Apr 9, 2019

DCS World Steam Edition - NineLine

One of the best things about DCS is the powerful Mission Editor, it can be daunting when first looking at mission creating, but there are many great tutorials out there for the Mission Editor, as well, work is on going for improving documentation to include the many new features that have been added over time.

The Grim Reapers once again have a very complete list to get you started:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3kOAM2N1YJdFQl4vNo5CMcv7PrSHpreS

Mission Editor: Setting Coalitions | DCS World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU-fVArAapk

Mission Editor: Creating & Using Group Templates | DCS WORLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FCvvQc7SNA

Mission Editor: Adding TACAN & ICLS To Aircraft Carriers | DCS WORLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGQb0gWFDDI

And many more!

Spudknocker has a couple decent Mission Editor tutorials as well.

DCS World Mission Editor Quick Guide Part 1 | Placing Units | Trigger Zones | Radio Presets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6hEi-fVQbc

DCS World Mission Editor Quick Guide Part 2 | Flying the Mission! | Identifying & Fixing Issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmxpAvhQYmU

Another great source is SUNTAG, he has a very complete list of tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL56M8zQ0bxUMIJuD4D1Ijr-8bTvh36am5

How to Copy and Paste - DCS Mission Editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uY4jh7yRss

Ground Unit Patrol Loop - DCS Mission Editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLi7xf1k_J8

DCS Mission Editor - NAVAL or ARTILLERY BOMBARDEMENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soJ7wZVBk7k

I hope you find these tutorials useful, and helps you get started into the world of mission creation in DCS.

Thanks!
ED Team

Apr 9, 2019

Spring Update Public Beta Test 1.0.4 r6761

Kingdom Two Crowns - Kingdom

Warning: Do Not Participate in this Beta if you're worried about losing progress or corrupting your saves.

Hello Fellow Rulers! Small update to the previous beta build. Now that we've tackled some of the more difficult issues and the big winter changes we've starting getting towards the pace of new updates. Beware though, these are for the more adventurous to test and will at times have new features in an incomplete state. You'll also typically need to delete all campaign saves between updates. If this sounds exciting to you the reward is a sneak peek into what is coming. :)

Features: These will be very vague to get feedback from a blind perspective.

Dock Greed is less passive
Expanded tutorial
Blazon editor
Shogun Blazon
Denser feeling forest
New Save Slot Art

Known issues: These we know about

Foliage not correctly aligned in shogun biome.
In local coop foliage layer for player one shows for player two.
Hints only in English (Loc for all other languages will be added)
Emblem buttons still activated in blazon editor when playing in shogun biome.

Fixes: Would love to get feedback if these are fixed for players experiencing these in the Winter Update

Potential fix for players experiencing broken save issues.
Fix for boat getting stuck due to greed snatching hermit(s) right before the player sails away with the boat.

Key Things to Look At: Below are areas we need extra focus on to find as many possible bugs or issues with to fix before going public.

Expanded tutorial
Blazon editor
Denser feeling forest

Warning: Do Not Participate in this Beta if you're worried about losing progress or corrupting your saves.

How to Access the Public Test Branch:

Right Click Kingdom Two Crowns in your Steam library.
Go to properties.
Go to the “BETAS” tab.
Select “public-test” in the drop-down menu.
Restart steam.

Apr 9, 2019

Vacation Simulator Now Available on Steam!

Vacation Simulator - Owlchemy Labs

Greetings, Vacationers!

We’ve been eagerly preparing for today— putting in our PTO requests to BossBot, blocking our calendars, and setting our vacation responders— and after two years of development, it’s finally time to VACATION! Vacation Simulator is now available on Steam for $29.99!

To get in the vacation state of mind, view the official launch trailer for Vacation Simulator!

We’re incredibly excited for players to experience vacation their own way and explore the connected world of Vacation Island across our immersion-inspiring destinations: Beach, Forest, Mountain, and Resort!

Whether you choose to spend your vacation days grilling your Perfect Burger, tending to a vibrant garden, pelting snowballs at Bots, or chilling at the stylish Resort…

We’re excited to see all the different ways our players experience VACATION!

Join us on our Discord to share the way you TIME OFF!

Bot Voyage, Humans!

-Owls

Apr 9, 2019

Development Roadmap and Plans for the Early Access

Erannorth Reborn - Raven

Hello everyone,

With the EA release coming soon, I think it's a good time, that you all know my plans for the Early Access and my overall philosophy of what this development phase means to me, so there won't be any miscommunications or disappointments and make an informed decision whether to get involved in it, or not.

For me the EA phase is where the true development of Erannorth Reborn begins, as now, we (you and I), can actually work together and build something beautiful. I am a firm believer that what makes a game truly great is its community; and my focus so far has been to provide a complete and easy framework, that will allow modders and creative players to create and add their own content to the game. To really get involved; and do so easily with ZERO coding experience, by editing plain text files. I already added a guide covering modding basics in the Community page so make sure to check it out!

I am also a firm believer that when developers do waterfall development, completely disregarding their audience, 90% of the cases is an unmitigated disaster!

So aside for overall polishing, Bugfixes, Typo/Grammar Corrections (I'll really need your help with that: English isn't my native language) and acting on (or at least considering) your own feedback on both planned & unplanned features, this is what I have in mind of doing during EA:

Erannorth Reborn EA Roadmap

Game Balance & Difficulty

Top Priority

Adjust Difficulty to what most of the game community considers as 'Normal' Difficulty.
Balance the Actions, Enemies & Enemies' abilities accordingly.

New Content

High Priority

New Enemy AI Behaviors & Enemies
New Action Effects & Actions
Random Events to Spice up the Gaunlet
Improved Tutorial (categorized in sections) covering more (and advanced) Game concepts (Based on your feedback)

New Features

High Priority

Add Difficulty setting to let users decide between Easy, Normal & Hard modes, and the overall amount of Gaunlet Stages (before completing their run).
Quality of Life Improvements based on your feedback
Story Mode

Medium Priority

User Leaderboards with Best Completion Time, Runs etc. for the Gaunlet
Personal Records, Best Completion Times, Runs etc. for the Gaunlet

Graphics & Visuals

High Priority

Extra PC Characters, Outfits and other Cosmetics based on your feedback

Modding Support

High Priority

Quality of Modding Improvements based on your feedback

Medium Priority

Users & modders can edit & override the Localization file
Mods are self-contained in their own folders
User-friendly in-game Manager or Utility to Install/Uninstall Mods (from .ZIP files)

Low Priority - If everything else is done

Steam Workshop support (Requires me to first complete the Medium Priority items)
Users & Modders can edit/create & add new Stories for the Story Mode

Once everything in this list is done hopefully within the next 3 to 6 months, Erannorth Reborn will be ready for wide Release. Will this be the end? Hopefully not, but just another beginning. If all go well, I will keep supporting the game and the community, with additional content, dlc & expansions.

But while dreaming the future is always a good thing, talking about it not necessarily so. :lunar2019grinningpig:

That's all I wanted to say for now. Looking forward to see you in the Discussion board!