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[Zinovy_Kolobanov]

Exist PWCG for Tank Crew?

[PatrickAWlson]

4 hours ago, Zinovy_Kolobanov said:

Exist PWCG for Tank Crew?

 

No, sorry.  Lots of reasons why but it can be summed up as PWCG is built for planes and tanks are a whole different thing.

[rare_bird]

10 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

@rare_bird My bad really.  I need better messaging around that requirement.

 

The second is weird.  All that I can say is make sure that you are editing with a text editor (I use Notepad ++).  It should just be  a plain text file.

Found the bug. For some reason I have two BoS Folders (yes, my PC needs a serious overhaul) and was fiddling with tha wrong (old) one. Everything solved now - what a great enhancement to IL2 you made with PWCG!!

Thank you a lot! 

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

On 9/14/2017 at 4:26 AM, PatrickAWlson said:

Download PWCG here

 

As newer versions become available I will update this link.  At the moment 2.1.2 is the latest version.  Version 3.0 is under development.

 

Installation

It's a Java program so you have to have Java installed - latest version always works.

The download is a zip file.  Download into your BoX install directory.

Unzip the file into your BoX install directory.

PWCG will install into a folder called PWCGCampaign

Enter the PWCGCampaign folder and run PWCG.exe

 

First Run - Creating Your First Campaign

After the program starts for the first time everything is disabled except Planes Owned - press Planes Owned and tell PWCG which planes you own.

Once you do this the other buttons are enabled.

Create a campaign (New Campaign).

First select the service that you will fly for.

After that there is a step by step work flow ... do each step and then the Create Campaign button 

 

Configure BoX for PWCG

Ensure that mission logs are enabled

- BoX/Data/setup.cfg

-     mission_text_log = 1

 

Playing the Campaign

Press mission to create a mission.

Follow the flow through accept mission.

Fly the mission - it will be under the BoX Missions section

- NOT CAMPAIGN (BoX has no idea that a PWCG mission is part of a campaign)

Return to PWCG 

Press Combat Report

Claim your air to air victories

- You will not be credited with victories you do not claim

- Unless you really want to, do not over claim

Proceed through the debrief.

Repeat until you are dead or the war is over

 

 

some was able to go into your php.files and change folders since there not locked. 

[Roshko]

It seems that the PWCG-site is down. Is everything ok, and will the download be available again?

[Rascasse]

2 hours ago, acebone said:

It seems that the PWCG-site is down. Is everything ok, and will the download be available again?

Same here, the direct link seems to be broken

[PatrickAWlson]

Link in OP has been updated

[dburne]

@PatrickAWlson

Slight correction in your OP of this thread.

Instead of " Setup.cfg" it should be "Startup.cfg" where one changes the logging from 0 to 1.

 

[[TWB]Rich8]

The download links for the skin packs are broken

[JG4_Moltke1871]

How and where install all these skin packages? After install they are also available for the vanilla game?

[PatrickAWlson]

Just unzip them into the game's main folder.  The folder structure in the zip file (data\graphics\skins\plane) should get them into the proper directory.  Once unzipped they are available to use in any way.  

[JG4_Moltke1871]

I did it but not all find it’s place automatically…. For example the original named ju88a4 but the folder you created is just ju88a…. Maybe this can be the reason?

However, with a bit effort I placed em all right and it seems it works… some others I also placed by hand.

 I didn’t find any He111H16 skins, can this be right?

 

best regards,

Moltke

15 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

Just unzip them into the game's main folder.  The folder structure in the zip file (data\graphics\skins\plane) should get them into the proper directory.  Once unzipped they are available to use in any way.  

 

[PatrickAWlson]

Anything that did not find its proper home is a mistake on my part.  I'll look into the Ju88 skins.  If you have spotted anything else wrong let me know.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

If I remember right the fw190a3 and a5 I had to place by had. Hs129 also.

How about the He111? For the H6 I have some skins, for the H16 I only find a folder but no skins in the downloads.

19 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

Anything that did not find its proper home is a mistake on my part.  I'll look into the Ju88 skins.  If you have spotted anything else wrong let me know.

 

[KodiakJac]

Hi Pat,

 

When beginning a career on June 1, 1917 flying the Bristol F2B F.II with RFC 22, the flight's heading on takeoff is straight into a row of nearby trees, and many in the flight crash into them if the flight is loaded with Cooper Bombs.  Only those planes on the left of the takeoff lineup get past the trees.

 

If the flight's heading on takeoff were just a little more to the left, everyone in the flight would make it past the trees.

 

Thanks!

Edited November 15, 2021 by KodiakJac

[[NOSIG]_Salsam]

Anyone know were one can download older legacy versions of PWCG?

Im looking for version around ~v12.3.0

 

Trying to troubleshoot AAR errors in MP Coop campaigns

[PatrickAWlson]

On 12/7/2021 at 3:52 AM, [NOSIG]_Salsam said:

Anyone know were one can download older legacy versions of PWCG?

Im looking for version around ~v12.3.0

 

Trying to troubleshoot AAR errors in MP Coop campaigns

 

Use "Report Error" and post the zip here.  I do not have versions from 12.3.0 and do not support or maintain earlier versions.

[441-Baybars]

On 14.09.2017 at 14:26, PatrickAWlson said:

PWCG'yi buradan indirin

 

Daha yeni sürümler çıktıkça bu bağlantıyı güncelleyeceğim. Şu anda 2.1.2 en son sürümdür. Sürüm 3.0 geliştirme aşamasındadır.

 

Kurulum

Bu bir Java programıdır, dolayısıyla Java'nın kurulu olması gerekir - en son sürüm her zaman çalışır.

İndirme bir zip dosyasıdır. BoX kurulum dizininize indirin.

Dosyayı BoX kurulum dizininize açın.

PWCG, PWCGCampaign adlı bir klasöre yüklenecek

PWCGCampaign klasörüne girin ve PWCG.exe'yi çalıştırın

 

İlk Çalıştırma - İlk Kampanyanızı Oluşturma

Program ilk kez başladıktan sonra Sahip Olunan Uçaklar dışında her şey devre dışı bırakılır - Sahip Olunan Uçaklar'a basın ve PWCG'ye hangi uçaklara sahip olduğunuzu söyleyin.

Bunu yaptığınızda diğer düğmeler etkinleştirilir.

Bir kampanya oluşturun (Yeni Kampanya).

Öncelikle uçacağınız hizmeti seçin.

Bundan sonra adım adım iş akışı var... her adımı yapın ve ardından Kampanya Oluştur düğmesi 

 

PWCG için BoX'u yapılandırın

Görev günlüklerinin etkinleştirildiğinden emin olun

- Kutu/Veri/setup.cfg

-mission_text_log = 1

 

Kampanyayı Oynamak

Bir görev oluşturmak için göreve basın.

Görevi kabul ederek akışı takip edin.

Görevi uçur - BoX Görevleri bölümünün altında olacak

- KAMPANYA DEĞİL (BoX'un bir PWCG görevinin bir kampanyanın parçası olduğu hakkında hiçbir fikri yoktur)

PWCG'ye dön 

Basın Savaş Raporu

Havadan havaya zaferler kazanın

- Hak talebinde bulunmadığınız zaferler için kredilendirilmeyeceksiniz

- Gerçekten istemiyorsan, fazla talep etme

Bilgilendirmeye devam edin.

Ölene veya savaş bitene kadar tekrarlayın

 

 

Java is installed but there is a problem. image like this.

[HHMC.Spanky*]

First time trying PWCG. I downloaded 13.7.0 and everything seems good according to the guide, but I don't get a prompt to Generate Mission. I only see "Scrub Mission". I'm sure I missed something. 

 

Thanks

[PatrickAWlson]

1 hour ago, HHMC.Spanky* said:

First time trying PWCG. I downloaded 13.7.0 and everything seems good according to the guide, but I don't get a prompt to Generate Mission. I only see "Scrub Mission". I'm sure I missed something. 

 

Thanks

 

It's a 4 step process and you get Accept Mission at the end.  You will see previous and next buttons.  if you don't want to change anything keep hitting next.

 

1st Page: Briefing Description.  Nothing to change on this page.

2nd Page: Waypoint map.  Drag and drop the waypoints to change their position.

3rd Page: Waypoint Details.  Change fuel load.  You can also edit waypoint altitudes.

4th Page: Pilot/Plane selection.  Change pilots by clicking on them.  Change planes.  Change payloads.  Add modifications.

[Aquillas]

A noob question:

"After the program starts for the first time everything is disabled except Planes Owned - press Planes Owned and tell PWCG which planes you own."-I purchased BOM, BOS and Kuban and some extra planes some one year and a half ago, then I saw that my computer could not play this game (too old machine).

I Changed computer and i seems OK now, but as I purchased stuff long time agon, I can't remember what I purchased or not.

 

Can I retrieved it from the game or from my account in 1C ?

[PatrickAWlson]

33 minutes ago, Aquillas said:

A noob question:

"After the program starts for the first time everything is disabled except Planes Owned - press Planes Owned and tell PWCG which planes you own."-I purchased BOM, BOS and Kuban and some extra planes some one year and a half ago, then I saw that my computer could not play this game (too old machine).

I Changed computer and i seems OK now, but as I purchased stuff long time agon, I can't remember what I purchased or not.

 

Can I retrieved it from the game or from my account in 1C ?

 

That information is for PWCG only and has nothing to do with the game.  PWCG will stop you from creating a mission in a plane that you do not own.  The most expedient thing to is lie to PWCG and tell it you own everything.  You can verify in the mission briefing that you own the plane assigned to your pilot.  If the mission creates but is not listed in the game then you know that you created one for a plane that you do not own.

 

In the game it is also not that easy to figure out, but opening quick mission builder is one way that people do it.  Another way is to go to the IL2 website, log in, look under Profile->License Keys and that will tell you what you own.  One issue there is that it only tells you that you own a module.  Then you have to figure out which planes are in the module, which is also available on the store.

[HHMC.Spanky*]

Thanks for the help. It's working and a lot of fun. ?

[Anbztht]

Works with Battle of Bodenplatte?

[PatrickAWlson]

50 minutes ago, Anbztht said:

Works with Battle of Bodenplatte?

 

Yes

[Majpalmer]

Configure BoX for PWCG

Ensure that mission logs are enabled

- BoX/Data/setup.cfg

-     mission_text_log = 1

 

On my setup for IL2BOS, Steam, the file that needs to be edited is titled "startup.cfg," not "setup.cfg." 

 

Also, my unzip file extracted everything into a folder for the campaign generator, with a subfolder with the same name. This may depend on what unzipping utility you use. I had to move the subfolder, which holds all the files, into the BOS directory, and then eliminate the superfluous holding folder that was installed. Then it worked fine. 

[PatrickAWlson]

On 1/17/2022 at 10:53 AM, Majpalmer said:

Configure BoX for PWCG

Ensure that mission logs are enabled

- BoX/Data/setup.cfg

-     mission_text_log = 1

 

On my setup for IL2BOS, Steam, the file that needs to be edited is titled "startup.cfg," not "setup.cfg." 

 

Also, my unzip file extracted everything into a folder for the campaign generator, with a subfolder with the same name. This may depend on what unzipping utility you use. I had to move the subfolder, which holds all the files, into the BOS directory, and then eliminate the superfluous holding folder that was installed. Then it worked fine. 

 

Startup is correct.

The folder structure is correct within the zip when unzipped directly into the GB install directory - i.e. drop the zip file into GB and "unzip here".  If you tell the system to unzip into a folder then that will cause issues.

[Shutter]

I'm sure this has been asked before but I cannot find the answer.
Is it possible to install both the PWCGs for BoX and FC at the same time?

I would like to get back into these sims and have campaigns going in both.

If not, is there a work around?

[Redwo1f]

Yes, actually they are two separate (but of course related) utilities --- when you go to the download page, you will see them both there.

 

http://www.pwcampaignmanager.com/pwcg/pwcgbos/web/PWCGBoS.php

[Shutter]

8 minutes ago, Redwo1f said:

Yes, actually they are two separate (but of course related) utilities --- when you go to the download page, you will see them both there.

 

http://www.pwcampaignmanager.com/pwcg/pwcgbos/web/PWCGBoS.php

Thank you!

[PatrickAWlson]

5 hours ago, Shutter said:

I'm sure this has been asked before but I cannot find the answer.
Is it possible to install both the PWCGs for BoX and FC at the same time?

I would like to get back into these sims and have campaigns going in both.

If not, is there a work around?

 

They drop in different directories: PWCGBoS and PWCGFC

[Majpalmer]

I've tried both. I like both, but the BOS edition is better because the game has far more planes. In FC, and I have 1 and 2, it gets monotonous. That not the fault of the Generator, it's a problem with the stage of development of the two sims. There just aren't that many different types of aircraft, yet, in FC. This is especially true of the two- seaters. I get bored turning with Camels. 

 

Whereas my first mission in BOS, Moscow, Typhoon, I flew an F2, my leader was in an F4, we ran across some Stukas, as well as MiGs, Hurricanes (I downed one), Il-2s, and some Pe2s. 

 

BTW, if you fly in FC and choose the Württemberg Jasta (22?), the takeoff alignment flies you right into some tall trees. I saw them and ruddered over to port to avoid.  But the rest of the flight flew right into the timber! All kaput! I tried it three times and each time I sat parked as they all killed themselves. 

 

Again, the fault isn't with the CG, it's the map.  The Germans would have cut the damned trees down! 

 

There's no way to edit the waypoints which set the alignments. So, my advice is to NOT fly as a Württemberger. 

 

And I know they're working on a new Arras map. 

 

I'd add that what I like about the PWCGBOS compared to the IL2 campaign generator, is that you get more info and can see more about your unit in the former. Oh! And you're not stuck with those photos that look like ... I don't know how to explain it. 

 

So far, no problems. 

[--[---MAILMAN----]

As new planes become available that we own (Battle of Normandy - Mosquito for example) how do we add them?

[PatrickAWlson]

14 hours ago, --[---MAILMAN---- said:

As new planes become available that we own (Battle of Normandy - Mosquito for example) how do we add them?

 

Within a week is the stock answer.  Often within 24 hours but no promises.  Something like the Mosquito is more challenging because it is a completely new aircraft type with unusual roles.  It will require a new squadron, new role profile, etc.  Something like another FW190 is much easier.  I just tell PWCG it got another 190 and it gets distributed to existing units.

 

On the bright side, I have already added more to tightly scoped roles to PWCG.  This was done with Normandy in mind but I do use these roles in across PWCG already.  Things like raider, tank buster, train buster, and anti shipping as specific roles instead of just targets under the "ground attack" umbrella are relatively new (as in past 8 months).  With these in place, defining the Mosquito, Ju88C and Arado should be easier and should result in faster delivery.

Edited January 31, 2022 by PatrickAWlson

[--[---MAILMAN----]

I noticed that when we takeoff there is an entry at the chat window location that remains on the screen for the duration of the flight.  How do you get rid of that?  If it has already been answered I must have typed the wrong search info in my queries to find it.

[RelentlessJPMoney]

So sorry to be a noob, but I can't figure out where to extract the zip file to. I don't understand what is meant in the instructions by the root folder. I've extracted the contents to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad. When I try to run the executable it says "PWGCampaign is installed in the wrong directory. It should be installed in the game root directory." Where was I supposed to place these files? I don't see a root folder anywhere.

[Majpalmer]

The whole package should be a sub directory under your Il-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad main, or root, directory. 

 

The package itself should have a main directory (you can name it whatever you wish, especially if you plan to add the Flying Circus campaign generator) and three subdirectories--BoSData, Report, and User. 

[RelentlessJPMoney]

7 hours ago, Majpalmer said:

The whole package should be a sub directory under your Il-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad main, or root, directory. 

 

The package itself should have a main directory (you can name it whatever you wish, especially if you plan to add the Flying Circus campaign generator) and three subdirectories--BoSData, Report, and User. 

Would you mind sharing the file path for where you put the package? I think I put it in the main directory but it still gives me the message that it’s in the wrong place. 

[Majpalmer]

I have Steam on my non-system drive, D. Yours is probably on C. 

 

D:/Steam/steamapps/common/Il 2 Battle of Stalingrad/PWCGBoS

 

PWCGBoS has three of its own subdirecgtories--BoSData, Report, User. Data and User have their own subdirectories. 

 

You can also unzip the file somewhere else, and then copy the entire unzipped installation over to the main BoS directory.

 

PWCGBoS is Pat Wilson campaign generator for battle of Stalingrad, as opposed to my other directory for Pat Wilson campaign generator for Flying Circus. 

[RelentlessJPMoney]

12 hours ago, Majpalmer said:

I have Steam on my non-system drive, D. Yours is probably on C. 

 

D:/Steam/steamapps/common/Il 2 Battle of Stalingrad/PWCGBoS

 

PWCGBoS has three of its own subdirecgtories--BoSData, Report, User. Data and User have their own subdirectories. 

 

You can also unzip the file somewhere else, and then copy the entire unzipped installation over to the main BoS directory.

 

PWCGBoS is Pat Wilson campaign generator for battle of Stalingrad, as opposed to my other directory for Pat Wilson campaign generator for Flying Circus. 

Okay I will give this another try and let you know. Thanks so much for the help!

 

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That worked Majpalmer. I figured out what I was doing wrong. Thanks again. Trying to get this to work now. 

 

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This is quite a nifty little program. Well done @PatrickAWlson!

Edited February 3, 2022 by RelentlessJPMoney