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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/5/2014 1:24:23 PM   
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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/5/2014 3:28:26 PM   
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I am curious if you can share any further information on the Advanced Strike Planner we've heard whispers about for quite some time? The TOT function would really help simplify mission planning and it's been "THE" feature I've been looking forward to the most since purchasing the software.

Cheers,
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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/5/2014 9:27:13 PM   
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Still on the list. If you look at our fix and add lists when we release builds you can see our creep towards it.

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/6/2014 7:15:09 PM   
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Couple quick questions:

1:  With the 'Quick turn around' feature, what can the AC do in the '6 hrs downtime', are they in Maintenance or Reserve mode or can they be readying for another load-out? I presume they are completely unavailable, and once the 6 hrs is over they can start another loadout or another quick turn around cycle, if they are allowed to simply arm for another mission it wouldn't be much of a penalty.

2:   For the unit proficiency values, will that apply to ships and other units or just AC?

3:  In the screenshots, the photo of the unit appears in the side-bar - another new feature?

Thanks a lot guys this is fantastic.

Bart

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/6/2014 7:24:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		My apologies if this has been asked. Will Air Ops tempo be something that can be changed via event editor? IE, scenario starts at normal tempo, until some event triggers surge ops. Or vice versa, you start a scenario on surge, then after some time settle into an extended campaign pace of operations.

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/7/2014 12:32:39 AM   
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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/7/2014 4:07:05 AM   
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Glad I bought this game now that I see continued development of the game.
How long will you keep updating it?


Till we get the game we always wanted


Tell us this is 'never'!

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/7/2014 4:48:07 AM   
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Not Lua but player initiates via a ROE (Surge/Sustained). Have added a request to change the ROE's via LUA though. Designers might want this.

M

Awesome, thanks. Yeah, modifying all ROEs would give designers a lot of flexibility.

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/7/2014 8:06:10 AM   
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Not Lua but player initiates via a ROE (Surge/Sustained). Have added a request to change the ROE's via LUA though. Designers might want this.

M



Haven't been able to test this yet but isn't this already possible via:

http://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/ScenEdit_SetDoctrine

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/7/2014 1:01:36 PM   
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Good news:)

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/7/2014 8:50:54 PM   
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Thats one path of several we are pursuing. Obviously we want to make a fair return on all this. In general we are very satisfied with sales and feel good about with where we are going in the future. Our publishers, partners and the player community have been great .

Mike


I say pimp out baloogan I'm sure we can get a good return for mpre updates

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/7/2014 11:33:39 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Gunner98

Excellent, just saw this!

Couple quick questions:

1:  With the 'Quick turn around' feature, what can the AC do in the '6 hrs downtime', are they in Maintenance or Reserve mode or can they be readying for another load-out? I presume they are completely unavailable, and once the 6 hrs is over they can start another loadout or another quick turn around cycle, if they are allowed to simply arm for another mission it wouldn't be much of a penalty.

2:   For the unit proficiency values, will that apply to ships and other units or just AC?

3:  In the screenshots, the photo of the unit appears in the side-bar - another new feature?

Thanks a lot guys this is fantastic.

Bart


I can answer a few of these if I might be so bold

1. With Quick turn around the AC during downtime are just the same as they are in Command now; they can have their loadouts changed and that is about it. One neat thing about the quick turnaround is that when an aircraft is being quickly turned around you can change its loadout and it retains its quick turn around status. Eg first sortie is with Mavericks, second sortie could be with LGBs.

2. The unit proficiency values do apply to ships, land units, submarines, and of course aircraft.

3. Yes indeed! If you have a database image for the currently selected unit that image is displayed on the right hand side bar. This can be turned off in the game options if so desired. I'd highly recommend downloading the database images from http://www.warfaresims.com/?page_id=1876. I've also mirrored the current database image pack here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p6okfjp9q0utlch/DB_addons.zip?dl=0.


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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/8/2014 2:02:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Lua question: I think we're getting ahead of a press release, but it looks suspiciously like a scripting capability is being built in for event editing. That sounds incredibly powerful. I suck at programming, but I'm willing to learn for a good cause. :-)

A couple questions:
1) Will the existing event editor be retained for relatively simple events/triggers?
2) Will scenarios built with the legacy event editor have to be rebuilt?

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/8/2014 2:13:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		From the Video i watched it looked like:

1) the event editor remains the same but it can load scripts now

2) since the old events are still possible they should run fine


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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/8/2014 3:08:41 PM   
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2) No, they can continue functioning as they are.

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/8/2014 6:23:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi, can LUA script be executed and run in the background or is it only tied (currently) to events/triggers etc..

I'm really looking forward to this feature of Command, I'm already thinking about the potential this can give us! Can't wait to give it a go!

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/8/2014 6:48:11 PM   
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A couple questions:
1) Will the existing event editor be retained for relatively simple events/triggers?
2) Will scenarios built with the legacy event editor have to be rebuilt?


Questions have already been answered in text, but if you want a sneak preview of how it actually works you can already check out this video tutorial I made in closed beta. It should show you exactly how Lua is integrated in the Event editor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4aUjddDHok



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Hi, can LUA script be executed and run in the background or is it only tied (currently) to events/triggers etc..


It is mostly used as part of the event editor, but, if running a scenario in the ScenEdit mode (e.g. the editor), you can also open the Script Console and just execute any script you type in at any time.



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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/8/2014 7:12:34 PM   
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Hi, can LUA script be executed and run in the background or is it only tied (currently) to events/triggers etc..

I'm really looking forward to this feature of Command, I'm already thinking about the potential this can give us! Can't wait to give it a go!


As Tomcat84 (check out his video tutorials #1 and #2!) mentioned there are two ways to invoke Lua scripts. One is via the Script Console, and the other is via the Event Editor.

The Script Console is primarily for testing scripts and for running scripts that help you make a scenario (eg a script that draws a circle of reference points for you).

In the Event Editor running an Lua script is like any other event action (like increasing or decreasing the player's score, or ending the scenario).

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/8/2014 7:55:44 PM   
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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/8/2014 8:06:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		No problem! Glad you like em. Just keep in mind that:
- The whole Lua thing has been/is/will be an evolving process
- I am not a programmer and some of the things I put in the video can be done in different (more efficient) ways too :)

One example is the dead unit thing, e.g. you scripted: 

ScenEdit_SetEMCON('Unit', 'Viper #1', 'Radar=Passive')
ScenEdit_SetEMCON('Unit', 'Viper #2', 'Radar=Passive')
ScenEdit_SetEMCON('Unit', 'Viper #3', 'Radar=Passive')
ScenEdit_SetEMCON('Unit', 'Viper #4', 'Radar=Passive')


but Viper #3 already died, now it gives an error and Viper #4's EMCON is not changed. See here for a possible way to work around that:
http://forum.baloogancampaign.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=87

Stuff like that happens, it's new and it's exciting but that means not always perfect yet

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/9/2014 2:52:10 AM   
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Yes. Within the next couple weeks.

Mike


Ok...that cracked me up. Old IT joke about ETAs always == "2 weeks"


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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/9/2014 6:20:53 PM   
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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/9/2014 7:03:29 PM   
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Wasn't it something about matrix unwilling to handle too many releases at the same time?

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/9/2014 7:18:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		My understanding from other devs is that Matrix actually builds the installer so that the DRM and exe are consistent across products. I have had two products from Matrix where major updates were help up due to resource limitation on the Matrix side of things.

That is why we have always gotten such frequent updates from Command. They do their own public betas and don't bring Matrix into it until a full version is on deck.

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/9/2014 7:47:22 PM   
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What will the consequences, if any, on Baloogan's online DB? Will it be more sophisticated (eg. an Android app with all and every details) or will it remain a personal project of Baloogan?

< Message edited by Jan Masterson -- 12/9/2014 8:51:03 PM >

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/9/2014 10:47:50 PM   
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Is the wait on you guys finishing coding or just on Matrix building the installer?


Installer is being built out now but we all own that process.

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/9/2014 10:50:51 PM   
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Why should matrix build the installer?
Wasn't it something about matrix unwilling to handle too many releases at the same time?


No. Wasn't that they were unwilling. They just have a lot of releases scheduled which is hard work.

The benefit of the matrix installer and the process is the copy protection etc. but also the ability to update with a couple of clicks on steam or via the matrix launcher.

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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/10/2014 1:09:29 AM   
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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/10/2014 5:19:31 AM   
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What will the consequences, if any, on Baloogan's online DB? Will it be more sophisticated (eg. an Android app with all and every details) or will it remain a personal project of Baloogan?


Well, I aim to keep it up to date with the publicly released DB from Command, but aside from that there are no other plans regarding it. I don't think an android app for it is in the cards; but I could make the site more mobile friendly.



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RE: Command v1.06 - The new features Part I - 12/10/2014 5:21:06 AM   
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How do we know what version we have right now? Mine says build 570?


Sounds like you have Build 570 if I had to guess.
I maintain a list of all public patches here: http://baloogancampaign.com/command-documentation/patches/


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