Hiya
Pleased to meet you. I'm a gamer myself (that's why I've done this mad thing!), so want to be there to answer questions directly - not some faceless company like most of the games companies out there!

I see what you mean about that text. But the very next line, he says "Even better, you can also upload then share your own maps! Here are a couple I pulled into my iPad 3."

What I'm "hoping" is that over time my community will submit loads of maps for mods and other games to the MapLocker. My initial focus was admittedly FPS, RTS, MMO etc where you don't have such nice mapping tools built in, and the maps are smaller (ArmA being the largest by far but also it has by far the best in-game mapping tool!). But of course it's a 'simulation tool', expanding your hardware, so it's suitable for any team game (or even real world games like paintball or tabletop wargaming).

If you know anyone that can provide maps they would be willing to make available to me, then I could add some flight sims to my list

Cheers,
Mark

I'm not sure exactly what that entails but judging by the 15000 or so views on this thread I'm sure someone with the necessary know-how will be able to chime in!

You're a gamer, I see that... but are you a simmer? We going to see you out on the Firehouse server anytime soon?

[quote=GamePlan]I'd really appreciate anyone that did take a gamble and tried the app between themselves. Even if you find you can't use it as you ideally want, any suggestions you give me will make it in to the app, so you will end up with the product you want! [quote=GamePlan]

Downloaded! I'll keep the thread posted as I use it but some of these other guys are going to need to jump on so that we can user test it for A-10 and Black Shark. Might be easier for us because we can "rotate" a distance away and dabble. Not sure if the BS guys can take their hands off the controls for too long.

Thanks, GamePlan, lots of good info there. Is there a WiFi device that you recommend to put into the local computer to talk to the phone/pad? I guess my WiFi is coming from my DSL Internet Router w/ Wireless...


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GG, I did not realize that the Briefing was so handy. That tip will help me layout the briefings with the good stuff at the top, like base freqs and active runways.


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Frappin Fulda Gap is a killer, but it works the TAD and EXP1 & EXP2

I have many coordinates written down, like:
Khashuri Tanks Near Bridge
41 59 27 N
043 36 21 E
2349 EL
TNKS.KHA

Tanks East Of Khashuri
41 59 45 N
043 38 18 E
2301 EL
TNKS.EST


WC

Welcome to the forums, Mark! Very very very glad to see you here!

I hear that! Folks who like to play tactically LOVE to play tactically while others just LOVE to play. I strongly believe that each person should enjoy their game the way they want to enjoy it, but it does get frustrating when folks don't like the same level of coordination as you. I was a big fan of Advanced Tactical Center for Battlefield 2 back in the day, which is similar to your app, but none of the folks I played with regularly even wanted to try it. Coordinating a battle plan for just one person to execute just isn't as exciting.

I sincerely wish you and your app all the best. If there is ever a desktop variant, I'm sure I will pounce on it.

Thanks for keeping it tactical!

EP

.99 right now boys. If the developer is in here mingling he means business. Jump on and check it out!

While Doug is still fighting to get the SimHQ TS3 server up, folks can feel free to use mine at einsteinep.no-ip.org .

There's no password and it's not well organized, but it's got lots of bandwidth and should support the near-term need.

Please note that this is a temporary solution and is not a SimHQ asset: it's my personal server.

Be nice.

Thanks EP... I think it's fair for me to step up here as well- make one specifically for my Eno's Firehouse Server. It'll accommodate a couple missions and a training room.



Details below:

70.79.187.158:9987

PW: SimHQ (no caps)

I have a couple of rooms:

Locker room- to get squared away as to what mission you will be joining
Mission 1: For the main mission going on in Eno's Firehouse
Mission 2: For those of you off on your own doing your own thing
Training: For those of you looking to learn, or those of you who don't mind talking the rookies through the various items in the sim... This is a great place to talk or be talked to.

Looking at gameplan the only thing I'm somewhat worried about is the map image file- if it's just taking an image of the map and not the map itself I'm wondering about how we can make it work to accommodate the much broader areas while still maintaining a necessary amount of detail in the map. What we might need to do is not a dcs map download Per se as much as mission area map snapshots- Which focus on mission areas. My assumption is that I can screenshot the map area in the mission editor, convert it to jpg and then upload it.

I'm dabbling with stuff around the house today so if I get a chance I'll do one. WC I'm going to take for granted you're okay with me doing that with one of your missions? I think Roadkill is a good first one because it's a smaller area and has baddies coming from all angles.

Edit: Okay- well that's not going to work. When I try to screen capture it hits my desktop and not the mission builder or in the program. On to plan B:

No problem here taking a screenie from the Mission Editor - I used Print Screen/SysRq key - only it won't load up to SimHQ as a bmp. It's weird that DCS gives jpg screenshots in sim while they are bmp's in Mission Editor.




WC