Beginning Learner (me) Building a Single Player Mission, a few questions...

[ErichVon]

The FC2 GUI Manual is a bit much for me. It is not intuitive for me.

 

The way I learn is a bit bass-ackwards. I have to see the whole picture, then rearrange it in my head so I see it my way. For me it is like taking a big box jig-saw puzzle, dumping the box on the floor, then reassembling the pieces into patterns.

 

I need a mission model how-to, step by step from scratch.

 

I have Moa's Stallturn Server Mod set up on a virgin copy of FC2 version 1.2.1 . Using that, and using the FC2 Mission Editor, in Simulation mode, I created a Single Player mission (.miz) "rough draft" started with an unarmed F-14D, fully fueled, engines running, sitting on the Carl Vinson's catapault ready to launch, heading North 0 degrees, into a GRND wind 10 m/s, 180 degrees; the CVN is moving at 56 km/h or 30 knots, though the bottom bar ouput says SPD:27 . The keyboard #1 Nav key will move to landing ILS back to the carrier on the HUD. But hitting the keyboard #1 key back to Nav freezes the screen, except if I do a repeat RCVR the keyboard #1 key functions fine. Once landing on a trap cable to full stop, it then wants to takeoff again at full throttle where I landed it. Little things like this drive me nuts trying to figure out what went wrong. True, great way to learn, but extremely difficult and very time consuming.

 

Running CVN trap ops at night, do the deck landing lights at the trap cables need to be setup as an input value to turn them on or do the lights automatically come on?

 

I also fly CVN ops in the Su-33 using the sloped deck Russian carrier.

 

(Edit Nov. 15, 2012): The Russian CVN has landing lights on its deck like an airfield. The Carl Vinson within the Stallturn server has outer edge of the boat running lights. As I approach the Carl Vinson at night and my landing lights on, set to taxi, about the last 100 feet or so, the fantail and traps will light up some. In pea soup conditions I don't see any deck lights until I am on the deck.

 

 

Long range plans I would like to do something with the efA Mod of multiple aircraft up on a small server and missions using that.

 

But for now, I want to build a mission or two for myself using the VNAO Stallturn Mod by Moa.

 

Thanks for any help.

Edited November 15, 2012 by ErichVon

[ErichVon]

I guess there is no easy way learning this stuff. Just jump in, dig it out and experiment. At least you guys have the Sticky posts and the archive.