Tomcat Multiplayer (Pilot/RIO) campaigns or missions

[ouseler]

A friend of mine and myself are wanting to fly missions and/or campaigns as Pilot/RIO.  

First, are there any existing missions or campaigns that can be Pilot/RIO?  If not, can they be modified in the Mission Editor to do so.

[scommander2]

How about trying Multiplayer playground to have your friend as RIO on the same plane?

 

 

[IronMike]

2 hours ago, ouseler said:

A friend of mine and myself are wanting to fly missions and/or campaigns as Pilot/RIO.  

First, are there any existing missions or campaigns that can be Pilot/RIO?  If not, can they be modified in the Mission Editor to do so.

Yes, both Reforger and Cage the Bear can be flown as coop, with up to iirc 4 ppl. Apart of that several of our missions are included as coop versions as well, which you can all find in the mods/aircraft/f14/missions/multi folder in your main dcs install directory.

You can also take any mission that exists with a Tomcat and simply change "player" to "client" and voilà - you have a coop mission. Important is, do not change anything else, triggers, unit names, etc etc... in order to avoid breaking the mission.

Enjoy flying with your friend, we hope you guys have fun! Multicrew is how it was meant to be lived.

Edited September 26, 2022 by IronMike

[ouseler]

Thanks, IronMike for the info.  It is most helpful.  What about DCS released campaigns?  Can those be "made" into multi-player as well, i.e. Zone 5, Sandworm, Fear the Bone?

[draconus]

1 hour ago, ouseler said:

Zone 5

Problems expected.

[IronMike]

4 hours ago, ouseler said:

Thanks, IronMike for the info.  It is most helpful.  What about DCS released campaigns?  Can those be "made" into multi-player as well, i.e. Zone 5, Sandworm, Fear the Bone?

Often not, because they are protected, that is you cannot edit them, unless the developer released a coop version with them.