Don't sleep on the AEW&C aircraft as well. The Burkes seem to do better with some radar top cover - at least if they get CEC from a E-2D. Most of my playthroughs (from editor mode, to be fair), I think maybe one or two NATO-side ships were sunk with torpedoes. The scenario starts out an ASW exercise ...

A good scenario should pose one or more dilemmas for the player to consider. If civilian sea or air traffic has an impact on those dilemmas, then I see the value in including them, but if not, its just additional burden on the players computer for no real gain in advancing the scenario’s plot.

CMO ...

SOLVED. Despite what is displayed, the class value is held under "classname"

This code works as intended, displaying the class of the unit:

local carrierorairfield = ScenEdit_GetUnit({side="NATO", unitname="NAS Keflavik"})
for i = 1, #carrierorairfield.embarkedUnits.Aircraft do
local ...

so weird. when I try to currentaircraft.class, it returns "null", but when I call table values like name, altitude, etc - it returns the actual value. Name works, and - in an ugly way - I can use that to derive the specific type of aircraft.

Why wont currentaircraft.class print?


local ...

Boom. It works. This sample script just prints out the aircraft info, showing it iterate through the aircraft in the base:

local carrierorairfield = ScenEdit_GetUnit({side="NATO", unitname="NAS Keflavik"})
for i = 1, #carrierorairfield.embarkedUnits.Aircraft do
local currentaircraft = ScenEdit ...

Scenario is updated with three (3) fleet oilers under your command. I underestimated how thirsty the Burkes are. LUA script message informs the player of the ships.

RFA Tideforce (A139), in port, Azores
USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205), in port, Boston
USNS Harvy Milk (T-AO-206), attached to CTG ...

Thank you for your feedback!

The fuel issue was an oversight - fuel should not be a factor, I will fix and upload a new version.

I watched "Grayhound" while writing this, and I liked the idea of the main convoy being outside player control, one that you may struggle to keep up with. This also ...

I am working on a logistics model and I need to know which aircraft are at (or assigned) to a specific airbase, to properly route munitions where they need to go. The one "OOB" answer I saw points to a dead link from 2018.

I dont care if they are at the base, or just assigned to the base, but I ...

This is a very rough draft scenario that depicts a SLOC protection mission in the early days of a hypnotical war between NATO and Russia. The player assumes command of a multinational Combined Task force (CTG 447), tasked with protecting high-value military (TF-83.1) and energy (TF-83.2) convoys ...

I tried searching, but did not find the magic terms - I am spawning an Arleigh Burke via LUA, and I want to change the Mk41 loadouts to add more SAM and less TLAM. Looking at the CMO LUA functions, its not obvious how to do this, does this functionality exist?

My Plan B for this is a bit ugly ...

These two functions, written by Geimini, help you create realistic-ish in-game messages, using date time group (DTG) formatting and ACP126 message formats. First the script, then an example of how to call it. These scripts should be ran at startup.

Helper scripts:


-- Returns DTG in format ...

I wanted to share working (as of build 1638) code that does the following:

Spawns several ships
Adds towed sonar arrays to several of them
Adds aircraft to one of the ships
Adds weapons to the magazine of some ships
Groups them into a group named "CTG 447.2 Sentinel Reach"

This is to ...

Developing a NATO side, I have a number of UUV's who I added towed sonar arrays to. Do I need to add Link-16 or other data links for the contacts these UUV's detect to be used for targeting by other units (say a helo)? I know this is a basic question, but I am in LUA hell writing about a dozen ...

I am working on developing a scenario, and when I load my game, I see popups from prior messages (that fire well after game start), and for the life of me I cant find how to disable/remove them. I am using LUA scripts for in-game messages, and I wonder if some print() statements are to blame, but I ...

I am working on a very similar scenario, here: https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10233&t=396700

In this scenario, US and Allied air bases are all blasted; Indonesia and Malaysia declare neutrality and close their airspaces, and the whole strike package has to route via PNG to get ...

Rapid Dragon seems really buggy. I dont have a good solution for this yet!

To me, it depends on a lot on what's going on around it. PLARF might not waste $10M ASBMs on it if there are a couple CVNs in the area. I would think a couple of subs might be a better package for that.


Subs are slow. Chinese subs are slow, and loud. In real combat, I expect a CVBG to move very ...

Follow-up to my AAW intrest, I created a test scenario. Firing a few salvos towards an AAW patrol mission, the MALD-J's were type classified and marked hostile, and engaged using "Aircraft Unspecified" WRA. This seems a valid tactic for an AAW scenario, if you were looking for the adversary to ...

I cant find the thread, but I think that you cannot move cargo into a magazine? I use LUA for all of this anyway, havent touched the cargo system - but hopefully someone else can provide real help. Assuming a unit remains in area for x minutes trigger, this is how I do this:

A basic example of this ...

I'll circle back and improve the CVBG's positioning. I also wrote another scenario that comes after this, so I will also update Wolfpack to blend in with the newer scenario. Thank you for the feedback!

The broader picture in this conflict is that after the Fujian is lost, the PLAN pulls back its ...