Oil In The Water SP & CO Campaign

[Bunny Clark]

On 8/23/2021 at 8:15 AM, dburne said:

Is the ability to do A2A refueling a requirement in this campaign?

Official answer: no, it is not required for the campaign, and you can easily complete the campaign without ever tanking. 

 

There is a tanker airborne in most missions for you to use if needed. It should not be necessary though unless you've burned way more gas than expected, I've completed every mission in the campaign many times without tanking. You also do not need to return and land to complete the mission. Once you get the "MISSION COMPLETE" message, you can end the mission at any time, even if you don't have enough gas to make it back. So you'd really only need to tank if you somehow run out of gas before completing your mission. One long mission with a higher chance of requiring a refuel also has a land base along the path with the option of landing for a refuel rather than tanking. 

 

Though, I am also in the "tanking is therapeutic" camp. It's a nice pure skill challenge that's rewarding to complete, and no one is actively trying to kill me. 

[dburne]

5 hours ago, Bunny Clark said:

Official answer: no, it is not required for the campaign, and you can easily complete the campaign without ever tanking. 

 

There is a tanker airborne in most missions for you to use if needed. It should not be necessary though unless you've burned way more gas than expected, I've completed every mission in the campaign many times without tanking. You also do not need to return and land to complete the mission. Once you get the "MISSION COMPLETE" message, you can end the mission at any time, even if you don't have enough gas to make it back. So you'd really only need to tank if you somehow run out of gas before completing your mission. One long mission with a higher chance of requiring a refuel also has a land base along the path with the option of landing for a refuel rather than tanking. 

 

Though, I am also in the "tanking is therapeutic" camp. It's a nice pure skill challenge that's rewarding to complete, and no one is actively trying to kill me. 

 

Great that is good to know thanks much!

I will probably try to learn it now though as I know I really should.

[dburne]

Man I am having zero luck in Mission 2. Can't get a lock on the choppers, wingman can't seem to either... going to keep trying but have made several attempts now.

[Smashy]

8 hours ago, dburne said:

Man I am having zero luck in Mission 2. Can't get a lock on the choppers, wingman can't seem to either... going to keep trying but have made several attempts now.

 

This one drove me crazy too!  The Hornet's radar is bugged and won't lock on to any helicopters, at least the ones I've tried.  The Flanker and Eagle have no problems.  I think this is a reported bug and hopefully will be fixed at some point.

 

Minor spoilers below (highlight the text to see it)...

 

My gunnery pretty much sucks so I had a hard time gunning the slow moving Mi-8.  After multiple attempts I gave up and adjusted my loadout in the ME.  I got rid of some Mavs and loaded up some AMRAAMs instead.  Or maybe it was AIM-9s, I don't remember.  My wingman was really good at getting the surface targets with his Mavs so I just let him take care of the boats.  After he was done, I just shot AMRAAM in VISUAL mode or heaters at the helicopters.  Pretty cheap move but it helped to advance the campaign.

[pete_auau]

There is  a dcs  bug  already reported  and  noted   fa18  radar  cannot  pick up  helos  under 115  knotts

[Bunny Clark]

10 hours ago, dburne said:

Man I am having zero luck in Mission 2. Can't get a lock on the choppers, wingman can't seem to either... going to keep trying but have made several attempts now.

Yah, that was a bitch of a time the last time I play tested it too. Hornet's radar is having issues. AIM-9 shots from the rear are a good tactic, they don't seem to defend against them if the missile is fired from the read quarter. It's also possible to lock helos with Mavs. 

 

Otherwise the best tactic I found was to fly super low, lower than the helos, pass right under them and squeeze the gun trigger as the funnel passes through the helo. 

[dburne]

Ok so it is good to know it is not just me then. Thanks so much guys, I will keep trying!

[dburne]

Guess I am going to have to give up and wait for someday a fix perhaps...

Have spent way too much time trying to get through this one.

[Bunny Clark]

You can always skip a mission and move on. So long as you end the mission without dying you can advance in the campaign. 

[dburne]

2 hours ago, Bunny Clark said:

You can always skip a mission and move on. So long as you end the mission without dying you can advance in the campaign. 

 

Gotcha thanks.

[dburne]

Ok so after getting through finally Mission 2 by just returning to the Carrier after killing the boats, I completed Mission 3 today with no issues.

Took me a couple of attempts but finally was able to down all the enemy aircraft. I "think" my wingman may have got one, I know for the most part he was not much help in this one. And of course to celebrate I did return to the Carrier for a nice trap and even taxi'd to parking and shut her down. Great fun!

 

Looking forward to getting in more time with the campaign this upcoming week.

 

[dburne]

Ok so I finished this campaign today. Great fun thanks so much for all the hard work you have put into this!!

I learned how to set up weapons in PB mode and also got to use some GBU 24's for the first time.

One thing I especially liked was the fact one could progress to the next mission or not, long as you don't die. Nice way to do it.

So thanks again I thoroughly enjoyed it and undoubtedly will play it again before too long.

 

Edit: I would also add I used the cold start version, and thanks for the extra work in making that version available as well - love doing those cold starts for the missions.

Edited September 8, 2021 by dburne

[pete_auau]

On 8/30/2021 at 8:49 AM, dburne said:

Ok so after getting through finally Mission 2 by just returning to the Carrier after killing the boats, I completed Mission 3 today with no issues.

Took me a couple of attempts but finally was able to down all the enemy aircraft. I "think" my wingman may have got one, I know for the most part he was not much help in this one. And of course to celebrate I did return to the Carrier for a nice trap and even taxi'd to parking and shut her down. Great fun!

 

Looking forward to getting in more time with the campaign this upcoming week.

 

ok   just  started  this  on mission  2   their  are  launchers  to be  destroyed  on the  island   so  dont  know  about  the  boats unless  iam missing  some  thing

[dburne]

On 9/9/2021 at 11:39 PM, pete_auau said:

ok   just  started  this  on mission  2   their  are  launchers  to be  destroyed  on the  island   so  dont  know  about  the  boats unless  iam missing  some  thing

 

I may have mis reported the mission number not sure.

[Bunny Clark]

5 minutes ago, dburne said:

 

I may have mis reported the mission number not sure.

The first mission you play is technically Mission 0, it's a prologue and was one of the last missions I wrote. So which mission is "2" depends on how you're counting. The mission that's named as Mission 2 is the third mission of the campaign.

[toby23]

@Bunny Clark Does your Oil In The Water Campaign work in the latest version of DCS (2.7.5)?

Edited September 15, 2021 by toby23

[Bunny Clark]

12 hours ago, toby23 said:

@Bunny Clark Does your Oil In The Water Campaign work in the latest version of DCS (2.7.5)?

 

It certainly should. I've not had any reports of issues lately. 

[L4key]

On 4/11/2021 at 7:25 PM, MSMStannyl said:

Great campaign! Really enjoying it. 
 

one issue I’m having is with Mission 12. I’ve flown it probably 20 times and can’t seem to “beat” it. I knock out the SAM radar with the Harm missile and then drop my cluster bombs on the factory defense (usually not too much of an impact). Then wingman and I take care of the F-5’s and incoming Mig-29’s. 
 

At that point, all of my guys have dropped their bombs on the factory and head back. My wingman and I exfil the area. I land back on carrier and end mission but then have to replay it because it hasn’t been passed. What am I missing? What actually signals the mission accomplished for this one?

 

thanks!!

I finally did this today. Came back after doing ROTPL campaign. Basically had to strap on some jdams and take out the Silkworms myself - did it with one tank, a Harm and shit loads of AMRAMS. Fortunately my wingman was helpful with the Mig29s. Still landed with 1500lbs to spare! 

 

It did take me about 8 goes before though.

 

[L4key]

Finished this campaign today and just wanted to say thanks to you Bunny, absolutely excellent job.

 

Some really exciting and tough missions that I thoroughly enjoyed, I hope that you can do another! Cheers

[Bunny Clark]

4 hours ago, L4key said:

I hope that you can do another! Cheers

My next campaign is about 75% done. 

 

It'll be an Operation Inherent Resolve inspired campaign for the Viper over Syria. Fully voice acted, and with some missions that are different depending on the players performance in previous missions. 

[Enduro14]

9 minutes ago, Bunny Clark said:

My next campaign is about 75% done. 

 

It'll be an Operation Inherent Resolve inspired campaign for the Viper over Syria. Fully voice acted, and with some missions that are different depending on the players performance in previous missions. 

Dream come true, cant wait!!

[VDV]

Bunny Clark, great campaing, thanks. Do you working for another F-18C Campaing? 

[VDV]

And one more thing...make units hidden pls  Will be way more interesting and realistic.

[Smashy]

6 hours ago, VDV said:

And one more thing...make units hidden pls  Will be way more interesting and realistic.

 

Refrain from peeking at the mission editor and F10 map and you should be good.  I made the mistake of looking at the mission editor on one of the earlier missions and the surprise was spoiled.  Since then, all I do is review the briefing text and images carefully and refer to the kneeboards while in flight.

[Bunny Clark]

On the current version, the only things that should be visible in the Mission Planner and F10 map are those things that would be known by friendly intel, though occasionally some mission critical things are allowed to be visible in the F10 map as an aid in case the player looses track of them. 

 

If you want an entirely realistic experience, you should not be using the F10 map at all.