adding another a-10 for online play ?

[littlejohn1959]

greetings ,

i have a ground attack mission set up .

i gets into my server ,but there is only ONE a-10 there . there is 2 of us . how do i add another a-10 for my buddy?

i have tryed searching here , but to no avial .

i sure hope someone can help me out here .

thanks for reading .

cheers .

[Laud]

Don't put both in a group.

You have to put two individual aircraft into the mission and mark them both as "client".

[littlejohn1959]

thanks , sounds good . another question ?

so , i creates waypoints for both planes? copys over the first planes waypoints ,with the second plane i mean.

as well as attack waypoints .

am i close at all? ha ha .

thanks for the fast reply .

cheers mate .

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

so , i creates waypoints for both planes? copys over the first planes waypoints ,with the second plane i mean.

as well as attack waypoints .

Yes, that is how you have to do it.

[littlejohn1959]

Yes, that is how you have to do it.

 

cheers mate . thanks for the conformation .

have a great weekend .

cheers again .

[Woodstock]

Would be great to have a feature in the new DCS Mission Editor that saves me from doing the same flight/waypoint creation steps over and over again for every client plane individually when building large multiplayer missions.

 

My proposed solutions:

- Either build a copy/paste function for units and their actions,

- Or allow to create multi-plane client flights.

 

This would really be a major improvement/timesaver!

[Rhino4]

Would also be nice if a how-to video were included with release for everyone that wants to jump in to building their own missions.

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

Would also be nice if a how-to video were included with release for everyone that wants to jump in to building their own missions.

IronHand made a video that gives a pretty good introduction to the lockon GUI and Mission Editor. It is called getting Started Part I. In Part II, he flies the mission so you can see how it plays.

 

http://flankertraining.com/ironhand/flightbasics.htm

[Ironhand]

Would be great to have a feature in the new DCS Mission Editor that saves me from doing the same flight/waypoint creation steps over and over again for every client plane individually when building large multiplayer missions.

I assume you already know this but... While copy/paste would be better, you do have the ability to copy the waypoints of individual aircraft in LOMAC & FC. That's what the "Merge" command is for. Unfortunately, merging only copies the waypoints themselves and not the additional waypoint attributes (takeoff, land, attack, etc).

 

In case you didn't know about this... Set up your mission. When it's time to add the client aircraft, add the first soon-to-be-client but designate it as "Player" rather than "Client". Save the mission with a new name (Clients.mis, for example). Open the original mission. Select File\Merge. Select "Clients.mis". The Player aircraft is copied into the multiplayer mission. Change the aircraft designation from "Player" to "Client". Reset the waypoint attributes (takeoff, land, etc.). Repeat until all the clients with those aircraft have been drawn into the mission. Save the mission. Open "Clients.mis" again. Delete the Player aircraft that's there and add the next set of waypoints you want and proceed as above. Repeat as necessary.

 

Rich

[littlejohn1959]

I assume you already know this but... While copy/paste would be better, you do have the ability to copy the waypoints of individual aircraft in LOMAC & FC. That's what the "Merge" command is for. Unfortunately, merging only copies the waypoints themselves and not the additional waypoint attributes (takeoff, land, attack, etc).

 

In case you didn't know about this... Set up your mission. When it's time to add the client aircraft, add the first soon-to-be-client but designate it as "Player" rather than "Client". Save the mission with a new name (Clients.mis, for example). Open the original mission. Select File\Merge. Select "Clients.mis". The Player aircraft is copied into the multiplayer mission. Change the aircraft designation from "Player" to "Client". Reset the waypoint attributes (takeoff, land, etc.). Repeat until all the clients with those aircraft have been drawn into the mission. Save the mission. Open "Clients.mis" again. Delete the Player aircraft that's there and add the next set of waypoints you want and proceed as above. Repeat as necessary.

 

Rich

 

cheers ,

thanks for the reply ironhand .

you wouldnt happen to have a video of this process , would ya?

i have learned lots about this game through you videos .

the '' getting started '' , for the mission edtitor was awesome . very detailed . seems like a nice few people are having some trouble adding planes . well , not doing it ,,'' the easy way '' . i shall re -read you post , and see if i can sort thruogh it . ha ha .

thanks again .

cheers mate .

[Ironhand]

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you wouldnt happen to have a video of this process , would ya?...

Using the Merge Command No Voiceover. Adding 4 Client A-10s to a mission.

 

Rich

[littlejohn1959]

Using the Merge Command No Voiceover. Adding 4 Client A-10s to a mission.

 

Rich

 

big time cheers ironhand .

i am pretty sure alot of people will apprecitate your repllies .

thanks mate .