AH-64D Griffin Campaign [Version002] [Gulf of Oman] [MP, COOP 2-8]

[Mistermann]

Last night marked the end of this fantastic campaign.  @Dagobert666 - a sincere THANK YOU and congratulations are in order.  Definitely the best free campaign I've experienced.  Thank you for making it specifically for coop/multi-player.

Below is the video from our adventure.  I tried something new with the video and am interested in feedback for those that watch.  I added images from the corresponding tacview recording in some key moments.  Hopefully this gives the viewer a little more situational awareness of what's happening on screen.  Any feedback is appreciated.

 

[Dagobert666]

1 hour ago, Mistermann said:

Last night marked the end of this fantastic campaign.  @Dagobert666 - a sincere THANK YOU and congratulations are in order.  Definitely the best free campaign I've experienced.  Thank you for making it specifically for coop/multi-player.

Below is the video from our adventure.  I tried something new with the video and am interested in feedback for those that watch.  I added images from the corresponding tacview recording in some key moments.  Hopefully this gives the viewer a little more situational awareness of what's happening on screen.  Any feedback is appreciated.

 

Yes, the Tacviews and the pictures were an enormous help to assess the situation.
For example the hinds sneaking up on you. I would have thought it was a BMT or a T72 with the smoothbore Missle. Only thanks to the Tacview, I see that it was a Ninja Hind^^

Thanks again for the vids!
It was great to see another group flying the missions. A group where the mission builder (Me^^) isn't there and can explain everything exactly what's going on.
So a group playing the campaign "Blind".

Thanks!

One question: were there any points in the campaign where you didn't know what to do because the briefing or the ingame voiceovers didn't give enough clues as to what to do?

[Mistermann]

15 hours ago, Dagobert666 said:

Yes, the Tacviews and the pictures were an enormous help to assess the situation.
For example the hinds sneaking up on you. I would have thought it was a BMT or a T72 with the smoothbore Missle. Only thanks to the Tacview, I see that it was a Ninja Hind^^

Thanks again for the vids!
It was great to see another group flying the missions. A group where the mission builder (Me^^) isn't there and can explain everything exactly what's going on.
So a group playing the campaign "Blind".

Thanks!

One question: were there any points in the campaign where you didn't know what to do because the briefing or the ingame voiceovers didn't give enough clues as to what to do?

Thanks for the feedback.  I only wish I had done this at the beginning of the video series.  Oh well.  I will do it for whatever missions we tackle next.

Nice design touch having those Ninja Hinds, BTW.  Had to be satisfying as the Mission Designer seeing those come into play.

As for your question, "yes" is the short answer.  For us, this happened a number of times.  Nothing that drastically altered our ability to do the mission.  Also, I'd wouldn't consider us a group that spends much time "planning".  Admittedly, we often find ourselves in-cockpit starting things up and asking "what are we doing in this mission?".  So while there were times when we weren't sure what we were "supposed" to do, we always progressed and figured it out.

[Devil 505]

On 3/31/2023 at 3:09 PM, Dagobert666 said:

Thanks again for the vids!

Last mission of the campaign.  We had a blast with this one.  The Dev Group escort was my favorite mission.  You did a great job and highly encouraged us to start working on some future campaigns.  Hopefully someday in the future we can flip the tables and you can fly some of ours.  The reinforcement of team work helped us better learn the Apache and what it is capable of in its current state.  Really looking forward to the future state of DCS when we can incorporate support missions with the Kiowa and CH-47 modules.  I also heard someone has the rights to the UH-60 and it will also eventually become a full module.  

 

[Mistermann]

My buddies and I absolutely loved flying @Dagobert666 campaign.  If you're at all interested in an exciting, well designed MP Apache experience, go download this from the OP link.

We reached out to Dagobert after completing the campaign asking him if he minded us refactoring his campaign a bit based on our feedback and vision for a MP campaign.  To his credit, Dagobert gave us the green light to leverage his creation to our desire.  He even gave us permission to repost should we get through all 10 missions (which is our intent).

Below is a recording of the 3rd mission in the campaign - Operation Broken Wing.  We find ourselves tasked with protecting a downed Blackhawk while a rescue team approaches.  To us, this mission was one of the most memorable of the series.

The video is definitely NSFW as it contains a fair amount of "adult" colorful language - both from us and the voice actors.

Hope you all enjoy.  This mission is one of the best experiences our group has had flying DCS.  

For those that do, thanks for watching.

 

[Dagobert666]

On 8/5/2023 at 1:37 PM, Mistermann said:

My buddies and I absolutely loved flying @Dagobert666 campaign.  If you're at all interested in an exciting, well designed MP Apache experience, go download this from the OP link.

We reached out to Dagobert after completing the campaign asking him if he minded us refactoring his campaign a bit based on our feedback and vision for a MP campaign.  To his credit, Dagobert gave us the green light to leverage his creation to our desire.  He even gave us permission to repost should we get through all 10 missions (which is our intent).

Below is a recording of the 3rd mission in the campaign - Operation Broken Wing.  We find ourselves tasked with protecting a downed Blackhawk while a rescue team approaches.  To us, this mission was one of the most memorable of the series.

The video is definitely NSFW as it contains a fair amount of "adult" colorful language - both from us and the voice actors.

Hope you all enjoy.  This mission is one of the best experiences our group has had flying DCS.  

For those that do, thanks for watching.

 

THIS IS THE WAY!
You have the right to do whatever you want with it!
I even appreciate the interest, effort, and work you're putting into improving the experience!



Thanks very much!

[Gunnar81]

@Dagobert666 These missions are OUTSTANDING! I just finished the deep strike mission with the FARP refuel, I think I spent 2hrs plus in the cockpit and enjoyed all of it, even the long flights in either direction. Thanks for doing this, these are going to be the missions that really help myself and probably a lot of other people get familiar with the Apache! Looking forward to your next project, that is, if you have something else cooking up?

 

Regards.

[Mistermann]

19 minutes ago, Gunnar81 said:

I just finished the deep strike mission with the FARP refuel, I think I spent 2hrs plus in the cockpit and enjoyed all of it, even the long flights in either direction.

Oh, you're going to be in for a real treat as you continue through this campaign.  This is great content, for sure.

[Dagobert666]

On 8/25/2023 at 4:36 PM, Gunnar81 said:

@Dagobert666 These missions are OUTSTANDING! I just finished the deep strike mission with the FARP refuel, I think I spent 2hrs plus in the cockpit and enjoyed all of it, even the long flights in either direction. Thanks for doing this, these are going to be the missions that really help myself and probably a lot of other people get familiar with the Apache! Looking forward to your next project, that is, if you have something else cooking up?

 

Regards.

No, nothing is currently in the works. But I'm planning a campaign in Syria as soon as the Apache finally gets his Longbow.

[Mistermann]

3 hours ago, Dagobert666 said:

But I'm planning a campaign in Syria as soon as the Apache finally gets his Longbow.

Oh heck yeah!  This is great news.

[shoe]

Did anyone have any issues with the CSAR mission Operation Broken Wing? For some reason my buddies and I can't seem to get halfway to the blackhawk before her crew is slaughtered. We are not using the a10s so far. What do the cheats in the f10 comms menu do?

[Dagobert666]

This must be a bug that came in with one of the last patches.

--->Simply set the infantry (black hawk crew) to immortal.

I can assure you that this will not affect the mission. It's mainly about protecting the rescue convoy. I wouldn't do anything more to solve the bug.

[shoe]

10 hours ago, Dagobert666 said:

This must be a bug that came in with one of the last patches.

--->Simply set the infantry (black hawk crew) to immortal.

I can assure you that this will not affect the mission. It's mainly about protecting the rescue convoy. I wouldn't do anything more to solve the bug.

I made some edits in ME. Slowed down the wheeled units and moved/delayed the infantry. Going to run it with the squadron tomorrow and see how it goes. I can share it with you if it works!