Prangster's IL-2 BoS Mission Building Guide

[Thad]

Learning to use the Mission Editor is a rewarding challenge in and of itself. ?

Edited August 18, 2018 by Thad

[II./JG1_Kliegmann]

Senior moments are natures way of keeping life interesting for us

[murkz]

Hi,

 

I am new to the editor and have just started following the guide, sadly I have fallen at the first attempt. I get an error when I try to load Velikiye Luki template.Mission "Error reading mission file"

 

Any idea how to fix this.

 

jeff

[murkz]

I found the answer here, so if any more noobs come along, they will have an answer.

 

 

[=RS=Stix_09]

You might find this topic  useful info, (see my posts about getting these tutorials to work).

(PzUmurkz post works too)

 

This guide and tutorial files need to be updated to work with new engine (minor changes)

It's based on a 2015 version of the game engine and editor.

 

PS

I don't know how to get this pinned topic updated....

 

 

Edited October 13, 2018 by Stix_09

[DN308]

Awesome, thanks a lot!!!!

[Thad]

On 5/14/2018 at 1:39 PM, Falcon41 said:

Silk,

      Thanks, I believe I had a “senior moment”

 

I tend to forget most of my senior moments. ?

[SE.VH_Boemundo]

Hello Prangster, after copying templates to E:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Multiplayer\dogfight and trying to open the .mission I'm receiving error:

 

 

On solved it already, solution: 

 Thank you!

Edited May 27, 2021 by SE.VH_Boemundo

[=music=mari8it]

hello someone could please upload the template file cause the link in the first page is broken 

thanks

[Thad]

1 hour ago, musicmari8it said:

hello someone could please upload the template file cause the link in the first page is broken 

thanks

 

Yes, please do. 

[No_85_Gramps]

Probably will need to be re-saved as this is from 2019.

Prangsters_ME_template (1).zip

[=music=mari8it]

21 hours ago, No_85_Gramps said:

Probably will need to be re-saved as this is from 2019.

Prangsters_ME_template (1).zip 376.71 kB · 0 downloads

thank you sir 

[Thad]

On 5/14/2018 at 1:39 PM, Falcon41 said:

Silk,

      Thanks, I believe I had a “senior moment”

 

I resemble that remark. ?

[NO.20_W_M_Thomson]

Hey Gents, I've been trying to open Velikiye Luki template to follow this tutorial but it seems to just hang for ever. Is there a newer version I can open?

[Sketch]

Open the Editor and go to Tools -> Resave All Missions in Folder -> Select the folder where the Luki template mission is and let it run through it's process. You should be able to open the mission after it goes through that update.

 

[NO.20_W_M_Thomson]

3 hours ago, Sketch said:

Open the Editor and go to Tools -> Resave All Missions in Folder -> Select the folder where the Luki template mission is and let it run through it's process. You should be able to open the mission after it goes through that update.

 

Thank you Bud, Worked like a charm.

 

[Thad]

On 6/18/2021 at 10:55 AM, No_85_Gramps said:

Probably will need to be re-saved as this is from 2019.

Prangsters_ME_template (1).zip 376.71 kB · 37 downloads

 

Salutations and thank you very much.

[NN_Elanion]

Edit: Search complete: I found the v 1.1 version of Prangster and a partial version v 1.1 translated into French.

 

Prangster's link is no longer active.

Can someone share (download link) his guide?
It is very useful to me and I lost it during an installation of windows 11................................

Good flight.

Edited May 7, 2022 by NN_Elanion

[No601_Prangster]

I've updated the links, so they should work now.

[PA_Keko_]

7 minutes ago, No601_Prangster said:

I've updated the links, so they should work now.

Thank you!!!! 

[francisco99]

good good

[Roshko]

I get an "Error reading mission file!" when trying to open the template (also when trying to open the finished file)

Anything I can do about that?

[Sketch]

Try opening the .msbin file instead of the standard mission file. To do that, type *.* in the search box of the open mission dialog box. Then locate the .msbin file and see if that will open.

[352nd_Wheels]

On 8/1/2023 at 8:34 AM, Roshko said:

I get an "Error reading mission file!" when trying to open the template (also when trying to open the finished file)

Anything I can do about that?

 

I had the same problem but running the mission resaver in the mission editor allowed me to open them.

 

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Now here is one that made me scratch my head until I opened the finished tutorial mission.

On page 12 I am told to put a fake airfield icon in grid 123 but no such grid exists on the Velikiye Luki map since it stops at Grid 0117.

I thought it might be a typo so I looked for an airfield in GRID 0213. Again no luck.That was when I remembered the finished tutorial mission and I went looking for the fakefield icon on it. I found the  109G2 fake airfield icon in grid 0804 at the Isocha airfield by entering the XYZ position numbers in a Block object I placed on the map using the coordinates in the image from the mission building guide and the same ones in the image above.

• X: 30983.61
• Y: 117.45
• Z:36718.85

As you can see in the image below the block icon I placed on the map was near the 109G2 airfield icon.

 

The actual Position locations for the 109G2 fake airfield icon are these:

• X: 31052.26
• Y: 117.88
• Z:36868.33

Not sure how many others might have been hung up with that minor niggle but it drove me bananas for a bit.

 

Wheels

[ACG_Sods]

select the Velikiye Luki map and resave...