Pretense - Dynamic Campaign

[LightningFalcon]

2 hours ago, Dzsekeb said:

Use the Other->Naval Command-> name of carrier -> Information option from the radio menu to get the actual frequencies and channels.

The ones from the mission editor are just the defaults dcs adds when you place something, the actual ones in use are set from scripts at runtime.

 

Worked like a charm

And I see some other bits in there I need to explore... I can command tasks from the naval group now?!

I love this game so much, thank you for everything you're doing!

[Victor3]

I'm curious if there is a way to call for friendly CAP support. It seems as though red always has way more aircraft up than blue does. Makes it hard to fly SP in a chopper. Other than that it's a fantastic campaign!

[Dzsekeb]

2 hours ago, SickSidewinder9 said:

I could have sworn I changed the variables in the config as suggested to slow things down.  Not sure it did?  I used 7 zip to explore the .miz.  Moved the relevant file to the desktop, edited it, but it back in the .miz, saved the mission in the editor.  Is that not the correct steps?  Maye the sectors that are close just resupply quickly?  Also got a CTD.  Sent the crash log in, but idk if that helps you.

Its definitely difficult to get it tweaked to your preferences, theres a lot of randomness to everything, and the results of the changes will most of the time not be obvious in the short term. 

Also dcs crash logs dont help me, they're usually caused by issues within dcs not the mission. 

45 minutes ago, LightningFalcon said:

Worked like a charm

And I see some other bits in there I need to explore... I can command tasks from the naval group now?!

I love this game so much, thank you for everything you're doing!

Yes as you rank up you gain acces to suport flights and eventually can relocate the carriers. You can find details in the manual. 

38 minutes ago, Victor3 said:

I'm curious if there is a way to call for friendly CAP support. It seems as though red always has way more aircraft up than blue does. Makes it hard to fly SP in a chopper. Other than that it's a fantastic campaign!

You can call in cap from the carrier once you reach a certain rank, but you will eventually need to resupply the carrier. Details in the manual. 

[Spartan111sqn]

It is awesome @Dzsekeb, thanks

[bowi]

hey, possible to put more slots on the carrier? on caucasus pretense?
very great mission, i need more slots for my team on the carrier.


thx alot

Edited February 13, 2024 by bowi

[Dzsekeb]

3 hours ago, bowi said:

hey, possible to put more slots on the carrier? on caucasus pretense?
very great mission, i need more slots for my team on the carrier.


thx alot

 

You can place whatever slots you want whereever you need them. 

 

[oznckr]

Hello, I love this mission many thanks. I have a question, I am around maybe 8-10 hours on the mission, flying alone. I mange to push north quite a bit. I wanted to see if awacs will takeoff and it actually was gonna takeoff from King Husain, meanwhile i got crashed on my client but my server was still runing. I reconnect the mission Awacs was still on taxi. After couple of minutes I checked it again and it just disappeared. Can I do anyting to prioritize to spawn awacs on my campaing without restarting complelty? Does awacs spawn takes a time or it needs x amounts of bases before takeoff to have clear air space?

We also tried to run it on multiplayer server but aircrafts was holding air stand still looking like they stoped flying mid air, no units was moving etc. Is there anything to be done to fix it? I assumed maybe waypoints by ground units was hitting server hard because they try to manage drive through cities. It is unplayable on our server multiplayer unfortunately. 

[Grindmetal]

I created a new Helix zone for example, for helicopters but they don't rearm, what could it be?I placed Farp, everything ok. Enemy AI capture turns red and blue capture turns blue, but Clients cannot rearm

Edited February 17, 2024 by Grindmetal

[Wizard1393]

35 minutes ago, Grindmetal said:

I created a new Helix zone for example, for helicopters but they don't rearm, what could it be?I placed Farp, everything ok. Enemy AI capture turns red and blue capture turns blue, but Clients cannot rearm

 

IIRC you MUST have an Ammo truck, Fuel truck and a HMMVV placed on the FARP to be able to rearm/refuel/communicate.

[strikers_blade]

Hey guys,

 

Probably a dumb question but one of our members was editing the mission to see if the Hercules would work on the mission and while it doesn't crash the game, the cargo door is not being detected when it is time to load some cargo.

Anything we are missing here?

p.s. I searched the forums without luck so far.

[Dzsekeb]

13 minutes ago, strikers_blade said:

Hey guys,

 

Probably a dumb question but one of our members was editing the mission to see if the Hercules would work on the mission and while it doesn't crash the game, the cargo door is not being detected when it is time to load some cargo.

Anything we are missing here?

p.s. I searched the forums without luck so far.

The mod needs to be added to the server too for it to work. 

If the server doesn't have it, it doesn't know about the animations on the model and the script running in the mission on the server can't access the state of the animation.

[strikers_blade]

Thank you sir, that was it.

[Dzsekeb]

Pretense v1.7.1 - 23 Feb 2024

• Target smoke CMD now only available on revealed zones
• Fixed tanker speed defined in knots instead of m/s leading to high orbit speeds
• Temporary fix to restore old Group.getByName behaviour

[Dzsekeb]

Pretense v1.7.2 - 23 Feb 2024

• Fixed occasional script error when saving zone groups

[wjmzwx]

hello I want to report a interesting bug of mirage f1 in this dynamic campain.

In the Syria cw cold start version. If I enable the persistense function（sp player），I cannot get the spherical indicator aligned even though the cap warning light is off.  In other mission or client it does work，so I am pretty sure is not something due to my start procedure. 

I wonder if it has something to do with the persistense function？

[MarvK]

Dzsekeb,

I want to reset the campaign from the beginning. How do I do this? I tried deleting the "pretense_1.6.json" file in the saves folder, but then DCS crashes when I try to start the mission. 

Edited March 19, 2024 by MarvK

[Bazz_Mulder]

On 10/26/2023 at 8:24 AM, Dzsekeb said:

https://github.com/Dzsek/dcs-utility-scripts/blob/main/PretenseGCI.lua

Hi, 

Regarding GCI. I've added some REDFOR aircrafts for small PVP functionality. Where can I enable GCI to be active for RED side when spawned in REDFOR? 

I see a line in init.lua, but that's probably for the whole mission.

Edited March 22, 2024 by Bazz_Mulder

[AhSoul]

Hey  

We've been trying Pretense for a couple of weeks on our own server and it's awesome! But we can't seem to use the cmd tokens. Every time we try we get a 'there are no valid targets' message. We've tried using it in the air, or on the ground at a friendly zone, but nothing.

Are we doing something stupid? 

[Stonkernz]

In Syria mission, choosing a new F18 slot on carrier and the ship appears to be keeling over heavily, to the point the aircraft slides of the deck unless held in place by power or brakes. Is the ship in a heavy turn, or possibly been holed by something?

[Stonkernz]

On 3/29/2024 at 6:26 PM, Stonkernz said:

In Syria mission, choosing a new F18 slot on carrier and the ship appears to be keeling over heavily, to the point the aircraft slides of the deck unless held in place by power or brakes. Is the ship in a heavy turn, or possibly been holed by something?

Disregard..it's the aircraft slipping on the carrier when spawning in with the carrier in a turn. I just wait until level again before accepting the slot.

 

[BAXuTOB]

Hello! Tell me how to add planes to this cool company on the red side for clients? Will there be any imbalance if I just add client planes to the red coalition?

[Wizard1393]

16 minutes ago, BAXuTOB said:

Hello! Tell me how to add planes to this cool company on the red side for clients? Will there be any imbalance if I just add client planes to the red coalition?

To my knowledge you can just add them in the mission editor and fly

[BAXuTOB]

30 минут назад, Wizard1393 сказал:

Насколько я знаю, их можно просто добавить в редактор миссий и летать.

But what about the tasks for the Reds? and another question: how to add aircraft mods to the server?

Edited April 9, 2024 by BAXuTOB

[Wizard1393]

14 hours ago, BAXuTOB said:

But what about the tasks for the Reds? and another question: how to add aircraft mods to the server?

 

Hm, thats true. The AI will work normally, but I'm not sure the client missions and such works for RED. About mods I don't know. I think according to documentation a few mods are supported.

[BAXuTOB]

2 минуты назад, Wizard1393 сказал:

Хм, это правда. ИИ будет работать нормально, но я не уверен, что клиентские миссии и тому подобное работают для RED. Насчет модов не знаю. Я думаю, согласно документации, поддерживается несколько модов.

Understood thanks!