+Menrva Posted January 4, 2024 Posted January 4, 2024 I once saved a campaign generated mission of the ODS 30AE mod and discovered that it somehow assigned a Transfer (not Transport) mission to a cargo plane. After further investigations, it seems it's a valid mission type that can be assigned to AI-only aircraft in ThirdWire's Mission Editor. Just add Transfer to the roles of the aircraft in its data.ini file, and it'll appear in the Mission Editor. I don't know the exact differences between Transport and Transfer, but on the campaign generated mission it seemed to make the aircraft take-off from one airport and land on another. I want to reiterate that this is an AI-only mission type, so it won't appear for the player, regardless of the aircraft type. 12 4 Quote
AcariaPlainum Posted January 4, 2024 Posted January 4, 2024 4 minutes ago, Menrva said: I once saved a campaign generated mission of the ODS 30AE mod and discovered that it somehow assigned a Transfer (not Transport) mission to a cargo plane. After further investigations, it seems it's a valid mission type that can be assigned to AI-only aircraft in ThirdWire's Mission Editor. Just add Transfer to the roles of the aircraft in its data.ini file, and it'll appear in the Mission Editor. I don't know the exact differences between Transport and Transfer, but on the campaign generated mission it seemed to make the aircraft take-off from one airport and land on another. I want to reiterate that this is an AI-only mission type, so it won't appear for the player, regardless of the aircraft type. Maybe we should make a list of all valid mission types for all aircraft 2 Quote
+Gepard Posted January 4, 2024 Posted January 4, 2024 Nice finding. Very usefull for civil air traffic. 4 Quote
madvad Posted January 4, 2024 Posted January 4, 2024 Excellent discovery! I will update all my civilians and cargo planes with this Quote
madvad Posted January 4, 2024 Posted January 4, 2024 I saw another ones, like RESCUE, AIR_ASSAULT...this roles really works? Quote
+Menrva Posted January 4, 2024 Author Posted January 4, 2024 27 minutes ago, madvad said: I saw another ones, like RESCUE, AIR_ASSAULT...this roles really works? Nope, these others don't seem to work, they do not appear in the mission editor at least. 1 Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted January 4, 2024 Posted January 4, 2024 1 hour ago, madvad said: Excellent discovery! I will update all my civilians and cargo planes with this dont forget tankers, as a common mission is fighter drags; escorting a set of up to half dozen tactical aircraft across either ocean and keeping them gassed up 1 Quote
Wilches Posted January 4, 2024 Posted January 4, 2024 Perhaps it´s somehow linked with SFNA as this role appears after its release. Who knows? Quote
+Soulfreak Posted January 5, 2024 Posted January 5, 2024 Very nice find, thanks for sharing @Menrva :good: Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted January 5, 2024 Posted January 5, 2024 20 hours ago, Wilches said: Perhaps it´s somehow linked with SFNA as this role appears after its release. Who knows? as well as AI flights originating off map SAS from Dulles to Keflavik anyone? 2 Quote
tiopilotos Posted January 6, 2024 Posted January 6, 2024 Many thanks for this Menrva! I really wonder if TK left us any other hidden features. Quote
+Menrva Posted January 6, 2024 Author Posted January 6, 2024 On 1/6/2024 at 1:47 PM, tiopilotos said: Many thanks for this Menrva! I really wonder if TK left us any other hidden features. I was surprised to find this out, I've been modding the game for so long and noticed about it only now. The secret was all about saving a campaign mission. I think that without saving, most of us would have thought a cargo plane was doing a mere Transport mission. I don't think there are any other hidden features, mission type wise. Also, I don't think it's related to SF2NA, I think it existed before it. In DLL files, the extra mission types of SF2NA are called after disabled ones from First Eagles 2 (balloon busting and the likes), while Transfer is before those. Moreover, my ODS campaign is not a Naval one ala SF2NA, thus SF2NA's extra mission types don't work in it. Quote
Wrench Posted January 6, 2024 Posted January 6, 2024 'way back when, in SF (1stGen) playing the desert campaing (2004-5-ish??) I remember a Herc flying around the airbase as my flight was taking off. It's nice to see that is wasn't just some Mandella Effect!!! Great find!! 1 Quote
snapper 21 Posted January 7, 2024 Posted January 7, 2024 (edited) If you want to see Transport missions generated look at the Falklands campaign. Have seen Argentine twin otter and c-130 flying around. Edited January 7, 2024 by snapper 21 1 Quote
+Menrva Posted January 7, 2024 Author Posted January 7, 2024 Transport missions are generated for any campaign since SF1. We have them working also on ODS. 1 Quote
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