More Armed Recon missions in a campaign?

[arthur666 65]

So, I added 6 new TRUCK routes to my movement.ini for CEurope, but I'm still not getting many armed recon missions for a squadron that has : MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=100

 

...A-1H Skyraider (has Armed_Recon as a Primary role), and it is stationed near many of the routes.

 

Is there a setting in the campaign _DATA.INI that can change this?

[Wrench 9,848]

Isn't GCE a "LimitedNations=TRUE" terrain? With USNavy NOT on the list of allowed nations? Try it with a Hun or Rhino, and see what happens

 

ain't laying out truck routes a bitch?

[arthur666 65]

Isn't GCE a "LimitedNations=TRUE" terrain? With USNavy NOT on the list of allowed nations? Try it with a Hun or Rhino, and see what happens

 

ain't laying out truck routes a bitch?

Yeah, its a pain. I just did simple routes, but if I can get 'em to work, I'll follow the roads more.

 

Tried the Thud with Armed_Recon set to 100, everything else at 0. Still not one armed recon mission coming up thru the 6 or so I tested.

 

BTW Wrench, I used your truck route upgrade for the desert map, and an AR mission pops up for my very first outing when I set a squadron to MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=100

 

Works great In Paran.

[Wrench 9,848]

that's just damn weird!!

 

talking about PIA truck routes, the ones on Korea were a frakking nightmare, as was the Iran/Iraq map!! The truck 'more or less' follow the roads ... the twisty mountain roads in Korea took about 1/2 a day, each. Iraq was easier, as I cheated when lying down the road tiles .. kept them as straight as I could.

 

YOu all think targeting a map is hard ... laying out routes is just as difficult. Shipping is a bit easier ... you 'cheats' .. and keep the start/end point just offshore, and barely within range of land-based AD units (read: SAMs)

[arthur666 65]

Wow Wrench, i went back to look at your Korea3_movement.ini. At at least one set has 16 waypoints!

 

I tried my campaign in a clean modfolder/stock movement file, which has some truck routes, same results. It's either something in the Campaign_Data.ini , or something innate to the Germany map.

[Centurion-1 1,228]

I actually got armed recon flying a Thunderchief the other day over germany. It used starys latest upgrade, before it I never got any armed recon missions..

[arthur666 65]

I actually got armed recon flying a Thunderchief the other day over germany. It used starys latest upgrade, before it I never got any armed recon missions..

I'm using Stary's latest tileset. I have had Armed Recon before in Europe campaigns, but they are few and far between. They might just be very sparse no matter what. And I don't know if I've ever had one that involved truck convoys, can't recall.

 

What I'm trying to do is add a USAF Skyraider squadron that is primarily tasked with low level, behind the lines seek and destroy. It would be great if half or more of the player's missions were as such. Not sure if it's possible.

 

I guess I could stick with the Desert map, but flying at treetop level is more fun when there are lots of treetops. ;)

 

I might double the convoy routes again and see if that does anything.

Edited January 29, 2013 by arthur666

[+baffmeister 1,205]

There is a line in the stock campaign data that may be worth experimenting with:

 

[CampaignData]

StartDate=09/01/1959

StartDateDeviation=30

ForceWithInitiative=0

SurpriseAttack=FALSE

MaxMissions=30

NormalMissionRate=180

NormalMissionRateDeviation=120

OffensiveMissionRate=15

OffensiveMissionRateDeviation=30

StartScreen=CampaignStart2.JPG

CampaignEndWinScreen=CampaignEndWin1.JPG

CampaignEndLoseScreen=CampaignEndLose1.JPG

CampaignEndStallScreen=CampaignEndLose1.JPG

CampaignEndKIAScreen=CampaignEndLose1.JPG

CampaignEndWinText=Campaign1Win.txt

CampaignEndLoseText=Campaign1Lose.txt

CampaignEndStallText=Campaign1Stall.txt

 

[Force001]

Alignment=FRIENDLY

Nation=Dhimar

BaseArea=Muthala

AirOffensive[001].Primary=WAREHOUSE

AirOffensive[001].Secondary=FUEL_STORAGE

AirOffensive[002].Primary=OIL_REFINERY,FUEL_STORAGE

AirOffensive[002].Secondary=COMM_BUILDING

AirOffensive[003].Primary=SMALL_RUNWAY

AirOffensive[003].Secondary=WAREHOUSE,POWER_PLANT

AirOffensive[004].Primary=COMM_BUILDING,POWER_PLANT

AirOffensive[004].Secondary=OIL_REFINERY,FUEL_STORAGE

AirOffensive[005].Primary=MEDIUM_RUNWAY

AirOffensive[005].Secondary=HANGAR,AMMO_STORAGE

AirOffensive[006].Primary=OIL_REFINERY,POWER_PLANT

AirOffensive[006].Secondary=COMM_BUILDING

AirOffensive[007].Primary=LARGE_RUNWAY

AirOffensive[007].Secondary=MEDIUM_RUNWAY,SMALL_RUNWAY

AirOffensive[008].Primary=CHEMICAL_WEAPONS_PLANT

AirOffensive[008].Secondary=OIL_REFINERY,COMM_BUILDING,POWER_PLANT

AirOffensive[009].Primary=COMMAND_BUILDING

AirOffensive[009].Secondary=LARGE_RUNWAY,MEDIUM_RUNWAY,CHEMICAL_WEAPONS_PLANT

AirOffensive[010].Primary=ANY

AirOffensive[010].Secondary=ANY

StartGroundOffensive=2

StartInterdiction=5.......................................................................................................................................................Whats This?

Morale=70

Supply=25

NormalSupplyRate=20

OffensiveSupplyRate=-20

DefensiveSupplyRate=-5

SupplyForOffensive=90

AircraftReplacementTime=240

AircraftReplacement=60

GroundUnitReplacementTime=360

GroundUnitReplacement=100

RandomTransportType=ANY

WeaponResupplyTime=180

AllowRandomAceCreation=TRUE

 

The above data is from the first stock desert campaign. I had a quick look at the Germany campaigns and they all have StartInterdiction=0

Maybe has something to do with Armed Recon missions?

[arthur666 65]

Good idea Baffmeister.

But I just tried it and it has no effect on that. I think it indicates how many days after the start date strike missions will commence?

[arthur666 65]

Ok, did another experiment.

 

A-10A_78 sqd in a Korea 1985 campaign I've been kicking around...

Armed Recon chance set to 100, everything else at zero.

Try 3 missions, the first and third are armed recon, the second is regular recon.

It's the map, I think, but it could also be the year? The original camp. I tried was set in 1963, the desert in 1981, and Korea, 1985.

 

Will test more tonite. Ran out of time for now...

[arthur666 65]

Europe 1979, I get the same results: No Armed Recon.

 

There's got to be something that references mission types in a campaign.

 

?