Tank50us Posted October 19, 2021 Posted October 19, 2021 With all the helicopters we're getting now, it'd be nice if we could place infantry onto the decks of ships and onto the various oil and gas platforms available in game. The reasoning here is that it would be good to create things like boarding actions via helicopter insert, or for cases to stop the ship from leaving an area with WMDs onboard with a bunch of dudes shooting at the helicopter trying to get the ship to stop. This could also allow us to simulate 'armed merchant ships' by placing infantry and certain weapon systems on the deck that we now have to worry about. I'm sure the list of possible scenarios people could dream up for this ability are endless... 8
sirrah Posted October 19, 2021 Posted October 19, 2021 29 minutes ago, Tank50us said: With all the helicopters we're getting now, it'd be nice if we could place infantry onto the decks of ships and onto the various oil and gas platforms available in game. The reasoning here is that it would be good to create things like boarding actions via helicopter insert, or for cases to stop the ship from leaving an area with WMDs onboard with a bunch of dudes shooting at the helicopter trying to get the ship to stop. This could also allow us to simulate 'armed merchant ships' by placing infantry and certain weapon systems on the deck that we now have to worry about. I'm sure the list of possible scenarios people could dream up for this ability are endless... This was requested here before just recently (as most wishes on this forum ) But yes, that would be a very welcome feature 1 System specs: i7-8700K @stock speed - GTX 1080TI @ stock speed - AsRock Extreme4 Z370 - 32GB DDR4 @3GHz- 500GB SSD - 2TB nvme - 650W PSU HP Reverb G1 v2 - Saitek Pro pedals - TM Warthog HOTAS - TM F/A-18 Grip - TM Cougar HOTAS (NN-Dan mod) & (throttle standalone mod) - VIRPIL VPC Rotor TCS Plus with ALPHA-L grip - Pointctrl & aux banks <-- must have for VR users!! - Andre's SimShaker Jetpad - Fully adjustable DIY playseat - VA+VAICOM - Realsimulator FSSB-R3 ~ That nuke might not have been the best of ideas, Sir... the enemy is furious ~ GUMMBAH
Northstar98 Posted October 19, 2021 Posted October 19, 2021 +1 I requested a similar thing here. Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
cfrag Posted October 21, 2021 Posted October 21, 2021 Well, technically it is possible to place units on most of these objects, it's just not supported in ME: you need to place them with Lua scripts. Once placed, they can't really do much. Also, placing them on static (unmoving) ships is hit/miss (depends if the have a hit box to place stuff on), and this currently won't work (well) with moving ships: I've included a proof of concept mission that uses enhanced 'spawn zones' to place these troops with ME and allows troop helos (Huey, Hip, Hind) to pick them up and drop them. If you want to experiment with the spawn zones, please ensure that you make the 'baseName' attribute unique, or the spawners will compete for group names, and start replacing each other's groups. She sells sea shelfs.miz 1
RichCotte Posted December 2, 2023 Posted December 2, 2023 Was this issue ever solved? I'd like to place SAM & EWR assets on oil and gas platforms. 1
GKOver Posted March 24, 2024 Posted March 24, 2024 I also tried it with the current version but it is still not supported. That is a pity…. 2
buceador Posted June 30 Posted June 30 I have only just realised(!) that you cannot place ground units e.g. infantry, on ships (LST Mk.II for example) It is possible to place STATIC objects on ships but DCS doesn't include INFANTRY in the list of static objects for some obscure reason? I am aware that there is a PERSONNEL section but this only refers to carrier personnel. With the upcoming update to infantry wouldn't this be an essential feature? Is it planned? @BIGNEWY @NineLine Thanks. 2
Wroblowaty Posted July 1 Posted July 1 Yeah, i miss the option to put a guy with a manpads on an oil rig or tanker...
DD_Friar Posted July 1 Posted July 1 @Wroblowaty - Do check out the DML tool box by @cfrag. You will be able to do what you want, I know, I have done it using this tool. You do not need to know how to write scripts, using the tool, which is NOT a mod, is a simple copy and paste. There is a module called "clone". You just place the zone over the rig and specify the units you want to be placed there. 1 Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
Gunfreak Posted July 1 Posted July 1 On 6/30/2025 at 12:48 PM, buceador said: I have only just realised(!) that you cannot place ground units e.g. infantry, on ships (LST Mk.II for example) It is possible to place STATIC objects on ships but DCS doesn't include INFANTRY in the list of static objects for some obscure reason? I am aware that there is a PERSONNEL section but this only refers to carrier personnel. With the upcoming update to infantry wouldn't this be an essential feature? Is it planned? @BIGNEWY @NineLine Thanks. I have static infantry, it's under ground vehicles. Placed static infantry Higgins boats. 2 i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 5090 OC, 128Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive.
MAXsenna Posted July 1 Posted July 1 6 hours ago, Gunfreak said: I have static infantry, it's under ground vehicles. Placed static infantry Higgins boats. That looks seriously cool! 1
Gunfreak Posted July 1 Posted July 1 Indeed, it works great in the Higgins boats, cars, trucks and men are "slightly floating" when I put them on the larger WW2 liberty ships. 1 i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 5090 OC, 128Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive.
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