Dynamic War

[mrn 0]

@Duca

Quote[/b] ]As for my way of playing, well I was aware of the bonuses but it was great to kill 'em all no matter what

I agree completely, it's the way I tend to play it. Fire and brimstone all the way!

@Orlok

Quote[/b] ]Actually I was suprised that the campaign wasnt encrypted, otherwise i'd have opened her up ages ago

I wasn't aware missions could be encrypted, even if I had I wouldn't have done it. My personal feeling is OFP/Arma scripting should be open source as long as credit is given, I wouldn't have had a clue where to start learning how to script without ripping apart other peoples stuff to work out how they did it. If every mission was encrypted then I'm sure there would be a lot less missions released. I would be on very dodgy ground if I said anything else being as this is based on an old OFP mission!

Quote[/b] ]oh, and it's great to see that someone works as scruffily as i do. But its the end result thats important.

Yep, sometimes I do wish I was more organised with stuff, I can spend 5 minutes rummaging around folders looking for scripts.

Quote[/b] ]Do you think that you may make any other dynamic missions, perhaps based on other islands?

Unlikely on this scale, I've mentioned before I have several unfinished missions kicking around but it's sooo time-consuming.

Quote[/b] ]Would it be alot easier now, with the knowledge you have accrued?

Yes and no. The more I know the more I'm tempted to do stuff, I tend to throw everything and the kitchen sink into a mission which takes even longer! There's something to be had in the saying "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing".

Quote[/b] ]or would it be a bloody nightmare?

see above

Quote[/b] ]I've not looked at DAC for arma

Well worth having a play with, it's reasonably straighforward to get a populated island up and running without too much drama. It won't cover the gaps in lack of mission design however, there needs to be a plan there first otherwise you can spend hours getting all these AI spawning and moving around and the player has nothing to do. I know this from personal experience...

Cheers

[stegman 3]

Sorry, I’ve missed the last month or so.

I fell into World of Warcraft and have been lost in there for sometime.

But I’m back now.

I see there’s another update for your mission. Well done.

I'll give it a go.

Any news on the "finale mission"? Have you implemented it yet, or still trying to figure out how to?

[sailindawg 0]

Mr. N, you have a new version again!!!

Thanks! I have been pretty busy with soccer and not much time for wasting time on my pc. I'm still back on the last version I got from you, I thought that one was very sweet. Just downloaded the newest version. I'm going to try to play some through tonite.

Excellent work!

[mrn 0]

Hello

Quote[/b] ]Any news on the "finale mission"? Have you implemented it yet, or still trying to figure out how to?

Nope, not yet. I've run out of fun with Arma at the mo, Dawn Of War is my mistress currently.

I'm sure I'll be back...

[stegman 3]

Hello

Quote[/b] ]Any news on the "finale mission"? Have you implemented it yet, or still trying to figure out how to?

Nope, not yet. I've run out of fun with Arma at the mo, Dawn Of War is my mistress currently.

I'm sure I'll be back...

oh no!

He's playing something else!

ArmA is dead...  

(i shouldn't talk mind, im playing WoW and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and havnt looked at ArmA for a while! )

I'll load it up again soon, before i totally loose the feel for it.

[neofit 65]

Is it me or the Dynamic Campaign does not work with the 1.12 beta patch? I start the mission, my squad and I are at the main base, I have no objectives, just a link in the map window that describes the various mission types. No mission is given though. There is a red triangle in Corazol, when I get there there is no enemy to be found.

I've tried running it with the main game with the official patch 1.08, but it says it needs patch 1.09. I've stopped playing when 1.08 was out, I was having crashes with the 0x8007 or something error every 15 minutes, only 1.12 is giving me proper game time, so I am not sure I'd like to get back to 1.09.

Thanks.

[xxbbcc 6]

Did you try to talk to the officer in the hut? In Dynamic War, you don't get missions in your notebook - the officer gives them to you and then you talk to him again when you're done.

(I hope I didn't misunderstand what you wrote. I played DW under 1.12 and it worked fine.)

[neofit 65]

Did you try to talk to the officer in the hut? In Dynamic War, you don't get missions in your notebook - the officer gives them to you and then you talk to him again when you're done.

Yep, worked fine, thanks. I would never have figured this out myself, there is nothing about it in the readme .

[stegman 3]

Did you try to talk to the officer in the hut? In Dynamic War, you don't get missions in your notebook - the officer gives them to you and then you talk to him again when you're done.

Yep, worked fine, thanks. I would never have figured this out myself, there is nothing about it in the readme .

Doesn’t it tell you to talk with him to get missions, talk with the pilot to get a flight, talk with the medic to heal and get troops and talk to the ammo dude to get ammo..?

And i thought you get a line saying to visit the SpecOps guy to get intel...

It used to do this anyway, is this missing in the newest version?

[neofit 65]

Doesn’t it tell you to talk with him to get missions, talk with the pilot to get a flight, talk with the medic to heal and get troops and talk to the ammo dude to get ammo..?

Nothing of the sort, sadly. Once you know to talk to these NPC, the officer says to talk to the chopper guy for insertion, etc. I have downloaded the version from here, and the readme does not say anything about how to play the game. Thanks for the hints.

One more thing, the readme says one gains points for killing enemies and finishing missions. How do I see my ratings?

Also, I am finishing my first mission, a patrol. I got inserted by chopper, went to the location, killed a few nasties, then the dude on the radio said to RTB. But how? Hiking on foot halfway across the island doesn't sound fun, so I assume the mission designers though of something else. I thought they'd send a chopped back to the insertion LZ but there is none. I see I can call Air Evac, but wouldn't this hurt my ratings? Would calling any kind of support during the mission be considered as a sign of weakness and hurt ratings too? Besides the fact that, as I suppose, I won't get points for the kills that the support mission will make?

Thanks.

[mrn 0]

@Stegman

Quote[/b] ]ArmA is dead...

Lol, hardly!

DOW has given me a well deserved break from Arma, also given me some ideas...

@neofit

AFAIK this mission should be working fine under 1.12, if it's not then I'd like to know so I can try and fix it.

To start with you really have to play with 1.09 or above, the changes to savegame are critical and you will suffer no end of grief with earlier versions.

If you'd watched the intro to the end you'd have seen the brief instructions you need to get the mission underway. Granted the readme is full of fluff 'n' stuff and not really any detail but it's been written as I go. The development of this mission has taken over a year now so I'm assuming people generally have tried earlier versions so the instructions are vague to say the least!

Quote[/b] ]One more thing, the readme says one gains points for killing enemies and finishing missions. How do I see my ratings?

When you finish a mission you'll get some sidechat in the bottom left hand corner telling you the current game stats.

Quote[/b] ]Also, I am finishing my first mission, a patrol. I got inserted by chopper, went to the location, killed a few nasties, then the dude on the radio said to RTB. But how? Hiking on foot halfway across the island doesn't sound fun, so I assume the mission designers though of something else. I thought they'd send a chopped back to the insertion LZ but there is none. I see I can call Air Evac, but wouldn't this hurt my ratings? Would calling any kind of support during the mission be considered as a sign of weakness and hurt ratings too? Besides the fact that, as I suppose, I won't get points for the kills that the support mission will make?

It would be cruel to punish the player for using the transportation option! The only punishment you get for using the support is with the artillery, airstrikes etc. You get rewarded for the kills that you get so if you wipe out a load of enemies with the support you won't get the credit for those kills. You will still be able to play the mission and it will end fine, you just won't get some of the extra toys and the better you are the better the supporting troops get.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

[neofit 65]

Thanks for the reply. No I haven't watched all of the intro, it started to get long by the rows of soldiers doing their martial arts training .

Another thing: is there a way to advance the time of day? I've done 3 missions and now it's nighttime, and I'm not too fond of night operations.

[mrn 0]

Quote[/b] ]Another thing: is there a way to advance the time of day? I've done 3 missions and now it's nighttime, and I'm not too fond of night operations.

No, 'fraid not

[stegman 3]

Another thing: is there a way to advance the time of day? I've done 3 missions and now it's nighttime, and I'm not too fond of night operations.

You could load up the mission, and press the '+' key a few times, and go make a cup of tea / coffee.

This will speed up the game clock up to 4 times! Night time will soon fly by, and I find Chocolate hobnobs with the tea / coffee help pass the time nicely

As for a 'field manual'.. perhaps I’ve found the best way for me to contribute to this great mission!

I'll nock one up and PM it to you, MrN, and you can say 'Yay or Nay' about its inclusion..

[OrLoK 20]

Hello there,

Perhaps a user manual would be useful.

I know it only takes a few mins to work out where everything is in any mission, but there's always impatient folks who, say, are used to evo for eg and get frustrated when they cant get the mish to do what they want it to do, and because of this miss out on one of the best arma mishes out there.

With no offence to anyone here, my philosophy is to assume any end user has the brain capacity of a small orange and should be treated as if it is so. Essentially hold their hand through every stage of your "product", so in this case explain how to download, which folder the campaign goes into etc etc.

Yes, a long and dull process, but Stegs already offered to have a go and you know i'm always about. So that essentially cuts time down by a third

Just my 2 pence.

Rgds

LoK

[mrn 0]

@Steggers

Quote[/b] ]Chocolate hobnobs with the tea ...

Plain chocolate I trust...

Quote[/b] ]As for a 'field manual'.. perhaps I’ve found the best way for me to contribute

That would be fantastic if you would, in case you hadn't noticed I'm feckin useless at stuff like that.

@Orlok

Quote[/b] ]I know it only takes a few mins to work out where everything is in any mission, but there's always impatient folks who, say, are used to evo for eg and get frustrated when they cant get the mish to do what they want it to do

Maybe if The Steg can get the ball rolling we could have a group attempt at doing it.

I suppose I better start playing it again to remind myself how stuff works! I'm going to be changing jobs again in the next month so after that time it's unlikely I'll have much game time for the forseeable future so I'll have to get my arse in gear.

Cheers

[OrLoK 20]

A group hobnob session? sounds kinky

So we can safley assume this is the last release for a while, what with your job and everything?

That may actually help in the creation of a user manual as nowt will be changed for a bit and bugs can be doumented etc.

Steg, I think it's in your ball park now!

Again, Im happy to assist.

Oh, and congrats on the new job!

rgds

LoK

[stegman 3]

Quote[/b] ]

As for a 'field manual'.. perhaps I’ve found the best way for me to contribute

That would be fantastic if you would, in case you hadn't noticed I'm feckin useless at stuff like that.

Steg, I think it's in your ball park now!

Oh no! I think I’ve chewed off more than i can bite!

I'll do my best lads, perhaps I’ll get some time over the week end.

[manzilla 1]

I'm getting some strange messages when using the SLX mod. The messages seem to have something to do with SLX radio and gl3. There's a ton that pop up at the start of the mission.

I'll post more when I get more time but I wanted to mention this.

[mrn 0]

@CTD man

Quote[/b] ]I'm getting some strange messages when using the SLX mod. The messages seem to have something to do with SLX radio and gl3. There's a ton that pop up at the start of the mission.

Not surprised. Now the Arma version is out I'll remove the bodged Gl3 from my mission.

@The Steg

Quote[/b] ]Oh no! I think I’ve chewed off more than i can bite!

Lol, welcome to my world! Don't worry, if you don't have time. I'll have a punt at starting it sometime.

@Lok

Quote[/b] ]A group hobnob session? sounds kinky

Sounds weird.

Quote[/b] ]So we can safley assume this is the last release for a while, what with your job and everything?

Up until this morning, I'd have said yes. However with the SLX conflict I'd better pull another version out the bag. That will be the only change.

I'm not aware of any killer bugs in the latest version that need addressing so I have no intention of adding any new stuff that may create some!

Quote[/b] ]Oh, and congrats on the new job!

Thanks.

It's self-employed so all the more reason to stay away from Arma.

Cheers

[mrn 0]

Both versions.

0.92L

Removed GL3 references to stop conflicts with the SLX mod

Very quick change to make this more compatible with SLX, it's well worth trying

Cheers

[CzingerX 0]

Will another version come out since the 1.14 patch is out now? Great work as always. Thanks.

[mrn 0]

Quote[/b] ]Will another version come out since the 1.14 patch is out now?

Unlikely, unless there's any specific issues that need addressing or I have a sudden fit of inspiration and motivation this version is the most current and will remain that way for the forseeable future.

[Krasny 0]

When I try to run this I get the Map_Misc is not there error.

I put Map_misc.pbo in my missions folder.

What I am doing wrong?

Thanks.

[Ducatisto 0]

When I try to run this I get the Map_Misc is not there error.

I put Map_misc.pbo in my missions folder.

What I am doing wrong?

Thanks.

It goes into your Addons folder.