Ranger79 Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone, I get alot of questions about mission building and different ways I create missions in DCS. I am making a series of tutorial videos for the DCS World Mission Editor for a novice user to understand and implement to help create a successful mission from start to finish. I hope these videos help the community and spawn members to make missions for DCS which will hopefully enhance the DCS experience for everyone. DCS World Mission Building - Tutorial Video #1: Getting Started DCS World Mission Building - Tutorial Video #2: Mission Editor Interface DCS World Mission Building - Tutorial Video #3: Unit Placement DCS World Mission Building - Tutorial Video #4: Trigger Movement & Vehicle Movement DCS World Mission Building - Tutorial Video #5: Add Radio Item & Mission Goals DCS World Mission Building - Tutorial Video #6: Randomization & Emission Trigger DCS World Mission Building - Tutorial Video #7: Mission Testing and Final Adjustments *** This is a remake to correct the previous corrupted upload*** DCS World Mission Building Quickie Tutorial - Converting Voice Files for DCS Ok guys, added the test mission from the video, 3 A-10C slots. Please leave your comments and questions below.Operation Takeback MPv7.miz Edited May 29, 2015 by Ranger79 5 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
Sabre-TLA Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Awesome work Ranger79! This can only help get more people to make more missions and make this sim the best in the world! Loved your intro screen but your voice seemed lower (I had to turn up the volume to hear you). Your speech was very clear though so easy to understand. Loved your graphics and I'm glad you focused on context and background for the first tutorial. Mission making is more an art than a science and you did a good job capturing some of the art essence. There are not enough good mission making tutorials out there. I've posted a reference on our blog here. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next episode. :thumbup: Edited March 30, 2015 by Sabre-TLA MapleFlagMissions - Read Our Blog for Updates
dooom Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 very very very cool of you to do this ranger. +1 buddy. ASUS Tuf Gaming Pro x570 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ 3.8 / XFX Radeon 6900 XT / 64 GB DDR4 3200 "This was not in the Manual I did not read", cried the Noob" - BMBM, WWIIOL
Stonehouse Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Definitely a great idea and way beyond my talents. Big +1 as mission building is one of the biggest remaining barriers to get people active in the DCS community.
DarkFire Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Excellent video. It might be worth emphasizing just how much time making adjustments / testing / bug fixing takes. Even for a "simple" SP mission I often find that tweaking unit placements, fixing mistakes with triggers & scripting, error handling for unexpected behaviour by the player(s) can all take 2-10 times as long as it takes for the initial mission creation phase. AWESOME briefing that you showed for your mission! Was that a Powerpoint presentation? I thought my briefings were good but that's on a whole different level! Very much looking forward to this series of videos, have subscribed to the channel. +1 rep to you Sir. 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.
Ranger79 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys for the positive comments, Video #2 is posted on first post, quick overview of the Mission Editor Interface. Video #3 will be out tonight as well going over unit placement. Edited March 28, 2015 by Ranger79 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
Ranger79 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 Excellent video. It might be worth emphasizing just how much time making adjustments / testing / bug fixing takes. Even for a "simple" SP mission I often find that tweaking unit placements, fixing mistakes with triggers & scripting, error handling for unexpected behaviour by the player(s) can all take 2-10 times as long as it takes for the initial mission creation phase. AWESOME briefing that you showed for your mission! Was that a Powerpoint presentation? I thought my briefings were good but that's on a whole different level! Very much looking forward to this series of videos, have subscribed to the channel. +1 rep to you Sir. Thanks man, yeah that was a powerpoint presentation, I converted it to pdf awhile ago, its located HERE [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
DarkFire Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Thanks man, yeah that was a powerpoint presentation, I converted it to pdf awhile ago, its located HERE Very impressive. Years ago I used to do briefings of a sort as a day job and I very much liked yours: concise, to the point and engaging for the reader. I've got a MS Office subscription and I wondered about PPT briefings but I decided that more people would have some form of .pdf reader on their PC / iPad / Tablet so I decided to convert my word briefings to .pdf for distribution with my mission files. Personally I like to have a separate mission briefing, even if it's just a cut & past from the DCS in-game briefing, next to me on my tablet as I fly as a sort of quick reference and expanded knee pad. Having a nice briefing to go with a mission definitely adds a bit to the immersion I think. I wish that DCS allowed higher resolution images for briefings. Being limited to 512x512 is a bit poor these days, but I guess that's a different discussion. Off to watch the next video. 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.
Exorcet Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Looks like I was beaten to it. Good job putting these together, I'll try to take a look and give feedback later, though now is a bad time as I'm actually in the middle of moving. I'd suggest asking a mod to sticky this. There are always tons of questions that I'm sure these vids will answer. Awaiting: DCS F-15C Win 10 i5-9600KF 4.6 GHz 64 GB RAM RTX2080Ti 11GB -- Win 7 64 i5-6600K 3.6 GHz 32 GB RAM GTX970 4GB -- A-10C, F-5E, Su-27, F-15C, F-14B, F-16C missions in User Files
Belgeode Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Oh I will be sharing the heck out of this. Thanks so much Ranger! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch
Ranger79 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 Tutorial Video #3 - Unit Placement has been posted on the main post. Video #4 - Trigger Actions & Vehicle Movement is rendering and should be available in the next few hours. Enjoy. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
Ranger79 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 Let me be one of the first to say THANK YOU!!! I haven't had a chance to view the video yet but being familiar with your talents in the past I know this series will be nothing but the best. I am looking forward to the opportunity to finally get some good training with this program and I am excited to think that it will generate more high quality missions for the community in the future. :thumbsup: Thanks Blooze! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
Ranger79 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 Awesome work Ranger79! This can only help get more people to make more missions and make this sim the best in the world! Loved your intro screen but your voice seemed lower (I had to turn up the volume to hear you). Your speech was very clear though so easy to understand. Loved your graphics and I'm glad you focused on context and background for the first tutorial. Mission making is more an art than a science and you did a good job capturing some of the art essence. There are not enough good mission making tutorials out there. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next episode. :thumbup: Thanks Saber, I adjusted the volume in the next couple of videos, hope that helps. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
Ranger79 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 Video #4: Trigger Actions and Vehicle Movement is posted on main post. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
Ranger79 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 Tutorial Video #5: Add Radio Item & Mission Goals posted on main page. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
shagrat Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Absolutely cool. This will help newcomers tremendously. Good explanations, starting from scratch and also covering more than just the "click icon a, press button x" type of tutorials. We have the ones from VJS161 Fire in the German part of the Forum, but to have these for the international community is really great! Thanks a lot. Shagrat - Flying Sims since 1984 - Win 10 | i5 10600K@4.1GHz | 64GB | GeForce RTX 3090 - Asus VG34VQL1B | TrackIR5 | Simshaker & Jetseat | VPForce Rhino Base & VIRPIL T50 CM2 Stick on 200mm curved extension | VIRPIL T50 CM2 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Plus/Apache64 Grip | MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals | WW Top Gun MIP | a hand made AHCP | 2x Elgato StreamDeck (Buttons galore)
Ranger79 Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 DCS World Mission Building - Tutorial Video #6: Randomization & Emission Trigger is posted on main page. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
609_Relentov Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Hey Ranger79 - thanks for the videos. I'm fairly proficient with the ME but I've watched a few of them as I figured I might pick up a tip or two, which I have. I just finished your #6 video - I like your twisted sense of humor :). Oh, BTW, you could have also just put one CAP Trigger right between the two hangars and that would have caught them regardless of if they went west or east on the taxi way :). Are you going to add any more videos for some basic Lua scripting? That's something I'm trying to read up on now, but haven't quite wrapped my head around the best way to do things just yet. Thanks again. Relent Edited March 29, 2015 by 609_Relentov
Ranger79 Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 Hey Ranger79 - thanks for the videos. I'm fairly proficient with the ME but I've watched a few of them as I figured I might pick up a tip or two, which I have. I just finished your #6 video - I like your twisted sense of humor :). Oh, BTW, you could have also just put one CAP Trigger right between the two hangars and that would have caught them regardless of if they went west or east on the taxi way :). Are you going to add any more videos for some basic Lua scripting? That's something I'm trying to read up on now, but haven't quite wrapped my head around the best way to do things just yet. Thanks again. Relent Thanks for the kind words. I will look into making some lua scripting videos, but I just do basic lua so I dont have to fix too much between patches. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
bjsracer Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Thanks for these videos Ranger, helped me a lot in trying to figure out exactly how to make missions. Like Cobra said, you're "da man".
astrospud Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 I can't state in more complete terms how awesome these videos are. I have avoided making any attempt to produce missions because I don't have an adequate understanding of the ME interface or mechanics. Many thanks for going to the trouble of producing these. Noobs like myself will learn so much! Cheers. Rectum non bustus
Home Fries Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Thanks for the excellent videos, Ranger79. This should help me out, and hopefully it will help and inspire others to create missions to the standard you set. I just wish I could rep you, but I have to "spread it around." -Home Fries My DCS Files and Skins My DCS TARGET Profile for Cougar or Warthog and MFDs F-14B LANTIRN Guide
mota67 Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Didn't watch them all yet but they look like very helpful ! I suggest that this topic should be a sticky ! Thank you Ranger
Backy 51 Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Nicely done! I don't need no stinkin' GPS! (except for PGMs :D) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Ranger79 Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 I appreciate all the kind words fellas, I got alot more coming, going to make some Tutorial "Quickies" on various topics, first one I did was 5 mins on converting sound files for use in DCS, posted on main page. I hope these are helpful. More to come, off to the zoo with the kiddos, I will talk to my fellow simmers later. Enjoy. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Ranger79 OEF/OIF Veteran YouTube Channel Twitch Channel Mods, Missions, & Tutorials: Operation Piercing Fury Campaign Ranger79's Object Pack ISIS CrisIS Campaign Mission Editing Video Series
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