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Hello everybody,

Recently started using dcs and loving it!

Have been flying in fsx and xplane for years but wanted to try something more exciting and new.

My question is: how to you guys pick a takeoff airport. Does that mean creating a simple mission or can I choose it another way. Im stuck in free flight and want something else but not jump in some sort of battle. Just practice the Huey!

Thanks.

Jozeff

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Create yourself a dummy mission you can use, I have one set up for just playing around and experimenting with things. Remember you'll need a ground unit in place to be able to use ground power and talk to your crew! Enjoy!

 

The mission editor is pretty easy to get along with and mostly self explanatory, but there are many really good guides from basic to advanced littering YouTube. Should only take you a few minutes to pick up the basics needed to add an aircraft to the base of your choice.

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... My question is: how to you guys pick a takeoff airport. Does that mean creating a simple mission or can I choose it another way.

 

 

Yes ... the only way to choose your initial airbase is to use the mission editor and either modify an existing mission to suit your taste ... or just build one from scratch.

 

 

I cant emphsize enough the pleasure that you can get from making up your own missions ... when I first came to DCS I was just like you, just using the canned missions ...

 

 

... the Misssion Editor has a quite unfriendly user interface, but if you take your time learning to use it, and starting with creating simple missions at first, I can promise that it will grow on you :)

 

 

Its really nice to get to choose the time of day, the airport, the route, the weather .. that you want to have on your flight.

 

 

To get you started, may I suggest the tutorials made by Banjo:

 

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Remember you'll need a ground unit in place to be able to use ground power and talk to your crew!

No need for ground unit, but the airfield has to be in the same coalition, which can be set in mission editor.

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No need for ground unit, but the airfield has to be in the same coalition, which can be set in mission editor.

 

...done by just left-clicking on the airport and choosing "blue" or "red" from the airport properties menu popping up on the right.

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Jozeff, if you came from fsx, try to find radnav charts of Rostov and Tbilisi FIRs, make a simple mission with a ramp start in a/p you like and fly anywhere usng ndbs and other nav tools avalable in DCS. I think you'll get a fun :)

 

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