How to play or create coop missions?
 

It seems impossible to fly anything else than dogfight in IL2Cod. Only the host seems to be able to select aircraft in cooperative missions to fly with while the clients can't select any aircraft. This happens in stock missions as well as user created missions. Is it a serious bug or am I doing something wrong?

check your realism settings , there is a section aboout joining/creating etc

Yes they are all unmarked but it still doesn't work.

My squad (56RAF) has the same problem. Either we're missing some subtlety of the settings, or there's a bug.

Here's a really simple .mis where the host can join at Lympne, but nobody else can.
[code]


[PARTS]
core.100
bob.100
[MAIN]
MAP Land$English_Channel_1940
BattleArea 150000 140000 150000 150000 10000
TIME 5
Army 0 nn du
Army 1 ru fr us pl rz gb
Army 2 de it ja fi hu ro sk
WeatherIndex 2
CloudsHeight 1500
BreezeActivity 10
ThermalActivity 10
[GlobalWind_0]
Power 3.759 -1.368 0.000
BottomBound 0.00
TopBound 10000.00
GustPower 5
GustAngle 44
[splines]
[AirGroups]
BoB_RAF_F_56Sqn_Early.01
[BoB_RAF_F_56Sqn_Early.01]
Flight0 1 2 3
Class Aircraft.HurricaneMkI
Formation VIC3
CallSign 26
Fuel 100
Weapons 1
Belt _Gun03 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 11 11 10
Belt _Gun06 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 9
Belt _Gun00 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 10 11 11 11 10
Belt _Gun01 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 9
Belt _Gun07 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 10 11 11 11 10
Belt _Gun05 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 9
Belt _Gun04 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 11 11 10
Scramble 1
Idle 1
Skill 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
[BoB_RAF_F_56Sqn_Early.01_Way]
TAKEOFF 225218.50 228300.45 0 0
[CustomChiefs]
[Stationary]
[Buildings]
[BuildingsLinks]
[FrontMarker]
FrontMarker0 313830.24 279374.91 1
FrontMarker1 298831.47 268493.45 1
FrontMarker2 280891.76 254965.15 1
FrontMarker3 265451.86 238348.87 1
FrontMarker4 252658.79 225114.66 1
FrontMarker5 239424.58 212321.59 1
FrontMarker6 230160.64 195411.21 1
FrontMarker7 222661.25 173060.11 1
FrontMarker8 222514.21 172766.02 1
FrontMarker9 217220.52 164237.30 1
FrontMarker10 315300.70 277610.35 2
FrontMarker11 301478.31 267758.21 2
FrontMarker12 287067.73 253788.77 2
FrontMarker13 272068.96 237760.68 2
FrontMarker14 260599.31 223203.05 2
FrontMarker15 243835.98 202469.46 2
FrontMarker16 236336.60 183500.43 2
FrontMarker17 230601.78 167619.38 2


[\code]

Anyone else able to setup and run their own coops?

56RAF_phoenix

EDIT: for some reason I can't get the [code] formatter to work!

Please help the coop fans
 

I second the question. How come it is not possible to launch any multi mission, like the stuka assault on ships, and just join in 2 of the planes with a friend?

Or is there an easy switch on the mission editor to enable this on any mission?

Or perhaps we do something wrong? Realism stuff is set right, server connexion is ok for both guys, still no way to share a Lan flight. The second player sets the right army but cannot jump in any plane...

Thanks for the help.

I have just finished trying all short of variation to launch a cooperative mission in Multiplayer environment.
Tried:
Regular Player/server
cooperative missions from cooperative folder
cooperative missions from dogfight folder
cooperative missions with spawn places

Dedicated Server
mission load as above

Result: Only host in the Regular Player/server can select the planes in mission.
All other client can only see and use the spawn places.

I wonder if there is something in FMB that we suppose to include in the cooperative missions or...multiplayer is not quite ready yet.

im trying and discussion it since the release.
conclusion: classic IL2 COOP online play does not work in CoD ...

can we say...yet! :)

STOP PRESS!

We think it's the case that you to have consistent Early/Late - Formation - Possibly Aircraft Type.

But it's getting late, so maybe a full answer tomorrow!

56RAF_phoenix

OK, so we've created Coops on one of the Island maps, but not the Channel.
We suspect that the slightest inconsistency in the data for the map causes it to be un-joinable for others.

56RAF_phoenix

Ok i start a COOP on my dedicated server and i join from my gaming rig, I then START the battle (from server) , choose my side and look on the map for airplanes...find one and JUST like joining a spwn point on a dedicated server I cant just click on the plane i have to move the mouse TO A POSITION AT ABOUT 5 oclock from the plane and 1 inch away (with map at %80-90 zoom) at which point I can click on it I then choose ENTER not FLY! at which point the plane is mine :)

When you start your COOP leave map icons ON!

have fun

S!

Thank you very much Odd_Ball. I actually thought about the map Icons but the opposition planes were coming up on the map. I switched sides and got ALL planes on map but I could not locate a point where I could click on, adjacent of the planes, But now I have YOUR specific information. I will try tomorrow.
You can "Start battle" from the client? hmmm, I should look for that too.
You are very resourcefull. Good to have your around :grin:

sorry KDN but you cant start the dedicated server from the client unless you have the server set up to allow connection through the client, which i have not done yet.

If you are making a COOP with a ground start just make your planes spawn "parked" and "idle" and then you can zoom in %90 over the spawn point of the planes and you will see all of them sitting there...just move you mouse around them and you will see the name flash where there is a clickable area.

S!

But can other players join you?

We're still confused.

Dogfight servers aren't a problem.

I can create a co-op mission in the Islands map which is used by the co-op that comes with the game but not the big Channel map.

I would like to RTFM if there was one!

im wondering (and cant check because im on eastern vacartion, far away from my gaming PC ;) ) . if you are setting your planes on idle. Is the AI starting too after some ,and not all, planes are selected by humans ?

Klem my server is on a different machine than my gaming rig. I started the COOP from my server it showed up under the in game browser and then i clicked JOIN.
I jumped in at least 5 different planes
so the answer is yes other people can join :)
As for the channel map there should no problem but i will test to make sure.

S!

if you spwn them :parked : the AI will move them if you "spawn: them "idle" they will never move.
when you make a COOP just make all the player aircraft in the first group and the AI in the second

co-op not!
 

I have found that you can do a co-op as long as you dont use the Channel map!
If you spawn park in hangers you can not see\click on these planes
If you use channel map only the host can see and click on the planes!
Now we sit and wait for it to be fixed!

Exactly our experience too Xpupx.

56RAF_phoenix