PWCG Unified Release 1.0 Available

[PatrickAWlson]

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The first full release of a unified PWCG is available..

 

PWCG Unified Release 1

Added generic green side panels (for those that do not like the original side panels).

Improved pilot/squadron info backgrounds on campaign display

Added delete campaign screen

Improved intel map to show all available maps

Improved climb out pattern to be tighter

Improved intercept WPs to be the concentric circles that I had always intended

Bug fixes:

Fixed: Config parameter descriptions were too long - squeezed data entry

Fixed: Mission briefing screen cuts off information

Fixed: transfer issue across maps

Fixed: Removed some unused configs

Fixed: other typos

 

PWCG Unified Beta 3

GUIs redone for consistency and appearance

- Side panels resize automatically to avoid "scrunched" look

- Navigation buttons consistently on the left panel

- Control buttons on the right panel

- Support for smaller screens - auto sizing

New skin assignment screen

- Allows skin assignment to all pilots in the squadron

- Pick the pilot then assign the skins

- Accessed from the Campaign home page

Improved campaign generation page

- Campaign generation is now stp by step 

- Avoids unintended data resets

- Forces player to perform steps in the proper order

- Can go to previous step to change things

- Choosing a new service restarts the generation process

- Still only takes a few minutes at most to generate a campaign

Improved patrol waypoints

 

Bug fixes"

Increase Java memory for PWCG to avoid unexpected bugs on screen transition

Fixed: Missing the ability to select some sklns and assign them to pilots

Fixed: RoF: Need to exclude "City Broken" and "Village" from destinations

Fixed: RoF: error that could prevent credit for balloons

Fixed: Intel map right side goes away when squadron is selected

Fixed: Debrief screen transition doesn't work

Fixed: AI pilots do not die

Fixed: Player doesn't die

Fixed: Lone Wolf and Combat Report buttons do not grey out on entry into campaign

Fixed: Belgian campaign generation broken

Fixed: Kumakova airfield

Fixed: Some missions happen on the wrong side of the lines

Fixed: Restored front line recon missions

Fixed: RoF lone wolf missions

Fixed: Baizieux Airfield.

Fixed: Enemy MGs in friendly locations

Edited June 26, 2016 by PatrickAWlson

[Napping-Man]

Flying Lagg's out of Kumovka 287 IAP 288 IAD 7/1/42:   Aircraft facing wrong direction on Runway...or not placed correctly:  (Still awesome as usual Pat, but you wanted reports, so here ya go)  

[LLv24_Zami]

Sounds reasonable!

 

I will do some testing later today.

[Trooper117]

Sounds great Pat... good move!

[Asgar]

i agree with the others. it sounds great. a little thing i could check right now. Looks like you can't select skins for pilots anymore, tested with Bf 110 and Ju-88

Edited April 11, 2016 by 6./ZG26_Asgar

[Picchio]

Will try as soon as possible, Pat. Thank you for your work!

[Brano]

Hello Patrick,

I guess BoM is not implemented yet. Nevertheless I will try this unified version and see how it runs.

[PatrickAWlson]

Oh, release notes for Beta 1:

 

PWCG Unified Beta 1

Redid squadrons based on Luke's work.

- Used Luke's squadrons as a baseline.

- Added I/JG51 to bring back the FW190

- Extended squadrons to 1/1/1942 by adding BoM planes.

- Extended squadrons into 1943 by transitioning to later BoS planes.

Reviewed and corrected cruise speeds for all aircraft.

Made better use of stock skins

Made window size configurable.

Added Ju88

[Asgar]

hey Pat,

i started a Ju-88 campaign. First mission crashed my game when i entered the Missions menu. tried to generate another missions and it did the same thing. i uploaded both in that .rar file. hope that helps

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwwR4JN8jKztUDBCTTNvV25JRXc/view?usp=sharing

[PatrickAWlson]

That is a strange one.  I can repeat the result - CTD as soon as the missions tab is selected.  That means it has to be something in the header because I doubt the mission file is being parsed before the mission is even loaded.  The file opens fine in the ME.  I tried saving it from the ME but got the same result in the game.

 

Can you create a new campaign and try again?  I did the same and had no problem.  Meanwhile I'll keep trying to figure this one out.

Napping Man: I reversed the takeoff direction for Kumovka.

[Asgar]

I've tried 3 different campaigns, deleted the old campaign before i created the second one, and deleted PWCG completely and re-downloaded it before i tried the 3rd one. (to see if the download got corrupted somehow) but i got the same results. i tried Bf 109, Ju-88 and Bf 110. no change

[Bando]

Strange. I hope you can fix it Asgar.

I've tried to recreate the crash in several campaigns, I can't.

For me the mission creator runs good, no faults whatsoever.

[Asgar]

ok...i tried creating a Russian Campaign. I don't know why, but i can in deed fly a mission in IL-2 1941. German Ju-88 campaign keeps crashing

[PatrickAWlson]

I'll ask if Jason can ask the 777 guys to run a debug session with this mission.  If they did they could locate the cause of the crash in 15 minutes.  In the meantime I have a couple more debugging ideas that I can at least try.

 

For anybody else ... there is silence.  Any feedback on this version?  Is it running well?  Not running well?  

[1./ZG1_ElHadji]

I'm downloading now and will provide feedback Pat. Thanx for your hard work!

[1./ZG1_ElHadji]

Just flew a mission as an attack pilot in a Bf 110 E-2. Everything seems to work fine for the most part but here is my initial thoughts:

 

* Map route color - is it possible to change the color of the route on the map? White lines are not that easy to see on a bright background

 

* Formation flying - I flew as a wingman and I really struggled to keep up with my leader. I don't think that he was using the recommended engine RPM's for cruise speed since I almost blew my engine trying to keep up. Eventhough I pushed my engine as hard as I could he kept pulling away.

[Bando]

I'm not flying that much lately, sorry.

I'm all into the stone age with Primal......

[unlikely_spider]

Installed fine and created a campaign and mission. Will let you know if there are any issues flying it.

[JGr8_Abent]

 

when you add a map of Moscow?

[yeikov]

Hi Pat,

 

Just installed it and seen that in advanced config, the weather settings seem to be a mix of the "old" BoS ones and the RoF ones. Which ones is the code using now?

 

Thanks!

[Napping-Man]

Just had a CTD when I went to the Mission select screen (in Il-2 BOS itself, not PWCG).

 

Here's the text of the ENG file (which is what I'm assuming is causing the CTD).  It will load normally if I remove the missions files from the Missions Folder.  If you need the MISSION file I can send it to you.

 

0:Arkady 1942-12-01 GROUND_ATTACK

1:<br>505 ShAP 226 ShAD stationed at Bol. Chapurniki<br> 1942-12-01<br>Primary Objective Attack the artillery battery at Gavrilovka

2:Brought to you by PWCGCampaign

5:Balloon

6:Way Point

7:Way Point

8:Way Point

9:Way Point

10:Way Point

11:Way Point

12:Way Point

13:Way Point

 

I added the MISSION file anyway...just in case.

Arkady 1942-12-01.mission.txt

Edited April 17, 2016 by Napping-Man

[unlikely_spider]

Have the same issue as Napping-Man above, at Kumovka, where the planes spawned facing the wrong way. I'll try another airfield to see if it's just this one.

 

Edit - okay, so I tried a new campaign, and it writes the file, but I get a CTD when going to the Missions section in the game itself.

 

Edit again - I created a new campaign and this one works fine. Maybe I deleted some of the wrong files when cleaning up my old campaign files.

Edited April 18, 2016 by engrish_major

[Asgar]

what type of campaigns have you tried? for example, 109, 110 and Ju-88 keep crashing for me, but i can fly IL-2. Maybe it has something to do with specific planes?

[PatrickAWlson]

So the issue is widespread.  It can impact German and Russian.  Asgar can fly the IL2 but not others meanwhile Mapping Man had the issue while flying the IL2.  

 

Can somebody post a campaign that is failing or give me a name, squadron, and date?

[Asgar]

I created a new campaign with Ju-88 (i think that's the 3rd 88 campaign i created) for some reason this one works. but i still have a broken 88 campaign. i'm gonna upload both and send you the download link

Edited April 18, 2016 by 6./ZG26_Asgar

[unlikely_spider]

Yeah, the same one that crashed the game for me initially now works after I deleted the mission and campaign files. I will try to reproduce it but I'm not sure what the common element is.

[PatrickAWlson]

It's a tough one because the error is happening in BoS and not PWCG.  That really limits my ability to debug.  I don't doubt that PWCG is doing something wrong but BoS should also not be loading a mission successfully in the ME and then crashing in the game.  

 

Asgar - that would be appreciated.  I have yet to see it happen so having a campaign that can reliably recreate the problem will help.  Obviously something is different, it just remains to pin down what that something is.

[LLv24_Zami]

Haven`t had much time to test but I tried two Ju-88 missions earlier.

 

On both of those our flight did not bomb the target. They circled the target getting lower and finally red target WP disappeared. Flight headed home with full bomb load. Other than that I did not see anything out of ordinary. 

 

I have a mission file here: Missions.zip

[PatrickAWlson]

I know what the problem is.  On the files that are failing two wind layers are being written.  I have to work on a fix but now that I know the problem it shuold be coming soon.

 

  WindLayers

  {

    0 :     107 :     2;

    500 :     107 :     7;

    1000 :     107 :     8;

    3000 :     107 :     10;

    5000 :     107 :     10;

    0 :     119 :     0;

    500 :     119 :     6;

    1000 :     119 :     7;

    3000 :     119 :     6;

    5000 :     119 :     4;

  }

 

Should be:

 

  WindLayers

  {

    0 :     107 :     2;

    500 :     107 :     7;

    1000 :     107 :     8;

    3000 :     107 :     10;

    5000 :     107 :     10;

  }

 

Until I get a fix in place you can edit out the extra wind data and the mission will work.  If you don't want to do that check back soon - this should not take me long to fix.  With a bit of luck maybe even before the day is out.

[Bando]

Youdabest

[Asgar]

great news Pat! Thanks for your amazing work!

[PatrickAWlson]

Beta 2 posted.  

 

I was never able to recreate the issue in the debugger, even with Asgar's bad campaign.  However, I put in a safety catch and did some testing.  I have not seen the issue since.

 

Please remember to delete all existing PWCG missions in your mission directory.  If an old messed up one is sitting in there BoS will continue to crash.

[Toxin1]

Thank you for the new beta.  My first mission was an attack mission in a Lagg and the 4 ship flight spawned heading in the opposite direction of the runway.

Edited April 26, 2016 by Toxin1

[Brano]

Hi Patrick,

 

I also had some crashes when mission has been generated and I tryied to enter MISSIONS in game menu. After few deletes and restarts,some missions could be run,but some not. I will try this new update and report back.

[PatrickAWlson]

Thank you for the new beta.  My first mission was an attack mission in a Lagg and the 4 ship flight spawned heading in the opposite direction of the runway.

 

Which airfield? Which unit on what date?  

Edited April 26, 2016 by PatrickAWlson

[Toxin1]

Which airfield? Which unit on what date?  

Kumovka airfield, 287 IAP/288 IAD, 1-1-1942  Ground Attack mission

[Asgar]

Tested the new version today. Works well so far. No crashes.
 

minor things i noticed so far:

•  it's not possible to choose skins for the pilots in the squadron
• started campaign on 01.01.1942 and missions generated use summer map

[PatrickAWlson]

Kumovka airfield, 287 IAP/288 IAD, 1-1-1942  Ground Attack mission

Damn - was sure that I changed Kumovka.  OK, we'll get it right.

[71st_AH_Hooves]

This looks great, I've been looking for a reason to get back into the Russian skies. I'll test this weekend!

[Cybermat47]

II./JG 3 at Kumovka, 01/09/1942.

 

Facing wrong end of the runway.