Special thanks to Dzsekeb, the original creator of Foothold, without whom none of this would be possible.
Thanks to the guys at Moose and a special thanks to Applevangelist who have always endured my neverending questions. without their help, this foothold would not have CTLD, MANTIS, the WelcomeMessage. MissileTracking. Thank you!
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To be able to save your progress, you need to do this:
De-Sanitize the DCS scripting environment
Edit \Scripts\MissionScripting.lua inside your DCS installation folder:
Change the following section:
do
sanitizeModule('os')
sanitizeModule('io')
sanitizeModule('lfs')
_G['require'] = nil
_G['loadlib'] = nil
_G['package'] = nil
end
To look like this:
do
sanitizeModule('os')
--sanitizeModule('io')
--sanitizeModule('lfs')
_G['require'] = nil
_G['loadlib'] = nil
_G['package'] = nil
end
This foothold mission have been extended and yet very friendly on performance. This is due friendly zones being disabled while still able to spawn there after some progress. Enemy zones further away will also be neutral until enough progress is made.
This foothold have been tested on Dedicated servers, Will not work if running single player because of Dynamic Spawn.
To get the best performance, Please follow the waypoint list, Do not jump fr om Ramon Airbase then Melez, A lot of zones will be captured by red and friendly zones will not be disabled. That will effects performance.
What's in this mission fr om what I remember,
46 "Normal" waypoints,13 SAM locations, 9 custom mission areas.
Friendly on performance.
Moose CTLD with persistence both on units and FARPS.
Moose MANTIS.
Custom built script with Welcome message with wind, temperature, and active runway.
Get ATIS information for all friendly airports that is supported to be spawn from, (Radio menu for airplanes only)
Escort for A-10, F15E, Hercules with built in radio menu: "Orbit here", "setup reacetrack", "Rejoin" "RTB", "Patrol ahead"
Custom placement on every SAM location, from SAM-Alpha to SAM Mike.
Custom mission with custom placement, like MissileFactory, ArtilleryFactory, MiningFacility and more.
Custom script to block players from spawning in neutral Zones.
Hotstart available.
Custom purchase menu with the usual + Jtac 9 Line.
Ability to destroy bought CAP from the radio menu, if they deviate or do not disappear when they are on the ground.
AWACS and Tankers will progress down the line when progress is being made, at Melez, they will start spawning there when Melez is blue.
************ UPDATE 2025-12-04 ************
* New manual, added the new items below. ( READ IT! )
* Added Joint missions. ( You can now join a mate and you will share the reward in CAS / CAP / STRIKE MISSIONS )
* Added C-130
* Added new shop items.
* Added Ranking systems.
* Added many neat functions to the CTLD, Drop and build, and much more.
* New CTLD units.
* New internal CAP logic.
* much much more, if you have any question, join my discord below. I update the mission weekly as well.
Join my discord server: https://discord.gg/cshgmgXuxE
