The Beginning [IAR80A]

[CzechTexan]

The Beginning_IAR80A

 

updated July 12, 2025            Download:  https://www.mediafire.com/file/ika0261fdqnnh24/Beginning__IAR80A_v1.2.zip/file

 

The Beginning_IAR80A is an 8-mission single player scripted campaign in which the Player will fly the IAR80A on the Odessa map.  Missions are at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, June 22 through July 1, just before Operation Munchen.  The ground war is static during the first week of the war but the air war has already begun.

 

*Notes:  You MUST HAVE the Odessa and Leningrad module for the ODESSA MAP and the IAR80.

A mission is successful when an enemy aircraft is destroyed or the player makes a successful landing.  

If target objectives are completed then it is not necessary to make a landing.

Missions are AIRSTART except for the last three which start on the runway.

Mission descriptions are in English-only, sorry.

Books cited:  Three Kings by Patrick Cloutier; From Barbarossa to Odessa by Bernad, Karlenko, Roba.

 

Romanian Language Voices found here:

(further updates down page 3)

Enjoy!--created by CzechTexan

Edited July 12 by CzechTexan

[AndreiTomescu]

Thank you very, very much for this, @CzechTexan !

For those wanting, here is the latest version of romanian radio chatter.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gBqRxzPWUQF6FmaNkWpz_U0rp4S20AIi/view?usp=sharing

[LF_Mark_Krieger]

Mission 3

 

Buchushka village in 0511-9 is displaced. Not sure if it's a game, campaign or just this mission mistake.

 

Edit: some objects in the airfield are displaced too. It looks like a mission problem.

Edited July 10 by LF_Mark_Krieger

[CzechTexan]

wOw!  Every map object and Everything is displaced!  I never noticed this in testing because I was in the air the whole time.

I checked and it seems this is the only mission like this, plus the MiG-3 campaign's #3 mission.  I will have this fixed either tonight or tomorrow.  My apologies.

[LF_Mark_Krieger]

11 hours ago, CzechTexan said:

wOw!  Every map object and Everything is displaced!  I never noticed this in testing because I was in the air the whole time.

I checked and it seems this is the only mission like this, plus the MiG-3 campaign's #3 mission.  I will have this fixed either tonight or tomorrow.  My apologies.

I looked other villages that were in the correct place, I think. In fact I just detected this village because I was scaping from 4 angry migs at low level 😱. But sometimes happens that accidentaly you can drag a bit groups while editing. No apologies needed! We are enjoying the campaigns thanks to you! 

Edited July 10 by LF_Mark_Krieger

[Jaegermeister]

On 7/9/2025 at 6:31 PM, CzechTexan said:

wOw!  Every map object and Everything is displaced!  I never noticed this in testing because I was in the air the whole time.

I checked and it seems this is the only mission like this, plus the MiG-3 campaign's #3 mission.  I will have this fixed either tonight or tomorrow.  My apologies.

 

That happens when you have all the mission objects selected as a group and you accidentally drag it a little while deselecting it. I've done it many times. You can fix it relatively easily by just zooming in on a city and realigning everything all at the same time.

 

Thanks for the work you put into this. I will fly it as soon as I can, but my VR headset cable has gone bad again and I am debating my options. I will look forward to getting it fixed soon so I can fly your missions!

 

[CzechTexan]

34 minutes ago, Jaegermeister said:

 

That happens when you have all the mission objects selected as a group and you accidentally drag it a little while deselecting it. I've done it many times. You can fix it relatively easily by just zooming in on a city and realigning everything all at the same time.

 

Ya, I know that's what happened and how to fix it.  I'm in the process of fixing but I had to take a timeout due to other things going on.

Hang on - I'll get 'er done.  

In other news, I had already started making an I-153 campaign (on the backburner, for now).

[CzechTexan]

campaign is *updated July 12, 2025           Download:  https://www.mediafire.com/file/ika0261fdqnnh24/Beginning__IAR80A_v1.2.zip/file  

 

There was a problem with mission #3.  All objects were moved out of place.  

The old mission would still work but objects were not in their right position. 

It's not really necessary to update.  You can just replace the old mission #3 with the new one.

[Vishnu]

Trying both of your campaigns now...enjoying the new map!