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Thx for kudos, Sirs.
Dekuji, Sowercrowd .

Mission Editor v 1.1.8.4 released ME 1.1.8.4
Version changes:
1) Check for "Escortxxxx" waypoint when copying B to A squad route. Escorted and Escort flights can not be copied;
2) Fixed Western longitude coordinates bug - thx to OldHat for pointing it out ;
3) When inserting new waypoints, ME looks for takeoff waypoint (its proper location at the beginning of Flight plan);
4) debriefing data enhancement - added climb/descent rate;
5) fixed Observers "out of bounds" (";") error;
6) Flight Plan displaying/updating procedure tuned;
7) SOL and OBS planes implemented (for Player's squad only), allowing training missions editing and/or single seater Be2c/Aviatik CI missions;

Enjoy!

Thank you for this updated version!

JJJ65;

Still cranking out new versions I see! :thumbsup

Many thanks for all your efforts, they are very much appreciated. Now you can take a couple of days off

Thank you for your continued work on this essential mod IMO for Woff UE.
You churn newer versions out more often than I can get into the skies :thumbsup

Thanks Triple J:

I always wished to see in WOFF historically correct planes and squadrons on airfields at given campaign date. Now, with version 1.1.9 of Mission Editor, my dream finally materialized .
You can download complete WOFF UE_Mission_Editor v1.1.9 here:
WOFF UE_Mission_Editor 1.1.9
To enable above mentioned feature, just click on OK button at "Populate airfields..." popup window during mission save dialog.
Enjoy!

Wow Jara, this is another very neat feature that you have added!
Thank you very much for this release!

Triple-J, what a great idea! I always felt weird landing at some random airfield after a mission to find my squad's airplanes parked in front of the hangars, as if we were stationed there. Your mod would fix this, so imagine my surprise when I saw this:



All the airplanes in the inventory are on display right on the field. This also happens to other airfields while I was flying past them. Is there a way to just update the airplanes in front of the hangars without the parade on the landing strip? The problem is that after the mission the entire flight A and B are just circling the airfield afraid to land on top of the planes that are sitting there at the take off point. Good start!

When the brass hats demand a parade, you give them a parade! Don't they know there is a war on?

Unfortunately, not (yet) . I am only able to limit the number of airplanes parked on the airfields so far. When there is just an one line (row) of airplanes, the AI can land without problem (as far as I have tested it). Or, I will try to experiment with AI landing constants (min glide slope angle, min length of landing fields, etc.).

Yes, I have found the way, but... We should have to modify all global_layer.csv files for each period (12 files) - to manually add an individual name for each airfiled. Next, we have to compile new gsl.lib file for each period (nothig to worry about - quite easy process) and create/modify/copy for each arfield <airfiled_name>.xml and <airfiled_name>.mos files. That is all. Then it would be ready for historically correct parked plane insertions by Mission editor.
So, any volunteer willing to help me with MS Excel and Notepad editing ?

I had to do just that to accomplish the relocation of all the airfields as part of the consolidated airfields mod. It was a hugely time consuming job. Not difficult but very time consuming.

If you do the same you will likely nullify the use of the consolidated airfields mod because the global layer would be replaced.

I might be able to help. Please send me a PM.

By the way, I use a shareware program called Textpad to edit text files. It has lots of features that Notepad doesn't have.

I plan to modify the global layer csv files from Consolidated airfields mod and do not alter these new, already modded airfields (if you do not mind, of course). Mission Editor will just replace the static, parked planes on these airfields dynamically (before each mission start) according to historical data.
It will have just one limitation - this feature will be available only to users with Consolidated airfileds mod installed and enabled.

Thank you very much for your help, BB. I will try to contact you with instructions today or no later than tomorrow.
Text editor you want to use is fully up to you, as long as it can edit *.xml and *.csv files.

I don't see a problem with you using those global_layer files as a template. Please PM me so we can dialogue on your implementation strategy. As you can appreciate, I am only concerned about maintaining the integrity of the Consolidated Airfields mod. If your approach doesn't require any changes to the existing Consolidated Airfields Mod then there are no concerns to be addresseed.

Best Regards;

Another option is to use NotePad++ it is actually better than TextPad. I used it when I was a programmer to modify .xml files and best of all it is free.

I personally find that MS Excel or one of the free ware equivalents works best because it columnizes
each field and also offers great sorting opportunities among other things.

I personally use Notepad++ to edit *.xml files and MS Excel for *.csv files.
@OldHat - how do you want to implement (place) static planes on airfield? Do you want to modify airfield xml files? Then there may be a conflict with my mod, because it will overwrite static (parked) planes by plane types currently located at the airfield, so it could probably overwrite also your plane. We have to discuss implementation in more detail, perhaps over PM?