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[sniperton]

DIT silently suppresses any plane/payload exceeding the DCG character limit. OK, with the next version I'll add a warning.

Edit: Added. As to the Csd Liberator GRV, that poses a different type of problem. Generally, aircraft name and loadout name are separated by a dot in the weapons file, but it's quite difficult to decide by code which is the plane part and which is the loadout part when any of them has an extra dot, e.g.

L-5_Sentinel[.]2x2.36in_rockets
vs
LiberatorGR.V[.]Hispanos+12x250lbs

I'll have to rewrite a complete section of code to properly handle this type of exception. 

[JG7_X_Man]

Thanks for your continued efforts!

[JonRedcorn]

Can anyone tell me where the required files are for this? Air.ini weapons properties and plane properties? I can't find them in the bat install or any installs for that matter. Thanks.

[sniperton]

[BAT]\#WAW3\STD\com\maddox\il2\objects\air.ini
[BAT]\#WAW3\STD\i18n\plane.properties

[VPMOD]\#SAS\STD\...

Beware, it's an old util made for CUP in 2016, no guarantee it still works (or even needed) for newer versions of BAT and VPMOD.
It was made to help campaign designers, normally you don't need it if you only want to run a campaign specifically made for BAT or VPMOD (such as https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,54992.0.html).

[JonRedcorn]

[BAT]\#WAW3\STD\com\maddox\il2\objects\air.ini
[BAT]\#WAW3\STD\i18n\plane.properties

[VPMOD]\#SAS\STD\...

Beware, it's an old util made for CUP in 2016, no guarantee it still works (or even needed) for newer versions of BAT and VPMOD.
It was made to help campaign designers, normally you don't need it if you only want to run a campaign specifically made for BAT or VPMOD (such as https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,54992.0.html).

Ah, I was hoping I could just import the planes into the stock DCG campaigns.

[sniperton]

Ah, I was hoping I could just import the planes into the stock DCG campaigns.

Stock DCG campaigns won't use non-stock planes unless someone adds them manually to the DCG campaign files.
DIT only automates importing of, and error-checking for, the new weapons entries coming with added planes. It filters out non-conventional ones which might make DCG hang or would result in a pink plane issue.

[Vortex]

Hi Sniperton, i cant find the vp-mod-fix for DCG anymore. Is there a link to it? thanks in advance.

[JonRedcorn]

Hi Sniperton, i cant find the vp-mod-fix for DCG anymore. Is there a link to it? thanks in advance.

It's on the main VP modpack page. Just take a look.

And thanks sniperton saved me a lot of time I guess. Appreciate it.

[Vortex]

Thanks. I use this tool a lot for offline Playing with DCG cause i often play with not so common aircraft. So this tool is not only useful for campaign designers (Just have to say cause its a great tool).

[JonRedcorn]

Hey sniper,

I figured out how to use the tool for the most part, but I added say the p-51 d-30 to DCG created a custom campaign but when the planes spawn they all spawn on top of eachother in the air and blow up, this is normandy map thats why they are air spawning. Any idea what could cause this to happen?

This tools awesome btw.

[sniperton]

Hard to tell, there are too many possibilities given the complexity of campaign mission generation.
Invalid plane designation, invalid loadout entry, invalid squad ID, can be anything.
First step is to run DCG and check if your custom campaign is the active one and that it actually has your added planes (Squadron Settings, Aircraft Class Settings).
Second step is to load the generated .mis file into the Mission Editor and see whether it works.

[JonRedcorn]

Good tip, they do show up in the squadron panel. I will check the mis file. What is important to note however is that with this tool, you can run custom DCG campaigns with the stock maps and the new airplanes if you add them in. Do they work? I dunno yet my p-51-d-30 keeps blowing up, and I just realized that is the pacific version of the p-51 and I was flying it over normandy... I am not too historical I guess ahaha.