Sylosis Posted May 4, 2023 Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) I was wondering if I'm just unlucky or if the mission design has some control over the clouds. At the portion where you have to shoot infantry on the roof east of a compound, which is north of Kerman, I've had a major huge freaking cloud over that entire area. To top it, the cloud is roughly 3000 ft above the ground. So I have absolutely no vision to try and find them with the pod... I had to resort to the red tags showing enemies and dive with the gun. But then again, I barely had time to aim. I was wondering if this is on purpose or if I was just unlucky and if I try it again, that cloud might not be there? (cause yes I failed that objective so I quit the mission). Edited May 4, 2023 by Sylosis Windows 10-64bits, i7-8700k, GTX 1080Ti, 32 Gb RAM, MSI Monitor 32in 165Hz. Mirage 2000C, F5-E, Mig21bis, A10-C, FC3, F-18, AV-8B N/A, F-14, F-16, SuperCarrier
Solution ChillNG Posted May 4, 2023 Solution Posted May 4, 2023 4 hours ago, Sylosis said: I was wondering if I'm just unlucky or if the mission design has some control over the clouds. At the portion where you have to shoot infantry on the roof east of a compound, which is north of Kerman, I've had a major huge freaking cloud over that entire area. To top it, the cloud is roughly 3000 ft above the ground. So I have absolutely no vision to try and find them with the pod... I had to resort to the red tags showing enemies and dive with the gun. But then again, I barely had time to aim. I was wondering if this is on purpose or if I was just unlucky and if I try it again, that cloud might not be there? (cause yes I failed that objective so I quit the mission). This was debated during testing, as the moving cloud update landed just after the mission was built. There is an element of luck depending on how long it takes you to get to this point of the mission and how much the cloud has moved. You can wait it out as well, if the current CAS task allows you to, and it will move on. Final feedback from testers was we should leave as is, it's appropriately difficult for the penultimate campaign mission. But more than happy to look at again if there's a consensus among the community. 1
Sylosis Posted May 4, 2023 Author Posted May 4, 2023 5 hours ago, ChillNG said: This was debated during testing, as the moving cloud update landed just after the mission was built. There is an element of luck depending on how long it takes you to get to this point of the mission and how much the cloud has moved. You can wait it out as well, if the current CAS task allows you to, and it will move on. Final feedback from testers was we should leave as is, it's appropriately difficult for the penultimate campaign mission. But more than happy to look at again if there's a consensus among the community. No it's fine. I was mostly curious to know if it was fixed like that on purpose or not. I see it is not fixed like that and that it has already been noted and discussed. I can definitely understand (and agree) why people prefer to keep it like that, it's simply more realistic. In my situation I think I couldn't have gotten more unlucky as the cloud was super big, dense, low and right where it had to be to make it nearly impossible to succeed. I'll run it again and hope it'll be not as bad! Thank you! 1 Windows 10-64bits, i7-8700k, GTX 1080Ti, 32 Gb RAM, MSI Monitor 32in 165Hz. Mirage 2000C, F5-E, Mig21bis, A10-C, FC3, F-18, AV-8B N/A, F-14, F-16, SuperCarrier
unlikely_spider Posted May 7, 2023 Posted May 7, 2023 I figured the cloud placement in the various missions was bound to luck as well. Unless the tech changes, I would say to leave it as-is too! I had some missions where the clouds provided a minor inconvenience, but I just noted which cardinal direction gave me best visibility to the specific targets and tried to modify my strategy thusly. The weather conditions are a big part of the briefings as well, and are a fundamental component of aviation and military planning. So I think it added just the right amount of difficulty and required on-the-spot adjustments to strategy. Plus the clouds look nice now in DCS. Modules: Wright Flyer, Spruce Goose, Voyager 1
ChillNG Posted May 7, 2023 Posted May 7, 2023 23 minutes ago, unlikely_spider said: I figured the cloud placement in the various missions was bound to luck as well. Unless the tech changes, I would say to leave it as-is too! I had some missions where the clouds provided a minor inconvenience, but I just noted which cardinal direction gave me best visibility to the specific targets and tried to modify my strategy thusly. The weather conditions are a big part of the briefings as well, and are a fundamental component of aviation and military planning. So I think it added just the right amount of difficulty and required on-the-spot adjustments to strategy. Plus the clouds look nice now in DCS. Cool, thanks for the input, sounds like it had the desired effect - forcing you to re-evaluate and adjust the plan.
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