Mission building trick needed

[BB-Rayner]

I play IL-2 1946 version 4.12 HSFX 7.0.2

I have built a mission where we have to rescue a General who has crashed in France. We fly a Blenheim to a small field in France where the General is hiding in a graveyard. We have to land, re-spawn in a jeep, drive into the village and find the General. once we have found him we re-spawn into our plane and fly back to England. There's much more to it than that but you get the drift.

The mission works well and our squad members really enjoy it. However it has been pointed out that the person who rescues the General has no way of scoring any points to "prove" that he actually found the General.

So what trick can I employ to enable the jeep driver to earn a sizeable number of points as soon as he finds the general.

I've tried having a second plane parked nearby so that the jeep driver can re-spawn into that and shoot some targets but then he'd have to re-spawn into a second jeep positioned in the graveyard (Lord knows how I'd make that work) in order to get back to his Blenheim.

I've also tried placing a target icon on the road but the jeep explodes when it hits it.

Suggestions gratefully accepted.

BB-Rayner

[KG26_Alpha]

It's a tough one.

I have lots of missions that are rescue, spy, capture and other "fun" scenarios
that tests the capabilities of the FMB.

The Jeep/Kublewagen, being moddled on a P38, has serious problems damage and handling wise so limitations for ramming objects and scoring points should be investigated.

Hitting troops and horses with the jeep destroys them but theres no piont value iirc.

Sorry I cant be more help but I think your stuck with a virtual slap on the back and a gigar for the pilot who makes the rescue in the current HSFX incarnation.

PS: Being able to cross bridges with the Jeep/Kubelwagen would be a cool addition.

[BB-Rayner]

LOL A cigar and slap on the back it'll have to be then

I'm curious though. How do you handle rescue missions?

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by BB-Rayner

LOL A cigar and slap on the back it'll have to be then

I'm curious though. How do you handle rescue missions?

If its a water lading or land based rescue i use the recon-landing trigger,
the host sees when the rescue is being attempted with messages on his/her screen,
this is activated by secondary target rings being entered at the rescue area by the pilot.

One mission is picking up shipping survivors from sub attacks,
the pilot lands and taxi's a PBY around the sub's and crews till all recon targets are achieved imitating picking up souls,
then takes off and lands back at base parking on the final red/blue won primary recon trigger.

It can apply to land based aircraft landing take off rescues as well as jeep runs.

If that makes sense

[wheelsup_cavu]

Thinking on the fly here since I have never tried it but what about using a Hidden Target Recon objective with the landing requirement checked?
Depending on the number of points you want to award if this works you should be able to use more than one Hidden Target objective. Just make sure to check the landing requirement so someone flying through the area isn't awarded the points.


Jeep drives into the Hidden Target circle and stops. This triggers the Hidden Objective points to be awarded to that player. He now drives back to the airfield and respawns into another plane and flys home


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