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Hi guys,Anyone tried installing a mission in FS9? Why? just curious... and, I don't have FSX yet. I'm going to have to wait till I can afford to buy a brutish computer.I did install a mission into FS9. I get the weather, and flight plan (once I creat it and place it in the mission folder).I just know that you guys are always playing around with stuff. Thought maybe someone has done it.Thanks,Earl

The evening started out typical of a flight in the Aleutians; a night spent in Umnak rather than home station due to bad weather. As I sat in the vintage Grumman G-21 Goose and peered over the the stubby nose towards the runway I thought about how much I enjoyed these bush flights. Base reports suggested that the weather would be rapidly changing and that a storm was rolling in from the west, so I made a personal note to myself that tonight I would make every attempt to make it home quickly but safely.The job was an easy one, take off from Nikolski Air Station on the southern end of Unmak Island and travel northward along the east shores until I reached Unmak Pass and the…

Hi,I am making a mission for FSX and I need to know how to either program ATC what to say and when or how to disable the use of ATC and just use sound clips. Which is the better way to go and how would I do it?Thanks!

Hi,the mission system seems to add great value to the fs experience (as far as i understood the overall feedback correctly) and we have already seen a lot of great ideas. But is there also a way to group missions to a package, means to have a real storyboard?And if not, what would be needed?* A Storyline between missions can be included with animations, clips, rewards etc.* The result of a mission decides which mission to be flown next and influences its start parameters (airplane, flightplan, task...)* A Career mode?This would enable some skilled designers to build a really new sort of add-ons... (remember the good old Strike Commander?)Even if it sounds like a 'full-blo…

I have tried this mission a few times now, only to have the exact same thing happen at the exact same part of the mission.While heading towards Leg 4 of the search, just a mile or so away, my co-pilot explains that he doesn't think that the boat would be this far south, and that 'maybe' we should turn back. First time I played it out, I continued the search, and proceded to pass the Leg4 waypoint and add another two legs myself. After finding nothing, I flew back to Leg4's waypoint and proceded on a GPS course towards DHP (Dolphin Miami). I've also headed to DHP after he says we should turn back. I've tried heading back to the Bimini VOR instead of DHP. I've tried fl…

The missions are one of the best things that happen to Flight Simulator. It really brings a real joy. Even if you are student flight sim pilot or an expert. I think in my opinion brings it full circle. It is what many of us have been waiting for.A challenge that in some missions will make your hands sweat from the grip on the joystick. Now it is my understanding that there is about 175 different rewards thru out the missions and free flight.( Also know as easter eggs, because there locations are hidden in the sense that you must perform a certain task or be in a specific place and time to get them. Because of such case it can become very difficult to get them. Now this in…

Hello all, any tips for landing the chopper on the aircraft carrier? I'm having a devil of a time. I can control the chopper really well when my throttle's up, but when I reach lower altitudes with the throttle low approaching a landing, it gets very difficult to hold her straight and/or not spin, while trying to match the forward momentum of the carrier.Sometimes I wind up compensating by coming down too fast, and I crash. Is there an auto-stabilize function or something to allow me to just concentrate on the vertical without wobbling?I fly in VC not slew mode which is still fine for visibility as I have TrackIR (so seeing/tracking the carrier's not the issue).Thanks!

Hi, does anyone know how to add effects to missions? Thanks in advance.

Although I have found the missing pilot and landed on by the fire the person never climbs on board. Is there any "special" position where I have to park the maule?chris

It seemed like object placement in the mission builder was going fine.. but then I noticed that when I actually load and fly the mission, my added scenery isn't showing up. When I load up the ObjectTool I can see the scenery, with boxes around the pieces. But as soon as I close the ObjectTool .. whether I have saved changes or not.. the scenery disappears and I am back in the mission. Anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

I have this mission where a helicopter takes off and where you have to land on a aircraft carrier. When i look at missions that are default in FSX, i often get arrows to see were i have to fly, how can i add those things so i can put an arrow above the carrier so people would know they have to land there?

I was browsing the other folders in the FSX folder where your fsx.cfg is kept and noticed that I had over 14 hours of time on my Cessna 206. The only time I have used it was in working on my current Mission design....so I guess I've spent 14 hours just test flying that mission!I didn't follow thru, but my guess is that 14 hours is more time than I have accumulated in all of the other planes combined!

Is there a way to force FSX to reload a mission when you have saved changes while in the game? It appears to reload the old XML and not the changed one, forcing an exit and restart which takes YEARS...

OK, I have "fooled around" with the mission SDK a bit, and for some reason things just aren't clicking for me. Maybe somebody here can point me in the right direction...I would like to create a very simple mission that allows the user to load 6 flour bombs on any plane at the beginning of the mission at Nellis AFB. That's it...just load some flour bombs so the user can go drop them on targets like Air Force practice bombs (the ones that just leave a smoke puff where they land). Can somebody point me in the right direction to accomplish this? Thanks in advance!

I just created my first mission and everythings works fine except my second goal... THe mission should end when the plane land on a specific airport. I added that airport to a landing trigger, added the airport. I also created a goalresolution to the action of the landing trigger for my second goal but everytime when i land, there doesn't happen anything... First i thought it was because the trigger wasn't actif, but i put active to true so... What could be the problem?

Having to scan down the whole list looking for things is a pain.. Is there a document listing available objects somewhere? Even better.. a document that divides them into categories?

Hi guys, i'm making my own mission but i'm having trouble making recordings for the mission. Can anyone help me with this?

I was having some great success with my trial mission until I added an AIObject.. a boat.From there on... my sounds would not play.. I assume the triggers simply quit working.Secondly, while the Boat shows up in object view when I add it.. it fails to appear in the mission. Anyone know whats up with this? It doesn't appear that I need to attach it to a trigger..At first it looked like default placement put it on top of my aircraft in the water.. (is there a quick and easy way to move objects a small amount vertically?).. I managed to move it a bit but it still fails to appear in the mission.Which, as mentioned, now appears screwed anyway..

can anyone explain why when i run a mission on fsx, the graphics are great with no freezes etc, however when i try and fly from my own town airport i get lock ups?The settings are the same

I am creating a mission, and I would like to have an on screen counter that shows the value of a counter trigger object. How would I do this?

I wrote this mission. It is incomplete, but it was working before. Then, I did something and the computer now sees it as a free flight. And yes, I am selecting it from the missions menu. Any ideas?Here is the XML code:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>African Safari. Find animals.African SafariAdd_Count_AnimalCountdown_Activator_ActionE_1_ResolutionFly_to_Park_ResolutionTake_Off_ResolutionElephant1_Area0.000,0.000,0.00050.00085.00085.000Elephant2_Area0.000,0.000,0.00050.00085.00085.000SafariParkArea0.000,0.000,0.00030000.00030000.00060000.000S1

Hi Guys,to learn more about Mission Creation, it could be useful, to decompile the Missions, included in FSX. Does anybody knows, if there is a tool, that decompiles the SPB-Files back to XML-Files? Otherwise, is there a Source, where to get the XML-Files according to the Missions? Thanks in Advance for your Answers.Greetings from GermanyJoachim

Just completed it after attempting a few times, and I want to express how cool it was. Anyone who thinks the missions make FSX more gamelike clearly needs to do this one. Do you like Indiana Jones? Do you like Tales of the Gold Monkey? This mission is for you, then. Imagine being a pilot put into the types of derring-do situations Indy found himself in, and add a very generous helping of a test to piloting skill and you've got 40 minutes to an hour's worth (depending on how you fly it) of a certain "je ne sais quoi" that FS has lacked over the years. Very impressive, indeed. Though I don't want to spoil anything, I do want to offer one hint: The fourth time you have to ta…

I have been following the tutorial. I added two goals.. one for landing and a second for proximity. I then went back to the proximitytrigger and clicked in the various property sets.. none of the goals show up to select in the ELEMENTS box. Ditto with the Airportlanding trigger. I don't see any goals to select in the ELEMENTS box. **Ok, got it, I missed adding the GoalResolutionAction ..anyone know how to delete messages here?

Oh! you lovely man. Missions are the very soul of the new FS and are one of the most essential elements in making this version of FS the first to be dedicated to fun!Best regards.Luis