Finest Hour

[Xxx]

I have worked hard on my previous "Dangerous Escalation" mission and produced "Finest Hour".

 

After much testing, tweeking and re testing, I believe I have finally produced a close run mission, which will run more like a mini campain. I have reduced, or allowed for, as much of the AI's tendency to "do it their own way":cry:. This was a headache and was spoiling the "balance" I wished to create. I wanted you/us to be the decisive influence.

 

It can ( and should ) take a minimum of 1 hour to complete. Try to stay alive until the "end", as there is an exciting conclusion. (In this mission "it aint over till its over":))

 

This is a mission I myself like to repeat fly and I hope you will all want to fly it a few times to see how it runs each evolution.

 

Oh and if anyone has never seen how ED has modelled an ammo dump being blown up, you just might see it at the conclusion!:music_whistling:

 

I have a couple of photo's as a taster. ( Another video would have just been an editing nightmare as there is so much going on here!)

 

Enjoy and stay alive;)

Finest Hour.zip

[mooshim]

Looks great!

 

D/Ling now.

 

Thanks!

[mia389]

I put this on my server tonight and I looked so foolish. Its single player

[Andrei]

Tried it. The concept is good, however the vast amount of AI makes it almost unplayable for mid-range hardware.

 

Not a mission builder's fault really, but a note.

[Xxx]

Tried it. The concept is good, however the vast amount of AI makes it almost unplayable for mid-range hardware.

 

Not a mission builder's fault really, but a note.

 

Yes, with my system there is a slight increase in stutters, however I was hoping that the pilot would be too busy to notice!;) (Labels are a killer also)

 

If ED ever re-codes the sim for the use of all the cores available on the CPU, ( placing the graphics on a separate core or two would be a good start) then the simulation code could run on a separate core. Rather like FSX with sp2.

 

But, like you say for the average system, I think this mission is pretty much maxed out for the most part. If the action is timed to be "paced" ie. triggers work slower and in sequence and the action is over a larger area, perhaps the graphical load can be reduced?

 

Actually, I have a version now that has a navel component! You have a Corvette and a couple of rescue boats off the coast which have triggers if/when they are attacked. You could even include a sea-borne assault? Perhaps I should try and sequence it into a campain?:smilewink:

 

Thanks for the input.

[Ranger79]

Anyway to make MP compatiable?

[Xxx]

Anyway to make MP compatiable?

 

I dont see why not. ( Although I dont know how to go about it) Maybe someone who does MP missions could help here?

 

I only wanted to share these missions, that I did primarily for myself, since the missions in the sim didn't really have what I wanted. I was also inspired by Zamboni's films of the Devils Cross campain. Tryin to "make em, fly em and film em"!:)

 

This one would be good (I imagine) in MP, since you could assign a "player" to a threat. A couple on CAS, one for the mobile SAM's and one or two on the SU25's ( Top Guns :smilewink: ) The AH64's and AH1's in the sim were meant to support the player by taking out some of the threats, so these could be removed and the "real pilots" fly that aspect. Everyone would need to rearm at least once and the mission would be over in half the time. Maybe:music_whistling:

 

I was just thinking how a MP scenario would be if the SU25's could be flown as well as the A10's? I know when ED does the compatibility patch for Black Shark, it would be possible to fly that in MP.......interesting;) Still, its to easy to take out a KA-50 with an A10c....now the Su-25TM and Archers.... not so easy?....:huh: