"Haulin' trash" discussion thread/mission

[wess24m]

Mission area

 

In this mission you'll be haulin' trash to units in the field. I wanted to add a lot more to this mission but it was driving me mad with all the glitches, it's still a full mission with in-game soundtrack on 40 FM. You should be able to tune your ADF radio in order to play this or be good at navigating by map, also be advised that the weather is hot so your huey isn't going to perform as well as normal.

 

This mission also uses real weight, when you drop something off you'll be lighter, when you pick something up you'll be heaver. Mission covers about 60-70 miles of flying area so it should take about an hour or so to complete.

 

This will be the discussion/problem reporting/tips/suggestions to add/things I messed up ect/ thread.

 

Enjoy.

 

EDIT: Corrected some spelling errors in the mission text.

Edited May 13, 2013 by wess24m

[SPAS79]

Just played it, no problems aside from the huey being so darn twitchy. I will really be a happy man once the new tweaked FM comes across...

[WolfK33]

Very very nice, that´s the stuff I bought the Huey for. Just a tad short, I could do this the whole day ! Just kidding, I can´t imagine how much work that must be.

 

Just one little thing, when landing, except at the airport, the "Cargo´s out" message came immediately, at the first LZ it seemed even before touchdown, maybe if it´s possible you could make it that unloading takes a little while ? I have not the slightest idea of mission making, so I don´t how how hard that would be to do.

 

Again, thank´s a lot !

[YoYo]

 

@Wess. I report: mission finished!

 

 

Everything works ok for me. Music like always as good option, and thx for cold take off :).

Excelents ideas, not very difficult languge for the others ; >. Thank You again, I enjoyed this mission too.

 

Im ready for the next challenge. : ]]]]]

Edited May 12, 2013 by YoYo

[wess24m]

Very very nice, that´s the stuff I bought the Huey for. Just a tad short, I could do this the whole day ! Just kidding, I can´t imagine how much work that must be.

 

Just one little thing, when landing, except at the airport, the "Cargo´s out" message came immediately, at the first LZ it seemed even before touchdown, maybe if it´s possible you could make it that unloading takes a little while ? I have not the slightest idea of mission making, so I don´t how how hard that would be to do.

 

Again, thank´s a lot !

 

This is something that's been bugging me as well, I have to set 4 conditions the to get the Huey to not trigger actions until it's down, well it only gets it very close. I need to spend some time in the mission builders forum to figure out what else I can do to get it a more realistic load/unload time. I have an idea that involves using flags as well, so I'm going to try out that method on the next mission so bear with me, if it works then I'll go back through my missions and implement the fix.

[EagleEye]

Thanks for the mission and the music as well.:thumbup:

Have some rep this time.:)

[wess24m]

Thanks for the mission and the music as well.:thumbup:

Have some rep this time.:)

 

Thank you.

[Robin_Hood]

This is something that's been bugging me as well, I have to set 4 conditions the to get the Huey to not trigger actions until it's down, well it only gets it very close. I need to spend some time in the mission builders forum to figure out what else I can do to get it a more realistic load/unload time. I have an idea that involves using flags as well, so I'm going to try out that method on the next mission so bear with me, if it works then I'll go back through my missions and implement the fix.

 

What you maybe can do is once the current conditions are true (eg: helo is on the ground), set a flag, then make the unload happen with a Time since flag. unfortunately, this type of trigger won't check if the flag has stayed true throughout the whole operation.

 

I haven't tried the mission yet, so I don't know what kind of triggers you are using. Therefore this might not work.

[wess24m]

What you maybe can do is once the current conditions are true (eg: helo is on the ground), set a flag, then make the unload happen with a Time since flag. unfortunately, this type of trigger won't check if the flag has stayed true throughout the whole operation.

 

I haven't tried the mission yet, so I don't know what kind of triggers you are using. Therefore this might not work.

 

In my new mission "Beheading the hydra" I set all the normal conditions for landing then had it set a flag. I then used time since flag to trigger the actual landing (guys getting in/out/cargo). works better, just a PITA that have to set that many triggers just so I can implement a landing action set. Would be awesome if they'd just enable a condition that was "aircraft is on the ground". as it is now I have to set 5 conditions and a flag for every landing. Makes setting up a mission take twice as long.

[Stacker]

.. as it is now I have to set 5 conditions and a flag for every landing. Makes setting up a mission take twice as long.

 

Ah yes, I too have struggled with this. We definitely need an 'Aircraft On Ground' type condition. I currently just use Vertical/Horizontal speed thresholds and Alt (if applicable). However, it's still easy to trigger it if you get yourself into a steady hover etc..

[Scarecrow]

Excellent mission! Thoroughly enjoyed it and thank you for the nav tutorials also:thumbup:

[wess24m]

Excellent mission! Thoroughly enjoyed it and thank you for the nav tutorials also:thumbup:

 

No problem, I just moved and have yet to set up my "pit". hopefully I'll jump back into it and make some more missions. Thanks for the feedback.

[Yurgon]

Great mission, just flew it and thoroughly enjoyed it! :thumbup:

 

Just one problem (in 1.2.6): I couldn't find any ADF signal for the live arty. 1750, that's setting the ADF band selector to the 850-1750 band and then tuning almost full right, right? I found all other stations without a problem, but even when I was right above the arty, there was absolutely no signal strength indication between 1700 and 1800.

 

Anyways, it's a great mission, the heat creates a real challenge and the mission shows just how much fun flying can be without firing a single weapon. :thumbup:

 

Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention, the music is also totally cool! :)

[JLX]

I'm just starting with DCS and the Huey and this mission sounds great. However, the download link (Dropbox) doesn't seem to work any more. Is there an alternative link where I can get it or is it possible that the author re-post it? I'd really like to give it a whirl (pun intended ;-)

 

Thanks!

[Wallaby]

I have done about 32 hours in the Huey now and am looking for some missions, this one sounds great but as suggested by JLX the drop box is empty. Any chance you will "reload"??

[HawgTooth]

would love to try this one as well .... but link is broken :(

[VuDuBu]

Your missions sound very promising and cool, but I cannot seem to download them...Do you have another link?

[diceman]

Link is broken. I too would like to give this mission a go.

[Akuma]

Mission looks promising, but, unfortunately, the link is broken. :cry: