Campaign resetting to Mission 1?

[SDRipper]

Hello,

 

I died in Mission 2 and instead of being able to replay mission 2, I was sent back to mission 1.

 

Is this because the campaign is score related?

 

I read this from another thread for a Jet based mission:

 

Score 0 to 49 points: Player gets set back one stage. If in first stage, campaign fails.

Score 50 points: Player has to refly current stage.

Score 51 to 100 points: Player advances one stage. If in final stage, campaign is won.

 

The PDF Documention only states the following under GAMEPLAY:

 

"These are no “Hollywood” style missions. No need to shoot down x number of enemy planes or

destroy pre-defined targets to progress. Just like in real life, it will suffice to survive the mission and

live to fight another day. Therefore, there is a timer set for each sortie, and after 10 minutes airborne

they will be successfully completed."

 

 

Is this correct?

 

If so I know I can fly them as missions instead of a campaign.

Edited September 7, 2020 by SDRipper
Added information from the PDF Documntation

[=Panther=]

A death in any campaign usually (IIRC) sets all campaign back to mission 1. You can overcome this by editing your logbook.lua. Search for Dead and change value from TRUE to FALSE. Highly recommend backing up the file prior to editing it, as an incorrect edit will prevent DCS from launching.

[SDRipper]

Thank you Panther! There is no mention of deaths so what I did instead was fix the second mission and add a new string for Mission 3 to it could go to the next mission.

 

[2] =

{

["datetime"] = "Sat Sep 5 19:48:38 2020",

["agKills"] = 1,

["aaKills"] = 1,

["stage"] = 2,

["deathsCount"] = 0,

["result"] = 100,

["mission"] = "BNBOB - 02.miz",

}, -- end of [2]

[3] =

{

["datetime"] = "Mon Sep 7 17:03:38 2020",

["agKills"] = 0,

["aaKills"] = 0,

["stage"] = 3,

["deathsCount"] = 0,

["result"] = 0,

["mission"] = "BNBOB - 03.miz",

}, -- end of [3]

Edited September 7, 2020 by SDRipper
Added String

[Reflected]

Hi, sorry I've just seen this.

 

That's correct, and at the beginning of the missions you get 50 points to make sure you don't move backwards. You get a 100 if you fly more than 10 minutes AND finish the mission alive & over friendly territory.

[RightYouAreKen]

I also had a strange instance of getting sent back to mission 1 after completing mission 2. In my case, I completed the mission what I thought was successfully in that I didn't die and I landed back at base. However, after the turn to the east over France, I believe the flight leader of white flight got shot down by flak. After that time, I never heard any more radio callouts all the way back to base. The last one I heard was "watch out for flak guys!" or something, then he got shot down shortly after. After I landed and shut down I exited the mission and it gave me a fail (I think it gave me a score of 25 if I recall correctly) and now when I try to resume the campaign mission 1 launches.

[Reflected]

Thanks for the report! Looks like I mistyped a flag number in the mission criteria there. I've corrected it, hopefully in time for the next patch.

 

Also, was the flack really thick, unsurviveable? Or did he get shot by an unlucky shell? Did white flight go on after that, eventually meeting the Focke Wulfs?

Edited October 25, 2020 by Reflected

[RightYouAreKen]

Thanks for the report! Looks like I mistyped a flag number in the mission criteria there. I've corrected it, hopefully in time for the next patch.

 

Also, was the flack really thick, unsurviveable? Or did he get shot by an unlucky shell? Did white flight go on after that, eventually meeting the Focke Wulfs?

 

The flak wasn't that thick. It appear to be just an unlucky shell. The rest of white flight did continue on back to base following the waypoints in formation, but made the turn back to the north across the channel before we got very close to the FWs. I could see them on the horizon but the AI guys never saw them and we put distance on them as we started to get out over the channel. So no air engagement happened.