Fear the Bones! - Campaign Info

[Reflected]

 

 

April 1989. The USS Valley Forge cruiser had an accident on the Black Sea just off the coast of the Soviet Union, and the USS Theodore Roosevelt is being sent there to support the rescue operation with VF-84 on board. Jaws, Jester, Ghost, Pyro, Caveman, Grip, Elvis and Glory, all hot shot F-14A Tomcat fighter jocks of the ’Jolly Rogers’ are itching to see some action, but they might get more than they bargained for. Join them in fighting MIGs, intercepting Bears, defending the fleet, escorting Alpha strikes and much more in this relaxed, story-driven campaign that is an entertaining mix of realism and 1980s style fiction. Kick the tires, light the fires and make them ’Fear the Bones!’

 

 

 

Thank you for your interest in my newest F-14A campaign, 'Fear the Bones!'. While 'Zone 5' offers hardcore realism and the ultimate challenge to those who have mastered the Tomcat, this one is a lot more lighthearted and focuses on fun. It's meant to recreate the atmosphere of those cheesy 80s action movies, and it's heavily story driven. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as my other campaigns, and I'm looking forward to your feedback.

 

[wowbagger]

Haha! Love the trailer music and the video game cover.

 

As soon as I can find my skinny tie and leg warmers ... and finish watching Magnum PI (today's Thursday after all)... I will be all over this!

[AH_Solid_Snake]

Are all the briefing and supplemental materials a little nod to Fleet Defender? They look very familiar.

[Reflected]

38 minutes ago, AH_Solid_Snake said:

Are all the briefing and supplemental materials a little nod to Fleet Defender? They look very familiar.

yesss, I’m so glad you recognized

[AH_Solid_Snake]

Really enjoying the vibes so far, but think Im missing a few tricks on mission 1. Firstly suggesting this will take 30 mins is cheeky! I opted to head off for the tanker and first couldnt figure out how to get the light for my own refuelling probe to come on. Then having got within 0.3 nm of the tanker and thinking its the 80s so I shouldn't be on NVGs or irradiating the tanker crew so its TACAN + look for the lights? The tanker (or any AI flight) are cruising around with no lights on. 

 

Eventually I transitioned to NVGs but didn't hook up before running out of gas....cute GAME OVER screen 

[splash]

Hi, Could you tell me if this campaign is easier than previous one? Thanks.

[Vino]

Mission 1: I take off and start circling around the ship. Nothing happens. I burn my fuel, and finally land. What should I do, what is my task?

[Reflected]

30 minutes ago, splash said:

Hi, Could you tell me if this campaign is easier than previous one? Thanks.

Yes. A lot.

 

 

16 minutes ago, Vino said:

Mission 1: I take off and start circling around the ship. Nothing happens. I burn my fuel, and finally land. What should I do, what is my task?

There are instruction messages that tell you, but check the kneeboard page to visualize the Case III departure.  Basically take off, then at 7 miles turn right, and keep a distance of 10 NM from the ship in a wide right turn. Then turn left and depart on the specified radial, but I included a helper to let you know when. 

You'll also find a detailed description of the procedure in the docs folder.

Edited June 18, 2021 by Reflected

[tsgucci]

Thanks for the campaign, just bought it  I really liked the Zone5 too.

Question: Do you think I can change the aircraft to B version? I fly a lot with the "B" and do not want to mix-up the two.

Also, can we fly this in multiplayer? WIth human RIO or with human wingman?

 

Thanks a lot!

[Reflected]

1 minute ago, tsgucci said:

Thanks for the campaign, just bought it  I really liked the Zone5 too.

Question: Do you think I can change the aircraft to B version? I fly a lot with the "B" and do not want to mix-up the two.

Also, can we fly this in multiplayer? WIth human RIO or with human wingman?

 

Thanks a lot!

 

Hey, thanks!

 

Sorry, no and no.

 

VF-84 never flew the B, and triggered radio messages are bugged in multiplayer.

 

[Charly_Owl]

Just bought the campaign, will try it out tonight. I really love these kind of old school campaigns, and knowing Reflected is behind it I rest assured that the quality is there.

Edited June 18, 2021 by Charly_Owl

[Vino]

On 6/18/2021 at 1:21 PM, Reflected said:

Yes. A lot.

 

I have to disagree. I’m stuck on mission 1. Tried it about ten times. Is there a way to skip a mission?

[Reflected]

2 minutes ago, Vino said:

I have to disagree. I’m stuck on mission 1. Tried it about ten times. Is there a way to skip a mission?

 

Why are you stuck? Which part can't you complete? There are helper messages all along the way. Let me know what gives you a headache and I can perhaps offer further help. BTW there's a skip mission option in the F10 radio menu.

Edited June 21, 2021 by Reflected

[Vino]

Thanks reflected - again.  My problem is, that I’m circling around the ship at given altitude and range, but nothing happens…

Edited June 21, 2021 by Vino

[Reflected]

After you took off, did you fly straight following BRC, until you got the 'arcing' message? 

 

If so, did you keep a distance of 10 NM from the ship in a gentle right turn? (+/- 1 NM). (use TACAN). The ship is the center of this circle that you're flying along.

 

If so, you'll hear a helper message when you reach a heading of approx 340. It will tell you to turn left 90 degrees.

 

I would say send me a track but those are probably bugged. But if you could record a video I could see what you're doing.

 

This is from the official SC manual:

 

Edited June 21, 2021 by Reflected

[drberto]

Is there anyway we could skip missions?I can't fly at night and i can't do air refueling.So i I'm just a lazy casual player,i want to take off and shot some enemies.I cannot pass the first mission and it is annoying,so i would like to skip it.

Edit:the only way i found,is to copy the missions to Saved games/missions and play them as separate missions

Edited June 21, 2021 by drberto

[Reflected]

3 hours ago, drberto said:

Is there anyway we could skip missions?I can't fly at night and i can't do air refueling.So i I'm just a lazy casual player,i want to take off and shot some enemies.I cannot pass the first mission and it is annoying,so i would like to skip it.

Edit:the only way i found,is to copy the missions to Saved games/missions and play them as separate missions

 

 

As I said 3 posts above, there is a 'skip mission' option under the F10 menu

 

Also, you were given the option to either refuel or keep holding right after the helper told you that it's your call, and either choices can lead to success or failure, so why did you choose to go for the tanker? I'm really bad at night AAR so I always choose to keep holding

[ClydeBigBird]

Have only played through the first 3 missions so far, but I have to say the writing and voice acting in this campaign is awesome and really sets a new bar for how entertaining those elements of a campaign can be.  Never really realized how much more entertaining campaigns could be if the writers didn't restrict themselves to "PG" dialog!

[drberto]

20 hours ago, Reflected said:

 

As I said 3 posts above, there is a 'skip mission' option under the F10 menu

 

Also, you were given the option to either refuel or keep holding right after the helper told you that it's your call, and either choices can lead to success or failure, so why did you choose to go for the tanker? I'm really bad at night AAR so I always choose to keep holding

Thank you for your response.I didn't observe the "skip mission" option,i'm going to check it now.

[Reflected]

7 hours ago, ClydeBigBird said:

Have only played through the first 3 missions so far, but I have to say the writing and voice acting in this campaign is awesome and really sets a new bar for how entertaining those elements of a campaign can be.  Never really realized how much more entertaining campaigns could be if the writers didn't restrict themselves to "PG" dialog!

 

Thanks, it's interesting to hear that, because it's always a tradeoff. It's more entertaining this way, but it sacrifices realism. and vice versa: full realism sacrifices entertainment. At the end of the day it's up to your personal preference. I wanted to position this particular campaign on the entertainment end of the scale.

[sigfan86]

Looking forward to grabbing this when it drops on steam.

 

Any news on when that might happen?

[Reflected]

Sorry, no idea, it's out of my control. Usually a few weeks, maybe a month, based on previous experience.

[Damian-J]

Me and The Wingman hunting

[kseremak]

I love how the campaing is in '80s when the Soviet Union is still a thing and the overall '80s atmosphere.

[BoFrost]

First of all, I love the Campaign ! Amazing and fun. 

But one short question. When I try to land on the carrier, after I got mission success, and I will crash the plane at landing (you never knows), will it fail the mission ?

Luckily I got the bird on the deck until now, but what will happen ?

 

 

 

Thanks

Frank