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[Flygflottilj16_Sulan]

Hi!
Is there a walkthrough on how to make a campaign? And all the options available...

How to set up .ini file and all that...

Gravity never looses, the best you can hope for is a draw

[Flygflottilj16_Sulan]

Hi!
Is there a walkthrough on how to make a campaign? And all the options available...

How to set up .ini file and all that...

Gravity never looses, the best you can hope for is a draw

[bird_brain]

There is a walkthrough in the manual but it leaves out a few minor points.

I DLed Extreme_one's USAAF camapign & used it as a model the 1st time. I just opened all the files in Explorer & looked to see how they were set up.
Then I copied it, deleted all the missions and typed over the text with my own to keep the file structure. Then I added my own missions & track files and viola! You will see what I mean if you open any small campaign to check it out.

It is very easy that way and I am sure no one would mind.


"The Blue" Desert Campaign, The Hell Hawks Ardennes Campaign &
The World's Greatest Aces Collection are all *here*

[Chuck_Older]

That's the only way to dot it, Bird

The manual not only gives misinformation, but there's at least two typos in the syntax!

Also it doesn't even mention at least one file type you need to make.

But if you look at another person's campaign, you can just copy the file, and re-write the contents


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[mosin91]

OK, I checked some campaigns what I see missing in my folder is info.properties. Is this whats missing and how do I create it. What kind of info is in there.

[bird_brain]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mosin91:
OK, I checked some campaigns what I see missing in my folder is info.properties. Is this whats missing and how do I create it. What kind of info is in there.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The info.properties is the briefing for the campaign when you start before you fly the 1st mission. If you don't have one handy to type over, create a text file in notepad & name it info.properties. Type in your introduction in the same format as a briefing file. Here is the 1st part of the file from "The Hell Hawks"

****

Name The Hell Hawks
Description Welcome to the 9th Tactical Air Force.\nYour mission here is to support the troops on the ground and act as mobile artillery to destroy the enemy on the front line. There are no "Glory Boys" here!\n

****

In case you don't know yet, the \n takes the blace of an "enter" command in the .properties files in all your missions. It is much easier to write the briefings in notepad IMHO.


"The Blue" Desert Campaign, The Hell Hawks Ardennes Campaign &
The World's Greatest Aces Collection are all *here*

[Friendly_flyer]

A good community-made walk through wouldnt'n hurt, though. I have tried all the mentioned tricks to make a campaign, but still haven't gotten it right.

Fly friendly!

Petter Bøckman
Norway

[mosin91]

Thanks Bird_Brain, it worked.

[plumps_]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Friendly_flyer:
A good community-made walk through wouldnt'n hurt, though. I have tried all the mentioned tricks to make a campaign, but still haven't gotten it right.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Friendly_flyer, have you already asked about your specific campaign problem in this forum? There are so many possible mistakes.

E. g.:
- Special characters like ÃËœ or voids are not allowed in the folder name.
- Carriage returns are allowed only at some distinct positions within the properties files (if you edit the file in notepad).
- The syntax of the campaign.ini must be observed meticulously. In the manual there's an error; it says 'awards Class il2.game.campaign.AwardsDEfighter' instead of 'awardsClass il2.game.campaign.AwardsDEfighter' (note the additional void after 'awards' in the first example).

Maybe copy&paste your campaign.ini to this thread so we can find the error.

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My Missions

[Friendly_flyer]

I copied Extreme ones BoB campaign, and replaced his missions with mine. I have kept the original videos until I have made some of my own. Here's the campaign file:

[Main]
Class il2.game.campaign.CampaignRed
awardsclass il2.game.campaign.AwardsRUfighter
EpilogueTrack Missions/Campaign/GB/BoverB/video/intro

[list]
* Missions/Campaign/GB/BoverB/video/intro
i-185_1_1.mis
* Missions/Campaign/GB/BoverB/video/floaters
i-185_2_1.mis
i-185_3_1.mis
i-185_4_1.mis
i-185_5_1.mis
i-185_6_1.mis
* Missions/Campaign/GB/BoverB/video/bef
i-185_7_1.mis

If you can help me I would be _very_ happy!

Fly friendly!

Petter Bøckman
Norway