F-14B : OPERATION CAGE THE BEAR

[winghunter]

32 minutes ago, speed-of-heat said:

With Mission Recon Strike, I am getting no comms with anything (Carrier nor Tanker) after the Mission has completed. recon duties.trk it also gives a mission failure Notification after you land and have had a successful mission 

With Mission Interception, no comms at all, with either AWACS or Wingman  right from the start.  I can receive but not transmit to Focus or Wingman, so I can't request a picture and I cant get the wingman to fence in change formation or engage or fence in.

I have tried both on the Pilot ad RIO radios in both cases, any help or suggestions ?

this helped me

 

[Gareth Barry]

Has anyone completed this campaign recently? I have tried and tried to have success in mission 9 'clearing the way' but am absolutely stuck! The times when i dont get shot down, one of the strike package gets shot down and results in a draw. If i am more aggressive to try to attack the airspace around the base where the strike package is targeting, i get swarmed and shot down mig 29s and 23s. I wonder if this campaign was designed before the aim54 got reworked? I maybe i just really suck? If anyone has any tips, id be very grateful!

Edited August 20, 2024 by Gareth Barry

[kaba]

Thanks all for the recent bug reports. Keep them coming please!

 

I am doing a big overhaul of the various bugs that have crept into the campaign over time.

[Duchess_14]

On 8/20/2024 at 5:19 AM, Gareth Barry said:

Has anyone completed this campaign recently? I have tried and tried to have success in mission 9 'clearing the way' but am absolutely stuck! The times when i dont get shot down, one of the strike package gets shot down and results in a draw. If i am more aggressive to try to attack the airspace around the base where the strike package is targeting, i get swarmed and shot down mig 29s and 23s. I wonder if this campaign was designed before the aim54 got reworked? I maybe i just really suck? If anyone has any tips, id be very grateful!

 

I'm going through this campaign now as well and am also stuck on this mission. I've tried a few times now and keep ending in a draw with no RTB message. I just completed this mission again tonight with no friendly's shot down and still no RTB message and ended in a draw. I didn't scroll through F2 to see if there were any enemy planes still alive on the ground, but the picture was clean from the E-2. 

[Gareth Barry]

17 hours ago, Duchess_14 said:

m going through this campaign now as well and am also stuck on this mission. I've tried a few times now and keep ending in a draw with no RTB message. I just completed this mission again tonight with no friendly's shot down and still no RTB message and ended in a draw. I didn't scroll through F2 to see if there were any enemy planes still alive on the ground, but the picture was clean from the E-2. 

Kaba (the creator of this campaign) confirmed to me that it was bugged.

Edited August 28, 2024 by Gareth Barry

[kaba]

Big patch going to Heatblur for a future update. Changelog below. Also attaching the files here so you don't have to wait for an update - just paste over the existing files in your campaign folder (e.g. - DCS Install folder \Mods\aircraft\F14\Missions\Campaigns\Operation Cage The Bear)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NLt-uaMmAhRnKuPmBk8No5Q8J-HW_NoQ/view?usp=sharing

Of course if you guys are having further bugs with this version, let me know.

I'm going to keep future releases to just the one, hot start version to make sure I can keep up with bugs over time.

Changelog:
 

Mission 1    
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Weather set to Scattered 7 so as to get first red wave out of the clouds
Adjusted trigger logic (weapon in zones, trigger for backfire launches)
Adjusted settings for backfires (no AI override attack, 1 MISSILE EACH)
Adjusted friendly AI (bulked up their firepower, set to search and engage for RF CAP, also removed wingman call out contacts)
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 2
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Tidy up of triggers
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Adjusted BLUE SEAD / Strike settings to ensure they engaged
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 2B
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Set side numbers for player flight
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Adjusted REDFOR loadout
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 2C
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 3
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Replaced SA-6 in the hope that this addressed some hard crashes that seemed linked to the SA-6.
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 4
Tidy up of triggers
Added a failsafe for TARPS mission - if he dies on RTB not your fault
Adjust ARCO altitude to avoid weather
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Adjusted ARCO position to be closer to AO
Adjusted REDFOR settings - more aggression, less AI nonsense, and fixed where they lacked loadouts.
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 5
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Tidy up of triggers
Adjust ARCO altitude to avoid weather
Moved AWACS track closer to AO to pick up targets
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 6
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Tidy up of triggers
Added some helicopter traffic to reflect landing ops
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 7
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Tidy up of triggers
Added backup trigger to kill SAMs after 15 mins of vuln
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Adjusted REDFOR loadout
Adjusted BLUEFOR AI settings - now SEAD actually engages
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off new DCS evade ARM feature for targets
Adjusted tanker escort altitude
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam ALL
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 8
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Adjusted REDFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Wingman infinite fuel
Adjusted BLUE SEAD / Strike settings to ensure they engaged
Replaced static and AI F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

 

[Luka CMF]

@kaba I've been playing 3rd mission and UZI 2 and UZI 3 flights crash after takeoff every time, sometimes 1 of them, sometimes 2 or 3. AI wingman sometimes is circling around before joining the formation and doing it with full afterburner. I do the cold start as usual, and follow the operating procedures, taxi to cat 1, fly to 7nm from carrier before turning to wp1

[kaba]

23 hours ago, Luka CMF said:

@kaba I've been playing 3rd mission and UZI 2 and UZI 3 flights crash after takeoff every time, sometimes 1 of them, sometimes 2 or 3. AI wingman sometimes is circling around before joining the formation and doing it with full afterburner. I do the cold start as usual, and follow the operating procedures, taxi to cat 1, fly to 7nm from carrier before turning to wp1

Thanks - they've started doing the same on my side! not very good AI there. I hope this didn't prevent you completing the mission?

 

Try this fix attached. It sorted it for me. I'll share the same with Heatblur.

F-14B - Caucasus - CTB 2B - CARGO.miz

[Luka CMF]

On 9/6/2024 at 5:04 PM, kaba said:

Thanks - they've started doing the same on my side! not very good AI there. I hope this didn't prevent you completing the mission?

 

Try this fix attached. It sorted it for me. I'll share the same with Heatblur.

F-14B - Caucasus - CTB 2B - CARGO.miz 5.29 MB · 6 downloads

thanks, I've finished it

[Luka CMF]

Hi again

I've been playing the Clearing the way mission(7th I think), and I never get mission complete status. I kill few MiG-29s and rest just land, I keep flying wp2-wp3 until I get to bingo fuel and then return to the carrier. I hear messages of sam sites being down but I never get a message mission complete. Flew that mission 4 times with the similar kills and flying wp2-wp3 and none of the times I got the mission complete

On 8/28/2024 at 11:17 PM, kaba said:

Big patch going to Heatblur for a future update. Changelog below. Also attaching the files here so you don't have to wait for an update - just paste over the existing files in your campaign folder (e.g. - DCS Install folder \Mods\aircraft\F14\Missions\Campaigns\Operation Cage The Bear)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NLt-uaMmAhRnKuPmBk8No5Q8J-HW_NoQ/view?usp=sharing

Of course if you guys are having further bugs with this version, let me know.

I'm going to keep future releases to just the one, hot start version to make sure I can keep up with bugs over time.

Changelog:
 

Mission 1    
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Weather set to Scattered 7 so as to get first red wave out of the clouds
Adjusted trigger logic (weapon in zones, trigger for backfire launches)
Adjusted settings for backfires (no AI override attack, 1 MISSILE EACH)
Adjusted friendly AI (bulked up their firepower, set to search and engage for RF CAP, also removed wingman call out contacts)
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 2
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Tidy up of triggers
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Adjusted BLUE SEAD / Strike settings to ensure they engaged
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 2B
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Set side numbers for player flight
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Adjusted REDFOR loadout
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 2C
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 3
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Replaced SA-6 in the hope that this addressed some hard crashes that seemed linked to the SA-6.
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 4
Tidy up of triggers
Added a failsafe for TARPS mission - if he dies on RTB not your fault
Adjust ARCO altitude to avoid weather
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Adjusted ARCO position to be closer to AO
Adjusted REDFOR settings - more aggression, less AI nonsense, and fixed where they lacked loadouts.
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 5
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Tidy up of triggers
Adjust ARCO altitude to avoid weather
Moved AWACS track closer to AO to pick up targets
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 6
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Made mission complete trigger speed more lenient
Tidy up of triggers
Added some helicopter traffic to reflect landing ops
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 7
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Tidy up of triggers
Added backup trigger to kill SAMs after 15 mins of vuln
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Adjusted REDFOR loadout
Adjusted BLUEFOR AI settings - now SEAD actually engages
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off new DCS evade ARM feature for targets
Adjusted tanker escort altitude
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam ALL
Replaced static F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

Mission 8
Stennis - added Link4, ACLS options, adjusted statics
Adjusted BLUEFOR loadout
Adjusted REDFOR loadout
Set side numbers for player flight
Turned off wingman calling out contacts - to avoid radio spam
Wingman infinite fuel
Adjusted BLUE SEAD / Strike settings to ensure they engaged
Replaced static and AI F/A-18s with the more modern lot 20s

 

 

[kaba]

On 9/14/2024 at 7:10 PM, Luka CMF said:

Hi again

I've been playing the Clearing the way mission(7th I think), and I never get mission complete status. I kill few MiG-29s and rest just land, I keep flying wp2-wp3 until I get to bingo fuel and then return to the carrier. I hear messages of sam sites being down but I never get a message mission complete. Flew that mission 4 times with the similar kills and flying wp2-wp3 and none of the times I got the mission complete

 

Thanks. This is definitely happening on the version I recently uploaded here? This is one of the bugs that I fixed and tested for, so it is surprising and a bit annoying it has returned!

Do you have a tacview or a track file by any chance? If not don't worry, but these are very helpful for bugfixing! I will look into it soon.

[cesarferrolho]

Hey Kaba, i just want to thank you for this great campaign! Pretty enjoyable from start to finish. Challenging enough without being crazy.

I felt no issues except difficulty to connect to a tanker once, but it's likely not campaign related.

Here is a campaign playthrough, if anyone finds that interesting:

 

Edited January 20 by cesarferrolho