Mountain COIN - Sudden Death

[AstonMartinDBS]

On 3/28/2022 at 7:37 PM, Hangar200 said:

I see the problems - the Convoy starts without the AH-64D in the zone - something got deleted.  The other issues stem from an attempt to "make it real" with a bunch of activity not dependent on the player's position on the battlefield…so a big part takes place while your are still inbound.  Not good.

EDIT: This ran afoul of some other issues - Needs a bit of a rewrite.

Any news about the progress of the bug fixing? Nearly three months are gone in the meantime...

[granola1861]

After waiting with no fixes I decided to figure out what was going on with this mission. 

A couple of easy fixes:  make the convoy delayed inactive but still visible before activation. Add a trigger for the convoy to activate when colt reaches the first trigger zone at the convoy. Next the mortar fire text action needs switched with the guppy outpost transmission. This is why you are told to look for a mortar team before they spawn, meanwhile convoys are rolling down Cadillac. 
 

Not a bad idea to switch out some of the zsu trucks with technicals since there is a picture of technicals in the brief but none in mission. 
 

This mission seems to have a solid foundation but lacked quality control. Lots of little errors that when fixed will create a solid mission. 
 

There is a randomization trigger at mission start that I’ve used to activate some RPG sniper teams and berserker technicals along the convoy route to keep it interesting. That tight valley has me in pucker mode expecting something around every corner. Now the pucker is real. 
 

Hopefully this mission will get the love it needs and live up to one that is worthy to accompany the Apache module. Meanwhile use these tips and have fun!

 

-Climber

 

Edit:  To fix the extended taxi/National Lampoon type road trip your wingman takes, do this.  Set Colt flight to "takeoff from ground cold" and orient them to line up appropriately.  You can now lift off and your wingman will takeoff and immediately begin working into formation.  ATC will still respond correctly as well. 

Edited July 13, 2022 by granola1861
Added tip to fix wingman extended taxi time.

[Fleshpiston]

3 hours ago, granola1861 said:

After waiting with no fixes I decided to figure out what was going on with this mission. 

A couple of easy fixes:  make the convoy delayed inactive but still visible before activation. Add a trigger for the convoy to activate when colt reaches the first trigger zone at the convoy. Next the mortar fire text action needs switched with the guppy outpost transmission. This is why you are told to look for a mortar team before they spawn, meanwhile convoys are rolling down Cadillac. 
 

Not a bad idea to switch out some of the zsu trucks with technicals since there is a picture of technicals in the brief but none in mission. 
 

This mission seems to have a solid foundation but lacked quality control. Lots of little errors that when fixed will create a solid mission. 
 

There is a randomization trigger at mission start that I’ve used to activate some RPG sniper teams and berserker technicals along the convoy route to keep it interesting. That tight valley has me in pucker mode expecting something around every corner. Now the pucker is real. 
 

Hopefully this mission will get the love it needs and live up to one that is worthy to accompany the Apache module. Meanwhile use these tips and have fun!

 

-Climber

Any chance you could share your version please? 

 

Br

Flesh

[granola1861]

1 hour ago, Fleshpiston said:

Any chance you could share your version please? 

 

Br

Flesh

I try to treat missions like publications with authors. Since I'm not the original creator of the mission and it still has the same original base design, I don't feel comfortable posting unless the original mission designer gave permission.

At this time I'm not reaching out for that permission. 

-Climber

[AstonMartinDBS]

3 hours ago, Malakhit said:

Can confirm that this mission is still broken; the convoy never appears.

Will we ever get a fixed version of this mission?

[Mike789]

Does anyone know if this was fixed in the recent OB update?

[AstonMartinDBS]

17 hours ago, Mike789 said:

fixed in the recent OB update?

No. The mission is still broken.

[Mike789]

On 1/31/2023 at 5:04 PM, AstonMartinDBS said:

No. The mission is still broken.

Thanks. Haven’t had a chance to try. Not sure what was fixed in the patch

[Grodin]

Heads up, it's still broken.

[Miro]

On 3/25/2022 at 3:45 PM, LooseSeal said:

There I was, flying along to the 3rd waypoint when I heard a small "ugh" and the screen went black.

All I can imagine is he's had a heart attack, or an aneurism? Never had that kind of unexplained sudden death happen to me before in DCS.

Now, I did abandon my wingman at the base because he decided he wanted to spend 15 minutes taxiing down a long runway then taxiing right back up it again. Is it because I got too far away from him? Anyone else done this mission?

This sudden death is not related to the mission, report it to AH-64 bugs and problems, I had this once in nevada, in the free flight. I thought something broke once. Do You have "random system failures" and "birds" enabled?

Edited April 23, 2023 by Miro

[LooseSeal]

14 hours ago, Miro said:

This sudden death is not related to the mission, report it to AH-64 bugs and problems, I had this once in nevada, in the free flight. I thought something broke once. Do You have "random system failures" and "birds" enabled?

I don't really think it matters anymore? I don't even remember this happening, to be honest...

[masterthehero]

Tried to play this mission with my friend, we wandered around for 30-40 minutes. I cheated with CTRL F11 to view if the convoy spawned anywhere, never did. Very disappointing that this is still not fixed a year later.

[AstonMartinDBS]

According to the mission designer's profile, @Hangar200 was last active on May 11, 2022. And obviously nobody else from ED cares about all the broken missions...

Edited July 7, 2023 by AstonMartinDBS

[daniellegraham]

It has been more than 1 year. And I still can't find the convoy either.

[granola1861]

Since the original designer has gone the way of the dodo I will reconsider and link the fixed version I created. The only issue is that I'm out of town and it won't be until next week.

Hang on just a bit and I'll get a link up soon.

-Climber

Edited September 11, 2023 by granola1861

[AstonMartinDBS]

On 9/11/2023 at 3:54 PM, granola1861 said:

Since the original designer has gone the way of the dodo I will reconsider and link the fixed version I created.

Thanks! I'm looking forward to fly this mission as intended.

[Antix70]

On 9/11/2023 at 6:54 AM, granola1861 said:

Since the original designer has gone the way of the dodo I will reconsider and link the fixed version I created. The only issue is that I'm out of town and it won't be until next week.

Hang on just a bit and I'll get a link up soon.

-Climber

 

Did you post it? I can't find it in user files.

[granola1861]

So somewhere I have lost the file.  I occasionally do a mission purge and must have inadvertently picked it.  

 

I have gone back and "re-created" the wheel with this one and here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_nexR-d-jKQPhf8LHHg572hioxjzy_nJ/view?usp=sharing

I've added the mission to the user files as well.  The google link will likely go away sometime soon.  I've made the changes that I think I had the last time but have not had a chance to test it yet.  If someone sees anything that still doesn't work, let me know and I can address it. 

 

I've added some notes in the briefing that I am not the original creator. 

Enjoy and have fun with this one.  BTW I've added some extra random items on the ingress route to keep an eye out for.

 

-Climber

 

 

Edited November 12, 2023 by granola1861
Updating response.

[Antix70]

Heads up @AstonMartinDBS @daniellegraham @masterthehero @Grodin @Mike789 @Fleshpiston

On 11/12/2023 at 12:25 PM, granola1861 said:

So somewhere I have lost the file.  I occasionally do a mission purge and must have inadvertently picked it.  

 

I have gone back and "re-created" the wheel with this one and here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_nexR-d-jKQPhf8LHHg572hioxjzy_nJ/view?usp=sharing

I've added the mission to the user files as well.  The google link will likely go away sometime soon.  I've made the changes that I think I had the last time but have not had a chance to test it yet.  If someone sees anything that still doesn't work, let me know and I can address it. 

 

I've added some notes in the briefing that I am not the original creator. 

Enjoy and have fun with this one.  BTW I've added some extra random items on the ingress route to keep an eye out for.

 

-Climber

 

 

 

Testing tonight

[AstonMartinDBS]

On 11/12/2023 at 9:25 PM, granola1861 said:

I have gone back and "re-created" the wheel with this one and here is the link:

Thank you so much @granola1861. The mission seems to work now. I've been able to escort the column towards the outpost, but then happened something unexpected

[Antix70]

I ran this as multiplayer with a human CPG, we had some fun, but lost our Apache.

Need another Apache and some humans in the column with Combined Arms!

[granola1861]

I was finally able to run the changes and after some more tweaks I'm satisfied.  The first fix I uploaded still had some issues.  Now everything should run as intended. 

 

Version 2.0 is in the user files.  I'm done messing with this thing.  Have fun all!

 

-Climber

[AstonMartinDBS]

3 hours ago, granola1861 said:

Version 2.0 is in the user files. 

Thanks for your effort!

[AstonMartinDBS]

On 11/19/2023 at 5:45 AM, granola1861 said:

Now everything should run as intended. 

Is it intended that the possibility to activate the George UI has been deactivated?

This makes it impossible to run this mission as CP/G.

[granola1861]

I built it as a non-ai cpg. Yes the ai has been deactivated. You can easily change it yourself