ShuRugal Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Well, I just had my best run-through of The Other Side in the Deployment campaign. This is a mission with which I have a long and arduous history (as some of you may remember, several of my first threads were rages about this mission). Well, I still like to play through the campaign periodically, and I use this mission as my personal landmark for how I've progressed as a pilot. In this iteration, I accomplished a number of tasks with which I have had difficulty in the past; to whit: Succesfully navigate mountains near flight ceiling for current loadout Pick a path and formation that ensures all wingmen arrive at the target aera (didn't scrape AI off on the walls) Arrive on station and assess the threat from a safe distance (may not count, considering i've done this mission a few times...) Designate desired targets and task wingmen appropriately survive A2A engagement against Hind ensure wingmes survive A2A engagement prosecute all targets with no losses in the formation RTB with sufficient fuel to land and shutdown execute smooth hover-landing and hover-taxi to parking area Additionally, I was able to use my S-8s to snipe a group of BMPs from outside the range of their cannons (though I almost did not survive their buddy). On an amusing note, I got to watch my retarded AI wingmen (2 of them!) refuse to land, circle at the airfield until running out of fuel, and then autorotate hard enough to remove fillings. Overall, this is far and away the best overall performance, wheels up to rotors stopped, which I have had in this mission. There are a couple amusing goofs (such as getting stuck knife edged in a spiral descent when my yaw mechanism decided I wasn't loading it enough to know which way it wanted to turn...), but I recovered from everything safely, acomplished my mission, and brought my flight home. feels good. (Tacview attached, video highlights to follow. Track may be available, if i can remember that trick to recover one you forgot to save before flying any other mission.)The Other side.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushmanni Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Good job. I still remember how good it felt after successfully completing this mission and landing back to base. This is the mission that really makes you grow as a chopper pilot as it requires you to properly plan your cruise and the attack itself so you don't waste precious fuel too much so you can get back home after completing the objectives. It seems like choppers still eat Vikhrs like they missed breakfast without much effect on their flying ability. Fortunately the AIs cannon finished them off without hassle. DCS Finland: Suomalainen DCS yhteisö -- Finnish DCS community -------------------------------------------------- SF Squadron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShuRugal Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 (edited) Rocket shots: AI sucking at life: Landing: Edited June 1, 2016 by ShuRugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Videos won't play for me.. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commodore 64 | MOS6510 | VIC-II | SID6581 | DD 1541 | KCS Power Cartridge | 64Kb | 32Kb external | Arcade Turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegOhm_SD Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Videos won't play for me.. Yup...no joy Cooler Master HAF XB EVO , ASUS P8Z77-V, i7-3770K @ 4.6GHz, Noctua AC, 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro, EVGA 1080TI 11GB, 2 Samsung 840 Pro 540GB SSDs Raid 0, 1TB HDD, EVGA SuperNOVA 1300W PS, G930 Wireless SS Headset, TrackIR5/Wireless Proclip, TM Warthog, Saitek Pro Combat Pedals, 75" Samsung 4K QLED, HP Reverb G2, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1tp2king Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 hi. to complete the mission do you have to land back at the base ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShuRugal Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 videos should work now. Mission will register as "complete" for scoring purposes when the last target at the strike zone is killed. RTB is only required if you wish to be realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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