dogfight [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

[Lou Montana 101]

11 hours ago, strayer49 said:

Perhaps this increases the number of simultaneous tasks, or the difficulty of the task.

 

The actual task amount is (nbOfPlayers max 2); maybe I can keep that and add a min 6 to avoid an overpopulation/task collision!

 

11 hours ago, Jnr4817 said:

I'd say 8

 

I will see between 6 and 8… oh, let's allow for 8 directly.

 

11 hours ago, Jnr4817 said:

it was so much fun

 

Glad to hear! 👍

[Jnr4817 215]

Feedback:

Your vehicle spawner with the laptop is simple and really nice and easy to use. Cheers, confirmed it works with mods, we are using CUP and MELB.

 

Respawn zone is huge. I’d make it the same area you start off at when coming into the game.

 

Getting an error. A missing sqf or function for spawn all aircraft. Doesn’t break the game. 
 

Sucks the weather system is broken. Would be nice to have a weather system or way to manage the haze, fog, ceilings, etc.

 

Again, awesome work with this mission. I’ve been playing with it everyday. 
 

Reed

[Lou Montana 101]

26 minutes ago, Jnr4817 said:

Your vehicle spawner with the laptop is simple and really nice and easy to use. Cheers, confirmed it works with mods, we are using CUP and MELB.

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Again, awesome work with this mission. I’ve been playing with it everyday.

 

Thanks again 🙂

 

26 minutes ago, Jnr4817 said:

Respawn zone is huge. I’d make it the same area you start off at when coming into the game.

 

I will reduce it, I feel it a bit odd too.

 

26 minutes ago, Jnr4817 said:

Getting an error. A missing sqf or function for spawn all aircraft. Doesn’t break the game.

 

I am heavily interested in a repro or a screenshot - the "spawn all aircraft" should have been removed for a while now (since laptop spawn has been introduced)

 

26 minutes ago, Jnr4817 said:

Sucks the weather system is broken. Would be nice to have a weather system or way to manage the haze, fog, ceilings, etc.

 

Oh, how is it broken? For info, in MP the options allow you to set the starting weather value - it will then evolve randomly the same way the game would do.

The SP laptop allows you to set weather and reset fog, but I didn't want to have these options on the MP laptop to maybe prevent abuse from some players (trolling by "day/night/day/night")

I could still do it and set an MP param to allow for some settings or not.

 

Thanks again for the feedback!

PS: a new task system version is on its way, which should not change anything visually except that the task marker will not be spot on the enemy group leader's vehicle for more immersion (detection + engagement)

It should also allow for more types of objectives… stay tuned!

[Jnr4817 215]

This is what I get from the RPT.

16:17:03 Warning Message: Script functions\fn_spawnAllAirAssets.sqf not found

 

[Lou Montana 101]

Yes, this file has been removed as well as the "spawn all assets" MP option - unless Steam didn't update the file properly or one tampered with the pbo, there is no reason for it to happen… 🤔
I will check Steam.

 

UPDATE: I checked, and the description.ext CfgFunctions reference was not removed - and didn't trigger an error in Eden. Weird! Thanks for the report, fixed in the next update.

 

UPDATE: Fixed and released 🙂

[Lou Montana 101]

Hello, another update on the loose!  A quite interesting one I hope, please see the changelog below:

• Add Radio Chatter on/off action (not immediate, played sound will end first)
• Fix "forever incomplete task" in singleplayer
• Fix potential action issue - a plane can be disabled then repaired
• Add convoy and building kill voice
• Fix SP dynamicViewDistance bug
• Fix base bug and setting translation
• Add featureType (visibility) option for task objects
• Add all SP laptop options to MP (+ hint mentioning who used the laptop)
• Fix ambient anims locality - work in MP now
• Add IFF
• Add noise cancellation option
• Fix officer's desk and add healing location close to respawn

See you in the skies!

[Lou Montana 101]

One more (and last?) update to this mission - it has now reached a full mature state from my POV, so unless suggestions are made or bugs are found it should remain more or less like this 🙂
Suggestions are still and always welcome!

Changelog:

• Remove respawn timer
• Fix SP intro and increase on-foot NATO 3D marker disappear radius
• Fix very minor performance things
• Fix IFF with multiple players in the same vehicle or player in destroyed vehicle
• Add infinite stamina in the airbase
• Add pilot loadout
• Add (limited) Arsenal
• Add ambient birds
• Add real mission time display on Watch key press
• Add (invincible) empty AA and mortars to airport
• Replace Sentinel UAV with Stealth Black Wasp

[strayer49 6]

Bug：The planes spawn air assets can not be refreshed.      The wreckage will remain where it crashed!!!!！

 

Then, here is the task diagram after I added Chinese in Stringtable.xml.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14ShnhuMBg6cTyKvBtU-HEZA0XZKyP7cB/view?usp=sharing

[Lou Montana 101]

Hi @strayer49, first a big thank you for the translation! I will of course add your name to the changelog.

 

Regarding the spawned air assets bug, it is actually by design: since you can spawn an unlimited amount of air assets, I decided to make it a "manual" respawn - wrecks are (or at least, should be) automatically deleted by the game's garbage collector.

Once again, thanks!

[Lou Montana 101]

@strayer49 I allowed myself to send you a message, can you check your inbox? Thanks and sorry for the bother 🙂

[strayer49 6]

11 hours ago, Lou Montana said:

@strayer49 I allowed myself to send you a message, can you check your inbox? Thanks and sorry for the bother 🙂

Copy that.

[Lou Montana 101]

"Little" update 😉 for the weekend!

Add Chinese (Simplified) translation, thanks to @strayer49
Add task chances presets
Add IFF proximity danger colours and remove viewDistance restriction
Add invincible buildings (prevents floating humans)
Add artillery and ordnance decoration and description
Add "playerName used laptop: action" hint's local translation
Add laptop screen translations and fix some translations/keys
Add airport voices, used ordnance voices, ejection voices
Add long distance visibility to boats and fix setFeatureType in MP
Add sound barrier's vapor cone
Add Exit mission laptop SP option
Add 0.1× time multiplier value
Add mouse centering on laptop opening
Fix AA pods direction
Fix many small performance things (simple objects, GC thresholds, etc)
Fix officer sometimes turning around
Fix airport 3D marker not appearing when away in a ground vehicle
Fix spawned cars not being spawned/deleted as expected
Fix some performance and code things
Fix task destination when only one target remains
Fix IFF action when engine off, allow HUD colour to be changed on the fly
Fix CAS radio messages triggering and spacing
Fix task completion condition
Fix infinite stamina issue if killed on the airport
Fix small action priority conflict
Fix IFF icon position and same-vehicle activation
Fix time multiplier issue
Fix a scripting locality issue
Fix stringtable: use more Arma translations
Fix "Unsupported language English in stringtable" log line

[Lou Montana 101]

(among other things) Russian translation added, thanks to @TRAGER!

[strayer49 6]

Arma3 - Eden Editor Tutorial - Auto Repair Rearm Refuel Planes

 

Can you take a look at this video?  I think this kind of maintenance should be more convenient.  Some friends complained to me that their wings would hit the car while the plane was being repaired, and the car would block the plane.😂

 

If I wanted to add two OPFPR pilots, what would I do to give them the ability to also have earplugs and Change Hud colors?

 

I’ve tried adding two OPFOR pilots directly, but they don’t have those options (earplugs, Hud, etc.) .

[Lou Montana 101]

5 hours ago, strayer49 said:

Some friends complained to me that their wings would hit the car while the plane was being repaired, and the car would block the plane.😂

if you are good, you can avoid the truck 😛 "just" parking (close) behind one of them is enough, no need to face it. I will check if there is a "sexier" way (maybe placing a truck on each side is enough)

 

5 hours ago, strayer49 said:

If I wanted to add two OPFOR pilots, what would I do to give them the ability to also have earplugs and Change Hud colors?

I’ve tried adding two OPFOR pilots directly, but they don’t have those options (earplugs, Hud, etc.).

it works… if they get in while in the "nato_area" marker. I suppose you would have to edit the LM_fnc_initSpawnedPlayer function and remove/update that condition.
if you remove it, note that selecting loadout (and all the other options) will be available everywhere, even when landing on the salt lake!
I may update it as well so at least the earplugs/HUD options are available (this indeed should not depend on location)

[Lou Montana 101]

@strayer49, I updated (not published yet) so the pilot actions (but loadout) are available to pilots not getting in "nato_area". As well, the IFF will only list same-side air vehicles.

Next patch!

[strayer49 6]

Hi, it’s me again.  Is it possible to turn the music off with a button instead of the player turning the music down on the Audio?  Sometimes the music sounds so...

[Lou Montana 101]

You are demanding, but so it shalt be 😛 would a laptop option be good @strayer49?

[strayer49 6]

4 hours ago, Lou Montana said:

You are demanding, but so it shalt be 😛 would a laptop option be good @strayer49?

This's a good idea😋

[sberla101 50]

@Lou Montana

 

first point I love your scenario.

I'd like to ask you some questions.

- Would there be the possibility of also having some tasks concerning helicopter search and rescue?

- Could you create "safe" areas to fly without the danger of being shot down by SAMs?

- Are you going to expand the tasks also for any land vehicles or infantry?

Thanks again for your work.

 

[Lou Montana 101]

Hi @sberla101 and thanks for the kind words! 🙂 and to answer you:

- I am thinking about it, it would be an interesting task to do but maybe not that easy at first glance; I have to think it properly!

- safe areas… AA tasks can be disabled on the laptop, and I could add an option to disable random AAs if that suits you?

- I thought about expanding tasks for land vehicles/infantry as well, but… it may not be air-centered after that and I don't know if I want/can manage the whole island this way
  maybe I will think of something (another mission maybe?) where an AI is threatening a players' base and where every aspect of Arma is used in the fight.

 

All conversations and suggestions are always welcome! 👍

[Lou Montana 101]

One update on the go! @strayer49, I stole your idea to have opfor slots. @sberla101, you can now disable random Altis AA 😉

 

Add two opfor slots - random airplanes only
Add opfor respawn freeze time
Add opfor loadout selector
Add laptop option to turn ambient music on/off
Add enable/disable random AA laptop option
Add MP overview text
Add vehicle skin randomisation and selection option
Add vehicle action restrictions, limited to driver only
Add "truck" icon to convoys
Add 25/50/75 marks for task chance sliders
Update IFF script to only show same-side airplanes
Set IFF icons as non-scaling
Fix actions (but loadout) to be available away from the airport
Fix performance slightly
Fix mortars and AA to the ground
Fix general and MP issues
Fix target/destroy task icon randomisation
Fix dynamic view distance script issue with fast vertical speeds

[strayer49 6]

Thank you again for your work😊