Dangerous Waters Random Mission Generator

[Molon Labe]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Isn't there a results file created when you end a mission. Could your generator read that and interpret the results?

BTW Definitely needs LWAMI compatibility with Pacific and Persian Gulf AOs...

Even if you could read the debrief file, a lot of times the information there is incorrect or missing. Plus there's no accounting of expended weapons/cms or damage.

[FERdeBOER]

Originally Posted by Molon Labe

Even if you could read the debrief file, a lot of times the information there is incorrect or missing. Plus there's no accounting of expended weapons/cms or damage.

You're right, I just checked one mission with several goals and misses some of them...

I'm curious... expended weapons and countermeasures? how are you thinking to manage that?

[Molon Labe]

Originally Posted by FERdeBOER

You're right, I just checked one mission with several goals and misses some of them...

I'm curious... expended weapons and countermeasures? how are you thinking to manage that?

Wow... the goals it's usually pretty good about. Usually, if a goal/trigger doesn't appear, it's because it wasn't in the simulation (e.g. it was part of a dynamic group and wasn't spawned). But the kills lists are often wrong, so you can't rely on the debrief to say what platforms survived (plus an AI can kill an AI platform and it won't get reported at all).

As for tracking expenditures, I don't know how to use game-editor, so I don't have a clue. It is important, though, and I'm frustrated with SCS because Jane's 688I had it (in campaign mode), but SC and DW don't.

[FERdeBOER]

Originally Posted by Molon Labe

Wow... the goals it's usually pretty good about. Usually, if a goal/trigger doesn't appear, it's because it wasn't in the simulation (e.g. it was part of a dynamic group and wasn't spawned). But the kills lists are often wrong, so you can't rely on the debrief to say what platforms survived (plus an AI can kill an AI platform and it won't get reported at all).

Maybe so, just checked it once and don't remember what kind of goals where.

As for tracking expenditures, I don't know how to use game-editor, so I don't have a clue. It is important, though, and I'm frustrated with SCS because Jane's 688I had it (in campaign mode), but SC and DW don't.

I haven't played 688i
What I was asking for is how are you thinking it can be implemented in a campaign, to see if it's possible or not for me to do it.

[Molon Labe]

There is a file that saves the loadout (probably LOD) configuration when a player starts a mission. If you can get something that can overwrite that with data from the end of a mission, then the next time that platform is played by that player the end-state loadout will be loaded by default at the loadout screen. Unfortunately, the player can cheat and replenish, so Im not sure this is any better than just manually removing weapons/CMs at the loadout screen. It just doesn't require human memory.

[FERdeBOER]

Originally Posted by Molon Labe

There is a file that saves the loadout (probably LOD) configuration when a player starts a mission. If you can get something that can overwrite that with data from the end of a mission, then the next time that platform is played by that player the end-state loadout will be loaded by default at the loadout screen. Unfortunately, the player can cheat and replenish, so Im not sure this is any better than just manually removing weapons/CMs at the loadout screen. It just doesn't require human memory.

Hmmm... a bit too much hardcore and pretty hard to do... however, don't discard it. Maybe something can be done...
Do you know what file is this and how to read a .lod file?

[Molon Labe]

Originally Posted by FERdeBOER

Hmmm... a bit too much hardcore and pretty hard to do... however, don't discard it. Maybe something can be done...
Do you know what file is this and how to read a .lod file?

Nope.

[FERdeBOER]

Originally Posted by Molon Labe

Nope.

Oh... ok, we shall find something to simulate this (but I'm afraid that most probably a big part should be let on players fairplay).

Well, but all of this is far at this point, I need to go step by step.