C-101 Campaign Mission 1 Question

[HIGHLANDSPRING]

Hi, I'm new to the C-101, I'm enjoying using it in particular for navigation training, especially IFR. 

After completing all the training I moved over to the Campaign. I enjoyed Mission 1 and managed to land safely with a score of 60. I still have room for improvement/learning and would appreciate the following advice on the correct technique to perform the ILS approach.

What I did was fly direct to NDB 430 then turn left to course 306 (300Mag), stayed on that course for 3min, descending to 3,500ft. I then turned left to course 126 (120Mag) and followed the ILS to landing without too much needle chasing  The runway suddenly appears out of the fog at the very last minute (scared the life out of me). It was a great feeling to complete a successful landing

Question: Is the above the expected procedure? 

My score was 60, and I wasn't expecting 100 because my glide slope still needs practice, but when I looked into the mission editor to try and work out the pass/fail criteria it wasn't obvious to me. Are you able to provide guidelines for a 100 score that we can strive to achieve?

Thanks!

[Rudel_chw]

2 hours ago, HIGHLANDSPRING said:

My score was 60, and I wasn't expecting 100 because my glide slope still needs practice, but when I looked into the mission editor to try and work out the pass/fail criteria it wasn't obvious to me. Are you able to provide guidelines for a 100 score that we can strive to achieve?

Hi, on campaigns the score is actually a mechanism of DCS to decide how you progress through the campaign missions. Over 50 points and you advance onto the next level, less than 50 and you are kicked back to the prior level, exactly 50 and then you get to repeat the mission (or another within the same level) …. Agree, it is pretty primitive and as most people hate falling back a level, most campaigns give you 50 points right at the start, so that your worst outcome would be repeat the mission if unsuccessful 

 

on this particular mission, the highest you can get is 60 points, irrespective of how well or bad you follow the glideslope… if you damage the aircraft on landing it will deduct 5 points, but you would still have enough to advance onto the next mission.

 

I flew this mission some years ago, here is my attempt: