Operation: Southern Storm

[Kev 0]

Mission: [ OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM ] <span style='color:BLUE'>FINAL RELEASE</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.12</span> [ TOTALY REBUILD ] (Sounds best on FDF_Soundpack)

Version: [ 1.12 & 1.12 Light ][ For Armed Assault version 1.06 - 1.07b - Final Release]

Developer(s): [ Mark "VenoM" P. ] (also known as "Kev")

NOTICE:

This is my first Armed Assault mission release.

It Reached Final Status now.

The version 1.12/Light are for the actual ArmA version 1.07.

Enjoy Operation: Southern Storm - Download Link below...

Mission Features:

- Base Respawn

- Dynamic Weather effects during game

- Dynamic AI setup

- High realistic enemy AI behaviour

- Long Battles with Tanks, Jets and Choppers

- Forced Teamwork by Vehicle Restrictions

- Implemented addon RHS Hind (see download link below)

<span style='color:BLUE'>Changelog</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.12 & v1.12 Light</span> :

- Fixed TeamStatusDialog

- Fixed RespawnDialog

- Fixed RescueFlight Callsign bug

- Activated TimeAccelerator

- Improved Loading rate

- Improved Performance

- Improved My Squad/MyVehicle System

- Improved Intro

- Improved AI Defences

- Improved AI Anti Air Defences

- Improved Base Layouts

- Removed Mobile Respawn

- New Vehicle restriction rules

- Added Mission Conditions

- Added Harrier

THANKS TO:

- Kronzky for releasing such nice script like his Urban Patrol Script

- KilJoy [sFG] for his help on the Weather system

- Dr_Eyeball for his great help on TeamStatus and Respawn Dialog

I hope you guys can give me some feedpack on this mission.

COPYRIGHT STATEMENT

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This mission is ©[ 2oo7 ] [ Mark "VenoM" P. ]

[ mark_venom@gmx.de ] All rights reserved.

TERMS OF USE

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This mission (Operation: Southern Storm) contains files to be used in the PC CD-ROM simulator "Armed Assault".

To use the Software you must agree to the following conditions of use:

1. [ Mark "VenoM P. ] (The Author) grant to you a personal, non-exclusive license to use the Software.

2. The commercial exploitation of the Software without written permission from The Author(s) is expressly prohibited.

INSTALLATION

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To begin using the Software:

1. Move the folder [ SouthernStorm.sara.pbo ] into the following directory:

\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA\MPMissions\

REQUIRED ADDONS

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To play this mission the following addons are required:

( Operation:SouthernStorm 1.12 Light does not require addons)

[ RHS Hind v1.0 ] - [ http://dl1.armed-assault.de/addons/rhs_hind_v1.0.rar ]

[ MAPFACT MAP_AIR 1.05 ] - [ http://www.mapfact.net/include....5d33ded ]

[ MAPFACT MAP_MISC ] - [ http://www.mapfact.net/include....5d33ded ]

DOWNLOAD MISSION FOR ARMA VERSION: 1.07

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<a href="http://www.file-upload.net/member/download-2722/SouthernStorm112.Sara.rar.html

" target="_blank">OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>v1.12</span></a>

OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>v1.12 LIGHT</span>

[ MIRROR 1 ] - [ http://www.dedicatedamericansex.com/MISSIONS/southernstorm112.sara.rar ]

[ MIRROR 2 ] - [ http://www.dedicatedamericansex.com/MISSION....ara.rar ] - [ LIGHT EDITION ]

thx to d3dsh33p

NOTES

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I hope you all will enjoy this mission!

For the next few days or weeks there will

be no support for this mission, because i am

working on new projects at the moment.

ALSO CHECK OUT THE Coop 20 Player version you can

find in this Forum.

For more information about me or my Armed Assault Team visit:

www.ClanFighters.de | Home of the 5th Special Forces Group & Command

Over and Out!

=cF=VenoM 18A-5th SFG

[Kev 0]

I hope somebody likes this mission, was a hard work to finishe it up. Its avaliable as normal version with one addon needet, and avaliable as light version without need for addons.

your feedback, ideas and comments are welcome.

enjoy it.

greetz, Kev

[d3dsh33p 0]

checking it now

[Kev 0]

OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>Update:</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.02</span> Released!

For Download see first Post

<span style='color:BLUE'>Changelog</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.02</span> :

- Fixed TeamStatusDialog

- Improved AI Defences

- Removed Mobile Respawn

- Fixed RescueFlight Callsign bug

- New Vehicle restriction rules

- Added Mission Conditions

The first comments that i have received showed me, that i am on the right way

They like the realistic behaviour of the enemy and the mission design, how do you guys think?

Any feedback, suggestions or seen bugs? Let me know!

Greetz, Kev

[dr_eyeball 16]

Impressive scale. It should provide a good number of hours of game play.

I've modified it (for my own use only) to use AV8B's instead of the A10's, so it works under 1.05 otherwise I can't try it out.

I'll PM you a few minor ideas.

(first thing that has got to go is that loooooooong intro )

Looking good.

Edit: After playing it for a while, I find the hellfire missiles on the Cobra's make it all a bit easy. If you took them away, it would become a real challenge - manually firing missiles or tank vs tank battles.

[Monkwarrior 0]

So basicly only players with 1.06 or higher can play this mission ?

Monk.

[Kev 0]

So basicly only players with 1.06 or higher can play this mission ?

Monk.

Yes at the moment only players with version 1.06 - 1.07b can play the mission.

today i will release version 1.03 with many changes on AI defences and units. operation southern storm v1.03 light will be a full armed assault v1.05 compatible version.

thanks for all the feedback allready. i am working on it.

check back soon for updates.

[Bunks 0]

Hey Kev, I liked what Ive seen so far, some real great approaches. I just have a quick question. When I ran the mission it put a major strain on my system, so I opened up the pbo and looked around to see if load could be lightened. It was a bit surprising what the mission had vs the playability of it. Im wondering if there may be a script or two that may be causing the unexpected load?

Not all of us have 6600 cpu and 8800 gtx setups

But so far with what I could test, very nice indeed.

[Kev 0]

thanks for your feedback bunks.

sure maybe there are some scripts in it that the mission dont uses, also some BAS f scripts. i only did not delete it to update the mission updates easyer and set some new things up.

check for next mission update, i think its comin in about 1 hour.

i will try to make the mission as best as i can.

thx, Kev

[Kev 0]

OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>Update:</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.03</span>

AND

OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>Update:</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.03 Light</span> RELEASED!

<span style='color:BLUE'>Changelog</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.03</span> :

- Fixed TeamStatusDialog

- Fixed RespawnDialog

- Fixed RescueFlight Callsign bug

- Improved Intro

- Improved AI Defences

- Improved AI Anti Air Defences

- Improved Base Layouts

- Removed Mobile Respawn

- Removed A-10 bomber for ArmA v1.05 Compatibility ( Light version only! )

- New Vehicle restriction rules

- Added Mission Conditions

- Added Harrier

CHECK DOWNLOAD LINK IN FIRST POST!

Personal Mission Information:

With this mission i tryed to make a conflict situation so authentic as possible.

this mission has improved enemy defences, ai behaviour

an has a NEED of totaly Teamwork on gameplay!

There is no way to run into the enemy and win.

Go on and plan strategies together, build up groups with the Squad Manager or MySquad Manager in vehicles.

Plan some bombing runs and further tactical movements together. The Planes, Choppers, Tanks and APC's dont rearm

automaticaly. Your team needs to plan Supply missions.

Rearm and refuel the choppers and planes coming back home from mission etc.

Dont be scared to leave the vehicle your squad used back in field under cover, it will despawn only after 20 minutes.

But if your vehicle is damaged, try to get some supply out there to repair it, if it destruct, you also need to wait about 20 minutes for respawn.

This Mission has no Ranking system, why? Because on first hand nobody matters out there in war. You have your rank you choosed on startup, just like real soldiers have there rank when they go for duty. Plan, Choose and Supply wisely, or you will be defeated.

Good Luck Soldier!

Over and Out.

=cF= VenoM 18A-5th Special Forces Group

[d3dsh33p 0]

hope the intro is shortened

[Kev 0]

hope the intro is shortened

it is, if not enough let me know ^^

but if i shorten it too much the intro gets worthless.

[d3dsh33p 0]

I think its shorter now, mabey with the current length just as some cool effects to the words or something...

Its running on the server now, unfortunately i have to work but having it running for those hours should be a good test on its own.

[ArMoGaDoN 0]

something I found: that urban patrol script benefits from increasing those tiny ~0.01 or ~0.05 up to 0.1 or higher - seems to help reduce lag and load...#

[Kev 0]

OPERATION: SOUTHERN STORM V1.04 LIGHT UPDATED!

ATTENTION:

My Mission was made in the Editor of Armed Assault version 1.07Beta, this Armed Assault Editor version changes the ID's

of the Units. Thats why Operation: Southern Storm v1.03Light did not work with Armed Assault version 1.05.

This bug is now fixed!

Version: [ 1.03 ][ Armed Assault version 1.06 - 1.07b ]

Version: [ 1.04 Light ] [ Armed Assault version 1.05 Compatibility ]

Developer(s): [ Mark "VenoM" P. ] (also known as "Kev")

NOTICE:

This is my first Armed Assault mission release.

This Mission is still Beta. The Light version of this Mission do not need an addOn.

Please report known issues and bugs. You are welcome with feedback.

<span style='color:BLUE'>Changelog</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.03 & v1.04Light</span> :

- Fixed ArmA v1.05 Compatibility

- Fixed TeamStatusDialog

- Fixed RespawnDialog

- Fixed RescueFlight Callsign bug

- Improved Intro

- Improved AI Defences

- Improved AI Anti Air Defences

- Improved Base Layouts

- Removed Mobile Respawn

- Removed A-10 bomber for ArmA v1.05 Compatibility ( Light version only! )

- New Vehicle restriction rules

- Added Mission Conditions

- Added Harrier

For download use this link or look at first post!

OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>v1.04a Light</span>

[d3dsh33p 0]

error during intro

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">main music theme not found

medic tents needed at main base

edit2:

ok major issue I'm forseeing.. with all the vehicles you have to use, the servers are taking a major hit along with the players, it would be much better and on the server and player alike if you only had so many vehicles for the players to use...

suggestion would be to make a much smaller amount of vehicles at the bases. YOu could do all the work your doing with 1 respawnable vehicle instead of 7 to 10 of each vehicle. I realise what your going for but the performance hits are going to be through the roof with more than 10 players currently.

Also the server crashed after 6 hours

[Bunks 0]

Kev, i tweaked a few things in the editor and found if you change the time pause on the ups and do a respawn vehicle thing that d3d suggested it gets better. Have you considered using nbs Dynamic group creator? I did a few changes here and there and found it helps with the lag issue. I dont know how much when a dozen players are running around but it does offer some advantages.

[Kev 0]

error during intro

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">main music theme not found

...

suggestion would be to make a much smaller amount of vehicles at the bases. YOu could do all the work your doing with 1 respawnable vehicle instead of 7 to 10 of each vehicle. I realise what your going for but the performance hits are going to be through the roof with more than 10 players currently. ...

hi, thx for feedback,

I found some points that causes the most issues.

the mission is created on ArmA v1.07 Editor and thats the problem.

1.07 changes every unit id, that made an big bad bug on the light version so i needed to rewrite it per hand.

after that i loaded it in ArmA 1.05 and fixed some bugs.

Like your maintheme not found issue. and only now it is 100% compatible to ArmA 1.05 users. actual version of the mission is

Operation: Southern Storm v1.04a Light

But the main issue i am working on at the moment, is that there is a script that i dont know, that runs the hole time and makes performance issues. thats why all the performance bugs.

the performance bug is not caused by the amount of vehicles.

on CTI u can create 3times the amount of vehicles i use in this mission, airCav mission has an large amount of vehicles. The same on Evolution 1.5a . this missions have no performance issues.

If i delete 1-3 vehicles i can delete my hole mission because it is worthless and not the mission i worked for. this is an authentic warfare production.

the total amount of players in the mission is 40, the most of them are crewman and pilots. for each pilot 1 jet for each crewman 1 vehicle and sekondary chooseable vehicle. thats like i made the amount on vehicles.

if an vehicle is destructed the player needs to wait 20 minutes until it is avaliable again. so he manage in team what to do.

Here again my personal mission information:

Quote[/b] ]

With this mission i tryed to make a conflict situation so authentic as possible.

this mission has improved enemy defences, ai behaviour

an has a NEED of totaly Teamwork on gameplay!

There is no way to run into the enemy and win.

Go on and plan strategies together, build up groups with the Squad Manager or MySquad Manager in vehicles.

Plan some bombing runs and further tactical movements together. The Planes, Choppers, Tanks and APC's dont rearm

automaticaly. Your team needs to plan Supply missions.

Rearm and refuel the choppers and planes coming back home from mission etc.

Dont be scared to leave the vehicle your squad used back in field under cover, it will despawn only after 20 minutes.

But if your vehicle is damaged, try to get some supply out there to repair it, if it destruct, you also need to wait about 20 minutes for respawn.

This Mission has no Ranking system, why? Because on first hand nobody matters out there in war. You have your rank you choosed on startup, just like real soldiers have there rank when they go for duty. Plan, Choose and Supply wisely, or you will be defeated.

Good Luck Soldier!

OP: Southern Storm is no Authentic Warfare Mission when i take all the units and abilities i created into it.

Also there will be no large battle in it without the hardware and the players.

ArmA itself has a big issue, the game engine is made for up to 124 or more players each server, but it can handle only about 40 correctly. Thats why i am so disapointed on BIS at the moment.

They have all the improvements and working features we are waiting for in VBS2 but they let us wait more then an 1 year now and what? no Tools, no Detail animated Vehicles (the only good detailed vehicle on arma: A-10 Thunderbolt), no Improvements, arcade weapon sounds etc.

but back on topic. i am working on SouthernStorm 1.5 now and will check to find the scripting issues that runs the hole of time and makes the performance issues.

greetz, kev

[d3dsh33p 0]

ok Ill take your word for it then, and have another go at it this afternoon. uploading the newest verson now

and we sorely miss the a10

[Kev 0]

[ OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM ] <span style='color:BLUE'>Updated:</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.06</span> [ TOTALY REBUILD ]

<span style='color:BLUE'>Changelog</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.05 Light / v1.06 & v1.06 Light</span> :

- Fixed ArmA v1.05 Compatibility

- Fixed TeamStatusDialog

- Fixed RespawnDialog

- Fixed RescueFlight Callsign bug

- Improved Loading rate

- Improved Performance

- Improved Intro

- Improved AI Defences

- Improved AI Anti Air Defences

- Improved Base Layouts

- Removed Mobile Respawn

- Removed A-10 bomber for ArmA v1.05 Compatibility ( Light version 1.05 only! )

- New Vehicle restriction rules

- Added Mission Conditions

- Added Harrier

DOWNLOAD MISSION FOR ARMA VERSION: 1.07

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OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>v1.06</span>

OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>v1.06 Light</span>

DOWNLOAD MISSION FOR ARMA VERSION: 1.05

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OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM <span style='color:BLUE'>v1.05 Light</span>

Greetz, Kev

[d3dsh33p 0]

wow... been playin this for a good 4 hours now with about 10 people and I gotta say this is really sweet...

suggestions

-needs an ammo clean up script

-more enemies (infantry with anti armor, snipers on roofs randomly)

i keep hearing tanks flying thru the air for some reason

wow... i forgot all the rest...

lots of kudos from all that were on the server, some even said they liked it better than the current favorite coop

4 people still in the server now if you wannt see whats up after a few hours and alot fo people in and out

[Kev 0]

thx for feedback d3dsh33p, sounds great.

yes you are right i have seen this uncleaned ammo boxes.

if everything works fine in a few minutes i have the next and for this point maybe the last update for the next several days.

i will improve the TeamStatus and VehicleStatus Dialog and make some changes, i think the mission can get a few more units like snipers and AT/AA units also i will clean up the ammo boxes.

what is your servers name? i life in germany and have seen some empty servers with my mission. maybe u have a other time set, its 5:30 in the morning now still working on mission improvements and i had only 4 hours sleep yesterday. ^^ i will check your server later on, give me the server name. i'll cant wait to met you there soldier.

over and out.

[d3dsh33p 0]

check sig, im running out of warnings around here

i got a teamspeak also, ip is on the front page

[Kev 0]

[ OPERATION: <span style='color:RED'>SOUTHERN</span> STORM ] <span style='color:BLUE'>FINAL RELEASED!</span> <span style='color:RED'>v1.10</span> [ TOTALY REBUILD ]

[ Check First Post for Download Links ]

[Bunks 0]

Great job Kev, I cant wait to test it out tonight. Just the way you set this one up looked very promising and is why I was very interested in seeing it perform better.

D3D, do you have this new one in the rotation on your server? Ill check it out if ya do.