CombatFlite -- a flight planning tool

[Viper39]

4 hours ago, Meyomyx said:

The Anubis Hercules is becoming one of those "must have" add-ons. Any way of including it?

Yes, that's not a problem.

[ultrablue2258]

14 hours ago, Meyomyx said:

The Anubis Hercules is becoming one of those "must have" add-ons. Any way of including it?

 

You can use the C-130 in the aircraft selection as a stand in if that is what you mean?

[Meyomyx]

Of course - but I'd have to change the models in a mission before importing, then change them back again after. At the moment, CF ignores the Hercules. If it could be included, that would be great

[Meyomyx]

Great work! A couple of minor issues;

 

If you re-import a mission that already has a kneeboard created from CF, it doesn't delete the previous Mission Cards - so you get 2 sets of mission cards. In other words, the original mission cards are not overwritten if you create a newer, updated set.

 

Also, importing a mission with a set TOT, the import doesn't seem to pick up a set 500kt inbound speed from IP to TGT. Rather, it's interpolated the speed between the 2 fixed time points, ignoring the GS at the TGT fixed point. Of course, the effect of this is that all the interpolated times between the 2 fixed time points don't match

 

.. edit .. actually creating a flight plan in CF doesn't seem to like a fixed TOT with a specific GS from the IP.

 

Thanks a lot

Edited December 16, 2020 by Meyomyx

[AG-51_Thud]

X 2 on multiple copies of kneeboards mentioned before my post. Perhaps a button to clean up previous kneeboards when loading new ones 
 

I absolutely love this tool. The idea of being a mission planner vice a mission builder is so much more appealing. 
 

Looking forward to seeing some additional tutorials.  There are so many new features. 

[Viper39]

Episode 2 of CombatFlite Tutorial videos is up. It is the first video of a two-part tutorial covering basic mission planning functionality of CombatFlite.

 

[AG-51_Thud]

Awesome video. Thank you. Looking forward to the Part 2. 

[Backy 51]

Viper,

 

When you add the Anubis Hercules to the Flights pull-down list can you also drop in the AI C-130 and AI C-17 pretty please?  

[Viper39]

1 hour ago, Backy 51 said:

Viper,

 

When you add the Anubis Hercules to the Flights pull-down list can you also drop in the AI C-130 and AI C-17 pretty please?  

Wilco.

[Viper39]

With the Christmas holidays around the corner, I would like to take the opportunity and thank you all for your support, invaluable feedback and growing interest in CombatFlite among the DCS community.

 

With that in mind, a Christmas sale with 30% off begins on 20th December and will last until 5th January 2021, with gift certificates and volume pricing options available. More info at CombatFlite.com.

 

Expect another update in the next days, that will include the addition of Anubis Hercules support and have the recently reported issues resolved, among other things.

 

Thank you and happy holidays!

 

Viper

 

Edited December 20, 2020 by Viper39

[Viper39]

Update/Hotfix 1.1.1.3:

• Anubis' Super Hercules integration
• Spider-web overlays for beacons (to make fix-to-fix radionavigation easier)
• Improved Nav Log page of kneeboard
• Elevations in .txt file export
• Recalculation of route while dragging waypoints (can be turned off in Settings)
• Option to turn doghouses on/off for kneeboard route map page
• Fixed double CF kneeboard files when re-importing .miz

 

(The Herc screenshot is Eight Ball's)

 

Edited December 23, 2020 by Viper39

[Andrew u.k.]

I'm just starting out with combatflite, I keep coming accross the term DMPI, I've searched but cannot find an explanation, please enlighten me, it's driving me mad!

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[Meyomyx]

6 hours ago, Andrew u.k. said:

I'm just starting out with combatflite, I keep coming accross the term DMPI, I've searched but cannot find an explanation, please enlighten me, it's driving me mad!

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Desired mean point of impact

[Viper39]

14 hours ago, Andrew u.k. said:

I'm just starting out with combatflite, I keep coming accross the term DMPI, I've searched but cannot find an explanation, please enlighten me, it's driving me mad!

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Googled definition:

A precise point, associated with a target, and assigned as the center for impact of multiple weapons or area munitions to create a desired effect. May be defined descriptively, by grid reference, or by geolocation. Also called DMPI. See also aimpoint; desired point of impact.

 

Basically specific aimpoint(s) within a target area.

[Andrew u.k.]

Wonderful, thanks

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[AG-51_Thud]

Thank you for the very generous Sale and the awesome updates you released. The gift certificates were a big hit. 
 

Merry   Christmas

[Backy 51]

Thanks for the C-130J-30 Viper!  Pimp for the AI C-130 and C-17 ...

[Viper39]

5 hours ago, Backy 51 said:

Thanks for the C-130J-30 Viper!  Pimp for the AI C-130 and C-17 ...

You're welcome. The C-130 and C-17 aircraft have already been there. If you mean the AI (Air Interdiction) task (a.k.a Ground Attack in DCS), this task is not available for those aircraft. You need to select either task 'Transport' or task 'Nothing'.

[VeeSPIKE]

Edit: This appears to be cleared up as of version 1.1.1.4.

 

Working on setting up a basic Transport/Escort mission. I was adding the escort flight, and opened the aircraft configuration window from the left sidebar. I made all my changes, and copied to all flight members.

 

The attached image shows where I am stuck. The configuration window is on top of everything else and will not close. It will minimize, and I can move it, but remains on top. Alt-F4 does not close the window. In order to get out, I had to force close the program.

 

Nothing about this is particularly complicated, and I am only about ten minutes into the mission setup at this point. Am I missing something obvious?

 

Edited January 1 by VeeSPIKE
This is fixed.

[Backy 51]

6 hours ago, Viper39 said:

You're welcome. The C-130 and C-17 aircraft have already been there. If you mean the AI (Air Interdiction) task (a.k.a Ground Attack in DCS), this task is not available for those aircraft. You need to select either task 'Transport' or task 'Nothing'.

My bad, operator error ... literally ... I had not selected Transport ... LOL Merry Christmas Viper!

[Andrew u.k.]

Is there a show you my briefs thread?
I'm looking for inspiration for briefing.
I've just been shown the satellite and snapshot tools and maps, I'm new to combatflite. I would love to see examples of what people have done.

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[AG-51_Thud]

Greetings Andrew. Once you build or import an existing mission just select the briefing button and let It auto generate your mission briefing . You can regenerate the briefing as you work on the mission. The amount of data it is capturing  for the briefing is impressive. 

 

What you see in my attached pdf is displaying things directly from what I did in CombatFlite.  I will add the ATO and Tasking later.

 

Raiders-v1.pdf

Edited December 31, 2020 by AG-51_Thud
Add briecorrected pdff file

[Andrew u.k.]

Cheers, dmpi, I need to add those to mine.
I'm just getting in to writing multi squadron missions for our group, I like the snapshot and opacity features. It makes it nice and easy to export it to something like slides.
I also like the layers aspect.

I'm interested in how to present a brief to a multiplayer squadron group before flying the mission.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1woyF3EJ0HAyN7ZCX7_q4RYyDkouAaPw2HeniBATADvk/edit?usp=drivesdk


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[Viper39]

Just uploaded version 1.1.1.4 with the following changes:

 

DCS Support:
 - Added: GBU-24 for F/A-18C
 - Added: ZSU-57-2, BTR-82A, T-72B3
 - Added: Argentina
 - Added: Imported portable TACAN now has the same functionality as regular beacons
 - Fixed countries list import from DCS

 

Kneeboard:
 - Added: Option to show/hide other routes
 - Improved UI

 

Briefing:
 - Added: Aircraft carrier ICLS into auto-generated briefings

 

UI:
 - Added: Tooltips when hovering over imported units/objects
 - Added: Mission Panel - Layers - Context menu - Lock all objects of a layer
 - Added: Support for screens with smaller resolution
 - Fixed beacon spider web overlays for Real World theater

 

Complete changelog at CombatFlite.com

 

Cheers,

[AG-51_Thud]

Thank you so very much for this update Viper.  

 

Excellent briefing Andrew.