Online / multiplayer missions go here

[Richie]

I just did get a coop to work and for some reason the missions are in the folder now. They weren't in there before the patch...weird. Now I'll see if I can make a Dogfight mission work. It's got to be something stupid that I'm not doing...me being the stupid part of it.

I've got to say sitting back and letting that mission play and listening to those 109s and Spitfires roar up and down this river on the new mid size map witch I like was a blast. The sound is fantastic

[Steuben]

COOP still dont work for the client! Only the host can fly the mission it seems! Or we are missing something!

[MegOhm]

Originally Posted by Steuben

COOP still dont work for the client! Only the host can fly the mission it seems! Or we are missing something!

I agree would someone post a procedure to walk us thru it. so frustrating...how are you guys getting it to work for the client?

[Ataros]

You should create a mission with some planes located at airfields.
When you join server you should chose side and click one of these airfield. When you click the airfield a list of aircrafts and crue positions appears on the right hand. You click the position to occupy it and then click fly or create. Which part does not work exactly? Let me know and I will report the bug.

I can use this new coop-style selection menu even on Repka server but have to create an extra aircraft first and then hit ESC to get to the list of available aircrafts and crue positions. Have to do it because Repka mission has spawnpoints placed on airfields. If you do not place spawnpoints you do not have to create aircraft first and hit ESC.

[MegOhm]

I will defer to Leadturn...he is our mission builder for WWII Sims

Thanks for your Help Ataros

[LeadTurn_SD]

Originally Posted by Steuben

COOP still dont work for the client! Only the host can fly the mission it seems! Or we are missing something!

Agree.

Can fly the "pseudo" coop missions on various servers (which is fun, and appreciated), but still not "IL2-style" coop in which a singleplayer-type mission is created, with the goal of humans vs AI, or humans vs humans, or a mix.

The host can fly the mission, but the clients cannot join. Numerous aircraft on the ground and in the air.... clients cannot see them, no list, nothing.

I am very experienced at mission editing in IL2, very inexperienced in COD, so it is very likely I am still missing something (I've been trying for months to get this working for our small group of pilots).... but what I've seen online so far "appears" to be "dogfight-type" maps / missions that have been "scripted" to become coop missions.... is this correct?

Thanks.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by LeadTurn_SD

Numerous aircraft on the ground and in the air.... clients cannot see them, no list, nothing.

Did you try clicking the airfield to get a list of aircraft available on it? The list is added in the recent beta patch.

[LeadTurn_SD]

Originally Posted by Ataros

Did you try clicking the airfield to get a list of aircraft available on it? The list is added in the recent beta patch.

Hi Ataros,

In the online servers (Hyperlobby is the one our group flew in yesterday) we were able to see plane lists.

We may be talking about an entirely different "concept" regarding coop. More like traditional coop in IL2.

Example:

1.) Create a single player mission. No spawn points, no scripting... just a mission with a Spitfire flight taking off from an airbase, or inflight.
2.) Make an opposing flight of German fighters, bombers, whatever.
3.) Test offline to make sure you have the timing, weather, everything to your liking.
4.) This mission will work great offline.
4.) Now try to use this as a coop mission online.

What we see when we try this is that the host will be able to fly the mission normally. The clients can connect with the host, but cannot find any planes....

I guess a simple question is this: Can a COD campaign mission be flown online as a coop mission, without scripting? Can the host and clients enter their planes, on the airfield, takeoff in formation; or enter their planes in flight, in formation?

In IL2 the answer would be yes; so far in COD it seems to be no.

Are we missing something here?

Thanks.

[Blackdog_kt]

What Ataros is saying is that as long as an aircraft is available, you can spawn into it in a specific position from a list/menu (the menu was added in the latest beta patch).

a) If the mission uses spawn points (a la DF mode), then a player first has to spawn the aircraft and then other players can spawn into it.

b) If the mission doesn't use spawn points (a la coop mode), then an aircraft must be sitting on the tarmac, placed there via the FMB, for players to spawn into (much like selecting from the list just like it was in IL2).

However, you first need to click on the airfield where your aircraft are located.

So it should be select airfield-->select aircraft and position from the list-->fly.

At least that's how i understand it. If it is indeed that way, then the only change from old IL2 to CoD is that you need to select an airfield first, the rest works as usual.

[Cirrus]

If you are referring to each Client clicking on the Airbase, it is not available to them. It is grayed out.

Cirrus_SD