YOUR FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT

[CHPL]

Your feedback and opinion on the campaign, as well as suggestions and wishes, are essential!  

[Talvid]

I am unable to purchase the campaign on the dcs website.  The buy button disappears and a text message appears saying I must update my DCS to 2.9.6 which I just updated.  

[CHPL]

vor 9 Stunden schrieb Talvid:

I am unable to purchase the campaign on the dcs website.  The buy button disappears and a text message appears saying I must update my DCS to 2.9.6 which I just updated.  

Unfortunately, I have no influence on the ED store and cannot help in this regard.
However, it seems unusual to me that they pay attention to the current status of the DCS installation. The final files are already 8 months old and I see no reason why DCS should be up to date to buy the campaign.
Please try again at a later date.

[BIGNEWY]

9 hours ago, Talvid said:

I am unable to purchase the campaign on the dcs website.  The buy button disappears and a text message appears saying I must update my DCS to 2.9.6 which I just updated.  

please ensure you are logged into the dcs account on the website before making a purchase, if you still have problems feel free to PM me. 

thank you 

[CHPL]

@BIGNEWY Thank you for following the threat and taking care of it.

[Talvid]

14 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

please ensure you are logged into the dcs account on the website before making a purchase, if you still have problems feel free to PM me. 

thank you 

whoops that's all it was, I was not logged, in.  Truly a PEBKAC error.  Thanks for helping me resolve it.  

[Talvid]

On 7/13/2024 at 5:06 AM, CHPL said:

Your feedback and opinion on the campaign, as well as suggestions and wishes, are essential!  

Hello, I played through mission 1 and had a lot of fun.  I would like some advice on how to get the landing prompt when approaching the HQ with the Admiral on board.  I wonder if I flew too low < 200 ft agl.  Here is the link to my track on my google drive folder:  UH-1 Worlds Apart Stormfront M.1 track.  

Also, in the ending sequence of landing to refuel at HQ there were some voice over / messages that got jumbled together.  I made a video clip of it you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HY7RvFfqkc

 

[CHPL]

vor 6 Stunden schrieb Talvid:

Hello, I played through mission 1 and had a lot of fun.  I would like some advice on how to get the landing prompt when approaching the HQ with the Admiral on board.  I wonder if I flew too low < 200 ft agl.  Here is the link to my track on my google drive folder:  UH-1 Worlds Apart Stormfront M.1 track.  

Also, in the ending sequence of landing to refuel at HQ there were some voice over / messages that got jumbled together.  I made a video clip of it you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HY7RvFfqkc

 

Thanks. I will check it as soon as possible. Actual flight altitude has no influence. Flying in complete circles around the HQ at a practical distance is essential. It is as close as possible but outside of the boundaries and corners marked by the red containers.
If you get overlapping information, it is a sign that you missed the point or did a shortcut. Flying with excessive speeds faster than significantly faster than 80 Knots, Kruse may also trigger close calls overlapping.

Checked your Video. 
As I mentioned before, in the video, you cross over to the HQ to train to save time. I understand the desire to speed up sometimes, but that is not how it works in aeronautics and the army. 
Anyway, the message " fly towards the ridge" should not be able to trigger before landing in front of the highrise. So I may have missed securing that trigger for unintentional activation, or you tried to skip the dull circles by ignoring them first.  That may be possible, but I am not sure jet, by referring to the F-10 Radio menu after landing. 

Edited July 22, 2024 by CHPL

[Talvid]

1 hour ago, razer668 said:

Thanks for the campaign, I enjoy it very much, till now :O)

Can you give me a hint for mission 3a (In geheimer Mission)? 

I picked up two passengers at the submarine. After that I have to move direction 230°. Than, short time later, I have to turn east. There should be the Schleswig Holstein ship. (5 minutes flight?)

I can`t find the ship to pick up the third person.  

Help would be appreciated, thank you!

I also heard to head 230 and then head EAST but I couldn't find a ship to the East (I paused and free camera searched out to the East)  so I continued on 230 degrees until a MISSION COMPLETE image came up (although the top of the image was cut-off as it was oversized)  It seems part A of the mission is complete after you pick up passengers from the submarine and head 230 a ways.  

1 hour ago, CHPL said:

@razer668
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN   41,00 MHz  Homing

After leafing the sub and welcoming your passengers, your Commander gifs you that info. 
You may have missed that info. I need to check if you find it on the Kneeboard.  
 

I headed 230 after the sub and got a mission complete / part A complete graphic (that was too large btw) and the mission ended.  here's my track: Stormfront Mission 3.A track

[Talvid]

1 hour ago, CHPL said:

Checked your Video. 
As I mentioned before, in the video, you cross over to the HQ to train to save time. I understand the desire to speed up sometimes, but that is not how it works in aeronautics and the army. 
 

Okay, I'll try to complete the pattern from now on. I am wondering though why there is a second smoke for a landing spot,  does that mean the player can pick either one to land at?

 

 

[CHPL]

vor 2 Minuten schrieb Talvid:

I also heard to head 230 and then head EAST but I couldn't find a ship to the East (I paused and free camera searched out to the East)  so I continued on 230 degrees until a MISSION COMPLETE image came up (although the top of the image was cut-off as it was oversized)  It seems part A of the mission is complete after you pick up passengers from the submarine and head 230 a ways.  

I headed 230 after the sub and got a mission complete / part A complete graphic (that was too large btw) and the mission ended.  here's my track: Stormfront Mission 3.A track

Out of memory. 

The ship gets activated, when you get close following the homing signal. 

If you miss the associated trigger zone you may fly into the missen part a finished Trigger. 

I need to secure that end trigger for part A, so it only get activate after the stop by at the frigett. 

But without finding the frigett the mission is incompleed. 

[CHPL]

vor 4 Minuten schrieb Talvid:

 

At the beginning of the mission you need to land at the high rise pad. 

After the hospital helipad you ordered to land at the maintenance center. 

Please refer to the maps and if needed to the handbook that includes a ditaild description of the HQ. 

Also if yo like, I can follow you live via discord when flying the mission to give you an idea of how, know how procedures helps. 

Prior appointment off cause. 

I also will do a video how a mission looks like in the mission editor, so players get a better understanding what's the needs and limits are for mission creators. 

[Talvid]

5 hours ago, CHPL said:

At the beginning of the mission you need to land at the high rise pad. 

After the hospital helipad you ordered to land at the maintenance center. 

Please refer to the maps and if needed to the handbook that includes a ditaild description of the HQ. 

Also if yo like, I can follow you live via discord when flying the mission to give you an idea of how, know how procedures helps. 

Prior appointment off cause. 

I also will do a video how a mission looks like in the mission editor, so players get a better understanding what's the needs and limits are for mission creators. 

I think the second smoke, which I scribbled into this image, is where I was supposed to land the first time, but the trigger went off at the end of the mission because I wasn't able to get it before, which probably explains the random voice over saying for me to go to the ridge.  

Edited July 23, 2024 by Talvid
improved clarity of message

[CHPL]

@Talvid

You are right.

After watching your video a second time, I realized it was made at the end of the mission, not during the first visit to the HQ. 

In fact, you ordered your aircraft to move to the central helipad at the end and not, as I mentioned before, to the maintenance area.

I suggest you do not know my first camping SPRING 2025, the first part of the story, so you need to get familiar with the way I build missions not as a game but as a simulation and that it is essential to act as in a real-life situation as much as this is possible with the Players different levels of experience. Not overflying or avoiding overflying any buildings or gatherings of people in a noncombat situation is one of the basic rules. It is totally unknown and useless if you look at it from a game perspective. 
I know this sounds easy, but it is one of the most challenging tasks within the campaign. 

That is why it is so important to listen to and follow the advice given by your commander or any other party on the radio. 
Another important thing is the direction of the wind. That gives you the direction inbound and outbound of a landing zone and keeps you automatically on track.
If you ignore the wind by lats sai 90°, you may miss triggers during approach and departure, such as the information to fly to the ridgeline.

All missions were tested a hundred times but under the condition of a simulation and the knowledge of basic procedures and behavior.
 If you know the simulation side of DCS, please do not be disappointed or frustrated; consider it a challenge and an opportunity to learn a lot about safe and professional operations.
 

Edited July 23, 2024 by CHPL

[Talvid]

14 hours ago, CHPL said:

@Talvid

You are right.

After watching your video a second time, I realized it was made at the end of the mission, not during the first visit to the HQ. 

In fact, you ordered your aircraft to move to the central helipad at the end and not, as I mentioned before, to the maintenance area.

I suggest you do not know my first camping SPRING 2025, the first part of the story, so you need to get familiar with the way I build missions not as a game but as a simulation and that it is essential to act as in a real-life situation as much as this is possible with the Players different levels of experience. Not overflying or avoiding overflying any buildings or gatherings of people in a noncombat situation is one of the basic rules. It is totally unknown and useless if you look at it from a game perspective. 
I know this sounds easy, but it is one of the most challenging tasks within the campaign. 

That is why it is so important to listen to and follow the advice given by your commander or any other party on the radio. 
Another important thing is the direction of the wind. That gives you the direction inbound and outbound of a landing zone and keeps you automatically on track.
If you ignore the wind by lats sai 90°, you may miss triggers during approach and departure, such as the information to fly to the ridgeline.

All missions were tested a hundred times but under the condition of a simulation and the knowledge of basic procedures and behavior.
 If you know the simulation side of DCS, please do not be disappointed or frustrated; consider it a challenge and an opportunity to learn a lot about safe and professional operations.
 

 

I have played through your SPRING 2025 campaign twice, and it was very enjoyable when it wasn't downright challenging.  I am thrilled to be playing through a second installment of WORLD'S APART now!  I admit I am very much a gamer and I play to hit the triggers and call it a day.  I'm unfamiliar with the voluminous aviation rules and procedures, however thanks for your feedback, and I will now strive to line up approaches into the wind, in order to hit all the triggers correctly.    If I can be so critcal to compare your documentation to other campaigns' I hope it will be taken constructively:  The DCS F-16C Wild Weasels campaign documentation showed very detailed diagrams of the traffic patterns and ATC procedures when doing everything around the H4 base in Jordan.  Once I understood the plan I was able to comply consistently with mission expectations.  I'm not saying that I'm not hearing Oberleutenant Berger tell me where the headwind is as I approach for landing, It's just I would do better to have seen a diagram from a bird's eye view beforehand to help me understand where not to fly over, as well as how much distance for final approach is expected.  I admit I have a lot of discipline to cultivate however when it comes to following aviation rules for the sake of a simulation.  

I just comleted Mission 10 and it was one of the most demanding sling load missions I've done, I really liked the challenge of picking up between the narrow gap in the trees on either side of the mountain road.  The base above was a really cool place to drop cargo!  Props for making a great one!   my Stormfront Mission 10 track

Edited July 23, 2024 by Talvid

[Talvid]

I want to thank you CHPL and your team for another spectacular campaign.  Peter Berger never disappoints as a PIC.  null

[Simonster83]

I'm also having problems in mission 3 finding the frigate after picking up passenger from submarine. I just got message to head EAST, nothing else after that.

 

Edit: maybe the last message about heading EAST is incorrect. I skipped the first part of the mission and it seems to continue from same spot heading 230°. Rest of the mission worked fine. 

Edited July 24, 2024 by Simonster83

[razer668]

About Mission3a Schleswig Holstein: I haven`t found the ship. 41,00 MHz homing is not working and in the mission I have not the information from the commander to set 41,00MHz.

Heading East is the last order and after that there is no more progress. Can you check this? Where is the Schleswig Holstein" ship? Maybe gone away?

 

[CHPL]

vor 21 Minuten schrieb razer668:

About Mission3a Schleswig Holstein: I haven`t found the ship. 41,00 MHz homing is not working and in the mission I have not the information from the commander to set 41,00MHz.

Heading East is the last order and after that there is no more progress. Can you check this? Where is the Schleswig Holstein" ship? Maybe gone away?

 

Check it asap 

[razer668]

My comment about the campaign till now: I like the conversations especially in Mission2. About the Russia and the Ukraine War, thats true!

 Thanks for all the communicatin stuff, it is very entertaining! Thats good!

[CHPL]

@razer668

I checked the mission 3a.  It worked fine for me. 
BUT:
After picking up the U-Boot passenger and heading 230°, the mission ends after two or three minutes. 

Mission 3b starts right after leaving the sub. It would be best to do nothing except hold the initial course of 230° and your altitude. Frequencies, including the Homing for the friget, are set automatically, and you receive the signal about 1 minute later. 

So, did you find the sub in the first place and pick up the passenger? 

[CHPL]

Am 24.7.2024 um 02:10 schrieb Talvid:

I want to thank you CHPL and your team for another spectacular campaign.  Peter Berger never disappoints as a PIC.  null

Thanks a lot for your feedback. It will take a while to get to part 3 of the series.
First, I worked on the Mi-8 campaign in Syria, which is a challenge of a different kind. The number of triggers explodes about all the switches and nops in the cockpit. 

I hope you will fly this campaign several times in the future; then, there will always be something to explore that you did not realize in the first place.
 

Again, thank you very much for your feedback. This is a very welcome buster to my motivation. 

[tobi]

On 7/23/2024 at 9:01 AM, CHPL said:

@Talvid

You are right.

After watching your video a second time, I realized it was made at the end of the mission, not during the first visit to the HQ. 

In fact, you ordered your aircraft to move to the central helipad at the end and not, as I mentioned before, to the maintenance area.

I suggest you do not know my first camping SPRING 2025, the first part of the story, so you need to get familiar with the way I build missions not as a game but as a simulation and that it is essential to act as in a real-life situation as much as this is possible with the Players different levels of experience. Not overflying or avoiding overflying any buildings or gatherings of people in a noncombat situation is one of the basic rules. It is totally unknown and useless if you look at it from a game perspective. 
I know this sounds easy, but it is one of the most challenging tasks within the campaign. 

That is why it is so important to listen to and follow the advice given by your commander or any other party on the radio. 
Another important thing is the direction of the wind. That gives you the direction inbound and outbound of a landing zone and keeps you automatically on track.
If you ignore the wind by lats sai 90°, you may miss triggers during approach and departure, such as the information to fly to the ridgeline.

All missions were tested a hundred times but under the condition of a simulation and the knowledge of basic procedures and behavior.
 If you know the simulation side of DCS, please do not be disappointed or frustrated; consider it a challenge and an opportunity to learn a lot about safe and professional operations.
 

 

So if you miss a crucial part there is no notification from which you could learn what was wrong and the mission continues to nowhere?

[CHPL]

vor 9 Minuten schrieb tobi:

So if you miss a crucial part there is no notification from which you could learn what was wrong and the mission continues to nowhere?

Hey Tobi

I am glad you are still with me.

Usually, you get information, but DCS is an open world, so any player's behavior cannot be anticipated in advance.
Considering the complexity of the missions and the tremendous number of triggers, I am more than happy that these are the only issues until now, and Talvid has already finished the campaign.        

[tobi]

4 minutes ago, CHPL said:

Hey Tobi

I am glad you are still with me.

Usually, you get information, but DCS is an open world, so any player's behavior cannot be anticipated in advance.
Considering the complexity of the missions and the tremendous number of triggers, I am more than happy that these are the only issues until now, and Talvid has already finished the campaign.        

What do you mean with I am still with you?  

You could easily check if the crucial trigger was fulfilled when he lands.

But I think there is no need to discuss this more.

Almost no feedback seems to be sufficient good omen. Congrats