Poll!! Regarding old style Coop GUI

[EAF331 Starfire]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Banks

Seriously, what's missing? Debriefing?

The ability for all pilots to pick an aircraft before "server start and the ability to start in the air all at the same time.

[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by EAF331 Starfire

The ability for all pilots to pick an aircraft before "server start and the ability to start in the air all at the same time.

Originally Posted by EAF331 Starfire

But this still DONT give my pilots the ability to pick their aircrafts before "Server start" with an airstart ability at the exact same space, speed and heading in relation to all other aircrafts.

Which is a really nice IL-2 feature when you wan't to train the same ACM situation again and again. It also makes evaluation of an ACM training a lot easier. You can also use it for a lot of other action packed missions.

You are right this was not possible so far. But now you can use the new coop lobby mission from here: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=28559
It allows the host to preselect a mission. All players can then select a aircraft from the upcoming mission. When everyone is ready the host starts the mission and all players are placed into the selected aircraft.

[robtek]

And when the mission has a airstart?
Wasn't that what starfire missed.

[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by robtek

And when the mission has a airstart?
Wasn't that what starfire missed.

Absolutely no problem. The actual mission is loaded when the host starts the mission from within the "lobby mission". At this time the players have already selected their aircraft. When the mission finished loading they are placed into the flying aircraft. Also gunners and and other positions are working fine.

So when he actual mission is loaded it is in it's initial state, all air groups and ground groups are at their intial position.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Banks

Absolutely no problem. The actual mission is loaded when the host starts the mission from within the "lobby mission". At this time the players have already selected their aircraft. When the mission finished loading they are placed into the flying aircraft. Also gunners and and other positions are working fine.

So when he actual mission is loaded it is in it's initial state, all air groups and ground groups are at their intial position.

Thank you! this is great news! So, training COOPs with airstart are possible now making everyone happy. I understand, that the UI is text based, but all the functionality is in there now.

The advantage of text-based UI is that you can load different coop missions right from the 3D engine reducing loading time. You do not have to load map and landscape details every time you start a new COOP because you do not have to go out from 3D engine to 2D GUI and back to do this. E.g. if you loaded a COOP mission for training of a sandwich maneuver , you can then load another one for training of b&z without exiting to GUI, that saves a lot of time. I hate long loading times.

[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by Ataros

Thank you! this is great news! So, training COOPs with airstart are possible now making everyone happy. I understand, that the UI is text based, but all the functionality is in there now.

The advantage of text-based UI is that you can load different coop missions right from the 3D engine reducing loading time. You do not have to load map and landscape details every time you start a new COOP because you do not have to go out from 3D engine to 2D GUI and back to do this. E.g. if you loaded a COOP mission for training of a sandwich maneuver , you can then load another one for training of b&z without exiting to GUI, that saves a lot of time. I hate long loading times.

Yes no loading time between the mission. Also as long as the host doesn't change the selected mission the aircraft selections of the players stay the same. So when you finished the mission the host simply can "Stop mission" and "Start mission" again and it restart with the same same selection. So a takeoff crash doesn't cause any much delay anymore, the host simply starts again and everything is like before.

The only drawback is that the time and weather is not used from the loaded mission but from the lobby mission and the briefing is not available from within the lobby.

[KG26_Alpha]

Hi


Fixing the GUI is what this threads all about as proper fix.

Ok I have quickly knocked up a few screenies of what I think most of us want for a CooP gui

Please feel free to add your own stuff and suggestions for a scoring system as I have no idea of the log files capabilities for pilots stats at the moment.

Whether it be a small image of a aircraft for a kill or a building bridge vehicle train etc etc for ground forces destroyed.

Il2 1946 campaign mode used images to record the pilots kills so something like that might be better that a bunch of points shown in the debriefing room.


Just my thoughts ;..........................