Mando Bombs and Mando Air Support (ACCEPTED)

[Mandoble]

ACE team included mando missiles INSIDE ACE without permission and with a different path, and this is causing a great ammount of problems. What they should have done is just to have an initialization that waits to detect WHETER mando missiles addon or script suite has been initialized or included BY THE MISSION AUTHOR, and if so, then proceed with some specific initialization for some specific ACE units or setup for the missiles. But sadly this has not been done that way inside ACE. Probably you can disable ACE mando missiles, and then just use mando missiles in the traditional and safe way as script suite or addon included in your mission, using your (the mission editor) specific rules and setup. Hope this help, while I cannot guarantee.

[Mandoble]

Maxsword, I think now I know where your problem is. In your version of console (latest public one), the planes created for carpet bombing are created with only the pilot inside, not the gunner. This is the cause your actions for the gunner have no effect. You can modify the script to create also the gunner for carpet bombing missions if desired plane type is your F15E. Said that, the F15E has some problems, one of them is that it proceeds to the assigned waypoint in full afterburner and really excesive speed. so it might be already closer than 2000m to the desiged target even before having this position correctly aligned with the flight path. And then the action useweapon works fine, but for a single bomb. It seems that the gunner needs to wait excesive time after dropping a bomb to be able to drop a new one, and obviously this is not any good for carpet bombing, where you want to drop 6 bombs in a sequence with a delay of less than 0.5 secs between bomb and bomb. Hope this helps.

[Sick]

Our sincerest appologies on both accounts:
If we did not have this permission, this fact somehow got lost or there was some miscommunication, and we will change according to your will.
As to the compatibility issue, this has indeed been overlooked, we will also change according to your will.

Shall we continue in Private?

[laggy]

I see, thanks for the answer.

Another quick question:

If I want to setGroupID on a plane spawned by the script (avoiding 1-1-H and such as group name in radio chat), do you have some advice on how to do that ?

I'm currently trying various isKindOf "AIR" or countType "AIR" thislist trigger solutions, but haven't got it working.

Sincerely,

Laggy

[Mandoble]

Maxsword,
while the GBU F15E is definitively not a good option for carpet bombing because the required minimum delay between bomb drop and drop bomb, I tried the CBU one with absolutely outstanding and devastating results. I flattened all the SE saharani airport installations with a single pass at full speed of a single F15E (cbu_mesh). I configured 0.4 secs delay between bombs and a flying alt of 185m.

Laggy,
what you can do is to open the dlg script, look for group creations and execute the setGroupID there. Anyway the idea to be able to play with groups IDs is nice, and this and the creation of the gunner for carpet bombing missions might be enough excuse for me to release a new version 

Sickboy,
first of all thanks for understanding the problem, I will try to think on a possible temporal solution for the issues that doesnt break what you have already implemented inside ACE. Actually Im switching from internet provider, and Im not able to use messenger/Skype, hope to have this fixed for this weekend or next week, then I'll try to chatch you online.

[laggy]

Thanks a lot !

Was a great deal of pasting in the script, but it works like a charm 

Laggy

[laggy]

Hi again Mandoble.

If I want ALL players to hear the Air Support call AND reply (sideradio), is there a variable that I can check for (in i.e a trigger for the local player) and use publicVariable command to broadcast it somehow?

Or can it be done some other way?

Would increase the immersion 

Laggy

[Mandoble]

Actually no, while you can easily modify mando_airsupportdlg.sqf to add that functionality, just open it and look for sideRadio commands. You would need to publish both, the side and the corresponding string, for example: mando_radio_req_br, just after the sideradio command. Instead of using a trigger, you might just use addPublicVariableEventHandler for these variables.

[laggy]

Thanks again,

Awesome script, hope it will work in ArmA2 or that you'll modify it to work 
I use it in most of my missions from now on, you got me addicted 

Laggy

[Vengeance]

So does anyone know if it will work or parts of it will work in ARMA2? 

[desrat]

sry to re-post in an old thread but just wanted to ask if this is being brought across to A2 also - I keep checking on Mando Missle on BIS but didnt notice any news on this project as yet...

[Mandoble]

Yes, as soon as I finish with Mando missile for A2 I will work on bombs porting.

[desrat]

sweeeeet

I really miss the Support console - the ArmA2 support modules just don't touch it imho

[MarcelvKollenburg]

Sirs,

I want to get the cruise missiles to work, but when i use the MMC it just said No cruise missiles available. What weaponsplatform can carry them and how do i deploy them, what script do i use?

Greets

Hyper

[Mandoble]

You need to define a global variable with the name of the vehicle you want to use, more details on the included readme.