Old mission files in 1.2.7

[Raptor9]

I've been making missions and training maps since DCS World became modular, so I've seen several instances in which updating to a new version has made using older mission files problematic. The best such example of this prior to the 1.2.7 update was when clients would see some wacky aircraft textures on aircraft. I forget what version it was (last summer), but the only solution I found was to start an entirely new mission file under the current Mission Editor (ME) and rebuild the mission from scratch.

 

Fast forward to 1.2.7, and I'm faced with the same issue, this time with tankers and JTAC/FAC units. I tried deleting the tankers and the JTACs, saving the old mission as another version within the ME, and then manually re-adding the tankers and JTACs. However, no change. When I hopped in a Warthog, there weren't any tankers or JTAC options in the radio menu.

 

So, to experiment, I created a brand new mission file, added a tanker, a Humvee with a FAC tasking, a few enemy BTRs 2km away, and hopped in a single A-10C slot. No issues with either the JTAC or the tanker, period.

 

NOW TO MY SINGULAR QUESTION TO ANYONE WITH THE ANSWER...

Is there anyway to import mission data from one mission file to a new one, without copying and pasting unit, after unit, after unit, and retyping all the triggers and misc data??

 

Thoughts?:helpsmilie:

 

EDIT: I've since found the what's been bugging the JTAC's and Tankers. A Georgian 1L13 EWR unit will block radio options for other units:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1990485#post1990485

Edited February 8, 2014 by Raptor9
Solved JTAC/Tanker radio bug

[AtaliaA1]

Interesting Q. It seems that when this ver. came out all you had to do was open it in the new ME.

 

But that doesn't get rid of any errors the ME or Sim. has with Files and Commands like the error/Bugs of this ver. so taking a look around the forum for these bugs and comparing them to your mission would assist in finding the culprit. My only thought.

[ENO]

You'd likely just have to break the .miz file open by converting it into a .zip file... Then extract everything and go into the mission file with notepad++ and look around. You should technically be able to copy and paste all the non unit/ group related entries into the equivalent file in your new blank mission.

 

I haven't tried it- but if I were going to try the same thing that's what I would do.