Is there a script or downloadable mission that will let you spawn in enemy aircraft on command?

[Highstriker]

I'm just starting back up and play with some friends. I like to be meticulous with setting up my controls and don't want my friends to get bored. Has anyone made a way to spawn in enemy planes using a command? Would be even better if they could be configured or chosen.

I suppose I could set up a trigger they just need to fly into. But just for curiosity's sake and maybe learn a bit about what scripts can do, can a text command be entered for events?

Thanks

[fikmeinshizer]

there is a script package called MIST that will let you do that. I use it on training missions for my group so we can spawn what we need. just call the relevant script function from a radio menu item

[spike2071]

You can absolutely spawn enemy aircraft as a trigger or as a command from a player.

At a very high level, you need to set the enemy aircraft to Late Activation and then trigger the Group Activate for that specific enemy group.

The F10 radio menu will allow you set Flags which can also be used to set enemy Group Activate triggers. The F10 menu is selectable by the players, so you can set multiple flags for different group of enemies.

It's pretty simple, but you can make it way more complicated through scripting.

[fourtysevenak]

just look for some dogfight server in multiplayer xD

[van Leeuwenhoek's mustache]

@Highstriker

It can be scripted (provided you know basic Lua and DCS specific code).

Like fikmeinshizer said, it's fundamentally a matter of calling the relevant function from F10 radio menu...but there's a bit more to it than that.

This isn't really a good place to learn Lua scripting for DCS.

This sort of question is better asked in the "Mission Editor Discussion and Questions" section of ED Forums: https://forums.eagle.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=210

If you own PG map, here's my personal A2A training mission, which I scripted myself using MOOSE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVZWJX89SrUOyIMgHwWd-Y9L0B0wSKp7/view?usp=sharing

You can fly hornet, viper, eagle, tomcat, J-11, Su-33 and fulcrum (no JF-17 or Mirage clients, but they can be easily added).

Each client has an F10 radio menu available, which allows to spawn randomized flights of hornets / vipers / eagles / tomcats / JF-17s / mirages / flankers / fulcrums (you can also choose the type of bandit you want to spawn, if you prefer).

The script also includes a basic missile evasion "advisor", which will provide incoming missile information for each client (missile type, range, notch/crank angles ,etc).

There's also AWACS and tanker (red coalition)