Has anyone ran across this issue using 3.49 beta 2? Doesn't matter what mission type I select in DCG, the next mission is always patrolling my airfield.

If you select a mission type for a fighter squadron and DCG can't make it work, you'll get a patrol mission.

Hi Paul! I selected sweeps and air superiority missions. Its weird because all the other units are assigned deep penetration missions and escort. I wonder if this has something to do with me setting chances of engagement to 100%? Which doesn't work either because I set the mission to run on auto for 1 hour and no engagement.

I think my issue has something to do with my allcampaigns,dcg file.

 

My designated front may be the problem. My front is located in my .srd (channel_sea) file but doesn't show up in the "Location of Front" drop-down list in the DCG GUI - should I add it to the allcampaigns,dcg file as a location?

There must be something wrong with my allcampaigns.dcg. Can anyone spot the issue why DCG doesn't recognize the front:

[WINTER40]
  Campaign=Channel_Front
  Map=WINTER40
  Date=21/12/1940
  Attacker=Red
  Front=Channel_Sea
  DeHome=Krupp_AG_Steelworks_at_Essen
  RuHome=Ispwich_Camp
  DeBase=Essen_Muehlheim_Airfield
  RuBase=Leiston_Airfield
  Locale1=Thames_South_Estuary_Bay
  Locale2=Thames_North_Estuary_Bay
  Locale3=Thames_Estuary_sea
  Locale4=Raydon_N2_Airfield
  Locale5=Raydon_N1_Airfield
  Locale6=Ramsgate_Harbor
  Locale7=Ramsgate
  Locale8=Martlesham_Heath_Airfield
  Locale9=Lympne_N2_Airstrip
  Locale10=Lympne_N1_Airstrip
  Locale11=Laysdown
  Locale12=Jurys_Gap
  Locale13=Ispwich_Station
  Locale14=Folkstone_Harbor
  Locale15=Eastchurch_N2_Airstrip
  Locale16=Eastchurch_N1_Airstrip
  Locale17=Dungeness
  Locale18=Dover_Station
  Locale19=Dover_Harbor
  Locale20=Channel_White2_Sea
  Locale21=Channel_Sea
  Locale22=Channel_Red2_Sea
  Locale23=Bradwell
  Locale24=Boxted_N2_Airfield
  Locale25=Boxted_N1_Airfield
  Locale26=Felixstowe_Harbor
  Locale27=Laysdown_Harbor
  Locale28=Dieppe_White2_Harbor
  Locale29=Dieppe_Red2_Harbor
  Locale30=Dieppe_Red1_Harbor
  Locale31=Channel_Red1_Sea
  Locale32=Dover
  Locale33=Wattisham_Airfield
  Locale34=Hawkinge_Airstrip
  Locale35=Surland
  Locale36=Felixstowe_Station
  Locale37=Felixstowe
  Locale38=Manston_Airstrip
  Locale39=Folkstone
  Locale40=Ramsgate_Station
  Locale41=Bradwell_Airfield
  Locale42=Colchester

Here are all the locations in my .rds, rls and .srd

[Thames_South_Estuary_Bay to Thames_North_Estuary_Bay]
[Thames_North_Estuary_Bay to Felixstowe_Harbor]
[Thames_Estuary_sea to Laysdown_Harbor]
[Raydon_N2_Airfield to Boxted_N1_Airfield]
[Raydon_N1_Airfield to Raydon_N2_Airfield]
[Ramsgate_Harbor to Thames_South_Estuary_Bay]
[Ramsgate_Harbor to Dieppe_White2_Harbor]
[Ramsgate_Harbor to Dieppe_Red2_Harbor]
[Ramsgate_Harbor to Dieppe_Red1_Harbor]
[Ramsgate_Harbor to Channel_Red1_Sea]
[Ramsgate to Dover]
[Martlesham_Heath_Airfield to Wattisham_Airfield]
[Lympne_N2_Airstrip to Hawkinge_Airstrip]
[Lympne_N1_Airstrip to Lympne_N2_Airstrip]
[Leiston_Airfield to Martlesham_Heath_Airfield]
[Laysdown to Surland]
[Jurys_Gap to Dungeness]
[Ispwich_Station to Felixstowe_Station]
[Ispwich_Camp to Felixstowe]
[Folkstone_Harbor to Dover_Harbor]
[Eastchurch_N2_Airstrip to Manston_Airstrip]
[Eastchurch_N1_Airstrip to Eastchurch_N2_Airstrip]
[Dungeness to Folkstone]
[Dover_Station to Ramsgate_Station]
[Dover_Harbor to Ramsgate_Harbor]
[Channel_White2_Sea to Ramsgate_Harbor]
[Channel_Sea to Thames_Estuary_sea]
[Channel_Red2_Sea to Ramsgate_Harbor]
[Bradwell to Bradwell_Airfield]
[Boxted_N2_Airfield to Colchester]
[Boxted_N1_Airfield to Boxted_N2_Airfield]

Some how DCG cannot generate a proper mission so I get only patrol missions around my airfield - any help would be appreciated.

You may have to make the front a location from your .rds file.  Even if it's just a fake location in water.  DCG may be confused by your using a water location as the front.  That or your combat radius is too small...?

Thank you for that suggest Paul! My combat radius is 550 Km which is what we calculated is correct for the map size I am using. I set this after the 1st mission is generated using DCG Replace DGEN mode.

I can take a looo and create the front for u if u wish ....

Riksen that would be amazing - I have CUP WaW #19/20 installed but all you need is the Gilb57's Western Front maps 1939-1944 installed. If you do, let me know and I will send you a link to the campaign.

 

Here is a link to the map.http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,28363.0.html SAS doesn't run ads so I don't think Paul will object to the link but if he does he will take it down   

I dont have cup but that map is also present in HSFX 7.0.3 so it should be ok. Just send me the mission template and tell me exactly where u want the front at (dividing the channel in the middle?)

Actually, I had the front working a few weeks ago but I don't think in the process of trying to fix one thing, I break another.   duh!

 

The version I have uploaded to Dropbox isn't the latest version - I will get that up after the work day in the US. Thank for your help!

Solved! Definitively I have figured out the problem! Apparently when the payload.dcg has "Empty" for a certain mission type (i.e "intercept"), such mission type will not be generated - the default will be mission generated instead - "patrol".