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doing this also fixed strange behavior with BAT. Im running BAT 4 (Red Core) and DCG 3.49 and even with DGEN for BAT loaded it would behave very strangely. One particular bug kept repeating. What would happen was it would generate the first mission fine, but the second mission all the ground units and 'chiefs' would be missing, even the artillery! Selecting "Replace Career Generator (DGen)" from the DCG Menu "Mode" and click "Yes". Close DCG. fixed it!

I'm running a customised new guinea 42 campaign in 4.12.2m with CUP (BAT WAW selected), added new unit and assigned an aircraft in the Squadron Editor, the Unit is listed as IJA_F_S_9z00, and when the mission is generated, the game thinks that unit is Allied but 'unknown' and the markings are Russian! Here's what is selected in DCG https://imgur.com/m1UkJw2 is there a problem with 4.12.2m and IJA_F_S_9z or is the problem with DCG? For the record it is not a problem if I choose IJA_F_C_50z instead

idefix44 sorry I dont understand your reply. where is 'examples'?

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I have noticed that DCG always seems to start a campaign with the same units, and even if you manually add units to the campaign using the squadron editor DCG rarely uses the new units. It also seems to keep the number of units in the war low, is there a setting for this? And how does DCG prioritize unit use, does it choose the units from the top down?

Ive got a really good working custom new guinea 42 campaign, with extra locations such as the airfield and airstrip on Goodenough Island actually being used by DCG! Much more interesting than continually operating out of Schwimmer! However, I digress. What is going on is the campaign seems to stall into a stalemate with the same types of missions repeating over and over, with no ground forces actually occupying any new territory. So, my fix for the stalemate is the timetable file, and I have discovered the TCapture feature and it works great for artificially advancing the war. Now my question is, is there a list of all the commands and the format of the command accepted for the timetable feature anywhere? Up to now I have just been copying what is in the excellent Solomons section of Paul's timetable file, but Im sure there are more commands?

it's not a custom campaign, it's one of the standard DCG campaigns that is installed with DCG, "Singapore2"

there doesnt seem to be any error messages after the generation of the mission [2020-04-08 07:00:24.993] Campaign Preferences Saved. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.2] Set Target Icons. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.2] Remove Bridge ID Numbers. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.43] Set Map Objectives. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.52] Add Briefings & Summaries. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.53] Add Buildings. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.54] Extra Buildings and Cameras Compilation Begun. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.57] Extra Buildings and Cameras Complilation Completed. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.58] Set up player plane slot. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.59] Translate Special Location Names in Summary. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.500] Remove Summary's Underscore. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.696] Remove Summary's Bridge Number. [2020-04-08 07:00:25.881] Summary's Article Fix. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.9] Clean Up Text Complete. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.12] Write Aces Text File. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.75] Write Squad Text File. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.78] Write Base Text File. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.93] Log Book Section Complete. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.94] Logbook Compiled. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.127] Set Target Nation Began. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.129] Set Target Nation Ended. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.132] Campaign Preferences Saved. [2020-04-08 07:00:26.134] Mission Generated [19/12/1941]

also, I did select 'Auto Generation' after generating the first mission. and, even though I have "Save copy of mission" checked, it is NOT saving a copy of the mission, only the dgcmission.mis file is made

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 running)!. when you go back to the game, it's the same bloody mission! no new mission is generated! what is wrong? why isnt it generating new mission? And on a side note, and this is a biggy for me, why dont I have the detailed mission debrief anymore, I used to get a map with everything that happened 'tracked' and a complete detailed description of everything that was killed or defeated etc, how do I get that back? all I have is the boring 'kills' page

this old chestnut has raised it's ugly head again. This time it's in the Singapore campaign. All I did was at "Dumai Airfield" (the 'Netherlands Base') to rds and airfields. Any idea what to do? As you can see, the front is hundreds of miles away and in no way is the base threatened! https://imgur.com/0PSmezS

I have noticed DCG does not like generating campaigns if I modify the stock 'Masters' using anything above V4.10, I get all sorts of errors, from locking up to the dreaded beep but mostly the 'exploding planes' problem. Is there a recommended version to use? I have every version from 4.07 up to 4.12.2m

I have noticed in all the stock campaigns ground limit numbers and chief numbers are low. is this to speed up the game? What is a realistic number of ground units and chiefs that wont bog down the game? for example, in New Guinea 43 there are only 12 columns: 0_Chief Armor.2-MatildaMkII_AU 1 @Buna $4-MatildaMkII_AU_0 ~C 1_Chief Armor.4-HaGo 2 @Blank $4-HaGo_1 ~X 2_Chief Armor.4-HaGo 2 @Blank $4-HaGo_2 ~X 3_Chief Vehicles.USACarsColumnA 1 @Schwimmer_Airfield $USACarsColumnA_3 ~A 4_Chief Vehicles.JapanCarsColumnB 2 @Buna $JapanCarsColumnB_4 ~C 5_Chief Ships.Tramp 1 @Coral_Sea $Tramp_5 ~A 6_Chief Ships.Tramp 1 @Coral_Sea $Tramp_6 ~A 7_Chief Ships.Tramp 2 @Blank $Sunk ~X 8_Chief Ships.Tramp 2 @Blank $Sunk ~X 9_Chief Ships.Tramp 2 @Blank $Sunk ~X 10_Chief Ships.Tramp 1 @Coral_Sea $Tramp_10 ~A 11_Chief Ships.IJNAkizukiDD42 2 @Blank $Sunk ~X 12_Chief Ships.USSWardDD139 1 @Coral_Sea $USS Ward ~A and (off topic) I could have sworn I saw Paul post in the old forum "dont have Maltildas against Japanese forces because they cant be defeated" If so, why are they still in the standard campaign file?

thanks! that's the one, I couldnt remember the author's name. quick google search found a link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/huplrffmqz0ooxt/dcg_campaign_info_v321.zip

back into IL2 and DCG after a hiatus caused by a hard disk failure. The 'old forum' had an excellent tutorial on how to create a third party campaign, explaining every file that DCG needs. I cant seem to find it here, does anyone have a copy?