PWCG Unified 2.1.2 Available

[PatrickAWlson]

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PWCG 2.1.2 has been posted

 

Improved intercept patterns

Fixed: AAR error when wound badge assigned after already received - it's worth pulling just for this

 

 

PWCG 2.1.1

Implemented new search patterns for intercept

- Sector search

- Creeping leg search

- Circle search

Resized PaperFull to handle larger monitors

Fixed: Journal page order is not correct

 

PWCG 2.1 

Briefing Changes:

- Added scrub button to every page so you don't have to walk back to first page

- "Accept Mission" button is now enabled/disabled correctly

Debrief Changes:

- Combat Report button is always available.  Will pop up a message if there is no data available.

Medals:

- Added ability for bomber pilot medals to be awarded on fighter criteria - i.e. shoot down planes and you get medals.

Skins:

- Reworked algorithm.  Assignment is looking pretty good now.

Eliminated opposing flight.  Not needed and nobody uses it anyway. 

RoF: A bit less fighter activity early in WWI - because there really were not many in the air.

RoF: Configured McMinstrsls new skins

RoF: Configured many existing skins 

Fixed: Incorrect aircraft fuel. Fuel is now properly calculated based on payload and air start.

Fixed: Sometimes wind sock ends up on the runway

Fixed: AARs are listed by the date of the next mission, not the date that the mission was actually flown.

Fixed: Skin management: Squadron skins not appearing when squadron skins selected

Fixed: RoF: Bombing altitudes too high for WWI planes

Fixed: RoF: Removed Albatros D.II from Austrian service

Fixed: RoF: Designated S22 as a large plane and corrected large plane positioning

Fixed: RoF: Added seasons to Galicia map

 

PWCG 2.1 Beta 1

Improved briefing - briefing is now a three part flow

- Briefing/Map/Pilot Selection

- Starts with briefing on chalk board

- Next is map

- Next is pilot selection

- Must proceed to pilot selection to accept the mission

- Can go forwards and backwards

- Scrub mission is on the first page (briefing)

Improved debriefing - debriefing is now a multi part flow

- Starts with mission description on chalk board

- Next is victory declaration.  No need to select mission log set anymore - PWCG now knows the right one.

- Next is debrief map with events

- Next is combat report

- Next is pilots lost (if necessary)

- Next is pilots transferred (if necessary)

- Next is pilots on leave (if necessary)

- Next is medals (if necessary).  Medal page layout has been improved.

- Next is promotions (if necessary)  Promotion page layout has been improved.

- Next is newspapers (if necessary)

Improved Journal

- Takes form of log book where you can go page to page

- First page(s) are an index of reports.  Click on one to proceed directly to that report

- REMEMBER - YOU CAN WRITE YOUR OWN MISSION NOTES IN THE NARRATIVE SECTION!

Improved text placement in squadron log and journal

Three new fonts:

- Typewriter font for text that should look typed

- Decorative font for the header of documents

- Cursive font for hand written sections

- Set/change them in main configuration (main menu->Configuration->UI)

RoF: Roland CIIa skins by GooseEH

RoF: Roland CIIa squadron skins py Patrick Wilson - based on skins by GooseEH

RoF: Organization of Albatros DVa skins by Der Mo - Much appreciated as Alb Dva is a monster

BoS: Reduced Me110 cruise speed

BoS: Reduced He111 cruise speed

Fixed: Advanced config parameters get squeezed out on smaller screens. Moved right side help into a tool tip on the label.

Fixed: Errors around declaring a victory while flying as an observer

Fixed: pilot displayed twice on assigned pilots instead of pilot/observer

Fixed: Captured pilots were not being removed from the squadron

Fixed: Error when claiming Ju88 victory

Fixed: No scrollbar on debrief

Fixed: No scroll bar for missions with many waypoints

 

 

PWCG 2.0.2

Refactored skin algorithm.  Major restructuring of skin data for ROF, resulting in the addition of hundreds of skins.

 

Fixed: Eliminated climb WPs for low altitude mission types

Fixed: Debrief screens needs a scroll.  

Fixed: Intel screen needs a scroll.  

Fixed Assigning aircraft in the pilot selection screen does not work.

Fixed Historical aces cannot be assigned to missions. 

Fixed delete missions not working

Fixed bomber path for escort missions.  Rendezvous and path to target are more direct.

Fixed The weather in the missions was still perfectly clear.

Bos: Fixed - JU87 has cannons too early

 

 

 

RoF: SFL 1 is improperly aligned in the water. They crash into the breakwater when they try to take off.

RoF: SFL 1 seems is assigned standard fighter missions over the front lines

RoF: Fixed All RNAS pilots start with wings and the DSC.

RoF: Fixed All RFC pilots start with wings and Military Cross.

RoF: Fixed channel front way points over 225 km. 

RoF: Fixed coop mission results not recognized. 

 

 

PWCG 2.0.1

New: Added error packaging button

- Bottom of main campaign screen

- Press it to create a zip file that can be posted on the forums

- Zip file will be in PWCGCampaign\ErrorReport

BoS: Added airfield AAA

BoS: Added airfield static objects and planes

BOS: Added the first ace to BoS courtesy of MarcoPegase44 - Hermann Graf

RoF: Fixed: Cannot access AAR when using GUI Mod

Fixed: Missions flown not incrementing

 

 

PWCG 2.0

Fixed: Many aircraft have different loadouts to their wingmen.

Fixed: Missions at night in PWCG have all-white skies.

Fixed: Trains are in the wrong spot (same with other vehicles?)

Fixed: (mostly) AAA and artillery in river near bridge 

Fixed: Trucks under bridge

New: Found way to map mission logs to PWCG generated mission data.  Guarantees correct set of logs is evaluated in debrief

BoS: Fixed wacky intercept pattern

RoF: Fixed squadron/generic skins 

RoF: AAR Player declarations error: balloons not handled properly

RoF: Fixed coop path

RoF: Fixed spy missions.

BoS: Fixed9 GvIAP 268 IAD at Pichuga, 1942-12-01, is improperly aligned on the runway.

 

PWCG 2.0 Beta 3

Fixed pilots don't die

Fixed Many ground attack missions encountered no enemies

BOS: Fixed Italian campaign generation doesn't work

UI: Fixed plane selection graphics issue.  2 rows on small screens.   Added scroll bar.

UI: Fixed generic UI panels (replaces pictorial panels with plain green)

UI: Added error and do not write mission if player does not own assigned plane

UI: Added scroll bar to mission debrief.

Reduced number of flights for low/medium

Increased spacing of front guns for medium ground level

Attack MCU: randomize the targets maybe it will influence the AI decision.

 

PWCG 2.0 Beta 2

BoS: Debrief error when parachute is involved - fixed

RoF: Spad XIII kills are not working - fixed

RoF: Balloon Defense Missions are bugged. - fixed

Are Skins for PWCG - verified skins work as long as they are configured.  Might need a larger configuration project

"name .. has been transfer ....", whereas below it repeats, but completely "name .. has been transferred to Jasta 7." - don't see it

Edited November 23, 2016 by PatrickAWlson

[LLv24_Zami]

Sounds good, thanks!

[keeno]

Cheers Pat,

 

this all sounds fantastic, as ever you and your work is greatly appreciated and you're an asset to this community.

 

Thanks again.

[Jade_Monkey]

Sounds great!

 

Ive been looking for an excuse to fly the moskow map more.

[Dauntless]

[JG_Meyer]

Amazing Patrick!

 

Thank you!

[=/WoVi/=kirumovka]

I seem to have a minor problem with the aircraft selection with my screen being 1280x1024...

Every aircraft is clickable, I just need to blindly find the corner of the transparent part of the buttons...

Also, when changing the font from Serif to Ubuntu Mono crushes the text:

The funny thing is that I can't even edit the font back anymore, I just have to overwrite the files again

Apparently that didn't work. The files don't seem to be stored in %APPDATA% either.. guess I'm fked for now because the text boxes aren't even editable

And I don't even know what these say

Edited August 9, 2016 by -Y29-ZdrytchX

[PatrickAWlson]

I seem to have a minor problem with the aircraft selection with my screen being 1280x1024...

Every aircraft is clickable, I just need to blindly find the corner of the transparent part of the buttons...

 

Also, when changing the font from Serif to Ubuntu Mono crushes the text:

The funny thing is that I can't even edit the font back anymore, I just have to overwrite the files again

Apparently that didn't work. The files don't seem to be stored in %APPDATA% either.. guess I'm fked for now because the text boxes aren't even editable

And I don't even know what these say

Manual repair - cd PWCGCampaign\BoSData\User

Open PWCGCampaignUser.config

delete the line where the font change is recorded

 

It will revert back

Edited August 9, 2016 by PatrickAWlson

[sinned]

Thanks for this wonderful work. I also see that you are very modest despite the fact that work was provided to community with goodwill. Thank you

[Bearfoot]

Nice!

 

So appreciative of this and the work you put it, Patrick!

 

Question: is it possible to change the location of where the mission results are written?

[PatrickAWlson]

At the moment the directory that PWCG looks for logs is fixed to the data dir.

[Dfwtd]

Excelent update, the upgraded log with the data of the pilots shot down or injured, even captured looks great! Any chance of adding Velikie Luki to the campaign selection? I can give some info on squads involved and skins

[PatrickAWlson]

Excelent update, the upgraded log with the data of the pilots shot down or injured, even captured looks great! Any chance of adding Velikie Luki to the campaign selection? I can give some info on squads involved and skins

 

Probably not in the near future,  Adding a map is about 100 hours of work for me, even with help,  Right now I need to get 2.0 sorted and then I need a bit of a rest.  

[Dutchvdm]

Hi Patrick,

 

Great new release! The new UI looks very good. A great improvement over the last one. Two questions.

 

- Is it possible to make the airfields more alive? In multiplayer there are parked aircraft and men walking around. It would make coming home an taking of a lot more immersive. 

- I'm thinking about making a release without the non BOM planes (excluding the Yak, LAGG and Stuka). How hard is this? Would it be a matter of deleting the entire squadron or just altering the dates?

 

Grt M

[PatrickAWlson]

Hi Patrick,

 

Great new release! The new UI looks very good. A great improvement over the last one. Two questions.

 

- Is it possible to make the airfields more alive? In multiplayer there are parked aircraft and men walking around. It would make coming home an taking of a lot more immersive. 

- I'm thinking about making a release without the non BOM planes (excluding the Yak, LAGG and Stuka). How hard is this? Would it be a matter of deleting the entire squadron or just altering the dates?

 

Grt M

 

Live airfields is something that I have not yet figured out for BoM/BoS.  For RoF the airfields are regular configurations which allows me to easily designate locations for atmospheric objects.  Bos is a collection of independent objects.  I might be able to do the same for BoM but I have to look into it.  Presumably an aircraft revetment or a hangar is an identifiable object.  If I can identify it and then add things based on location I might get somewhere.

 

IMHO the easiest thing is to change the plane.  However, if you can't find a suitable replacement then delete the whole squadron.  Your coice.

[Wirerjacko]

_{Hi Patrick is it possible to add the ability to enable or disable  AI landings as a configuration setting ?}

[PatrickAWlson]

_{Hi Patrick is it possible to add the ability to enable or disable  AI landings as a configuration setting ?}

 

No, but long ago I put something into te code to automatically declare your pilot to have survived a crash if it happens within a few KM of the field.  This way your squadron doesn't get slaughtered if it crashes on landing.

[RCBRF]

Hi Patrick,

I tried this new PWCG (I thank you every day I play !) and... got errors each time I attempt to submit my report. I copied the error Log :

 

Thanks again !

PWCGErrorLog.txt

Edited August 10, 2016 by RCBRF

[Hartigan]

Hi Patrick,

I tried this new PWCG (I thank you every day I play !) and... got errors each time I attempt to submit my report. I copied the error Log :

 

Thanks again !

 

Same here! mission_text log is set to 1, but still i cannot submit my report

[PatrickAWlson]

The error is the reason the debrief failed.  Once that happened it looks like the logs were deleted, preventing resubmit.  The second is intentional to prevent hundreds and hundreds of log files from floating about.

 

About the mission:

1. Which squadron

2. What date?

3. What kind of mission?

[LuftManu]

Hello Patrick!

Nice work!

I would like to report some items with this version.

 

- Ai sometimes does not engage the enemy (Air to Air)

- Ai will follow you 24/7 after a merge (Enemy)

-There is no AA in my home base, dont know about others (Mine is Evlampievsky)

 

Thanks again! I hope this is usefull!

[PatrickAWlson]

Can't do anything about the AI.  That is simply not within my control.

 

I can do something about airfield AAA.  It's on the to do lost but hasn't been done yet.

Edited August 11, 2016 by PatrickAWlson

[LuftManu]

Can't do anything about the AI.  That is simply not within my control.

 

I can do something about airfield AAA.  It's on the to do lost but hasn't been done yet.

Thanks for the answer!

 

The campaign is great!

[Wirerjacko]

Hi Patrick

 

I dont seem to be able to start a campaign as an Italian pilot. I do have the MC202. Also thanks for the answer above I take it it is also not possible to enable player auto pilot landings as an option that are available in normal mode in the stock campaign. It does come in handy from time to time.

 

Also thanks for all the effort you have put into this I have been using the PWCG for some time with ROF and it just takes things to another level 

[PatrickAWlson]

You can use autopilot.  In fact almost all of my testing is done in autopilot since I can't actually fly these planes .

 

I'll look into the Italian career thing but I might have the answer straight away: make sure that the date is at least January 1942.  With BoM the earliest start date moved back to Oct 1941, but the Italian squadron is not available until Jan 1942.

[PatrickAWlson]

Hi Patrick,

I tried this new PWCG (I thank you every day I play !) and... got errors each time I attempt to submit my report. I copied the error Log :

 

Thanks again !

 

Thanks for posting the error log.  Got that one fixed.  This bug will impact any mission where a multi place aircraft crashes.

 

Expect beta 2 on Sunday.

[Wirerjacko]

Hi Patrick

 

 

PWCGErrorLog.txt

[PatrickAWlson]

E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\PWCGBoS 1.0\PWCGCampaign\BoSData\User

 

should be

 

E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\PWCGCampaign\BoSData\User

 

No PWCGBoS 1.0

[LLv24_Zami]

Named crews and new debriefings are very cool features. Adds lot to the campaign, good work 

Edited August 12, 2016 by Zami

[pilotpierre]

I installed this in the root directory as normal and now have residing in the BOS folder the PWCG campaign folder and a PWCGBoS 2.0 beta 1 folder. I created a shortcut for the 2.0 beta 1 application but when I try to open it it tells me it in in the wrong directory and should be installed in the root directory???

 

Should this have overwritten the Version 1 unified?

[HotPursuit]

I cannot submit my report. Mission_text_log is set to 1.

 

II.//JG51

1941-11-01

Intercept

 

I really like having the named crews. PWCG is getting better and better.   

PWCGErrorLog.txt

[PatrickAWlson]

These are reported items across BoS and RoF that I am committed to fix before final.  I will put out Beta 2 tomorrow with whatever fixes I have.  I want to put out the latest every week until it is solid.

 

1. Trains are in the wrong spot (same with other vehicles?)

2. Improve offensive patrol WP algorithm - odd pattern

3. Skins for PWCG not working - might be RoF only

4. Add warning that unowned plane is assigned

5. "name .. has been transfer ....", whereas below it repeats, but completely "name .. has been transferred to Jasta 7."

6. Pilots don't die

7. problem with the aircraft selection with my screen being 1280x1024

8. font change causes issues

9. RoF: Spad XIII kills are not working

10. RoF: Balloon Defense Missions are bugged.

11. BoS: Debrief error when parachute is involved - fixed

12. BoS: Debrief error when gunner is involved - fixed

[pilotpierre]

I installed this in the root directory as normal and now have residing in the BOS folder the PWCG campaign folder and a PWCGBoS 2.0 beta 1 folder. I created a shortcut for the 2.0 beta 1 application but when I try to open it it tells me it in in the wrong directory and should be installed in the root directory???

 

Should this have overwritten the Version 1 unified?

Hi Pat,

         Further to the unanswered above, is V2 Beta1 unified a stand alone or should it overwrite V1 unified? I have extracted to the root directly using all 3 tiers of the download but the outcome is still the same as the original post above.

[HotPursuit]

Hi Pat,

         Further to the unanswered above, is V2 Beta1 unified a stand alone or should it overwrite V1 unified? I have extracted to the root directly using all 3 tiers of the download but the outcome is still the same as the original post above.

 

pilotpierre,

 

2.0 Beta 1 is a stand alone version that uses the same file structure as previous version. You shouldn't have a folder named 'PWCGBos 2.0 beta' in the main game folder.

It's still called 'PWCGCampaign'

[PatrickAWlson]

Put the zip file into your BOS install folder.  If you use 7 zip with the option "extract here" it works.  If you just use "extract" it creates a directory with the zip file name and then it puts PWCGCampaign into that folder, resulting in PWCGBos 2.0 beta\PWCGCampaign .  You don't want that.  That is just the way 7zip and windows zip work.

 

If you do end up with that just cut PWCGCampaign out of PWCGBos 2.0 beta and paste it into the game directory.  Then you can delete the  PWCGBos 2.0 beta directory.  Having said that ... "extract here" is the right answer for getting it right the first time.

Edited August 14, 2016 by PatrickAWlson

[Mainstay]

Hi Patrick,

 

I think your doing a wonderfull job and i would like to thank you for the time you put into creating this.

Really love the named enemies and debriefing.

I hope you keep continueing making this better each version.

 

A few things that keep me from continueing using the PWCG.

 

1 : Lack of AAA on airfields (to do list)

2 : AI enemy all attacking me !

3 : Chasing endlessly by the enemy.

 

Now i know you said earlier you cant do anything about the enemy AI.

Is this because you dont know where the problem is? Do you get help from 1C/777?

Can the developers help you fix this?

 

 

See the next screenshot what happens almost every mission generated.

I stay in the back and let the rest of the aircraft hit the merge first.

Enemy aircraft ALL continue flying through the hail of bullets and what not like a bunch of retards and ALL jump me.

 

[Trooper117]

This problem has been around in the game from day one... more often than not, all enemy aircraft will always home in on me regardless

In the game campaign it's even worse...

Edited August 15, 2016 by Trooper117

[PatrickAWlson]

PWCG and the game are completely different programs.  I am not an employee of 777, I don't have access to their code, and I cannot make changes to it.  Therefore it is not possible for me to change anything on the 777 side.

 

In the past I have "fixed" a couple of AI problems by altering MCUs (mission components) to influence the AI.  The problem with the magnetism and endless following is that there is no way that I am aware of to influence the AI to stop this behavior.

[Mainstay]

I understand what you mean but do you get help from anyone within 777?

Or is that something they are not willing to do...

[Taxman]

Mainstay or anyone else having the enemy AI problem of ganging up on you,  do not be the flight leader.  I have found, even as I have moved up in the ranks, that if I put someone else in as the flight leader, must have higher rank, then the AI will focus on the flight leader, not you.  However if those with higher rank are shot down and you become the flight leader, then run like hell, all the AI will focus on you .  Another problem with being the flight leader is that you are usually way ahead of your flight, hanging out there with out any support from your wing men for about 5 minutes, by that time its to late.  One other thing I have noticed is that when the AI is focused on me, there have been times when I had 4 on my tail, by ordering wing men to attack and they start damaging the AI the AI will still continue to try to attack me until they are so badly damaged they can longer fly well and become easy pickings, the problem is staying alive or not receiving to much damage yourself before your AI has done enough damage.

 

I do hope that 777 addresses the AI problem in single player.