Il-2 Mission Planner | online flight planning tool | il2missionplanner.com

[HairyBrenndog]

I've currently setup a campaign server and server control from coconuts campaign plugin and server control web access source code.  I was reading on his forum that he had mission planner implemented on his server.  Do you know how i could do that and how would i go about getting a website dedicated to my server similar to taw or coconut implementation of mission planner.

Ie

Il2missionplanner.com/#TAW

 

Cheers

[curiousGamblerr]

@FlyingNutcase IIRC that's correctly, I don't think I ever added a total time. Seems like a silly omission in retrospect. Sorry about that!

 

@HairyBrenndog I think you're referring to the feature where the mission planner will automatically load a server's state, like this example for combat box: https://il2missionplanner.com/#combatbox?

 

The basic idea is your server needs to expose a piece of JSON, which you can update as often as you like (once at mission start, or periodically, up to you.) You give me an endpoint from which to grab the JSON and I can add a mapping from "#yourservername" to that endpoint, and the planner will go and grab the JSON when you load that URL. Continuing with the Combat Box example, their JSON is exposed here: https://static.combatbox.net/current-map.json. The format is specific to the mission planner, so you will need to create a script or some other mechanism to generate it from your mission state (I don't think coconut made this automatic with his server control but I might be wrong). 

 

It's a bit of a PITA and if I rewrote the planner I would implement this feature differently, but as it stands, that's the process. Let me know if you have questions.

 

[coconut]

6 hours ago, curiousGamblerr said:

You give me an endpoint from which to grab the JSON and I can add a mapping from "#yourservername" to that endpoint, and the planner will go and grab the JSON when you load that URL.

@HairyBrenndog The URL to use to get the JSON data with SCC is <serverurl>/campaign/<server instance name>

[HairyBrenndog]

@curiousGamblerr The endpoint for the json data is

http://clowns.hopto.org:8083/campaign/Krustys_Dungeon

#CLOWNSDynCampaign

to map from please.

Thanks again for this.

 

Cheers!

[curiousGamblerr]

On 2/16/2020 at 2:03 AM, HairyBrenndog said:

@curiousGamblerr The endpoint for the json data is

http://clowns.hopto.org:8083/campaign/Krustys_Dungeon

#CLOWNSDynCampaign

to map from please.

Thanks again for this.

 

Cheers!

 

Cool! Sorry I just saw this now. I'm going away tomorrow morning for the weekend, but I will try to remember to get this in next week.

[JG4_Deciman]

On 2/26/2020 at 7:54 PM, curiousGamblerr said:

I'm going away tomorrow morning for the weekend, but I will try to remember to get this in next week.

 

@curiousGambler, you've got a PM with the latest maptiles.
At least Rheinland had some changes on the map (new airfields)

 

Deci

Edited March 4, 2020 by JG4_Deciman

[curiousGamblerr]

Thanks @JG4_Deciman!

 

@HairyBrenndog apologies but I haven't had a chance to get your server added yet. I'm traveling again over the next few days but hopefully next week ?

[HairyBrenndog]

@curiousGamblerr sorry to be a pain but just checking up how you went with adding the server on for mission planner.

If the endpoint for the json data is ok.

 

Cheers!

[curiousGamblerr]

@HairyBrenndog and everyone else, I have some bad news unfortunately.

 

Long story short, for technical reasons, I am unable to make any changes to the mission planner at this time.

 

Long story long: When I set things up years ago, I used a tool called TravisCI to automate the process of taking my code from GitHub.com, packaging it up and deploying it to my cloud provider. The service was free for small-scale, open-source users like myself. About a year ago, TravisCI was purchased by another company, and promptly dumped most of their engineering team. Then, since I updated the maps last fall, they have redone their pricing model and completely broken the automation on which I've relied for ~4 years. Ostensibly I could get it back for like $70/month, which isn't going to happen

 

There are better, cheaper alternatives available, so the planner is not doomed forever, but the truth is I don't have the time now to rebuild that automation on another platform. That means that map, server and functionality updates are off the table for the foreseeable future. Frankly, this totally sucks and I'm sorry to you all. The news of TravisCI's changes was a big deal in the engineering community a few months ago, and I was afraid I would  be affected, and disappointed to see my fears come true.

 

In the meantime @HairyBrenndog your users can use the Import button on the bottom left of the planner screen to import your JSON themselves. I'm sorry I'm not able to set up the integration I promised at this time.

[JG4_Deciman]

Ouch...

[coconut]

I tried sending this in a PM, @curiousGamblerr, but your inbox must be full. So here it goes instead:

 

Hi,

 

I'm working on the next iteration of my dynamic campaign, and I wondered if you would allow me to use your tile sets of the maps hosted on il2missionplanner in my web client.

Don't be afraid to refuse, I would totally understand if you preferred I did not. Or let me know the conditions you would require, e.g. link to a donation site.

 

/ Coconut

[curiousGamblerr]

@coconut Sorry my inbox is full! 

 

You have my full permission to use the tiles API for any of your projects! Serving those doesn't cost much so please don't feel obligated to make a donation (most of my costs are related to the "streaming" / mission sharing function- serving static assets is cheap). 

 

One caveat is I can't guarantee they will stay full up to date, but any of the assets at http://tiles.il2missionplanner.com/ or in https://github.com/gavincabbage/tiles.il2missionplanner.com are available to you!

[41Sqn_Skipper]

On 3/4/2020 at 5:18 AM, JG4_Deciman said:

 

@curiousGambler, you've got a PM with the latest maptiles.
At least Rheinland had some changes on the map (new airfields)

 

Deci

 

Can the tiles be extracted from the game files or did you create them manually? I started working on an alternative and more simple version of the mission planner optimized for mobile devices and would like to use the latest maptiles (noticed the missing airfields in Rheinland map).

[JG4_Deciman]

50 minutes ago, 41Sqn_Banks said:

 

Can the tiles be extracted from the game files or did you create them manually? I started working on an alternative and more simple version of the mission planner optimized for mobile devices and would like to use the latest maptiles (noticed the missing airfields in Rheinland map).

Extracted from game

 

Deci

[41Sqn_Skipper]

8 hours ago, JG4_Deciman said:

Extracted from game

 

Deci

 

With "created manually" I meant "created by taking screenshots". Where in the game files are the map images located and how can they be extracted?

[FTC_Riksen]

@curiousGamblerr

 

Is there a way to allow certain html codes into the description field like <u> for underline <img> etc? ... They work as of now but not when sharing/streaming (people are blocked from connecting if these codes are present).

[curiousGamblerr]

On 6/29/2020 at 5:03 PM, 41Sqn_Riksen said:

@curiousGamblerr

 

Is there a way to allow certain html codes into the description field like <u> for underline <img> etc? ... They work as of now but not when sharing/streaming (people are blocked from connecting if these codes are present).

Riksen, sorry man, but right now the app is sort of frozen in its current state, so whatever behavior you observe is the best I’ve got, unfortunately. 

 

I’m guessing the sharing and streaming export/import bits of code don’t handle escaping/unescaping of HTML codes gracefully. In a non-streaming situation, where you manually export and import the map state, it might be possible

to repair the file if the bug occurs on export, but it’s also possible the issue is in the import, which does t offer many options for a hacky fix.

 

I regret I don’t have a more helpful answer for you. I appreciate your encouragement and support for the app over its better years!

[ATAG_SKUD]

Hi @curiousGamblerr

Any chance that you could whip up a simple DW Tobruk map? Just the map and map tools would be fine. Linking to MP servers etc is not needed. The map tools in Clod are a PITA.

Thanks

skud

Edited August 25, 2020 by ATAG_SKUD

[=RS=Stix_09]

On 3/20/2020 at 6:49 AM, curiousGamblerr said:

@HairyBrenndog and everyone else, I have some bad news unfortunately.

 

Long story short, for technical reasons, I am unable to make any changes to the mission planner at this time.

 

Long story long: When I set things up years ago, I used a tool called TravisCI to automate the process of taking my code from GitHub.com, packaging it up and deploying it to my cloud provider. The service was free for small-scale, open-source users like myself. About a year ago, TravisCI was purchased by another company, and promptly dumped most of their engineering team. Then, since I updated the maps last fall, they have redone their pricing model and completely broken the automation on which I've relied for ~4 years. Ostensibly I could get it back for like $70/month, which isn't going to happen

 

There are better, cheaper alternatives available, so the planner is not doomed forever, but the truth is I don't have the time now to rebuild that automation on another platform. That means that map, server and functionality updates are off the table for the foreseeable future. Frankly, this totally sucks and I'm sorry to you all. The news of TravisCI's changes was a big deal in the engineering community a few months ago, and I was afraid I would  be affected, and disappointed to see my fears come true.

 

In the meantime @HairyBrenndog your users can use the Import button on the bottom left of the planner screen to import your JSON themselves. I'm sorry I'm not able to set up the integration I promised at this time.

 

Is the current state of the il2 mission planer tool still in limbo  or are you still able to update the maps to current game ones.

Recent patches have made updates to some maps since these were imported from the game.
Here is an example Airfield that is missing on Rhineland map that was updated in patch 4.008 on 08.07.2020

 

Based on date of your post in March this year this will mean all game updates since Update 4.005 in April  that have changed the maps are not included in the tool

[NO.20_Tharian]

@curiousGamblerr I am interested in contributing to/managing this project to some extent if you have a little time to work through the transition with me.  I have just been getting into playing IL-2 over the last few months and have found this app particularly useful.  Also, as a developer on an open source project myself, I couldn't resist the urge to fork your repo and make a few changes while getting a feel for how it runs. I opened a PR for a minor feature improvement (added a setting for changing distance/speed units from metric to imperial) before I read this thread and saw that you were no longer able to work on it.  

 

I would be interested in trying to set up the CI/CD pipeline elsewhere if Travis has become unaffordable.  Let me know if you have the time and are willing to consider this.  Thanks!

[ATAG_SKUD]

Server down today?

[350th_Buzz]

Hello, does anyone know why "mission planner" is no longer active?

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Hey…. How I can find the way to victory without mission planner….

 I have withdrawal symptoms !

 

….please bring back!!….

[Hoss]

CG may have it down working on it, he is extremely aware of how much the community loves the IL2MP for flight plans, we used it and streamed it to squad members so we could do mission briefs.  I like Tharian's idea of either miles/nautical miles (future Pacific) and speed in mph variables, so flight times are correct for USAAF/RAF.  Cross fingers and hope that's what CG is doing at the moment.

 

Cheers

Hoss

[JG4_Deciman]

What is needed to host the mission planner?

Server or only webspace (including domain, php, ...)

Deci

 

[ATAG_SKUD]

On 8/11/2021 at 1:36 AM, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

Hey…. How I can find the way to victory without mission planner….

 I have withdrawal symptoms !

 

….please bring back!!….

Definitely having  cold sweats and shakes

bump,bump,bump

skud

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Not sure I am right here but I find no other place in technical issues…

It’s about the Map for all:

The Mission planner! It’s down for some days… It’s a topic in technical issues? It’s an important tool of the game and down since some days.

[-DED-Rapidus]

42 minutes ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

The Mission planner! It’s down for some days… It’s a topic in technical issues? It’s an important tool of the game and down since some days.

What is it about? a career mission planner? please provide screenshots.

[Hoss]

I'm a bit clueless on what is going on, it does not give you a site can't be found, a 404 error or any clues as to what's going on with the sight.  Curious is quiet on his end.  If someone knows how to do this, they should start a Pay Pal site so the community can help support the server or what ever it is they want to use to support the site.  I will contribute..............  I miss this................

 

Cheers

Hoss

[JG4_Moltke1871]

One thing:

 I open the mission planner on my IPhone with Safari Browser and see nothing.

 I close the program without closing the mission planner window and reopen the program and the mission planner is there…. I can set a course and change the map… strange.

 

I tried with google chrome browser, not works.

 

Edited August 12, 2021 by JG4_Moltke1871

[LLv34_Temuri]

15 hours ago, JG4_Deciman said:

What is needed to host the mission planner?

Server or only webspace (including domain, php, ...)

Deci

 

 

2 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

What is it about? a career mission planner? please provide screenshots.

https://github.com/gavincabbage/il2missionplanner.com

http://i.imgur.com/ZC3Aj6O.png

[JG4_Deciman]

10 hours ago, LLv34_Temuri said:

 

https://github.com/gavincabbage/il2missionplanner.com
 

Already checked and downloaded.
But that does not answer my question...

 

Assuming on the different config and system files:

php needed(maybe)

javascript needed (100%)

no 'real server' needed (seems to)

 

But in the configs I also find hostnames like 'api.missionplanner.com'

So it seems to host that you need a different domains

and have to make them react on different 'url' names...

 

Deci

 

[Chief_Mouser]

On 8/10/2021 at 7:18 PM, 352nd_Hoss said:

CG may have it down working on it,

 

CG's not visited the forums since October 2020. I fear it may have gone. ☹️

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

I also miss the tool.  The larger issue is that a 3rd party app should not be necessary.  Basic navigation planning tools should be included on the map in-game.

[JV44HeinzBar]

I never realized how much I used this tool. It's unfortunate that may no longer exist. I will say that I will support any effort to make missionplanner again.

 

HB

[-332FG-brooklynspo]

I dropped a few shekels in the Patreon bucket. Hope it helps. Need this.

[Hoss]

On 8/14/2021 at 4:51 AM, VBF-12_Stick-95 said:

I also miss the tool.  The larger issue is that a 3rd party app should not be necessary.  Basic navigation planning tools should be included on the map in-game.

Patients!

[ATAG_SKUD]

On 8/16/2021 at 7:51 AM, -332FG-brooklynspo said:

I dropped a few shekels in the Patreon bucket. Hope it helps. Need this.

I was a regular contributor. I just checked his Patreon page and it says the account is inactive?

skud

[JG1_Rotermann]

Well Shit

 

[=gRiJ=ToReRo]

It is a pity that this tool, so useful for everyone, collapses, what is the real problem?

Edited August 23, 2021 by =gRiJ=ToReRo