AvgeekJoe Posted July 5, 2021 Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) Having had problems in getting OPFOR artillery to fire once friendly forces enter a trigger zone... here's some advice. Advice given presuming you know where's where in DCS World Mission Planner and know the basics. STEP ONE: lay down some artillery vehicles. Not static, vehicles. Be mindful the targets have to be outside their minimum range represented by a green circle. You also want to name this group something you can remember and identify later on like "Nona". STEP TWO: you need some friendly vehicles on the move. You want to name this group starting with a prefix clearly indicating being friendly like TF. I prefer friendly TFs in the Caucuses theatre named after Georgian ballerinas (e.g. Nina, Nutsa) but that's me. STEP THREE: you need a trigger zone. Can be circular or four-sided. I recommend giving the artillery 2-3 minutes to get ready to fire at a point with a circumference of like 1000 feet or so. STEP FOUR: You need trigger rules. This is where we tell DCS what, how and where to shoot artillery. A) The best trigger rules are 2 Repetitive Action for Type and NO EVENT for Event. B) Then you want to under "CONDITIONS" either go "Part of Group in Zone" or "Part of Coalition in Zone". Make sure you select the proper coalition or group you want fired on. I recommend limiting this to "Ground" units in UNIT TYPE. You also must select the right trigger zone also. C) Finally, the Actions. You need to do two (2) actions - first, activate the artillery unit by first selecting for action "GROUP ACTIVATE" and selecting the group I hope you named clearly back in step one. Second, then you need to create a second action by selecting "GROUP AI ON" for the same artillery unit doing the firing. The below screen shot should help: This is what after a week of trial-and-error works. Safe to say this should work with some tweaks for SAMs & AAA. Finally, I have attached a static mission I'm still working on with more assets to be added to the final version & better routing + timing. But for the sake of simplicity I'm sharing now before those assets get added - like some Georgian Su-25s, an E-3 Sentry, some C-17s, and more Idaho A-10s. For starters. So please don't read too much into this. A-10C II Basic Mission 08 BETA v2 - Battle of Poti.miz Edited July 5, 2021 by AvgeekJoe Forgot to add a note about trigger zones in 4B. 1
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