Multi player mission preparation

[KosPilot]

There are a couple of things I would like to know about mission preparation:

 

How do I make coalition information stick on ABRIS (lines, borders, boxes, etc) and PVI-800? (Second airfield and Nav Target coordinates (Not way-points))

[STP Dragon]

You have to start the mission by clicking "PREPARE MISSION" in the menu of the Editor.

Then you have to enter the data manually to the ABRIS and PVI-800 and save the entries into the database of the ABRIS.

After that you can exit the mission and save the mission in the Editor again.

[KosPilot]

Hi Dragon,

I was hoping to get an answer from you :) I already tried to do what you described, but I'll try again. Maybe I did something funky :music_whistling:

[ironstrike]

Kos,

 

I've just been dealing with some of this myself, so maybe I can shed some light.

 

I can't speak to getting manually entered PVI points to save through the Prepare Mission stage using the editor because I haven't tried it yet, however I can clear up airfield #2 and nav target points. Airfield #2 in the PVI can be automatically set to the second airfield landing waypoint you assign to a unit. Path the player helos like you would an AI unit and give them a second airfield/farp to land at (it doesn't need to be the last waypoint in the route, just a "landing" waypoint during the route at some point), and it'll be automatically entered into the PVI as airfield 2 at mission start. However, this will also create an abris route to the airfield, and if you don't want that to show up for whatever reason, well... I haven't found a way to override that.

 

Nav targets are much easier. Again, just like you would an AI unit, in the mission editor assign the player helo a target to attack. You can assign all the targets from the very first waypoint if you like, up to 10 of them, and they'll be automatically entered into the PVI nav target section in the same order as the editor. Target radius and target types don't matter for player helos obviously; just put the point on the map and they'll get a PVI target it. :)