How to...

[amariani]

...add flyable enemy aircraft to a campaign?

[+daddyairplanes]

umm in theory the same as adding friendly aircraft. however it may take more than just that given the confusion it could create. i believe Suhsjake was working on a Red flyable campaign for the NF series sometime back. he may be a good one to ask if hes still active. otherwise look in the Knowledge Base the is a thread on adding aircraft to a campaign and give that a try. hope this helps

[+Fubar512]

...add flyable enemy aircraft to a campaign?

 

By creating an entirely new campaign. You cannot "fly" for both sides in the same campaign.

[Jaman]

By creating an entirely new campaign. You cannot "fly" for both sides in the same campaign.

You sure?. I mean, First Eagles have campaigns where you can chose both sides on the same campaign. Is that a limitation for the rest of the sims?

[+Baltika]

Check this out:-

 

http://combatace.com/topic/31321-how-do-you-make-a-red-flyable-campaign/page__hl__baltika

 

Detailed instructions at post #2

[amariani]

Ok, finally managed to make one of the enemy units flyable, but I want it to ly off a carrier. This is what I have so far:

1) from the campaign.ini

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Service001=USAF

Service002=USN

Service003=USMC

Service004=Paran

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[ParanUnit001]

Squadron=1PFS

ForceID=2

UnitID=23

StartDate=06/01/1988

DescFile=Campaign5Start.txt

StartText=Campaign5Start.txt

AircraftType=Su-33

 

2) from the campaign_data.ini

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[AirUnit023]

AircraftType=Su-33

Squadron=1PFS

ForceID=2

Nation=Paran

DefaultTexture=NAVY

StartNumber=0

BaseArea=Charlie Station

CarrierBased=TRUE

CarrierNumber=77

RandomChance=100

MaxAircraft=12

StartAircraft=12

MaxPilots=16

StartPilots=16

Experience=75

Morale=80

Supply=100

MissionChance[sWEEP]=90

MissionChance[CAP]=90

MissionChance[iNTERCEPT]=90

MissionChance[ESCORT]=90

MissionChance=25

MissionChance[CAS]=25

MissionChance[sEAD]=10

MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=25

MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=10

MissionChance[RECON]=20

UpgradeType=NEVER

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[CarrierUnit003]

CarrierType=Orjol

CarrierNumber=77

UnitName=TAKR Orjol

ForceID=2

Nation=Paran

BaseArea=Charlie Station

NumSquadron=5

BaseSize=MEDIUM

Experience=100

Morale=100

Supply=100

 

3) from the desert_targets.ini

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[TargetArea076]

Name=Charlie Station

Position=550000,600000

Radius=5657

ActiveYear=0

Location=3

Alignment=ENEMY

CarrierStation=TRUE

 

Althou the carrier shows up on the planning map, when I load the campaign the game keeps sticking my unit to the P10 airfield. Any ideas?

[Jaman]

Ok, finally managed to make one of the enemy units flyable, but I want it to ly off a carrier. This is what I have so far:

 

xxxx

 

Althou the carrier shows up on the planning map, when I load the campaign the game keeps sticking my unit to the P10 airfield. Any ideas?

Are you sure you are flying the right Squadron?. You might have a wrong ID on the x.ini file and thus be flying for the wrong squadron.

Edited April 26, 2011 by Jaman

[amariani]

I'm positive I got the right squadron. I set everything up as you would for a friendly squadron.

[Jaman]

I'm positive I got the right squadron. I set everything up as you would for a friendly squadron.

So does that mean the Su33 squadron you picked is the number 23 red side squadron or is it the absolute 23 squadron (blue + red)?. Because when you set the ID for the x.ini file you must count from the first squadron for that side, meaning:

 

x_DATA.ini

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Blue side squadrons

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bla

bla

bla

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Red side squadrons

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[AirUnit040] <--- This is the first red side squadron

AircraftType=Su-33

Squadron=1PFS

 

Now lets go to the x.ini file

 

x.ini

 

blue squadrons

bla

bla

bla

 

[ParanUnit001]

Squadron=1PFS

ForceID=2

UnitID=1

[amariani]

Thanks Jaman, it works perfect now. Some shots...

[Jaman]

Glad to be helpful.