PWCG for Flying Circus

[Majpalmer]

I set the missions to 8. 

 

I also use a schedule for leaves for Medals, Kills, Promotions, and #Sorties. The number of days of leave increases at each level, so you fly less as your progress, making it harder to run up the score. 

 

 

[Majpalmer]

Gave 16.01 a shot and at the end of Sortie 3 another error. 

 

Got my first kill but the claim failed with another error message. 

 

I've attached the error file. 

 

 

Habenschuss202405061205960 (2).zip

[21.Gr.CT.Ludovisi]

New with FC but not in GB... every time I create a mission, I've got a PWCG error "WWI France does not support position 3", so PWCG stuck and mission was not really generate. Thanks for help.

[21.Gr.CT.Ludovisi]

PWCGErrorLog.txt Here the error log.

Edited August 23, 2024 by 21.Gr.CT.Ludovisi

[Dr1falcon500]

PWCG 16.01. Usually have to have more than one try to create a mission.

Edited October 10, 2024 by Dr1falcon500

[sallee]

I get this error quite often  when creating missions (attached). Any ideas?

PWCGErrorLog.txt

[PatrickAWlson]

On 10/7/2024 at 2:10 PM, sallee said:

I get this error quite often  when creating missions (attached). Any ideas?

PWCGErrorLog.txt 5.89 kB · 1 download

 

It means that a tactical code is designated as appearing in position three for a French aircraft.  I forget exactly what position 3 is, but that position is not supported for French aircraft.  I looked at my squadron files and only British units use position 3.  Every French unit is designated as CODE_POSITION_ONE_AND_TWO , which is the only valid option for French units.

 

If you go to FCData\Input\Squadron you will see all of the squadrons.  Check to see if any French squadrons use CODE_POSITION_THREE

[sallee]

On 10/8/2024 at 8:32 PM, PatrickAWlson said:

 

It means that a tactical code is designated as appearing in position three for a French aircraft.  I forget exactly what position 3 is, but that position is not supported for French aircraft.  I looked at my squadron files and only British units use position 3.  Every French unit is designated as CODE_POSITION_ONE_AND_TWO , which is the only valid option for French units.

 

If you go to FCData\Input\Squadron you will see all of the squadrons.  Check to see if any French squadrons use CODE_POSITION_THREE

Thanks very much, Patrick. I'll have a look at that.

[sallee]

17 minutes ago, sallee said:

Thanks very much, Patrick. I'll have a look at that.

OK...can't find any French squadron with anything other than CODE_POSITION_ONE_AND_TWO

 

Odd.

[PatrickAWlson]

1 hour ago, sallee said:

OK...can't find any French squadron with anything other than CODE_POSITION_ONE_AND_TWO

 

Odd.

 

Thanks for looking.  I didn't find anything either, which is why I asked you to look.  Can you zip up your campaign and post it?  I'll try to recreate the problem.  I know what the error is saying, but if no French units use that code position I'm not getting how that error happens.

[sallee]

On 10/13/2024 at 8:13 PM, PatrickAWlson said:

 

Thanks for looking.  I didn't find anything either, which is why I asked you to look.  Can you zip up your campaign and post it?  I'll try to recreate the problem.  I know what the error is saying, but if no French units use that code position I'm not getting how that error happens.

This is really good of you, Pat. I'm trying to recreate it myself! I've created a few missions in a few of my campaigns and, instead of it happening about 1/3 to 1/2 of the time, I can't get it to happen at all!

Edited October 18, 2024 by sallee

[PatrickAWlson]

49 minutes ago, sallee said:

This is really good of you, Pat. I'm trying to recreate it myself! I've created a few missions in a few of my campaigns and, instead of it happening about 1/3 to 1/2 of the time, I can't get it to happen at all!

 

Let me know which squadron and which date.  Errors like these can eb very specific to a location and time.  It's probably not your unit that is generating the issue but rather a unit that is included in the mission.

[sallee]

23 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

Let me know which squadron and which date.  Errors like these can eb very specific to a location and time.  It's probably not your unit that is generating the issue but rather a unit that is included in the mission.

Will do, Pat. Thanks for your help.

Edited October 19, 2024 by sallee

[czech693]

Could this be related to the Nieuport17Gbr having French skins but doesn't allow the French tactical code format?

 

 

[sallee]

That sounds like an interesting thought.

[sallee]

Hi, Pat,

 

I've just tried to create a mission in this campaign which gave me that error. It's late war, so I can't imagine many Nieuport 17s flying around.

 

Thanks again for looking!

 

 

Ze end.zip

[Spyder066]

Hi pat, thank you for creating such a great program. I have used it in Rise of flight and IL2BoS and really had a great time.

 

However, I am also getting this error: "WWI France does not support position 3" (see attached file) in PWCGFC v16.0.1 and cannot generate my 1st mission.

 

I have just installed PWCGFC v16.0.1. (note that of have been using PWCGBoS v16.0.1 for a few months without any errors).

 

It is occurring for the first mission I am trying to generate. My campaign setup was as follows:

- I only have Fly Circus Volume I;

-Player name Klaus Shmitt

- Nation: Deutsche

- Region : None;

- Map: Western Front;

- Campaign Start Date: 01/06/1917  (1st June 1917)

- role: Fighter;

- Pilot Rank: Unteroffizier

- Squadron: Jasta 2;

 

I hope this may assist you in locating the issues and fixing it.

 

Good Luck.

 

PWCGErrorLog.txt

Klaus Shmitt20241101131147.zip

Edited November 1, 2024 by Spyder066
added file

[sallee]

16 hours ago, Spyder066 said:

Hi pat, thank you for creating such a great program. I have used it in Rise of flight and IL2BoS and really had a great time.

 

However, I am also getting this error: "WWI France does not support position 3" (see attached file) in PWCGFC v16.0.1 and cannot generate my 1st mission.

 

I have just installed PWCGFC v16.0.1. (note that of have been using PWCGBoS v16.0.1 for a few months without any errors).

 

It is occurring for the first mission I am trying to generate. My campaign setup was as follows:

- I only have Fly Circus Volume I;

-Player name Klaus Shmitt

- Nation: Deutsche

- Region : None;

- Map: Western Front;

- Campaign Start Date: 01/06/1917  (1st June 1917)

- role: Fighter;

- Pilot Rank: Unteroffizier

- Squadron: Jasta 2;

 

I hope this may assist you in locating the issues and fixing it.

 

Good Luck.

 

PWCGErrorLog.txt 5.12 kB · 1 download

Klaus Shmitt20241101131147.zip 318.39 kB · 0 downloads

See above! I've had the same, and Pat is kindly looking into it!

[Dr1falcon500]

PWCG doesn't recognize Fokker EIII instead my unit Jasta 6 is flying Halberstadt DII. I selected owning EIII. I hope this will be fixed sometime as I don't want to career mode.

[PatrickAWlson]

PWCG FC4 Beta has been uploaded to the PWCG web site.  This is a functionally complete version of PWCG.  It needs user testing.

 

There are very few code changes in the 17.0.0 beta.  It is almost all data changes associated with FC4.

[Flashy]

thanks Pat! will try it out later today hopefully! 

[arvigna]

Hello!

 

I'm on the French side,

and I often meet FE2Bs as opponents.

 

is this normal?

 

[Flashy]

14 hours ago, arvigna said:

Hello!

 

I'm on the French side,

and I often meet FE2Bs as opponents.

 

is this normal?

 

yes, they are standing in for early-war German and French two-seaters because we dont have any others in game. You need to install all the skin packs which come with PWCG to make sure they at least have German and French skins, otherwise its tricky to know which ones are allies or enemies..

Edited January 8 by Flashy

[arvigna]

Thank you very much.

I had my suspicions, but I wanted to be sure.

 

I actually don't have the skins

I'm going to get them

[PatrickAWlson]

On 1/8/2025 at 5:12 AM, arvigna said:

Thank you very much.

I had my suspicions, but I wanted to be sure.

 

I actually don't have the skins

I'm going to get them

 

The Fe2B is the only instance where I use a plane for the opposite side.  They are mostly out of service with the Germans July 1916 and completely out by October.  

[arvigna]

And for a noob like me .... So hard to neutralize....🤣

[elephant]

I wonder if there is a way to edit the German squadron codes when there is a single letter involved so to be symmetrical...

i.e. Left - Letter/blank, Right - blank/Letter. 

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

Is there a way to bring up PWCG in game like ROF. Is there a mod that we can add to the game. I absolutely loved it when I could simply click on the tab at the bottom of the screen in game to activate PWCG.

[Varibraun]

On 9/25/2025 at 10:13 PM, JGr2/J5_W0LF- said:

Is there a way to bring up PWCG in game like ROF. Is there a mod that we can add to the game. I absolutely loved it when I could simply click on the tab at the bottom of the screen in game to activate PWCG.

 

Not that I am aware of (I believe this was discussed long ago and it was stated it wouldn't be included/added like it was in RoF) - however, "alt-tab" works fine for me as an easy work around after opening PWCG.

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

Yeah It’s a shame it can’t be done like rise of flight. It’s so much more immersive if you don’t have to leave the game screen. Is Pat Wilson even around anymore

[Varibraun]

3 hours ago, JGr2/J5_W0LF- said:

Is Pat Wilson even around anymore

 

@PatrickAWlson is still around, but he told us last year that he was taking a step back from PWCG to focus on RL.  However, he has done some updating of PWCG since then and below is what I think was his last post on the subject.  I hope he is enjoying life and maybe getting some flying time in too enjoying what he created.

 

[Sabree]

I'm noticing that the squadron skins don't work when starting at the earliest start-date of January 1916. The squadron JSON files have incorrect start dates at only 1917 even for planes that were only active before that, at least for the Nieuport 11. I saw that this might have been fixed in a previous experimental update 15.1.2 (linked below), but that one only went back to July of 1916. Is this a known issue in version 17.1.1? Thanks Pat for all your hard work!

 

Edited Wednesday at 09:49 PM by Sabree