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I would like to see the USS Constitution added to the DB3000.
After all, it is the worlds oldest, "STILL commissioned" naval ship still in service since 1797.

I'm sure some very creative scenarios could include it.

Thanks in advance,..

Here's one: make navigation and exclusion zones optionally applicable to units versus whole categories like 'aircraft,' etc.

For example, if I use a navigation zone to put a standoff around something that I don't want, say, an MPA to fly into, other air units on the same side can't attack it.

hello,

i have a request concerning the saving the select units/group to file :

will it be possible to have the sprint and drift saved too in the inst file
when you save a ship group ?

Thanks a lot !

I'm sure this is on a list somewhere, but when adding platforms, I'd really like it if the menu remembered the country you were working in. I think this works on surface ships, but for subs and aircraft, you keep having to navigate back to the country you were working on (in other words, every time you add an aircraft, the menu is set to Country: None).

It isn't a huge problem, but it'd save a little time and annoyance if it could just default to the last country you were working in.

Why does nobody vote for the dynamic campaign? I think it would be pretty cool, especially in the Northern Fury scenarios.

Hello

A request which could be interresting for lua scripting :

when using lua command assign unit to a mission, having some kind of parameter saying that you want the unit as escort for a strike mission. (as you can do it in the mission editor)

Wait. You can change a placed unit's side now? How do you do this!?

ORIGINAL: Sunburn

"Change side on a unit that is already placed" has been added in B679. If you voted for this you can vote again.

one LUA plea: speed field in Unit structure. Exposed to AddUnit, SetUnit and GetUnit functions.

ORIGINAL: Primarchx

Wait. You can change a placed unit's side now? How do you do this!?

ORIGINAL: Sunburn

"Change side on a unit that is already placed" has been added in B679. If you voted for this you can vote again.

Check the v1.09 RC.

Would it be possible to add a 'depth' parameter to the add/set/get structure for units. This would apply to submarine units as the altitude field does to add/set/get structure for aircraft. Thanks.

W. Stiles

ORIGINAL: stilesw
Would it be possible to add a 'depth' parameter to the add/set/get structure for units. This would apply to submarine units as the altitude field does to add/set/get structure for aircraft. Thanks.
W. Stiles

Actually, altitude works for subs, just remember to set it negative [8D]

Hmm. Must be doing something wrong. I tried the following:

ScenEdit_AddUnit({type = 'Sub',
name = 'RedSub',
dbid = 392,
side = 'Red',
Latitude='42.1402502809047',
Longitude='-65.1030585970647',
altitude = -100,
proficiency="4"})

It created the sub however it is at a depth or -66 feet. Also tried altitude = "-100 ft" with the same result. Tried "depth" instead of "altitude" in case such a field existed - no change. The Baloogan Lua on-line reference does say:

--AIRCRAFT SPECIFIC
--Altitude: Only valid for aircraft, if a number is passed to this function it will assume its in meters, otherwise pass a string in with units; for example: "5000 ft", "2000 m", "40000 ft"
--Alt is also a valid way to input altitude

What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

W. Stiles

ORIGINAL: Primarchx

Wait. You can change a placed unit's side now? How do you do this!?

ORIGINAL: Sunburn

"Change side on a unit that is already placed" has been added in B679. If you voted for this you can vote again.

if you were still wondering:

Syntax is: ScenEdit_SetUnitSide({side="XXX", name="YYY", newside="ZZZ"})

It would be very useful to have the option to scrub a No-Navigation Zone once the side is played by a human player. Just like you can do in the Mission Editor.

Thanks!

ORIGINAL: Tomcat84

ORIGINAL: Primarchx

Wait. You can change a placed unit's side now? How do you do this!?

ORIGINAL: Sunburn

"Change side on a unit that is already placed" has been added in B679. If you voted for this you can vote again.

if you were still wondering:

Syntax is: ScenEdit_SetUnitSide({side="XXX", name="YYY", newside="ZZZ"})

Thanks, TC. Is there a full listing of Lua routines and syntax out there somewhere? There are quite a few new commands that have vague input parameters in the editor. Thanks!

Im working on a script to generate downed pilots and rescue missions, but i need a function that allows me to know if a pair of coordinates are on land or water, something like:

function isWater(X, Y) return bool

thanks

I don't own the game (yet), but was talking about potential scenarios. Someone a thread I was on suggested I post this to a request thread. (I don't know if this is the right place, I'm awful at navigating forums):

Wrecked ships/other units: In the editor, make it possible to designate a unit as 'wrecked'. This would allow for missions in which the player has to find shipwrecks (and possibly discover enemy subs in the process, or for false-positives to be added for sub-hunting missions (ie, a sub could lurk in a ship graveyard).

ORIGINAL: Supreme 2.0

Can we have the ability to change loadouts on aircraft using LUA script? Since we are now given the ability to re-assign aircraft to other missions, having the option to apply a mission-fitting loadout would be very useful. [:)]

Thanks!

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ORIGINAL: orca
Request making adding/removing magazines and datalinks work the same as weapons and sensors.

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ORIGINAL: Supreme 2.0

Hey guys! I'd like to suggest adding filter-options to the "Teleport_Unit" event action. Something similar to the unit filter in the DB Viewer could be very useful, especially with big scenarios that have tons of units placed.

Check this out! I'm so proud of myself right now...

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