DCE Campaigns

[sublime]

nvm i got it

[Miguel21]

On 6/26/2021 at 5:36 PM, sublime said:

Miguel :. Again I'm spawning in forward part of carrier.  Facing the bow in front of the tower 

And so, in spawnan at the front of the CVN, the catapult does not work?

Post your mission here

(if you have overwritten your mission, the old one is in the Debriefing folder)

[sublime]

1 hour ago, Miguel21 said:

And so, in spawnan at the front of the CVN, the catapult does not work?

Post your mission here

(if you have overwritten your mission, the old one is in the Debriefing folder)

I actually got it to work my friend thank you.  It was operator error on my part. ( I forgot about f8-ground crew- request launch) However now I have your attention can I please direct it to something I am reasonably sure is a problem?  I have the misson file still - basically the problem is the flight deck is crowded and my wingman in two missions now crashes his nose into another f14. 

I need to check also - there's no radio options for the Roosevelt on my radio.  It's tuned right. However that hasn't been a problem - then again the enemy got me both missions I flew

still I got it working overall thankyou

[hlfritz]

@PB0_CEF Thanks for the pointers.  To add aiframes/squadrons, do I need to open the mission (either the first mission or the ongoing mission) files in the ME to add them?  or only in the OOB_init.lua and db_loadouts.lua?

 

as an aside, is there an easy reference to objects in the game?  airbases, squadrons/liveries, nations?  far easier to look them up in a file list or database than opening the mission editor.

 

Thx!  I will share this effort once completed if anyone is interested.

[PB0_CEF]

2 hours ago, hlfritz said:

@PB0_CEF Thanks for the pointers.  To add aiframes/squadrons, do I need to open the mission (either the first mission or the ongoing mission) files in the ME to add them?  or only in the OOB_init.lua and db_loadouts.lua?

 

as an aside, is there an easy reference to objects in the game?  airbases, squadrons/liveries, nations?  far easier to look them up in a file list or database than opening the mission editor.

 

Thx!  I will share this effort once completed if anyone is interested.

Well it's not a good idea to edit the mission in Me in fact. The best is to add squadrons with new planes (and loadouts) and then generate a new campaign with DCE MANAGER

You can look in others DCE campaigns to find other aircraft loadouts and squadrons : F-15C Eagle for example is available in Caucasus campaigns so you can Cut/Paste loadouts and squadrons names

If you have problems : tell me I will look at it

 

[hlfritz]

@PB0_CEFThanks!  I like that I do not need to open ME, I can then work on my laptop as it is very slow with ME.  Thx for the hint, I will search otherwise for that list and if available ill post back.  For expediency I will check other campaigns.

 

In general, are users able to select their own liveries though the rearm window?

Edited June 28, 2021 by hlfritz

[Miguel21]

18 hours ago, sublime said:

I have the misson file still - basically the problem is the flight deck is crowded and my wingman in two missions now crashes his nose into another f14. 

 

What type of mission did you select during generation?

Quote

S (S)ingleplayer
D Singleplayer with (D)edicated Server
DF Singleplayer with (D)edicated Server, (F)ull plane on Deck

 

And can you post the mission where the problem appears?

[sublime]

1 hour ago, Miguel21 said:

 

What type of mission did you select during generation?

 

And can you post the mission where the problem appears?

I will post it in the next couple of hours when my son is off my comp

it was S (single player)

escort for a strike on a ELINT facility

[sublime]

do you have somewhere i can send it? its 6 mb wont post here

[71st_AH Rob]

BUG REPORT - DCE Manager 3.9.16

 

When trying to update the Manager on my gaming computer I get an error dialog that there was an error updating the manger and to check the log.  I also get the message in the update status that there is no update available.  Checking the log I see the following entry:

 

2021-06-28 2:10:49 PM Download upgrade.txt

2021-06-28 2:10:49 PM 00 found upgrade.txt in  F:\Documents\DCE_Managerupgrade.txt
2021-06-28 2:10:49 PM FileServer 3.9.17
2021-06-28 2:10:49 PM FileLocal 3.9.16
2021-06-28 2:10:50 PM  Failed server: https://bit.ly/3au28Lq
Or local: C:\Users\Rob\Downloads\
   at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, String fileName)
   at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(String address, String fileName)
   at WindowsFormsDCE.Form1.button_UpdateManager_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
No update of DCE_Manager required

 

On my dedicated server, DCE Manager updated correctly.  On both computers I have them installed in the same place on the C Drive, I run both as Administrator by default.  The only difference that I can see is the location of upgrade.txt. My Documents folder on my gaming PC which has the issue is:

 

F:\Documents\DCE_Managerupgrade.txt

vs.

C:\Users\Rob\Documents\DCE_Managerupgrade.txt on the Dedicated Server.

 

My default browser on my gaming PC is Firefox and on my Server is Chrome which may also be a factor.

 

Solution

 

I tried to download DCE Manager from the User Files link in the first post, however, it is only 3.9.16.  I solved the problem by downloading Iran - Irak war Hind since I knew it was the most recent and would have DCE Manager 3.9.17.  The problem is now solved for my this time, however, others may have difficulty updating from 3.9.16 which may make troubleshooting more difficult when problems arise with campaigns.  It should be noted that the failed server address is correct and if entered manually in my web browser will download the correct file.

Edited June 28, 2021 by 71st_AH Rob

[Miguel21]

20 hours ago, sublime said:

do you have somewhere i can send it? its 6 mb wont post here

https://wetransfer.com/

[Miguel21]

17 hours ago, 71st_AH Rob said:

On my dedicated server, DCE Manager updated correctly.  On both computers I have them installed in the same place on the C Drive, I run both as Administrator by default.  The only difference that I can see is the location of upgrade.txt. My Documents folder on my gaming PC which has the issue is:

Thank you AH Rob for this accurate account.

It allowed me to find a bug, but not sure if it's the one that bothered you.

Did you test with another server?

 

And for your information, I placed in my signature, the direct link to download DCE_Manager.exe

 

Sincerely.

[71st_AH Rob]

2 hours ago, Miguel21 said:

Thank you AH Rob for this accurate account.

It allowed me to find a bug, but not sure if it's the one that bothered you.

Did you test with another server?

 

And for your information, I placed in my signature, the direct link to download DCE_Manager.exe

 

Sincerely.

Thank you, I did try all three servers, I believe the bug is in the DCE Manager v.3.9.16 as both used Server n°2 and it is likely related to the use of Firefox as the default browser.

 

Thank you for your excellent work and dedication in creating DCE Manager

 

Cheers

[rollnloop]

On 6/22/2021 at 11:32 PM, ameriveaux said:

3.  the Su25 campaign would be excellent if there was sufficient tasking of CAP , INTERCEPT and ESCORT from the Mig19/21 squadrons . This campaign suffers from the same as when it was the "Frogfoot in Afghanistan" campaign (Nevada ) Su25 flights are assigned with no escorts and promptly get shot down from enemy flights. I noticed that the Mig21s that do spawn either circle around the airbase or escort other SU25 flights going to other mission areas leaving the player a nice fat duck to shoot down. Allied SAMS did not appear to fire near FLOT (front line of troops)  ( im on mission 4 now, will keep testing ) 

 

 

Dare I ask if said SU-25 campaign is one I was involved in ?

 

If yes, when playing it I use EWR info to decide if/when to press or to retreat. When retreating I stay at treetop level (sometimes lower) and try to bring the opposition into my SAM bubble, while begging for CAP support via radio. It works pretty often, since flight distances are pretty short. I also successfuly engaged F-5/4s in self defense with R-60, and it can work too !

[PB0_CEF]

TF Fishbed 80s is back ! Compatibility for 2.7 and NG scriptmod. Older missiles for US Navy to give better chances to survive

 

[PB0_CEF]

On 6/28/2021 at 8:47 AM, hlfritz said:

In general, are users able to select their own liveries though the rearm window?

 

Yes at the beginning of a mission you can always change weapons and liveries while you are on the base or CVN ...

[ameriveaux]

Getting the following for TF-80's Fishbed

 

Number of plane Before Prune: 37 PlaneStatic: 99 Nb Helic: 3 HeliStatic 0
Pruned 389, kept 430
Number of plane After Prune: 37 PlaneStatic: 0 Nb Helic: 3 HeliStatic 0
D:\Games II\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\luae.exe: ../../../ScriptsMod.NG/MAIN_NextMission.lua:414: fopen: Can't open file Images/TF-71.png
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'zipAddFile'
        ../../../ScriptsMod.NG/MAIN_NextMission.lua:414: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'dofile'
        ..\..\..\ScriptsMod.NG\BAT_SkipMission.lua:379: in main chunk
        [C]: ?
 

[PB0_CEF]

59 minutes ago, ameriveaux said:

Getting the following for TF-80's Fishbed

 

Number of plane Before Prune: 37 PlaneStatic: 99 Nb Helic: 3 HeliStatic 0
Pruned 389, kept 430
Number of plane After Prune: 37 PlaneStatic: 0 Nb Helic: 3 HeliStatic 0
D:\Games II\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\luae.exe: ../../../ScriptsMod.NG/MAIN_NextMission.lua:414: fopen: Can't open file Images/TF-71.png
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'zipAddFile'
        ../../../ScriptsMod.NG/MAIN_NextMission.lua:414: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'dofile'
        ..\..\..\ScriptsMod.NG\BAT_SkipMission.lua:379: in main chunk
        [C]: ?
 

My bad

My bad I deleted a file accidentaly. New campaign version uploaded or simply put TF-71.png file in Init/Images folder sorry

 

Edited July 6, 2021 by PB0_CEF

[ameriveaux]

Got it fixed, changed the PNG file and placed in /Images and everything is good to go. Thanks again for the quick fix.

On 6/29/2021 at 2:02 PM, rollnloop said:

Dare I ask if said SU-25 campaign is one I was involved in ?

 

If yes, when playing it I use EWR info to decide if/when to press or to retreat. When retreating I stay at treetop level (sometimes lower) and try to bring the opposition into my SAM bubble, while begging for CAP support via radio. It works pretty often, since flight distances are pretty short. I also successfuly engaged F-5/4s in self defense with R-60, and it can work too !

 

 

Yeah Hot war in the Cold series. The concept is great and the SU-25 is a good plane, though the SU-25T would of been a bit easier with the excellent targets you have placed, but very well hidden and protected especially with no JTAC.  I will try this out to bait planes over and such. I will give the campaign more runs to see any other odd behavior. 

[ameriveaux]

PB0_CEF

 

In the DCS manager I have this list of campaigns listed for the push-update feature.  Am I missing any of them>? Or is this the list of currently supported campaigns?

 

[Miguel21]

11 hours ago, ameriveaux said:

PB0_CEF

 

In the DCS manager I have this list of campaigns listed for the push-update feature.  Am I missing any of them>? Or is this the list of currently supported campaigns?

 

list only the campaign need update

[bonfor]

Sorry about the prob dumb question, but I've done enough trawling. 

I've just updated to 2.7 stable. Do I need to use dce manager now? What does NG stand for? And the only campaigns updated to 2.7 are Cef's in the 1st page, right? 

Thanks! 

[rollnloop]

yes, new generation (I guess) , yes.

[bonfor]

I have a problem with the Falcon over caucasus (v5.1) campaign. I can play the 1st mission and generate the 2nd one, but upon starting it DCS gets stuck on the splashscreen that says "loading".

Repeated twice, same issue. I am using DCS 2.7.2 (stable)

 

Opening the mission (attached) in ME and trying to fly it also results in the same issue

 

The latest DCS log entries are below.

Can anyone provide any advice?

Meteo:
Good flying weather due to influence of a high pressure system in theater of operations, expected to remain in effect for next 21 hours.

METAR 060805 10006KT CAVOK NSW SKC Q1033=
2021-07-10 22:01:21.181 DEBUG   LuaGUI: ERROR Not Key in dictionary:    
2021-07-10 22:01:21.181 DEBUG   LuaGUI: ERROR Not Key in dictionary:    Falcon over Caucasus - 2
2021-07-10 22:01:21.582 ERROR   EDCORE: Can't open file 'C:\Users\marco\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\Mission/l10n/DEFAULT/' from fs.
2021-07-10 22:01:21.582 DEBUG   LuaGUI: GUI Error: [string "./Scripts/dictionary.lua"]:645: fopen: Can't open file C:\Users\marco\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\Mission/l10n/DEFAULT/
GUI debug.traceback: stack traceback:
    [C]: ?
    [C]: in function 'zipAddFile'
    [string "./Scripts/dictionary.lua"]:645: in function 'packMissionResources'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:7031: in function 'packMissionResources'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3954: in function 'save'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3873: in function <[string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3856>
    (tail call): ?
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:6992: in function 'play'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_autobriefing.lua"]:233: in function 'func'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_wait_screen.lua"]:101: in function 'updater'
    [string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:64: in function <[string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:40>
stack traceback:
    [C]: ?
    [C]: in function 'zipAddFile'
    [string "./Scripts/dictionary.lua"]:645: in function 'packMissionResources'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:7031: in function 'packMissionResources'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3954: in function 'save'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3873: in function <[string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3856>
    (tail call): ?
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:6992: in function 'play'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_autobriefing.lua"]:233: in function 'func'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_wait_screen.lua"]:101: in function 'updater'
    [string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:64: in function <[string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:40>
2021-07-10 22:01:21.582 ALERT   LUACOMMON: Error: GUI Error: [string "./Scripts/dictionary.lua"]:645: fopen: Can't open file C:\Users\marco\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\Mission/l10n/DEFAULT/
GUI debug.traceback: stack traceback:
    [C]: ?
    [C]: in function 'zipAddFile'
    [string "./Scripts/dictionary.lua"]:645: in function 'packMissionResources'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:7031: in function 'packMissionResources'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3954: in function 'save'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3873: in function <[string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:3856>
    (tail call): ?
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:6992: in function 'play'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_autobriefing.lua"]:233: in function 'func'
    [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_wait_screen.lua"]:101: in function 'updater'
    [string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:64: in function <[string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:40>

 

Falcon over Caucasus_ongoing.miz

[Miguel21]

20 hours ago, bonfor said:

I have a problem with the Falcon over caucasus (v5.1) campaign. I can play the 1st mission and generate the 2nd one, but upon starting it DCS gets stuck on the splashscreen that says "loading".

Repeated twice, same issue. I am using DCS 2.7.2 (stable)

what is the version of your scriptsmod

If it is not the 20.47.112 version, do an update and start again.

Your problem comes from a lack of image of the target 106 SA-11 Site C-6.
The patch, normally avoids to list a missing image.