1. When you spawn multiple units - like BTRs you did - and select 6, that's a group of 6 and they share the same task. If you spawn 1, then copy and paste (ctrl-c, ctrl v) they act as 6 groups of one and move as a formation like you'd expect. Ground units' formations aren't something Olympus can do just yet. 2. Don't forget your hot-groups! They're super-useful. 3. You can spawn at an airbase (i.e. on the ground) by ctrl-right-clicking an airbase icon. 4. Click on the blue icon in the upper-left and you can export your ground units to JSON so you can import them again in a future mission. 5. Ground units marked with (CA) are Combined Arms-compatible so you can jump into them. 6. In single player, you can jump into aircraft if you have that module. Have fun! Source: am developer. :)
Hey thanks for the help and insight on this! The goal was to show it off as a first time use and that its for the most part easy to use. For sure will be diving deeper into the functionality and this info helps. Great job!
Important Note: DCS Olympus isn't a Mission Editor so while I said it could be used to create missions it's not technically true but there is a "hack" to kinda get it to do it. I learned this after recording this video and after taling to the Devs. Let me know if you'd want a video on the mission creation work-around.
Question: Thinking about using this in a RED FLAG mode. Will it weird out Olympus if you load a mission that has BLUEFORCE (air and ground) units already in place and just want to place REDFORCE unit on the fly? AND Is it possible to save a mission for replay AFTER you’ve placed units for REDFORCE?
Installation was relatively easy. If you are running dedicated server make sure that you run the DCS server as administrator. Brilliant module with prospects to micromanage. First steps are encouraging. I am a bit skeptical about how competently the base DCS AI engine will be tackling complex orders, but that is not Olympus’ problem. Kudos to the dev team.
I m an RTS fan and a DCS fan, you give me a RTS + DCS i go crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. How is this even possible??? Also i really like making MP servers and just nations v nations roleplays and stuff like that so this is just perfect for me. Literally cant think of something better than this at the moment for FREE!!!
"How did they manage to create this, while DCS never made anything like this" Eagle Dynamics took like 2 years to give us a barley working FCR on the AH-64D, among many other examples. Maybe that answers your question? Also, seems like 3rd party developers like Heatblur and Razbam release modules that are in much better working order then ED, just sayin'! I'm not bashing Wags and team here, they are obviously working their asses off, but it's great to have other great minds contributing to this 15 year + project we call DCS!
Great! I installed your application and it messed completely up my Operating system. I can't launch any software now. Getting all kind of dll files missing, net framework installation failed, etc. Awesome.
So I see you mentioned port 3000 and that you had to change it on install. However, I saw in the browser URL, port 3000 being used. Have I missed something? Anyway, saw this tool demoed a few weeks ago but it had yet to be released. Sure it doesn’t replace the Mission Editor but it sure makes life a lot easier for those who might struggle setting up missions with zones triggers and the like. I can see someone creating a very basic mission then overlaying (much more easily) that basic mission with the complex scenarios this allows. Anyway-thanks for sharing-great, relevant content and well timed.
Thank yo for taking the time to put together these tutorials! It would be helpful if I could get Olympus up and running. So far, I have hit every major hurdle one could think of. I installed the server, then when that did not connect, I installed the standalone, but that will not connect either. I am stuck on the "Connecting" screen now, which is an improvement since the last time all I could get was "Server Not Recognized". I have followed ALL directions to the letter for installation and configuration, including renaming the backed port 3002. Still I cannot seem to get Olympus to connect. What suggestions would yo be able to offer??? Thankx!
can you change weather in realtime? like change wind direction, randomly and stuff? when you set training scenarios, with static wind directions, flying the same approaches becomes boring quite fast.
I couldn't get Olympus to connect with my DCS server. Also when I was sat in the cockpit of the plane in the DCS server that I created, with Olympus loaded, I couldn't use the mouse to click on any of the buttons in the plane's cockpit. So i gave up and removed it from my PC.
i use this while in VR to create training targets :D its so usefull :D finally i dont need to exit mission and go back to editor and then back to mission just to add some training targets :D
@@kellymcguire1385 my guess would be a vr overlay app like ovr toolkit or xs overlay. Would still be awkward but those apps let you basically have one of your monitors open inside your vr headset.
I think a good mission maker won't really need to use this that often unless something doesn't work because a trigger is funky. But still very cool nonetheless
Yeah that is exactly how I tested as in this video. Just pick a map, maybe add a few things to it in ME then save it as a mission. Then create the server and load that mission and once in it, then you design the full mission by adding stuff in real-time.
Hmm... the interesting part here is that hopefully Olympus is exposing the external API calls so that you can write external dynamic mission logic against it and this way bypass the limited scripting language of ED editor! For the lame men, imagine someone writing very complicated dynamic campaigns or missions, where the theater level logic is outisde of the game, only giving AI instructions to DCS dedicated server to spawn/move etc to units as if RTS.
I play in VR, so my main pc is out out sight and cant really bounce in and out of VR on same pc. It starts messing with WMR. My question can i run this from a laptop that does not have dcs on it. Since you login to a dcs MP game server.
I did create a DCS dedicated server on my laptop. It was getting late so had to stop. I have to do the configuration correctly. I had to create a missions folder for the ded server file. I just copy the missions from my main pc over to it.
YMMV but the overhead only really happens when you spawn stuff. Be sensible in how much you have in the mission at once and how many orders you give at once and you should be okay.
I''m new to the forums so I can't post for another day but I did find a crash with Apache. In the CPG seat, set the NVS mode to fixed and try to change the acquisition source and you'll crash. Hopefully someone can reproduce this.
I have been following this project for a long time, but I still don’t understand its usefulness for myself as a simulator pilot. All I need to do is to get into my favorite Apache and fly off to the next interesting mission. I fly exclusively solo missions and therefore I miss the generator of these missions where you just press a button and get a new task. Olympus turns DCS into RTS game but why? Today there are so many very high-quality RTS games on the market that are much better than this mod.
For singleplayer the usefullness of Olympus is limited to spawning units in real time, mostly for training. It has been used to "fix" mission when something broke, e.g. a tanker failing to show up. But this is not the use case, Olympus was build for Multiplayer missions where a Game Master creates and manages the mission real time.
I also mostly fly solo and for me the usefulness is being able to do things in real-time without having to deal with the ME which I am not great at nor do I want to spend so much time tinkering in it to then test, redo, test, redo, then finally have a mission to fly.
It's not meant to be an RTS. We only use that term to give people a familiar term when trying to explain it. Sure, Olympus' utility is diminished a little for single-players, but that doesn't make it not useful.
1. When you spawn multiple units - like BTRs you did - and select 6, that's a group of 6 and they share the same task. If you spawn 1, then copy and paste (ctrl-c, ctrl v) they act as 6 groups of one and move as a formation like you'd expect. Ground units' formations aren't something Olympus can do just yet.
2. Don't forget your hot-groups! They're super-useful.
3. You can spawn at an airbase (i.e. on the ground) by ctrl-right-clicking an airbase icon.
4. Click on the blue icon in the upper-left and you can export your ground units to JSON so you can import them again in a future mission.
5. Ground units marked with (CA) are Combined Arms-compatible so you can jump into them.
6. In single player, you can jump into aircraft if you have that module.
Have fun!
Source: am developer. :)
Also, the name doesn't matter. It's for logging purposes.
Also you can add mods by adding 1 then copy and pasting it.
Hey thanks for the help and insight on this! The goal was to show it off as a first time use and that its for the most part easy to use. For sure will be diving deeper into the functionality and this info helps. Great job!
Important Note: DCS Olympus isn't a Mission Editor so while I said it could be used to create missions it's not technically true but there is a "hack" to kinda get it to do it. I learned this after recording this video and after taling to the Devs. Let me know if you'd want a video on the mission creation work-around.
Heck yeah!!! Awesome
Yes please
Yup
Question: Thinking about using this in a RED FLAG mode.
Will it weird out Olympus if you load a mission that has BLUEFORCE (air and ground) units already in place and just want to place REDFORCE unit on the fly?
AND
Is it possible to save a mission for replay AFTER you’ve placed units for REDFORCE?
I for one would love a video on the work around.
Noted!
Installation was relatively easy. If you are running dedicated server make sure that you run the DCS server as administrator. Brilliant module with prospects to micromanage. First steps are encouraging. I am a bit skeptical about how competently the base DCS AI engine will be tackling complex orders, but that is not Olympus’ problem. Kudos to the dev team.
I m an RTS fan and a DCS fan, you give me a RTS + DCS i go crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. How is this even possible???
Also i really like making MP servers and just nations v nations roleplays and stuff like that so this is just perfect for me. Literally cant think of something better than this at the moment for FREE!!!
Been waiting for this a setup and tutorial. Thank you!
No problem!
This looks really useful. Thx for the intro. Nice work from the devs.
Glad you like it!
Yes, please, show the workaround for Mission creation. Our group often is too small, to spare anyone to do the GameMaster thing.😢
Final got in! This is pretty butt-ass cool!
"How did they manage to create this, while DCS never made anything like this" Eagle Dynamics took like 2 years to give us a barley working FCR on the AH-64D, among many other examples. Maybe that answers your question? Also, seems like 3rd party developers like Heatblur and Razbam release modules that are in much better working order then ED, just sayin'! I'm not bashing Wags and team here, they are obviously working their asses off, but it's great to have other great minds contributing to this 15 year + project we call DCS!
For a Cold Start A/C you have to select an Airbase (simple click on it) than you get an spawn Menu for this Airbase.
Awesome thanks for this! Now I know.
Great! I installed your application and it messed completely up my Operating system. I can't launch any software now. Getting all kind of dll files missing, net framework installation failed, etc. Awesome.
Sorry to hear that bro but I also don't own that app I just did a review on it.
I'm so glad that you can enjoy DCS Olympus. I've tried on numerous occasions to get this to work with no success. Its crap.
So I see you mentioned port 3000 and that you had to change it on install. However, I saw in the browser URL, port 3000 being used. Have I missed something? Anyway, saw this tool demoed a few weeks ago but it had yet to be released. Sure it doesn’t replace the Mission Editor but it sure makes life a lot easier for those who might struggle setting up missions with zones triggers and the like. I can see someone creating a very basic mission then overlaying (much more easily) that basic mission with the complex scenarios this allows. Anyway-thanks for sharing-great, relevant content and well timed.
Yeah don't overthink that part as long as you change the port number on the install portion it works just fine.
Thank yo for taking the time to put together these tutorials! It would be helpful if I could get Olympus up and running. So far, I have hit every major hurdle one could think of. I installed the server, then when that did not connect, I installed the standalone, but that will not connect either. I am stuck on the "Connecting" screen now, which is an improvement since the last time all I could get was "Server Not Recognized". I have followed ALL directions to the letter for installation and configuration, including renaming the backed port 3002. Still I cannot seem to get Olympus to connect. What suggestions would yo be able to offer??? Thankx!
I’d honestly say join their discord for more community support
Nice vid, one question, Is this available on the Multi Thread version?
That's what I was flying in for this video so yes
can you change weather in realtime? like change wind direction, randomly and stuff? when you set training scenarios, with static wind directions, flying the same approaches becomes boring quite fast.
I couldn't get Olympus to connect with my DCS server. Also when I was sat in the cockpit of the plane in the DCS server that I created, with Olympus loaded, I couldn't use the mouse to click on any of the buttons in the plane's cockpit. So i gave up and removed it from my PC.
I'm having the same problem. Minus the button interacts. Just can't get it to connect at all
I wonder if they can hook the old community made dynamic campaign system in to this.
i use this while in VR to create training targets :D its so usefull :D finally i dont need to exit mission and go back to editor and then back to mission just to add some training targets :D
Yeah that is truly the best part about it. Makes things more efficient
How do you get the browser to overlay in VR so you can edit while you play?
@@kellymcguire1385 my guess would be a vr overlay app like ovr toolkit or xs overlay. Would still be awkward but those apps let you basically have one of your monitors open inside your vr headset.
You dont need to reinstall it, you can just run the configurator and change the ports there.
Thanks for clarifying this.
Amazing!
Does this only work in Multiplayer mode?
It's an alternative mission editor, I thought this was something to DCS UI and aircraft setup. Oh well
v1.0.4 will have a new installer. :)
I think a good mission maker won't really need to use this that often unless something doesn't work because a trigger is funky.
But still very cool nonetheless
I've followed this and another guide and Olympus never connects to my server 😢
I installed it because i thought to use in single like a real time mission editor: its possible or not?
Yeah that is exactly how I tested as in this video. Just pick a map, maybe add a few things to it in ME then save it as a mission. Then create the server and load that mission and once in it, then you design the full mission by adding stuff in real-time.
I can’t get it to work. “No connection” is what I get.
Hmm... the interesting part here is that hopefully Olympus is exposing the external API calls so that you can write external dynamic mission logic against it and this way bypass the limited scripting language of ED editor! For the lame men, imagine someone writing very complicated dynamic campaigns or missions, where the theater level logic is outisde of the game, only giving AI instructions to DCS dedicated server to spawn/move etc to units as if RTS.
Wow, this is absolutely amazing! Is it possible to install this on a mac?
you don't have to reinstall just edit: Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\Services\Olympus\olympus.json
I'm clearly not that savvy to know this so thanks for sharing
or run: Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\Services\Olympus\DCS Olympus Configurator
I play in VR, so my main pc is out out sight and cant really bounce in and out of VR on same pc. It starts messing with WMR. My question can i run this from a laptop that does not have dcs on it. Since you login to a dcs MP game server.
Great question. I don't know for sure but it doesn't hurt to try and see
I did create a DCS dedicated server on my laptop. It was getting late so had to stop. I have to do the configuration correctly. I had to create a missions folder for the ded server file. I just copy the missions from my main pc over to it.
and are the fps the same as singleplayer? i have a low end computer and i dont play too much mp because of that
I had the same fps in my experience. That could change if you went crazy and spamming all types of units maybe? IDK for sure.
YMMV but the overhead only really happens when you spawn stuff. Be sensible in how much you have in the mission at once and how many orders you give at once and you should be okay.
Very good training tool. Nothing else.
I still cannot get past, or should I say, connect. wtf, over?
I''m new to the forums so I can't post for another day but I did find a crash with Apache. In the CPG seat, set the NVS mode to fixed and try to change the acquisition source and you'll crash. Hopefully someone can reproduce this.
I have been following this project for a long time, but I still don’t understand its usefulness for myself as a simulator pilot. All I need to do is to get into my favorite Apache and fly off to the next interesting mission. I fly exclusively solo missions and therefore I miss the generator of these missions where you just press a button and get a new task. Olympus turns DCS into RTS game but why? Today there are so many very high-quality RTS games on the market that are much better than this mod.
For singleplayer the usefullness of Olympus is limited to spawning units in real time, mostly for training. It has been used to "fix" mission when something broke, e.g. a tanker failing to show up. But this is not the use case, Olympus was build for Multiplayer missions where a Game Master creates and manages the mission real time.
I also mostly fly solo and for me the usefulness is being able to do things in real-time without having to deal with the ME which I am not great at nor do I want to spend so much time tinkering in it to then test, redo, test, redo, then finally have a mission to fly.
It's not meant to be an RTS. We only use that term to give people a familiar term when trying to explain it. Sure, Olympus' utility is diminished a little for single-players, but that doesn't make it not useful.