I don't mind playing the SAR part. There is just one problem and that is that we can't see downed pilots. They simply don't appear in our games so it's difficult to locate them especially once the wreckage doesn't smoke anymore. I have general difficulties spotting ground targets in DCS...maybe I need a bigger monitor.:hmm2:

BTW I could use some door gunners. No idea why they aren't selectable.

Hmmm, that could be tricky, we could probably try to guide you in but it might wind up in a lot of overlapping communications, which is something I fear might also happen with the two pairs of Kamovs, but we'll see...if it gets too bad we can always split up Teamspeak and assign buttons and such.

I would personally prefer an A-10, my joystick needs replacing as it keeps pulling off to the left, and i'm waiting for my replacement to come back in stock.

Also are we still using TeamSpeak 2 or have we upgraded to TS3?

The only reason I put you down as the Huey is that I think that TF only has the A10C and Su-25T, and since we really only need one SEAD aircraft for this mission, it might as well be him since he doesn't have the option to join the Kamovs or SAR. If TF is unable to make it then I'm sure something can be arranged between us. Obviously for other missions our options are either more limited or more open depending on the tasks required.
We're still using TS2 on the usual address. :salute:

Well as long the a pair of slots of the Kamovs are filled then I say having a back up SEAD in the mission is preferable if TF gets shot down during his run the mission will bog down especially if we do the SAR thing where the Huey's have to pick him up and bring him back to base and then he starts, arms and takes of again. It would be more logical to have a wingmen stay out of the danger zone while TF goes in and takes the targets he can if he either runs out of missiles to take them out or gets shot down the wingmen moves in to finnish the job.

As for the Huey I think the role of Combat Transport would make more sense, from what I've red it can be done (http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.ph...62#post1756962). The whole SAR thing is nice but eventually will bog down the mission in time and what if the Huey gets shot down..who is going to save him :O:? I think we should adapt the model of when working in pairs only if the other lands back at base or gets shot down as well you may respawn at base and take off as a pair again.

Well the Huey would have immunity from the rescue thing, but yeah you do have a point about it bogging down in time, but it's a case of trying to find something for the Hueys to do, especially in the training mission.

That being said, if the Hueys could land troops at the airfield, that would be pretty awesome and would help the convoy take it...

Arclight, do-able?

You should ask the Hueys whether that's do-able.;)
Last time I went near that airfield a tank used me for target practise. :shifty:

Maybe we should assign an A10 for Huey escort. In Vietnam rescue choppers where accompanied by Skyraiders, Corsairs and the like which blew up pretty much the entire area around the landing zone to make it safe for the heli.

Could fake it well enough. Have a Huey touch down somewhere and spawn a squad nearby. Not pretty, but somewhat functional.

Doesn't really fly in the current scenario, on account of manpads, but could work it in in the future.

http://assets.meanwhilein.org/hashed...ine-84e4b6.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/sZjg0JP.jpg?1
Hunter, Arclight and Schroeder start up their Kamovs and Huey respectively

http://i.imgur.com/eLZ2WqX.jpg?1
While Raptor and I line up for launch

http://i.imgur.com/CQWKg9r.jpg?1
Arclight takes off and powers towards the convoy to engage it before it is hit by the enemy, Hunter ejects and leaves. Raptor and I form up and head towards the airbase.

http://i.imgur.com/wXEZ7cn.jpg?1
I take out the SAM sites, and Raptor rolls in hot with his A10. Then we get a warning from Arclight that he's not going to be able to get to the convoy in time due to a delay in take off. So, although I'm winchester I still have guns, so me and Raptor divert to assist Arclight.

http://i.imgur.com/CrfV4gH.jpg?1
I find the convoy when SAMs start flying past me, so I hit the deck, and go for a spot of strafing. Raptor joins in the fun and takes out a couple of tanks, Arclight then arrives and starts hitting the convoy with Vikhirs. After a few MG rounds rattle around my airframe I decide to RTB.

http://i.imgur.com/PVe0Zh1.jpg?1
While we're focused on hitting the ground forces, the Hinds come in and get the drop on Arclight.

http://i.imgur.com/guYzfyV.jpg?1
The AAA from the friendly convoy downs one of the Hinds, but not before it relieves Arclight of some of his aircraft

http://i.imgur.com/uWzxJiU.jpg?1
Raptor finds the other Hind and puts it in the sea

http://i.imgur.com/33Y1f5H.jpg?1
So, as we turn back to base, I have some damage around the nose and engine

http://i.imgur.com/b1l7iI8.jpg?1
Raptor has some holes in his fuselage and wing

http://i.imgur.com/Ng3ZEGJ.jpg?1
And Arclight...yeah...less said about that the better...

http://i.imgur.com/q8iWjyC.jpg?1
Landing...looking good this time...

http://i.imgur.com/dWwkmaQ.jpg?1

http://www.giflulz.com/wp-content/uploads/XFu473.gif

http://i.imgur.com/i7S1Ziv.jpg?1
Raptor shows how it's done

http://i.imgur.com/JYKqXOu.jpg?1
Before falling to his old nemesis the quicksand grass

http://i.imgur.com/pOYPAdB.jpg?1
Schroeder rubs it in by landing his Huey nearby and taking off again

http://i.imgur.com/Qr5jZTe.jpg?1
All eyes turn to the sky as Arclight limps in

http://i.imgur.com/CikVFXV.jpg?1
Arclight lands successfully but complains that his hand hurts, so Schroeder medivacs him

http://i.imgur.com/XogngQW.jpg?1
Arclight is evacuated onto the Antonov, to be taken away for expert surgery on his aching hand.

Flying with Arclight & Schroeder to the target range
http://i.imgur.com/zxAs9dr.jpg

After some epic switching of data link info about targets we designated to eachother it was time to give the ground targets what they wanted
http://i.imgur.com/dNAxJo6.jpg

*noms popcorn*
http://i.imgur.com/gDYsF9S.jpg

RTBing
http://i.imgur.com/ZnUPNZe.jpg

in formation ofcourse.
http://i.imgur.com/LU4hyIQ.jpg

Pulled these from last nights track;

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps4f377999.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps0c718134.jpg

How he managed to miss me 4 times with the missiles I'll never know.

I hate Hinds.

Under these circumstances "Hindsight" gets a completely new meaning.:O:

http://meme-lol.com/wp-content/uploa...-MEME-2014.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/Jor580m.jpg?1
After about three aborted starts I finally get Windows for Warthog working and join Raptor on the runway.

http://i.imgur.com/0GlvlBR.jpg?1
We then head into the heavily defended airfield to take out the SAMs...in retrospect doing this after not flying the A10C in over a year was not a wise move...

http://i.imgur.com/dD8vBQt.jpg?1
Raptor receives the same welcoming treatment a few minutes later.

http://i.imgur.com/Q0NrjqL.jpg?1
The aircraft refuses to restart its engines so it's time for a swim...

http://i.imgur.com/y3XkvuT.jpg?1
Meanwhile, the Hinds, disappointed that they don't get to attack Arclight this evening, both go out to sea and deploy their landing gear...

http://i.imgur.com/7ZFtEdd.jpg?1
And one after the other, plunge into the sea...

http://i.imgur.com/ZerATeO.jpg?1
Hunter returns to base, so Raptor begins to conduct science.
Raptor: "Well...I seem to have dropped a bomb."
Hunter: "Oh...where?"
Raptor: "I'm not really sure..."
Hunter: "I'm sure it'll drop somewhere..."
Raptor: "Yeah...somewhere..."
HunterICX was killed by GBU-31 from Arctic-fox

http://i.imgur.com/DsxOVVH.jpg?1
Arclight then encourages Raptor to put the tanker out of its misery

http://i.imgur.com/pnrR61e.jpg?1
Raptor then christens the control tower in true Lolwaffle style.

Nothing about the ultra epic Huey vs. SU25 battle and it's glorious outcome for the Huey???
Lame....:O:

Fine...Fine... :nope:

I was trying to forget that...

http://i.imgur.com/aNvFzsX.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/Y427SwA.jpg?1

If my oversimplified Air to air system had bothered to work I would have had you, as it was, half the time I couldn't even see you until tracers starting flying past my cockpit. :nope:

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3516192000/hD187F8F7/


http://i.imgur.com/AKnPq0h.jpg?1
So, tonight we have a new mission, a valley of AAA trucks with the final boss being a compound in which the Huey has to disgorge some SpecFor. Myself and Hunter take the Kamovs, Schroeder the Huey and Arclight and Raptor A10Cs.

http://i.imgur.com/MCF8Lwq.jpg?1
Our first customer is spotted by Schroeders gunner who lights him up, I follow the tracers and put the AAA truck out of its misery with my cannon.

http://i.imgur.com/wIUaMRl.jpg?1
I then play chicken with a passing truck

http://i.imgur.com/7oX8dCR.jpg?1
Another AAA truck takes out Schroeder and then starts firing on Hunter, I spot it and give it the cannon treatment.

http://i.imgur.com/1YABKa3.jpg?1
Hunter, on the other hand, has had cannon treatment of his own...

http://i.imgur.com/ZqHiAje.jpg?1
He makes a good landing however, as I continue up the valley to my eventual doom.

http://i.imgur.com/pNGojUw.jpg?1
Schroeder, by this time, has returned, and brought some chain guns with him...

http://i.imgur.com/PaF9Vil.jpg?1
He takes some damage in the pass but knocks out the AAA truck

http://i.imgur.com/2agvUr3.jpg?1
Arclight, meanwhile, has a few problems of his own....

http://i.imgur.com/IGVbXlX.jpg?1
Myself and Hunter take off again and head back up the valley while Arclight passes underneath us on his way back to base.

http://i.imgur.com/3KhyHD7.jpg?1
Shortly after this screenshot was taken I adjusted position in my seat due to my arse being numb, and then my rotor blades fell off... :hmmm:

http://i.imgur.com/PolF7q0.jpg?1
Since it's getting late and the session is winding down, I take the Froggie out of the hanger, while Arclight approaches on finals.

http://i.imgur.com/GR2sRCU.jpg?1
He lands, then rolls off the runway into the quicksand, his landing gear retracting itself, leaving his ladder to prop up the entire aircraft.

http://i.imgur.com/Jd3jHdp.jpg?1
Schroeder, meanwhile, puts down safely as Zirran works his way through a selection of Huey and Kamov spare parts.

http://i.imgur.com/FGR2Xrh.jpg?1

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EiDUfnnbYu...00/science.png

http://i.imgur.com/haazy3d.jpg?1
Zirran...lands...sort of...

http://i.imgur.com/YCv3XD5.jpg?1
Then Arclight left...and interesting things began to happen...such as this...KAMOVS IN SPACE!

http://i.imgur.com/c1czAQx.jpg?1
Hunter was shot at by another AAA truck, he carefully sidestepped around it, and then took it out with cannons...and...then...disappeared...

http://i.imgur.com/k5OxLxo.jpg?1
Zirran meanwhile decorated the FARP with signal rockets

http://i.imgur.com/KFE3Phg.jpg?1
Schroeder: I wonder how much of that manoeuvring is input and how much is lag
Raptor: If that was input he'd have been killed by n-
Zirran: *blade-strike* *crash*

http://i.imgur.com/76THoxp.jpg
I just didn't expect the Spanish Internet disconnection :stare:

Right...to avoid the
http://i.imgur.com/sWfABuF.png?1
whenever our main Host isn't available on Wednesday and Thursday.

We should post the missions we create in this thread so we can grab them and when needed use them to at least host a server with a appropiate mission.

Also it gives us the mission file to tinker with in the editor to alter it a bit so yeh it's still the same mission objective but stuff may be moved around or added to ruin your day if you're not careful. (I'll have to look into how the editor works to create some and alter some missions) Save them and rename them like Certaindeath.mis (original) to CertaindeathV1.mis and the host just doesn't tell which he runs.