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Wednesday 31 December 2014

Happy New Year from Maple Flag Missions!

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy New Year!


2014 was another successful year for us and we are starting off 2015 with a new re-designed website.  Check it out and let us know what you think. http://mapleflagmissions.ca


We didn't get to everything on our 2014 roadmap but the 2015 roadmap is already full with many new campaigns planned for existing and new aircraft and also introducing a vehicle campaign for Combined Arms!


We wish you all the success in 2015!


Thanks. 

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Re-designed Website Now Online!

We re-designed our website to make it easier to navigate and make room for the new campaigns and missions we have planned.

 

We hope you like the new look!

Tuesday 11 November 2014

In honor of all veterans today...

Thank you!  


Thank you for your service and your sacrifice.  


Thank you for your dedication and commitment.    


Thank you for your contribution to peace and freedom everywhere.  


Lest we forget.

 

Tuesday 4 November 2014

New Roadmap Coming!

We recently renewed our contract with TFC/ED for more campaigns and missions.  


We will be updating our roadmap soon to reflect the new campaigns and missions planned.  You can view our current roadmap here.

Friday 17 October 2014

Updated Tactical Training Qualification Part B

We didn't notice when we released Part B but some extra files got added that shouldn't have so we are uploading a new package today.


Given that it takes ED some time to approve the package uploads you can download Part B from our Google Drive here.


Part A has been updated and appears to be correctly loading into the proper directory now. 

Tuesday 14 October 2014

A-10C Tactical Training Qualification Campaign (Part A and Part B) Hints and Tips

For this campaign we decided to place the missions within a real-life

exercise called Operation Agile Spirit located at Vaziani Military Airbase.


We took some liberty in documenting the exercise briefing package but

the ROE and Safety Instructions are as close to actual as we could make them.


We think this will work well for future campaign operations we have planned.


In Part A you have to interface with JTACS and AFACs.


We designed the mission so that the AFACs would be on the same radio

frequency as most other flights (124.0 Mhz AM).

Ground JTACS were kept on a different frequency (30.0 - 32.0 Mhz FM).

It's easy to make a mistake when communicating with the JTACs or AFACs

by pushing the wrong radio frequency or switch position.  


If you try to contact the JTAC or AFAC and don't get a response check your frequencies and radio switch position.


In Part B we introduced wingmen and a 2nd element that you must command successfully in order to accomplish the missions.


There are also other flight elements and ground units to interface with.


This is done using the Radio Commands implemented by the function keys.  

If you are not familiar with how to order wingmen or 2nd elements please

review the Radio Communications section of the DCS A-10C manual.


Other flight and ground unit communications is done via the F10 function key

when in the Radio Communications game menu. 


This capability also allowed us to provide a number of standard player communications to help with the mission flow. You can reply to radio messages with the following:


F10, F1 - COLT 1-1, COPY


Heading in to the range you can order your flight to perform the G-Awareness test:

F10, F2 - COLT 1, GO G-WARM

F10, F2 - COLT 1, G-WARM 90 LEFT GO

F10, F2 - COLT 1, G-WARM 90 RIGHT GO


Once completed you can then request fence in and check into the range:

F10, F2 - COLT 1, FENCE IN

F10, F2 - COLT 1, CHECK IN


Once on the range you can issue the following:

F10, F1 - COLT 1-1, COPY

F10, F2 - COLT 1-1, RUNNING IN

F10, F3 - COLT 1, CHECK OUT


After checking out you can then perform the fence out check with:

F10, F2 - COLT 1, FENCE OUT


If you have a voice command program (we use Game Commander) you can program your voice commands to execute these function keys further improving your immersion.


Additionally we added player voice overs when firing the guns, missiles, rockets, dropping bombs, using the IR pointer or laser.  These are meant to improve the single player environment and also provide coaching on what players could say in a multiplayer environment.


In developing and testing the missions we learned some useful things when working with the wingmen and 2nd element.

1. It helps to broadcast your SPI.

2. It helps to send your SPI to your wingmen or 2nd element.

3. When ordering your wingmen or 2nd element to attack, keep track of their weapons used.

4. If they don't have a weapon that you are requesting they will respond "REJOIN" and will not engage the target.

5. If they cannot locate the target (too far away), the target is not marked or your SPI is not set and shared they will respond "REJOIN" and will not engage the target.

6. It helps to anchor your wingmen and 2nd element until you have the target identified.  This can help them from getting shot down from SAMs or AAA.

7. Wingmen and the 2nd element will continue to attack a target until it is eliminated.  You can order them to rejoin at any time terminating their attack.

8. Wingmen and the 2nd element will also terminate their attack if a more dangerous threat is identified (SAM, AAA or threat aircraft) and they will engage the new threat unless ordered to rejoin.


On certain missions we introduced an AC-130U Gunship.  This is a useful CAS asset (especially at night and only in low threat environments). You interface with it again using the F10 function key when in the Radio Communications game menu. Radio commands are provided when the asset is on station.

We hope that someday TFC/ED will formally introduce this capability in a future release.


Currently there is a briefing text bug reported here that restricts the briefing text to a much smaller amount than in previous game versions.  

We have provided a pdf package of all briefing documentation here.

We recommend that you keep a copy of the briefing information handy as it does contain flight and other unit communication information.


We will continue to update the package as necessary to accommodate future game updates or found bugs.


Thanks.





 

Sunday 12 October 2014

DCS A-10C Tactical Training Qualification Campaign Part B Nearing Release

Part B of the Tactical Training Qualification Campaign for the A-10C is in final testing and tweaking and we expect to release it within days.


The documentation package for the entire campaign (Part A and Part B) has been updated to include all the Part B elements so you can read the mission briefings ahead of time.  You can download it here.

We will post an update to the blog once the Part B package is available for download.



 


Wednesday 8 October 2014

DCS: Su-27 for DCS World is now available for pre-purchase!

The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics are pleased to announce that Su-27 for DCS World is now available as a pre-purchase from the DCS e-shop


The pre-purchase provides both a 20% discount off the retail price and access to the Open Beta coming later on November 15th, 2014.

Su-27 for DCS World will sell for $9.99 at November 15th. Pre Purchase now for $7.99 and save 20%!

Note: This will be a free update to owners of Flaming Cliffs 3!

 



Tuesday 23 September 2014

TFC/ED have provided an update to DCS World 1.2.10.32095 that corrects some serious bugs!

This post describes DCS 1.2.10 Update 2 which has a fix for the campaign issues and player switching to the wrong plane in certain missions.    


It should be available for download shortly.

 

Good Hunting!

Monday 22 September 2014

All Downloads Updated to use new \aircraft directory introduced in DCS World 1.2.10.32095

The 1.2.10.32095 update to DCS World renamed the \aircrafts directory to \aircraft.  

 

We have updated all of our installers to use the new directory reference.

 

Please contact us at mapleflagmissions@gmail.com if you encounter any problems.

 

Good Hunting!

Thursday 18 September 2014

P-51D Train Ranger Multiplayer Mission Available!

Based on some user feedback we converted our popular P-51D Train Ranger single player mission into a 4-slot multiplayer mission.

Now you and 3 of your friends can have fun attacking the trains together but watch out for the Ack Ack!

 

You can download the mission here.


This is a free mission so no mission key is required.  Just download the file and install it into your P-51D mission folder.

 

Good Hunting!

Wednesday 17 September 2014

Latest DCS Update 1.2.10.32095 Changed Mission Files Directory Path

The latest DCS Update to version 1.2.10.32095 has changed the Mission Files directory path:

From:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\A-10C


To: 

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\A-10C


We are updating all mission installers to reflect this change. If you have any problems you can copy the files from the\aircrafts directory to the \aircraft directory as the underlying structure has remained the same.


Hopefully there won't be further directory updates but if there are we will update our installers to match.


Friday 12 September 2014

DCS: MiG-21 bis is now available for pre-purchase!

Leatherneck Simulations, in association with The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics, are pleased to announce that DCS: Mig-21 bis is now available for pre-purchase at ED's online SHOP.  


DCS: Mig-21 bis will sell for $49.99 on September 18th.  Pre-purchase price is only $44.99 a savings of 10%.

 

Tuesday 9 September 2014

DCS: MiG-21bis ANNOUNCEMENT - COMING 18/09/2014!

Leatherneck Simulations, in association with The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics, will release the DCS: MiG-21bis on September 18th as a digital download. 

 


Monday 25 August 2014

Updated Website!

We update our website to to add some new links and make navigation easier.

MapleFlagMissions.ca


We hope you like the changes. 

Tuesday 19 August 2014

New Single Player Mission for the F-86: Dogfighting with Migs!

We released a new Single Player mission for the F-86 called Dogfighting with Migs!  


Inspired by the Aces of the 51st Fighter Wing legacy this mission puts you in the action with 16 North Korean Mig15s of the 176th GvIAP vs 12 American F-86s of the famous 39th Fighter Squadron of the 51st Fighter Wing.


You can download the mission via this link:

F-86: Dogfighting with Migs


We hope you enjoy it. 

Monday 18 August 2014

New Single Player Mission for the FW-190: Dogfight with the RED TAILS!

We released a new Single Player mission for the FW-190 called Dogfighting with the RED TAILS!


It`s similar to the Red Tails Dogfight mission done earlier for the P-51, only this time you get to fly as a German pilot in the FW-190.


Both missions contain some historical trivia regarding the combatants and the pilot names are authentic.  


You can download both missions via these links:

FW-190: Dogfight with the RED TAILS!

P-51: Red Tails Dogfight!


We hope you enjoy them.  

Monday 11 August 2014

FIXED! DCS World 1.2.9.30604 Changed Tanker Communications

It appears the latest 1.2.9 update to DCS World has defaulted the tanker communications to 251 AM. 


Unfortunately our Air to Air Refueling missions had the tankers coded to use 150 AM so using these instructions will no longer work.


We have updated the following missions to use the 251 UHF AM setting:

Air to Air Refueling Day

Air to Air Refueling Night

Advanced Aircraft Training Qualification Campaign


By using the default 251 UHF AM setting going forward we hope to avoid issues like this with future DCS World updates.


Thanks. 

Sunday 10 August 2014

FIXED! Tactical Training Qualification Missions Failing in DCS World 1.2.9 and 1.2.10

It appears the latest 1.2.9 and 1.2.10 updates to DCS World has broken the Tactical Training Missions.


After the mission starts and the Humvee drives away any use of the Radio Comms results in DCS World crashing.


Deleting the Humvee fixes the issue but I cannot explain why the Humvee works fine in DCS World 1.2.8 but causes a crash in DCS World 1.2.9 and 1.2.10.


An updated version (V1.1) has been released that corrects the issue.  This update also includes the fix for the MGRS coordinates. 


Your existing mission key and password will work for this update.


Thanks. 

Tuesday 5 August 2014

Tactical Training Qualification Missions Failing in DCS World 1.2.9 and 1.2.10

It appears the latest 1.2.9 and 1.2.10 updates to DCS World has broken the Tactical Training Missions.


After the mission starts and the Humvee drives away any use of the Radio Comms results in DCS World crashing.


Deleting the Humvee fixes the issue but I cannot explain why the Humvee works fine in DCS World 1.2.8 but causes a crash in DCS World 1.2.9 and 1.2.10.


We will release an updated version that corrects the issue.


Thanks. 

Sunday 27 July 2014

DCS World 1.2.9.30604 Changed Tanker Communications

It appears the latest 1.2.9 update to DCS World has defaulted the tanker communications to 251 AM. 


Unfortunately our Air to Air Refueling missions had the tankers coded to use 150 AM so using these instructions will no longer work.


We will be updating the mission documentation to use the 251 AM setting going forward.


For now if you are using DCS World 1.2.9 and any AAR mission instructing to contact the tanker on 150 AM, use 251 AM on the UHF radio instead.


By using the default 251 UHF AM setting going forward we hope to avoid issues like this with future DCS World updates.


Thanks. 

Saturday 26 July 2014

Sunday 20 July 2014

User Videos from Recon Stewart

Recon Stewart has made some videos of our qualification missions.  The voice overs and quality are very good.  I highly recommend them. 

Recon Stewarts Channel

Friday 18 July 2014

MGRS Coordinates Wrong in the Tactical Qualification Campaign Part A

A user reported that the MGRS coordinates were incorrect on our diagrams and mission briefing and we confirmed that this is true.  We will be updating Part A with the correct coordinates and also updating the documentation package. All diagrams that had incorrect coordinates will be corrected.

The effected missions are TAC 14, 15 and 16.


Here are the correct coordinates you can use until the updated package is released:



TAC 14: 38 T MM 792 083
        DMPI 1: 79230 08318  
        DMPI 2: 79264 08330  
        DMPI 3: 79206 08281  
        DMPI 4: 79281 08273   
        DMPI 5: 79308 08336

TAC 15:
     Target 1: 38 T MM 641 112
        DPI 1:  64132 11230  
        DPI 2:  64144 11238

     Target 2: 38 T MM 719 127
        DPI 1:  71942 12779  
        DPI 2:  71917 12784

TAC 16: 38 T MM 748 144
        DMPI 1: 74863 14498  
        DMPI 2: 74924 14490

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this mistake.

Thanks.

Tuesday 1 July 2014

Advanced Aircraft Training Qualification Campaign Update!

We have released an updated version of the Advance Aircraft Training Qualification Campaign.

You can download the updated campaign here: 
Advanced Aircraft Training Part A
Advanced Aircraft Training Part B


We have added some minor improvements including F10 Radio Comms so you can state status and issue commands.

Your existing mission key and password will work with the updated installer.

Thanks for supporting Maple Flag Missions.

A portion of your purchase goes to TFC/ED for future game development.

AFT03 - Countermeasures and Threat Avoidance Updated!

We have released an updated version of AFT03 - Countermeasures and Threat Avoidance.

You can download the updated mission here: 
AFT03 - Countermeasures and Threat Avoidance


We corrected some issues in the shutdown portion that will now ensure a clear result even if you don't complete the shutdown correctly.


We also added some minor improvements.

Your existing mission key and password will work with the updated installer.

Thanks for supporting Maple Flag Missions.

A portion of your purchase goes to TFC/ED for future game development.