daemon1808 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Hi all, After a year working in a new concept of campaign, I bring you the release of AREA18. You will take the role of a mercenary pilot who has recently arrived at A.R.E.A 18, one of the main bases of A.R.E.A mercenary group. This is a story driven campaign that will give you many hours of fun, playing historical missions and randomized daily missions. Each time you play a daily mission, the events during the flight, possition of targets and enemy forces location, etc will be different for a great replayability. You can choose your aircraft for each mission among F-18, F-15, A10a, SU-33... any you want and fit with mission objetives (provided you have purchased the module, of course). For now it has only 8 history missions, but I will add new missions in the future. Campaign intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isDh6sr_h7A How to Play A.R.E.A 18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-3dW2kyJ4Q Examples of random daily mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9c-UR4tuwg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA9f5pLd7TI Campaign files: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3318212/ Any feedback will be welcome! Please enyoy 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) You can find the required mods here: FOR INSTALLING IN "<YOUR USER>/SAVED GAMES/DCS/MODS/TECH" FOLDER VP airfield equipment 0.9.4: https://virpil.com/en/news/58-vpc-airfield-equipment-dlya-dcs-world NATO personnel and items https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/190965-nato-personnel-and-items/ Civil Objects https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3302094/ Aircraft Mat Mods - Modern: --> not needed anymore, since the link posted in the OP does not work. https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/233670-suntsag-lockdown-modsliveries-collection-new-and-revised/ FOR INSTALLING IN "<YOUR USER>/SAVED GAMES/DCS/MODS/AIRCRAFT" FOLDER Civil aircraft mod https://cam.em-key.de/ Hercules https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/252075-dcs-super-hercules-mod-by-anubis/ VNAO ready room https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3310351/ VNAO T-45 Goshawk https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/203816-vnao-t-45-goshawk/ MB-339 https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/209209-mb-339apan-by-frecce-tricolori-virtuali-new-version/ Edited September 2, 2022 by daemon1808 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) Oooh, such a mess!!!! By mistake I have uploaded a zip file with an old version of the campaign. Please, delete the "old" version and download it again and ensure that is "DummyPilot_Area18_campaign_V2". Sorry Edited September 4, 2021 by daemon1808 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 Hi all, I have updated the campaign to V2.1. Please download it again. IMPORTANT: for those of you that have downloaded and started the campaign, to avoid loose progress, backup the following files. After download the new version and "installed" it, overwrite those 2 files with your backups. ../status/financings.lua ../Area18.cmp Changelog: - The random daily mission will warn you when the mission after the current one will be a history mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 For those that are having problem with playing A.R.E.A18 through "campaing" DCS menu: DCS campaign system sometimes doesn't work propertly or the missions get corrupted because reasons. Please, use this workarround: Open and play missions from Mission Editor instead of Campaign menu: 0. For play the Intro: open and play ST0_main.miz (Warning: this will re-start your current financings. 1. For random daily mission: select one of these (they are the same, the only different is the weather or time) a) ST1_Noche.miz: (night) b) ST1_tarde_desp.miz: (afternoon) c) ST1_tarde_nubes.miz: (cloudy afternoon) 2. When you reach certain financings, the mission will tell you that next mission will be history mission (provided you have installed v2.1 or above). Just open and play it ST1_Mission_X.miz (where X is the mission ordinal) Take into account that for now I only Mission1 to Mission8 are playable. I will make more missions in the future. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 For those that want to use planes or helos that are not among the client slots of A.R.E.A18 missions: You can use DCS mission editor to change the type of the "client" aircrafts in the mission. Just choose the type you want. IMPORTANT: DO NOT DELETE THE CURRENT AIRCRAFTS, JUST CHANGE THE TYPE AND PAYLOAD. For changing an aircraft type in random daily missions, edit the following files: ST1_Noche.miz: (night) ST1_tarde_desp.miz: (afternoon) ST1_tarde_nubes.miz: (cloudy afternoon) ST2_Noche.miz: (night) ST2_tarde_desp.miz: (afternoon) ST2_tarde_nubes.miz: (cloudy afternoon) For changing an aircraft type in one particular history mission, edit the following files (where X is the ordinal number of the mission): ST1_Mission_X.miz ST2_Mission_X.miz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zildac Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) OK, so maybe I'm being a bit dumb. But have installed all the required mods, and flown the intro mission, landed, parked and all was good. So then went into the ready room slot as outlined in mission 1 briefing, but my normal comms menu hotas keybind does not bring up the menu, so I can't select F10. The comms menu was working fine in the previous intro mission. Running latest OB Edited September 28, 2021 by zildac 12900KF | Maximus Hero Z690 | ASUS 4090 TUF OC | 64GB DDR5 5200 | DCS on 2TB NVMe | WarBRD+Warthog Stick | CM3 | TM TPR's | Varjo Aero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) Hi, Are you sure that you have bindded the radio menu for the briefing room? This module is like an aircraft (in fact is a rotary aircraft) and the keybindings must be configured independly. Edited September 29, 2021 by daemon1808 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zildac Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 3 hours ago, daemon1808 said: Hi, Are you sure that you have bindded the radio menu for the briefing room? This module is like an aircraft (in fact is a rotary aircraft) and the keybindings must be configured independly. You are absolutely right! Apologies, I didn't appreciate it was actually handled like a module. Thank you! 12900KF | Maximus Hero Z690 | ASUS 4090 TUF OC | 64GB DDR5 5200 | DCS on 2TB NVMe | WarBRD+Warthog Stick | CM3 | TM TPR's | Varjo Aero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) You are welcome. Please give feedback about the campaign when you have played some missions. Comments and suggestions are very apreciated Edited September 29, 2021 by daemon1808 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicMysteryWeasel Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 The update to open beta about a week ago or so broke my installation. Up until that point my installation was working great. I was hoping this week's patch would help, but no joy. Attached is the error message I get as the mission begins to load. DCS crashes and I pretty much have to reboot my PC to get things working properly again. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 Yes, probably with the update the missionscripting.lua file you modified during the first "installation" of the campaign was automatically overwriten. This happens every "major" update of DCS ^_^ You have to comment again the sanitize lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicMysteryWeasel Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 2:41 PM, daemon1808 said: Yes, probably with the update the missionscripting.lua file you modified during the first "installation" of the campaign was automatically overwriten. This happens every "major" update of DCS ^_^ You have to comment again the sanitize lines. Hey that did the trick! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle_01 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Hi, First off... Thank you for this. I'm loving the campaign. I just wanted to ask, is there a way to play without the Hercules mod? Its causing errors with Vaicom. So I have to install the mod when I want to play Area18... then uninstall when I'm playing anything else. Intel Core i7 7700, 16GB DDR4 RAM, Intel 660P PCIe NVMe, Zotac 2070 Super Amp, Oculus Rift S A-10C, FA-18C, F-14B, FC3, F-5E, F-86, AV8B, M-2000, Combined Arms, AJS37, F-16C, C-101, MiG-15Bis, MiG-19P, MiG-21Bis, L-39, P-51D, Spitfire LFMkIX, Bf-109, Fw-190 Dora, Fw-190 Anton, P-47D, I-16, SA342, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Ka-50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hreich Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) is this campaign playable - it asks me on 2nd mission after intro mission to instal MB-339 which is not supported by DCS World 2.7? Edited August 24, 2022 by hreich 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Pilot from Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 Hi all, I have excellent news for all of you who enjoyed A.R.E.A 18 campaign!!! Last months, I have been developing a new version of this campaign (A.R.E.A 18 v3.0). This version will include many fixes, a new Area of Operation in the Emirates, 2 more History Missions, the inclusion of AH-64D in the Random Missions, an easier installation process, etc. Since the last time I released something about A.R.E.A 18, many things have been improved, and will continue been improved in the future. This version v3.0 and above will be only for patreons. (Patreon link will be available at the same time the A.R.E.A 18 v3.0 is released) BUT I will also release an "old" version, fixed to make it playable again. As you know, some mods are not available anymore, like the MB-339 mentioned above, and I have removed and workarounded (Is that a word? ^_^) them. This fixed "old" version will be released for everyone, not only Patreons. Some other bugs may persist in this fixed "old" version, and I believe it couldn't be played using "campaign" option in DCS menu (Only could be played as "standalone" missions, loading them from the Mission Editor) . Please, take into account that only v3.0 and above will be maintained (for Patreons) - "Ok, sounds good to me but... when could we enjoy all this stuff, man!?" - In two weeks!!!!! ^_^ . No seriusly, the campaign will be released during this first weekend of September, if eveything goes as planned, with the M.E.Pv2.0/v2.1 (see modding threads in this forum) Create, maintain and enhance this campaign have taken many time and effort this last year. Hope you enjoy it and thank for your support!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) Hi all, A.R.E.A. v3.0 have been released (this version is only for patreons. Read post just above, please). https://www.patreon.com/DummyPilot (Patreon subscription will include a new version of A.R.E.A18 campaign, M.E.P2.1 and some example missions for M.E.P.) You can also find some useful videos about this v3.0 of the campaign in Dummy Pilot Youtube channel (consider subscribing, please. I will be very grateful ) As promised, a fixed version of "old" v2 has been uploaded to the ED forum files. Please, take into account that this A.R.E.Av2 could work or not, but it will be not maintained or supported anymore. Thanks!!! https://forum.dcs.world/topic/280973-area-18-multi-aircraft-nearly-endless-history-driven-campaign/ Edited September 2, 2022 by daemon1808 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hreich Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Hi...i subscribed today, downloaded aera18 v3, and now when i start the historical campaign it asks me to install civilan objects mod...WHere can i download it? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Pilot from Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, hreich said: Hi...i subscribed today, downloaded aera18 v3, and now when i start the historical campaign it asks me to install civilan objects mod...WHere can i download it? You mean this one? https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3302094/ Edited September 2, 2022 by daemon1808 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacior Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Hi, I was eager to try out the v2.0, but "Modern (Revised) AM2 Mat Mod" by Sunstag is nowhere to be found. The link on ED forums is dead. Does the 3.0 version also require this mod to work? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, Pacior said: Hi, I was eager to try out the v2.0, but "Modern (Revised) AM2 Mat Mod" by Sunstag is nowhere to be found. The link on ED forums is dead. Does the 3.0 version also require this mod to work? Cheers No, it has been removed from needed mods for A.R.E.A18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hreich Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, daemon1808 said: You mean this one? https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3302094/ Thanks thats the one...i just finished intro mission, landed, taxied behind follow me car, and nothing...Car just sits there not moving.. I am also sad that you removed financial part of the game...It was like strike commander before...Was there problem with economy mod on? Edited September 2, 2022 by hreich [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Pilot from Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon1808 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 50 minutes ago, hreich said: Thanks thats the one...i just finished intro mission, landed, taxied behind follow me car, and nothing...Car just sits there not moving.. I am also sad that you removed financial part of the game...It was like strike commander before...Was there problem with economy mod on? It is just it. Park the aircraft where the "follow me" car indicated you, and the mission is a win (provided you found the missed convoy and transmited their possition using "F10. Other" radio command. Yes, with the finantial add on, the installation was much more complex because you must grant access DCS to the hard drive. It caused a lot of confusion and misunderstanding, so I removed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXsenna Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 15 hours ago, Pacior said: Hi, I was eager to try out the v2.0, but "Modern (Revised) AM2 Mat Mod" by Sunstag is nowhere to be found. The link on ED forums is dead. Does the 3.0 version also require this mod to work? Cheers Did you get the correct link? He gave a newer one that works, far into the thread. Download it about two weeks ago, so at least it worked then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacior Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 11:57 AM, MAXsenna said: Did you get the correct link? He gave a newer one that works, far into the thread. Download it about two weeks ago, so at least it worked then. You mean this thread? I couldn't find AM2 modern in there, there was an update on the WWII Marsden Farp but that's it. If you could paste the correct link I'd greatly appreciate it, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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