What a great guide to follow along to, combining the mindset of creating missions with the very basics one needs to know to begin to further develop simple missions of your own :) I followed the instructions with some slight modifications, using a different map with a different flight path, but kept the majority of the concepts from your example. It was nice to be hand held through both simple and basic tools, as well as having a slight introduction to triggers, something which I've never had the energy to poke into before. I've played around in the editor for several hours now thanks to this video ^^ I assume this video was a one time thing, but it would probably make a great series. If you're ever in the mood to create more missions, perhaps consider recording the process. I assume I'm not the only one who would love watching you showcase new ideas for missions like convoy strikes, sam nets, pure air to air fights etc and show how to set up the triggers to make it happen, and keep mission interesting.
mackan072 thank you for the support I am glad you enjoyed it! Truth be told I am still learning about the mission editor and all the amazing features it has but I can certainly keep making videos on what I do know!
That was definitely my objective with this video! There are many videos that go into even more depth on the mission editor and definitely check those out, i am constantly learning how to do things!
It really just requires understanding the basics of it and then playing around a bit, if you have a baseline understanding of aviation terminology and how to game works it can be a lot of fun just playing with it. Volumes can be written about the Mission Editor and really have been most tutorials on youtube are like 10 part series with every part being 45+ minutes long! OH MY! I just wanted to give people the basics to be able to jump in and play around with it and run from there!
Thanks again, some of those other videos like you mentioned to me seem to be for the more advanced mission builders. This video is a good place to start for those that want to build missions. I'm about to build a mission now LOL.
Tip on placing an aircraft based on task. So, when you wanted to place the KC130 for refueling, I noticed that you were searching for the aircraft. To quickly see what aircraft can actually refuel...or accomplish the task: place the aircraft on the map (doesn't what is the default), then under the Task scroll down, select Refueling and then select the Type of aircraft. You will notice that only 4 aircraft are capable of conducting that task...a much smaller list to choose from :-) Applies to all the other Tasks as well.
Thanks man, I appreciate it!, I am glad to hear you're getting into DCS! It can definitely be daunting and I recommend just taking things in small chunks!
Hi, i'm french and i really want to thank you a lot for this tutorial ! I learn so much things but my english is not very good, you explain clearly much information of mission editor. Thank you again !
No problem man! I am glad you liked it and it helped you out, like I said you can go wayyyyyy more complicated as well as far more simple than what I did here. Feel free to share the video to anyone else you think it would be useful to
quick consise Perfect.. Thankyou sir for your time and effort put into this video. as a noob to DCS youve just made learning alot more fun interesting and easier to learn. Thankyou
Super great video, thank you so much. I really wish there were a LOT more DCS mission tutorials on RUclips. A lot of great channels do a couple here and there, but usually it is just the same basics. I'd be super interested if you were planning on doing a much larger, in-depth mission editor tutorial series, using these two parts as a jumping off point.
The tutorial video for the mission editor is very hard to find. Your video is very helpful and nicely for the novice gamer like me! Thank you very much.
I'm just getting into DCS after many years in Aces High....thanks for making this! If you're looking for video topics...voice comms would be great! (We're using Ventrilo since we can't figure it out!)
Very nice! Been using the editor for quite some time to learn modules but have had a bit trouble with triggers. This will surely help! Now on to the advanced stuff :-) /Wilbuz
You can use middle click as a ruler in the current versions of dcs by placing the cursor over the aircraft, waypoint or other area of interest then holding middle click and dragging the cursor over where you want to measure to.
I'm still trying to air to air refueling I just turned 99 flight hrs. In my logbook. But I have 0 air to air refuels. I'm on the east coast side of the US. I usually fly when I get home from work.
How did you change the mission editor builder unit from meters to feet? By the way, what about flite editor? Gives you a personal knee board about the mission you created? Tks
Amazing guide, I had no idea the mission editor was so powerful. Thanks for making this video guide. Edit* I was wondering seeing as you know what you're talking about, When i set a quick mission for the Harrier, Literally player Harrier at Kobuleti airport with a few ground targets at the nearby unused Kobuleti airstrip.. When i load into the scenario and cold start my Harrier i end up with very very limited symbology on the HUD, No pitch marker lines etc. If i HOT start then the full symbology is showing, So my question is have you come across this problem and know of a solution ?. Thanks in advance.
I'm not able to change paint schemes for M-2000C once I've created a mission . I must be missing something. can someone Please help. Otherwise I do pretty good in creating simple missions to practice with. your help will be greatly appreciated.
Hi Spudknocker, I watched your video and being a newcomer to DCS myself, I have tried to fly a SEAD mission with fansong radars defending a target, but whenever I enter the area the target is in, the fansong never seems to pick me up and activate the SAM sites so that they fire at me. Is there a way to activate the SAM sites to fire upon the player once he or she enters the target area to attack their designated target?
You need to make sure that an SA-2 site has a PR-19 Spoonrest, Fansong and launcers all within the same vehicle group and all within 200ish yrds from each other
How do i do a delay ai startup I started at ramp , checked uncontrolled. Triggers once mission start and actions time more. O and the start thing that is under the payload is there. Still no startup for ai at 2 min. Is there a certain Order. I’ve been pulling my hair out lol
are your coalitions set so that one nation is the bad guys or the good guys? Also if you want to place a sam site you have to have all the components for it to work like for a hawk battery or an SA-3 battery you need to have the search radar, tracking radar, and guidance radar plus the launchers. Also if a vehicle's skill is very low they take awhile to acquire a target and engage
racetrack pattern is an option when you have at least one waypoint beyond the place where you want the racetrack pattern to start e.g. if you had a single waypoint for a tanker, you could only tell it to fly in a circle around Waypoint 1. if you have a Waypoint 2, you can tell it to start a racetrack from Waypoint 1, and it uses (I believe) the 2nd waypoint to define how long the racetrack pattern is. hope that makes sense!
@@Spudknocker I might not have the clearest monitor but you surface wind setting indicates westerly at 11kts. For an easterly departure that's a tailwind.
you can cheese your mission by telling your wingman (preferably #2 because he's less skilled) to just stay at base, and then 'all of group in zone' will never trigger. you want any of group, or even better, any of coalition. iran would send interceptors regardless of who came into that airspace. You said you can add vehicles and airdefenses as static objects. I'm pretty sure a 'static object' is just a 3d asset. basically if you put a static t-50 there it's a rubber tank. it will not move, it will not shoot. and it even just has a tiny amount of health. and even though air defenses like a zu23 emplacements are static in that they don't move, you want to add them as a unit so that they actually have health, ai and something to shoot at you with. it is worth noting that if you want to place sam sites you need to group the vehicles that make up the sam system (i.e. search radar, tracking radar, launcher, command and control), and you need each one of them for them to work correctly. some sams may be able to use the tracking radar or some backup search radar on the CC but it's always better to just use the intended combination and let the ai figure things out when they actually loose something.
I was trying to set up a mission with the F-18 on a carrier, so I put the Stennis in the water and I then chose an F-18 , but when I tried to set it as take off from runway, it put me on the nearest island with a runway. How do I set up a plane for a carrier take off?
Thanks, I went back and found out for some reason it listed them (my F-18's) as an enemy, I forgot to ensure they were the good guys, my bad, thanks for the help!
I tried following your instructions..tried to fly mission..now theres no sound at all..not even on multiplayer..I am having to diss install game..I don’t know what I did wrong
Sorry spud, no need to apologize for the Axis of Evil or Imperial measurements. Please kill the music for the next one. I suggest you try a storyboard to organize what you want to say before you, uh, say it. Less verbal pauses that way ... stay calm and fly on!
Brilliant tutorial, created an awesome mission in 3 odd hours thanks, just have to find away to make a few things randomly and surprisingly spawn, so as not to expect the migs over the next rise:) don't know if this is possible though.
Need to turn off the horrible F/A-18 music. It's a catastrophically bad song and is incredibly distracting background noise. Makes following the tutorial difficult.
I turned the volume way down, sorry its not enough for you. I figured it would be better than total silence... I know the Hornet theme music isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I think its grown on me a bit.
LOL yes thank you, seeing as the Kuwait isn't on the Persian Gulf map and the F/A-18C was brand new at the making of this video I wanted to have the jet in the video. So taking off from the United Arab Eremites was my only option. When we get an F-16 in DCS we will have an airframe that is an Organic part of the UAEAF, even though we are not getting the correct model.
No worries buddy, sorry if I came over as a pedantic ahole... great video. I’ve been tinkering around on mission editor for a while but still learnt a few things. Always great content and recently subscribed keep up the good work 👍
Sharjah is NOT pronounced "Sharaj". Even the guy from Eagle Dynamics says that and it's their friggin game. If you pronounce "Sharjah" as it is written you might be a little bit closer to what is actually is. Geography rant over. Sorry American friends.
Gotta say, this is a terrible map. It's really just the straits of Hormuz. Lots of gulf, not much land. Fine for naval battles I guess. But without Kuwait or a bigger chunk of Iran (They do have some area without mountains..) or the Arabian peninsula, there just isn't much to work with.
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You just saved me several hours of trial and error
MarsBorn awesome! I am to please!
What a great guide to follow along to, combining the mindset of creating missions with the very basics one needs to know to begin to further develop simple missions of your own :)
I followed the instructions with some slight modifications, using a different map with a different flight path, but kept the majority of the concepts from your example. It was nice to be hand held through both simple and basic tools, as well as having a slight introduction to triggers, something which I've never had the energy to poke into before. I've played around in the editor for several hours now thanks to this video ^^
I assume this video was a one time thing, but it would probably make a great series. If you're ever in the mood to create more missions, perhaps consider recording the process. I assume I'm not the only one who would love watching you showcase new ideas for missions like convoy strikes, sam nets, pure air to air fights etc and show how to set up the triggers to make it happen, and keep mission interesting.
mackan072 thank you for the support I am glad you enjoyed it! Truth be told I am still learning about the mission editor and all the amazing features it has but I can certainly keep making videos on what I do know!
Incredible job dude, I’ve done a lot with multiplayer but always very basic. This has my creative juices flowing
That was definitely my objective with this video! There are many videos that go into even more depth on the mission editor and definitely check those out, i am constantly learning how to do things!
Thanks for this tutorial. The mission editor looks intimidating, but your tutorial made things much easier to understand.
It really just requires understanding the basics of it and then playing around a bit, if you have a baseline understanding of aviation terminology and how to game works it can be a lot of fun just playing with it. Volumes can be written about the Mission Editor and really have been most tutorials on youtube are like 10 part series with every part being 45+ minutes long! OH MY!
I just wanted to give people the basics to be able to jump in and play around with it and run from there!
Thanks again, some of those other videos like you mentioned to me seem to be for the more advanced mission builders. This video is a good place to start for those that want to build missions. I'm about to build a mission now LOL.
Tip on placing an aircraft based on task. So, when you wanted to place the KC130 for refueling, I noticed that you were searching for the aircraft. To quickly see what aircraft can actually refuel...or accomplish the task: place the aircraft on the map (doesn't what is the default), then under the Task scroll down, select Refueling and then select the Type of aircraft. You will notice that only 4 aircraft are capable of conducting that task...a much smaller list to choose from :-) Applies to all the other Tasks as well.
It's ok, just snapped me at the time
Hello Spud.... Thank you for all the vids mate... I'm just about to get into DCS love it, And your vids. Very informative as well as daunting.
Thanks man, I appreciate it!, I am glad to hear you're getting into DCS! It can definitely be daunting and I recommend just taking things in small chunks!
Great Job buddy. I'm a DCS veteran and I learned a lot.
Mark Lopez thanks for the view! Share it with anyone who might like it!
Hi, i'm french and i really want to thank you a lot for this tutorial ! I learn so much things but my english is not very good, you explain clearly much information of mission editor. Thank you again !
Dude, I’m new to DCS and this video is super helpful. Thanks for your effort.
No problem man! I am glad you liked it and it helped you out, like I said you can go wayyyyyy more complicated as well as far more simple than what I did here. Feel free to share the video to anyone else you think it would be useful to
quick consise Perfect.. Thankyou sir for your time and effort put into this video. as a noob to DCS youve just made learning alot more fun interesting and easier to learn. Thankyou
Great idea for a video and so useful, I have had troubles with this and your info has helped no end. Thanks for creating this. You’re the best.
Mike.D.Barratt I’m glad it helped! Thanks for the support!
I'm just getting into the mission editor in DCS World, this video helped a lot. Thanks for a great vid.
Super great video, thank you so much.
I really wish there were a LOT more DCS mission tutorials on RUclips. A lot of great channels do a couple here and there, but usually it is just the same basics.
I'd be super interested if you were planning on doing a much larger, in-depth mission editor tutorial series, using these two parts as a jumping off point.
Tom Ladds I am considering doing a tutorial on how to make a multiplayer mission would you be interested?
Sure! I'm interested in anything more you think you'd enjoy teaching about the editor too, just as a general standing order over the years haha.
Thanks so much for this video. Getting some noob missions set up to learn radar and this is super helpful!
The tutorial video for the mission editor is very hard to find. Your video is very helpful and nicely for the novice gamer like me! Thank you very much.
Thank you for the effort you put in to making this video!
Really appreciate your work man!
Great video's - a fantastic insight into the ME - clear, concise, inspirational and very much appreciated
I'm just getting into DCS after many years in Aces High....thanks for making this! If you're looking for video topics...voice comms would be great! (We're using Ventrilo since we can't figure it out!)
Where Nerdy is Cool! Voice coms in multiplayer? Right now there is no VoIP in DCS world and you need to use discord or something similar
Very nice! Been using the editor for quite some time to learn modules but have had a bit trouble with triggers. This will surely help! Now on to the advanced stuff :-)
/Wilbuz
Thank you! Just did my first mission with your help!
Tip on Wingman loadout. If you set your loadout before you add your wingmen, they will copy your loadout.
Very true!
Tis is just the Video ive been looking for great idea and thanks for making this.
You can use middle click as a ruler in the current versions of dcs by placing the cursor over the aircraft, waypoint or other area of interest then holding middle click and dragging the cursor over where you want to measure to.
spud you are a legend my friend
Thanks Spudknocker. I learned a lot :)
Zack Benson fantastic! That was the idea!
cant wait for 2.5.6 night missions they are very beautiful
Anytime I go into mission editor and select player it always takes off by itself someone pls help
Thank you so much for such a great tutorial !
YAY ULTRAWIDE CONTENT!!
I'm still trying to air to air refueling I just turned 99 flight hrs. In my logbook. But I have 0 air to air refuels. I'm on the east coast side of the US. I usually fly when I get home from work.
232’s visible livery is the best
Great video! Liked and subscribed!
X51 Air Squadron thanks for be support I’m glad you liked it.
I give an example in the Trigger zone. I want AWACS to be rtb when the mission is over. How can I find the (ID) numbers in the Tirgger Zone?
Nice work as always
Great video. I had no idea about trigger zones. This will really help me. One note, think you had the wind coming from the west and not the east.
Have now set myself my first mission . Train believed to be carrying WMD' heading NW away from Havadarya. Strike mission assigned.
How did you change the mission editor builder unit from meters to feet? By the way, what about flite editor? Gives you a personal knee board about the mission you created? Tks
Great video, thanks. I just find it funny that you think 35 degrees C is hot for the Persian Gulf LOL
So I’ve created a mission, IDK why it won’t let me fly it, help...
Good to know. Thank You, really!
Very helpful - thanks so much!
Amazing guide, I had no idea the mission editor was so powerful. Thanks for making this video guide. Edit* I was wondering seeing as you know what you're talking about, When i set a quick mission for the Harrier, Literally player Harrier at Kobuleti airport with a few ground targets at the nearby unused Kobuleti airstrip.. When i load into the scenario and cold start my Harrier i end up with very very limited symbology on the HUD, No pitch marker lines etc. If i HOT start then the full symbology is showing, So my question is have you come across this problem and know of a solution ?. Thanks in advance.
You need to align you INS.
@@Spudknocker Ok, Thanks for the help, Makes sense, Better put my nose in the manuals again :)
Great stuff 👍🏻 but what’s with the background music?
I'm not able to change paint schemes for M-2000C once I've created a mission . I must be missing something. can someone Please help. Otherwise I do pretty good in creating simple missions to practice with. your help will be greatly appreciated.
Great video SK, may I ask where the information / definition is determine the mission type for DCS ie CAS, Ground ATTACk etc
Hi Spudknocker, I watched your video and being a newcomer to DCS myself, I have tried to fly a SEAD mission with fansong radars defending a target, but whenever I enter the area the target is in, the fansong never seems to pick me up and activate the SAM sites so that they fire at me. Is there a way to activate the SAM sites to fire upon the player once he or she enters the target area to attack their designated target?
You need to make sure that an SA-2 site has a PR-19 Spoonrest, Fansong and launcers all within the same vehicle group and all within 200ish yrds from each other
@@Spudknocker where would I find the PR-19? in the same category as the launchers for both ground vehicles and static objects?
Great tutorial!
I am glad it helped you out!
Is there a way to have say three flights of two planes each, all controlled by the player?
jeans1515 there unfortunately is not. You can only have your flight of up to 3 AI wingmen
The fishbeds are still there if i haven't activated them yet. help?
How do i do a delay ai startup I started at ramp , checked uncontrolled. Triggers once mission start and actions time more. O and the start thing that is under the payload is there. Still no startup for ai at 2 min. Is there a certain Order. I’ve been pulling my hair out lol
What about trigger zones for the SAMs'air defence units you placed on the enemy base?
There are no trigger zones required, they scan and engage threats as required and dictated by their ROE
Spudknocker Hmmmm I wonder what I am doing wrong. I’ve placed some air defense vehicles and they don’t fire
are your coalitions set so that one nation is the bad guys or the good guys? Also if you want to place a sam site you have to have all the components for it to work like for a hawk battery or an SA-3 battery you need to have the search radar, tracking radar, and guidance radar plus the launchers. Also if a vehicle's skill is very low they take awhile to acquire a target and engage
I think that must be it...I don't have all the components....I'll go experiment some more!
all of the components need to be part of the same vehicle group too
ulllltra cool video dude! thumbs up!!!!!!
Let´s Play Indie Games Channel I’m glad you liked it!
hello again, ik this is old but did eagle do something to the racetrack pattern? i only have the circle pattern
racetrack pattern is an option when you have at least one waypoint beyond the place where you want the racetrack pattern to start e.g. if you had a single waypoint for a tanker, you could only tell it to fly in a circle around Waypoint 1. if you have a Waypoint 2, you can tell it to start a racetrack from Waypoint 1, and it uses (I believe) the 2nd waypoint to define how long the racetrack pattern is. hope that makes sense!
Really useful video, thanks. Of course you realise you gave yourself a tailwind for take-off?
No sir that is not a tail wind that is a headwind
@@Spudknocker I might not have the clearest monitor but you surface wind setting indicates westerly at 11kts. For an easterly departure that's a tailwind.
Thx a lot man! Very good!
you can cheese your mission by telling your wingman (preferably #2 because he's less skilled) to just stay at base, and then 'all of group in zone' will never trigger. you want any of group, or even better, any of coalition. iran would send interceptors regardless of who came into that airspace.
You said you can add vehicles and airdefenses as static objects. I'm pretty sure a 'static object' is just a 3d asset. basically if you put a static t-50 there it's a rubber tank. it will not move, it will not shoot. and it even just has a tiny amount of health. and even though air defenses like a zu23 emplacements are static in that they don't move, you want to add them as a unit so that they actually have health, ai and something to shoot at you with.
it is worth noting that if you want to place sam sites you need to group the vehicles that make up the sam system (i.e. search radar, tracking radar, launcher, command and control), and you need each one of them for them to work correctly. some sams may be able to use the tracking radar or some backup search radar on the CC but it's always better to just use the intended combination and let the ai figure things out when they actually loose something.
Great Video
Thanks
I was trying to set up a mission with the F-18 on a carrier, so I put the Stennis in the water and I then chose an F-18 , but when I tried to set it as take off from runway, it put me on the nearest island with a runway. How do I set up a plane for a carrier take off?
rwhunt99 hmmmm... make sure you are placing the F/A-18 as close to or on top of the carrier as possible before you select take off from ramp
Thanks, I went back and found out for some reason it listed them (my F-18's) as an enemy, I forgot to ensure they were the good guys, my bad, thanks for the help!
Oops! Haha that will do it!
how to change the hour of the mission
I cant change my bombs in the mission editor. Not even with the ground crew. Is this a game bug ?
try right clicking the boxes instead of left clicking
Awesome tutorial :)
Thanks! Plus one sub.
Awesome! I hope it helps you out! Thanks for the support!
I tried following your instructions..tried to fly mission..now theres no sound at all..not even on multiplayer..I am having to diss install game..I don’t know what I did wrong
That sounds more like a windows issue than a DCS issue, I occasionally have sound bugs and those are more associated with windows than DCS
Thanks for your reply..I’m going to reinstall..then try the game without my VR headset..
Rob H the vr headset is your issue windows sound manager probably isn’t recognizing it
Nice, but why this music (so high) when is important to understand the speech?)
I definitely turned it down, I kept the Hornet as my "theme" because it had just launched, sorry if its too loud for you
35 degrees is a cold winter night in middle east 😅
Good Video but you picked the newest most expensive modules
If you dont have the F/A-18C and the Persian Gulf maps all the same principles apply when it comse to the mission editor!
Yeah that's what I did. I was just hassling ya. Thanks for the video.
Bluster Jet I’m glad it helped you out!
Sorry spud, no need to apologize for the Axis of Evil or Imperial measurements. Please kill the music for the next one. I suggest you try a storyboard to organize what you want to say before you, uh, say it. Less verbal pauses that way ... stay calm and fly on!
It gets hot at night like 40c
Yeesh that does not sound pleasant! I know it can also get pretty humid out there too
Yep been there and Kuwait in the middle of the summer not fun.
GunFighter 90 yikes! I don’t think you could ever get used to that!
Spudknocker well that's the thing you do but when you get stateside 90 doesn't feel so hot
Spudknocker btw I like your videos
Brilliant tutorial, created an awesome mission in 3 odd hours thanks, just have to find away to make a few things randomly and surprisingly spawn, so as not to expect the migs over the next rise:) don't know if this is possible though.
Forgot to give the enemy aircraft a load out
grazie, bellissima...
Need to turn off the horrible F/A-18 music. It's a catastrophically bad song and is incredibly distracting background noise. Makes following the tutorial difficult.
I turned the volume way down, sorry its not enough for you. I figured it would be better than total silence... I know the Hornet theme music isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I think its grown on me a bit.
Kuwaitis fly out of Kuwait which is just south of Iraq. Emirate pilots fly out off UAE 👍
LOL yes thank you, seeing as the Kuwait isn't on the Persian Gulf map and the F/A-18C was brand new at the making of this video I wanted to have the jet in the video. So taking off from the United Arab Eremites was my only option. When we get an F-16 in DCS we will have an airframe that is an Organic part of the UAEAF, even though we are not getting the correct model.
No worries buddy, sorry if I came over as a pedantic ahole... great video. I’ve been tinkering around on mission editor for a while but still learnt a few things. Always great content and recently subscribed keep up the good work 👍
Haha ok thanks for clearing that up...I wanted to say thanks for the geography lesson lol Thanks for the support mate!
A lot of times I think U.S. are the bad guys, and im not even Russian
Viera Chudá lol just doing the most stereotypical setup possible... also for the Russians they are called the Red Army so red works well for them haha
They were called Red Army*
And for some reason I dont have the player thing, only client
Thanks for the video. But this is not good to say some countries are bad guys.
Sharjah is NOT pronounced "Sharaj". Even the guy from Eagle Dynamics says that and it's their friggin game. If you pronounce "Sharjah" as it is written you might be a little bit closer to what is actually is. Geography rant over. Sorry American friends.
Sorry to have offended you
Gotta say, this is a terrible map. It's really just the straits of Hormuz. Lots of gulf, not much land. Fine for naval battles I guess. But without Kuwait or a bigger chunk of Iran (They do have some area without mountains..) or the Arabian peninsula, there just isn't much to work with.