Reflected Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) With 2.7 I released a free update to The Big Show campaign, originally created using the Normandy map. I selected 5 missions where both the historical airfield (Biggin Hill or Detling) and the target area can be found on the new Channel map, and recreated them from scratch. I always dreamed of flying Spitfires out of Biggin Hill, and this dream has now come true in the beautiful and realistic environment that DCS offers. I love Normandy too, but the Channel map sets the bar even higher, it's the most incredible WWII map I've ever seen in a flight sim. Anyhow, players can now choose to fly these missions using the new map, or the old one. To fly these missions over the Channel map you need to navigate to DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\campaigns\Spitfire IX The Big Show, back up the missions and replace the original ones with the Channel version. So: 1: Back up 'The Big Show - 01.miz' 2: Rename 'The Big Show - 01_CHANNEL.miz' to 'The Big Show - 01.miz' 3: play Or you can just open them as a single mission and play them separately. Looking forward to hearing about your experience. Edited April 21, 2021 by Reflected 6 5 Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaster182 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Great news - thank you very much! A-4E | AV-8B N/A | C-101 | F/A-18C | F-5E | F-14A&B | F1 | FC3 | M-2000C | Mosquito | P-47D | Spitfire | AH-64D | Mi-8MTV2 | Mi-24P | SA342 | UH-1H Nevada | Normandy | Persian Gulf | Sinai | South Atlantic | Syria | The Channel | Supercarrier | NS430 i7-5820K @ 4.50GHz | 32GB DDR-4 @ 3.00GHz | 2x 1TB NVMe SSD | Asus RTX 2070S O8G Saitek X-52 Pro HOTAS | Thrustmaster TFRP pedals | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarasdk Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 That is great! Thank you! I am in the second mission of the Anton Horrido! campaign (I love it so fare). Do you plan to update that campaign with the 2.7 clouds also. Because then I will stop my fly through and wait for the update :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Every campaign has been updated with the new weather - and even if I didn't, it would use stock clouds, but the new ones. The old clouds couldn't be used even if I wanted to 1 Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBZ323 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Excellent update, i look forward to re-playing it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydy Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) This update is quite interesting! I will refly this campaign! Thank you! Edited May 2, 2021 by Sydy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dggoofy Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Well, I bought recently this mission, because, you, Reflected, are a reference in creating mission. Must say, I was disappointed with the first mission in Normandy. Because the action is too far East and then we fly over a very ugly and untextured aera (already mentioned in another post). But fortunatly, I have The Channel, so I changed all 5 missions. So, thanks a lot having done this. Now, it would be nice to just update the "Normandy" ones, and change the name of the airfield by the right one. I find a bit odd to takeoff from "biggin hill" when it is Ford A. Anyways, I can deal without it. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 8 hours ago, dggoofy said: Well, I bought recently this mission, because, you, Reflected, are a reference in creating mission. Must say, I was disappointed with the first mission in Normandy. Because the action is too far East and then we fly over a very ugly and untextured aera (already mentioned in another post). But fortunatly, I have The Channel, so I changed all 5 missions. So, thanks a lot having done this. Now, it would be nice to just update the "Normandy" ones, and change the name of the airfield by the right one. I find a bit odd to takeoff from "biggin hill" when it is Ford A. Anyways, I can deal without it. Cheers. The real missions were flown out of Biggin. I could either call Ford Biggin, so at least the name would be correct, or call it Ford and then the location would match, but would be inaccurate. It's a compromise either way with Biggin not being on the map. When I released the campaign that area was not so ugly. Then Ugra media updated the Normandy map with this atrocious ugly patch there. I reported it nearly 2 years ago, and I haven't heard a word from Ugra. So you're welcome to raise your concern in this thread and help me out: Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dggoofy Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 On 6/25/2021 at 2:29 AM, Reflected said: So you're welcome to raise your concern in this thread and help me out: Done! Thanks anyway for this campaign. It's amazing. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel249 Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Hi there great campaign by the way. Small problem i cant get the channel map to work. Tried to do as said above but i must be doing something wrong either get a message saying file is missing or there is no campagin showing up. Can you send a screen shot of how the : Mods.Campaigns.Spitfire IX The Big Show folder should look like. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 The campaign uses the mission without the channel in its name. So back up and rename with that in mind. an easier method is to open the channel mission as a single mission, play it, then go back to the campaign and skip the original normandy mission Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel249 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) Like pic 1 or pic 2? Thanks Edited October 8, 2021 by Squirrel249 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Not sure which file is which. so whichever is called The Big Show - 01.miz, that one will be used by the campaign. Theoretically. Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel249 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Ok got it : 1. Saved all the files to another folder on desktop 2. Deleted the "The Big Show - 01.miz 3. Renamed the "The Big Show - 01_Channel.miz as "The Big Show - 01.miz" 4. Did the same process to all the rest with _Channel. Thanks did not know i had to delete the file first, now it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Ah yes, Windows doesn't allow 2 files with the same name in the same folder. Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 How about a Channel map version of another Big Show mission? 5 are already available, and I'm about to release a 6th one. Can you guess which one it is? Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabuzomeu Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 HI, it seems you also can create a separate campaign file from the original one, and put it into the standard folder alongside the original campaign, and then you have two campaigns : regular and Channel version. Looking forward to the (winter) (high altitude) new mission. Spitfire IX The Big ShowChannelMap.cmp 2 1 Details: Asus Z-170E, Intel i5-6600K @ 4.2GHz, 16GB RAM MSI GTX970 Gaming 4G Win 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) Oh, that's cool, I didn't know that! Maybe I'll include another cmp file in the folder and that's easier for everyone. Thanks a lot @gabuzomeu ! Edited October 14, 2021 by Reflected 1 Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 As of the latest OB, you can fly Mission 7 over the snowy Channel too: 3 Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinaker Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Thak you for fantastic campaign on channel map, it blows my mind one more time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosly Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) Hi Reflected, Can you please update the requirements for the campaign? Specifically mention that you have to have the Channel Map in order to play with proper textures? I know this is not your fault but the untextured areas in the Normandy map made me think that I got DCS files broken. I was scratching my head for last 4 days, than I found the thread and I feel a bit ripped of to be honest. I waited so long for Steam Halloween Sale and bought Spit + Big Show + Normandy as it was in requirements. Now I know I should also bough the Channel but is already to late :( Please update the requirements or at least mention that in product description that in order to play in full fidelity you need to have the Channel map. ps: please make sure the Steam also update the DLC description. Thanks. Edited November 3, 2021 by Rosly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 The Channel map is not a requirement, it’s a free bonus. Adding it as a requirement would be misleading. the Normandy map didn’t always look this ugly in some areas, not when the campaign was released. I reported it 2 years ago with no attention or reply from Ugra. You can help me open a thread or reply to mine, to pit more pressure on them. Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflected Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/509-bugs-and-problems/ Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowbagger Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Wanted to say thanks for the snow, and for the additional cmp file! Makes each update that much easier for us. Excellent. 1 CPU:5600X | GPU:RTX2080 | RAM:32GB | Disk:860EVOm.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toby23 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 @Reflected If I buy this campaign now, can I fly it solely in the Channel Map, does that work? Is the Normandy map still broken? Ryzen 5800X, 32GB RAM, RTX 3060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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