Mirknir

Fog of War In Map Version 3.9 Fog of War Experiment Fog of War has been activated on the map Because AIs still have flawless detection and awareness, players are ignored by FoW and are still invisible on the map. Inside protected zones, some objectives are being spotted by the immortal AIs defenses to help training players In conflict area, AI recon drones and bombers are doing the spotting so killing the enemy AIs will now actually affect your enemies. Players can also participate in spotting and doing the recon to help fellow attackers and bombers. Custom radio menu is still there to get intel report on objectives Objective status will now popup on first join to make sure players know it's there

In Map Version 3.8.1 Dual Area Modern plane duel area has been moved from (Nalchik Vs Beslan) to (Anapa Vs Gelendzhik) Nalchik and Beslan have been retasked to the war effort by blue and red forces Northern Conflict Zone Conflict area has grown past the north mountain range Nalchik and Beslan are now part of the conflict zone For now, both bases are very defended and remote objectives that aventurous pilots can try to take on Nalchik and Beslan forces have already setup outposts at the base of the mountain range Nalchik and Beslan forces have already setup listening station on the mountain range (these are new, high altitude, objectives) Southern Conflict Zone Red artillery base retreated from Haristvala up north to Ambrolauri town (further from the blue protected zone and into a valley) Red drone base retreated from Misaktsieli up north to Dusheti town (further from the red protected zone and in a small depression) Blue helicopter base at MM22 Valley has been relocated way up north at Tskhinvali (closer from the center of the conflict zone) AI CAPs and all around defences have changed so proceed careful

'Stuttering' versus 'Lagging' 'Stuttering' versus 'Lagging' So I wanted to do a little post on this subject to try to help the players suffering from 'lag' on my server. Of course, I want to say that real network lag exists BUT sometimes, the mini-freeze or stutters can come from somewhere else. On my average computer, I can have those stutters even when I play my map SOLO even if I run at 70FPS So what are those stutters? When the player is reaching its video-card-memory limit and more is needed, stutters can happen when computer starts streaming from the system RAM or whatever it does when VRAM runs out This happened in 1.2, more violently as a matter of fact but with the new engine and directX, it's smoother but still noticeable in 1.5 Stutters can often be confused with lag as they often happens when a lot of players are here, but it's more like 'when a lot of high definition aircraft models are loaded' On my average computer (2Go vRam), using high settings in my map, I run at around 70FPS but with around 95% of my vRAM taken Even if solo, I still have those stutters despite a good FPS because my memory is too full So why is this happening sometimes more on Open Conflict than other servers or even in solo? Open Conflict map is taking a lot of video memory for several reasons: Of course, It contains players in fancy high definition aircrafts It contains a lot of AIs and objectives also using a lot of models The servers show everything on F10 map (except enemi players) and allows the use external camera: Players can thus look everywhere and 'fill up' their graphic memory What can you do as the host to improve our experience? Coming up in Map Version 3.6... For AIs and objective statics, I am going to use (as much as possible) models of frequently used playable aircrafts like F15, su25 and A10 In short, I am going to use models that are likely to be loaded for/by players to avoid using specific models for AIs What can I do as a client to improve my experience? (beside buying a better computer) Make sure your graphic settings match your video card power for good FPS BUT ALSO make sure they match your video memory You can track your video memory currently used with GPUZ @ https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ Lowering the texture quality is certainly a great way to decrease the video memory in used: You can do this with the ingame options You also have additional options in NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage 3D settings I hope this will help a bit players with this problem. Of course, this is not the only source of stall, stutter and lag but it's the main one that affected me.

In Map 3.6 Video Memory Usage Decrease the video memory usage of the map to try to help with the stutters on average computers (See next post) Poti Ships Ships took the hint as being killed too much and too fast They are now more spread up Server Management (Combat Log) Update the SLMOD gun shell database with some new type. This database is by SLMOD and combat log used to check if the weapon is 'guns'. Examples: BTR-80 - 14.5mm M-2 Bradley - 25mm Added a new dictionary of shorter or more readable name for some units and weapons that the combat log will use. Examples: M-60 -> M-60A3 Patton R-27ER (AA-10C) -> R-27ER S-300PS 40B6M tr -> SA10

Ok I may have been unfair in my examples. More reasonable ones would be: KILL: Freefighter[FAB-250] Freefighter KILL: Freefighter[FAB-500] Freefighter KILL: Freefighter[betAB-500] Freefighter :megalol:

Server Management (Combat Log) Implemented a new combat log to display kills & shits in chat Messages will be shorter, battlefield style. Killer [WEAPON] Victim I hope this will better fit the new chat window Attempt to recover the lost kills of static buildings and map objects It's the first version and still a WORK-in-PROGRESS, feedback is welcome Example: PVP KILL: Mirknir [R-27ER] Freefighter TEAM HIT: Mirknir [kamikaze] E-3A TEAM KILL: Mirknir [R-27ER] Freefighter KILL: Mirknir [R-27ER] P-51D KILL: Mirknir [FAB-250] Tech combine KILL: Mirknir [FAB-250] Repair workshop KILL: Mirknir [guns] Tank

In Map Version 3.5.2 Weather & Time It's now 5am Conflict Zone AIs AIs in Conflict Zone are back to being visible on F10 map. It was creating too much disconnect as every other AIs are visible Su33 CAPs have their R27ET switched for R73 They already have near-perfect awareness and were making to many stealth attacks Patrol paths have been tweaked again Feedback Don't hesitate to pm me some feedback if you have questions or suggestions for the server

In Map Version 3.5.1 Blue Bomber AI A10A changed to A10C Removed gun amos as they are just missile baits for practice Hopefully this will prevent this server crash:

In Map Version 3.5 Weather & Time Temperature dropped from 30 to 20 deg celsius Ka50 should be able to start again... Conflict Area All AI planes in the conflict area are not visible on F10 map anymore AI CAP in the conflict area have had their patrol path updated Performance Test Some resource-heavy aircrafts like the mirage2000, mig21... will now to be loaded with mission instead of on-demand I hope it will reduce some freezes when someone joins and starts to pilot those aircrafts

Bombs have been planted In Map Version 3.4 Weather & Time Date is now the summer solstice Time is from 5pm to 9pm (17h à 21h) Weather is clear, hot, no more fog Khashuri Bases Fix red tank units on roofs Bombs have been planted There are now objectives to sweep and clear from bombs Bombs are small and hard to spot (I am using power generator model) Bombs can be disarmed manually by landing next to it and use radio menu 'Disarm' Bombs can be disarmed by destroying them Beware of civilian casualties! More ammunition for Air to Air defences! Added a bunch of ammunition depots in all base in Conflcit Zone SAMS will hopefully be able to reload (http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2291449&postcount=13) I hope that draining SAMS won't be a proper strategy anymore Masterscript - Secondary Explosion Feature (Michael Bay Effect) Deactivate the entire feature Turns out the script-triggered secondary explosions are responsible for SLMOD stats errors Explosions coming from nowhere and triggered by no units or weapons mess up the DCS hit events and then SLMOD interpretation Hopefully, at some point, trigger.action.explosion function will be able to take triggering unit information as a parameter Masterscript - Performance I am unsure how it will help the server performance but its easy to do it Diminish the number of debug log the script outputs now that it's pretty stable (less file operation, less string built) Script now monitors the lua memory in use Server Management (SLMOD & Custom Extensions) SLMOD Fix a typo I made: 'F-86F' -> 'F-86F Sabre'

In Map Version 3.3 More Content Added more content that will unlock/trigger when certain events happen in the map This will add for example, some more convoys but spawning over time to avoid the lag of having too many Server Management (SLMOD & Custom Extensions) SLMOD Ramming the tankers won't penalize you with 'kamikaze team hit' points anymore as it is part of regular training operation Added those missing planes to the stats database: FW-190D9, F-86F, Bf-109K-4, RQ-1A Predator Still working on some stats problem when destroying statics objects

My workaround for 31682 Issue: 31682 - 'Client groups not accessible in MP' was bothering me for my server map script. It broke my player tracking, direct communication and custom radio menu. Problem is: From DCS callback, functions and stuff, I always get a Player Unit Then I go fetch information in the associated group using Unit.getGroup but the group is flagged as non existant for client players. Then Group.getID, Group.getCategory, Group.getName will not work. My work-around inspired by what I read here: At initialization, I parse the mission description data to build a list of ALL playable units in the map (MIST-style) In this list, I store the corresponding group information I would like to access later, mostly groupID At runtime, if the runtime group info are messed-up, I used the data in my list in place Limitation: I still have to find out how to use the dictionary to properly extract names for my table (search for TODO|Dictionary) I am still not sure how to handle 2 players in one plane I 've never tried to track Combined-Arms players as my server doesn't have slots for them Ghetto Sample Code https://github.com/chth666/DCS--31682-WorkAround/blob/master/31682-workaround.lua I hope you should be able to use this code in your script with minimal changes This work around fixed my problem and I hope this might help some other scripters

In Map Version 3.2 Backup Air Defence If the home-bases ground defences didn't spawn or despawned, aircraft planes will spawn as replacement for ground defences This is a feature to work-around the bug where, on reset, a lot of groups doesn't spawn and the home bases are defenceless Masterscript - Reactivated Features Experimenting/testing a custom work-around for the 'Client groups not accessible in MP' bug Workaround code if you had the same problem: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2666582#post2666582 This work-around should allow the server to, once again, track players and communicate with specific ones as well as offer radio menu features. The reactivated features are the following... Masterscript - Death Infos On death/ejection, players will now receive a popup giving more infos on the last hits received leading up to the death Through the radio menu, players can now request info on last death and last hit taken since then Still under testing Mastercript - Objective System Through the radio menu, players can now request info on all the objective to destroy / protect. Through the radio menu, players can now request info on the respawning groups to know when they are going to respawn Player will see the health bar of the objective as well as the distance and heading to go there Masterscript - Protected (NO-FLY) Zone Instead of having too many SAMS/resources spent on making sure the home bases are secured, the script will take care of it On one side, script will protect players inside their own home base zone by, for example, destroying friendly fired missiles On the other side, script will warn then take increasingly harmful actions against persisting intruders Zones can now be seen on a briefing map Of course, I will monitor this feature because it's pretty violent but the pvp zone of map is the huge central zone, not clubbing seals in training areas. This feature will also allow me to lower the number of SAMS used to defend the home bases. Masterscript - Conflict Zone Players entering the central conflict zone will now have a notification as well as a intel report on force at play in the zone Through the radio menu, players INSIDE the central zone, can request an updated intel report Zones can now be seen on a briefing map Weather & Time * It is now Spring Less Lag * Remove some AI units to reduce the load of the map * Size of convoys has been decreased but I will add convoy respawns later * Home base defences SAMS are now in less number Server Management (SLMOD & Custom Extensions) SLMOD - Shorten the welcome message to better fit the new chat window - Add message for player connection / disconnection

Thanks! I still have a lot of stuff I want to put in the server! Right now, I am working server side on the policing part of the server with SLMOD & co. It's not the most glamour part but I think it's needed, even more with a public server. Mission side, I can't wait for some of the 1.2 script functions to be back in 1.5 so that my masterscript can, once again, communicate with specific player and offer radio menu options. I might also start to investigate a bit more and see if I can find workarounds! I'll keep you guys posted here of course :thumbup:

In Map Version 3.1 Weather & Time Time changed to evening Clouds are gone and sky is clear again Playable Planes Added special request skins for MiG21 (Bulgaria and Croatia) Nukes Since my logs only reports Nukes dropped outside allowed zone and thus auto-destroyed so I will repeat.... Nukes are ONLY to be dropped on NUKABLE OBJECTIVES marked on the briefing map Runtime Integrity Checks More forbidden weapons issued from illegal payload will now be destroyed when fired/released Server Management (SLMOD & Custom Extensions) Operation 'Stop The Madness' UPDATED Implemented a small cooldown in SLMOD Kamikaze computation DCS have a tendency to send many many 'hit events' in case of plane on plane collision This resulted in people reaching the SLMOD autobanned score in one collision Cooldown will make it so kamikaze 'hit events' on the same people will only be taken into account every X secs This will lower the chat spam as well as score penality of some plane on plane collision I will continue monitoring collision logs as they are the hardest event to interprate (team kill intent, mistake, lag????) A lot of F15 were harmed in the testing of this feature Unbanning... Due to the new changes, some people are now unbanned from the server SLMOD SLMOD Chat Notification messages (TEAM KILL, PVP KILL...) are now outputted in SLMOD log for my monitoring tools to work better SLMOD 'PVP KILL: Humiliation!' has been replaced by 'PVP KILL' because we are not monsters :-)

Coming soon to a server near you... More Nukes, Penalty Kick In Map Version 3.0 Weather Changed to winter, nice and cold, cloudy and foggy (no rain or snow) Map Objectives Add new objectives to be NUKED or just destroyed, one for each coalition. (Check the briefing map) Red convoy going from Haristvala to Lanchhuti will now go around blue Kutaisi airport and use the Honi road Red Poti civilian ships are now defended by small gun boats Airport Warehouses Airports are back to having infinite amount of everything instead of having some forbidden weapon limitations This will be easier for me when DCS is being updated with new aircrafts and/or weapons and I had to redo the warehouses. This should also fix the MiG21 fuel tank and ASO pod missing Nuke are now allowed on the server (as an experiment) Masterscript & Rules Armed ships will now be considered 'dangerous to player' in the objective defended/undefended flag computation Some Illegal Weapons will now be destroyed to compensate for some 'Airport Warehouses' changes Friendly-fire weapons fired/dropped IN the protected zone Some weapons fired/dropped from planes with invalid payloads I am still waiting for some script fixes to put back the notification of these destructions to the 'offender' player. [*]Added support for 'Nuke Zone' to define where it's allowed to drop nukes Nuke dropped outside allowed zone will be destroyed Server Management (SLMOD & Custom Extensions) Operation 'Stop The Madness' During the session, a client history is now built to keep some information about clients even after they left the session (connection count, kick time, kick count....) Using the history data, a kick will now come with a small temporary ban period to avoid having 'offenders' come back instantly on the server The more an 'offender' gets kick in a session, the greater the temporary ban will be. For now, the penalty is 10min per kick Log Chat Spam Server events spam is now only set to 'kills' The chat should be less spammy without 'join' 'hit' 'crash' and 'ejection' messages. SLMOD will still log the pvp and team kills in chat

Hello I've got around 65756843542135362354563653423524347563A complains that the awacs is spamming too much on my server. I tried everything on my side and beside removing the awacs, I didn't manage to end the spam. Here is a solution given to me by players on my server and I thank them for that. The solution for some aircrafts is the 'Receive mode' Check the picture!!! Because it might happen for a lot of people, I ll just create a post for that Thanks

The master-script I run is the same as 1.2 except 60% of the feature are off until some mission scripting functions are fixed. Anyways, I doubt the script will or even can interfere with such higher levels features like tooltip and other client options. Fuel tanks are only disabled on the DUEL airports (Beslan VS Nalchik) as you are not supposed to stray too far. I will check for the ASO but I am pretty sure I didn't disable them anywhere. Still, the current DCS version, even if way prettier, is still kind of a beta so the quality of the server is still suffering from that. I think we need to be patient. Once the features are put back or fixed in the 1.5, the server will be ready and quick to get back to its 1.2 glory with custom radio menus, rescue, delivery, transport, protected and conflict zone notification and more! :thumbup: Thanks for the feedback and for flying Open Conflict Airlines

Version 2.9 In Map Version 2.9: Saved with DCS 1.5.2.49392 Add some playable Mirage 2000 in the map Bring back briefing and tasks text because of Patch Notes (Fixed bug with invisible servers in the MP lobby) Blue coalition zone gets more defenses around Kutaisi Tweak the blue CAP path Weather changed to crappy Force tooltip option to TRUE to see if it helps clients to turning them on. Server Update: Updated to DCS 1.5.2.49392 Activate the SLMOD stats Tweak SLMOD settings for bad acts

I've noticed some options not working like I tried to cut off radio subtitle and speech but still the radio will spam so maybe tooltip is broken as well. The map doesn't touch this option but next update, I will force it to true to see if it helps

Nice! And thanks for the feedback and for flying Open Conflict Airlines, the only airline where crashing is expected

In the Map Version 2.8: * Map will FORCE options to make sure some stuff are forbidden (it should already be active but some options seems to have disappeared from the map) Force NO immortal players Force NO unlimited weapons Force NO unlimited fuel Force NO labels * Change Time of Day changed from 4pm (16h) to 8am (8h)

np. The server and DCS are far from bug free :) Don't hesitate to give me a time & ingame name when you report issue, I record every session on tacview and have the all the logs.

In 1.2, I had a safe zone system but this was been broken by the release of the 1.5 broken.beta. This system would just explode a friendly-fired missile shot in the safe zone. I am not sure what happened in your case but here is some infos: * Only immortal planes are tankers and awacs * In red zone, there are some blue AI A10C as well as, of course, red players * You are allowed to kill players but not your teammates * Server can't prevent you to lock anything so if you fail to lock, it may be something with your plane or with the game I hope this will help :thumbup:

I will check the mission options again but I don't think I actually disable anything else than labels. I've noticed though that some options like radio subtitle or radio speech dont work on my client so it may not be a server problem. I ll check tho. Thanks for reporting the problem