Kursk VVS Campaign Released!

[Shadow Wolf 07]

These campaigns look very promising, and your screenshots are quite appealing!

Thank you. I just completed my 2nd Boston III night bombing mission. Next? ...The southern sector Soviet counteroffensive: "Operation Polovodets Rumyantsev.." I'm hoping to upload the campaign set by my birthday, 29 January.

 

[scoobyman32]

We all get a present on your birthday!

I have been tweaking, adjusting and updating my CFS2 Eastern Front setup for weeks in anticipation of this release. Looking very much forward to flying this campaign.

Keep up the great work!

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Ah, ha!!

We all get a present on your birthday!

I have been tweaking, adjusting and updating my CFS2 Eastern Front setup for weeks in anticipation of this release. Looking very much forward to flying this campaign.

Keep up the great work!

Well, it looks like you'd be a prime candidate/volunteer to test fly this thing! Give me a week or so, and if you like I can send you the first 3 parts and downloads list. i have flight tested each mission myself but a second hand on the joystick is always welcome.

And the same offer stands fir all of you out there!

 

[scoobyman32]

Count me in Shadow Wolf would love to test fly a few. My EF install should have almost every object and scenery available, so I could probably get right down to it with minimal download time. Just say the word.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Count me in Shadow Wolf would love to test fly a few. My EF install should have almost every object and scenery available, so I could probably get right down to it with minimal download time. Just say the word.

Great! PM me with your email addy and I'll send you what I've got so far. I have three of four parts completed. I'll need a day to update/put together my downloads list and I'll send the changes I've made to objects and dps.

I won't email the intro videos as they are 13+ Mb each and probably too large for my ISP to transfer as attachments. I still need to check the mission summaries of a few to ensure I have them correct, but I will end them anyway.

Cheers:

Shadow Woolf 07

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Another Update:

I have finished cleaning up 3 campaign .cmg files, organized the missions for them and fixed 2 and added 1 mission. I've also at least for now finished my required downloads and installation README. Now I am moving on to mission building for the fourth and last phase of the battle - the Soviet counteroffensive in the south.


Here are a couple of "sceenies" from one of my fixed missions.

Cheers:

SW07

 

[kdriver]

Great work and a Happy New Year to you Greg!
Thanks very much for taking on this monumental task.
Cheers,
Kevin

 

[scoobyman32]

This one is getting huge, gonna be a monster when it's complete. From what I can see in your posts, looks like a really nice mix of planes and mission types too. Keep 'er up, plenty of time left before your birthday!

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Great work and a Happy New Year to you Greg!
Thanks very much for taking on this monumental task.
Cheers,
Kevin

This one is getting huge, gonna be a monster when it's complete. From what I can see in your posts, looks like a really nice mix of planes and mission types too. Keep 'er up, plenty of time left before your birthday!

My pleasure Kevin. And a Happy New Year to you too.

Scobyman32: i have about 20 missions to do and the rest is pretty much finished. My birthday would be nice, but it will probably be in early February before I wrap this one up. I will continue to publish updates...

Cheers:

Greg

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Another Night Bombing Mission

This one is a large mission, using 2 of Rami's layouts - a supply dump and ammo dump for a total of 516 static objects. The FLAK was heavy...

"title_string"=A_Kursk-SC_BOS-Belgorod Night Strike-3-1A
"summary_string"=Dobry vecher (Good evening), comrades. Our mission for tonight is a raid on a fascist supply, fuel and ammunition complex SW of Belgorod and about 3 1/2 miles east of Ugrim airfield. Krasny, you will take off at 0200 hours and together with Bely and Siny, fly 57 miles south on a 178 degree heading to RP-KEDR. From KEDR, come left to 144 degrees and proceed at 240 kts and at 5,000 feet, 15 miles to your target - A vehicular park and fuel dump - at RP-VISHNYA. Saturate the area with bombs and continue SW for 5 miles, turning right to RP-TOPOL', where you will all regroup and make your second run on targets. Yours, Krasny is the ammo dump at RP-SOSNA. Attack with any remaining bombs and gunfire any targets remaining after Bely's initial strike. Continue NE to RP-DUB, reassemble there and return to base on a heading of 340 degrees. Good luck, comrades!
"objective_string"=After the withdrawal of so many Luftwaffe units to the west, air superiority was now in Soviet hands. At the beginning of August, the Axis forces amounted to only 350 aircraft in service, including those from the 2nd Hungarian Air Brigade. In total, the Soviets fielded 1,435 aircraft. In the early morning hours of August 3rd, the Axis defenders were attacked by night bombers of the 6th Air Corps as well as by bombers from the 208th NBAD of the 2nd Air Army. The 'Polkovodets Rumyantsev' aviation and artillery preparation started 2 hours before the main attack , and about 6,000 guns and 500 aircraft participated. This mission is launched in keeping with one of the air objectives of the High Command, i.e. 'Interdict and disrupt the movement of enemy supplies and reserves within and into the battle area.'
"intelligence_string"=Tonight's weather is excellent - calm winds, light clouds above 10,000 feet, nominal visibility. Your target is well protected by PVO (AAA) and random night-fighter patrols. We are sending a flight of our only available night-fighters to cover you. A flight of pathfinders from ADD (Long Range Aviation) will drop flares one minute ahead of you to mark the target. The Nazi installations you will be attacking are a major forward supply depot for the units our forces will be assaulting in the morning. Hit them hard and come home safe!
"player_aircraft_name_string"=ALPHA Douglas Boston III Soviet

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Does anyone know?

The burning barrels (AF_BrningOilBrrl) used for runway lights, once lit for take off on a night mission
, do they burn out? Must they be re-lit/re-spawned for landing at mission end or will they stay lit?

Thanks:

SW07

PS:

I just finished a Pe-2, strike mission. The strike is against a dug-in artillery regiment, heavily defended by AAA. There are so many infrastructure objects that I had to create a GSL for the non9firing elements,
I will test fly it and try to get some screenshots later today.

Cheers

 

[scoobyman32]

Think those barrels burn continuously, but I'll test out inan old Battle of the Bismarck Sea mission I remember. Will get back to you.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Update:

Thanks, scoobyman32. I have them re-spawning at my landing waypoint, just in case.

I've completed and tested 2 more missions. Both are against the same artillery regiment, heavily defended by AAA. One is in a P-39 assigned an AAA elimination mission, while the other is in a Pe-2 on the hunt for "Wespe" SP guns.

In the screenshots: The P-39K has already destroyed a 20mm, 37mm and 88mm guns and is looking for additional targets of opportunity; my Pe2 sent wingmen to attack enemy SP guns, and I attacked with bombs their HQ and FDC center. I scored quite a few hits, but FLAK flipped me into a spin as I was pulling out of my dive and I crashed and burned. (so sad). Pic 2: You could get out and walk on the FLAK.

 

[scoobyman32]

See what you mean, pic 1 looks damn scarry!

Love the texture on the Pe-2, don't think I've seen that one before. Keep it up pal, these look like a lot of fun. My flak evasion skills will probably need some brushing up.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

See what you mean, pic 1 looks damn scarry!

Love the texture on the Pe-2, don't think I've seen that one before. Keep it up pal, these look like a lot of fun. My flak evasion skills will probably need some brushing up.

Yes, sir. FLAK evasion is a must. But he mission also contains a squadron of P-39Ks, tasked with suppressing the AAA. The trick is to hold down your speed and not charge right in and let the P-39s do their work first.

I just finished one monster intercept mission where your victory conditions rely on how many armored vehicles you can save from wave after wave of Ju-87 attacks. The mission has: up to 66 aircraft; 60 moving objects; 31 triggers; 24 events; 12 goals (5 hidden). It was a 2 day build, and I'm test flying and fine tuning it later this afternoon.

 

[SPman]

This is going to be a monster campaign when it's finished.
Keep up the good work sir.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Raid on Ugrim airfield SW of Belgorod:

"title_string"=A_Kursk-SC_La5-Neutralize Ugrim Airbase-4-2ET
"summary_string"=Dobry den' (Good day). Our target for today, comrades is Ugrim airfield. Volk, Lev, your mission is complicated. You are to go in ahead of the main strike force and suppress fascist AAA positions on the eastern side of the airstrip with rockets and gun fire. Volk, in addition, you are to attack and destroy the enemy radar site on the west central section of the airstrip at RP-NIKOLAI, then both of you climb back to 8,000 feet and provide fighter protection for the attacking Il-2 aircraft. Your take off is at 1127 hours. You will fly 29 miles on a 270 heading to RP-LEONID, where you will join with the strike group - an Il-2 squadron. Continue SW for 24 miles ahead of the SG to your targets then assume your CAP/intercept roles. Follow up on the SG's second run on the airfield by strafing enemy aircraft and support facilities. Regroup at RP-SIMEN and return to base.
"objective_string"=In keeping with the 3rd objective, set forth by the High Command: 'To maintain air superiority and reliably cover the main ground formations on the front from the attention of enemy aviation and to destroy the enemy's aircraft on the ground and in the air,.' the Red Air Force carried out strikes against forward deployed Axis airfields. After the withdrawal of so many Luftwaffe units to the West and Donbass region, for a more intensive use of aviation, 8th Air Army had re-positioned some of its units - fighter, attack and antitank aircraft - to some of the most forward airbases. These fell under attack.
"intelligence_string"=Today's weather is excellent - calm winds; light clouds above 10,000 feet; 15 miles visibility. Your target is well protected by PVO (AAA) and may even try to launch aircraft to oppose you. Random fighter patrols and fighters from other airfields may also join in the battle once Fritz suspects that Ugrim is the target. Once you and the Il-2s join at RP-LEONID and vector towards RP-MIKAIL, they will know for sure, so stay alert. Intel reports that the enemy is about to evacuate this base in the face of gains by our advancing ground forces. We have the opportunity of destroying or damaging a significant number of his first-line aircraft on the ground which he won't have time to repair or salvage.
"player_aircraft_name_string"=Lavochkin La-5F
"airfield_string"=URSS_Novy Oskol-Solonets
I managed to destroy a radar site and a few other facilities and shot down 2 FW-190s.

Cheers:

SW07

 

[aussie]

You have certainly gone above and beyond on this SW. I'm sure when finished it'll be a real masterpiece and a great addition to have. I seldom fly missions but this one as me very interested indeed. Looking forward to its release, keep up the good work.

Cheers
Aussie

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Thank you Aussie. It took me a while to build this one and the previous two with German artillery regiment as the target and covering the attack of a Soviet mechanized rgt, because of all the infrastructure involved and "life" interference, but all three are fun missions to fly.

I won't meet the proposed release of my birthday - Jan 29th - but I am rapidly drawing close to the end. I need about 12-15 more missions to do.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Finished another one

... I will also do the Il-2 version of the same mission next. I have to test fly this one tonight and work out any bugs first.

"title_string"=A_Kursk-SC_La5-Akhtyrka Convoy Strike-4-3A
"summary_string"=Dobry den' (Good afternoon). Comrades, we are tasked with an urgent call to strike a large fascist vehicular convoy. Volk, you and Lev will take off immediately after this briefing. Climb to 9,000 feet and on a heading of 270 degrees fly for 32 miles to RP-DUB. There you will link up with a squadron of Il-2s at 1915 hours. Proceed SW from DUB to RP-SOSNA - 21 miles at 240 degrees. You, once again will lead in the bombers with suppression of AA units as your primary goal. If enemy fighters are on-station or make an appearance, you are to break off and engage. Otherwise expend your rockets and cannon on the convoy. After the shturmoviki have concluded their attacks, follow them to RP-TOPOL' from where you will return to base.
"objective_string"=By now the Axis had retreated a considerable part of their forces to the south and southwest, primarily from Belgorod to Kharkov. Some of the retreating columns included hundreds of trucks with several tanks among them. One such column was spotted by reconnaissance planes of the 511th Recon Air Regiment near the city of Akhtyrka, and all available bomb and attack units of two air armies were immediately called upon to strike - and with great success. The aviators of the 5th Air Army, for example added 35 tanks and 150 trucks to their records.
"intelligence_string"=This afternoon's weather continues to be excellent - calm winds, light clouds above 10,000 feet and 15 miles visibility. Your target is not as well protected by PVO (AAA) as this morning's target, but random fighter patrols and an on-station CAP are possible. You and the Il-2 squadron from the 266th ShAD (Attack Aviation Div). will be in the vanguard of an all out assault by our air army. Others will follow up just minutes behind you. Your flight path will lead the Nazis to think we are attacking Ugrim again, which should draw off some of his fighters long enough for you to get a clean first shot at the target. We have an excellent opportunity to deal a crushing blow to our enemy. Good luck comrades and man your planes!
"player_aircraft_name_string"=Lavochkin La-5F

Hopefully, screenshots to follow...

Cheers:

Shadow Wolf 07