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Monday, September 18, 2017
By: JC
CMANO - Making Tactical Decision Aids - The Lua Gag Reel Episode 1
In my previous entry, I praised WarfareSims for their farsighted decision to extend the CMANO's base code with the wide capabilities, simplicity and memory management benefits of the Lua scripting language.
I deeply appreciate the interest that many of you have expressed for knowing how I did put together my tactical decision aid, but I have to confess that I dread that you will be disappointed. I'm no programmer, and I grabbed pieces of code from here and there to put together this Frankenstein project. I apologize in advance, as you may see improper coding techniques and some inconsistencies in the logic of my entire scenario.
Without further ado, here is what I did.
If you remember from my previous post, the sequence of events was:
1. The scenario starts
1. A counter is initialized. This counter keeps track of a series recursive ship vs sub simulation runs
2. Units are added to the scenario
1. The US warship is placed in the center and give a course due south, at flank speed
2. A DPRK sub is placed 50 miles from the US ship and given a patrol area delineated by...
Epic Approach Mission Pack Available Now - 30% Week-long Discount
ABOUT THIS CONTENT
Put your seatbelts on and prepare for the landing of a lifetime! The first mission pack from the newly-formed mission creation team at Dovetail Games, Epic Approaches is a challenging spin on the traditional mission format.
Choose from five unique locations and work your way up through the rankings, which provide you with a clear path to mastering the approaches. Watch out, though - the harder the level, the more likely unexpected events will occur!
In addition to fifteen missions, Epic Approaches includes two exclusive new liveries for the Piper PA-46 Malibu Mirage and Piper PA-34 Seneca. Also included is a smart new uniform for your in-sim avatars which are used during the missions and is also accessible via the Pro Mission Tool, so you can include it in your own custom scenarios.
Features:
• Five approaches each containing three skill levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze
• Exclusive liveries for the PA-46 Malibu Mirage and PA-34 Seneca
• New uniform for pilot avatars which can be used in the Pro Mission Tool
Steam page
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ABOUT THIS CONTENT
Put your seatbelts on and prepare for the landing of a lifetime! The first mission pack from the newly-formed mission creation team at Dovetail Games, Epic Approaches is a challenging spin on the traditional mission format.
Choose from five unique locations and work your way up through the rankings, which provide you with a clear path to mastering the approaches. Watch out, though - the harder the level, the more likely unexpected events will occur!
In addition to fifteen missions, Epic Approaches includes two exclusive new liveries for the Piper PA-46 Malibu Mirage and Piper PA-34 Seneca. Also included is a smart new uniform for your in-sim avatars which are used during the missions and is also accessible via the Pro Mission Tool, so you can include it in your own custom scenarios.
Features:
• Five approaches each containing three skill levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze
• Exclusive liveries for the PA-46 Malibu Mirage and PA-34 Seneca
• New uniform for pilot avatars which can be used in the Pro Mission Tool
Steam page
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Saturday, September 16, 2017
By: JC
Steel Beasts ProPE - The Artillery Observer's Job
One thing that Steel Beasts has is that keeps you thinking. The modern mechanized/armored battlefield is lethal and humbling. Learn or be condemned to reload the scenario forever.
An M981 FISTV (Fire Support Team Vehicle) assumes a hull down position to acquire targets and call for indirect fire support.
I had the opportunity to play a coop scenario and was particularly impressed with a young virtual commander's use of a single computer-controlled FISTV.
According to him, the secret is the use of the contextual use of the defense order. I heard about this a time ago, but I only used during the setup/deployment stage. After deployment and when rounds started flying, I consistently forgot about it.
I went straight into the editor and created a simple scenario to try it out.
A FISTV and a M113 PC, facing some unknown danger to their north, just behind that hill.
Besides providing a sector of interest and an orientation, the defend order has also that circle that defines a point of reference that has to be visible to the defending vehicles or troops. In the example above, I'm instructing the FISTV to make sure...
DCS: AV-8B Night Attack by RAZBAM Update
This past week was an important milestone for RAZBAM's AV-8B NA as it entered internal testing. Over the next several weeks, the module will be de-bugged, tuned, and added to in order to bring it to being available for pre-purchase and then its Early Access release.
Here are some images of this beautiful machine that RAZBAM is bringing to DCS World.
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This past week was an important milestone for RAZBAM's AV-8B NA as it entered internal testing. Over the next several weeks, the module will be de-bugged, tuned, and added to in order to bring it to being available for pre-purchase and then its Early Access release.
Here are some images of this beautiful machine that RAZBAM is bringing to DCS World.
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