GREEK FIRE V4.8 ~ Spitfire MkVb & MC202 Campaign

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as soon as you're don updating the campaign, I'll give it a go!

[Jaegermeister]

Updated for IL2 GB V.4.005 with English language flying for British Commonwealth.

 

All missions are now counted complete after a successful takeoff.  

 

A direct link to the file is below. 

 

Edit, Obsolete...

 

Not fully tested, but after I do, I will post any updated files

 

Edited August 27, 2021 by Jaegermeister

[DN308]

On 8/9/2019 at 9:15 PM, -IRRE-Zobby said:

Ok Thks !! I switched into english and it works !

 

N.B. : ZOBBY, not lamouche ?

Or you just have to copy the missions .eng texts to the .fre txt for each.

so you will have the description in English without changing anything 

 

[Jaegermeister]

For anyone that is interested, I have cockpit cheat sheets for the player planes. 

 

Cockpit_Specs.zip

[Retrofly]

On 5/3/2020 at 1:58 PM, Jaegermeister said:

Updated for IL2 GB V.4.005 with English language flying for British Commonwealth.

 

Thank you for this, was the only thing that was missing.

 

One thing, I notice the AI fighters are not very I can seemingly take on 4 or 5 at a time and they never get a shot off, I am not a skilled pilot at all so it seemed strange.

This was using the older version did game updates break the AI?

[Jaegermeister]

1 hour ago, Retrofly said:

One thing, I notice the AI fighters are not very I can seemingly take on 4 or 5 at a time and they never get a shot off, I am not a skilled pilot at all so it seemed strange.

This was using the older version did game updates break the AI?

 

Do you know which missions? They used to be pretty challenging.

[Sandmarken]

Very impressive how you made a greek campain in the kuban map. Iv visited the island once and I cant say it looks too different from what i remember?

I wish someone woud do the same for an Africa campain, i tried to make a misson myself but the editor is greek to me??

[FurphyForum]

@Jaegermeister

 

Would it be possible to add a historical correct (with Hakekreuz) skin of the Bf 109G-4 of JG 27 also?

 

Thanks.

[Jaegermeister]

On 5/27/2020 at 12:28 AM, FurphyForum said:

Would it be possible to add a historical correct (with Hakekreuz) skin of the Bf 109G-4 of JG 27 also?

 

Yes, it's possible.

 

I looked and can't find the template I made it on. If you want a historically correct skin, you can make a new one and replace the one included in the Bf109G4 folder with the same name. Then it will show up in the campaign. Bf109G4_JG27

 

All I did was use camo layers from the template and add a JG 27 cowl badge. I may have put some additional green on the fuselage too. It wasn't very complicated though. 

 

 

 

 

[Nadelbaum]

Just finished this excellent campaign, many thanks for creating it! I'm really looking forward to the Lightning Strikes and other campaigns that you have created.

 

I liked the missions a lot, not only because the Kuban map is beautiful, but for the amount of action and the back story. I'm in the process of going through all the planes in the series and this campaign was a great way to fly MC202.

 

The only comment I have is with regards to the RRR (I'm sure someone mentioned it being implemented...). There was a couple of missions where I planned on using RRR and then getting back to the action, but as soon as I landed the mission ended automatically. Maybe this was due to the fact that I came into a complete stop with the plane? Or maybe I just misunderstood the possibility to use RRR? In any case this didn't ruin the wonderful experience. 

[Jaegermeister]

1 minute ago, Nadelbaum said:

 

The only comment I have is with regards to the RRR (I'm sure someone mentioned it being implemented...). There was a couple of missions where I planned on using RRR and then getting back to the action, but as soon as I landed the mission ended automatically. Maybe this was due to the fact that I came into a complete stop with the plane? Or maybe I just misunderstood the possibility to use RRR? In any case this didn't ruin the wonderful experience. 

 

Apparently you do misunderstand. I’m glad it didn’t ruin the experience since it’s not a part of it.

 

RRR is a feature that can be implemented by mission designers and on servers. It did not exist when I wrote this campaign. In order to have that feature there would have to be a designated area and object set up and enabled to do the RRR. Then there would have to be additional objectives created after a second takeoff. With the current mission design, if you did take off again, there would be nothing there.

 

The major flaw for using RRR in a scripted campaign is that you would be flying alone. Wingmen will not take off again and they will despawn after they land. If additional aircraft are spawned to take off with the player, they will not be in the same flight. There is no way around that at the moment.

 

Events in a scripted campaign don’t happen randomly, hence “scripted”.

 

I have done a couple of missions with RRR in them, but they are in very specific situations and it’s more of a novelty than anything else. 

[Nadelbaum]

5 minutes ago, Jaegermeister said:

 

Apparently you do misunderstand. I’m glad it didn’t ruin the experience since it’s not a part of it.

 

That definitely explains, thanks for the quick answer! I've been downloading quite a few scripted campaigns in the past month or so and gone through the many threads related so it is not a surprise that I've mixed things up ? 

[Jaegermeister]

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[screamingdemon]

Hi Jaegermeister

 

I have just started to play this campaign and fortunate enough to also enjoy it with the English voices update (FYI: South African accent is different from the British accent. Furthermore, within the South African English accent you would have 2 distinct accents at that time i.e the English accent from those with British heritage and English accent from those with Dutch heritage - and I do believe both types server in the Kos campaign) 

 

You may be interested to know that my good friend and neighbor is currently working on a book about his father's life in the SAAF and it will also cover the period his father served in the Kos campaign.  So this really makes the experience more interesting for me. Here is a link to his website http://justinswtaylor.com/

 

Keep up the good work

 

[Jaegermeister]

On 6/5/2020 at 9:20 AM, screamingdemon said:

Hi Jaegermeister

 

I have just started to play this campaign and fortunate enough to also enjoy it with the English voices update (FYI: South African accent is different from the British accent. Furthermore, within the South African English accent you would have 2 distinct accents at that time i.e the English accent from those with British heritage and English accent from those with Dutch heritage - and I do believe both types server in the Kos campaign) 

 

I have a friend who was born and raised in South Africa. I know it’s different, but it’s the best we have in game. They were flying for the British Commonwealth so we just have to make do I guess.

 

On 6/5/2020 at 9:20 AM, screamingdemon said:

 

You may be interested to know that my good friend and neighbor is currently working on a book about his father's life in the SAAF and it will also cover the period his father served in the Kos campaign.  So this really makes the experience more interesting for me. Here is a link to his website http://justinswtaylor.com/

 

That would be interesting to read. There is very little published information about that episode. There is a South African book about the SAAF in service in WWII, but I could not find a copy for a reasonable price.

 

On 6/5/2020 at 9:20 AM, screamingdemon said:

Keep up the good work

 

Thanks, I’m trying... onward we go. ?

[frosen]

Hi Jaegermeister! Thanks for a great campaign so far (I just completed mission #9). One comment though, as somebody wrote here before, the enemy AI skills are extremely poor. They basically just fly straight ahead in formation and never get a shot off. I think there were some mission, (maybe 3rd or 4th) were one AI was kind of OK and chased me a bit but otherwise it's basically a veritable turkey shoot ?

 

Maybe you can have a look at the enemy AI?

 

Thanks for an otherwise great campaign, I really like what you did with a little creativity!

Edited July 3, 2020 by frosen
spelling...

[Thad]

On 5/17/2020 at 6:54 AM, Sandmarken said:

Very impressive how you made a greek campain in the kuban map. Iv visited the island once and I cant say it looks too different from what i remember?

I wish someone woud do the same for an Africa campain, i tried to make a misson myself but the editor is greek to me??

 

Naw… it's in English but it is in a arcane coded version. 

[frosen]

An update now when I'm at mission 14. The enemy don't return fire when I first engage them but rather stays in formation like a said before. Then after a while, I'm unsure if it's time dependent or dependent on distance from something but suddenly they start shooting and become lethal... really strange.

[justin_z3r0]

just finished 3rd mission. I like it!.

 

One question though - it seems the flight lead flys very slow. Only ~160mph. The map / briefing say 240-260mph though. Is there a unit issue going on or something? KPH instead of MPH maybe?

 

Thanks for the campaign!

[Jaegermeister]

On 11/15/2020 at 3:38 PM, justin_z3r0 said:

One question though - it seems the flight lead flys very slow. Only ~160mph. The map / briefing say 240-260mph though. Is there a unit issue going on or something? KPH instead of MPH maybe?

 

It sounds like an AI change has affected the flight speed. They fixed the AI following assigned speeds a while back and I probably have slower speeds assigned to some of the waypoints that made no difference before. 

 

There is no error in the units, they are supposed to cruise at 240 mph.

 

I may get a chance to update it, I’m not sure. I don’t have much spare time these days...

[justin_z3r0]

20 hours ago, Jaegermeister said:

 

It sounds like an AI change has affected the flight speed. They fixed the AI following assigned speeds a while back and I probably have slower speeds assigned to some of the waypoints that made no difference before. 

 

There is no error in the units, they are supposed to cruise at 240 mph.

 

I may get a chance to update it, I’m not sure. I don’t have much spare time these days...

ok - fair enough. I'm still playing through. its a good campaign.

[Irishratticus72]

This is a HELL of a lot of fun campaign, cheers!

[Jaegermeister]

Glad your liking it... I'm about 2/3 of the way through updating it to 4.505 specs.

 

I have made the following updates and corrections

• 4K skins
• British call signs for correct radio communications
• revised mission logic
• corrected waypoint speeds and altitudes
• included DC3 / Dakota in early missions
• revised AI settings for recent AI changes
• included some of the new special effects for ground objects

I should be done by this weekend, I only have 3 more missions to revise.

 

On 11/19/2020 at 8:17 PM, justin_z3r0 said:

ok - fair enough. I'm still playing through. its a good campaign.

 

FYI...

[justin_z3r0]

On 12/30/2020 at 6:30 PM, Jaegermeister said:

Glad your liking it... I'm about 2/3 of the way through updating it to 4.505 specs.

 

I have made the following updates and corrections

• 4K skins
• British call signs for correct radio communications
• revised mission logic
• corrected waypoint speeds and altitudes
• included DC3 / Dakota in early missions
• revised AI settings for recent AI changes
• included some of the new special effects for ground objects

I should be done by this weekend, I only have 3 more missions to revise.

 

 

FYI...

Excellent! I'll play it again when ready. I like your work

[Jaegermeister]

I have updated this campaign for IL2 version 4.505

 

Greek Fire Revisions version 4.5;
Revised mission logic to work with current version 4.505 of IL2 Battle of Kuban
Added 4k Spitfire Vb skins, created by me with the official release template

Added the newly released AI C-47 Dakota aircraft to the missions where appropriate
Added new special effects released in recent updates
Adjusted friendly and enemy AI behavior due to recent AI updates
Added new campaign screen art for all missions
Updated in game GUI mission maps
Corrected aircraft speeds and altitudes in all missions
Corrected British aircraft and airfield call signs for correct radio transmissions   

Readme file included with mission files for your reference

You can download the new file from this link;

Edit, Obsolete ... Link to latest version is on front page

 

 

It was worth reflying to me with all the new stuff!

 

Some screenshots for those that have not flown it themselves...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 27, 2021 by Jaegermeister

[vonGraf]

This sounds and looks good! I'll give it a try.

Thank you.

[Jim_Hawker]

Had a blast with this campaign. Good job sir!

[Jaegermeister]

Glad you liked it!

[jollyjack]

me too! !

 

[Yves]

 

Hello

 

Everytime I try to start the first mission I just get a real short "loading" screen and then I get kicked back to the Mission selection screen (screenshot below )....no error is telling me what the issue is. I've tried offline mode too.....does anyone know how I can fix this? Or is this just because the campaign is not on the same version as the game?

 

Would be glad for help.

 

 

Hi,

 

I everyti

[E69_julian57]

Hello, @Yves
I think it's because of the latest update, as you say. 

[Virus*]

Having the same issue here...any workaround on how to solve it?

Thanks

[Nadelbaum]

Search the forum for resaving missions. It is done through the Mission Editor (separate binary in your installation). 

[Gedm]

I've got a bad habit of saving this stuff.

 

Missions and Campaigns wont start after updates:
You need to resave all missions/campaigns that are from 3rd parties. Just open the ME and choose: TOOLS/Resave all missions in folder, point to folder where your missions or campaign are and go lunch. 

Or delete all "msnbin" files in mission and campaign folders.

[jollyjack]

Re-downloaded Greek Fire, indeed had to do a re-save.

Also some missions i found i had to reinstall the game v4.603b fresh as just a few wouldn't load, after that they did.

I think it was in my case due used mods not uninstalled properly before the update.

Edited August 26, 2021 by jollyjack

[Jaegermeister]

I have posted an updated file for game version 4.603. The link is on the front page and I have deleted the old links

 

You can also get it here;

https://www.mediafire.com/file/leqihlrvao99qu7/Greek_Fire_V_4.6.zip/file

 

Edited August 27, 2021 by Jaegermeister

[jollyjack]

Hi  Jaegermeister, just updated to 4.701, runs fine, but i think you might have a look at the new clouds, at least some are a bit weird at spots in mission 01

[Jaegermeister]

7 hours ago, jollyjack said:

Hi  Jaegermeister, just updated to 4.701, runs fine, but i think you might have a look at the new clouds, at least some are a bit weird at spots in mission 01

 

I'll look at when I have a chance. I'm busy now with other things

[justin_z3r0]

On 12/19/2021 at 11:38 AM, Jaegermeister said:

 

I'll look at when I have a chance. I'm busy now with other things

I see now what you’ve been working on. Great thanks for the fc1 content!

much appreciated!!!

[Yves]

Hi

 

Is this campaign broken? i deleted the folder and added the new campaign - first try it wouldnt show up at all. Next try i only copied the fgolder "greek fire" in the campaigns folder, this time it showed up: But when starting there is no missions description, and  when clicking "start" nothing happened.