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Title: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: SAS~Poltava on October 12, 2013, 05:15:43 AM

Finding great MODs that hasn't been subject to a campaign often prompts me into action! This time it's the new Japanese aircraft by ten101 (the Ki-109. the Gekko and the D4Y3-S), the Ki-45 and the fighter version of Ki-46 plus the new map "Iwo Jima to Kanto Plain" by RealDarko and Agracier, that form the basis for my new campaign, or campaigns really. I call it the Empire Defenders Battlepack:

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/impdef_logo_zps0bcdf043.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/impdef_logo_zps0bcdf043.jpg.html)

What you get in this BATTLEPACK this is FIVE different variants of the same campaign, for five different aircraft:

*The Ki-109
*The Ki-45 Tei
*The Ki-46 Otsu Hei
*The J1N1-Sa
*The D4Y3-S.

But note that there are some differences in missions in all five campaigns, so they are not completely identical. And that most of them use randomizers found in Checkyersix's great C&C Mod, so there are also in-built variations. You can of course choose yourself if you want to use all these campaigns or just some.

You can download the entire Battlepack here: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=1788

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_3_zps5be3690f.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_3_zps5be3690f.jpg.html)

Each of these campaigns are semi-historical and static, and start in late 1944. The first B-29 raids from the Marianas has hit the Honshu and the Japanese mainland. There is a growing feeling desperation over this threat from the American high-altitude monster bomber, which must be stopped or Japan will lose the war. You are a pilot in a Japanese heavy fighter unit. You have just one task: to shoot down B-29's, and help stop this deadly aerial assault against Imperial Japan. The task will not be easy, as the enemy operates very high up, and are formidably defended.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_9_zps1c5569f8.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_9_zps1c5569f8.jpg.html)

Most missions are day-time high-altitude interceptions, but you will also try some night-fighting missions, and also participate in the historical fighting during two days that were ominous for the defenders of mainland Japan: first the big carrier raids of 16/17 February 1945, when many airfields on Honshu were targeted by the sudden appearance of masses with US Navy aircraft, and secondly the big day-time raid on Tokyo April 7 1945, when the B-29’s for the first time were escorted by P-51’s, flying from Iwo Jima. After this date the heavy fighter units in effect were obsolete in their intended role, and the campaign ends.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_7_zpsa9f9c6e8.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_7_zpsa9f9c6e8.jpg.html)

As mentioned most missions also uses Checkyersix’s great Command & Control Mod, so the weather, the time of day and the skill level of the pilots is often randomized, and in some mission you will receive guidance from ground radar control, and (in the case of the J1N1-Sa) from your own radar operator, in the form of text messages over the screen.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_2_zpsc749a659.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_2_zpsc749a659.jpg.html)

REQUIREMENTS: 4. Requirements: This campaign is built with Dark Blue World 1.71. In addition to this you MUST have the following five Mods installed:

1.) The Mitsubishi Ki-109, by ten010:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,35530.msg387507.html#msg387507

2.) The Yokosuka D4Y3-S, by ten010:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,23904.0.html

3.) The Nakajima J1N1-Sa by ten010:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,27209.0.html

4.) The "Iwo Jima to Kanto plain" map by RealDarko and Agracier:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,30729.0.html

5.) The Command & Control Mod, version 3.031, by Checkyersix:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,26654.0.html

You will of course not need all the above aircraft in order to play just the Ki-45 and/or Ki-46 campaigns, as these aircraft comes with DBW 1.71. And if you are just interested in playing, say, one of the other campaigns you will of course only need to have the aircraft for that campaign installed.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_5_zpseb760791.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_5_zpseb760791.jpg.html)

The gifted modder ten101 has made three of the five aircraft used in this battlepack, and he must of course have special thanks! Great job ten010!

Some more screenies:

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_0_zps1aa9b31f.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_0_zps1aa9b31f.jpg.html)

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_6_zpsf12ce488.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_6_zpsf12ce488.jpg.html)

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_10_zpsf56a43df.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_10_zpsf56a43df.jpg.html)

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_4_zps0a2bca03.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_4_zps0a2bca03.jpg.html)

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_8_zpsb9f03c64.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_8_zpsb9f03c64.jpg.html)

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Poltava/imperdef_1_zps91ff92b6.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Poltava/media/imperdef_1_zps91ff92b6.jpg.html)

Thanks for looking!  :)
 

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: Spitwulf on October 12, 2013, 07:03:36 AM

Thank you Poltava!!! Another great work from a master of FMB!!!

Time to fly with the Toryu...  :)

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: cgagan on October 12, 2013, 07:13:48 AM

Great stuff there, many thanks!!!!

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: BravoFxTrt on October 12, 2013, 09:26:36 AM

Yes Poltava, you are a true Mission Master, Thank you Much.

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: David Prosser on October 12, 2013, 08:04:34 PM

Thanks, Poltava. I'm sure it'll be excellent work as per usual.

cheers

David

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: Blacksheep1 on October 15, 2013, 09:10:15 PM

Wow, this looks amazing! Now for a rookie question. I have DBW 1.71 and NewTFM installed. How do I tell if the map is already in there? Thanks for any guidance.

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: SAS~Poltava on October 15, 2013, 10:59:52 PM

I don't think the map is included, so you have to D/L it and install it yourself. But it's worth it. Great map!

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: trent on October 17, 2013, 06:35:15 AM

Excellent! Thank you very much, Poltava!  :)

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: Griffon_301 on October 18, 2013, 04:31:28 PM

hello and a big thank you for a great looking campaign :)
just recently purchased a book titled "Beyond Pearl Harbor"
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Pearl-Harbor-Untold-Stories/dp/0764329324/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382135422&sr=8-1&keywords=beyond+pearl+harbor

very interesting to get to know about the later war careers of the IJN fliers and highly recommend if you are flying these campaigns here :)

cheers
phil

Title: problem with static campaign not counting played missions
Post by: Vampire_pilot on October 19, 2016, 01:24:18 PM

Hey.

I have a weird issue I never had before, mabe someone knows more.

I've been starting playing this (https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,37368.msg413100.html#msg413100) static campaign.

so I play mission 1, advance to mission 2 and play that as well. then I quit and go away. and when i come back the campaign still stands at 0 missions complete.

no matter what I do or how many mission I play, the campaign won't register progress, it just stays at 0 completed missions.

I tried creating a different pilot even, same show.
all other static campaigns progress regularly.
What could be the reason for this???

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: SAS~Poltava on October 21, 2016, 12:31:46 AM

This is strange, but I've encountered the phenomenon in other campaigns as well. Very seldom, but still. Could it be that you are missing some object in the Kanto map? What happens if you try and create a simple mission with this map in FMB and save it?  :-|

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: Vampire_pilot on October 21, 2016, 06:39:25 AM

huh. that gave me the right direction at least!   The map does not contain any non-stock objects but I had another issue recently:

In fact I found out this fix https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,52690.0.html
causes it! If I remove the two graphic files I have the overlay back but can save the map again.  But Kronstadt07 is of course in the static.ini, it is stock.

I am a bit at a loss with that.

EDIT
Problem solved!

It was the Poland1944 map that caused a conflict with the Kanto map. I found it by manually looking through all my map mods....

The Poland1944 map alters Kronstadt01 graphic file, which is obviously connected to all other Kronstadt files, which then caused the graphic bug in the Kanto map for me (as shown in the other thread). The Poland map exchanges a blank file for a city street file.

So, when I applied my fix of just adding Kronstadt07 blanks, there were two conflicting graphic files, which caused the map to create a save problem, which obviously also connects to the campain not being able to advance.

I now deleted the Poland 44 map and all works as designed for Kanto map and this campaign.

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: SAS~Poltava on October 21, 2016, 10:38:28 AM

Good to hear that! So now: Onwards and upwards and defend the sacred Japanese homeland from the US air pirates!  :)

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: Vampire_pilot on October 21, 2016, 10:55:20 AM

Indeed!

Fun Fact: I am enjoying the Kikka right now in some of these missions while testing my FM for it ;)

Title: Re: Empire Defenders 44-45 - Heavy Fighter Battlepack
Post by: SAS~Poltava on October 21, 2016, 12:15:27 PM

Ah, that was really good to hear: I am really looking forward to the finished version of the Kikka! Keep it up!  :)