine a near miss of a 155mm round would cause some damage to radar equipment, communications going offline, scare the living hell out of its crew and alike... If possible, would be great to have similar effects by bombs/missiles impacting close to those units, too. EDIT TO ADD: the intent is for the artillery aiming and firing to be done by a player and not AI (This is in order to allow a coordinated work between pilots and tactical commanders in suppressing and destroying those SAMs sites) I've searched for existing scripts but found none. If anyone could either point me to anything available or even come up with a solution I'd be most grateful. Thanks!

Hello and thanks for sharing! I wonder if this script can be used to include artillery shells as well. What I have in mind is to be able to use artillery for suppression of SAM sites if hitting anywhere around them (Not even causing actual damage but to mimic SAM crews being shocked and unable to function for a minute or two....stuff like that). Specifically looking at 155mm arty (PALADIN and MSTA) as well as 120mm mortar rounds. With scripting knowledge which is next to nil I'd sure appreciate your experts' opinions Thanks !

Hi, Added 3 more cards covering some air-defense vehicles: SA-9 and SA-13 SA-15 and SA-19 SHILKA and SA-8 All cards are zipped in the files section at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3310728/ Fly safe, Assaf.

Hi, This is to let you know of a couple of high-resolution PNG maps created for the Syria theatre. The ZIP includes high resolution maps (Scale approximately 1nm/335pixels) created from stitching screenshots of the DCS F10 map (a LOT of them...) The reason I did it is because unlike Google-Earth/Combatflite maps, the DCS map isn't 1:1 true-to-life and the differences - however small - may prove critical when planning missions involving ground units/objectives, close-air-support coordination and alike (Location and layout of roads, villages, forests etc). Obviously the maps can be cropped as needed to create specific high-resolution maps for coordination of air-ground operations. It is my hope that those maps be of use by mission creators, planners as well as for JTAC/FAC(A) roles for creating immersive scenarios. The Lebanon-border map also shows rough location and names of UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon) and IDF (Israeli Defense Force) outposts and bases along the border and in Southern Lebanon. This can assist mission-creators add the outposts to their missions and increase immersion and realism (For example, having to consider rules-of-engagement issues in areas where UNIFIL personnel might be present on the ground). https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313801/ Have fun, Assaf.

Script Function: Check presence of certain number of units of several types or groups within a zone. Check is done in varying intervals (20 seconds for ground units, less for airborne units). Script Tool: MIST Notes: not included in DCS

Thanks for the kind words gentlemen! dorianR666 thanks for the tip. Added to the files section, too. (Although I should make a mental note of updating it whenever updating "my" google drive folder. Cheers, Assaf.

Hi, For pilots who are into air-to-ground missions, I've created the following kneeboard cards. I've focused on types of units that are most common on our 132nd Virtual Wing's trainings and combat missions. I specifically avoided SAMs/AAAs etc as those air-threats are already addressed by other content makers (Well, I ran across a few while googling :)) The intent here is to assist in ID'ing what the pilot is seeing so as to be able to tell a friend from a foe, and to have a clear idea about the type of ground force he (or the JTAC he's supporting) is up against. I hope it would be of assistance. Fly safe, Assaf. PS - not sure if that's the most appropriate forum for this. If not, then my sincere apologies and I'd be grateful if this can be moved to a suitable one.

Messages to Combined Arms? Hi, Trying to set some messages to be delivered to CA players. When in the msgFor line I set {CA = {'blue'}} The CA player receives a ton of messages. See screenshot https://imgur.com/a/nma0KtL (The screenshot is when using mist.msgLL but the issue is the same with simple MIST messages as well) Is this normal? Have near-zero LUA understanding so I don't really know what am I looking for:huh: Thanks!

mist.makeUnitTable Greetings, (I guess the following is roughly 50% general LUA and 50% MIST issue...) I wish to define a table which will contain specific unit names (specific MBT's and IFV's for that matter) From my extremely (!!) basic understanding in both LUA and MIST, I understand that mist.makeUnitTable should be the way to go. Could anyone point me to an example of how the code should look like? I figure I need the table name to be included later on in other functions (units in zones etc) but how do I practically define the table name and its content within DCS? Thanks! Assaf.

Hi, There're functions for this available in MIST (by Grimes). I'm terribly incompetent when it comes to codes/scripting and using MIST is about as far as I'm able to get in this field (tried to get into MOOSE but with no success. I'll have to give it another shot sometime) From your description it seems that you could use mist.flagFunc.units_in_polygon http://wiki.hoggit.us/view/Units_in_polygon HTH, Assaf.

Hi, I've done a similar thing (with triggers, not scripts). Could make a "civilian" aircraft fly low over my airbase, and as it passed low over the tower (using its waypoints with a low altitude) it triggered some explosions (took out buildings, fires and stuff:thumbup:) Can try and find it if you think it'll help, Cheers, Assaf

Another one here, It is rather old, and I hope there's no bugs in it (not tested on recent DCS updates). If there's anything wrong with it please accept my apologies and let me know so that I'll fix it :cry: Pick any of four A-10C groups, each with different type of target (from the basic stuff to the most dangerous ones) as follows: Pony - 6x groups of tanks, trucks and alike, 3x groups are positioned out in open fields, the other 3 are in inside vallies Enemies are not firing anything back at you Each group will re-appear once destroyed Note: WP#2 (INGRESS) is out over the sea for observation and targeting before moving in to engage BUSTER - 4x vehicle groups including some AAA. 2x groups out in the open, the others inside vallies Targets are driving around and will return some AAA and gunfire (no missiles threat) INFRA - two target areas with some IR SAM threat of all kinds as well as some AAA units SEAD - 4x target areas: SA8, SA3, SA15, SA6 In each area, once the threat has been neutralized (i.e search & track radar of an SA6 was destroyed, rendering the battery useless) then the target will reappear someplace close to the original site (allowing for some practice of locating the threat as well as engaging it Have fun! Assaf. A-10C TRAINING WORLD DAY V2.miz

A pleasure, thanks! Thanks and have fun! Cheers, Assaf.

Greetings, I'd like to present a new multiplayer mission: Operation Safe-Haven Mission page & briefing at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2903111/ Some notes: 1) A large scale map of the mission area is included in the ZIP file. This map includes some marking of : a. Enemy outposts ("Red-1" through "Red-8" and their MGRS positions b. Main roads in the sector + numbering c. Bridges (marking format: B-x-y i. B- Bridge ii. X- road number iii. Y- number of bridge on the road (1,2,3…) 2) The mission is flexible when it comes to enemy air threats: those will only be spawning as long as at-least a pair of blue-side CAP aircraft are airborne (can be a pair of F-15s, M-2000C's or a combination of both). 3) All aircraft WP's are pointing to camp Safe-haven (1st WP) and the objective village (2nd WP) 4) Due to my (very) limited knowledge of scripting, I was unable to simulate a helicopter landing and troops pickup as realistically as I have wished. Instead, once the rescue helicopter lands at the correct site, a message will appear approving the pickup was accomplished. I hope to improve this issue and have the mission upgraded sometime in the future. Critical roles: Mi-8 (mandatory if the rescue is to be done by helicopter; otherwise it is not needed) Tactical commander (mandatory if the rescue is to be done by APC's, or for GCI/ ATC roles) As always – any comment is most appreciated! Have fun, Assaf.

Obviously, by "Raptor" I meant Predator...just noticed that :doh::chair:

Hi, The mission doesn't use all that many triggers and script-functions, but indeed there are quite a few ground units driving around, so I guess this _could_ be an issue. Having said that, whenever the mission was ran on our community server we didn't notice any problems. I'm not at all as experienced as some other folks here with regarding to the system requirements of "heavy" missions (and what constitutes a "heavy" mission in the first place) but perhaps someone else here could shed some light on this issue. Thanks for the feedback! Assaf.

Hi, Been trying to incorporate a Reaper to assist a tactical-commander in locating ground targets. I have two issues: 1)As far as I can tell, the F10 map shows each and every enemy unit currently in a line-of-sight to the UAV :no matter how distant it is from the UAV, and limited only by LOS (terrrain) - obviously an unrealistic situation... Is there a trick to limit the target revealing to those only closer than X miles from the UAV? 2) Any way of making the UAV maintaining its cruising altitude? mine is always flying to the specified altitude and then start descending soon thereafter - not RTB but keeps flying at ~1000 ft or so... Thanks! Assaf.

Thanks for the feedback feefofum, glad to hear you guys had a good time! I've tried to introduce as many randomization factors as I could (difficult due to a very - very - limited scripting skill:cry:) this means that each time the mission is ran, enemy deployments should be somewhat different (both ground and air units) so some of the tension/ challange will hopefully be maintained. Cheers, Assaf.

Hi Loony & Entropy, Many thanks for the kind words, appreciate it and glad you guys had fun with the mission. A small tip: if there're no SEAD flights available, try using the A-10C's for pinpointing the SAM sites from a safe distance and give the position to the tactical commander. Using the Paladin and MLRS batteries, the TC can then take the SAM site out of action (a sight to behold using the TGP, by the way :devil_2: ) Thanks again for the kind words & Have fun! Assaf.

Hi, The blue coalition is executing a ground offensive to occupy the Sochi AFB and several surrounding areas. Full mission briefing and files (including a large scale map of the area) at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2815298/ Minimum roles required: a Tactical commander on the Blue coalition Available roles, Blue coalition: x4 Tactical commanders x4 A-10C's x4 SU-25T's x2 KA-50's x4 F-15C's x2 M-2000C's Available roles, Red coalition: x4 SU-25T's x2 KA-50's Note: When there are less than x2 active F-15C's in the Blue coalition (flight "Eagle") - enemy air opposition will be limited to attack helicopters. Once two or more of aircraft of flight "Eagle" are airborne and heading to the area of operation - enemy air opposition will be increased (CAP flights as well as ground attack and SEAD flights) The level of opposition is flexible and will scale-down when the blue interceptors are either shot down or leaving the area * The mission utilizes MIST - thanks Grimes! * Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks and have fun, Assaf.

MIST allows you to set a flag to "true" when a map object gets destroyed within a trigger zone using mist.flagFunc.mapobjs_dead_zones HTH, Assaf.

Hi Gromit, See attached, After mission start, some red forces are spawned a few miles south of Maykop, heading generally north towards the city. Near the city, some blue forces spawn and start heading south to meet them. I tried this mission several times on 2 different servers (with me as client) and experienced the same issue from time to time (at least at one occasion it started some time after starting the flight, rather than straight away). Any tip would be much appreciated, Thanks for the effort! Assaf. MAYKOP UNDER ATTACK V1.0.miz

Hi gromit and all, Just an update regarding a weird, unresolved problem I've been experiencing when using Autogft in the past few months (Reminder - all seemed to work great when on either SP or when running my own server, but once trying on MP, all script-activated units seemed to be unresponsive/missing) well, after trying some more I believe I'm experiencing a DCS bug which was reported ~1 year ago by Flightcontrol See #6 in the opening post https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=165254 It's extremely frustrating as I feel like I cannot use this on MP at all. After all how can I tell when a fellow airman is seeing the units, or experiencing the bug without even knowing about it until he's in the air and trying to hunt enemy units which he can't see...:mad::cry::no_sad::wallbash: If there's any solution out there I don't know about it. Thanks for the effort! Assaf.