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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
About DCS Liberation
DCS Liberation is a DCS World turn based single-player or co-op dynamic campaign. It is an external program that generates full and complex DCS missions and manage a persistent combat environment.
Downloads
Latest release is available here : https://github.com/dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation/releases
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Roadmap
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Resources
Tutorials, contributors and developer's guides are available in the project's Wiki
Special Thanks
First, a big thanks to shdwp, for starting the original DCS Liberation project.
Then, DCS Liberation uses pydcs for mission generation, and nothing would be possible without this. It also uses the popular Mist lua framework for mission scripting.
Excellent lua scripts DCS Liberation uses as plugins:
- For the JTAC feature, DCS Liberation embeds Ciribob's JTAC Autolase script.
- Walder's Skynet-IADS is used for Integrated Air Defense System.
Please also show some support to these projects !