mission: General Helicopter Operations

[3mta3]

Updated Mission

 

I found a typo in the script and fixed the stolen car beacons and reset them to the original frequency 49.00 FM. Cargo drops again work thanks to the user that fixed them.

 

I also added some non-standard objects for myself and made the Huey's hot start. If you don't have these objects I believe they just won't show up.

 

This should get the Huey guys beacon tracking working again.

General Helicopter Operations updated.miz

[WildBillKelsoe]

I have a little problem. I can't get any missions other than stolen vehicles.. I am flying canadian. Is it limited to specific aircrafts?

[Chichco]

Hmm.. Not sure who you ask, but my friends give me a mission of topic starter, so I worked only with this version after I get a permission from author. In this version no tasks you recieve, you are free to do anything you want without special info signal. You can check map in briefing, find passenger or cargo and make your way to it, take it, bring to checkpoint and get your money. In MP it's interesting competition between players who will faster get more money. In SP isn't so funny.

[WildBillKelsoe]

I only get stolen car missions if I fly canadian UH-1H in singleplayer. No other tasking comes over radio..

[Chichco]

There shouldn't be tasks over radio for passengers or cargo, it's popup only for stolen car. To take cargo or passenger or to make group flight you haven't wait special radio/text signal about it (there aren't other signals except signal about stolen car). If you have signal about stolen vehicle it's not "must complete right now" and it's your choice trying to stop car or fly for another cargo/passengers. Sorry for my English, maybe somebody will explain it better?..

[WildBillKelsoe]

ok so it is just random messages for all three tasks?

[piXel496]

Hi WildBillKelsoe,

 

I have not played the mission for months. But the mission used to be like:

 

1. Using F6 menu for cargo. (cargo can be found on several locations)

 

2. If you fly around. military personnel will shoot a flare to mark there position and you can pick them up and bring them to the heliport.

 

3. Stolen vehicles have a tracker and will roam around untill it escapes or is found. then after +/- a minute a new stolen vehicle will enter the scene.

 

Reference for locations.

 

 

cheers,

 

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Edited September 15, 2015 by piXel496
I've planned to test the mission when dcs 1.5 is released.

[WildBillKelsoe]

thanks PixeL

[Sholtz]

This is a great mission! I have found that using the cargo camera can sometimes be helpful for staying on top of those fleeing vehicles. :)

 

Does that plane ever take off? I don't think I have ever seen it budge from the end of the runway. The only thing that I think could make this better is a little more traffic in the air.

[Justificus]

This is one of my favorite missions to muck about in. Bummed to find the one I've edited doesn't work with 1.5 and I have no answer on how to get it working again... :(

[SnowTiger]

I agree that this is a Favorite of mine too.

While I'm glad it got updated to fix the cargo portion of the mission, I would have rather it continued to use the Original Radio Frequency for the Stolen Vehicles.

I have not been able to get that part to work since the revision.

As such, I still fly the original mission. Flying people around and chasing stolen vehicles offers lots of fun by itself.

Thanks again for this excellent mission.

[LCYCowboy]

Has anyone got this working with 1.5.

 

I don't have any infantry or cargo or cars to chase.

 

The whole of DCS world seems empty (maybe this has to do with the fact that there is no civilian AI either).

 

Hope that someone (cleverer than me) gets this working again soon

[Cibit]

It appears the civilian traffic is bugged in 1.5

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=149080

Did you try to save the mission in 1.5 editor before flying it?

[LCYCowboy]

I just tried to save in the 1.5 editor, and still no luck.

 

No troops showing up, no cargo, nothing.

 

My favorite mission :(

[piXel496]

I like to fix this mission for 1.5, but there seem to be some script issues I can't overcome. Like cargo not usefull as a scriptable item and civ. traffic not working and some other loose ends.

 

I will ressurect the mission when the scripting engine let's me do so. Sorry for the inconfenience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Justificus]

I like to fix this mission for 1.5, but there seem to be some script issues I can't overcome. Like cargo not usefull as a scriptable item and civ. traffic not working and some other loose ends.

 

I will ressurect the mission when the scripting engine let's me do so. Sorry for the inconfenience.

 

It's totally understandable why you can't do much with it now due to the limitations of the version we currently have. Thanks for being willing to still work on it once you're able to! This mission definitely has a following. :thumbup:

[Cibit]

And dont forget it still works in 1.2:)

[Justificus]

And dont forget it still works in 1.2:)

 

Ha! Who can go back to 1.2 now?!? Not I... bugs and all. :music_whistling:;):pilotfly:

[jpdesvals]

General helicopter and open beta dcs 1.5 problem

 

Hello every body !

 

I enjoy and play very often this mission for a long time now.

 

the problem is with open beta 1.5 , no access to the cargo menu in the radio anymore .. I had to go to the mission editor to add new cargo but they don t show randomly anymore ..

 

Problem with the script ? If someone has an idea i am very interested since i realy like the open beta 1.5.

 

Thx

[piXel496]

Hi jpdesvals,

I am waiting to redo this mission and I will but the scriptengine since 1.2.16? has to many serious bugs to be able to create workarounds. So unfortunately I can not do anything about it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry..

:cry:

[jpdesvals]

Ok pixel496 ! Thx anyway for this great and unique scenario , i will wait !

[LCYCowboy]

Any news on an update for this most fantastic mission?

 

I have spent hours flying it, and since 1.5 it is no more.

 

At times like this I wish I was a bit more intelligent, and could do it myself ;-)

[piXel496]

Thank you for the kind words. But it is not your or my intelligence that is the limiting factor. It is the intelligence of the .lua script engine we need to make missions work properly.

 

I hope ED soon needs the working script engine themselves and the current limitations force them in giving it the urgent attention it deserves. Until then the scripting hoi polloi have to wait.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[SnowTiger]

Any updated news regarding this excellent mission ?

Has ED not yet addressed the shortcomings that have prevented this mission to be working in 1.5.3 ?

[SnowTiger]

How about now ? lol