MiddleEastWars pack - why no enemy in target area?

[csb]

When flying the Yom Kippur campaign from this pack there are NEVER any enemy fighters in the target area when doing any strike/attack missions.

 

My squadron can fly to the area to drop bombs, etc but no a/c intercept us on the way to or in the target area.

 

Does anyone else have this issue.

 

There are enemy a/c over 50 miles away doing various missions.

 

Makes these missions a bit boring. Only SAM's and AA to worry about.

 

I checked the campaigndata.ini and enemy a/c have intercept and sweep as allowable missions.

 

In single mission, using the Israel terrrain, there are enemy a/c in target area, just not campaign.

[AAFG_Sturmo]

True csb. No fighters in Suezt front.

 

1) Egypt leader Nasser based his panzer-divisions ambush attack over the Suez only very heavy Sams- and AA-batterys defending zone. No fighters. Not wonder. That time 1972 soviet made Sams ability to separate own- and enemy-planes was bad.

But if u get mission target to Port Said area. U will sure see interceptors. Sam-zone is very weak there.

 

2) Anyway in Israel campaing is something weird from other reason, or my game is mess.

If i fly Israel side, and althought do my best to lost war its impossible. No way. Tanks of egypt never come to occupye Israel. They stop in some stage and jammed there in same position. LOL. And next step is Ceasefire in Paris before defeat. he he. ( So it was real. Tanks of Nasser came only as far as Sams defend -Zone reatched.)

But this is game. Some side must win, it must be possible. Spirit of Game. LOL.

 

3) Its was frustrating too when enemy tanks have many times captured Haifa in up map. But I never seen Icon of tanks there. No tanks either. Syrian tanks was jammed in Damaskus and Jordan tanks on Jordan bridges. LOL

 

4) When i flew with Phantom i never got enemy tanks as target, nowhere.

But it happend, when I added F-7 B Corsair game. Only purpose for that was use cockpit display of that plane to invasticate accurate of my just made new planning map . LOL.

I fly single mission, and must say that is was fine see enemy Tanks as target immedyatly.

I never see tanks in F-4 -campaing as target. Only frustrating Zilka or AA -targets.

 

 

5) Sorry to say, but in Strike Fighters and WOE have real different style.

If u dont defend u area and win u missions there, u are very soon refugee, without farherland. ha ha.

 

In those games our side or enemy side border do move. In hard settings it moves to own side after failure mission. I must confiess, that in Strike Figters Rattle Snake campaing has been few days nightmare to me. LOL.

No cluster u use, only ordinary bombs. With those "sawdust bags" ( only big fire effect and woice) stopping of enemy tanks are realy difficult. In my case impossible. I have losted 2 campaings. I play only hard campaing -settings. Otherwise last campaing 1972 is easy with cluster-bombs. There are refugees or prisoner only boys of Paran. LOL.

 

Good luck and greetings

 

AAFG_Sturmo

 

Anyway. Real good game.

[AAFG_Sturmo]

Sorry, i forgot this picture. It shows our desperate situation in Dhimar. Next mission was last. We lost Rattle Snake campaing.

 

My Early messages pic of Yom kippur was longest adwance of egyptian panzers have ever come in my game. I cannot lost that war alhought i did my best. LOL.

 

AAFG_Sturmo

[csb]

Sturmo, your post makes good reading. Very upbeat.

 

So if you are correct, I hope someone can tell me a way to allow interception of my ground missions.

 

The F4 in the Hammers Sqn has an air superiority role, so this sqn isn't assigned ground attack. You can see this if you check the campaigndata.ini. The sqn has only air missions. Other F4 sqn's have ground attack roles.

 

And there is an F4 E Egyptian skin available (at combatace?). I replaced 3 sqn's of Egypt with the F4. They really put up a good fight and do ground attacks.

 

I suppose it depends if you want very accurate historical campaign.

 

I have reduced the SAM's along the Suez front and in the North of Israel also - slows my framerate tooo much. Also "borrowed" USAFMTL's oil installations from his Desert Storm terrain and placed many of these in the Israel terrain. His installations are huge and make great target areas.

 

You can make cluster bombs available to a sqn in campaign. Just add to the weapon supply list under each flyable sqn in the campaigndata.ini.

 

Your planning maps are great. A big job, what? They just seem a bit cluttered - perhaps smaller print?

 

I often get that bulge along the Egyptian front into my territory and they take 2 or 3 airfields. Exciting.

 

I use hard settings also - more realistic/challenging and is actually easy to track targets and mission route.

 

I trust your wingmen are armed and watching your six.

 

Greetings to you Craig

Edited December 17, 2006 by csb

[AAFG_Sturmo]

"You can make cluster bombs available to a sqn in campaign. Just add to the weapon supply list under each flyable sqn in the campaigndata.ini." said Csb

 

1) Thx Csb. But i am so grazy, that try win that hard RATTLE SNAKE CAMPAING only with " sawdust bags" lol.

If it is try very hard, i suppose will suffer very hard too. ha ha.

 

2) Anyway, that Sam-Zone in Suez realy are heavy and thick. Their the first lauch is worst. I never seen that kind before. Look 2 pics in this mail. I think, best is try to avoid that Zone at all.

I got idea how u can engage egyptian fighters.

U must make round sea-side- or north-side -way and go behind the SAM-Zone.

If u succeed to go there, go same time to to look Mr.Nasser. Drop at least one bomb on this Palace. LOL. Say greetings from Sturmo too!

-I am sure that he will wake up and order quick last of his fighters against U.

Then U realy get dogfight as u wish.

And u are lucky man, if u succeed to return back to home alive. LOL.

 

3) I found one Special F-4 -IDF-Phantom. I used it.

Its good. With ECM, Flaress/Chaffs. May be U know it? But its coming now with this message, because i dont remember adress, where i downloaded it.

 

4) BTW. May be this campaing.ini are something weird i suppose. Moment ago, i took with F-4 -IDF fighter CAS single mission, just like i have got many times in Campaing . But now instead of my usuyally frustrating AA- or Zhilkas, target was , unbelieve, egyptian TANKS. Ho HO! Never in campaing.

 

I have tried to mod my F-4-IDF -plane.ini, that i will go to kill tanks with cluster, because i liked it.

But instead of them always those idioots single AA:s or Zhilkas. Not good. Not any CAS mission that kind. LOL.

 

If anybody knows how i can correct, that disturbing thing, i can come back to Israel map again. Not before.

 

5) Thigs are mess Csb. When i start 69. sq. hammer campaing as a test. I got only intecept or recon mission. No strikes. LOL.

 

 

Pls Csb send me u adress.

We can talk more easy with email.

 

I am: tuomo.soiri@kolumbus.fi

 

We can investigate, how get those little bugs out of our games.

 

AAFG_Sturmo

 

BTW. In pics are one From A-7 B Corsair over Berlin. I investicate accurate of my Planning maps this waytoo. Look display. LOL

[AAFG_Sturmo]

Sorry Csb.

It seems so, that I cannot use this forum yet. May be to send ZIPs are impossible here. And didnt succeed to send pics of SAM-Zone. I try to send them all again and pic of F-4-IDF plane too. I ask now do u have that F-4 IDF -plane. May be that plane is solve u 69sq;n problem.

 

LOL. Csb i know now who are U. We have flew together 1 1/2 years ago Hyper Lobby in net game.

U likes Gnat a lot. Is it so??

But sorry, i lost u adress, because my Windows collaps.

 

Send it me again. Lets talk more with email.

 

 

AAFG_Sturmo

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