Zenophon 110 Posted March 31, 2015 Overview Greetings fellow Armaholics, I am proud to present Zenophon's Mini Co-op Missions (ZMCM). This mission pack is an ongoing project, although the current 'season' is over. The next 'season' will arrive eventually, with new missions to be released in an episodic fashion about every two weeks. The missions are not a campaign or connected as a series in any way; there is no overall story. Each one is a short (10 to 30 minutes) and fairly simple mission with a specific style; they are very replayable. They support anywhere from 2 to 6 players maximum, and are meant to be played by small groups of friends. They are intended to be difficult and require caution and tactics. Features Every mission is different, but the common features generally are: Lots of randomization, such as: Insertion, extraction, and objective locations Enemy skill, numbers, patrol routes, and weapons Weather, fog, date, and time No magically spawned enemies; all patrols are there from the start Fix for ridiculous AI accuracy on dedicated servers; their skill will be the same as in SP or local MP AI skill and numbers scale with the number of players Increased weapon lethality; 1-2 shot kills are now the norm Easy repacking of magazines with an action, taking a realistic amount of time Easily share magazines with teammates for their current weapon No saving, respawn, or revive in SP or MP, to promote teamwork and realism Good performance, whether you play in SP with AI teammates or in MP with friends No mods or addons required in any mission All this is done using my Mission Framework and Scripting Library (shameless advertisement, I know). Missions Currently, there are 14 missions in the pack. Each mission tries to provide a different style of gameplay in terms of difficulty, pacing, atmosphere, and the players' role. Each included mission is listed below with a short description. Abduction A very open-ended, randomized mission in which players must defeat or evade numerous patrols. The mission area could be anywhere across about a 25 square km area. The goal is to capture an enemy officer and get him to extraction. Ambush A simple mission in which players can choose from various means to stop and destroy a convoy of vehicles. The position of the ambush is chosen randomly from five preset locations. Players must contend with armed vehicles and enemy infantry before making their escape. Blackout A stealth mission in which players must evade a few armed guards in a large power plant. Players have the option of maintaining stealth with hand to hand kills or risking a fast assault with just pistols and SMGs. If detected, you'll only have a few minutes to complete the objectives before helicopters and dozens of troops surround you. No one has NVGs or suppressors in this mission. Checkpoint A 'day-in-the-life' mission with a twist, players manning a NATO checkpoint will routinely search a few civilian vehicles before being attacked by various insurgent forces. The checkpoint location, the nature of the attack, the direction of the attack are random. Cleaner A stealth infiltration mission in an urban environment. If you can keep it quiet, you'll only have a few guards to deal with; if you're detected, you'll have the wrath of the AAF upon you. You must search several randomly placed containers in a storage yard for chemical weapons, as well as clear 2 buildings to eliminate the weapon's inventors. After a HALO insertion, you're free to attack the yard however you want; a sniper weapon is stashed on a hill nearby. Convoy A very randomized convoy protection mission. The players must drive the vehicles themselves through various threats, including IED's, infantry ambushes, MG nests, roadblocks, and even APCs. Beware, as the Opfor may choose to attack from the air using paratroopers and helicopters. Lockdown A POW rescue mission with a significant change: the POWs are players. Three FIA guerrillas must rescue two US paratroopers from the AAF. The POWs can free themselves after several minutes, but must contend with AAF guards unarmed; the FIA can also rescue them directly. Either way, the players will then work to complete a secondary objective in the area before retreating. The FIA start location, patrols, and secondary objective are randomized. Pursuit A combined arms mission in which an infantry team and an attack helicopter face Opfor infantry, MRAPs, AAA, MANPADS, machinegun nests, and snipers in a large, random area in the hunt for an Opfor artillery piece. The artillery will randomly move it's position to another large area controlled by these Opfor threats about every 30 minutes. Thus, all your work to clear an area may be wasted, but the vehicle will be very vulnerable as it moves between areas. Raid Inspired by an old TV show, The Rat Patrol, this mission is a procedurally generated, open-ended patrol mission. The players will complete the primary objectives provided as well as any secondary objectives they come across. The entire mission area is populated with random enemy patrols. Players can choose to complete the mission as fast as possible, or spend as long as they want searching the area for AAF activity. Shootout This mission takes a slight detour from the serious, authentic nature of the other missions to bring you a simple and fun shoot-out style mission. You will be fighting with some Opfor over control of a randomly generated junk yard full of objects for cover. This isn't a run-n-gun mission; you'll still need some CQB tactics and teamwork to win. The mission difficulty and arena size scales to the number of players. Silence A special forces infiltration mission with undercover and assault parts. Players must secure an Opfor radio outpost to locate their target and direct an airstrike onto it. The mission offers CQB and urban fighting against Opfor attacks, and randomized patrol areas outside of town to hinder the players' extraction. The position of everything has been randomized, resulting in nearly a hundred combinations of objectives. Specter An asymmetric warfare special forces CQB style mission; players must assault and clear a large building in search of intel. The exact objective location and enemy patrols are different every time. Once they secure the building, players must cross an open area to reach their extraction vehicle. Sweep A sniper-spotter team and an assault team must use teamwork to defeat numerous Opfor infantry and vehicle patrols in an urban area. A random town on Altis will be selected, and players will start at random around it. The number of Opfor will scale to the size of the town; Opfor will receive reinforcements by ground and helicopter. There will be enemies hiding in houses to provide CQB opportunities as well as MRAPs in the town. The Opfor will detect the sniper's fire and employ mortars and vehicles to counter him. Vendetta An atmospheric sniper mission that makes players choose between trusting their sniping accuracy or risking a closer shot. A tense opening sequence is followed by an open-ended objective in which players must eliminate a target while working under a time limit. Coming Soon Well folks, I've run out of ideas for mini missions; I don't want to do missions that just repeat the same thing with slight variations of location or objectives. Thus, I'm going to stop releasing new missions for now. I'll put it as 'Season 1' is over and I've got 14 'episodes' to done, and I really want to do a 'Season 2' at some point. If anyone has some good ideas for an interesting new mini mission, I'd like to hear them and include them in the next round of mini missions. Of course, I'll still support the current missions in the pack with bugfixes and improvements. For now, I've got mission ideas that require more than 4-6 players, and I'd like to do some interesting missions for larger groups of players. Download Each mission is a separate .pbo, and all of them are packaged in an archive you can download below. Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-QFvxyAVKTUQmZ0MllyN014TVE/view?usp=sharing Installation Copy the .pbo files from the .7z archive to the Missions or MPMissions folder in your ArmA 3 install directory. This is by default at (Windows 7) C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3. All the missions can be installed and played separately; they are not connected in any way. Changelog 8/11/17 Fixed: Non group leader slots could not be used 6/17/17 1. Added: Fatigue parameter for all missions Abduction 1. Added: Tanoa version Ambush 1. Added: Tanoa version Checkpoint 1. Added: Tanoa version Convoy 1. Fixed: Removed debug markers (Takistan version) Sweep 1. Added: Tanoa version 7/24/16 All Missions Improved: AI skill is now a mission parameter Abduction Added: Porto version Added: Zargabad version Blackout Improved: Players should now move silently Lockdown Fixed: The POWs dying now fails the mission Added: Porto version Added: Zargabad version Silence Added: Takistan version Added: Zargabad version Added: Three new possible cities where the mission can randomly take place (Altis Version) Improved: Rewrote mission objectives and randomization parameters Improved: Friendly AI can now be equipped easily Specter Added: Porto version Added: Zargabad version Sweep Tweaked: Adjusted the scaling of Opfor infantry and vehicles with player count 5/10/16 Ambush Fixed: Insertion task did not complete in all cases Added: Takistan version Checkpoint Added: Takistan version Convoy Added: Takistan version Sweep Added: Takistan version 4/12/16 Ambush Fixed: Indfor was friendly to Blufor (Proving Grounds version) Added: Chernarus version Checkpoint Added: Chernarus version Convoy Added: Chernarus version Sweep Added: Chernarus version Vendetta Added: Chernarus version Improved: Escape task success now considers the position of both players 3/24/16 All Missions Fixed: Missions display their map name in the description of the SP scenario menu Improved: Made the increased damage EH a mission parameter Abduction Added: Utes version Ambush Added: Proving Grounds version Checkpoint Fixed: AI mortar no longer fires at the players when they get close Added: Proving Grounds version Improved: Added player role descriptions Improved: Gave more time before first vehicle Lockdown Improved: Optimized Pursuit Fixed: Add briefing text about MRAP Shootout Added: VR version 3/12/16 Abduction Improved: Added ambient FOB objects to Takistan version Ambush Fixed: Extraction marker was placed wrong Fixed: The convoy did not drive through the designated path in some cases Improved: Added more explosives to box Checkpoint Fixed: AI were counted as players in SP, making the mission much more difficult Cleaner Added: UAV equipment to sniper equipment box Convoy Improved: Drastically reduced the number of threats spawned for higher numbers of players Improved: The number of convoy vehicles spawned and mission difficulty tweaked in SP Improved: Starting position now avoids houses Lockdown Fixed: Rescuing the POWs in SP caused the task to fail Pursuit Fixed: Mission provided the wrong vehicles when there were either no infantry or no pilots Improved: Artillery vehicle no longer starts in the center of the search area Tweaked: Objective area size on Takistan and Chernarus Raid Fixed: Some opportunity objectives were not placed as intended Added: A small number of hostile vehicles Added: Civilian cars in nearby towns Improved: Increased the number of random ambient objects Improved: Slightly increased the number of opportunity objectives Shootout Tweaked: Slightly increased the scaling of Opfor with player count Silence Fixed: Insertion/Extraction boat does not move while players are not on board Improved: Players must now call for and guide the airstrike manually Silence Fixed: Insertion/Extraction boat does not move while players are not on board Improved: Players must now call for and guide the airstrike manually Specter Added: Ambient clutter around optional objective Sweep Fixed: Removed some debug printing Improved: Added markers for the insertion point of the infantry and sniper team Improved: Visual quality of the town marker displayed on the map Tweaked: Area patrolled by Opfor for some towns Vendetta Fixed: Enabled increased damage for all weapons Fixed: Timer until helicopter take off was much too short 9/4/15 Abduction Added: Chernarus version Added: Takistan version Pursuit Added: Chernarus version Added: Takistan version Improved: Optimized Raid Added: Chernarus version Added: Takistan version Improved: Optimized 8/21/15 New Mission: Co-6 Convoy Added: Saving in SP Lockdown Added: Hand to hand kill for POWs on nearby guards Silence Fixed: Extraction vehicle can no longer be destroyed Improved: Mission only waits for one player at each staging point Improved: Gear changes are now voluntary actions Specter Fixed: Wrong .45 magazine in insertion helicopter Fixed: Insertion helicopter cargo was over-filled Sweep Fixed: Mortars can now track the spotter Added: Random Opfor radio operator in the town, killing him will disable mortars Improved: Mission complete when 90% of Opfor are killed Improved: Mortars now have limit ammunition and increased firing down-time Improved: Detection of the sniper and spotter more is more realistic Improved: Mortar placement is more random and based upon Opfor knowledge of the sniper/spotter Improved: Mortars no longer fire on the town 8/8/15 New Mission: Co-4 Raid Blackout Fixed: All friendly AI are added to the player's group in SP Added: Explosion for planted bombs once the players are far enough away Tweaked: AI now receives better vision after the alarm has been triggered Silence Improved: Players must now swim to the boat for extraction Tweaked: Distance to swim to and from the boat decreased 7/24/15 New Mission: Co-6 Pursuit Blackout Improved: Flares are now stronger Shootout Fixed: Added briefing text Sweep Fixed: Too few houses were garrisoned in some random cases Fixed: Spotter now has the correct name on the role selection screen Fixed: Spotter now has the correct group name in side chat Fixed: Briefing text now includes the spotter Added: A random chance for civilians to be in the same houses as Opfor Improved: Some Opfor are stationed at windows in their houses, others still patrol the building Improved: Some civilians seek cover in a nearby building if they're close to the combat, others run for their lives 7/10/15 New Mission: Co-6 Shootout Abduction Improved: One player role changed to medic Blackout Improved: Opfor now use flares if the players are detected Specter Added: Medic loadout Improved: One player role changed to medic Sweep Fixed: Increased damage did not apply to all units Added: Spotter playable role Added: Team leader and medic loadouts Improved: Civilians killed by the Opfor do not count against players Improved: Insertion helicopter will avoid flying over the town Improved: One player role changed to medic Improved: Opfor in houses now patrol their building and the street outside Removed: Enemy markers Tweaked: Insertion helicopter cargo Tweaked: Loadout equipment 6/25/15 New Mission: Co-4 Blackout Lockdown Improved: Rescue POW task now fails on POW death Silence Improved: Optimized 6/11/15 New Mission: Co-5 Lockdown 5/28/15 New Mission: Co-4 Checkpoint Improved: Optimized Sweep Improved: Optimized 5/21/15 Abduction Improved: Opfor group size now scales to player count Ambush Improved: Indfor patrols are spawned at the start Improved: Indfor patrols scale with player count Checkpoint Fixed: Vehicle disappears when the driver is killed Fixed: Some odd AI driving behavior Fixed: Removed some debug markers Sweep Improved: Limited the number of Opfor vehicles Improved: Reduced Opfor infantry scaling with player count Improved: Opfor infantry and vehicles also scale based upon sniper presence Vendetta Improved: Opfor patrols now scale more based upon player count 5/14/15 New Mission: Co-4 Checkpoint 4/29/15 New Mission: Co-5 Sweep Vendetta Improved: Prevented HVT from running away Improved: HVT's helicopter now has a crew Improved: HVT helicopter starts its engines 1-2 minutes before it leaves Improved: Mission only fails if the helicopter can fly away Improved: Some Opfor patrols have AA weapons Tweaked: Task description text 4/15/15 New Mission: Co-4 Cleaner Abduction Added: Realistic camp near the officer Improved: Capture task fails upon the officer's death Tweaked: Task description text Tweaked: Objective placement parameters Ambush Added: Fourth playable slot Added: Random Indfor patrol Improved: Indfor reinforcements arrive sooner Improved: Extraction now uses the insertion vehicle Tweaked: Expanded briefing Specter Tweaked: Task description text Vendetta Added: Marksman DLC weapons and equipment (only if players have the DLC) Feedback Any feedback about the missions is welcome, particularly about their difficulty and replayability. Obviously, if you find any bugs or issues, I would like to know. Either this thread, PM, or email is fine. Contact the author: ZenophonArmAFramework@gmail.com Legal These missions are released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fn_Quiksilver 1633 Posted April 1, 2015 Nice. Love your work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laid3acK 74 Posted April 1, 2015 Same here, thanks a lot.:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Variable 322 Posted April 1, 2015 Oh I love short coop missions! I wish there were more like these. Thanks Zenophon, installing on the Comrades in Arms Coop Server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgaz-uk 130 Posted April 1, 2015 Looking forward to trying these on House of Clowns, they seem just what we are looking for. Thanks Zen :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted April 15, 2015 Overview Greetings fellow Armaholics, the first update to this mission pack brings a new mission, Co-4 Cleaner, and improvements large and small to the existing missions. Most notably, Ambush has been changed significantly to support 4 players and to be more difficult. The first post has been updated with a description of the new mission, the changelog, and a new coming soon mission description. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawndartleo 109 Posted April 19, 2015 The 2 player co-op... snipe the HVT Camped the helicopter for a looong time. Watched various enemy patrols move about, never saw HVT appear. Helo never took off but mission failed. Don't believe were were ever spotted. It just abruptly ended in failure. We closed to within 600m to the east-southeast of the airstrip, on the hillside. What happened? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted April 19, 2015 The 2 player co-op... snipe the HVTCamped the helicopter for a looong time. Watched various enemy patrols move about, never saw HVT appear. Helo never took off but mission failed. Don't believe were were ever spotted. It just abruptly ended in failure. We closed to within 600m to the east-southeast of the airstrip, on the hillside. What happened? The HVT is standing next to the helicopter; the exact placement is random along the airstrip. He's wearing an officer's uniform and has two guards; unfortunately, the uniform difference is hard to see at dawn. When time runs out (about 30 minutes) he will get in the helicopter and the mission fails. It would be more realistic to have him drive up in a car, but I wanted to give players time to maneuver around a stationary target. If nothing in the mission says he is right next to the helicopter, I'll have to tweak some of the task descriptions or dialog. He also shouldn't move from that spot (especially if he hasn't spotted you); next release I'll force him to stay there no matter what. Having the helicopter start and take off would be more immersive, so I'll add that in the next release. It's also a good idea to have him take off as soon as the players are spotted; that will make the mission harder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawndartleo 109 Posted April 20, 2015 A request, or two... 1) Last ditch effort. Ok, so you miss the guy when he's getting in. Helo takes off and either makes it to a mission fail point or the pilot gets sniped out, helo crashes and mission is still a success. Helo armor may be an issue here, not sure. 2) Spool up the engines as the blip approaches. That would probably be a more realistic scenario, anyways. And its cruel to give the spotter a toilet paper tube for a scope. Mean, just mean. Brilliant. Still mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I give up 152 Posted April 21, 2015 These missions are pretty cool even being small and not very difficult, but the one I really like is the one that you have in your framework, Infinite Patrol. The endless random objectives and AI behaviour makes the mission immersive giving countless hours of intense gameplay, one of the best. I've managed to make it COOP for 6 players (AI disabled), replaced Halo respawn for Base respawn because after Halo we couldn't join group anymore and new players couldn't see the objectives in Map and Diary, now after mission start (first objective) I can leave it running in server and join whenever I (or some one else) want to continue the gameplay, also I've added Revive, Virtual Arsenal (VR loadout with respawn) and Flag Deploy to join alive team mates after Base respawn. Playing it in Veteran with Fatigue Disabled and I am enjoying alot, really one of the best, you did there a great job with AI, random missions and objectives. In my opinion when we speak about AI behaviour nothing compares with Zenophon Framework, simply the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted April 21, 2015 A request, or two...1) Last ditch effort. Ok, so you miss the guy when he's getting in. Helo takes off and either makes it to a mission fail point or the pilot gets sniped out, helo crashes and mission is still a success. Helo armor may be an issue here, not sure. 2) Spool up the engines as the blip approaches. That would probably be a more realistic scenario, anyways. And its cruel to give the spotter a toilet paper tube for a scope. Mean, just mean. Brilliant. Still mean. Randomly giving an AI patrol an AA launcher could be interesting; damaging the helicopter's engines on the ground should also stop the timer. I like the idea of turning on the helicopter's engines about 2 minutes before time runs out, as a warning. The spotter is there for realism and teamwork. The lack of realistic ballistics makes the spotter unnecessary (IRL he does rangefinding, wind estimates, shot correction, etc.). If detected, he can also provide medium range semi-automatic fire to protect the sniper. The 4x scope is to differentiate the players' roles. These missions are pretty cool even being small and not very difficult, but the one I really like is the one that you have in your framework, Infinite Patrol.The endless random objectives and AI behaviour makes the mission immersive giving countless hours of intense gameplay, one of the best. I've managed to make it COOP for 6 players (AI disabled), replaced Halo respawn for Base respawn because after Halo we couldn't join group anymore and new players couldn't see the objectives in Map and Diary, now after mission start (first objective) I can leave it running in server and join whenever I (or some one else) want to continue the gameplay, also I've added Revive, Virtual Arsenal (VR loadout with respawn) and Flag Deploy to join alive team mates after Base respawn. Playing it in Veteran with Fatigue Disabled and I am enjoying alot, really one of the best, you did there a great job with AI, random missions and objectives. In my opinion when we speak about AI behaviour nothing compares with Zenophon Framework, simply the best. Thank you, I call it a framework precisely because you can add and change things to make the kind of mission you want. If you haven't already, look at my Black Ops mission to see what you like there. Randomization is one of the primary goals of my framework, so I'm glad you like the random AI spawning and patrolling. My patrol function also directs individual AI groups to attack their nearest threat, so they seek and destroy fairly realistically. I haven't linked AI groups together to allow them to communicate; there are several AI mods that do that and more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I give up 152 Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) I like Black Ops, played countless times, I have ported it to Wake Island and also there gives a nice gameplay. Infinite Patrol is a bit similar to Black Ops, that's why I like it. With Black Ops the mission ends after completing all 3 objectives/extraction, with Infinite Patrol we can play countless hours always having a different missions and objectives. Still, I need to figure using your respawn vehicle how to delete the wreck before the new vehicle spawn, because if for some reason the vehicle gets destroyed in base, the wreck is still there when the new one appears and it will spawn in a different place, sometimes in a place where is not possible to have vehicles and explode, then a new come and the history is the same and this can create some mess. Edited April 22, 2015 by Bratwurste Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted April 22, 2015 I like Black Ops, played countless times, I have ported it to Wake Island and also there gives a nice gameplay.Infinite Patrol is a bit similar to Black Ops, that's why I like it. With Black Ops the mission ends after completing all 3 objectives/extraction, with Infinite Patrol we can play countless hours always having a different missions and objectives. Still, I need to figure using your respawn vehicle how to delete the wreck before the new vehicle spawn, because if for some reason the vehicle gets destroyed in base, the wreck is still there when the new one appears and it will spawn in a different place, sometimes in a place where is not possible to have vehicles and explode, then a new come and the history is the same and this can create some mess. Abduction was purposefully done in the style of Black Ops; the other missions don't have nearly as much area to randomly place the objective. Ambush has 5 preset locations (too hard to randomize it completely); the others just rely on random AI patrols or moving the object around a within a building or small area. In next mission, I hope to include almost every town on Altis as a possible location; the insertion points will also be random. You mean f_VehicleRespawn? It should delete the wreck just before calling Zen_SpawnVehicle (about line 230). You could try adding 'sleep 5' or similar in between; it might be a timing issue. You could also try Zen_SpawnVehicle parameter 5 to force the vehicle to spawn at the exact position; that might make it worse though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I give up 152 Posted April 23, 2015 Yes, the wreck should be deleted before the new one spawn, still I am stuck with it, cant figure how. I have played Abduction, yes it is a simlar to Black Ops, instead of 3 objectives we have one and instead of spawning in heli we spawn in base and then we go to heli. Nice mission, the heli part and how its done is a dam nice job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted April 29, 2015 Overview Greetings fellow Armaholics, the second update to this mission pack brings a new mission, Co-5 Sweep, and several improvements for Vendetta. The first post has been updated with a description of the new mission, the changelog, and a new coming soon mission description. Concerning Sweep, be advised that a minimum of 2 players is highly recommended to enjoy the mission as intended. Concerning Vendetta, mission failure now depends upon the helicopter's ability to fly away; if you disable it somehow, you must still kill the HVT to complete the mission. Changelog 4/29/15 New Mission: Co-5 Sweep Vendetta Improved: Prevented HVT from running away Improved: HVT's helicopter now has a crew Improved: HVT helicopter starts its engines 1-2 minutes before it leaves Improved: Mission only fails if the helicopter can fly away Improved: Some Opfor patrols have AA weapons Tweaked: Task description text Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawndartleo 109 Posted April 30, 2015 Thank's Zenonphon. Just DL'd and look forward to playing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted May 14, 2015 Overview Greetings fellow Armaholics, the third update to this mission pack brings the total mission count to 7 by introducing: Co-4 Checkpoint. The first post has been updated with a description of the new mission, the changelog, and a new coming soon mission description. There are no changes to the other missions, other than using my latest framework. Changelog 5/14/15 New Mission: Co-4 Checkpoint Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Variable 322 Posted May 15, 2015 Thanks Zenophon, we played a couple of these missions and it was great! Keep them coming! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sxp2high 22 Posted May 16, 2015 Sounds great, thanks for you work! Just uploaded them to our server, will try them next week and report back. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1212PDMCDMPPM 200 Posted May 16, 2015 Zenophon, with friends we just tested your missions and everything worked like the number of AI was multiplied by the number of players. Is this intended ? Without revive, in Sweep, it's really hard to destroy something like 6-7 (or more?) MRAP while fighting more than 60 ennemies. In the ghost hotel mission, nearly every single room had an AI. For info, we were playing on a non-dedi server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1212PDMCDMPPM 200 Posted May 17, 2015 Forgot to add those: - Checkpoint: massive script errors, resulting in only one car spawning, disapearing in the middle of the checkpoint then nothing - Ambush: one time, we never saw the convoy yet we lost (without dying). One time, the reinforcements died on spawn Many times the missions failed to finish when all players died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted May 17, 2015 Zenophon, with friends we just tested your missions and everything worked like the number of AI was multiplied by the number of players.Is this intended ? Without revive, in Sweep, it's really hard to destroy something like 6-7 (or more?) MRAP while fighting more than 60 ennemies. In the ghost hotel mission, nearly every single room had an AI. For info, we were playing on a non-dedi server. Yes, AI skill and numbers (both number of groups and units in the groups) will increase with the number of players. The number in Sweep also scales based upon the size of the marker; although, that is too many vehicles. There are also AI in buildings in that mission. I agree that Sweep is a bit excessive; I was trying to balance the sniper in the mission. A skilled sniper can kill dozens of enemies from relative safety (just keep moving and don't fire too many shots to avoid mortars). Without a sniper, the infantry squad is at a big disadvantage, so I'll factor that in for next release. I'll also add a limit to the number of MRAP's (4 or 5 max). The enemy AI are supposed to carrying many AT weapons, to give players a chance to scavenge things to destroy the MRAPs with. In general, the missions are aiming for about 4-5 times the number of AI than humans. In Specter, clearing that hotel is intended to be hard. At close range AI accuracy and spotting deficiencies are not a factor, so clearing 10-20 rooms without a casualty is hard. For a mission like Abduction, player accuracy is much better and the AI are at a big disadvantage. Forgot to add those:- Checkpoint: massive script errors, resulting in only one car spawning, disapearing in the middle of the checkpoint then nothing - Ambush: one time, we never saw the convoy yet we lost (without dying). One time, the reinforcements died on spawn Many times the missions failed to finish when all players died. For Checkpoint, try without any mods. In testing, I only get one minor error that makes AI driving weird, but the mission can still advance (AI just drive away from the checkpoint instead of through it and you check their vehicle). I think there is also a bug with killing the driver of a civilian vehicle (that shouldn't happen though). There's also some harmless debug markers that appear on the map. In Ambush, this is due to AI driving issues. Sometimes they get stuck or decide to go off-road; they likely went around your position and the mission thought they had gotten through the ambush. I rely on the game engine to end the missions when the players are dead. It works on a dedicated server (just saw it in testing). It might be that non-dedicated servers don't do that automatically, I'm not sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Outlawz7 1 Posted May 17, 2015 Hey We played your mission for 4 players called Checkpoint. Two cars came, we checked them and they drove around the ramps into nowhere. Not much happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted May 19, 2015 HeyWe played your mission for 4 players called Checkpoint. Two cars came, we checked them and they drove around the ramps into nowhere. Not much happened. The AI currently isn't driving through the checkpoint properly every time. I think I have that working 100% now, as well as correcting a few other parts of the checkpoint logic. I'll likely release an update to the pack tomorrow or Thursday at the latest that fixes things. It will just a be a 'review and fix' update for the existing missions. The next new mission will come in about a week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenophon 110 Posted May 21, 2015 Overview Greetings fellow Armaholics, this is a bug fix and general improvement update to the existing missions. The new mission will be released on schedule next week. Checkpoint is fixed; AI drivers passing through in beginning part should be fine. I have also reviewed the other missions, specifically for difficulty and balance. For Ambush, the patrols will be around your insertion point at the beginning of the mission, so be ready. For Sweep, I've tried to balance town size, player count, and whether there is a sniper; tell me if a specific town is too easy or too hard. Changelog 5/21/15 Abduction Improved: Opfor group size now scales to player count [*] Ambush Improved: Indfor patrols are spawned at the start Improved: Indfor patrols scale with player count [*] Checkpoint Fixed: Vehicle disappears when the driver is killed Fixed: Some odd AI driving behavior Fixed: Removed some debug markers [*] Sweep Improved: Limited the number of Opfor vehicles Improved: Reduced Opfor infantry scaling with player count Improved: Opfor infantry and vehicles also scale based upon sniper presence [*] Vendetta Improved: Opfor patrols now scale more based upon player count Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
