IL2DCE: A dynamic campaign engine for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover

[NedLynch]

Downloaded it and flew a first mission. Worked very well, many thanks to you .

Just a couple of questions if I may.
I started as Leutnant for blue, was the last plane on take off, yet had << markings on my plane which leads me to believe I was supposed to be flight leader. My flight did not recognize me (escort mission btw). Should I take off manually or in auto pilot? The first time around I chose auto.

Two flights of emils took off E1s and E4s, my flight was with the E4s. Upon return to the airfiled all the E1s had most unfortunate contact mishaps with the ground, yeah they crashed after being called down for landing.

Other than that everything seemed to work as intended, had even great frame rates, thanks again for all your work you are putting into this.

[adonys]

Originally Posted by NedLynch

I started as Leutnant for blue, was the last plane on take off, yet had << markings on my plane which leads me to believe I was supposed to be flight leader. My flight did not recognize me (escort mission btw). Should I take off manually or in auto pilot? The first time around I chose auto.

That's an IL2CoD AI bug, it does not have anything to do with IL2DCE.

[NedLynch]

Originally Posted by adonys

That's an IL2CoD AI bug, it does not have anything to do with IL2DCE.

I assume you mean the bug is that the flight didn't recognize me, I know that this bug is there, not blaming IL2DCE. With TEF CG for example the workaround was to take off in auto, once airborne you switch back to manual and your flight would follow you. That's the reason why I am asking .

[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by NedLynch

I started as Leutnant for blue, was the last plane on take off, yet had << markings on my plane which leads me to believe I was supposed to be flight leader. My flight did not recognize me (escort mission btw). Should I take off manually or in auto pilot? The first time around I chose auto.

By default Cliffs of Dover uses the user defined markings which are set in the "Plane Settings" menu in the briefing screen. I will try to correct this in a future release where I will overwrite the player setting.

Two flights of emils took off E1s and E4s, my flight was with the E4s. Upon return to the airfiled all the E1s had most unfortunate contact mishaps with the ground, yeah they crashed after being called down for landing.

I think AI or airfield related bug. Did the other flights land successfully?

[NedLynch]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Banks

By default Cliffs of Dover uses the user defined markings which are set in the "Plane Settings" menu in the briefing screen. I will try to correct this in a future release where I will overwrite the player setting.



I think AI or airfield related bug. Did the other flights land successfully?

Yes they did land just fine. Please note when I write about things that could be considered a bug I am fully aware that it may have nothing to do with IL2DCE but rather with the game itself.
Just thought it might be good for you to know anyways, even if there is not much you can do about it.

Keep up the good work

[Rowddy]

just wanted to let you know that i found a bug... when play the HE111 career the AI planes all crashe into the hill on the end of the runway and i can't make it either when it's emptey (for recon missions) i can take off but obly with like a meter space between me and the hill. Hope this can be corrected?

S!

[addman]

Small bug report:

1. Playing as Bf-110 pilot, the first A.I pilot to take off crashes in to the small elevation at the end of the runway.

2. Fuses, yes it's a known problem but what's the point of flying ground attack missions in Erg.210 if neither mine or my A.I companions bombs won't explode? Doesn't matter at which altitude I drop the bombs, they won't explode, yes they are armed.

Small requests:

1. Could a Zerstörer campaign be added? i.e. ZG 26 with only air-air/recon missions.

That's all for now, yet again, thanks again for this great addition to CloD. It has really invigorated my interest in the game again.

[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by addman

2. Fuses, yes it's a known problem but what's the point of flying ground attack missions in Erg.210 if neither mine or my A.I companions bombs won't explode? Doesn't matter at which altitude I drop the bombs, they won't explode, yes they are armed.

Indeed, however IIRC this is mainly a problem of the Bf 110, the other aircraft have more suitable default fuses. I can assure you that this point has the highest priority. Implementation is dead simple, however it is a considerable workload to define which fuse should be used for a specific altitude range and specific loadout.

Just have a look at the file that defines the loadouts for the different operation types (which isn't complete for every type, e.g. Ju 88 has not all loadouts defined): http://code.google.com/p/il2dce/sour...craftInfo.ini#
Now multiplicate this by every suitable fuses and delay times configuration. In addition I first need to find out which configuration is suitable. You see it's a mammoth task.

For the other requests/bugs: The missions are generated based on a template which can be created in the FMB. The template file of Kanalkampf campaign is located in <cod steam folder>/parts/IL2DCE/Campaigns/Kanalkampf/Template.mis
You can simply modify the squadrons or add new squadrons in the FMB. The take-off waypoint defines the airfield used by the squadron.

I will give instruction on how create your own campaign or modify a existing campaign soon. So everyone can use his favourite aircraft

[adonys]

it is as simple as adding a flight for Bf-110C-4 or Bf-110C-7, for the BoB_LW_ZG2_Stab or BoB_LW_ZG26_Stab airgroups into the Template.mis file.

[addman]

Originally Posted by adonys

it is as simple as adding a flight for Bf-110C-4 or Bf-110C-7, for the BoB_LW_ZG2_Stab or BoB_LW_ZG26_Stab airgroups into the Template.mis file.

Never mind, I've figured it all out!