Marine beach landings

[WDH]

Is there a way to create a beach landing in Kuwait in the Desert Storm Mod that's on the horizon?Given it's a flight sim and beach landings still need air support right?Just my imagination going ballistic again.Need CAS campaigns and would be a historical scenario for the USMC.Harriers maybe?

[+Crusader]

it can be made look like ther's a landing going on... with static objects ont he beach. That was done in the Falklands Mod

 

 

there are more vehicles and stuff on the beach which arent visible in my screenie.

[WDH]

That's pretty cool in it's self.Just was wondering if we could advance a little by adding this to our Desert Storm campaign that'll be out in the future?Should be able to have with a CAS in mind.Wouldn't you think?

[+comrpnt]

That's pretty cool in it's self.Just was wondering if we could advance a little by adding this to our Desert Storm campaign that'll be out in the future?Should be able to have with a CAS in mind.Wouldn't you think?

This can be done in a single mission, using primarily the StartTime= attribute.

 

The idea is to time, from the moment the mission starts, the number of seconds elapsed until the landing craft hits the beach. Using waypoints these craft can be made to stop on the beach surf line by setting Speed=0 at the desired x/y coordinate.

 

Then, at that moment, in terms of elapsed seconds, let's say 120 seconds elapsed, you define your GroundMission that defines the Marines to come to life (so, StartTime=120). The x/y location of the Marines is defined to be just off the front of the landing craft's position at rest - and assign the Marines a speed of say 1 (Speed=1) and if it all comes together you create the impression of a landing and storming off the beach. Tie that in with the moment your aircraft goes overhead and the simulation of this situation is complete.

 

For the ground objects you'd have something like this...

// Landing Craft
[GroundMission001]
GroundObjectType=LandingCraft
Name=First landing craft to hit the beach
FormationType=Single
Size=1
// Start immediately the mission loads
StartTime=0
ObjectiveID=0
Position=710000,420000,0
Heading=270
Speed=10
Alignment=FRIENDLY
Nation=USMC
// Stop when you reach the beach
Waypoint[01].Command=WAYPOINT
Waypoint[01].Position=700000,420000,0
Waypoint[01].Size=10
Waypoint[01].Speed=0

// Marines on the beach as the landing craft arrives
[GroundMission002]
GroundObjectType=US_Marines
Name=US Marines moving up the beach
FormationType=Single
Size=1
StartTime=120
ObjectiveID=0
Position=699990,420000,0
Heading=270
Speed=1
Alignment=FRIENDLY
Nation=USMC
// Move up the beach and stop a short way inland
Waypoint[01].Command=WAYPOINT
Waypoint[01].Position=699800,420000,0
Waypoint[01].Size=10
Waypoint[01].Speed=0

Regards, comrpnt.

[WDH]

Now that I know it know it's possible i'll try it myself for WOE.Just for grins and testbed.Thx's for reply comprnt and Crusader.