#4464978 - 03/11/19 06:12 PM
Re: My GameRanger folder
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There are planeset files linked to the "SPAWPlanes" folder that we use online and have done so for several years, and I am not prepared to give them up. I just flew a mission at GameRanger using a planeset that has my brother's Avenger, and MB-3 MkIIb, neither of which are available in your new planeset files I can also guarantee that if I choose "06-SPAW torpedo loadout" and fly online escorting an AI Kate to attack an allied carrier then the Kate will carry torpedoes, and go through the correct torpedo release routine. Similarly if I escort an Avenger to attack a Japanese carrier then the Avenger will have torpedoes. This is not my best screenie, but you can see the torpedoes bottom left I do not intend to edit the loadout files again to make things like this possible online.
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#4465410 - 03/13/19 07:40 PM
Re: My GameRanger folder
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This is odd because I didn't do anything to the FM's or loadouts on the vast majority of aircraft. They are the same as the FM's in the old aircraft inventory. Maybe a few tweaks to bomb loads and such but nothing that would affect what you're seeing.
Also, I tweaked some damage data, guns with flashes out of place, max altitude settings and other stuff like that and of course, I added new FM's and loadouts for the new planes. The screenshots you are showing are old planes so I'm not sure what's going on.
You could try copying over the data in an old FM folder to a corresponding new FM folder to see if the problem goes away.
FWIW, I'm not sure how to edit the loadouts for online game play. I've never done that, you have.
Is it in the 1st or 2nd part of the loadout data? Or is there a separate set of FM's because I thought I've seen some torpedo bomber FM folders that are for online play.
Heck, even paranoids have enemies.
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#4465478 - 03/14/19 08:19 AM
Re: My GameRanger folder
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Cass Where are you located? I'm in France and I fly with ShoGun who is in the US, and anyone else who rocks up. There's about a six hour time difference, so my late afternoons are ShoGun's mid-mornings and that suits us both Ray It is the "loadmis.dat" file AFAIK if you escort an AI bomber then the bomber takes the appropriate loadout for a bombing mission. I have a planeset named "06-SPAW torpedo loadout" and another named "30-ETO late Ju88A torpedo" to guarantee torpedoes online (or offline in escort missions) Jel.
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#4465782 - 03/16/19 08:15 AM
Re: My GameRanger folder
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The Loadmis.dat file is pretty simple too.
Nothing for escort or sweep missions, the bomb for bombing and interdict missions and the torpedo for torpedo missions. This is where the difference is. If you fly escort online the exe assumes that the friendly bomber is doing a bombing mission, and gives it bombs. It never gets torpedoes. The same with an intercept mission. The enemy AI bomber is bombing and gets bombs, never torpedoes. This is why I gave the Kate and the Avenger torpedo only loadouts. This required a different loadout files, and therefore different planesets. I even gave them skip bomb loadouts.This is from my SPAWPlanes folder: ...and here is the relevant "PDir.set" file: If I have the torpedo only planeset loaded then I make sure that the target for an escort or intercept mission is a ship.
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#4465784 - 03/16/19 08:52 AM
Re: My GameRanger folder
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#4465805 - 03/16/19 01:32 PM
Re: My GameRanger folder
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As I understand it, the exec knows to select the proper loadout based on the Loadmis.dat file offline but online it doesn't. I will check, but I think that the problem occurs offline too. What I suspect is the case is that If an Avenger has bombs for bombing missions and torpedoes for torpedo missions and you fly escort then the exe assumes that the Avengers are on a bombing mission and get bombs, never torpedoes. It is the escort missions that generate the problem. I do not think that there is code to determine the mission type of the secondary plane. I have not done any more since yesterday and we are heading out on a warm sunny day
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