hosting online mission

[Nac33]

hi all,

how do you enforce the settings for a online mission? is it as easy as having those things disabled when i make the mission offline or do i set that somewhere else....thanks in advance

[104th_Maverick]

What settings are you talking about?

 

If you are talking about settings such as External Views, Unlimited Fuel etc these are contained within the Customize Mission tab then Mission Options in the Mission Editor along the top bar.

 

You have to check the boxes on both sides if you want to enforce or allow something.

 

If you want all external views off you have to make sure you also un-select F5 View in the Single Player Options Menu.

[Nac33]

thank you Maverick......that what i was talking about......wanted to make sure labels off, limited fuel and ammo etc. is enforced

thanks again

[Nac33]

question for you guys.......which anti aircraft guns in DCS would be the least effective against planes? the reason i ask is i want to have some in missions i set up with WW2 planes......just not so frkn lethal they take me out every time lol................thanks in advance

[104th_Maverick]

ZSU's and Shilkas set on Average should do the trick ;)

[Nac33]

;2261656']ZSU's and Shilkas set on Average should do the trick ;)

 

thanks [Maverick]:thumbup:

[Nac33]

ok, back to the learning center lol.

is there a way to set a time limit for online matches? 30 min. 60min etc. and if so, where would i find this?......thanks in advance

[104th_Maverick]

You can only do this by using the triggers in the mission editor.

 

Go to the trigger options.

 

Create a new trigger and call it Rotate Flag (or what ever you want)

 

Set this Trigger to type 4 Mission Start

Set Condition to RANDOM 100%

Set Action to Flag ON and set a flag number eg. 1

 

Create another trigger and set condition to 1 ONCE, call it Rotate

Set Condition to Time Since Flag, and select flag number 1, then what ever time in seconds you want to rotate/restart the mission (3600 secs = 1 hour)

Set Action to LOAD MISSION and select the mission you want to load or the same mission to restart the current mission.

 

 

You can also put in message to warn your clients when the mission is going to rotate.

For example, if you want to give clients a 10 minute warning to the mission changing then simply set this trigger up too (or multiple ones)

 

Trigger = 1 Once

Condition = Time Since Flag, Flag 1, 3000 secs

Action = Message to All "This mission will rotate in 10 minutes"

[TwilightZone]

;2253414']What settings are you talking about?

 

If you are talking about settings such as External Views, Unlimited Fuel etc these are contained within the Customize Mission tab then Mission Options in the Mission Editor along the top bar.

 

You have to check the boxes on both sides if you want to enforce or allow something.

 

If you want all external views off you have to make sure you also un-select F5 View in the Single Player Options Menu.

 

ok, i want to make sure i have it right too.....let me know if this is correct..... if i want labels off, unlimited fuel off, unlimited weapons off.....

in mission options i check all of those on the enforce side......then on the value side leave them all unchecked?....in other words if i want it off....check the enforce side but don't check the value side?

Edited December 15, 2014 by TwilightZone

[104th_Maverick]

Yes,

 

Check all the boxes on the LEFT side to force check the option.

 

Only check the boxes on the RIGHT side that you want to allow... eg ToolTips (handy for new peeps!)

[TwilightZone]

thanks Maverick.....:)

[TwilightZone]

;2262970']You can only do this by using the triggers in the mission editor.

 

Go to the trigger options.

 

Create a new trigger and call it Rotate Flag (or what ever you want)

 

Set this Trigger to type 4 Mission Start

Set Condition to RANDOM 100%

Set Action to Flag ON and set a flag number eg. 1

 

Create another trigger and set condition to 1 ONCE, call it Rotate

Set Condition to Time Since Flag, and select flag number 1, then what ever time in seconds you want to rotate/restart the mission (3600 secs = 1 hour)

Set Action to LOAD MISSION and select the mission you want to load or the same mission to restart the current mission.

 

 

You can also put in message to warn your clients when the mission is going to rotate.

For example, if you want to give clients a 10 minute warning to the mission changing then simply set this trigger up too (or multiple ones)

 

Trigger = 1 Once

Condition = Time Since Flag, Flag 1, 3000 secs

Action = Message to All "This mission will rotate in 10 minutes"

thanks Maverick, this worked out really good. even the 5 minute until mission end notification. after the mission the settings were gone when i went to set it up the again. is there some special way of saving the trigger settings so they will stay as part of the mission, so each time i use the mission, the triggers will be there?.....by the way thanks for your help....greatly appreciated:)

Edited December 19, 2014 by TwilightZone

[104th_Maverick]

You're welcome :)

 

after the mission the settings were gone when i went to set it up the again.

 

This should not happen, I have never seen this behaviour before, however it 'might' be due to some new mission protection features currently being introduced in the Mission Editor and has caused a bug.

 

Can you recheck please and make sure once you have added in the triggers you go to Save As and save your mission, all triggers should be saved, it shouldnt matter how many times you re-play the mission the triggers should always be saved.

 

Also... make sure when you select the mission to be rotated to in the Load Mission trigger that you are selecting the most recent version of your mission with all the saved triggers in it.

[TwilightZone]

;2266928']You're welcome :)

 

 

 

This should not happen, I have never seen this behaviour before, however it 'might' be due to some new mission protection features currently being introduced in the Mission Editor and has caused a bug.

 

Can you recheck please and make sure once you have added in the triggers you go to Save As and save your mission, all triggers should be saved, it shouldnt matter how many times you re-play the mission the triggers should always be saved.

 

Also... make sure when you select the mission to be rotated to in the Load Mission trigger that you are selecting the most recent version of your mission with all the saved triggers in it.

 

...silly me.....you're right.....i forgot to (save as), lol

 

....one other thing,

if i want a online mission to show a team has won after they reach 100 points how is this done?

i tried to do it like this.....NEW 1 ONCE/condition MISSION SCORE HIGHER THAN, coalition Red, score 100/ action MESSAGE TO ALL "Red team has won".....then the same for Blue team but it didn't work. i figured i missed a step or formatted it wrong :-/

Edited December 22, 2014 by TwilightZone

[Nac33]

@twilight

this happened to me too when i tried to set a trigger for "red/blue team has won" message. i could not get it to work when i tested it. same trigger format as you. i didn't try it with another player yet, just a ai. not sure why it does not work. maybe there has to be a real player on each side for the trigger to take effect. i'd like to find out too. sure someone here will know how to get it to work

 

.... Nac

Edited December 22, 2014 by Nac33

[TwilightZone]

hi Nac33,

you may be on to something here.....i have only tested it with a.i. and myself, i'll have to set up a mission online to test with another person and see if the trigger works then. if you see me online, jump on in....everyone is always welcome:)

Edited December 24, 2014 by TwilightZone

[TwilightZone]

still cant get team red/blue has won trigger to work for online.....this is how i tried it.......

 

....NEW 1 ONCE/condition MISSION SCORE HIGHER THAN, coalition Red, score 100/ action MESSAGE TO ALL "Red team has won".....then the same for Blue team but it didn't work. not sure how to get it to work...maybe a diff. format of the trigger...any help would be great.....thanks