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Flyby
Nov-19-2013, 10:20
Need a little help. I'm trying to make a simple offline familiarity mission for the G50. When I check it as "idle" , with the first waypoint as a "takeoff" the mission starts with the engine running, which is not what I want. When I select "park" the plane is in a tiny hangar, and on startup the plane torques so badly it crashes into the sides of that little hangar. I want the plane to be sitting somewhere safe where I can practice starting the engine, then taxing to the runway, or to start at the runway with the engine off.
thank you,
Flyby out
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bolox
Nov-19-2013, 10:27
You need 'spawn parked' to be ticked for plane to be 'engine off' at start.
However this will place your AC on the next available parking place- in the airfield you are using this seems to be a hangar.
There are 2 ways to get round this:-
1)move to another airfield (one without hangars)
2) 'block' the parking place(s) by placing a static object on the parking spot (oil drum, crates etc work well). Do this for as many places as you wish to get your AC into a spot you desire.

Flyby
Nov-19-2013, 10:50
thanks for the reply bolox. In my close-up view of the base (St. Omer) I didn't see any hangars,and I'd have deleted them if I could have. Guess I'll have to chose another airfield, as you suggest. Might as well make a new misison when I find a primitive airfield with no hangars.
thank you,
Flyby out

bolox
Nov-19-2013, 12:39
St Omer (all 3) has the slightly problematic aircraft shelters- blocking these is a useful trick- eg this mission

[PARTS]
core.100
bob.100
[MAIN]
MAP Land$English_Channel_1940_Autumn
BattleArea 150000 100000 100000 150000 1000
TIME 12
WeatherIndex 0
CloudsHeight 1000
BreezeActivity 10
ThermalActivity 10
player BoB_RA_56St_20Gruppo_353Sq.000
[GlobalWind_0]
Power 3.000 0.000 0.000
BottomBound 0.00
TopBound 1500.00
GustPower 0
GustAngle 45
[splines]
[AirGroups]
BoB_RA_56St_20Gruppo_353Sq.01
[BoB_RA_56St_20Gruppo_353Sq.01]
Flight0 1
Class Aircraft.G50
Formation VIC3
CallSign 26
Fuel 100
Weapons 1
SetOnPark 1
Skill 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
[BoB_RA_56St_20Gruppo_353Sq.01_Way]
TAKEOFF 317272.64 195273.11 0 0
NORMFLY 320047.25 196116.09 500.00 300.00
[CustomChiefs]
[Stationary]
Static0 Stationary.G50 it 318062.03 194787.00 0.00
Static1 Stationary.G50 it 318144.53 194767.20 0.00
Static2 Stationary.G50 it 318224.66 194779.94 0.00
Static3 Stationary.G50 it 318376.50 194783.25 0.00
Static4 Stationary.G50 it 318456.19 194844.06 0.00
Static5 Stationary.G50 it 318516.06 194901.11 0.00
Static6 Stationary.G50 it 318560.41 194983.16 0.00
Static7 Stationary.G50 it 318563.69 195082.64 0.00
Static8 Stationary.G50 it 318548.13 195305.67 0.00

feel free to rotate the static G50's:D- this is just a very quick demonstration

Flyby
Nov-19-2013, 17:01
bolox, thanks, I think. OK, how do I get to what you just posted? It looks like a pretty cool thing to know.
Flyby out

bolox
Nov-19-2013, 23:40
What I've posted is the text of a .mis file. All you need to do is convert this text to a .mis file in the correct folder in your pc to show up in game.

Easiest way is to open an existing mission with notepad (make a backup first!!!!) and delete all the text, then paste in the text I posted and SAVE (not save as). You should then be able to fly/edit it in fmb- just like in 'old' Il 2

Flyby
Nov-20-2013, 07:07
thank you bolox. I'll give it a try. I appreciate the help.
Flyby out

Flyby
Nov-20-2013, 09:27
hello bolox! I had a thought to only copy and paste the [ Stationary] contents to my mission. I gave it a go and it worked. SO with the plane "Parked" outside, it was there waiting, without the engine running. Just what I wanted.
thanks man!
Flyby out