For this update we decided to do something a little different, we made a quick showcase video to show you the majority of what is available,
You can watch it here:
https://youtu.be/OnUi08qF3KQ
So what's new in the mission? well aside from some bug and QOL fixes the mission has had a lot of things changed to make it more chopper friendly,
We've added a lot more targets in the basic area, inc armour, buildings and ships, and taken there weapons off them
We added 3 FARPS so with Kutaisi and the FARPS you wont have more than a 10nm transit to a target area.
And the AH64!
We've also added, AAA, more moving targets and circle tankers and more
Check Info in the the briefing, There's too much to list here!
The .zip contains 4 versions:
w/ Mods (A4 ,TF51)
Caucasus Training
Caucasus Training N
w/o Mods
Caucasus Training V
Caucasus Training V N
N = Night
Hope you like our training mission!
Issues, bugs or requests please post here
https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/242333-nzarma-training-space
A bit of history on our training map, it started back in 2019 (v1 was uploaded 09/11/2019) when we decided to make a tanker refueling mission for learning AAR, turns out, we got a bit carried away. this is it as it currently stands, it has been HUGELY OPTIMISED and has morphed into something hopefully useful, it should be after more than 2 YEARS OF WORK hahaha.
we use it for training, meeting and warming up before a mission, testing things or just blowing stuff up, we have tried to include something for every kind of training and set it up in a way that any rig can run it. everything is done through the stock editor with no scripts or trickery. very simple to use and easy to run.
it was built to be played on a dedicated server but runs just as well single player or player hosted multiplayer, please use it and modify it as much as you like!
We truly hope you find it useful and more importantly fun.
Cheers,
NZArmA
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BELOW IS A CUT DOWN VERSION OF THE BRIEFING, ONLY THE IMPORTANT STUFF
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-------------------------Basics-------------------------
All locations are marked on the map
EXCEPT FOR BASIC GROUND TARGETS and player spawn positions, all OTHER AREAS NEED TO BE SPAWNED VIA THE F10 "OTHER" RADIO MENU
Map Key is at the far WESTERN side of the map
Naming conventions as follows (Group Names)
1NZA - these are the main aircraft we use, feel free to change these
2NZA - these Aircraft are at Kutaisi
2NZA-H - these Helicopters are at Kutaisi
3NZA - Naval Aviation Units, Aircraft/Helicopters on Carriers
4NZA - Special-purpose aircraft eg SEAD, Interceptor etc
5NZA - These Aircraft are at Senaki-Kolkhi, these are all the other aircraft I could not fit at Kutaisi
5NZA WW2 - These Aircraft are at Senaki-Kolkhi, these are all the WW2 Aircraft
6NZA-PVP-A Taniwha - These are the BFM Aircraft
6NZA-PVP-H - like the Taniwha aircraft but Hueys
7NZA-FARP-xxxx- Choppers that spawn at a FARP
-------------------AEW&C-------------------------
- No Spawn Required, these start at mission start
E-3 AWACS
E-2D Hawkeye
-------------------Aircraft Carriers--------------------
- No Spawn Required, these start at mission start
Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59)
Aircraft Carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
Landing Helicopter Assault USS Tarawa (LHA-1)
The Kuznetsov is there too, FRQ 277Mhz
The Roosevelt has a few extras with it:
- E-2D flying above it at 30000ft
- S-3B Recovery tanker, orbiting overhead at 6000ft, following the ship
- SH-60B in formation flying alongside the ship
-------------------Basic Air To Ground----------------------
There are several Basic Air to Ground ranges that do not need to spawn via radio on the map, these are as follows:
Basic A2G Targets
These are targets in the most basic sense, formations of troops and a few formations of trucks and armour, a few buildings and some ships. this range is extremely close to Kutaisi, on an island 10 nm WSW of the airfield. this range is great for your most basic attacking, testing a new weapon or just venting rage after a long day at work
Ground Targets Area
There is a bunch of targets spread around the 2 lakes 25nm ENE of Kutaisi, this range is great for practising TPOD work, Maverick or other precision strike weapons or practising Airborn lasing or buddy lase, there are plenty of targets, easy to see and kill, great for practising talk on's or anything else really, also I'm not sure how they did it but there's a few ships there including a bloody big tanker, might need to become a reef, or an environmental disaster, have fun.
You should also know that the northern most lake has things that are not overly stoked on you being there and they will shoot at you, AAA only, no missiles
Airbase Attack
Sukhumi-Babushara has been asking for it for a while now, time to give them some. this airbase is a combination of the other 2 areas with the added distance factor, time to set up your gear, start searching, radar, TPOD whatever, everything fr om troops to hardened bunkers here, friendly airbases nearby for rearm
Bombing Bullseye
Who doesn't love a good game of lawn darts?
Choose your platform, arm up and see who can get their bomb closest to the bullseye, also good for precision weapon testing or anything else you can think of doing with a bunch of concentric rings...
-------------------Combined Arms----------------------
Both factions have Gamemaster, Tactical Commander, JTAC and Observer roles available
There are 2 locations for Player Combined arms that do not need to spawn via radio on the map, these are as follows
1) The Player Controlled CA SAM Site
2) Player controlled CA JTAC Site
---------------------BFM-------------------------
- No spawn required, player only slots
BFM UNITS ARE NAMED "6NZA-PVP-A Taniwha" ON BOTH RED AND BLUE LISTS
- Guns only
- All aircraft in the game are available
- No helicopters
- Full tanks, No bags, No Missiles, No pylons wh ere possible
- 4 of each aircraft available for each side
------------------------Helicopter Ops---------------------------
- No spawn required, player only slots
Their area is a selection of helicopters at Kutaisi, cold and hot start available
There are some cargo crates on the road to the control tower at Kutaisi to practise sling loading
There are 3x FARPs available, Only attack choppers spawn at the FARPs
-Berlin - near laser targets - 139Mhz AM
-Dublin - near sukhumi - 129Mhz AM
-London - near lakes NE of Kutaisi - 119Mhz AM
HUEYFIGHT!
Ever wanted to do some BFM in Huey's with miniguns? here's your chance.
-------------------Radio Menu----------------------
Given the massive amount of stuff going on in this mission to optimise it as much as possible all of the training types (except just basic ground units to attack) will need to be spawned in.
Here are the options
AAR - Tankers - Spawns all the Air to Air Refueling Tankers
A2A - Random Scramble - Randomly scrambles a flight of 4
A2A - Manual Scramble - lets you scramble any desired flight of 4
A2A - Bomber Intercept - 3 different shots at intercepting a CVG Strike
A2A - Bomber Escourt - B52 - Escourt 9 Buffs to ruin 3 runways
A2G - Moving Targets - spawns 3 groups of moving targets
A2G - Drone/JTAC - spawns an AI drone and an AI JTAC and their targets
A2G - ALL SAM Sites - Spawns all SAM sites available in DCS
A2G - SAM Challenge - let's leave this one a surprise...
A2S - All OPFOR Ships - Spawns all OPFOR Ships
---------------Air to Air Refueling-----------------
- Choose " AAR - Tankers" fr om F10 Menu to spawn
Tanker paths are marked in dotted green lines
There are 4 "locations" wh ere you will find tankers
1) 4 tankers flying racetrack patterns around Kutaisi
2) 2 KC-135s flying high over the mountains to the north
3) 1 S-3B orbiting with the Roosevelt as a recovery tanker
4) 2 KC-135s doing circle orbits in the center of the "box" of the other Kutaisi tankers
--------------------Air To Air-------------------------
- Radio Spawn Required
- All aircraft spawn on runways and will need to take off, they do not air start
- You have 4 A2A spawn options
1) Random Scramble
2) Manual flight Scramble
3) Bomber Intercept
4) Bomber Escort
---------------------Air To Ground-------------------------
- Radio Spawn Required
- You have 4 A2G spawn options
1) A2G - Moving Targets
2) A2G - Drone/JTAC
3) A2G - ALL SAM Sites
4) A2G - SAM Challenge
-------------------------Anti-Ship-Warfare---------------------------
- Radio Spawn Required
Select "All OPFOR Ships" to spawn the following
One Big tanker
Two OPFOR Corvettes and two frigates
A four-ship OPFOR CVG
-------------------------NOTES---------------------------
You may land at any friendly or neutral airfield to refuel, rearm and repair
Once the area is destroyed that's it until the mission restart
This mission has no scripts and is 100% mission editor based
Showcase video is here:
https://youtu.be/OnUi08qF3KQ
Hope you enjoy our training space, please send any bugs, issues. suggestions or questions to the page on the forums
https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/242333-nzarma-training-space
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