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Privateer X1 - Buccaneers
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Data Type: Scenario
Scenario Gameplay: Singleplayer
Scenario Map: OtherMap
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18 May, 2017 @ 8:30am
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Privateer X1 - Buccaneers

Description
The Sahranistani Air Force intends to engulf our homeland in the inferno of thermobaric flame. They are so desperate to break our will to fight, they resort to dirty tricks. Carpet-bombing of cities. Assassination attempts. Provocation strikes. Panic mongering. Today, we make them pay. For all we've lost.

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A 'bonus mission' of sorts to my new campaign 'Privateer'. I've chosen a less realistic theme for this project - I've tried for an 'Ace Combat' kind of feeling. This particular mission takes place in an alternate timeline... Or does it? The campaign has been inspired by Ace Combat, but without the announcement of BI's Jets DLC, it would never have existed. Three cheers for Bohemia!

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MISSION FEATURES:

> Experience a new take on the story from a different perspective! Alternate timeline... Or is it?

> Custom music and voices ensure deep immersion!

> Take to the skies in the shiny, beautifully photorealistic F-14A Tomcat of the South Taraaki Air Force, taking advantage of the new Jets DLC features! Courtesy of user Firewill!

> Smite your opposition with a broad arsenal of weaponry, specially suited for the task at hand!

> Sortie against overwhelming foes, against all odds! Fight for a better tomorrow!

> Indulge in a deep, thrilling storyline reminiscent of Ace Combat and Area 88 !

> Set in a semi-fictional world, tailored for your enjoyment, specifically for 'Privateer'!
Collect various lore informations in between individual missions, including geography, history and politics!

> Let yourself off the chain on the MASSIVE REAL-WORLD MAP SPRAWLING HUNDREDS OF KILOMETERS!
Courtesy of PMC Tactical!

> Experience ArmA like it was never meant to be played! Push the limits!

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OFF-WORKSHOP CAMPAIGN REQUIREMENTS:

> PMC Tactical's 'Tikrit' map, available here: http://www.pmctactical.org/arma3/downloads.php
(currently unavailable on Workshop)
I recommend bumping your graphical settings all the way up, especially the drawing distance, for the ultimate flight sim eye candy experience!

> POOK BOMBER PACK, available here: https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/192011-pook-bomber-pack/
(currently unavailable on Workshop)


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KNOWN ISSUES:
- During the formation flight, your wingmen keep noticeably lagging. While there's no impact on actual gameplay and they start behaving normally soon enough, there's nothing I can do about this, unfortunately, without dramatically redesigning the entire beginning segment of the mission. Please bear with it!
- Loading the automatic save checkpoint may crash the game, reason unknown.

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(NOTE: The voices and music seen in this mission were taken from Vector Thrust and Ace Combat videogames. I take no credit, all the rights go to their respective owners. This is a strictly non-profit project. Thank you for understanding.)
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Rak1445  [author] 4 Jun, 2017 @ 12:58am 
@Corporal_Lib Yep, noticed the update, that's some good news right there. Thanks for the heads-up on that MiG, looks nice! Will definitely check it out, I guess the chances are good we'll see 'em in future missions ;)
Corporal_Lib 4 Jun, 2017 @ 12:38am 
And about small mods (Besides HcPookie´s Su-27/30 mod) there´s this lovely MiG-29 mod fully compactible with FIR weaponry https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/201506-mikoyan-gurevich-mig-29s-fullcrum-c-aws/#comment-3138295

Check it out ;)
Corporal_Lib 4 Jun, 2017 @ 12:34am 
Yeah... I just saw it... kinda faithful to Ace Combat gameplay! Lovely! Finally beat it! Sierra Hotel

Anxious for the next installments =) (BTW, Sabre just updated all his planes and fighters)

Cheers!
Rak1445  [author] 1 Jun, 2017 @ 4:52am 
@Corporal_Lib Make sure to read Mechanics' notes in Briefing before you sortie! :D

I don't really feel like adding big mods like RHS or ČSLA to the requirements just because of a single plane to be honest... We'll see what Pook puts up :)
Corporal_Lib 31 May, 2017 @ 6:51pm 
I´ve almost beaten it (I got winchester and cannon dry before I could shot down the last Bear, which got out of the danger zone untouched =P), I´ll try saving with the view zoomed and see what happens... great mission nonetheless =)

CSLA and RHS are going to have nice Fulcrums soon, but I think POOK will release his sooner (The Flankers are already available, but not JETS DLC compactible updated yet)

Cheers
Rak1445  [author] 31 May, 2017 @ 6:38am 
@Corporal_Lib Yeah, I've added those crashes to the Known Issues list above. I guess it's the map's issue, since it's so much bigger than what ArmA is built for. Strange thing though is that my other missions don't seem to crash... Anyway, there's unfortunately nothing I can do to fix this, other than removing the savepoint entirely.
By the way - I once managed to actually load the save successfully by being "zoomed in" (narrow FOV) at the time of saving.

Thanks for your continued support, will certainly keep making more! At the moment I'm waiting for Pook to release his MiGs and Sukhoiks, though. Will get back on the track immediately after that!
Corporal_Lib 30 May, 2017 @ 7:37pm 
Looking great Rak, but the Tikrit map gives me some headaches: it crashes my ArmA3 with memory block errors if I try to reload the mission (damn, those Flankers and Tu-95 gunners makes my life harder than I´d expect lol), but I´ll try to beat it on 1 try so I don´t have to reload and crash lol

I hope BIS fix this memory errors on x64 soon... and luckly Firewill haven´t updated the Tomcat, or else we´d have 80 km range and the Tu-95 wouldn´t know what hit them with the Phoenix lol

Keep them coming, I´m loving those missions more and more =D

Cheers
Rak1445  [author] 30 May, 2017 @ 5:41am 
@Corporal_Lib There are no SAMs in this mission, there's actually a lore reason for that, though! Be sure to drop by later and let me know what you thought about it!
Corporal_Lib 29 May, 2017 @ 11:28pm 
Pook bombers? I guess my Tomcat will drop some Bears in flames over the desert lol... Pook´s SAMs too or this one is more Ace Comat, arcade-ish mission? Nevermind, it will be a helluva ride for sure =D
Corporal_Lib 29 May, 2017 @ 11:22pm 
Spin Off? Lovely =D