aizen Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Hello! In any campaigns, flights from any squadrons are tasked randomly to amke missions. Actually flying a Skyhawk from the VA-55, part of CVW-5 i would like to fly only with other CVW-5 others planes( Of course with all USAF planes), in order to simulate a single carrier operation at Yankeee station. So i removed all non CVW-5 squadron from Rolling Thunder's caimpagns.ini. Actually I can choose any of the 4 squadrons and make a full campaign with. But there's 2 main problems, first it seems game engine doesn't allow others flights comming from the player's squadron. Second problem is that with only 5 Navy squadrons remaining, never the game has tasked them for a mission. They showing up on the briefing's map as available but they never fly. At least everything runs fine for USAF and VPAF squadron. I changed the following in the data.ini //---- USN Units [AirUnit056] AircraftType=F-8E Squadron=VF51 ForceID=1 Nation=USN StartDate=9/1965 DefaultTexture=USNGrey2 StartNumber=0 BaseArea=Yankee Station CarrierBased=TRUE CarrierNumber=14 BaseMoveChance=0 RandomChance=100 MaxAircraft=16 StartAircraft=16 MaxPilots=16 StartPilots=16 Experience=100 Morale=100 Supply=100 MissionChance[sWEEP]=70 MissionChance[CAP]=0 MissionChance[iNTERCEPT]=0 MissionChance[ESCORT]=70 MissionChance=20 MissionChance[CAS]=40 MissionChance[sEAD]=40 MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=40 MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=0 MissionChance[RECON]=50 UpgradeType=FIXED Upgrade[01].Date=4/1966 Upgrade[01].Type=F-8E_66 Upgrade[01].Texture=USNGrey2 Upgrade[02].Date=1/1968 Upgrade[02].Type=F-8H Upgrade[02].Texture=USNGrey2 [AirUnit057] AircraftType=A-1H Squadron=VA52 ForceID=1 Nation=USN StartDate=9/1965 RetireDate=5/1967 DefaultTexture=USNGrey1 StartNumber=0 BaseArea=Yankee Station CarrierBased=TRUE CarrierNumber=14 BaseMoveChance=0 RandomChance=100 MaxAircraft=16 StartAircraft=16 MaxPilots=16 StartPilots=16 Experience=100 Morale=100 Supply=100 MissionChance[sWEEP]=0 MissionChance[CAP]=0 MissionChance[iNTERCEPT]=0 MissionChance[ESCORT]=0 MissionChance=90 MissionChance[CAS]=100 MissionChance[sEAD]=40 MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=40 MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=0 MissionChance[RECON]=40 UpgradeType=NEVER [AirUnit058] AircraftType=F-8E Squadron=VF53 ForceID=1 Nation=USN StartDate=9/1965 DefaultTexture=USNGrey1 StartNumber=25 BaseArea=Yankee Station CarrierBased=TRUE CarrierNumber=14 BaseMoveChance=0 RandomChance=100 MaxAircraft=16 StartAircraft=16 MaxPilots=16 StartPilots=16 Experience=100 Morale=100 Supply=100 MissionChance[sWEEP]=70 MissionChance[CAP]=0 MissionChance[iNTERCEPT]=0 MissionChance[ESCORT]=70 MissionChance=20 MissionChance[CAS]=40 MissionChance[sEAD]=40 MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=40 MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=0 MissionChance[RECON]=50 UpgradeType=FIXED Upgrade[01].Date=4/1966 Upgrade[01].Type=F-8E_66 Upgrade[01].Texture=USNGrey1 [AirUnit059] AircraftType=A-4E_65 Squadron=VA55 ForceID=1 Nation=USN StartDate=9/1965 DefaultTexture=USNGrey1 StartNumber=50 BaseArea=Yankee Station CarrierBased=TRUE CarrierNumber=14 BaseMoveChance=0 RandomChance=100 MaxAircraft=16 StartAircraft=16 MaxPilots=16 StartPilots=16 Experience=100 Morale=100 Supply=100 MissionChance[sWEEP]=0 MissionChance[CAP]=0 MissionChance[iNTERCEPT]=0 MissionChance[ESCORT]=0 MissionChance=90 MissionChance[CAS]=100 MissionChance[sEAD]=80 MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=50 MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=0 MissionChance[RECON]=10 UpgradeType=NEVER [AirUnit060] AircraftType=A-4E_65 Squadron=VA56 ForceID=1 Nation=USN StartDate=9/1965 DefaultTexture=USNGrey1 StartNumber=25 BaseArea=Yankee Station CarrierBased=TRUE CarrierNumber=14 BaseMoveChance=0 RandomChance=100 MaxAircraft=16 StartAircraft=16 MaxPilots=16 StartPilots=16 Experience=100 Morale=100 Supply=100 MissionChance[sWEEP]=0 MissionChance[CAP]=0 MissionChance[iNTERCEPT]=0 MissionChance[ESCORT]=0 MissionChance=90 MissionChance[CAS]=100 MissionChance[sEAD]=80 MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=50 MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=0 MissionChance[RECON]=10 UpgradeType=NEVER //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [CarrierUnit001] CarrierType=SCB-125 CarrierNumber=14 UnitName=CVA-14 Ticonderoga ForceID=1 Nation=USN BaseArea=Yankee Station NumSquadron=5 BaseSize=SMALL Experience=100 Morale=100 Supply=100 Tour[01].Start=9/1965 Tour[01].End=5/1966 Tour[02].Start=10/1966 Tour[02].End=5/1967 Tour[03].Start=12/1967 Tour[03].End=8/1968 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- And into the campaign.ini [CampaignData] CampaignName=Rolling Thunder CVW-5 DataFile=Campaign CVW-5_data.ini CampaignMap=VietnamSEA Service001=USN //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- //---- USN Units [uSNUnit001] ForceID=1 UnitID=56 AircraftType=F-8E Squadron=VF51 StartDate=9/1965 DescFile=wovRTStart.txt StartText=wovRTStart3.txt StartScreen=CampaignStart3.JPG CampaignBaseScreen=CampaignStart3.JPG [uSNUnit002] ForceID=1 UnitID=57 AircraftType=F-8E Squadron=VF53 StartDate=9/1965 DescFile=wovRTStart.txt StartText=wovRTStart3.txt StartScreen=CampaignStart3.JPG CampaignBaseScreen=CampaignStart3.JPG [uSNUnit003] ForceID=1 UnitID=58 AircraftType=A-4E_65 Squadron=VA55 StartDate=9/1965 DescFile=wovRTStart.txt StartText=wovRTStart3.txt StartScreen=CampaignStart3.JPG CampaignBaseScreen=CampaignStart3.JPG [uSNUnit004] ForceID=1 UnitID=59 AircraftType=A-4E_65 Squadron=VA56 StartDate=9/1965 DescFile=wovRTStart.txt StartText=wovRTStart3.txt StartScreen=CampaignStart3.JPG CampaignBaseScreen=CampaignStart3.JPG Any help would be very appreciated Fastergekko Quote
FrankD Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Hello Fastergekko, I can't check it right now but, if I remember correctly, there is a parameter in the Terrain's target.ini file how much squadrons can operate from an airfield. I would assume that the carrier you are flying from is set to 1. Maybe try to change that value? Good luck Quote
aizen Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 Totally solved! Thanks FrankD, but the mistake was in start-up date, i just had to change the campaign start from march to september and it finally become Ok! So another problem surfaced. Modex for my squadron(VA-55), is 500, but on my aircraft is written as 400, another flight of VA-55 was correctly written 500 and follows. Actually I dont know how to set it up... And wondering myself if there's a way to attach a pilot, a plane instead to get always modex numbers from the beggining of the list. Fastergekko Quote
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