DCS NTTR 2.0 Missions

[Skynet99]

Hi Maverick, Great mission and thank you for the instruction on mission editing!

How about a mod that has Hawg 1-1 with cooperative wingman Hawg 1-2-3-4. Where I can choose to be any of the slots in the flight? Can the lead take us to the tanker?

Is that possible?

This is very neat stuff as I have waited for this level of sim for 30 years! The Rift is a must and if you guys don't have it...It's almost a must have item. Formation with this thing is SO Realistic!

Thanks!

 

Will

 

 

Have you read the manual?

Before you ask anything else that is as trivial as this, please carefully read the documentation provided by ED:

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/131372/

 

Believe me it is not hard.

 

Title says a-10, but its mostly the same for dcs: world.

Edited December 24, 2015 by Skynet99
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[whiteside]

The editor is by far the most confusing part of this. Maverick, I am at this point just trying to delete all tankers but ARCO. I go to the editor, click on Texaco and select REMOVE. It doesn't seem to accomplish the task of removing it.

You are so good at explaining the use of the editor.

Thanks,

I will work on my editing skills Skynet.

Thanks

Will

[Blooze]

 

Made a simple Strike mission to get to know the NTTR map a bit better. I have not tested it fully yet. feel free to edit.

 

I hosted this mission for about 5 other pilots and a good time was had by all. Thanks very much for sharing it.

[Midnight]

Thanks for testing Blooze, I did update the mission slightly by setting the start time one hour earlier and AI now takes off from the ramp. I must say that I find flying at night in NTTR quite intimidating.

 

Just a note for the Helicopter boys, use CTLD to get a JTAC at your target site as soon as possible to make things a bit easier.

[whiteside]

Spent some time and got er done!

Thanks

WW

[OnlyforDCS]

Any M2000C missions out there for the NTTR? Ill settle for anything at this moment, maybe some slow flying drones, tankers in the air just to get to grips with the radar and the weapon systems...Pretty please with some sugar on top? :)

[Andrei]

Any M2000C missions out there for the NTTR? Ill settle for anything at this moment, maybe some slow flying drones, tankers in the air just to get to grips with the radar and the weapon systems...Pretty please with some sugar on top? :)

 

I wanted to add those to my Sandbox mission, however it seems that I cannot set up a/c as client if I don't have it bought :(

[Skynet99]

I wanted to add those to my Sandbox mission, however it seems that I cannot set up a/c as client if I don't have it bought :(

 

I've bought it. Want me to edit your sandbox?

Just add what you want to and send it over, I'll simply modify the skill to client and send it back.

[mwd2]

The M-2000C is not a core module at the moment, so everyone else will see a Su-27....

[OnlyforDCS]

I wanted to add those to my Sandbox mission, however it seems that I cannot set up a/c as client if I don't have it bought :(

 

Damn, I wish I was more knowledgeable with the editor. Would it be easy for myself to add it as a client without breaking the mission?

[Andrei]

Just add it somewhere in Nellis. It's a sandbox after all, you can do whatever you want. :) In the meanwhile - off to Moscow :)

[Skynet99]

Just add it somewhere in Nellis. It's a sandbox after all, you can do whatever you want. :) In the meanwhile - off to Moscow :)

 

Will do!

[Skynet99]

Damn, I wish I was more knowledgeable with the editor. Would it be easy for myself to add it as a client without breaking the mission?

 

Added 3 Mirages to the sandbox.

1 without weapons, 1 with a2g and a2a equipped, 1 with a2a and a fuel tank.

Sandbox v5 mirage.miz

[LuSi_6]

I updated the Desert Storm Mission for the Mirage.

Even more fun than with the F-15!

 

:joystick:

01 Desert Storm M2000.miz

[OnlyforDCS]

Added 3 Mirages to the sandbox.

1 without weapons, 1 with a2g and a2a equipped, 1 with a2a and a fuel tank.

 

Thank you, this will do nicely! :thumbup:

[jcbak]

Hi Guys

 

Quick question. I have tried a couple of the NTTR mission and I am enjoying them.

 

One thing I have noticed is the lack of a "busy" feeling at Nellis. Nellis AFB is quite possibly the busiest airport, especially during a Red Flag exercises.

 

Is there a NTTR mission that has lots of aircraft displayed in the proper places with lots of flights taking off and landing?

 

I have yet to see a AI flight taxi...they just appear on the runway and take off. Is it possible for AI flights to taxi from their parking spots out to the runway, take off and then taxi back and shut down after landing?

 

Also, is there a way to have any ground vehicles traffic on the tarmac, refueling trucks and stuff like that?

 

If there is a mission with this stuff, please be so kind to point me to it.

 

Thanks agin for all the help guys. :thumbup:

 

By the way... Happy New Year Guys!!

Keep in mind the performance hit at Nellis with too many static aircraft and AI traffic. You can't get crazy with it.

[Skynet99]

Thanks jcbak,

 

But I'm not worried about a performance hit. I have a Monster Machine that shreds DCS now. With everything maxed out and at 1080P, I am well over 100 FPS.

 

Does anyone know of a "Super Busy" NTTR Mission with lots of ground and air traffic?

 

Thanks again guys!! :thumbup:

 

Look for the sandbox mission.

Andrei made it, I added mirages.

 

 

Also:

Your rig has nothing to do with the 2.0 being alpha and lagging/bugging/stuttering when a lot of aircrafts are on the ground.

[Justificus]

...If there is a mission with this stuff, please be so kind to point me to it...

 

Stang, this may not be what you're looking for but I figure I'll post this any way. Normally I don't share what few little missions I create. Why? In a nutshell, it's because I basically suck as mission creation, design and implementation. :P Seriously, compared to what I see most people release I'm too embarrassed to show what I make... But what the heck, it's a new year and all. ;)

 

I've just typed this up for people to explain about it. It actually all started with jcbak's original template for Nellis that I picked up and ran with.

 

Mission Description:

 

This is sort of a multi-module sandbox type of mission based on a airfield template I was working on that originally started with jcbak’s Nellis Template. This is mostly for the Blue side, though I have included some Russian planes, too. You can take off and just fly around doing tours of the area and when in the mood activate various air and ground forces to engage. I changed how my tweaked template works by setting up a couple of triggers to activate Creech and Groom Lake’s small amount of ground/air traffic once you fly within their zones to help out with FPS.

 

I've included most of the modules I have, limiting them to mostly modern planes, and have made very basic targets for them. Utilizing MIST, CTLD, Automan and Tanker Respawn Script/lua scripts you are able to issue radio commands (via the F-10 Other Menu) before taking off or while in flight to activate what targets you would like to engage. This is mostly for training and practicing, not interesting complex missions. Still fun, imho.

 

There is a little something for everyone, including those lovely helos where you can pick up and drop off troops and engage enemy troops trying to take over the Hoover dam. I've added a forward FARP for the helos so they don't have to fly all the way back to Nellis (check map for location) to rearm or get more troops.

 

You can land and rearm as often as you like. Nellis has enough traffic to last quite awhile to help with immersion. There is also a couple of tankers and one will continually respawn if its fuel gets low or its’ health.

 

Originally, I had all the planes setup under my own handle Justificus but changed them to being named "Avatar's"___ instead of just "Player's"___ so feel free to change them to your own handle/nickname if you’d like.

 

This mission has no limitations, feel free to do to it whatever you wish. If you have any suggestions you think might add to the enjoyment of this mission please share! I hope you enjoy it and get some use out of it.

 

I've also attached a zip file with the necessary LUA files to make it all work as designed. Good luck.

 

EDIT: I realized, as I was tweaking the mission and adding some things, that nobody else would know where some of the targets (mostly the ground ones) would spawn once activated unless you memorized the mission in the editor. Therefore, I edited their names to give hints of the areas they are located, e.g., BC= Boulder City area, Hoover= Hoover Dam, Mesq.=Mesquite, etc. so that you'll have an idea when you see them in the F10 Comms menu. This version also has the Mig-29G added as flyable and a few more static ground targets in addition to the name editing. Hey, I warned you I suck at this! :)

Multi-Module Needed LUAs.zip

Multi-Module Nellis Practice 1.01.miz

Edited January 2, 2016 by Justificus
To Update Mission

[Justificus]

...In the original Sandbox Mission, it "appeared" as if I was alone on base. No other populated aircraft, other than the ones I could call once airborne. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong though.

 

I haven't checked out Andrei's mission yet so I have no idea if he included any random airport traffic or not. I just threw this mission together in order to do what I wanted/needed to do, i.e., check out the Nevada map and practice with my various modules, especially my new toy the Mirage 2000, while having an environment that seems relatively alive. I've done something similar with the Caucasus map but with less triggers and scripts, will go back and revisit my main training mission to clean it up a bit and incorporate some new scripts and triggers with what I've learned playing with the NTTR map.

 

EDIT: Just a heads up that I updated my mission to give the menu names hints of where the ground targets will spawn once activated in addition to some tweaks/minor additions.

Edited January 3, 2016 by Justificus

[Skynet99]

Stang, this may not be what you're looking for but I figure I'll post this any way...-

 

 

Where do I put the lua files? next to the mission? Same folder?

[Justificus]

Where do I put the lua files? next to the mission? Same folder?

 

You can store the LUA files any where you want on your HD. I made a folder for all the working 1.52/2.0 LUA files that I use so I know where they are and had a different one for the older 1.2 version we used to have. I included them because I read some time ago that with the updates that we've gotten the LUA files aren't automatically included in/attached to the mission file like they used to be. I don't know if this is actually the case or not but decided to play it safe and include them. If the mission doesn't work as intended, then the only way I know to make it work (due to the LUAs not being included in the mission file) is to re-add the LUA files to the mission via the mission editor.

 

If you don't know how to do that, here's a brief description on how to:

 

Start the Mission Editor (obviously it has to be DCS 2.0 and Nevada map), open up the mission file in question (Multi-Module Nellis Practice 1.01.miz in this case) and click on the "Set Rules For Triggers" button, its the 6th one down from the top on the left side. This will open all the triggers I have created for this mission. The first three are the ones you want to reload the scripts for. they are Mist, Automan, and CTLD scripts. Click on the first one and then click on the column on the far right under Actions. Click on the Do Script File entry:

 

Open up the location of the LUA script you're re-adding and do the same for the next two entries and you're all set. Save the mission file and then fly away! I hope that all makes sense to you. Apologies if you already know all this. If you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask.

[Skynet99]

You can store the

 

Thank you very much!

I'm a beginner at making maps myself, appreciate the tutorial!

Will take a look at them.

Btw I placed the luas next to the misssionfile in zsers on my main drive, and it works!

I only tried the first rdio option with the two mig 29a's.

Will try the rest and provide feedback if anything is broken.

Gl hf!

Edited January 14, 2016 by Skynet99
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[Justificus]

Thank you very much!

I'm a beginner at making maps myself, appresciate the tutorial!

 

You're welcome! I have found this forum/community to be very helpful. I'm struggling to learn the ME and LUAs and all the rest and this group has put up with my dumb questions and has always helped out. The least I can do is try to do the same when I actually know something someone else doesn't. Doesn't happen often though. lol

 

Will take a look at them.

Btw I placed the luas next to the misssionfile in zsers on my main drive, and it works!

 

Excellent! It appears that I didn't need to include them after all.

 

I only tried the first rdio option with the two mig 29a's.

Will try the rest and provide feedback if anything is broken.

Gl hf!

 

Great, thanks.:thumbup:

[Skynet99]

You're welcome! I have found this forum/community to be very helpful. I'm struggling to learn the ME and LUAs and all the rest and this group has put up with my dumb questions and has always helped out. The least I can do is try to do the same when I actually know something someone else doesn't. Doesn't happen often though. lol

 

 

 

Excellent! It appears that I didn't need to include them after all.

 

 

 

Great, thanks.:thumbup:

 

Here is me getting busy on the map. :)

Very well done!

 

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[Justificus]

Here is me getting busy on the map. :)

Very well done!

 

Thanks!

 

Looks like you had some fun there in that video.