Airfield Static Templates for Caucasus Map

[Rudel_chw]

50 minutes ago, hsth said:

I've used your templates also in the various missions from emolina https://forum.dcs.world/topic/145655-the-interesting-missions-generator/ and found it a real shame that he has stopped working on this project.

Just checked, and he hasn’t been on the forum since the end of 2020, hopefully he is still doing ok and it is just that he lost interest on dcs. 

Edited August 1, 2024 by Rudel_chw

[BlackFalco]

Il 03/10/2018 at 22:12, Rudel_chw ha scritto:

I want to share a Set of Static Templates that I edited to provide scenery objects and air defense for each Airbase of this Map, making use of the nice objects provided by the VPC Airfield Equipment Mod created by @voc

You can download an updated version of this Mod from this post:
 

The files are in OvGME format for use with a Mod Manager, please note that the Mod has actually two packages, as it must go both into the DCS program folder and into your Saved games folder.

 

Since the equipment is different for each coalition, I edited two versions of each template: one for Blue Coalition and one for Red. It is important that, when creating a Mission that will make use of these Templates, you have to include USA on the Blue Coalition, and Russian on the Red one, otherwise the template will not load properly.

 

Also, these templates are set on a Modern era, using SAMs and modern vehicles, so they are not very appropiate for using with WW 2 aircrafts.

 

The Templates can be downloaded from these links:

 

http:// https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3312219/ (Red Coalition, updated 09/2020)

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3312297/ (Blue Coalition, updated 09/2020)

 

To install, just uncompress the zip file on DCS' saved games folder .. on my case that is in /saved games/dcs.openbeta/

 

It will put the templates on the folder /StaticTemplates/

 

Note that the VPC mod should go on /Mod/tech/

 

Rather than have one large Template with all the airbases on it, I choose to have more flexibility and have each airfield on a separate Template, that way you can load just those airbases that you need for your current Mission, using the Load Static Template menu of the ME:

 

 

You can load a Template on an existing mission, it wont delete any existing unit, it only adds its own. You can load as many templates as you need, as they dont delete previous content.

 

These are a few sample airbases:

 

 

 

 

I tried to not go crazy adding objects to each airfield, in order to not affect too much the performance of DCS. On each airbase I added AAA and SAM units for its defence, and a couple of ground units that patrol the airbase perimeter, also some static planes to give the base more life. I also added light towers to provide better lightning during the night, they illuminate from 20:00 to 6:00

 

Here are some photos of how they look:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The templates can't be edited, but you can create a new .miz then load the template, make edits on the mission and then save as a new template (or replace the existing one if you use the same filename).

 

Best regards,

Hey Rudel!

Sorry to bother you here, I downloaded the "Caucasus Airbase Templates - Red Coalition" but when I load them I don't see any plane parked on the airbase. Only some vehicles.

I have VPC installed!

Thanks for any help. 

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, BlackFalco said:

when I load them I don't see any plane parked on the airbase

 

Can you tell me which specific airbase are you using?  Most don't have any flyable aircraft as they are meant to provide background elements only, the mission designer has to add the aircraft he want for his mission.

[BlackFalco]

18 minuti fa, Rudel_chw ha scritto:

 

Can you tell me which specific airbase are you using?  Most don't have any flyable aircraft as they are meant to provide background elements only, the mission designer has to add the aircraft he want for his mission.

Sorry maybe I did not express myself correctly

I meant that when I load a template I don't see any static plane from VPC on the airbase (like su24 with cloth or su35 repair, those ones ), I only see some trucks goin' around while in your photos on user files I've seen there are some airbase templates with static aircrafts as well.

[Rudel_chw]

14 minutes ago, BlackFalco said:

I meant that when I load a template I don't see any static plane from VPC on the airbase (like su24 with cloth or su35 repair, those ones ), I only see some trucks goin' around while in your photos on user files I've seen there are some airbase templates with static aircrafts as well.

 

OK, I did a quick test and found that these old templates, while they still somewhat work, they are now so old that the Mission Editor does not load the objects name properly. It looks like this: (wait a bit for the HD version, as its still uploading)

 

 

I will do a quick update, by means of opening the original template Mission on the current Mission Editor and then Save it as Template overwriting the original. It will not fix any clipping errors that may exist (because the Caucasus Map changed when DCS 2.5 was released), but its the best I can do with the available free time that I have. 

This will take a few days, I will update here once the updated Templates are available.

Best regards and thanks for reporting this

 

 

Eduardo

[BlackFalco]

Il 14/03/2025 at 23:52, Rudel_chw ha scritto:

 

OK, I did a quick test and found that these old templates, while they still somewhat work, they are now so old that the Mission Editor does not load the objects name properly. It looks like this: (wait a bit for the HD version, as its still uploading)

 

 

I will do a quick update, by means of opening the original template Mission on the current Mission Editor and then Save it as Template overwriting the original. It will not fix any clipping errors that may exist (because the Caucasus Map changed when DCS 2.5 was released), but its the best I can do with the available free time that I have. 

This will take a few days, I will update here once the updated Templates are available.

Best regards and thanks for reporting this

 

 

Eduardo

thanks a lot!  

[Raffi75]

@Rudel_chwHey Rudel,

I have a problem with templates in the Caucasus. I create a mission, check if it works correctly and it is ok. When I add templates the mission seems to reset. I can't run it, and the file after saving has 0B. This happened to me for the first time. Do you have any idea how I can fix it, or if I can at all?

 Best regards

[Rudel_chw]

3 hours ago, Raffi75 said:

@Rudel_chwHey Rudel,

I have a problem with templates in the Caucasus. I create a mission, check if it works correctly and it is ok. When I add templates the mission seems to reset. I can't run it, and the file after saving has 0B. This happened to me for the first time. Do you have any idea how I can fix it, or if I can at all?

 Best regards

 

Hello,

Yes, I was made aware of this issue by @BlackFalco  

I have a lot on my plate at the moment, as I'm also editing some training missions for the T-45, but I promise I will dedicate to this fix during the next week-end, sorry for the delay. Best regards,

 

Eduardo

[Rudel_chw]

Hello,

I've updated the Templates for the Blue Coalition airbases, so they now work as intended on DCS 2.9 ... I will update the ones for the Red Coalition over the next few days.

 

Eduardo

[Honez]

Apologies if this is an old question answered somewhere else, but do you have these types of templates for maps other than Caucasus? 

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, Honez said:

Apologies if this is an old question answered somewhere else, but do you have these types of templates for maps other than Caucasus? 

I have for nevada and the persian gulf, but they are pretty old by now and employ some user mods that may be outdated

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/type-is-static_template/sort-is-date_asc/user-is-Rudel-chw/apply/