33LIMA 972 Posted April 10, 2011 Couple of questions here guys, if I may. Am in the middle of my first FEG campaign, flying Albatros DVa's in late March 1918 for the aforementioned Bavarian Jasta. Apart from turning off most of the HUD info and map nav aids I'm flying with only landings and collisions on 'hard' so have run up a lot of kills (it seems to be counting some I got in single missions, must stop that, switch pilots first?). Nevertheless it's quite tense, nerve-wracking stuff and I have resurrected my pilot a couple of times, I have to confess. The planes, the clouds and the atmospheric visuals all look superb, a joy to behold (and apart from a few new planes and a reduced exhaust mod I'm flying stock). FE has come a long way from first release, even before you count the many great mods. Anyhow, prob is, after my last mission I'm down to 5 out of 18 pilots, one is wounded but the rest are KIA, MIA and POW so I don't expect to see their cheerful faces back in the mess anytime soon. I've been trying to tinker with the roster to mix rookies and experienced types and rest people from time to time; however, the crunch is clearly coming soon and despite the March offensive going well and the Jasta having just been relocated to a captured RFC airfield, if I don't get some replacements soon, this can only have one end. I thought I read somewhere that there would be resupplies, but it's not planes and materiel I need, it's pilots. Soon. So what does FE do in these situations? Am I going to get some replacements, or have to fight on to the last pilot, or is the High Command going to recognise my plight pull the Jasta out of the line before that? And speaking of lines, the front in my sector has moved into former enemy territory and away from the old trench systems but there's no sign of the offensive that should be going on below, apart from some vicious archie from enemy airfields just the other side of the new front line from my caputred RFC 'drome. I thought I saw an 'active front mod' for FE somewhere but can't find it now; anyone know of such a thing? TIA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nixou 25 Posted April 12, 2011 (edited) Yes, this is something that annoys me quite a lot, the fresh pilot replacement take waaay too long compared with the campaign intensity (one mission per day). I think that even with only one loss per mission you will end with an empty squadron anyways lol. This can be modded easily in the campaign inis. I will give you a fast solution. There's a way to conturn this issue the very simply : As you can see half of my squadron should be unavailable: Just add as much teammates as you need on this screen: And they will appear as available for your mission even though they should have been dead: Edited April 12, 2011 by Nix Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+quack74 329 Posted April 12, 2011 If you open the Campign's DATA.ini you can mod just about all of it. Including replacement time. You might have to unpack the Campaign's folders first. [CampaignData] StartDate=10/24/1917 StartDateDeviation=0 EndDate=02/01/1918 StartTime=08:00 ForceWithInitiative=0 MaxMissions=45 NormalMissionRate=0.75 <--------------------------how many missions per day or days. The higher the number the more the missions are spread out NormalMissionRateDeviation=0.75 OffensiveMissionRate=0.1 OffensiveMissionRateDeviation=1.0 StartWeather=CLEAR WeatherChangeInterval=0.5 CampaignEndWinScreen=wwiCampEnd.JPG CampaignEndLoseScreen=wwiCampEndKIA.JPG CampaignEndStallScreen=wwiCampEnd.JPG CampaignEndWinText=Battle of CaporettoEnd.txt CampaignEndLoseText=Battle of CaporettoEnd.txt CampaignEndStallText=Battle of CaporettoEnd.txt [Force001] Alignment=FRIENDLY Nation=ITALY BaseArea=Werk 4 Festung Belfort AirOffensive[001].Primary=LARGE_RUNWAY,AAA,HANGAR AirOffensive[001].Secondary=MISC,LARGE_RUNWAY,AAA,HANGAR AirOffensive[002].Primary=MISC AirOffensive[002].Secondary=LARGE_RUNWAY,HANGAR AirOffensive[003].Primary=LARGE_RUNWAY,BRIDGE AirOffensive[003].Secondary=LARGE_RUNWAY,HANGAR,AAA AirOffensive[004].Primary=WAREHOUSE,MISC AirOffensive[004].Secondary=LARGE_RUNWAY,MEDIUM_RUNWAY,AAA AirOffensive[005].Primary=LARGE_RUNWAY,HANGAR,BRIDGE AirOffensive[005].Secondary=LARGE_RUNWAY,MISC AirOffensive[006].Primary=BRIDGE,MISC AirOffensive[006].Secondary=LARGE_RUNWAY,HANGAR,AAA AirOffensive[007].Primary=LARGE_RUNWAY,MEDIUM_RUNWAY,BRIDGE AirOffensive[007].Secondary=WAREHOUSE,MISC AirOffensive[008].Primary=WAREHOUSE,MISC AirOffensive[008].Secondary=LARGE_RUNWAY,HANGAR,AAA AirOffensive[009].Primary=LARGE_RUNWAY,MEDIUM_RUNWAY,MISC AirOffensive[009].Secondary=ANY AirOffensive[010].Primary=ANY AirOffensive[010].Secondary=ANY StartGroundOffensive=1 StartInterdiction=1 Morale=60 Supply=50 NormalSupplyRate=25 OffensiveSupplyRate=-5 DefensiveSupplyRate=-5 SupplyForOffensive=60 AircraftReplacementTime=14 <------------------these lines will change replacement time and amount. AircraftReplacement=60 GroundUnitReplacementTime=5 GroundUnitReplacement=10 RandomTransportType=ANY WeaponResupplyTime=7 It's all trial and error. Just make small changes to the parameters first. My Austrian campaign has 2-3 missions per day and then will skip a couple of days. I too have lost a campaign because I ran out of supplies. There are many ways to alter your campaign to make it the way you want it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
33LIMA 972 Posted April 12, 2011 Thanks for the replies guys, very helpful, will try some of that stuff. As luck would have it, I finally got some replacements on the next mission, soon after I made the post, so maybe the High Command reads the forum here and was stung into action :) As luck would further have it, I got shot down and killed on my first mission with some of the new guys. Sic transit gloria mundi. anyhow, if the High Command IS reading this, thanks a heap Mein Herren, it's the thought that counts I know, but it was too little, too late :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
