This is the first step in a larger project to add play/pause buttons to
the Liberation UI so the mission can be generated at any point.
docs/design/turnless.md describes the plan.
This adds an option to fast forward the turn to first contact before
generating the mission. None of that is reflected in the UI (for now),
but the miz will be generated with many flights in the air.
For now "first contact" means as soon as any flight reaches its IP. I'll
follow up to add threat checking so that air-to-air combat also triggers
this, as will entering a SAM's threat zone.
This also includes an option to halt fast-forward whenever a player
flight reaches a certain mission-prep phase. This can be used to avoid
fast forwarding past the player's startup time, taxi time, or takeoff
time. By default this option is disabled so player aircraft may start in
the air (possibly even at their IP if they're the first mission to reach
IP).
Fuel states do not currently account for distance traveled during fast
forward. That will come later.
https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/issues/1681
This really shouldn't need to happen but I don't feel like rewriting the
culling code right now. There's no reason for these to be persisted to
the Game at all, we should be generating these once they're needed.
This adds metadata to settings fields that can be used to automatically
generate the settings window. For now I have replaced the Difficulty
page. Will follow up to replace the others.
This makes long squadron names more likely to fit. I also added a
horizontal scroll bar for the cases when this still isn't enough space
and made the vertical scroll bar only appear when necessary. Typically
aircraft purchase menus are neither wide enough for long enough to need
either scroll bar.
Fixes https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/issues/1592
CAS would never be planned for turn 0 because there were no enemy ground
units, so a breakthrough attack was planned and CAS was considered
unnecessary. Fix that by rejecting all frontline stance tasks when there
are no *friendly* ground units to command.
Another issue is that CAS missions were being planned even when there
were no enemy front line forces. Skip planning in that case except on
turn 0 since we expect there to be enemy ground units on turn 1.
Fixes https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/issues/1629
Not sure if this was originally an accidental extra ammo depot or if it
was intended to belong to Sochi, but I've moved it to Sochi to increase
the difficulty at the first front.
Fixes https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/issues/1644
No idea why we were only resetting this if the max was >= 2. Instead,
always reset the flight to the default size when switching aircraft. The
default for anything capable of a two-ship is two, but limit based on
the airframe's group size limit and the number of aircraft available.
Fixes https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/issues/1593
This allows campaign designers to forcibly place specific squadrons at
bases that they would not normally be assigned to, such as assigning
CV-only squadrons to the shore. The airframe itself must be compatible
with the location type, so A-10s still may not be assigned to carriers.
This change only applies to squadrons that are named explicitly. There's
no need for squadrons defined by type because a squadron will always be
generated to fit the need if no pre-defined squadron is found.
Fixes https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/issues/1621
Forces carrier planes with original start_time of zero seconds to have a start time of 1 second. This will prevent them from spawning on the 'sixpack' and functions as a workaround for a DCS problem (deadlock / traffic jam).
Fixes#1309.
This PR contains two new campaigns for the Marianas terrain, depicting capture of the island of Guam. The first has BLUFOR start after landing at Agat and requires a carrier/LHA capable BLUFOR faction, because there are no land based airbases captured initially. The second has about half of the island already in control, enabling BLUFOR land based aircraft to operate from Antonio B Won Pat (and can also be used by WWII factions). Both campaigns support inversion.
Credit to Dank Williams, the campaigns were heavily inspired by his Marianas insurgency campaign and contain some ground units placed by him, used with permission of course.
They are by no means historical and contain a relatively large number of FOBs compared to only having two airfields. The routes zig-zag a bit since space is limited on the island and I had to place the FOBs far enough from each other to clear the capture zone radius.
The two other airfields on Guam, Orote and Andersen Northwest Field, have FARPs, enabling helicopter operations as well as rearming and refueling for player fixed wing flights (but no mission starts or AI takeoffs).
Included are also two WWII factions which don't require the WWII asset pack. The "Japanese" faction consists of German/Russian equipment with stock Japanese liveries.
