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New Missions and Questions

Shadow Wolf 07

Shadow Wolf 07

SOH-CM-2025
I just started building the missions for a Battle of the Sibuyan Sea mini campaign. I have a good map and the orders of battle for both the USN and Japanese. I plan to use a mix of VN, Usio, Stock and Collin ships. There will be missions for Hellcats, Avengers and Helldivers.

My first question comes as a result of the fact that Usio's ships and the cruiser VN Tone are unit family 7 and category 13 on the dp - ie: carriers. I've made the conversion to the right family and category on my ships but wonder about others who fly the mission. I am using the historical correct names for all ships (expanded callsigns.dat file). If other users, with that callsigns list but don't correct the family/category, will their mission, when flown, show the correct names or will they default to "no name" or a carrier name?

I fear the latter will happen and I'll be forced to explain how to change the dp for each ship in the readme.

Comments? Suggestions?

I'll use this thread for updates on how the mission building is going. I already have the Enterprise's TG 38.4 in and the Japanese Center Force in position. That pretty much covers the first 3 missions in ship placement. I need to put in the attackers and triggers and events next.
 
What will happen if someone doesn't have the same family and category as you the mission won't work for them.

They will get

Tone Family 5 not found.


Talon
 
Thanks Talon. :icon29: That's what I was afraid of. I'll have to include detailed instructions on how to modify the dp or include replacement dps for the ships affected.
 
When I upload missions I also put in the plane dp's I use because they are usually different from other peoples.


Talon
 
I'm gonna leave the planes alone in this one. The only problem there is the source - 3 1% AvHistory planes used in the first 3 sets of missions. I finished the first set and will test fly them later tonight.

BTW: Did we get the okay to upload the CFS2 AvHistory planes here - anybody? :monkies:
 
Progress is going slow for now. My daughter, who is with me for the summer will be going back to school next week and I'll be free to work in ernest. I've completed the 1st set of missions with strikes from USS Enterprise and have started on the second set with strikes from the Intrepid and Cabot. So far, so good. Hopefully, I'll be looking for "beta testers" by the end of next week.
 
I have completed missions 4,5 and six - the fighter, dive bomber and torpedo attacks by the USS Intrepid and USS Cabot. Next I have the attacks by Essex, Lexington and Intrepid (second wave) to do. I'll flight test 4.5 and 6 probably tomorrow.

Moving right along... :ernae:
 
Update: Missions 1-11 are done and marieried and I are flight testing them. I'm suffering from "MB fatigue" and will put off starting the build of the last 2 or 3 - the CAP defense of TG-38.3 - till tomorrow.

BTW: How is the uploading of the AvHistory 1% planes going?
 
Shadow Wolf 07 said:
Update: Missions 1-11 are done and marieried and I are flight testing them. I'm suffering from "MB fatigue" and will put off starting the build of the last 2 or 3 - the CAP defense of TG-38.3 - till tomorrow.
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Now you know how I feel after doing 40 to 60 missions for campaigns,LOL.


Talon
 
I appreciate your work SW. Good quality work requires that you take some time off and then come back and review your work. One problem with the human mind is that it is always filling in the little details of your work whether you have completed them or not. When you take a long enough break from your work you forget those details, which is a good thing. It is good because when you review your work you now see it as others do and can fill in the little details that your mind was telling you had already completed.
 
I am starting the air to air missions today and have a question: I have Thicko's Jd4y2_suisei udy but am wondering, is there and does anyone have a 1% Judy divebomber?

Cheers

Shadow
 
Shadow Wolf 07 said:
I am starting the air to air missions today and have a question: I have Thicko's Jd4y2_suisei udy but am wondering, is there and does anyone have a 1% Judy divebomber?
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From what I've read through the years some of the newer planes have airfiles and so forth based on the 1% planes.There was a discussion about this a few years ago.


Talon
 
I'm root'n for you on this project. :applause: Erufle has made a good point. If in the near future you need beta testers...you can put me on the list.
Take your time...Dv
 
Missing weapon message

Anyone have or know where to find the 800 kg bomb for Thicko's "Judy?" I plan to use the 250 kg bomb in the mission I'm building but I woul like to eliminate the error message for the larger one...
 
Shadow Wolf 07 said:
Anyone have or know where to find the 800 kg bomb for Thicko's "Judy?" I plan to use the 250 kg bomb in the mission I'm building but I woul like to eliminate the error message for the larger one...
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AF=Midway IJN Plane pack has one.Page 15 missions Simviation.That's the one I use.


Talon
 
I got that bomp dp, bmp and bgl out of that pack from simviation, thanks Talon. :icon29: Historically the attack was in 3 waves of 50-60 aircraft each with one bomber getting through and mortally wounding the CVL Princeton. Thus far I have 2 waves of 3 shotais of 6 for 18 planes each, with 4 of them having alternate routes, so that when they get to 50% strength or less they turn back. There are 2 flights of 1US_F6F-5 defending with 7 planes each. I may yet add more on both sides. Gonna have a break and think about it...
 
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