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Hi Sir, From a dcgerror.txt: [2020/07/01 23:07:49.505] Troop reinforcements at Spisska_Nova_Ves_Supply_Depot from USSR_CargoTrain/AA_85. [2020/07/01 23:07:49.536] Troop reinforcements at Markusovce from USSR_CargoTrain/AA_86. [2020/07/01 23:44:28.140] End Stationary Front Routine. [2020/07/01 23:44:28.155] Creating column paths. [2020/07/01 23:45:06.353] 19_Chief is deploying artillery. [2020/07/01 23:45:06.463] 20_Chief is deploying artillery. What DCG is it doing from 23:07:49.536 to 23:44:28.140 (37 min!), in other words what is the Stationary Front Routine? Thanks.

Our little coop group is currently doing the DCG (v3.49) Marianas campaign and attacking Saipan. I originally had 1/Squadron/week as the Axis supply rate but despite decimating the Bettys and Vals etc in over a dozen plus missions the same number always come up to meet us. I have recently switched the Axis supply rate to 20% but that doesn't seem to have made a difference. All the Axis planes, no matter how many we shoot down seem to respawn in the next mission with the same quantity. What am I missing? On a separate note, even though we are usually tasked with escorting SBDs to Saipan we are forced to do CAP over the fleet as the DCG tasked CAP goes tearing …

Greetings I'm new to this forum but used DCG alot. I ve heared many ppl asking wheter you can use modded aircraft in DCG which does not work in stock DCG. So i found this very useful tool from the SAS website: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,51325.0/topicseen.html http://www.mediafire.com/file/lf3ckrijhmnohap/il2_dit_026.zip/file http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=2307 Hope this helps a bit Salute

So, I also added the Gloster Meteor to class and payloads. Of course, all planes, but other Meteors, are unable to catch up with it. How do I make so it nevers gets assigned any escort? Timetable and set escort null or something?

So, I added the Spitfire XVI (and others) to the class and payloads file. DCG recognizes it as valid planes, as I can modify them in the Aircraft Class Settings. It is flyable by the player and it is usable in the time the campaign is set, the campaign is se in Feb/1945 and the plane is available since 1944 to 1946. Now, the plane doesn't appear as selectable by any squadron, even though I placed it with the other Spitfires. Edit: and when I choose said plane when I start a campaign, it gets replaced. If I change it using DCG, it still gets replaced.

Just curious as to what this setting does in DCG?

Say I want to make a Polish career campaign, from 1939 to 1945. I start with PLZ 111. France and RAF have their own Polish Air Force Squadrons, like SQN 303, but they don't speak Polish, so my idea is to change the name of the PLZ 111 squadron across campaigns. Is there a way to do this? In timetable, NameSquad changes the code of the Squadron, not the name.

Hi guys, I've been meddling with creating some campaigns for DCG to play with online and I've run into a problem with campaign generation that I don't know how to fix and could use some help with. I've created some simple routes on the Tobruk map and I've populated all of the files that I think I need to for a third party campaign based on the various guides out there about DCG. However, when I try to generate the campaign DCG enters what appears to be an infinite loop. You can see an example of this in the attached dcgerror.txt. I've recreated these routes several times in an attempt to fix it so I suspect it may be something other than the routes…

I know it's in my settings somewhere but not sure what I missed. SITUATION: DCG not showing the previous mission results summary for our coop missions. Just getting "Nothing significant to report, select aircraft etc" at the start of each mission. We're flying a coop Tarawa campaign with HSFX. We just finished the Coral Sea campaign and the After-Action summary was being shown. Obviously I've done something different while setting up the Tarawa campaign. I thought it might be the eventlog or log as I had deleted the previous eventlog. I have Online Briefing and Save Missions 'on' in DCG itself. I can't see what I missed. Any info is appreciated. thanks..…

LogFileDate = "none" even though I've got eventlogkeep 'on' etc. Eventlog.lst is always 0kb empty. So I'm not getting any debriefs of previous missions at the start of the current mission. What am I missing? It used to work. The only difference is that I have the NG HUD mod now but that shouldn't affect this, should it?

new 'clean' install of IL2 1946 12.2.m with 'SAS Modact' , installed 3.49 to a new folder, not in the game's folder setup game location, dcg location, game version, replace DGen NOT chosen, Auto Generation NOT chosen, Save copy of mission enabled click on 'new campaign', select RAAF Singapore2, go to game, choose DCG Singapore2, dont click 'Start' "generate' mission, mission is made return to game, click start, campaign loads, mission loads, run mission All good so far, but this is when it goes pear shaped! complete mission, it goes to that boring 'kills' page, so I select "Apply" and the game drops out to the desktop (but still run…

My apologies for asking this as I'm almost certain there's a solution for this but I can't remember what it is. Problem: DCG is incredibly slow when switching to the Squadron Editor panel (and Ground War panel) and yet no problem with Campaign Setting Panel or Custom Mission Panel. When I click on the Squadron Editor panel it literally takes minutes to appear. I seem to remember this happening years ago and there was a simple fix (something to do with logs) but damned if I can remember. It also take a very long time to generate a mission but I can understand that as it will vary on the type of campaign. Any information is appreciated. Regards, …

So, since like 2-3 campaigns days the Allied columns don't move forward. Tailspin document says that this happens because Allies have no Wagon8 objects, which means they don't have in map oil, just off map oil. So, my question is, is oil still linked to only Wagon8 objects? Does having oil or cargo trucks count for oil? So, I could just add some Wagon8 Allied objects in the stationary.dcg file if I just wanted Allied columns to move forward, right? Edit: I've answered my own question Yes, only Wagon8 work for the oil system. And yes, If I add some wagon8 objects, the columns move forward.

I followed these instructions '1. Run IL2 DCG. 2. Turn off the off-line Career (Auto-Generation) Mode. 3. If starting a new campaign, click the "Globe" icon. 4. From the drop-down box that appears, select the campaign. 5. Click on the "Start Button". 6. Make any other changes such as squadron, plane, weather, etc. 7. Generate one mission by hitting the DCG "Generate Mission" button. 8. Run IL2 Forgotten Battles. 9. Start a new career with the Nationality you want to fly. DCG should appear as one of the options. Select it. 10. Return to the Main Menu and minimize FB by Alt+Tab (or Exit FB altogether). 11. Turn on DCG's off-line Career (Auto-Genera…

Hi! So, I have modified berlin.rds First problem I have added an _Airfield. I added it to the locale lines in allcampaigns, so it start as an Allied location. It worked superb, but then I modified furthermore the .rds file and created a new campaign and the new airfield is Axis. I rolled back and added the lines again and even deleted the backups, but it seems this doesn't work. Second problem In the master berlin.mis file I added some columns near location A, so when the campaign starts those columns start there, near the front. Now, all these columns go from A to D, so I added some roads between A and B, B and C and C and D and deleted the road from A to D…

As I click on il2dcg.exe and that message appears. The next line of the message reads 'Read of address 00000258.' DCG then starts normally, but if I try to create a campaign, no campaign.ini is created and no mission is created; all the rest of the files are created. This happens with all careers and nationalities. I'm using 3.50 beta7 with Stock Il-2 4.14.1 I tried to restore the Data folder and the exe, but the error still persists. I remember that something similar happened with beta6, but as I already was flying some campaigns, I didn't give too much importance. Edit: I swear I did nothing, but now the game creates the campaign…

Hi, First of all, thank you for your excellent add on for IL2 it's really good and adds to the immersion a lot. I was wondering if you can swap and change campaigns within careers? So for instance, I have a good Eastern Front career for the Stuka already, however I've noticed that the DCG Stuka career starts with the Poland campaign. Will it work if I add the Poland campaign to my career? Or some of my career to the DCG one? Are they interchangeable as long as the dates don't clash? Cheers SiPinto

I put this question/idea, into the discussion arena since I'm uncertain if anyone else would have an interest or if it is even possible to do. Long ago there was a flight sim, perhaps EAW, or something that contained an aspect of Squadron Management which allowed for the Squadron CO to assign a flight to carry out a mission while the CO stayed safely behind. In essence then, turning the sim into a movie for which you could then watch and see the action from the safety of home if one so desired. In my view, it gave an added value to the sim immersion of being the Squadron CO. The reality of which is that the Squad CO is not always the flight leader as IL2 designed it.…

One question to better understand how DCG works: if I started a DCG campaign (just the first 3 missions) and then I deleted it and restarted the same campaign form scratch, the campaign will start always exactly with same mission ? in other words, DCG always generate the same missions from the first to the last or every mission when generated have a random component so if I restart a campaign from scratch it will be never be like the previous one ? I ask you that because I made some tests to find an error (at the end I found the problem and the solution) and when I restarted the campaign, the first mission sometimes seemed different (time of the day, or even dat…

Hi, where can I find more infos about "payloads.dcg" file ? what's the meaning of the six columns ? and which values I can enter in each column for a specific plane ? And what "none" and "default" means, where do I find which is the payload "default" ? I ask you that questions because In a DBW DCG campaign the mission does not work and I have a pink plane and in the log I have that error message: [12:33:16] Mission error, ID_04: java.lang.RuntimeException: Weapon set 'none' not registered in air.G4M1_11 [12:33:16] java.lang.RuntimeException: Weapon set 'none' not registered in air.G4M1_11 [12:33:16] at com.maddox.il2.ob…

I noticed a problem with DCG (3.47 on DBW), in the briefing before the missions (any mission in any campaign ...😢) I see lithe list of the pilots involved in the mission (usually 8 planes so 8 names) but in that list I never see my pilot's name ... and when I start the mission I never have a plane for myself, I only can see AI planes (with shift+F2) ... what is the problem? what could I do ? I followed the instructions step by step to install DCG and the campaign ... I tried with many different campaigns and I do have always the same problem ... 😢

I’m back to Il-2 after a few years and only the day before yesterday discovered that BAT exists. Yesterday I’ve discovered DCG and I’m very much in love. I’ve noticed, however, that it doesn’t have many BAT new planes and maps, is there an option to add them somehow? I would mainly like to play a Coastal Command campaign using some of the new aircraft and ships with missions against enemy U-Boats and shipping. Is that possible?

Hi, very sorry to bother you I have all the IL2 versions but I still love the old DBW and many campaigns for it. I already used DCG years ago on 4.12 and it worked fine Now I am not able to play any DCG campaign (3.47 version) in my DBW modded, but tried in vanilla DBW too, but no way .... So, spent many many hours, I can assure you, to install and generate the campaign (Carrier Operations) but no way to play it ... so I tried to reinstall dcg and then other campaigns (Markus) and I tried also stock dcg campaigns, then I reinstalled a vanilla DBW and again tried again the whole process etc ... I made tens of test and checks etc .. but no way!I am not …

As far as I understand, columns can only go up a path or down a path depending on their nationality. Blue goes up and red goes down. And the path should go in a general direction according to the compass. Is there a trick to make a tank column seem to retreat in the mission itself? Maybe make a new reversed path?

So, there are planes that absolutely don't go along with moving [Chief] carriers (that actually should be able to take-off with out issue), like the Avenger. Now, this has nothing to do with DCG. but with the game itself. Knowing that, what kind of wourkarounds in DCG are there for that? For example, in a Kyushu map, there are the moving carriers and there is Townsville airfield. My first idea is to assign Avengers to Townsville airfield, but that would defeat the purpose of having carries in the first place. Other workaround would be assign Avengers to Townsville airfield and place a static carrer, but then, why have chief carriers in the first place then. What other…