Trailer Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Hi guys, I'm in the process of building a *very* basic F-15C SP campaign just to learn the ME and CB, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in trying it out when I'm finished. I just wanted to gauge your reactions because it's most definitely not as polished as some others. It's quite heavily scripted, however I am using triggers and such, but it's really obtuse to me right now. The ME is a really powerful tool but holy crap is it not the most non-user-friendly thing on the planet or what? There are some things about it that make me shake my head but I'm getting used to it. I'm trying to focus on a narrative with some progression rather than just one mission after another. It's an Eagle air-to-air campaign but I'm putting in instances where defectors will end up joining NATO (guess who), and I'd like to make the campaign have a stage where you take control for a few missions of these defectors as they start flying missions for NATO instead of Russia. It'll just be a tangent with very simple missions in the Flanker so the die-hard NATO-only crowd (if there are any of you) won't have to lose your minds trying to learn the Flanker just to go ahead with the campaign. I'm also trying to make it as realistic as possible, yet still be interesting, mission-wise. A lot of the missions are made to further the story/operation in order to get some sort of sense of continuity, that what you've just done directly impacts not just the mission frag but the overall doctrine. There will be really frantic missions interspersed with quite benign, almost boring missions, because this is where the realism comes in. In other words, you may be tasked to escort a flight of Hornets on a SEAD mission in one mission, and in the very next you just do a basic fighter sweep with little to no resistance. I'm taking the Falcon 4/AF/BMS approach. If any of this sounds interesting to you guys, please let me know so I can post it when I'm finished. I'm still learning all the triggers and still haven't quite figured out how to use the flags perfectly, as well as randomizing things. Like I said, it's quite scripted but I'm trying to strike a balance between realism and simplicity; there's nothing more annoying than having to jump a million hurdles in a mission just to get enough of a score to get the MISSION COMPLETE signal. I hate having to replay the same mission over and over again to the point of nausea because by that point you will have already memorized all the triggers! Instead, once your straight-forward mission has been completed for your flight, you are cleared to RTB and your mission is complete. Also, I'd like to keep it open to allow you guys to add or detract from the units in the missions, I only ask that you save it with a different name. We can have different variations to the campaigns in this way. Also it will be a great opportunity to refine my mission building skills. If any of this sounds interesting to you guys, please reply to the topic because I've found that I really, really enjoy building missions, it's just that the ME is sometimes like trying to put a square peg through a round hole. It will only get better with practice. :) Edited January 31, 2015 by Trailer
bolek Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Yes, I am interested in trying what you have! New campaigns are always welcome. I don't mind either Su-27 or F-15C.
Trailer Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Great! I'm still ironing out the kinks in the triggers and AI behavior, but hopefully it won't take too long to come up with some more missions. I've got about 5 so far.
MacEwan Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 New campaigns are always welcome. Thanks for doing this.
Sabre-TLA Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Sounds good and the more campaigns the better. Post any questions or issues you have and many good folks will help you out. :thumbup: MapleFlagMissions - Read Our Blog for Updates
Belgeode Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 This sounds exciting! I'll help where I can, though admittedly I am not as good an Eagle driver as I am a Flanker driver. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch
DarkFire Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Sign me up! I'm keen to try any new campaign, even for that nasty Eagle thing :megalol: System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan.
Trailer Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 Great! It's currently a work-in-progress, but I'll post it as soon as it's finished. It's gonna be "open source" so feel free to manipulate it how you want. It's a single player campaign.
Belgeode Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 I can vouch for at least ONE mission being pretty cool! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch
Trailer Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 I've got a few more coming your way if you wanna check them out!
Belgeode Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Sure thing! Hit me! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch
Dutchy93 Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Sounds interessting. I would like to see what you come up with.
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