A.R.E.A 18 multi-aircraft, nearly endless, history driven campaign

[daemon1808]

1 hour ago, Pacior said:

You mean this thread? I couldn't find AM2 modern in there, there was an update on the WWII Marsden Farp but that's it. If you could paste the correct link I'd greatly appreciate it, thanks

I think he is refering to this one. But I don't know if the autor agreed to redistribute the mod or not.

Just in case, I removed the mod from AREA fixed version and v3.0

 

 

[MAXsenna]

1 hour ago, Pacior said:

You mean this thread? I couldn't find AM2 modern in there, there was an update on the WWII Marsden Farp but that's it. If you could paste the correct link I'd greatly appreciate it, thanks

Apologies for getting you hopes up. I was sure the link was updated, as others were.

[Pacior]

9 hours ago, daemon1808 said:

 

Yeah, the weird thing is I removed the previous 2.0 version and replaced it with AREA 2.1 fixed version, and still when starting the campaign it asks me for AM2 mod, I'm still trying to figure out why with no luck. 

 

9 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Apologies for getting you hopes up. I was sure the link was updated, as others were.

hey, no problem! 

[daemon1808]

Coming soon a new history mission

 

[sebastiank]

area 18 2.1 still working in some version? I installed everything I needed, I even used different versions of dcs and I can't get into the campaign, and in the mission editor I don't get the miz files

edit: also modify the lua file of scripts

Edited February 15, 2023 by sebastiank

[daemon1808]

On 2/15/2023 at 11:06 PM, sebastiank said:

area 18 2.1 still working in some version? I installed everything I needed, I even used different versions of dcs and I can't get into the campaign, and in the mission editor I don't get the miz files

edit: also modify the lua file of scripts

 

Hi Sebastiank,

I have tried myself and it is working with the current open beta, without problems and not need to change the scripts.

At least the "Random daily mission" loads without errors, and the scripts seems to be working. Maybe, once inside the mission, some errors can happen or have some weird behaviour because the v2.1 is not maintained anymore... but you can try it yourself.

Be sure to follow the following steps to the letter (see the attached files also):

1. Once downloaded the campaign from the ED user files section,  unzip the content inside the blablabla/#youruser#/SAVEDGAMES/blablabla campaign folder.

2. Find the "missionScripting.lua" file in the DCS main installation folder

3. Make a backup, just in case, and comment the "sanitizeModule('io')" and "sanitizeModule('lfs')" (put -- before this lines, as -- is the comment symbol in lua language). This is mandatory because DCS blocks some of the functions v2.1 use to store the progress and the way AREA v2.1 loads the main scripts.

4. Open the missions using directly the Mission Editor, forget the "campaign" main menu option. The random daily missions are ST1_Noche.miz, ST1_tarde_desp.miz and ST1_tarde_nubes.miz (I'm not sure if the history missions still work). You can see below the needed modules for the mission, in the same window you use to load a mission in the Mission Editor (do not forget to scroll down, because some of them are hiden)

6. Once the mission is opened in the Mission editor, launch it using the green arrow icon

7. Choose the Briefing room in the "choice of role" window, and follow the rest of the instructions given in the Dummy Pilot videos (Please subscribe ^_^. I am not very prolific, but all my past, current and future mods for DCS are announced and the tutorials are published in the channel)

Hope this helps. Anyway, maybe.... IIN THE FUUUUTURE... (HIP Youtube channel registered mark ^_^) I will publish an "upgraded" version of the v3.0 in the Patreon.

Fly save!

 

 

 

 

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[daemon1808]

Now I understand by A.R.E.A. 18 random daily missions sometimes don't allow the player to end the mission :

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Edited March 10, 2023 by daemon1808

[heloguy]

I'm running the Patreon version (3.2), and whenever I end the mission, even if I completed the mission tasks successfully, I get the "You lost" message for the campaign, and none of my A2A or A2G kills are recorded to the pilot log.  I am for sure commenting out the correct lines in missionscripting.lua.  Is this just the way it is, or am I doing something wrong?