reported Su-25 - Cold War Warrior campaign - Missions CWW-09-1 and CWW-09-2 have insufficient fuel and small mistake in briefing

[Funky Monkey]

In the Cold War Warrior campaign for the Su-25, the missions CWW-09-1 and CWW-09-2 have the player and wingman loaded with 50% fuel and no external tanks.  That is enough fuel to get to the target area, just barely, but not nearly enough to get back home even if the player were to do nothing but jettison all stores and RTB.  In the other missions in the campaign that fly similar routes to similar target areas, the player and wingman are either loaded with 100% fuel or 50% fuel plus external tanks.

These missions also have a small mistake in the "RED TASK" portion of the briefings.  The mission start time and the time listed for the "Takeoff" waypoint are both 10:30.  All the other missions in the campaign have a "Takeoff" waypoint time that is 5 minutes later than the mission start time, so the "Takeoff" waypoint time in these missions should be 10:35.  This has no effect on the way the mission plays but it's a bit confusing to somebody who has strictly stuck to the flight plans in the briefings in all the other missions in the campaign to this point.

[Funky Monkey]

On closer look at mission CWW-09-2, the 50% fuel load only happens when viewing the loadout in the mission editor.  If you play the mission directly or play it through the mission editor without touching anything, the briefing will say the fuel load is 4355 kg (higher than the internal fuel capacity of the jet and no external tanks are loaded) but then when loading into the mission the fuel load is 2835 kg.  In that case, the mission plays just fine.

However, if you load the mission in the mission editor, select the player's jet, and view the loadout, the fuel load often initially shows as 100% but then drops to 50% when the loadout tab fully loads.  Perhaps it is correcting for whatever causes the fuel load in the briefing to be listed as 4355 kg, but in any case it's an odd behavior.  Popping open the Lua file for the mission, the fuel field for the player's jet is indeed set to 4355.

Edited July 1, 2024 by Funky Monkey