[MOOSE] RAT - Random Air Traffic

[Rudel_chw]

12 minutes ago, BluePhantom said:

Can anyone please confirm that this still works in 2.9?

yes, it still does.

[BluePhantom]

12 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

yes, it still does.

Okay, thank you. I'm having trouble to get it to do anything. At least I can rule this out as the cause.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

does RAT work for current DCS iteration?

I checked Discord and new features showed, like RATManager, but can´t make anything useful after testing a couple of hours.

the airbase name syntax remains the same?

[Rudel_chw]

4 hours ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

does RAT work for current DCS iteration?

no, it seems the last update broke RAT, but I have not done much testing yet.

[buur]

vor 6 Stunden schrieb Ala12Rv-Tundra:

does RAT work for current DCS iteration?

I checked Discord and new features showed, like RATManager, but can´t make anything useful after testing a couple of hours.

the airbase name syntax remains the same?

checked one of the demo missions and it works like intended. You find the demo missions here: https://github.com/FlightControl-Master/MOOSE_MISSIONS/tree/master/Functional/RAT

Have you any errors in your log?

For help with Moose best is to ask direct on the discord.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

1 minute ago, buur said:

checked one of the demo missions and it works like intended. You find the demo missions here: https://github.com/FlightControl-Master/MOOSE_MISSIONS/tree/master/Functional/RAT

Have you any errors in your log?

For help with Moose best is to ask direct on the discord.

Just downloaded last version of Moose.lua, apparently RAT working with no issues here.

[Rudel_chw]

24 minutes ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

Just downloaded last version of Moose.lua, apparently RAT working with no issues here.

 

Yes correct, RAT wasn't working for me because of a trigger error on my part  

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

1 minute ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

Yes correct, RAT wasn't working for me because of a trigger error on my part  

I have to use "ONCE" triggers. Have you checked "MISSION START" triggers?

[Rudel_chw]

1 minute ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

I have to use "ONCE" triggers. Have you checked "MISSION START" triggers?

 

Since I use RAT mostly for background immersion, I don't need to start it right away so I don't load Moose at Mission Start. Instead I wait say 5 seconds to load Moose, and then wait 3 more seconds before running the RAT configuration script, like on this example on a mission that I'm currently editing:

 

 

 

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Very clever, as usual.

[Rick Mave]

Has anyone set up a RAT file for CW Germany yet?
I am hesitant to commit any more time to working on bits and bobs here ^^
Would be very thankful for any help with that.

[Scal]

Has anyone been successful using the RAT F10 menu ?
I'm using this lua instruction : RAT.f10menu=true
But no menu appears in the mission...

In fact I need to destroy some RAT airplanes who are blocking the deck of the carrier.
I have not been able to do so in lua, and I saw that the RAT F10 menu permits to create and destroy RATs

 

Edited July 8 by Scal

[Rhayvn]

On 6/1/2025 at 8:09 AM, Rick Mave said:

Has anyone set up a RAT file for CW Germany yet?
I am hesitant to commit any more time to working on bits and bobs here ^^
Would be very thankful for any help with that.

I have tried but it has some very odd behavior. 

Helicopters will not start on the helipads in the helicopter only bases but they will land on them.
Helicopters set for vertical takeoff and landings will taxi for takeoff around certain airbases depending on which spawn point they originated at.  They always use the runway for landing.
A huge percentage of the first aircraft respawns all fly to and land on the Tarawa despite every RAT setting I tried.
Many larger aircraft will still spawn in smaller spawn points and hit objects at the airfield either on spawn or while taxiing, also despite the RAT setting that are supposed to prevent this.
Small and grass field bases will be chosen for takeoff (They air start) or landing if you don't specify the departure and destination bases.  Despite RAT settings to exclude them.

They work fine in the air, but not so much when they have to touch the ground for any reason.

[Rudel_chw]

23 minutes ago, Rhayvn said:

I have tried but it has some very odd behavior. 

Helicopters will not start on the helipads in the helicopter only bases but they will land on them.
Helicopters set for vertical takeoff and landings will taxi for takeoff around certain airbases depending on which spawn point they originated at.  They always use the runway for landing.
A huge percentage of the first aircraft respawns all fly to and land on the Tarawa despite every RAT setting I tried.
Many larger aircraft will still spawn in smaller spawn points and hit objects at the airfield either on spawn or while taxiing, also despite the RAT setting that are supposed to prevent this.
Small and grass field bases will be chosen for takeoff (They air start) or landing if you don't specify the departure and destination bases.  Despite RAT settings to exclude them.

They work fine in the air, but not so much when they have to touch the ground for any reason.

 

RAT is a component of Moose, are you using the latest version?  Whenever there is a new Map you must upgrade Moose, so that it knows about the airbases of that map. This is the correct version:

 

https://github.com/FlightControl-Master/MOOSE/releases/tag/2.9.13

 

[Rhayvn]

Yes, latest MOOSE version.