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The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/5/2019 6:44:41 PM   
HalfLifeExpert


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I've done what I thought I would never try again and that is make my own scenario.

This is what I would classify as a 'Historical Recreation' scenario, based on the classifications in my Steam Guide.

It is an attempted recreation of the 'Battle' of Palmdale in 1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmdale

Two F-89Ds vs One runaway F6F-5K Drone!



I post it here as a beta to test. It's a pretty simple scenario. Is it possible to beat? I don't know, haha

Depending on your feedback I may make some changes, but whether it is easy or hard isn't really the point, after all, the real pilots couldn't stop the drone!


EDIT: 2nd upload with scoring fix


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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/5/2019 8:32:35 PM   
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Thanks for 1950s mission. It is possible to win, final ph 4 % and dice roll 2 so target destroyed.

Technical remarks:
- At the start of the mission there was some warning about wrong no-nav zone.
- There is no ground radar to track the target so I was searching with both fighters until one of them has spotted target visually. Was this on purpose?

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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/5/2019 8:55:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: PN79

Hello,
Thanks for 1950s mission. It is possible to win, final ph 4 % and dice roll 2 so target destroyed.

Technical remarks:
- At the start of the mission there was some warning about wrong no-nav zone.
- There is no ground radar to track the target so I was searching with both fighters until one of them has spotted target visually. Was this on purpose?



For the no-nav zone warning, i'm not sure how to fix that. For the flight path for the drone, I used a support mission with linked reference points. I think the system still thinks of it in the sense of an area rather than a path. I tried to recreate the actual path of the drone during the incident.

I didn't add ground radar as I don't remember there being any mention of it in the accounts of the actual event. The F-89s do have radar, but it seems you have to be at a similar altitude to the drone (drone flies at 30,000ft)

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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/5/2019 9:06:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for nice small scenario that contains a solution of the interesting incident. Scenario works well and I noticed only that the score evaluation (Triumph, Average...) is not set (just click on the Editor -> Edit Scoring) and also that the scenario is not finished after the successful drone destruction. Thanks.

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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/5/2019 9:22:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: mikkey

Thanks for nice small scenario that contains a solution of the interesting incident. Scenario works well and I noticed only that the score evaluation (Triumph, Average...) is not set (just click on the Editor -> Edit Scoring) and also that the scenario is not finished after the successful drone destruction. Thanks.



I've fixed it so that the scenario ends with 'triumph' upon the drone being destroyed. New version is in OP.


Still don't know what to do about pointless area validation warning though.

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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/5/2019 9:36:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for update, now it works okay.
I also noticed at the start of the scenario information about invalid drone path, but I assume that it does not affect the overall drone route. This is probably due to the crossing of the flight path and its zigzag profile.

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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/5/2019 9:37:49 PM   
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ORIGINAL: mikkey

Thanks for update, now it works okay.
I also noticed at the start of the scenario information about invalid drone path, but I assume that it does not affect the overall drone route. This is probably due to the crossing of the flight path and its zigzag profile.



Yes I think so, should I just leave it there and leave a note about it in the scenario description?

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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/6/2019 8:47:25 PM   
mikkey


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Status: offline 		I think it's okay. I tried it several times and the Hellcat always flies through designed route (even after the "crash" lands at the Point Mugu).

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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/28/2019 10:02:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks. Solved it the first time through but was lucky. Makes me think we might have an informal contest with tiny historical scenarios that are cool to play. Researching them will be half the fun of putting them together.

Kevin

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RE: The Battle of Palmdale, 1956 - 5/30/2019 1:14:51 AM   
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