F86F SabreJet's Interactive Playground - Persian Gulf 1959

[Kevin509]

Welcome to Tunb Kochak Forward Airbase; and to my completely non-historical Early Cold War interactive playground for the DCS F86F-35 SabreJet!

Inspired by some excellent custom missions By Stoopy in the Il2 world (link here), this mission is intended as a one stop solution for anyone from the first time Sabre pilot just looking for general flight practice to the MiG ally veteran in search of big furballs and large scale ground battles!

Three F86 loadouts are available by default, and with a little practice you can take off with just about any other payload the Sabre can carry. The short runway will challenge you on takeoff and landing though! I definitely recommend starting with a clean aircraft if you have limited experience in the Sabre. Once airborne, use the F10 map for navigation. Flying into any of the marked trigger zones on the map with any of the available client airframes will spawn the associated event. Most have a text and voiceover on activation as well for confirmation. I’ve added a few other randomized events you’ll just have to find for yourself as well!

Compatibility / Requirements:

Required Modules: DCS F86, DCS Persian Gulf Map, DCS WWII Assets pack

Required Mods: Civil Aircraft Mod (link here)

Recommended Mods (mission will still work without this): AI Tu95 Enhanced (link here)

A final note on compatibility would be that many of the skins used for the F86 (and P51) in this mission come from Reflected’s Hunters over the Yalu campaign. (link here) Credit where credit is due to Reflected for his great work as usual! If you do not own the campaign these aircraft will switch to their default skins instead.

I’ve spent nearly two years working on this mission since its original iteration and I’ve done my best to optimize the performance and work out the bugs on my personal system; however instructing DCS's AI can be like herding cats so please let me know if you encounter anything strange! I’d also love to see any pictures/videos you might take and hear what you think, this is my first “public release” of a DCS Mission!

Download link: 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5lzqqajbfsd87ac6ov9nx/Sabre-s-Playground_PG_v103_R2.miz?rlkey=wcv22lp8ty82akwktgdgyi23g&st=ccbyb84o&dl=0

 

 

Changelog: 

• Internal build 102 - release build 01 - initial release - 6/28/24
• Internal build 103 - release build 02 - confirmed compatibility with DCS 2.9.6.57650 - Adjusted trigger zone size for Kish Battle - 7/11/24

 

 

Other notes/thoughts: 

This mission also includes client slots for the Yak52, P51, P47, and Huey. These are mostly intended just for general flight practice; however, they will activate the map triggers if you're feeling spicy! 

I haven't tested this mission in multiplayer at all, but I believe it should work with up to 3 players at a time in Sabres, (and theoretically more in the other airframes) If you do try this mission in multiplayer please let me know how it goes! 

Thanks all,

Kevin 

Edited July 12, 2024 by Kevin509

[Kevin509]

Longer format video trailer demonstrating some of the action this mission has in store: 

 

[FupDuck]

This looks great, I can't wait to try it! I'm always trying to find stuff to do with my Sabre, and fighting against ufo MIG 15s is just not enjoyable anymore. Happy to have some choice! Thanks!

[freehand]

The Sabre is a lovely plane to fly in VR nice work.

[Kevin509]

17 hours ago, FupDuck said:

This looks great, I can't wait to try it! I'm always trying to find stuff to do with my Sabre, and fighting against ufo MIG 15s is just not enjoyable anymore. Happy to have some choice! Thanks!

Thanks! I totally agree, the AI MiG 15 is just not a fun time. While there are a few of them in this mission, I've tried to mix up the enemies as much as possible and handicap the MiG 15 where I can by forcing it to keep drop tanks etc. Hope you enjoy it, let me know what you think! 

16 hours ago, freehand said:

The Sabre is a lovely plane to fly in VR nice work.

Thanks! 

[FupDuck]

I've put an hour or two into this mission so far, and I gotta say, it is very impressive! There's a lot going on to explore, and right off the bat, the almost carrier-like takeoff from Tunb was very enjoyable, with some definite sphincter puckering. I watched a naval battle, shadowed then shot down a couple of Bears, and suffered a landing gear failure on landing which left me dangling over the edge of the runway about an inch from the drink. 

 

And I'm most happy to report that the first plane that I got mixed up with was a MIG 17, not a MIG 15. Hooray! 

 

Great job, I hope you can do more l like this! Do you own South America by any chance? Something like this on that map would be epic!

[Kevin509]

On 7/13/2024 at 5:25 AM, FupDuck said:

I've put an hour or two into this mission so far, and I gotta say, it is very impressive! There's a lot going on to explore, and right off the bat, the almost carrier-like takeoff from Tunb was very enjoyable, with some definite sphincter puckering. I watched a naval battle, shadowed then shot down a couple of Bears, and suffered a landing gear failure on landing which left me dangling over the edge of the runway about an inch from the drink. 

 

And I'm most happy to report that the first plane that I got mixed up with was a MIG 17, not a MIG 15. Hooray! 

 

Great job, I hope you can do more l like this! Do you own South America by any chance? Something like this on that map would be epic!

Hey, sorry been off doing other things for a little bit, but I'm glad to hear you're enjoying this mission! I've had lots of those pucker moment landings too, even now with way too many hours in testing lol. It sure makes it satisfying when you get it right. 

I don't own SA unfortunately! I might look into working on some of the other maps in the future though. 

[352ndOscar]

Would you consider replicating this sandbox as multiplayer on to the Caucasus Map for those who may not have the Persian Gulf map?  Would also help introductory users of DCS & FC2024 by providing a good training/PvP arena.  Thanks.