Flexible MP aircraft slots

[Exorcet]

Just something I was thinking about since the number of DCS modules will hopefully explode within the next couple of years.

 

You can't count on everyone having every module. Right now in online missiles you assign an aircraft a place in the mission and anyone that takes it slot gets that plane.

 

What if instead, you add a type of plane (fighter, bomber) to a mission and then tack on to it a list of aircraft to chose from. So player 1 enters the mission, he only has DCS F-18. When he goes to the fighter slot the F-15 is grayed out and he picks the Hornet. Player 2 joins later and goes for the same slot. He only has DCS F-15 and so when he jumps in, he can't select the F-18, but can choose the Eagle.

[OttoPus]

+1

[Sierra99]

I thought they were discussing using triggers to do something like this in the mission builders corner....but I'll be stamped if I can find it.

 

Ya might try posting this there.

 

sierra

[Home Fries]

I know you can use triggers to insert AI aircraft when players don't choose a client aircraft, but I'm not sure how you would use a trigger to change a client's options.

[JG14_Smil]

I don't get it, but others must if you are getting +1''s... what possible gain is it if player #2 has to choose from the same slot?

 

Mission builder sets what planes enter a mission, regardless of what modules anyones owns.

 

You seem to be asking for a setup like ROF or any other arena type MP. Apples and oranges, no?

Edited March 6, 2013 by JG14_Smil

[Exorcet]

Mission builder sets what planes enter a mission, regardless of what modules anyones owns.

Exactly. Right now, you can only select one plane per slot.

 

I was thinking that it might be helpful to have a few slots that could offer different aircraft depending on server needs/wants and the number of modules available.

 

The host would limit what aircraft could be selected from a slot. It could be 1 plane, it could be 2, it could be every module. When a client connects, they fill that slot and select from the planes the host assigned to that slot.