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General Forums => Staged Missions => Topic started by: USRanger on February 15, 2010, 09:11:12 PM
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(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6980/penance1.jpg) (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/penance1.jpg/)
Background: You and your fellow condemned fliers have been awakened to defend the Dark Lord's lair from destruction by the legions of a new rival evil being. The mission is simple, save the Dark Lord's lair and you get your soul back. Fail and you shall pay a price I dare not speak of.
The mission group contains two missions, attackers & defenders. This mission is designed to play on the defenders' side. It contains all the extra goodies. It is possible to play the attackers side, but it contains hundreds of planes that may freeze your computer during takeoff sequence.
The mission download:
Penance mission (http://www.esnips.com/doc/48396fed-7be5-4905-af61-d1a438311062/Penance-Mission)
It is to be played on the LostSoul terrain:
LostSoul terrain (http://www.esnips.com/doc/ea2aa102-1431-44cb-8e7b-31cfaeb7c9a4/LostSoul)
Highly recommended offline settings:
Change your SkyColor[Day] to a very dark red,almost black. Change your FogColor[Day] to bright red. If you play this terrain/mission with a pretty blue sky, you are totally missing out on the immersion.
Crank up your ammo & gun multipliers, as you are battling hundreds of aircraft & will need the ammo.
If the bomber ack is to tough for you, turn down the ammo damage. This will weaken the bombers .50s, but not your cannons.
All defenders' planes are equipped with A2A rockets.
Good hunting & may the Dark Lord have mercy on your souls. :devil :salute
Tuk, it's finally done *sigh* ;)
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it is AWSOME :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :cheers:
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Oh yeah! :x I downloaded it 30 mins after it was posted, and it locked my computer when I first played it! :rofl For me, the solution to the problem was to turn off the Icon's. After that, I only had a slow FR for a moment, then things went very well. Oh the fun I had... :rock :devil Problem is, with icon's turned off, it's a tad hard to spot the enemy planes as a bomber. I have a machine that is in need of updating... :rolleyes:
This mission is awesome! Very nice. :salute
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:x :t :rock That's what I am talkin' 'bout!! Very well done Ranger :salute
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Keep up the good work Ranger.:D :D
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Just ran it USRanger! Thanks for the time and effort you put into our little project... I dont have the words for your accomplishment.. However, its the best offline mission I've seen as far as graphics, skins, music, ect..
Job well done sir :salute.
I will make sure everyone knows this mission is out there.. Thanks, Jamie Tucker
PS. We all have a lil darkside to us.. :devil
(http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/58/39/29743958/photos/offline/LOst%20soul.bmp)
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Really glad you like it bro. :cheers:
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This is so awesome. :x you're right to TUK all of us have a little dark side. :devil :t I have to give you props on this USRanger. :cheers: I look forward to more great creations. :) Also, when do you think that W.I.P. SANDBLAST terrain will be completed? :headscratch: Well, I'm going to try to live on one of the sides. :lol What, you guys thought I won it? No, try again. Ask this dude if you'll win. Or, if I will win.http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/birthday/games/gurujoe/index.htm (http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/birthday/games/gurujoe/index.htm) Some of the stuff you put in, he gives you stupid answers. :rofl Well, thanks again USRanger. :salute ESCAPE FROM HELL WE MUST!!! :rock
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just finished downloading, will return with my praise....for some reason I know it will be praise and not.....You suck this mission sux stop making missions :D
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:aok
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Ranger, Big thanks for you time in making offline missions.. :cheers:
I have already downloaded the Lost Souls terrain back when you made it available and changed the settings on sky and fog.. Way-Cool...
I just downloaded the Penance mission and when I opened it, it cantained the Penance file, install instructions and penance..
I opened the install instructions and read them carefully.. Being that it didn't explain where to drag and drop the Penance file and penance in the AH folder, I thought I better just ask first.. :x
Thank You !!! :rock
...Te...
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Oops. I forgot to include install instructions. As with all missions, the only file you need to worry about is the mission.res file, which goes in your MISSRES folder. If a terrain is included which you don't have, the terrain.res file would go in your AHTERR folder. The rest of the files that I included are just in case someone wants to put it in the M.E. & edit it.
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Can I get those tiles that makes it look like Hell. It gets tiring with a sand ocean and pretty grass. :lol
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Ranger, I got-R-done. You weren't foolin about needin da extra ammo, Those Goulds were all over me when the ammo trays ran out. :lol
Big Thanks, Way-Too-Much-Funn :aok
...Te...
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Good to hear Tee :aok
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downloaded this but aside from the bases the terr is the regular color. aside from that awesome mission.
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Sounds like you are running AH with your advanced graphics settings turned off.
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Me? :confused: Well, when I do, I have the sand ocean in a more detail. :frown: Is it something I did. :headscratch:
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:aok NICE JOB USRANGER I appreciate the whole DOOM feel to it. :devil :rock
<S>MajChaos
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yup mission ROCKS Dood :rock
but I knew it would :aok
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Thanks for checking it out fellas. :salute
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AWSOME mission :banana: :salute (once i figured out how to get it to run :D) i love how the bombers our low lol, dont have to climb to 35k to shoot them... Sadly tho, my comp cannot take that amount of planes and have detailed terrain on :mad: oh well, it was still awesome :rock
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This mission is working again now that the warp segments have been fixed (great job Sudz!). Enjoy your time in AH hell. :devil
:salute
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:aok
as always Ranger
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How do you turn down the .50s power?? I get torn up everytime! Sick mission though! :aok
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This mission is working again now that the warp segments have been fixed (great job Sudz!). Enjoy your time in AH hell. :devil
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Working again...with warps. Jeez what a wait, glad you guys fixed it.<<S>>
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Man I would love to fly it but every time I click offline missions on any terrain I get a white screen. :furious
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I really like this one Ranger, you did an awesome job.
I have one question though. Were the friendlies also supposed to meet up with the bombers as well or was I supposed to kill all the bombers myself?
I am not sure if it is something that was goofed when the warp was broken and now fixed and somehow things are calculated differently or what, but no matter what computer I play on the defenders and attackers miss each other and I need to break formation to catch the attackers. I find it quite fun and challenging the way it is but figured if this is something that was not designed into it you might want to know.
I don't know how you come up with this stuff but keep it coming.
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I'll have to check it out. The new airfield design might be throwing the taxi segments off from when the mission was made.
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I'll have to check it out. The new airfield design might be throwing the taxi segments off from when the mission was made.
Bingo! MANY things have changed. I've found that the new AH logic interprets the mission design far more liberally than the older versions did. You might need to tweak everything all over again.
Regards,
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You might need to tweak everything all over again.
:huh :headscratch: Facepalm!~
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USRanger is it possible to get the image files for this mission still?
I have become so hooked on hearing the music while fighting in these missions that I tried to add songs to it and realized that the image files were not included in the files downloaded. I realize that I could take them out of the mission but I think they are a nice touch.
Much appreciated.
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Here's all the sounds & pics from the mission:
http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/3de77da82b_38.73MB (http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/3de77da82b_38.73MB)
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Thanks
:salute
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I'm having trouble getting this to run. This my first attempt at running an offline mission, so it's prolly user error. Do I need to create an offmiss folder to put the files in, or just put them in missions? The sounds go to the misres folder right?
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The .res file for any mission goes in your MISSRES folder. That's the only file/folder you need do worry about/deal with unless you are creating them.
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TY sir. I'll give it another go.
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The terrain works fine, but the mission still doesn't show up. :headscratch:
Also, do the sounds for the mission go in the sounds folder or the misres folder?
The attrition mission works great though.
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All you need to do is put the penance.res file in your missres folder. Everything including the audio is built into that file. Load the terrain offline, then you should see it under Practice Missions.
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I have a pennance.mis file. I don't have a .res file. Did I download an older version that doesn't work with the current version of AH?
EDIT: NM, I R teh stoopidz. Found it. Works great. Thanks man.
EDIT 2: I'm unfamiliar with the process of changing the sky and mist colors. Where are those settings located?
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Change the sky and mist colors under th arena settings on the clipboard. Don't quite remember the exact names, but if you scroll down a bit you'll see options for the mist and sky. Click on them and adjust the sliders to prefered settings
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Look for ColorSky[Day] and Fog[Day] and tinker with em.
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Look for ColorSky[Day] and Fog[Day] and tinker with em.
Where would I look for those? Would I have to use the editor?
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no, open up your clipboard in game, click options-> arena setup-> environment-> Arena settings then find the two settings Ranger mentioned and play around with them till you have the colors you want
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no, open up your clipboard in game, click options-> arena setup-> environment-> Arena settings then find the two settings Ranger mentioned and play around with them till you have the colors you want
I found that about 5 minutes after I posted. Duh. That was alot of fun blasting the bombers, but the friendly aircraft did nothing. Is that the way it's supposed to be?
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They've always engaged for me. Not sure.
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That is weird Ranger, They don't engage for me either.
I played it several times over the weekend and the friendlies never even get close enough to engage the enemy. The first time I played it I flew in formation with the friendlies and never got within icon range.
Very very strange.
It is still very fun, last weekend I got 11 on my most successful run and this weekend i got 8 on my most successful.
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Maybe things got moved around a little when we got new field layouts. I'll have to play it and check it out. Would be an easy fix.
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I was thinking of moving the waypoints around to get them to matchup but hell I am having so much fun trying to see how many I can get that I can't bring myself to mess with things.
I thought you were saying that you did just recently try it out to find that nothing was wrong. Sorry misunderstood.
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I did play it once to make sure the warps worked. They did, and I died being out front, so I never noticed what the friendly AI were now doing.
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I see now.
Good luck.
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how do i turn down the bombers 50 cal lethality? i'm kinda confused because when i went to Arena Setup and then go to weapons i can't figure out which weapon lethality i turn down.
can somebody please help? Thanks.
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how do i turn down the bombers 50 cal lethality? i'm kinda confused because when i went to Arena Setup and then go to weapons i can't figure out which weapon lethality i turn down.
can somebody please help? Thanks.
can somebody please answer this question of min? how do i turn down bomber gun lethality?
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this is pissin me off,AH stops responding right when it shows the faces of the zombies.did i put somthing in the wrong folder?
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this is pissin me off,AH stops responding right when it shows the faces of the zombies.did i put somthing in the wrong folder?
The same thing is happening with me as well, maybe its just the current aces high patch. this just suxs :mad:
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great mission ranger, when you first engage the bombers play the song "Again" by alice in chains. it makes the gameplay even more uber!
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great mission ranger, when you first engage the bombers play the song "Again" by alice in chains. it makes the gameplay even more uber!
i have a question, how do turn down the bombers 50 cal lethality without having to turn down the gun lethality of my own plane?
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i have a question, how do turn down the bombers 50 cal lethality without having to turn down the gun lethality of my own plane?
go into options>arena setup>environment>weapons>gunlethalitysoft/hard/armored and turn down the lethality to what you want.
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go into options>arena setup>environment>weapons>gunlethalitysoft/hard/armored and turn down the lethality to what you want.
But there's two of them:
planegunlethality
and then there's Weaponlethality. Which one do i turn down?
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But there's two of them:
planegunlethality
and then there's Weaponlethality. Which one do i turn down?
i think its weapon lethality. not sure tho its been a while :lol