[ME-MOD] Coalition Modification

[Grimes]

Coalition Modification by Grimes and uboats.

 

This simple mod adds an often sought out feature to the mission editor to modify the countries belonging to each coalition after a mission has been created. Perfect for when ED adds new countries to the game that fit your scenario or you simply forgot one when first creating the mission.

 

 

Download from Github

 

To install copy and paste the mission editor folder from the download into your installs mission editor folder. A few files will need to be overwritten, other files are brand new.

 

Usage Guide

 

To access the menu open the Briefing Panel and Select the new button "Update Coalitions"

 

 

You will then be greeted by a UI that looks similar to the one from creating the mission.

 

 

Move countries around as you need. Note that changes will be added to the "Change log" on the left of the menu. It breaks down the countries moved and how many units in how many groups have been moved. If you are moving them to the neutral coalition then the units will be deleted!

 

OK: Accepts the changes

Cancel: Exits the menu and will not apply any changes.

 

 

Upon exiting the menu note that nothing has appeared to have changed yet.

 

 

You must save the mission in order for the mission editor to update for the changes made.

 

 

 

Original thread was deleted for an unknown reason, so I've remade it.

[Teschmacher]

awesome! thanks

 

can't believe why this feature isn't implemented yet in DCS..

 

what would be useful is to create custom coalition presets with custom names we can recall later.

 

and of course a NEUTRAL / CIVILIAN coalition

Edited December 16, 2019 by Teschmacher

[joey45]

Dose this go in the saved games folder and is this GME compatible??

[Rudel_chw]

Dose this go in the saved games folder and is this GME compatible??

 

 

No, it goes on the Program path; and yes, I use it with OvGME.

[TIGER]

This mod should be implemented yesterday from ED. it is pity because this feature could cut our workload when we need to modify missions and coalitions. Without the mod we have to rebuild the missions from 0.

[ron533]

Great mod! Thank you!

Definitely should be native in game.

Grimes, I see you are part of ED’s testers team, do you have any ‘say’ here?? ;)

[Grimes]

Grimes, I see you are part of ED’s testers team, do you have any ‘say’ here?? ;)

 

Unfortunately not really. Pretty much the only reason I made the mod originally was because of the response to the feature request I made for it. Even in a few Q&A posts they've shot it down. For one reason or another they don't want to add it. Could always try again.

[ron533]

Unfortunately not really. Pretty much the only reason I made the mod originally was because of the response to the feature request I made for it. Even in a few Q&A posts they've shot it down. For one reason or another they don't want to add it. Could always try again.

 

Too bad it's like that... :(

 

It's great that you've at least made it for us, as a stop gap,

but adding more and more modifications to the game, for features that should have been native from day one - just creates allot of headaches to maintain all of it,

and increases the possible bugs and issues that could have been prevented otherwise...

 

I hope they will listen to you in the next round.

 

Thanks again! :thumbup:

Ron

[Shrike88]

Thanks Grimes !

[Infiltrator]

Broken

 

This mod no longer works for me when trying to load the Persian map after updating to open beta 2.5.6.43453. It worked fine before the update, now it hangs when loading the Persian Gulf map at terraingraphics.init: 97, persiangulf.ng5 I have to revert back to the original files or the mission won't load.

[Grimes]

Updated it for 2.5.6.

[Rudel_chw]

Updated it for 2.5.6.

 

Thanks a lot for the quick fix :thumbup:

[Silvern]

Updated it for 2.5.6.

 

Much appreciated.

[Morpheus]

Thank you :thumbup:

[SkyKnight]

Can someone post a link to the old 2.5.5 version? I run Stable build for our VFS missions, and this mod would really help us out! Thanks!

[Alpenwolf]

Doesn't really work for me.

 

 

Adding a country to a coalition went well. However, if I want to place a new unit of that new added country, that unit is invisible.

 

 

S!

[Rudel_chw]

Doesn't really work for me.

 

Adding a country to a coalition went well. However, if I want to place a new unit of that new added country, that unit is invisible.

 

You missed the instruction that says "You must save the mission in order for the mission editor to update for the changes made. "

 

This means that after altering the Coalitions, you have to save and then load again the mission before adding new units.

[Alpenwolf]

Good point. Thanks for the reply.

[patpatpowercat]

I can't launch with this installed. I can never make it past the splash screen and have to force quit. Any ideas?

[cdrkrotchetyusn]

I can't launch with this installed. I can never make it past the splash screen and have to force quit. Any ideas?

 

 

 

 

Had the same thing. I went into my "Saved Games\DCS Open Beta" and renamed my "Mods" folder there. Opened DCS, ME, .miz. and it worked. Now to isolate which mod is breaking this. Suspect the ME Coalition Modification...:cry:

 

 

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[cdrkrotchetyusn]

Yep. Breaks it.

[Rudel_chw]

I can't launch with this installed. I can never make it past the splash screen and have to force quit. Any ideas?

 

Had the same thing. I went into my "Saved Games\DCS Open Beta" and renamed my "Mods" folder there. Opened DCS, ME, .miz. and it worked. Now to isolate which mod is breaking this. Suspect the ME Coalition Modification...:cry:

 

Yep. Breaks it.

 

Strange .. it works fine on my Openbeta 2.5.6:

 

 

Are you using the latest version of this Mod? ... it was updated a week ago.

[Bogias]

It worked also for me great mod saved me huge time. Thank you Grimes!

[cdrkrotchetyusn]

Works Now!

[huligan]

where download for 2.5.5 ?