Sabre-TLA Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 What Makes a Good Mission? To help us come up with THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF MISSION DESIGN we posed this question on the ED Forums here. Many talented and experienced mission designers replied with their thoughts, opinions and recommendations. This document summarizes their responses. Many thanks to the following who contributed to this work: Home Fries , mwd2 ,Grimes , Pikey , Trailer , DarkCrow , Blooze , SiThSpAwN , Belgeode , ENO , MadDog-IC , snowsniper , Wrecking Crew , redterror , Exorcet , vicx , DarkFire , piXel496 , baltic_dragon , SDsc0rch , Andrew Chunis , svenvandevelde , WildBillKelsoe , Dutchy93 , Sabre-TLA Please review and provide feedback. Once the review is completed I'll post to ED's User Files section.10 Commandments of Mission Design.pdf MapleFlagMissions - Read Our Blog for Updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTJS17_Fire Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'm missing point three a lot on the most public servers. :( (for example: A todays mission without AWACS/ GCI?/ F-15C vs. F-15C?) Thanks for the summery, though. I can cross check it with my latest mission. But I also wonder: The most missions out there seems to be designed very balanced between red and blue. Balancing isn't on the list (and shouldn't be IMO), so is it a major point by the player - not mission designers? Kind regards, Fire Hardware: Intel i5 4670K | Zalman NPS9900MAX | GeIL 16GB @1333MHz | Asrock Z97 Pro4 | Sapphire Radeon R9 380X Nitro | Samsung SSDs 840 series 120GB & 250 GB | Samsung HD204UI 2TB | be quiet! Pure Power 530W | Aerocool RS-9 Devil Red | Samsung SyncMaster SA350 24" + ASUS VE198S 19" | Saitek X52 | TrackIR 5 | Thrustmaster MFD Cougar | Speedlink Darksky LED | Razor Diamondback | Razor X-Mat Control | SoundBlaster Tactic 3D Rage ### Software: Windows 10 Pro 64Bit [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSFIan Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 IMO point three should be qualified by "WHEN APPROPRIATE". Yes, a realistic and authentic mission can be more immersive, which is a good thing. But most people don't want a multi-hour long ingress flight. Otherwise, full ack on all points. DCS-BIOS | How to export CMSP, RWR, etc. through MonitorSetup.lua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 where are the other 5 commandments? :D reminds me of mel brooks: Moses - The lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen... (drops stone tablet) Oy. Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey! joke aside, good idea, sometimes it's only hard to accomplish if you try to create missions for only 3-4 pilots that have 2-3 diffrent airframes they want to fly ;) regards, RR [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "There's nothing to be gained by second guessing yourself. You can't remake the past, so look ahead... or risk being left behind." Noli Timere Messorem "No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always been there first, and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I'm missing point three a lot on the most public servers. :( Kinda sums it up nicely. jl0hMfqNQ-g The right man in the wrong place makes all the difference in the world. Current Projects: Scripting Wiki, Something... Useful Links: Mission Scripting Tools MIST-(GitHub) MIST-(Thread), SLMOD, IADScript, Mission Editing Wiki!, Mission Building Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgeode Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Grimes is on point there. Thy commandments are very succinct and straightforward. Well executed Sabre! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooom Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 thy mission shall give credit where credit due. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Thats all OK but by far more easy to do in SP missions than in MP missions, especially on 24/7 Servers. "Blyat Naaaaa" - Izlom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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