This mission has got me stumped...

[Rami]

Hey guys,

This doesn't happen often anymore, but I'm really stuck on this one. I'm trying to build a mission that emulates this:

http://www.flightjournal.com/ME2/dir...0A440B3DE5D0C5

The way I have it set up is that it is a random chance scenario.

Scenario I is a standard attack on Foscani aerodrome, which are the Waypoints 1-9, as well as the following entries...

Waypoint 6 - MG (Mission goal)
Waypoint 6 - HG (Hidden goal)
Waypoint 6 - EW (Enable warp)
Waypoint 6 - PG / EW (Partial goal - Enable warp)
Out of ammo / No targets or kills (Mission failure)

What's got me completely stumped is how to make the rescue mission work. I have the P-38 object in a field halfway between the Ziliesta and Foscani airfields with an area marker over it. Two German soldiers are advancing on the plane, which gives you about 13 minutes from the radio message to the point where the Germans reach Lieutenant Willsie's P-38.

I can land next to the P-38 and I have a trigger for the speed to be zero in the area marker, but I can't get the messages to show up letting you know that the pilot has been rescued. After you rescue the pilot, you fly straight to Piryatin.

I also tried manually editing the 2nd alternate waypoint so that it is the same height as the P-38 on the ground...93 feet. This didn't work either.

[Rami]

Hello,

Here are the dynamic elements...

# Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator dynamic mission elements.
# Copyright 2000, Microsoft Corporation

#
# AREAS
#

area id 1
{
name "Lt. Willsie's P-38"
lat "N45* 38.64'" lon "E27* 19.36'"
radius 277
}


#
# TRIGGERS
#

trigger id 2
{
name "Waypoint 1"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 1
}

trigger id 3
{
name "Waypoint 2"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 2
}

trigger id 4
{
name "Waypoint 3"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 3
}

trigger id 5
{
name "Waypoint 4"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 4
}

trigger id 6
{
name "Waypoint 5"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 5
}

trigger id 7
{
name "Waypoint 6"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 6
}

trigger id 8
{
name "Waypoint 7"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 7
}

trigger id 9
{
name "Waypoint 8"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 8
}

trigger id 10
{
name "Waypoint 9"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq 9
}

trigger id 11
{
name "Eichkatzchen enters area"
unit 9122
area enter id 1
}

trigger id 12
{
name "Feigenblatt enters area"
unit 9123
area enter id 1
}

trigger id 13
{
name "Shabby inside crash site"
unit 6000
area enter id 1
}

trigger id 14
{
name "Speed equals zero"
unit 6000
speed le 0
}

trigger id 15
{
name "Random chance"
random eq 50
}

trigger id 16
{
name "Waypoint 1 - AW"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq -1
}

trigger id 17
{
name "Waypoint 2 - AW"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq -2
}

trigger id 19
{
name "Shabby partial goal II"
unit 6000
objects_destroyed eq 1
}

trigger id 18
{
name "Shabby partial goal I"
unit 6000
aircraft_killed eq 1
}

trigger id 20
{
name "Shabby primary goal"
unit 6000
objects_destroyed ge 2
}

trigger id 21
{
name "Shabby hidden goal"
unit 6000
aircraft_killed ge 2
}

trigger id 22
{
name "Out of ammo"
unit 6000
gun_rounds eq 0
}

trigger id 23
{
name "Out of rockets"
unit 6000
rockets eq 0
}

trigger id 24
{
name "Zero kills"
unit 6000
aircraft_killed eq 0
}

trigger id 25
{
name "No targets destroyed"
unit 6000
objects_destroyed eq 0
}

trigger id 26
{
name "Waypoint 3 - AW"
unit 6000
waipoint_reached eq -3
}

trigger id 286
{
name "Eichkatzchen WP 3"
unit 9122
waipoint_reached eq 3
}

trigger id 287
{
name "Feigenblatt WP 3"
unit 9123
waipoint_reached eq 3
}

trigger id 350
{
name "Random chance I"
random eq 75
}

trigger id 351
{
name "Random chance II"
random eq 67
}


#
# EVENTS
#

event id 33
{
name "Waypoint 1"
input id 2
action { id 27 id 28 id 29 id 30 id 31 id 32 }
desc "This is the first waypoint where you take off and the aircraft are spawned for the mission."
}

event id 38
{
name "Waypoint 2"
input id 3
action { id 47 id 48 id 49 id 50 }
desc "This is the second waypoint where you depart the Italian coastline and head out over the Adriatic."
}

event id 55
{
name "Waypoint 3"
input id 4
action { id 68 id 69 id 70 id 71 }
desc "This is the third waypoint where you reach the Yugoslav coastline after having crossed the Adriatic."
}

event id 76
{
name "Waypoint 4"
input id 5
action { id 77 id 78 id 79 id 80 }
desc "This is the fourth waypoint where you turn east-northeast over Belgrade, Yugoslavia."
}

event id 83
{
name "Waypoint 5"
input id 6
action { id 370 id 371 id 372 }
desc "This is the waypoint where you approach Foscani airfield - Also where there is an alternate waypoint for the Willsie rescue mission."
}

event id 94
{
name "Waypoint 6"
input id 7
action { id 114 id 115 id 116 id 117 }
desc "This is directly over Foscani airfield, where you get your attack orders and accomplish your mission."
}

event id 99
{
name "Waypoint 6 - MG"
input id 7 and id 20
action { id 100 id 101 }
flags goal
desc "This is an 'attaboy' message if two targets or more are taken out over the airfield."
}

event id 104
{
name "Waypoint 6 - HG"
input id 7 and id 21
action { id 105 id 106 }
flags goal hidden_goal
desc "This is an 'attaboy' message if two planes or more are taken out over the airfield."
}

event id 113
{
name "Waypoint 6 - EW"
input (id 99 and id 22) and id 23 or (id 104 and id 22) and id 23
action { id 124 id 125 id 126 id 127 id 128 id 129 }
desc "This allows you to warp after having used your rockets and ammo attacking Foscani airfield."
}

event id 132
{
name "Waypoint 6 - PG / EW"
input ((id 7 and id 18) and id 22) and id 23 or ((id 7 and id 19) and id 22) and id 23
action { id 139 id 140 id 141 id 142 id 143 id 144 }
desc "This allows you to warp after having used your rockets and ammo attacking Foscani airfield, so long as at least one aircraft or ground target was destroyed."
}

event id 148
{
name "Waypoint 7"
input id 8
action { id 178 id 179 id 180 }
desc "This is the rally point where you rejoin the other flights amd head for Piryatin."
}

event id 159
{
name "Waypoint 8"
input id 9
action { id 163 id 164 id 165 id 166 }
desc "This is the waypoint over the Dnieper River that marks the approach to Piryatin."
}

event id 161
{
name "Waypoint 9"
input id 10
action { id 162 }
desc "This waypoint is not used, it is simply to allow for a debreif message."
}

event id 172
{
name "Out of ammo & rockets / No targets or kills"
input ((id 25 and id 23) and id 22) and id 24
action { id 167 id 168 id 169 id 170 id 171 }
desc "This is a mission failure message if you use all your ammunition and rockets without destroying a single ground target or enemy aircraft."
}

event id 174
{
name "Waypoint 5 - RC"
input id 6 and id 15
action { id 373 }
desc "This is the random chance element that allowed for the Lieutenant Willsie rescue mission."
}

event id 177
{
name "Waypoint 1 - AW"
input id 16
action { id 374 id 375 id 376 id 377 id 378 id 379 id 380 id 381 id 382 id 383 id 384 id 385 id 386 }
desc "This is the first alternate waypoint which provides instructions for Lieutenant Willsie's rescue."
}

event id 204
{
name "Lieutenant Willsie rescue"
input (id 13 and id 14) and (not id 301)
action { id 387 id 388 id 389 id 390 }
desc "This is an 'attaboy' message which is provided if you stop within the confined area where Lieutenant Willsie's P-38 is located."
}

event id 285
{
name "Lieutenant Willsie warning"
input id 11 and (not id 204) or id 12 and (not id 204)
action { id 391 id 392 }
desc "This is a warning that tells you that the enemy soldiers are getting very close to Lieutenant Willsie's P-38."
}

event id 301
{
name "Lieutenant Willsie is dead"
input id 286 and (not id 204) or id 287 and (not id 204)
action { id 393 id 394 id 395 id 396 id 397 }
desc "This is a mission failure message if either of the two enemy soldiers reach the P-38 before you rescue the pilot."
}

event id 326
{
name "Waypoint 2 - AW"
input id 17
action { id 398 id 399 id 400 id 401 }
desc "This is the second alternate waypoint which tells you to take off and fly to Piryatin."
}

event id 348
{
name "Waypoint 3 - AW"
input id 26
action { id 402 }
desc "This alternate waypoint is not used, it is simply to allow for a debreif message."
}

event id 353
{
name "Waypoint 6 - RC"
input id 7 and id 350
action { id 403 }
desc "This is a random chance elements that allows for a flight of Fw-190s to be spawned."
}

event id 369
{
name "Waypoint 1 - AW - RC"
input id 16 and id 351
action { id 404 }
desc "This is a random chance element for the alternate waypoint which allows a flight of Bf-109s to be spawned."
}


#
# ACTIONS
#

action id 27
{
type spawn
unit 6006
}

action id 28
{
type spawn
unit 6009
}

action id 29
{
type spawn
unit 6003
}

action id 30
{
type delay
6
}

action id 31
{
type text
string "Let's take off quickly! It appears that the other fighters are already airborne."
}

action id 32
{
type none
}

action id 47
{
type delay
3
}

action id 48
{
type text
string "We've formed up with the other fighters, let's proceed to our Romanian targets."
}

action id 49
{
type delay
3
}

action id 50
{
type enable_warp
}

action id 68
{
type delay
3
}

action id 69
{
type text
string "We've crossed the Adriatic, continue this course to reach the city of Belgrade."
}

action id 70
{
type delay
3
}

action id 71
{
type enable_warp
}

action id 77
{
type delay
3
}

action id 78
{
type text
string "We've reached the city of Belgrade, now turn east-northeast toward Romania."
}

action id 79
{
type delay
3
}

action id 80
{
type enable_warp
}

action id 100
{
type delay
3
}

action id 101
{
type text
string "Excellent work using your rockets & ammo to devastate the enemy aerodrome!"
}

action id 105
{
type delay
3
}

action id 106
{
type text
string "Good work bagging a pair of enemy fighters over the Romanian aerodromes!"
}

action id 114
{
type delay
3
}

action id 115
{
type text
string "You're over Foscani aerodrome. Use your ammo & rockets to strike the field!"
}

action id 116
{
type delay
3
}

action id 117
{
type text
string "After you used all your ammo & rockets, you may continue toward Piryatin."
}

action id 124
{
type delay
3
}

action id 125
{
type text
string "Well done! You've devastated enemy forces in the Bucharest-Ploesti sector."
}

action id 126
{
type delay
3
}

action id 127
{
type text
string "You may now clear the area and continue on your way to Piryatin aerodrome."
}

action id 128
{
type delay
3
}

action id 129
{
type enable_warp
}

action id 139
{
type delay
3
}

action id 140
{
type text
string "Your effort did not yield the damage hoped for, but you did manage enough..."
}

action id 141
{
type delay
3
}

action id 142
{
type text
string "...so that you may continue on your way toward the aerodrome at Piryatin."
}

action id 143
{
type delay
3
}

action id 144
{
type enable_warp
}

action id 162
{
type debrief_text
string "On August 4th, a force of P-38s and P-51s attacked airfields in the Bucharest-Ploesti sector, drawing up enemy fighters into combat as well as striking supplies and parked aircraft. The raid was a success, but the cost was high. Several P-38s were lost, including one flown by Lt. Willsie, who was rescued."
}

action id 163
{
type delay
3
}

action id 164
{
type text
string "Piryatin aerodrome is about twenty minutes ahead, you are is cleared to land."
}

action id 165
{
type delay
3
}

action id 166
{
type enable_warp
}

action id 167
{
type text
string "You used all your ammo and rockets without destroying an aircraft or target?"
}

action id 168
{
type delay
5
}

action id 169
{
type text
string "You have failed your mission!"
}

action id 170
{
type delay
20
}

action id 171
{
type end_mission
}

action id 178
{
type delay
3
}

action id 179
{
type text
string "We have joined the other flights that hit Ziliesta, let's continue to the Ukraine."
}

action id 180
{
type delay
3
}

action id 370
{
type delay
10
}

action id 371
{
type text
string "Foscani airfield is about twenty miles ahead. Watch closely for enemy fighters!"
}

action id 372
{
type disable_warp
}

action id 373
{
type alt_route
unit 6000
}

action id 374
{
type spawn
unit 9122
}

action id 375
{
type spawn
unit 9123
}

action id 376
{
type delay
5
}

action id 377
{
type text
string "Attention, pilot! Lieutenant Willsie has been badly hit and was forced to land..."
}

action id 378
{
type delay
5
}

action id 379
{
type text
string "...between the Ziliesta and Foscani airfields. You're to land next to his plane..."
}

action id 380
{
type delay
5
}

action id 381
{
type text
string "...and rescue Lieutenant Willsie. You will then directly fly to Piryatin airfield."
}

action id 382
{
type delay
5
}

action id 383
{
type text
string "Fly a heading of 52 degrees to reach his downed plane. You'd better hurry..."
}

action id 384
{
type delay
5
}

action id 385
{
type text
string "...enemy soldiers are closing on his position. You've ten minutes to get him."
}

action id 386
{
type disable_warp
}

action id 387
{
type delay
5
}

action id 388
{
type text
string "Well done! You landed next to the downed pilot. Now get him into the cockpit!"
}

action id 389
{
type delay
20
}

action id 390
{
type text
string "Lt. Willsie: If you get me to Piryatin airfield alive, the whiskey is on me tonight!"
}

action id 391
{
type delay
3
}

action id 392
{
type text
string "You'd better hurry, the enemy soldiers have almost reached his Lightning!"
}

action id 393
{
type text
string "The enemy soldiers have reached Lieutenant Willsie and killed the poor soul."
}

action id 394
{
type delay
5
}

action id 395
{
type text
string "You have failed your mission to rescue the downed pilot!"
}

action id 396
{
type delay
20
}

action id 397
{
type end_mission
}

action id 398
{
type delay
10
}

action id 399
{
type text
string "Now that you've Lieutenant Willsie, take off quickly and fly directly to Piryatin!"
}

action id 400
{
type delay
20
}

action id 401
{
type enable_warp
}

action id 402
{
type debrief_text
string "Your rescue of Lieutenant Willsie follows an actual occurance that happened during the 'Frantic IV' mission. Captain Andrews rescued his fellow airmen from a Romanian field near Foscani and the two piled into his P-38, just managing to clear the trees on takeoff, and made it to Piryatin safely."
}

action id 403
{
type spawn
unit 6013
}

action id 404
{
type spawn
unit 6010
}

I'll post a couple of pics in a few minutes...

[Rami]

Hello again,

Never mind, I fixed it. It turns out the area trigger was set wrong...it needed to be "inside," not "enters."

Everything else was set up correctly. :redf:

[mariereid]

I almost passed out just trying to follow that! Sounds like a dang fine mission! :salute: :ernae:

[Jagdflieger]

I've never quite mastered that "Inside-Enters-Outside-Exits" for the Action Area either.

[Rami]

I've never quite mastered that "Inside-Enters-Outside-Exits" for the Action Area either.

Jagd,

Once I figured it out, it was followed shortly thereafter my a head smack and "how can you be so dumb."

[Shessi]

Rami,
Glad you've fixed it!

On another note, you've now won the longest single post entry prize! congrats!! ..

:ernae: shessi

[erufle]

Jagd,

Once I figured it out, it was followed shortly thereafter my a head smack and "how can you be so dumb."

Reminds me of the first time my first wife got pregnant. I had tried to use condoms before but they just kept slipping right off. I finally found a store that sells a pack called "the muy pequeno" whatever that means.