Rudel_chw Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 where could I find templates like this for Caucus or NTTR? On this other thread I shared some for the Caucasus: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=221516 :) I must admit that this recent development by ED (the Static Templates) has eased considerably the job of editing Missions, creating a nice mission is now almost a game into a game :D ... ... let's hope that they expand the concept a bit and let us include triggers into the template, that would be perfect. Best regards For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatsch Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Thank you Rudel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolfo Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Is very strange, i have all the mods needed but the template is loading nothing. Anyway dont worry, i will discover whats happening here. Make sure the coalition has the correct countries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esac_mirmidon Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 That was the issue!!!!!! I was creating a new mission from scracht lacking the correct countries..... Thanks dolfo!!! Anyway Eight Ball was so kind to share with me a mission with the template so i was able to test it in the end. Thanks again both. " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight Ball Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Great! Out of curiosity, which country were you lacking? USAF Aggressor? Was lacking as in neither in blue nor red coalition or was it in the wrong coalition? Anyway, thanks for your perseverance Esac mirmidon and thanks for your insight dolfo :thumbup: Find The Links To All My Mods And Liveries Here (in the gallery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esac_mirmidon Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Exactly that. USAF Aggressors. I was creating a new mission with countries on red/blue side by default and the blue side has not the USAF Aggresors, thats why the static template was not loaded. " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra99 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I think we as a group need to ensure what countries are required are listed in the File name I.E. something like [PG] Oil_Platforms USA-UAE-Iran.stp [Cac] Kutaisi_AB USA-Georgia-Poland.stp [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Primary Computer ASUS Z390-P, i7-9700K CPU @ 5.0Ghz, 32GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce 1070 Ti AMP Extreme, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe drives (1Tb & 500 Gb), Windows 10 Professional, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Thrustmaster Warthog Stick, Thrustmaster Cougar Throttle, Cougar MFDs x3, Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals and TrackIR 5. -={TAC}=-DCS Server Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3, i7-3770K CPU @ 3.90GHz, 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 @ 1600Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) I think we as a group need to ensure what countries are required are listed in the File name I.E. something like [PG] Oil_Platforms USA-UAE-Iran.stp [Cac] Kutaisi_AB USA-Georgia-Poland.stp I agree, but I would put such info on the Description field rather than doing it on the Name. Also on the Description, we can list what Mods the Template needs. Edit: I will update my Iran’s Template Set, to emphasize that both Iran and Russia must be set into the same Coalition, either Red or Blue (tough I intended to use them for the Red side only) :) Edited November 5, 2018 by Rudel_chw For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esac_mirmidon Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Thats a good idea, thanks " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra99 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I agree, but I would put such info on the Description field rather than doing it on the Name. Also on the Description, we can list what Mods the Template needs. Also note if the mods necessary break Integrity Check [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Primary Computer ASUS Z390-P, i7-9700K CPU @ 5.0Ghz, 32GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce 1070 Ti AMP Extreme, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe drives (1Tb & 500 Gb), Windows 10 Professional, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Thrustmaster Warthog Stick, Thrustmaster Cougar Throttle, Cougar MFDs x3, Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals and TrackIR 5. -={TAC}=-DCS Server Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3, i7-3770K CPU @ 3.90GHz, 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 @ 1600Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Please add UAE airbases templates... :) today I completed my set of Templates for the airbases of United Arab Emirates, the Bases included are: Sharjah Intl Dubai Intl Al Maktoum Intl Al Minhad AB Sirri Island Airfield Al Dahfra AB Tunb Island Airfield Abu Musa Island Airfield Fujairah Airfield Khasab Airfield Sir Abu Nuayr Tunb Kochak Airfield you can download the set from here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6cuX3YQI26hKkA9B60OaP8Oju_fg To install, just uncompress on the /Saved Games/DCS/ folder, the templates will go into the /StaticTemplate/ folder Premises: - The Templates are intended for Blue Coalition, and the following countries must belong to it (even if you dont intend to use any fighting units from them): USA, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE. - The Templates are meant for a modern era setting .. they dont look right in a WW2 era. This Templates make use of the same VPC Airfield scenery Mod that I used for my prior Templates, if you dont have it yet, you can download it from this other link: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6cuX3YQI26hKUyKMYT7aWVqVO9XA As always, to install just uncompress on /Saved Games/DCS/ folder, the mod will go into /Mods/tech/ As the standard DCS doesnt have NATO soldiers on desert cammo, I also make use of the very nice Suntsag's Mod, please download it from here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=223659 The UAE has several large Civil airports, so it was a natural to put some civil aircrafts on their gates, you can download it from here: https://cam.em-key.de/download-2/ Finally, I used several fine liveries for Saudi warplanes, to put on free parking spots at some bases, you can download them from this link: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6cuX3YQI26hKkBDGY4dSzl6yFEaw Almost forget ... the smallest airfields have too few parking slots, so I placed FARP helipads to increase their capacity ... but DCS standard green Farp looks ugly on the desert, so I'm making use of another fine Mod from Suntsag, please download it from here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=219054 Here are from views that show a bit of these Templates: :D Best regards, Eduardo For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Looks great, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight Ball Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 I think we as a group need to ensure what countries are required are listed in the File name I.E. something like [PG] Oil_Platforms USA-UAE-Iran.stp [Cac] Kutaisi_AB USA-Georgia-Poland.stp Good call. I'll also edit the first post to add this info. today I completed my set of Templates for the airbases of United Arab Emirates, the Bases included are: Awesome! I'll add it to the first post later today :thumbup: Find The Links To All My Mods And Liveries Here (in the gallery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fargo007 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) FYI I was able to change the coalition easily by just swapping red for blue, and changing the ID of the country's objects accordingly. Edited November 19, 2018 by fargo007 Have fun. Don't suck. Kill bad guys. https://discord.gg/blacksharkden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 They look great. Is there a simple way to change all these objects to blue coalition? At least in the case of my templates, you can do that by arranging the countries on the Coalition screen, when creating your missions. For the iranian airbases, just put Iran (and russia) on the Blue coalition. For the UAE airbases, put USA, UAE, UK and Saudi Arabia on the Blue side. I will be updating my PG templates soon, as after next Wendsday's update we should have more airbases on the Map :D Cheers. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fargo007 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) The situation is, I already have a mission where the aggressors are red, and need the assets to be blue. The AI will shoot at the refugee camp. We need a second version of the aggressors to tell the truth..... If there's any way for you to export a blue version as well, that would be most welcome, as during campaigns some of these airfields will change hands inevitably. The refugee camp is nothing short of amazing. Thank you Rudel_chw for your hard work here. Edited November 19, 2018 by fargo007 Have fun. Don't suck. Kill bad guys. https://discord.gg/blacksharkden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 The situation is, I already have a mission where the aggressors are red, and need the assets to be blue. The AI will shoot at the refugee camp. If there's any way for you to export a blue version as well, that would be most welcome, as during campaigns some of these airfields will change hands inevitably. The refugee camp is nothing short of amazing. Actually, that Refugee Camp is the creation of @EigthBall :) ... I highly doubt that he would do a blue version, as you would have to hand-edit all the template's units ... and the Mission Editor is a pain in the ass at changing the country of a unit, as doing so usually changes the unit's class (infantry gets changed to armor, for example) and type (insurgent troop gets changed into an APC, for example) :( Thank you Rudel_chw for your hard work here. You are welcome, tough I only made some templates, again we owe @EightBall the idea of giving all these PG Templates a home and an index on this thread ... hopefully ED will add a "Static Template" type to their User's Files repository, instead of having to trust on Google Drive or OneDrive :) Best regards For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fargo007 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Well my bad on that - Thanks @EightBall! I was able to get this accomplished by editing the stm file directly. I swapped the country away from the Aggressors to the USA, and vice versa. There are only a few things missing from it. It's probably not going to be very useful to many but if any one is interested ping me and I'll send. Have fun. Don't suck. Kill bad guys. https://discord.gg/blacksharkden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight Ball Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) Ah sorry, I've been a bit busy and forgot to pay attention to this thread. Also it seems my previous update to the first post did not went live. I'll fix that tonight. Regarding the coalition issue, you can download the coalition updater tool, start a new mission in the editor with the countries in the appropriate coalitions for the template, load the static template and then swap said countries around and save the template with a new name. It should do the trick. I'll do it myself and update the first post ASAP Edited November 20, 2018 by Eight Ball Find The Links To All My Mods And Liveries Here (in the gallery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esac_mirmidon Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Should be fantastic to have two Aggressors at the same time, one for the red side and one for the blue side. " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 ... start a new mission in the editor with the countries in the appropriate coalitions for the template, load the static template and then swap said countries around and save the template with a new name. It should do the trick. Dont think it will do .. the problem is that this person is already using on his mission the "Agressors" country as Red ... what he needs is to change the country of the Template's units to some other country that he can then put on the Blue side :) For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayos Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 You rock! Great templates. Makes making missions so much easier and faster. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fargo007 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Yeah, the agressors is often used when a very wide variety of enemy AI objects is required. I wonder - could we just as easily create our own version of the aggressors to stand on the other side of the aisle by simply adding all the possible units to one of the never used countries? This should be doable by mods in db_countries.lua alone. The goal here is to have two countries that have access to everything standing in opposite coalitions. Have fun. Don't suck. Kill bad guys. https://discord.gg/blacksharkden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I wonder - could we just as easily create our own version of the aggressors to stand on the other side of the aisle by simply adding all the possible units to one of the never used countries? This should be doable by mods in db_countries.lua alone. Hello, I would avoid editing the db_countries database, as it impairs the use of the Template on Multiplayer Missions. Also, it's already a burden (for the template users) to gather the diverse Mods that any given Template uses, to on top of that having to alter DCS' core files :( Best regards. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 It's easy, plus the templates and statics no one really cares what country they belong to. I added all to Iran with a few lines. It makes mission design and building less restrictive. There are a few "special" units that are outside the core units (like Chinese pack) who wont play nicely with this. I use all your templates successfully. function merge_all_units_to_IRAN() local IRAN = country:get("IRAN") for i,o in pairs(country.by_country) do if o ~= IRAN then merge_unit_list_coutry(o,IRAN) end end end merge_all_units_to_IRAN() Hello, I would avoid editing the db_countries database, as it impairs the use of the Template on Multiplayer Missions. Also, it's already a burden (for the template users) to gather the diverse Mods that any given Template uses, to on top of that having to alter DCS' core files :( Best regards. ___________________________________________________________________________ SIMPLE SCENERY SAVING * SIMPLE GROUP SAVING * SIMPLE STATIC SAVING * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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