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    Mission 3

    in DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign

    Posted

    29 minutes ago, Drakentoth said:

    I just finished flying this mission. I changed my loadout a bit for this mission. I found that the longer you loiter over the dam, the closer the mobile units get (sams). I cleared the objectives by hitting the aaa first. One long run in with 3 mav's for the aaa. Then switched to laser guided rockets and took out the rest of the armor. I followed on the now undefended scuds with a gun run. This is where i changed up my loadout. I swapped the laser guided bombs for gbu's (gps). At this point. it's ccrp at an altitude above which they can reach you to the bridges, pickle, and the bridges are toast. fly home and drink a cold one! 

    Great! So you completed it? Did you like it?

    Agile Spear Mission 5 Hotfix

    in DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign

    Posted

    Hello Everyone,

    As some you of know there was a problem with Mission 5 so I've uploaded the corrected mission to Google Drive for you to download.

    Again, my apologies to Scylla and CrystalynEntity for not acknowledging their submission of the problem.

    I will submit the corrected campaign to E.D. in a few days and will be a free download to everyone who purchased the campaign.

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lDYHyCd_Ni5DVe3iGgyarZA9rgO0hnoE?usp=share_link 

    Enjoy,

    John

    Mission, 5 eye for an eye No Plane no FUN

    in DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign

    Posted

    Apologies to Scylla and CrystalynEntity

    OK, so I have to swallow my pride and make a public apology to Scylla and CrystalynEntity. They were both correct that the problem with Mission 5 was something stupid I did and not with anything they did or did not do. It was something stupidly simple which I forgot to change.

    Again, my apologies to both of them and I am offering Mission 5 gratis as it will be a week or two before the updated campaign will be available for download via the Download Manager. Download at your leisure and I sincerely hope you enjoy it.

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lDYHyCd_Ni5DVe3iGgyarZA9rgO0hnoE?usp=share_link 

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    Mission, 5 eye for an eye No Plane no FUN

    in DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign

    Posted

    Look, I'm sorry you're having problems with this mission. I really am and I would be disappointed if I couldn't complete it. But, there's NOTHING I can do to fix this this problem. When there's a problem with a campaign or mission I've created I always acknowledge it and fix it and release the updated mission. I've done it a dozen times. But there's NOTHING I can do to fix this problem.

    I would be willing to bet real money that if you properly delete DCS World and all your mods and modules and then did a clean reinstall of DCS World and then your purchased modules you'd be able to complete the campaign without any problems. And E.D. really makes this incredibly easy with their download manager.

    The other option, if you want your mods, is for you to install a clean install of DCS World next to your mod-installed DCS World preferably on a different drive.

    As I said, I installed the UH-60 mod and it was brilliant, but it created a lot of problems and had to delete it and DCS World and then reinstall it to get it working again.

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    Mission, 5 eye for an eye No Plane no FUN

    in DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign

    Posted

    2 hours ago, CrystalynEntity said:

     

    Hey - my post was not a solution. It’s still broken.  I was just providing more info.  I’d like the campaign creator to fix it so you don’t have to uninstall the whole game to play the campaign.  The uh-60 mod is one of the most popular mods.  I’ve uninstalled it but that’s not enough.

     

    Ok. So, what would you have me do?

    These are the first two reports of a problem with Mission 5 and you both admit to having mods installed = your mods are the problem.

    You install modifications with the clear knowledge that they can lead to undesirable problems. Thats why they are called mods and not Add-ons or Enhancements or some other name. They modify that base game (DCS World) so that they can run their individual code at the expense of stability of the base game. And if you are adding your mod to an Open BETA release (a pre-release, experimental version) than you are piling problem on top of problem and expecting it all to work out fine.

    But it won't. Sometimes it will if you're lucky but it generally won't work properly.

    I mean, if you were flying an airplane under those same conditions it would be a short flight and you wouldn't be long for this world.

    Now, again, what do you want ME to do about YOUR problem?

     

    ARC-210 manual

    in DCS: A-10C II Tank Killer

    Posted

    Hello,

    Two questions about the 210:

    1. Does anyone know if it's possible to have a preset frequency On during startup? It always seems to default to 133.00 and I can't seem to get it to default to any of my preset freqs.

    2. I've been able to set preloaded frequencies in the Mission Editor but the box for names is closed so I can't name the preset freq. And then when I try a Prepare Mission and manually enter the name in the MFCD (using the UFC) it always defaults back to Wing, etc, etc. and not the name I typed in.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    How to display allied flights in the HMD?

    in DCS: A-10C II Tank Killer

    Posted

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    Many AI flights will show up without a problem, including A-10C and F/A-18C (not sure about the F-16C).

    I can confirm the Viper does show up in SADL.

    All helo's do not work with SADL (in my experience) whether there is an E-2 or E-3 in the AO or not.

    I can confirm that GR-4 Tornado's DO work with SADL.

    As an aside, my team would be issued an MBITR if we had to debark our aircraft for transload/CASEVAC in case we became separated. Later versions of the old MBITR (AN/PRC-148) did work with most U.S. aircraft in direct recognition and secure data communication (albeit very limited). If I remember correctly all we could really send were brief "text" messages, GPS MGRS coordinates, and smiley faces.

     

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    Not really good

    in DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign

    Posted

    55 minutes ago, Swson said:

    Well John,  I admit being a bit rude, (boring was not appropriate at all but I’m not a native English language and I often don’t use  the good terms, I’m sorry about that), in my last message and I apologize a lot for that, it is usually not in my habits. Anyway I thank you for your answer that illustrates you take user’s comments into account. I was just shot down in the mission for the third time after more than one hour of VR flight and I must admit I was a little upset 🥵. Making myself extensive use of ME (very time consuming particularly when you hit DCS AI limitations….). I know what amount of effort you must have devoted to this creation and you can be proud of it.  In fact I play simultaneously (i mean switching often one by one of course) 4 or 5 campaigns with different modules: Agile spear, Persian freedom, raven one and raven one dominant fury, MAD AH-64 and M2000 red flight campaign….I guess so I have elements for comparison that is perhaps driving (too much?) my judgement. More precisely what I wanted to underline is that for me ( but also it seems for you), a campaign must address generally (or at least it must be very much quoted In the description) a large panel of users from let’s say rookie, but not full beginners, to experts. Saying that, the progression of difficulties of missions is, according me once more, essential to give time to player to accustomed with the environment (not the module but the theater or the module in the theater) and almost all to reward him and give him really desire to switch to the next one. This would not at all imply simplified or too easy things but only a more progressive approach. I’ve agreed about the fact your missions are probably representatives of the real weather environment and that the terrain is challenging but the part chosen introducing an additional difficulty dimension from the very first mission where you discover the theater and have so many threats or targets is not a good idea specially because you lack the level of intelligence you necessarily have in the real life to conduct such a mission and would allow you to well prepare it on a map before flying. In fact in real life you will never send 2 A-10 alone, just arrived, against such numbers of opponents, in the relief and covered by AD….A coordinated approach with first SEAD or DEAD mission would have been made and the bridge destruction could be managed by JDAM from quite safe range of geographical coordinates are available etc…etc…The player has not really the means to brief the mission seriously before take off…But I don’t want entering in the realism debate which can be seen differently but only staying on the game level. The Caucasus is surely a nice terrain and I see you appreciate it as I do, but the part and weather you selected for first missions is surely not for beginners.  I can just bring my comparison with other campaîgns whose first missions are much more progressives and rewarding for players even if they are longer. For me these missions are for trained while veteran pilots. For good things the fact that you can change your weapons at the beginning of missions is nice and I appreciate that. It allows knowing better the effects of every weapons and allows to repeat the same mission to find the good one. The fact that you cannot communicate with your wingwoman and that she is not taking your orders is definetely bad but perhaps inherent at DCS AI limits. I suppose voicing over and management of radios via F10 must be very much costly in the process of the development but it is really what bring the immersion in other campaign In place of using built in commands. It is not a spell to copy what is done elsewhere but just my feeling don’t take badly my sentences.

    Well anyway I’m going to restart your campaign and tried this time to find the good weapons and flight path  and of course continue the whole story …have a nice we

    Jean-Philippe

     

    Jean-Philippe,

    Once again thank you for your insight regarding Agile Spear. I'm sorry you're having a hard time going through it but I wouldn't restart the campaign just yet. I've made significant changes to it and will be releasing version 2.0 within the next 2 weeks. While I do not control when the updated campaign will be made available through DCS World updates, I would tell you that the updated campaign should make your experience much more enjoyable.

    Again, thanks for your insight,

    John

    Not really good

    in DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign

    Posted · Edited by King39

    So, I'm not going to address all of your complaints but I will address some of them.

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    I’ve played only 3 missions but this campaign is already boring. 

    Well, not much I can do for you there. I won't apologize for the campaign because I'm very proud of it but I am sorry you're bored with it. I created this campaign for people who were of beginner to moderate levels of experience in DCS and flight simulators in general. As with most things in life, the campaign starts out a little slow and allows the player to build up towards a climactic finish.

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    The Caucasus map is already very difficult with hills and hidden spots so why having complicated from the very beginning the action making a weather full of fog from angle 11 or 12 so in the middle of mountains?? in addition the whole terrain is made gloomy by this fog and you loose the pleasure flying over those beautiful forest. 

    I must say that I've come to really enjoy flying the Caucasus map BECAUSE it can be so difficult. But the thing I like most about Caucuses map is the differential of the region, Alpine mountains to the north bordering Russia, the western and central plains, the bordering ocean, and the rolling hills to the east. The difficulty of differing terrain makes it my favorite of all the DCS maps.

    That being said, I also believe in reflecting "real-world" weather conditions as well. If you want bright sunny days all of the time than you should look to other campaign developers. I enjoy the challenge of flying (in flight simulators and in real flight) in realistic conditions; at night (when MOST A-10 CAS missions are flown), rain, wind, clouds and fog. I think that is what separates the men from the boys and women from little girls. 

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    in mission 2 if you follow the flight plan to reach the bridges you overflight a full column of armored vehicle with AAA impossible to survive. 

    I have to take issue with this statement. Many, many people have successfully completed this mission and the campaign. One piece of advice: never forget that altitude and distance are your friends when faced with the possibility of confronting people who would do you harm. Altitude and distance my friend. And yes, this mission CAN be completed. One other thing, An A-10 pilot once told me that the the best way to defeat a SAM is to see it (and evade). Keep your head on a swivel and always jink when you hear the RWR. Don't wait or you'll get hit.

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    I hope next missions will be more interesting because I’ve bought campaign mulch more good like those of Baltic dragon…

    Well, I've created the campaign the way I would want to fly one and did NOT want to copy someone else's technique. By all accounts, B.D. is THE master in DCS campaign creation. He should be as he's been doing it for 10+ years? I've only been at it for 2. 

    Thank you for your inputs and I will take them under advisement.

    All the best,

    John

    Postscript - if you are still interested, I will be submitting the updated Operation Agile Spear 2.0 within the next two weeks and it will be a free update to everyone who purchased the original campaign. I hope you like it better.

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    AI don't respond to comms Mission 1

    in DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign

    Posted · Edited by King39

    I'm not sure sure how that could happen because with the last DCS World update (2.8.1.34667.2 - the current build) Pig 2 gets deactivated on final due to the problems with landing so I don 't know how this could happen. Possibly you haven't updated to the current version of DCS World?

    In any event, look for a complete update of Operation Agile Spear to version 2.0 in the next DCS World update.

    Helo's Consistently Not Following Waypoints

    in Aircraft AI Bugs (Non-Combined Arms)

    Posted

    Reporting this one bug with associated track file attached but this is not isolated to the Mi-8V. I've had similar experiences with EXTREME difficulty when it comes to ordering helos to Land and Takeoff and follow waypoints.

    You'll see the helo's takeoff at Batumi and then dance around before following through the waypoints. 

    The other problem is the two wingmen following the Flight Lead but but at a good distance and at a very low level when the waypoints are at 2000 feet. The flight lead stays on track at 2000 but the 2 wingmen are low level irregardless of the Formation (Wedge) order.

    This is a problem not isolated to the MI-8 or this mission. I make every effort to avoid using helicopters due to the difficulty in getting them to respond as instructed.

    The track file is too large to upload here:

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/145Zbns2l171BPvhl5xyYiYHjUvuxBp_w/view?usp=sharing

    John

     

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