What´s the meaning of the different columns?
Id:
Consecutively numeration of every mission.
Created / Modified:
Creation / modification date of the mission. Modification date will be also changed when one gives a vote for skill or rating.
Author:
Name of the registered member who uploaded the mission.
Program:
Which version / patchlevel of Falcon was used to create the mission.
Missionname:
Author settled name of the Mission.
max.:
At most possible amount of human pilots.
Theater:
Which "Battlefield" must be used with the mission. Depending on this value the mission must be stored into different folders in the filesystem.
Type:
Author defined main emphasis of the mission.
Skill:
Difficulty of the mission given by those rated the skill. The measuring scale is defined from 1 = "Training" to 7 = "Impossible"
Daytime:
The given missiontime will be partitioned into 4 categories:
Dur.:
How would the mission last from mission entry to the landing of the jet.
D/Ls:
How many times was the mission downloaded yet.
Rating:
Overall rating of the mission. The measuring scale is defined from 1 = "Poor" to 5 = "Excellent"
How can I sort any column?
You may change the sorting of a column by doing a click on the column header. The column header which is currently sorted will be underlined colour coded:
May I query for any mission?
A convenient way to query mission isn´t implemented, yet. However, you can activate filters by just clicking on the value of interest. The following columns could be filtered:
Example: Only display missions of version AF 1.09.
Solution: Find a mission which has been created by using AF 1.09 and click on the value "AF 1.09". Furthermore you will only see missions having "AF 1.09" in the column "Program".
How can I provide my own missions?
You have to register as a user to this site if you would like to provide your own missions. To register yourself please choose the menu item "Login / Register" in the navigation menu above. After you´ve registered and logged on you will be provided in the list view with a button "New mission".
Display of Mission details
You can display more detailed information to a specific mission by clicking on the Missionid (Row "Id") oder the Missionname.
What´s the meaning of the additional information?
Missionname:
You may download the current mission by clicking on the missionname. Depending on the missiontype the downloaded file has to be put into diffenrent folders beneath "BattlefieldOperations\Campaign".
Missionversion:
You can choose to display another version of the mission by changing the selection in this DropDown-field.
Author:
Name of the user who created the actual mission version.
Daytime:
Daytime when the mission is to start.
Skill level:
This information consists of three parts in two rows:
Weapons:
The Authors constraint with regard to changing weapons loadout.
min. pilots:
The authors recommendation regarding the minimum amount of human pilots to accomplish the mission.
Current Rating:
Average community rating of the mission.
Your rating:
Depending wether you already rated you can give your vote or you can see your given rate.
How can I change my given rating?
A rating once given - either for Skill level or mission quality - could not be adjusted later.
I´d like to change one of my missions.
You´ll be provided with an additional button to edit a mission after you´ve logged in as the registered author. Only field that are allowed to edit will show up then as editable.
If you like to provide a new mission file, then please create a new version.
I´d like to provide a new version of a mission.
You´ll be provided with an additional button to create a new mission version after you´ve logged in as a registered user. You don´t have to be the author to create a new version. However, it´s desired that you´ve created the mission file based upon the original one.
Description: "Authors comment"
The first comment the author of a mission creates will be permanently displayed in the mission details. This comment could be used by the author to provide additional mission information to the community (targets, air/ground threats, etc.). Later modification by the author of this entry is possible during mission details editing. The timestamp displayed represents the last modification time.
A comment is only valid for the currently choosen language.
Description: "Users comments"
All published comments in the currently choosen language will be displayed here. They are displayed in the reverse order as they have been created, that means the most recent entry will show up on top of the list. You will see two comments among themselves. Using the navigation links underneath the second entry you can browse through all entries.
Who is allowed to publish comments?
Basically every logged on user is allowed to give a comment on a mission. This comment will then show up in the list among the other comments. The order they are displayed is in the reverse order they have been created.
A comment is only valid for the currently choosen language.
How can I modify my comment?
Later modification of a comment is not possible.
Only the first comment of the mission author has got a special status. This entry could be edited by the author later on (please refer to Description: "Authors comment").
Where do I have to save the dowloaded mission?
The target folder on the harddisk depends on the mission theater. The installation folder of Falcon contains a subdirectory named "Campaign". The mission must be stored in the folder named according to the mission theater name.
Example:
The mission called "Kill-General-Hui" (Theater: "Korea 2005") has been downloaded. The installation root folder of the sim is located in "C:\Program Files\BattlefiledOperations". Then the downloaded .tac-file must be stored in the folder "C:\Program Files\BattlefiledOperations\Campaign\Korea2005". After Falcon has been launched the mission could be found in the mission list of "Tactical Engagements" or "Campaigns" if it was a .cam-file.