Sydy Posted July 2 Posted July 2 (edited) Hi guys, I decided to work out a bit my brain and learn about the mission campaign a bit more, so I decided to make one for the F4U from scratch. This campaign is loosely inspired in real events during the Salomons Island USMC campaign flying the F4U and some other historical events. Anyway, everything is fictional in the end, but a fun way to use the DCS F4U offline. I learnt a lot about the Mission and Campaign Editors and the missions increase in their complexity. Do not be naive and think that mission 3 and 5 are the same, not even close and wait for surprises. Finally, I though a 7 mission campaign is enough, being 4 landing in a field and 3 landing in a Carrier. vs 1.0 - Initial release 01JUL25. The missions sequence is: Mission 01 - Reccon Mission 02 - Kagman Airfield Attack Mission 03 - Marpi Airfield Attack Mission 04 - Bombers Interception Mission 05 - Marpi Airfield Attack and Landing on USS Bunker Hill Mission 06 - Harbor Attack Mission 07 - Yamamoto Interception In no mission you will be sent back, if you fail, you just have to repeat the mission, but I was quite benevolent in the scoring system. Remember to check the menu for F10 items and to command your flight using the DCS built in menu. Campaign Installation: You may extract the folder content in one of the two folders: D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F4U-1D\Missions\Campaigns (D: is my drive letter, customized it to yours. Btw I prefer this folder..) or C:\Users\. .\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Missions\Campaigns\en To increase the historical accuracy, I strongly recommend you to download and install the 5 nice liveries listed bellow: Ju-88 Betty by mambroz https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3317312/ Japanese KI-61 Hien camouflage skin for BF109K-4 by josh116 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3321646/ Japanese Ki-61 Hien "Tony" Fighter (Bf-109K-4) v1.1 by Cypher1o1 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3308285/ P-47D "Green" Japan Air Self-Defense Force #1 by youzy_yam https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3344565/ KI-84 201th Hiko Sentais https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3315078/ by Scorch71 I am sure you will have a lot of fun. Once we get more assets for WWII, I promise you I will revisit the campaign. It is already available on the Used Files Download page - Vella Lavella Campaign. PS: If you download vs 1.0, please get the 1.1 now. 1.0 has a fun breaker on the very first mission. Tks! All the best, Sydy Edited July 4 by Sydy 8
Rudel_chw Posted July 2 Posted July 2 2 hours ago, Sydy said: Hi guys, I decided to work out a bit my brain and learn about the mission campaign a bit more, so I decided to make one for the F4U from scratch. Hi Sydy, Thanks a lot for sharing this with the community, I will for sure fly it after I've finished my initial training with this warbird .. for now I've just added it to my DCS. Best regards, Eduardo 1 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
Sydy Posted July 2 Author Posted July 2 My pleasure to serve the community. Congrats for such nice module! 2
GTFreeFlyer Posted July 3 Posted July 3 Thanks for sharing! What all is in this campaign? Does this have voiceovers and all, or is it just missions with briefings typed out, and the rest is quiet in the headset? My DCS Missions: Band of Buds series | The End of the T-55 Era | Normandy PvP | Host of the Formation Flight Challenge server Supercarrier Reference Kneeboards IRL: Private Pilot, UAS Test Pilot, Aircraft Designer, and... eh hem... DCS Enthusiast
Sydy Posted July 3 Author Posted July 3 5 hours ago, GTFreeFlyer said: Thanks for sharing! What all is in this campaign? Does this have voiceovers and all, or is it just missions with briefings typed out, and the rest is quiet in the headset? Hi GTF, It doesn’t have voice overs, but it has pretty good briefings written up and a lot of F10 options, many campaign messages and outcomes. You hear a double tone for a text message or new item added on F10 menu. I’d say it is not even close to a campaign made by Reflected, Baltic Dragon or Sedlo, but It’s not that quiet on the headset. All the best, Sydy 3 1
theIRIEone Posted July 4 Posted July 4 (edited) First off, thanks for your efforts and uploading of this campaign. Judging by the first 90 seconds of mission 1 it's clear you put quite some work into it (the airfield props and fly-bys etc), however there is a problem when i try to play it: After 90seconds, the mission simply is completed while my engine is still warming up. Pretty sure it has something to do with the very first message popping up when spawning in, screenshot attached. Hope this issue can be solved, i'm surely interested in seeing more of this. Edited July 4 by theIRIEone 1
Sydy Posted July 4 Author Posted July 4 (edited) 12 hours ago, theIRIEone said: First off, thanks for your efforts and uploading of this campaign. Judging by the first 90 seconds of mission 1 it's clear you put quite some work into it (the airfield props and fly-bys etc), however there is a problem when i try to play it: After 90seconds, the mission simply is completed while my engine is still warming up. Pretty sure it has something to do with the very first message popping up when spawning in, screenshot attached. Hope this issue can be solved, i'm surely interested in seeing more of this. Hi Irie, It was an hell of a trigger mistake from my part (deleted an important one by mistake). Fixed on vs 1.1. Thanks a lot for the heads up! All the best, Sydy PS: If you download vs 1.0, please get the 1.1 now. 1.0 has a fun breaker on the very first mission. Tks! Vella Lavella Campaign vs 1.1 (major fun breaker fixed) Edited July 4 by Sydy 3 1
Sydy Posted July 14 Author Posted July 14 (edited) Guys, I just updated the campaign to vs 1.2. I added a new mission (a Ship Convoy Attack) and improved some triggers. It is available on User Files Download Vella Lavella Campaign vs 1.2 page. vs 1.2 - Several triggers improved, Labels available and additional mission-18JUL25. PS: I swear I will freeze the campaign as 1.2 until some WWII Pacific assets come out. All the best, Sydy Edited July 14 by Sydy 3 2
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