Is it possible to influence descent profiles or other flight "shapes"? Or is it all "hardcoded" relatively to selected Airbase type?
It is always better to have a sample, than to speak about generic situation.
So I choosed two airbases, I placed in the dramatic Swizz landscape.
The first one is Alpnach and it is an "easier" one I think.
It is 20_02 airbase Rvr ( Rvr airbases are ok in AF - PT points setted properly)
This airbase is the new one, it has no definition in the "stations.dat" file.
But AI planes can handle it without any problems.
I bailed out from my plane, but stay in 3D world to observe AI mirage starting the cap mission.
start ok
direction to the CAP area
after the time compressed mission - turned back to the home plate (Reichenbach AB in the background)
going home (Meiringen AB on the right side - again in the bottom of the walley...)
finally Alpnach in front of AI nose
Emmen on the left side, there is also Buochs airstrip in the picture, but bad visible due to the low resolution..
AI is turning left, (preparing for final)
So the basic is OK, even for AI.
But what about communication?
What is the recomended settings in the dat file?
Wiki info:
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TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation
This information comes from the stations.dat file located in the campaign directory.
# Kimpo - ex Kimpo (Gimpo)
276 083 X 14 25 1 109.9
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-#: Name of the airbase
-276: CampID of the airbase (into Tacedit objectlist view)
-083 X: TACAN channel
-14:It is a sequential no. that you choose for each airbase and that is linked to the CampID via this stations.dat file.
-25: TACAN Range (Nm)
-1: Emmitter Type (always 1)
-109.9: ILS frequency
Due to the way that the voice system works and there are three speech frags for excat airbase (“Kimpo”, “Kimpo Tower” and “Kimpo Approach”), this sequential no. must be allocated in bands:
0 - 45
92 - 137
184 - 229
These are the Approach frags, and to get the corresponding Tower frag, Falcon adds 46 to the Approach no., which is why they must be allocated in these bands. (There were originally 46 bases in the game and then they added Kadena pretty late on).
Just posting this here for easy reference later.
Eval: 087 - eAPPROACH
Sample commIDs: 36, 38, 39
Korea: Indices 0 - 28: Approach (frags 2463 -
(94 entries)
Tacan Stations are numbered 1 - 126 and are grouped in two sets X and Y band.
Band can only be type X or Y
Channel must be between 1 - 126 inclusive
Dynamically assigned Tanker/Carrier list - all band Y, channels 126 - 70
Channel minimum changed to 26 via F4Patch - i.e. 0-25 dynamic (Y band - Tankers/Carriers), 26-126 fixed (X band - Airbases/Airstrips).
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# Rijeka
16466 125 X 461 100 1 108.5
# Udbina
16476 0 X 462 0 1 0
# Varazdin
16459 0 X 463 0 1 0
# Zadar
16478 023 X 464 70 1 0
# Zagreb
16462 084 X 465 100 1 109.5
# Cerklje
16461 0 X 466 0 1 0
# Ljubljana
16460 074 X 467 100 1 110.5
# Maribor
16457 0 X 468 0 1 110.1
# Portoroz
16464 0 X 469 0 1 0
# Slovenj Gradec
16458 0 X 470 0 1 0
# Arad
16226 027 X 489 175 1 0
# Timisoara - Giarmata
16229 0 X 490 0 1 0Code: Select all
# Damasuc INT
1738 107 X 19 150 1 109.9
# Dumyar
1740 0 Y 20 0 1 0
# Kalhalhak
1736 0 Y 40 0 1 0
# Marj Ruhayyil
1737 0 Y 94 0 1 0
# Mezze
1739 0 Y 95 0 1 0
# Palmyr
1746 0 Y 100 25 1 0
# Sayqal
1741 0 Y 114 0 1 0
# Shayrat
1743 0 Y 118 0 1 0
# Tiyas
1745 0 Y 121 0 1 0
# Alpnach
14349 0 X 491 25 1 0
Is it OK?
Can I do it better?
What is a limitation of such a simple setting?
The second sample AB is more difficult I think:
It is Ambri airbase(again it is fresh in the EU theater).
It is 30_12airbase Rvr.
Like most swizz airbases, it is situated in the deep walley.
But the walley is curved a lot.
it is good visible, how the terrain falls in front of the base:
I am sliding besides "big wall"
it is easy for human
unfortunally I must end (did not tested AI landing yet)
again the date for Ambri:
# Ambri
14345 0 X 492 25 1 0
In case of Ambri, I am interrested in possible ingress/egress routes editing. I am not sure, but expect the AI problems.
Is it possible to do such edits?
OK, of course the swizz ABs is not a core of my work for Europe. But could be a good sample to learn, how to setup things as good as possible...
Of course I can share this work with somebody experienced - want to release at least L2 + tacfile in next few days(perhaps also some version of cam, but is is db dependent a little). So you can extract it from tac file and use some auto method already discovered. I guess RedDog is the master and has some auto method.
But anyway, there is no easy understandable info about it, so sugesstions might be interresting for all.
Thanks
Luk
