Night attack mission - thoughts please

[emko]

Hi,

 

yesterday I created a mission where a flight of 2 F-5s has to attack an insurgent camp in a tight valley as a midnight surprise.

 

Since this is a very first mission I made public, could I ask for some thoughts, feedback, ideas and criticism, please?

 

This is a night attack during a "not the brightest night" and F-5 has neither INS/GPS or NVG, I put there "a ground controller with radar". He/She would vector you to initial points/target/base/alternate airport and will relay your request for a light bomb over target to ease the attack. Hope that scenario like this is at least a bit real :pilotfly:.

 

Download link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2077059/

Edited September 15, 2016 by emko
added download link, removed attached

[clanitho]

Thank's :thumbup:

[dooom]

cool ! Congrats on dipping your feet into the ME! I'll look forward to giving this a shot.

[blacknight3022]

Gave it a shot and loved it! It's nice and short. Less than 30 minutes, but still requires good coordination and planning. I don't do much IFR, and it felt rewarding to get right on target first try, and get out of there. I did realize I need to work on my IFR landings though!

 

Only thing I changed was the loadouts. I changed the rockets for two larger pods and two Mk83's. Didn't even use the rockets. If I did the mission again I'd drop all the rockets and just go with the Mk 83s.

 

Fun stuff! Now make some more!

[emko]

I'm glad you've enjoyed it :-) . Yeah, IFR in this aircraft is not easy and frankly, flying IFR in this aircraft in civilian airspace would be illegal. The Cessnas based at local municipal airport are better equipped than this...

 

I'm already working on another mission but beginnings are hard and for me, making even a simple mission at a quality level I can make public is matter of days. I'm constrained by time and hell, I underestimated the Lua scripting. Like the script where the ground controller gives you vectors to various points ... although the function itself is couple of simple DCS API calls and basic trigonometry (in plain C/Java/C#... it would matter of 1 hour including coffee and cigarette breaks), in this case it took me whole evening until I dug everything from documentation and tested it...

 

I'm planning to do whole campaign but I'd like to learn on single missions. Therefore I'm asking for feedback and criticism - the more the better ;-)

Edited September 14, 2016 by emko

[Kzertus]

Hi !

I really like that F5, just a bit sad that there are no mission available currently. This is why I was so happy to find that mission.

 

First I had a bit of a problem trying to find the battery switch in the dark... I had to use the keyboard shortcut, but after that everything was cool.

 

I didn't read the whole briefing before therefor I didn't know how to contact the ground controller. And without him, this is absolutely impossible to find the target.

By the way for some reason, when I'm in the sky, I cannot access the radio communications, but this is not only in your mission... I might do something wrong.

 

Anyways, many thanks for this mission and your work, I will go try it again ! I really like the concept, it reminds me of my old Buck Danny comic strips ! :)

[emko]

Yes, it's a bit sad that there is very little single player content for F-5, but the module is unfinished anyway - I assume more is coming with the final version. And I've heard that somebody is developing a campaign as a paid add-on (will not be included in F-5 package).

 

I currently know about only one another mission - https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2033062/ which puts you into a role of self-escorting strike fighter. It puts more emphasis on action, the mine is more about planning, precision and technique.

 

In this particular aircraft you can use the flashlight key shortcut. Simulates a pilot having a torch and pointing it where your mouse cursor points (in the "crosshair mode" - the mode where you can switch buttons). Night starts will be easy :) .

 

You can contact the ground controller via the communications menu under the F10 option. You don't have to be on a particular frequency. Finding a target without him is not impossible - it should be visible on the F10 map (beware that other threats are not there; only the target - you'd have an intel data about it anyway...). However the ground controller can give you vector not only to the target but to various other points mentioned in the briefing. He can also arrange dropping a light bomb over the target for you so you can see it like it's a bright daylight. If you can't access the comm menu, check whether you have radios turned on (the F-5 has only one comm radio) or try pressing the "nose wheel steering" button during flight, it should bring the comm menu. This is even a real world idiosyncrasy that the button has also a communication function during the flight.

 

And BTW sequel to this mission should be coming next week ;)

Edited September 16, 2016 by emko