Creating a simple dog-fight mission

[erjdriver]

I'm trying to create a mission where i take off meet up with enemy aircraft.

 

But the problem is that the enemy aircraft seems to be bypassing me and landing at the airport I took off from.

 

What do I need to do to engage?

[cromhunt]

Blue versus red or red versus blue:)

you need to choose your side and a different side to your enemy.

[erjdriver]

Blue versus red or red versus blue:)

you need to choose your side and a different side to your enemy.

 

i just chose different countries - that doesn't do it.

 

How do i choose the color.

[erjdriver]

I was playing the Dora. I set one side to Germany and the other US - who knew they were allies.

 

I changed US to Belarus and now all good - they're enemies.

 

DCS you so funny!

[Yurgon]

I'd have thought the coloring of the aircraft and their waypoints were a dead giveaway regarding their allegiance. ;)

 

Anyway, I guess the default coalition that countries belong to reflects the modern world, and is not changed based on aircraft epoch.

 

If you want to set specific countries to a specific coalition (or take them out of the mission entirely), hit the "New mission" menu item in the ME, that'll show a country <-> coalition screen in which you could set Germany and US as opposing forces.

 

Note that in order to change countries at a later stage, you'd have to open the mission archive and edit a file in it with a text editor like Notepad++, but this is a bit complex and error prone and only really makes sense if you've already invested a lot of prior work in the mission.