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[UberDemon]

UGMG 1946 Max News – Successful Clone & Large Formation Test

All,

Good news on the UQMG 1946 Max development.  A while back I mentioned I was toying with the idea of creating different ways to make large formation using the Cloning Algorithm.  UQMG classic used one way to create copies of flights.  As the formation grew, they were spread in an “asterisk” formation.  I wanted to do something different, so I successfully created a large box cloning formation.  Look below.  “00” means the position of the original flight, and the other ones are the subsequent copies of the original flight.  From one to as many as the IL-2 engine will support based on recognized regiments, or whatever won’t make your PC explode, whichever comes first.  Below you see the layout of the original and the new box formation (both are selectable in UQMG 1946 Max)

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'UQMG Classic (Asterisk)
'
'                19       18       17
'                   11    10    09
'                      03 02 01
'                20 12 04 00 08 16 24
'                      05 06 07
'                   13    14    15
'                21       22       23
'
'Additional UQMG 1946 Max (Outward Spiral Box)
'  31 30 29 28 27 26 25
'  32 13 12 11 10 09 48
'  33 14 03 02 01 24 47
'  34 15 04 00 08 23 46
'  35 16 05 06 07 22 45
'  36 17 18 19 20 21 44
'  37 38 39 40 41 42 43

The mission pictures below show a sample mission.  UQMG 1946 Max is not at a point for me to release it as an “Alpha” yet, so I made the mission available to you if you want to try it yourself.   The Briefing is as follows (note I have not written the routine to name the map yet, but it uses my test template in the Italy Online map):

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UQMG 1946 Max Mission for Red Team
Title:  "Large Formation Test - Med/Italy 1942"

Date:  Wednesday, 1 April 1942
Time:  1800h
Weather:  Good
Cloud Height:  2000 meters
Wind Conditions:  45.0 deg, 1.0 m/s, Low gusts, Low turbulence
Map:  "<My Mission Map>"

Aircraft Type:  Republic P-47C-5, 1942
Load:  1x 108gal droptank, extra ammunition
Unit:  <USAAF>, Sq. 1, Flt. 2
Position:  (1) Flight Leader

DESCRIPTION:

This mission is a test of the new Clone formation which allows for Box formation.

You will lead 20 P-47Cs.  You will Taxi and Take off.  Each wave of P-47s will appear every three minutes.  This mission
also tests the new Escort feature.  When you have several clones Escorting large formation, the fighters will be assigned
random clone escorted bomber formation at different waypoints to add to the dynamic aspect of this feature.

The B-24Ds will be already on the air and you will be able to see the formation above your base.  There are 44 of them.

For this mission the Italian fighters will use several patrol points over their area (a section is removed to make them stay
in a particular sector.  Re-2001s will target the bombers, while more advanced Fiat G-55s will target the P-47s.
* 3x Re-2001s will taxi and takeoff, and 5 waves appearing at 2 minute intervals will follow
* 3x G-55s will taxi and takeoff, and 3 waves appearing at 2 minute intervals will follow

Both groups of Italian fighters are in the same base, and all taxi and takeoff.

Designing this mission was very fast...  That is the beauty of UQMG 1946 Max.  Because it uses memory as opposed to
heavy text scripts of UQMG Classic.  This mission has almost 100 planes and it took a few seconds to be generated.

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Mission Generated on 04/01/2024, 23:21:02.
Created with UberDemon's UberQuick Mission Generator (UQMG) 1946 Max for Il-2 Sturmovik by Erich "Bubi" Hartmann.

After I flew the mission, I should have had the bombers spawn later as it takes a while for the fighters to catch up.  I recommend telling the fighters to skip waypoints to catch up, and then radio the base to request assistance so the subsequent fighters will come towards you.

Here is the mission for you to open in FMB:
•   https://www.mediafire.com/file/iehcipku4oaffxi/UQMG1946MaxTest0001.zip/file

I will post some prep pictures from the UQMG 1946 Max Development GUI… then a series of pictures for you to see.  This mission requires the latest BAT WAW.

[UberDemon]

[UberDemon]

[UberDemon]

There were a few bombers that crashed on the way to the mission because they were close to each other, but the cloning algorithm allows for custom separation.  Note the first few GUI screenshots and you can see each one of the 24 major flight groups in UQMG Max (12 per team) can have their own separation.  This is a lot more flexible than UQMG Classic.

This is a simple example.  I am working on some very neat features.

[Dimlee]

This bomber formation looks fantastic. I hate to think how much time is required to create it manually, without your tool.

[UberDemon]

 I have the link for the mission in the original post.  Give it a test drive...

[sgt.wingspan]

This really gives a lot of planes as I tested the sample file and the game has no stuttering issue. Two thumbs up