Drop a ship in...

So I've been looking at the Mist guide and noticed that you can spawn things in there. It gives a warning that you can spawn anything anywhere...and to be careful. So....is it possible to spawn a aircraft carrier in the middle of lake mead? I love the Nevada map, but the lack of ability to push ships down is a bit of a turn off. Any help?

Actually NTTR Nevada can´t put ships on Lakes, waiting if ED implement California coast and Pacific ocean or get ability to put small ships on lakes.

I don't think he meant putting a carrier via mission editor. I think he meant using mist to spawn the carrier at the location. Curious how to do it also.

You can probably put an aircraft carrier in the middle of lasvegas. Just need to get it manually by editing the mission with notepad. Haven't tested in 2.0, works like a charm in 1.5

yes, with a simple script like below it works in lake mead.

something like:

local _trgZone6 = trigger.misc.getZone("ship")
local staticBuilding3 = {
["shape_name"] = "moscow",
       ["type"] = "moscow",
["unitId"] = math.random(999, 99999),
["rate"] = 100,
["y"] = _trgZone6.point.z,
["x"] = _trgZone6.point.x,
["name"] = "ship",
["category"] = "Fortifications",
["canCargo"] = false,
["heading"] = 180,
}
coalition.addStaticObject(country.id.USA, staticBuilding3)

Ops, my fail...

Is it displayed correctly in MP? I haven't tried it on Nevada, but a while back I spawned some ships in the reservoir above the Inguri Dam and only the host saw the ships placed on the water. They were underground for everyone else.

Ya, in 1.5 I dont see ships in the lake near Tbilisi in multiplayer. Same mission in single player it shows up fine (or run as host).

You can edit ships onto the lake if your careful in Nevada, but no idea if they show up properly in MP off hand.

I'd be interested if spawning it with MIST made it visible for everyone.

Just tested the above script as a MP client in DCS1.5.3 at Krasnodar lake (because I only have one NTTR licence). It seems to work. Test mission.miz attached below.

testShipKrasnodar_MP.miz

Awesome stuff guys....will test this week and report back.

Thanks for trying and reporting back. That's awesome. I can test on NTTR too, but might be a bit. Need to install Alpha on my server in order to do so.

So I created a mission with the script on page 1. Added a ship trigger in the middle of lake Mead. I added an apache circling around it so I could see if there real quick as well. I tested it on machine in SP and could see the ship. I then added 4 Su-25T's to make it MP and hosted the server. I don't have access to my main machine now, so used my laptop (it's a Macbook Pro with Windows 7 on it...so not sure what screenshot button is) to connect to it. I used F2 to look at the Apache....and the ship....

was

there!

So awesome news guys! So is there a list of ships we can use? Ideally I'd like a carrier from each side and ships that I can land a helicopter on.

This is a Static Object though. It won't shoot, or move if you desire that. Can you land on these ships and interact with them?

Trying to do it with an actual ship gives the same invisible results.

Will test once I can get a ship in with a helipad or a deck....trying to figure out shape types for the other ships. Plus won't be my main machine until late tonight due to family events.

But for my purposes, being able to land on it would be good. Since I want to add these to a training map for pilots to practice landings on. Plus, would be cool if we can actually destroy them as well, since you can destroy static object.....

more testing will be needed this week!

Think they go roughly by the name of the files in:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Bazar\World\Shapes

Kuznetsov is Kuznecow. Just fall through the deck when I try to trap. So this won't really work for what most of us want...

Will check it out....I was always thinking more helicopters. But we'll see if was can land an A-10C on the deck like we used to in 1.5.

I was able to land the Huey on the carrier. So good news so far. Will try to get more testing this week and see if can actually destroy/sink enemy ships as well.

Could someone give a description on how to add the aircraft carrier in mead lake. I have very little experience with the mission editor and have no clue how to get started on this and where and how to enter the script on page one.

Really appreciate the help on this. Thanks

If I have time this weekend I'll make a video. It's not that hard.

If I have time this weekend I'll make a video. It's not that hard.

That would be awesome! Thanks

I recorded a quick video on my laptop.

Excellent, thank you Sir.

Not really understandable to me and i have no sound at all. :cry:

I recorded a quick video on my laptop.

 

Awesome thank you!!!

Check out the attached mission. It has pretty much the same thing but was designed as a quick Gazelle mission.

Not really understandable to me and i have no sound at all. :cry:

VegasHeist.miz