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Title: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on August 16, 2018, 06:26:08 PM
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Version 2.0 Campaign now updated to make it more compatible with B.A.T. W.A.W. v3.4
Fixed vehicles and trains chiefs and Mission #11 has no bomb loadout but must strafe instead.
Thanks to WillyP and Vampire_Pilot!
Download:  http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=2585

Back in the times when China was a friend and ally to the U.S.A. ...
The USA supplied China with aircraft to fight their war with Imperialist Japan. This 15-mission campaign covers the year 1938 in South China in which the Japanese captured Amoy and Canton. Pilots will fly the Hawk-III and Hawk-75H/M for the 25th Pursuit Squadron in the Chinese Air Force.

MODS needed:
cztx_Hengyang map
Hawk-75H  https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,37433.msg413804.html#msg413804
(Above link has the reworked 3D and NO Madsen Guns options.  Madsens were not used in China).
Hawk-III
Martin-133-WH1 (B-10)
B2M2
B4Y1-Jean
D1A2-Susie
Nakajima-A2N2
Nakajima-A2N3
Nakajima-A4N1
G3M2_11
G3M2_22
Mitsubishi_Ki-2

SKINS
A5M4 : Hayate, archie
B4Y1 : archie
Hawk75H : IMME, CzechTexan
Hawk-III : archie
I-15bis : Hayate
Ki-27-Ko : archie
Martin-133-WH1 : Ont_R
Mitsubishi_Ki-2 : Ont_R
SB_2M-100A : Hayate
G3M2 : Stanislao
Ki-27-Ko : archie

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Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: Gubi on August 16, 2018, 06:31:38 PM
Got it.  Thanx so much.  Check chat.  Cheers
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: cgagan on August 16, 2018, 10:11:17 PM
D/loading now. Many thanks for yet another brilliant contribution,  8)
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: Vampire_pilot on August 17, 2018, 10:59:54 AM
I'm currently playtesting this in the upcoming BAT 3.4 version and it's looking good so far :D
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: CzechTexan on August 17, 2018, 11:46:31 AM
All very much welcome!  I enjoyed dogfighting with these "older planes" and I'm sure everyone else will enjoy them too.  Lots of turning and burning + boom n zoom;  not like the later WW2 which is mostly boom n zoom.
I also used lots of different Japanese planes for variety.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: RealDarko on August 17, 2018, 02:48:10 PM
Amazing, sure is a great campaign. Downloading!
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: Gaston on August 17, 2018, 04:01:50 PM
Installed in BAT/TGA.

Very interesting ! Had to install 2 planes (Ki-2 and B4Y1) to make it work.

Opened all missions in FMB, only no 8 and 11 have a problem because some classes, chiefs, armor and vehicles are missing (armor.4_type94_Te-Ke, armor.3_type94_Te-Ke, armor.3_T98B, Trains.USSR_armortrain/aa, vehicles.artillery.newartpackartillery$qf_6pdr, vehicles.stationary.wflyr140522stationary$ac_starter). Maybe a pack is missing in TGA...
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: CzechTexan on August 17, 2018, 04:50:38 PM
Installed in BAT/TGA.

Very interesting ! Had to install 2 planes (Ki-2 and B4Y1) to make it work.

Opened all missions in FMB, only no 8 and 11 have a problem because some classes, chiefs, armor and vehicles are missing (armor.4_type94_Te-Ke, armor.3_type94_Te-Ke, armor.3_T98B, Trains.USSR_armortrain/aa, vehicles.artillery.newartpackartillery$qf_6pdr, vehicles.stationary.wflyr140522stationary$ac_starter). Maybe a pack is missing in TGA...
oh man!  I didn't think there'd be a problem with those.  Actually, I didn't give it much thought.  Should I edit the missions and re-upload?
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: vonofterdingen on August 17, 2018, 10:21:17 PM
I think BAT compatibility would promote your campaign and benefit the community.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: Vampire_pilot on August 18, 2018, 12:59:13 AM
the upcoming BAT will have the necessary planes in WAW, not TGA

I checked FMB quickly and so far only found the chief  Trains.USSR_armortrain/aa  not available in WAW (mission 11)
Missing static objects are not a real show stopper, they simply are ignored by the game. Minor inconvenience unless they are an intended target or otherwise important to storytelling.

Maybe it's also worth considering the map itself. Hengyang is a very heavy map with dense cities, there is a slightly lighter version available:

  MAP cztx_Hengyang/load2.ini


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Maybe a pack is missing in TGA...
For sure  :P It is simply impossible to have everything everywhere, it's always some sort of compromise on the edges.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: CzechTexan on August 18, 2018, 06:41:11 AM
Thanks for the input Vampire_Pilot.
I'm working with WillyP to edit some missions to be able to have them work in BAT - probably for WAW.
This should be available later today.  I have some work to do on the farm first ;)

The trains really are not necessary to have in the missions.  I just used them for eye candy.  The tanks could be substituted with other tanks or they can even be deleted if necessary because you'll still have other vehicles to bomb.
Stay tuned for updated BAT missions on this same BAT channel!
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: Willyp on August 18, 2018, 10:04:48 AM
CT. Missions should b kin ur box 2 ck, let me know if they're ok. Vampire Pilot, any chance you can look into something for an add to to next BAT?, 1 of the Ki27 s think the earlier one has a problem with the area aft of the canopy being completely transparent, there is an existing fix for it and it works perfectly and shows no conflicts in either WAW or TGA, the Ki27 is in both modules, any chance of getting the fix into a BAT update?, thanx
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: CzechTexan on August 20, 2018, 02:08:10 PM
so, is everything OK now since we have the new B.A.T. v3.4 Linebacker update?
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: stoney69 on August 20, 2018, 02:48:50 PM
CzechTexan,  just a super campaign and a super map to go with it. Many thanks for the real work that must go into making something like this.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: Vampire_pilot on August 21, 2018, 11:18:13 AM
so, is everything OK now since we have the new B.A.T. v3.4 Linebacker update?

The issue with the chief and objects remains.

Also loadout designations for the Hawk 75H seems to be different, leading to instant explosions on mission 11 if not fixed in FMB.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: CzechTexan on August 21, 2018, 01:02:09 PM
Version 2.0 is now available.  Campaign is updated. 
Changes made to fix trains and vehicles chiefs.
Mission #11 has no bombs loadout but must strafe instead. 
Added a few more (standard) vehicles on airfields for more eye candy.

The new B.A.T. - W.A.W. update includes all planes needed for this campaign.
Thanks WillyP and Vampire_Pilot!
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: CzechTexan on August 21, 2018, 01:06:21 PM
CzechTexan,  just a super campaign and a super map to go with it. Many thanks for the real work that must go into making something like this.
You're welcome!  It wasn't as much work as Kursk or Smolensk haha!  ;D  But I always enjoy making and sharing campaigns.
Don't forget to add comments on the M4T page ;)

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Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938
Post by: CzechTexan on August 21, 2018, 01:33:07 PM
By the way, is the "Reworked 3D for Hawk-75N" available in B.A.T. with the options for guns?
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,37433.msg413804.html#msg413804

This campaign (and Poltava's campaign) are designed for the Hawk-75 with NO Madsen guns.
The default loadout has the 2x.50 in the nose and 4x.30 in wings...this was used in China.
And, I'm not sure, but the bombs loadouts are probably different too.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: SAS~Poltava on August 21, 2018, 02:28:20 PM
Ah, looking like a great one! D/L-ing - THANKS!!!  :)
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Vampire_pilot on August 22, 2018, 08:27:06 AM
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,9077.msg415530.html#msg415530

this is the version in BAT
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Spider16 on August 22, 2018, 02:56:48 PM
A wonderful work with this campaign in the Chinese theater, Czech-Texan, I would also like to see it in BAT mod, but there would still be an addition to the available aircraft, the Ki-10. Anyway, it's a great job. Grateful in anticipation

Cheers

Carlos
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Willyp on August 22, 2018, 03:12:33 PM
The new BAT V3.4 Linebacker update has all the planes needed already added to the update, update to V3.4 & run the campaign in WAW, nothing else needed.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on August 22, 2018, 03:28:55 PM
I would also like to see it in BAT mod, but there would still be an addition to the available aircraft, the Ki-10. Carlos
I'm pretty sure the Ki-10 did not make it into the missions.
Mission #12 Originally had the Ki-10 but I changed it to the Ki-27-Ko.  I then thought that I had let it slip into the missions so I checked all missions and did not find any Ki-10s.

Maybe you are thinking of a different aircraft?

Willyp says, "The new BAT V3.4 Linebacker update has all the planes needed already added to the update, update to V3.4 & run the campaign in WAW, nothing else needed."
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Willyp on August 22, 2018, 03:37:26 PM
CT, just checked and yes the Ki10 is included in WAW in 3.4, this is getting confusing LOL!, I guess I'm still using your original aircraft in missions w/the Ki-10 and it ran in 3.4 fine
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on August 22, 2018, 03:45:35 PM
No, I did not have the Ki-10 in any uploaded missions.  Check your mission #12 for yourself :)
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Willyp on August 22, 2018, 04:30:26 PM
Apologies, you are of course correct, you created the missions (and they're great!), I was confused w/another set that I've been working on that has the KI-10 in it in a China War scenario, I also had replaced a couple planes is your missions with the Ki-10 and they do work, again, my apologies, didn't want to mislead, give wrong info or especially aggravate you. Keep up the great work & thanks!
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on August 22, 2018, 04:54:33 PM
No problem, Willyp.  Thanks for giving this attention to make it compatible in B.A.T.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Old_DaD on August 23, 2018, 08:56:57 AM
Hi C_T. Want to play this campaign but having problems with some of the aircraft that are needed. here is a bit of my log file:
[14:49:57]   Main begin: PlMisAir: class 'air.Mitsubishi_Ki_2' not found
[14:49:57]   java.lang.RuntimeException: PlMisAir: class 'air.Mitsubishi_Ki_2' not found
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.builder.PlMisAir.configure(PlMisAir.java:572)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.builder.Plugin.loadAll(Plugin.java:150)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.builder.Builder.<init>(Builder.java:2161)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.gui.GUIBuilder.<init>(GUIBuilder.java:73)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.gui.GUI.create(GUI.java:164)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.game.Main3D.beginApp(Main3D.java:1853)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.game.Main3D.beginApp(Main3D.java:1548)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.game.MainWin3D.beginApp(MainWin3D.java:211)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.game.Main.exec(Main.java:420)
[14:49:57]      at com.maddox.il2.game.GameWin3D.main(GameWin3D.java:235)
[23.08.2018 14:49:57] -------------- END log session -------------
Im using 4.10.1 DBW  1.171. This a/c and the A2N2/3 will not load, as above. any help appreciated. I have checked the air.ini.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Old_DaD on August 23, 2018, 09:28:53 AM
...ok..was a nesting problem. had placed files into #DBW in wrong levels.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: tartenmuche on August 24, 2018, 08:33:53 AM
Dear CzechTexan,
congratulations for this splendid campaign.
I encountered low fps during dogfight over cities.
Is that the reason why you inform us that the campaign could be played with the light map or is my computer a little too old?
Both maps, the heavy and the light, are beautiful.
I have also read that you are working on a new campaign using the same maps.
Super.
Best regards.
Tart
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Vampire_pilot on August 24, 2018, 08:55:08 AM
even the "light" map brings FPS down. The cities are just too dense.

Adjusting field of vision to block out cities from above and literally "looking away" from cities helps a lot.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on August 24, 2018, 09:53:34 AM
Actually, Vampire_Pilot suggested using the lighter map.  Also, as he suggests, look away from the cities or try not to get the city into your field of vision.  I try to avoid dogfights over cities but sometimes it's unavoidable.

When building this map, I asked the community about having heavily populated cities or not.  The answer I got was to go ahead with it.  :-|
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Old_DaD on August 25, 2018, 10:21:10 AM
Hi Community. Sorry, only got to mission 2..and exploding/crashed planes at the start. have checked all a/c files in #DBW and they're all at correct level. I think this problem is (usually) to do with weapon loadout on one or other of the a/c. Game installed in 4.10.1 DBW 1.171 etc. Here is log:

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[16:09:56] SPAWN: Can't create stationary Plane object [class:com.maddox.il2.objects.vehicles.planes.Plane$GenericSpawnPointPlane
[16:09:57] Mission: class 'vehicles.stationary.StationaryGAB3$Chariot' not found
[16:09:57] Mission: class 'vehicles.stationary.StationaryGAB3$Chariot03' not found
[16:09:57] Mission: class 'vehicles.stationary.StationaryGAB3$Chariot03' not found
[16:09:57] Mission: class 'vehicles.stationary.StationaryGAB3$Chariot02' not found
[16:09:57] Mission: campaign/cn/china_japanese_war_1938/CJW02.mis is Playing
[16:09:57] INTERNAL ERROR: HierMesh: Can't find chunk 'GearC1_D0'
[16:09:57] INTERNAL ERROR: HierMesh: Can't find chunk 'GearC1_D0'
[16:09:57] INTERNAL ERROR: HierMesh: Can't find chunk 'GearC1_D0'
[16:09:57] warning: no files : music/takeoff
[16:09:57] warning: no files : Music/Radio/Radio_Honolulu
[16:10:01] The sample music/menu/cn.wav not found
[16:10:01] cannot open file for reading
[16:10:01] Cannot open audio file samples/music/menu/cn.wav
[16:10:01]
[25.08.2018 16:10:06] -------------- END log session -------------
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Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Vampire_pilot on August 25, 2018, 10:26:46 AM
There's another problem.

[16:09:56]   SPAWN: Can't create stationary Plane object [class:com.maddox.il2.objects.vehicles.planes.Plane$GenericSpawnPointPlane

in 4.12 planes can spawn from objects somewhere on the airfield, this function is not possible in 4.10.
This means this campaign is 4.12 only.

you would need to fix all missions regarding the take off arrangements in FMB and maybe need a text editor too because 4.10 FMB can't read the missions.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Old_DaD on August 25, 2018, 10:50:59 AM
Ah! I was under the impression it was for 4.10. Curious to know how it worked for 1st mission though..
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Old_DaD on August 25, 2018, 10:52:21 AM
it does say for 4.10 up on the mission4today d/l page.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on August 25, 2018, 01:05:26 PM
it does say for 4.10 up on the mission4today d/l page.
Sorry about that.  I was thinking 4.10 had taxi-to-takeoff but it doesn't.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Old_DaD on August 25, 2018, 01:43:35 PM
Thanks C-T'n.. Will start all d/l's into my 4.12 VP set up. From playing that 1st mission (in 4.10!) it's looking nice. Love all those early Japanese a/c. Did notice that the loadouts for the Hawk III didn't show up in QMB.. They're in my Weapons.ini file.??
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: SpongeBob on August 28, 2018, 01:22:24 PM
Hi CzechTexan,
I've just started your campaing in BAT Linebacker. I've only flown the two first missions, and they are pretty funny and intense.
I'm loving this little known scenario.

Congratulations!!
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on August 28, 2018, 06:43:11 PM
Did notice that the loadouts for the Hawk III didn't show up in QMB.. They're in my Weapons.ini file.??
Well, you could look in your weapons file. But (I don't remember) it may only have a default selection with guns only.  Anyway, I don't think I had the HawkIII carrying bombs.
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on August 28, 2018, 06:45:30 PM
Hi CzechTexan,
I've just started your campaing in BAT Linebacker. I've only flown the two first missions, and they are pretty funny and intense.
I'm loving this little known scenario.

Congratulations!!
Thanks!  I agree, it's fun!
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Mission_bug on September 15, 2018, 04:37:55 AM
First time I have tried a campaign for a long time, managed the first few missions over a couple of weeks, great stuff. 8)


Glad to see Gio's Japanese types in a campaign, thank you very much, really appreciated. ;)


Just one gripe, Russian statics with Spanish markings instead of Chinese. :D



Wishing you all the very best, Pete. ;D
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: Vampire_pilot on September 15, 2018, 04:46:43 AM
Just one gripe, Russian statics with Spanish markings instead of Chinese. :D

I noticed these too (I-15 I believe) - well, fresh import straight from the boat through who knows what channels... maybe redirected by bureaucratic mixup from Russia. they didn't have time to paint them yet :P

(The Spanish will now unpack the Chinese painted ones...)
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: munty on November 18, 2018, 05:29:10 PM
Thanks Czech Texan for this very interesting contribution, wanting to fly it.
This is my favorite age, the pre IIWW (also the Spanish Civil War too).
Now I'm ending some new SCW skins with completely new templates, and I also took advantage to do several skins of the Chinese Nationalists planes (and pilots, nobody remembers them!) that will be work well with these missions, I think.
Thanks again and greetings!!
Title: Re: China-Japan War 1938 (updated v2.0)
Post by: CzechTexan on November 18, 2018, 07:04:12 PM
hi Munty!  I agree, this is a very interesting era.  I'd like to see your new skins.

and...Vampire_pilot is a funny one haha!