Campaign for DCS OH-58D: "Through the desert dust"

[Yurgon]

1 hour ago, Byzantine_SK said:

I can see the campaign from the “my campaigns” tab within the user interface but clicking “ok” does not prompt the campaign itself to start.

Mission 1 plays in the Marianas Terrain - do you have that installed? It's free, so if you don't have it yet, just install it and give it another try.

[YoYo]

10 hours ago, Yurgon said:

Mission 1 plays in the Marianas Terrain - do you have that installed? It's free, so if you don't have it yet, just install it and give it another try.

Yes, that could be it too. Someone else had a similar problem once. I've just corrected the description in the User files.

[Brainfreeze]

Hi guys,   got an issue in Mission 3 ... After spotting the two SUVs with the 3 soldiers next to it and reporting their position the 3 soldiers head towards the cars... one makes it in but the two others just get stuck next to the other car ...  The mission cannot proceed from here.    Retried 3 times already and it takes a while to get there so frustrated and seeking help...  can just try the same again and again and expect a different result       I have followed the waypoints dutifully, I spot from wpt4 1000ft AGL....  Lost here 

Edited September 4 by Brainfreeze

[YoYo]

34 minutes ago, Brainfreeze said:

Hi guys,   got an issue in Mission 3 ... After spotting the two SUVs with the 3 soldiers next to it and reporting their position the 3 soldiers head towards the cars... one makes it in but the two others just get stuck next to the other car ...  The mission cannot proceed from here.    Retried 3 times already and it takes a while to get there so frustrated and seeking help...  can just try the same again and again and expect a different result       I have followed the waypoints dutifully, I spot from wpt4 1000ft AGL....  Lost here 

Two vehicles should be moving together, and you should be following them at a certain distance. Isn't that what's happening?

[Brainfreeze]

1 hour ago, YoYo said:

Two vehicles should be moving together, and you should be following them at a certain distance. Isn't that what's happening?

No.   Two of the 3 soldiers move to the vehicle on the Eastern side but do not get in and the vehicles never move.  
I have already experienced this in someone's else custom mission with soldiers failing to embark on a helicopter and the helicopter leaving without them... Dumb AI

Edited September 4 by Brainfreeze

[YoYo]

30 minutes ago, Brainfreeze said:

No.   Two of the 3 soldiers move to the vehicle on the Eastern side but do not get in and the vehicles never move.  
I have already experienced this in someone's else custom mission with soldiers failing to embark on a helicopter and the helicopter leaving without them... Dumb AI

Something might have happened after the last patch. I'll have to check it out because this option 100% worked here. Also, it's worth disabling any other mods. Sometimes they can break things when it comes to the AI too. Try again, and if there's a problem, just "skip" the mission.

Edited September 4 by YoYo

[Brainfreeze]

Help with Wingman needed...

Mission 4... struggling to give Ethan order to attack the convoy... seems to not hear me... not sure what i am doing wrong... do I need to select radio 1 fisrt? in the F10 - flight -Engage menu ... which one is the right option? My target / Mission then rejoin /  Ground tgts?  

Thks for any pointers

[Vital061270]

According to the editor, the radio frequency in the link is 116,500. Try to change the frequency in flight.

[Brainfreeze]

16 minutes ago, Vital061270 said:

According to the editor, the radio frequency in the link is 116,500. Try to change the frequency in flight.

Yep indeed. Stupid me… change it to channel 1 and it will work…

[YoYo]

12 minutes ago, Brainfreeze said:

Yep indeed. Stupid me… change it to channel 1 and it will work…

Freq or channels you have in the kneeboard too. You can check it during the flight.

[PapaFlo]

On 9/4/2025 at 10:54 AM, Brainfreeze said:

No.   Two of the 3 soldiers move to the vehicle on the Eastern side but do not get in and the vehicles never move.  
I have already experienced this in someone's else custom mission with soldiers failing to embark on a helicopter and the helicopter leaving without them... Dumb AI

Same problem here . No mods, still vehicles never move.
The first 2 missions were really great, looking forward to fly the rest of the campaign.
Cheers, Flo

[YoYo]

5 hours ago, PapaFlo said:

Same problem here . No mods, still vehicles never move.
The first 2 missions were really great, looking forward to fly the rest of the campaign.
Cheers, Flo

Since you're the second person, I'll check it out this week. Maybe there really is some kind of "embarking" bug right now. I'll have to check. The vehicles should move and the stopped people should disappear. Of course, their correct position must be reported by F10 radio beforehand, as per the mission's progress. Otherwise, they won't move, but I assume that was done correctly, right?

It's also good to include a track if its possible (for bigger file use this: https://www.sendspace.com/).

Edited September 8 by YoYo

[PapaFlo]

Hi YoYo,

I have managed to get the mission to work by a small change in the mission editor (hidden in spoiler tab):

Spoiler

I slightly enlarged the trigger zone for "taliban 0 1 disappears" in front of the car, as after running to wp3 one of the soldiers (i think "0") was standing in front of the vehicle and so outside of the original trigger zone:

Now the cars started moving and I enjoyed a really great mission. Had to fly it twice, as the second part is really on the hard side, but great fun!

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Mission 3 is really great fun. Would be a shame to skip. 
Thank you for your amazing work and now back to mission 4 of this awesome campaign.

Cheers, Flo

Edited September 8 by PapaFlo

[YoYo]

On 9/8/2025 at 10:47 PM, PapaFlo said:

Hi YoYo,

I have managed to get the mission to work by a small change in the mission editor (hidden in spoiler tab):

Thanks , I'll check how it works and if it's ok, I'll enlarge this area in the update.

Btw. corrected, new version 1.1 is on the server.

Edited September 12 by YoYo

[moggel]

Love this campaign but I can't seem to complete mission 3. Please see problem description in spoiler: 

Spoiler

After the US vehicles start moving after the ambush, nothing else seems to happen. The three taliban units are eliminated and the incoming three vehicles are left burning but I just keep following the US units until fuel gets below a 100lbs. James doesn't say anything and there's no more communication on the radio.

What am I missing? 

[YoYo]

1 hour ago, moggel said:

Love this campaign but I can't seem to complete mission 3. Please see problem description in spoiler: 

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After the US vehicles start moving after the ambush, nothing else seems to happen. The three taliban units are eliminated and the incoming three vehicles are left burning but I just keep following the US units until fuel gets below a 100lbs. James doesn't say anything and there's no more communication on the radio.

What am I missing? 

 

Spoiler

In this case, you no longer need to follow the group. You should receive a message that the threat has been eliminated and you can proceed with RTB. Wasn't that the case? Btw. Also remember that a symptom of a dead vehicle is flames and smoke. It's possible that the unit wasn't destroyed, but merely damaged (thin smoke without flames). It is possible that not all vehicles were destroyed if there was no announcement.

 

Edited October 14 by YoYo

[YoYo]

A little off-topic. There will be some books signed by the author of "Scouts Out!" :):

[audax]

I really enjoy this campaign so far, but now I am stuck.

In Mission 4, my wingman doesn't take off. The most I managed is that he taxied for around 100m and then stopped. The log says that he landed again after a short while. If I try to fly the mission anyway, it fails at WP2 with the wingman's crew dead. 

No track because it's very easy to reproduce. I take off and the wingman doesn't follow.

I switched to channel 1 and I hear all the scripted communication and the ATC comms.

If you can't easily reproduce this, I can upload a track.

Thanks for the nice campaign!

[Radsr30]

4 hours ago, audax said:

I really enjoy this campaign so far, but now I am stuck.

In Mission 4, my wingman doesn't take off. The most I managed is that he taxied for around 100m and then stopped. The log says that he landed again after a short while. If I try to fly the mission anyway, it fails at WP2 with the wingman's crew dead. 

No track because it's very easy to reproduce. I take off and the wingman doesn't follow.

I switched to channel 1 and I hear all the scripted communication and the ATC comms.

If you can't easily reproduce this, I can upload a track.

Thanks for the nice campaign!

I just went through this yesterday. I set radio 3 to the 116.500 and everything worked. Hope this helps.

Rad

[MicroShket]

Missed some trigger in Mission 2, I presume. UH-60 started to cycle between two points in mid-route. It seems this campaign is no go for me.

[YoYo]

3 hours ago, MicroShket said:

Missed some trigger in Mission 2, I presume. UH-60 started to cycle between two points in mid-route. It seems this campaign is no go for me.

You need to get close enough to your instructor (UH-60 unit); they'll even tell you how close you should be :). Then, when you join, the instructor will guide you further.

[MicroShket]

18 минут назад, YoYo сказал:

get close enough to your instructor

I followed him. Everything was OK, James asked about road, some convoy and then at some point trigger didn't work. UH-60 started to cyclic between two waypoints. At Bingo fuel I RTB'd and quit.

I opened second mission in the mission editor to check trigger zones as someone told on the first or second page of this thread, but I have no experience with this at all.

[YoYo]

1 hour ago, MicroShket said:

I followed him. Everything was OK, James asked about road, some convoy and then at some point trigger didn't work. UH-60 started to cyclic between two waypoints. At Bingo fuel I RTB'd and quit.

I opened second mission in the mission editor to check trigger zones as someone told on the first or second page of this thread, but I have no experience with this at all.

He didn't lead you to the range? The fact that he's orbiting means he's waiting for you to complete the mission at the range (with rockets).

[MicroShket]

1 минуту назад, YoYo сказал:

He didn't lead you to the range?

No commands on practicing were done (no dialog lines from triggers list showed up). 

I followed him from the beginning. Always stayed behind UH-60, never overshot, but frequently was at close, at 70-150m I think (lagging far behind is boring).

I understand that it could be my mistake and I shouldn't be so close to UH-60, but that's not good for immersion.

[YoYo]

8 hours ago, MicroShket said:

No commands on practicing were done (no dialog lines from triggers list showed up). 

I followed him from the beginning. Always stayed behind UH-60, never overshot, but frequently was at close, at 70-150m I think (lagging far behind is boring).

I understand that it could be my mistake and I shouldn't be so close to UH-60, but that's not good for immersion.

There is no need to be too close for safety reasons, besides, the instructor gives the distance. If you are flying further, it means it's ok. Have you tried this mission a second time? Is it like this every time?