Simviation Forum - all planes in cfs3 campaign

Jan 12^th, 2004 at 9:10pm

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???does any one know how to tweak and use all the planes in the cfs3 campaigns. I am getting tired of only flyin the ju 88 and it variants

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Reply #1 - Jan 13^th, 2004 at 5:09pm

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If you want to fly them yourself, and not just as AI, you have to edit the campaign XML file. To do this, open the specific campaign's XMl file and scroll down to the tech tree. It is near the bottom, and you will see alll the default aircraft listed. The entries will look like this.

</Aircraft>
<Aircraft Type="(model name)>
<Date Month="" Year=""/>
</Aircraft>

You must then add the desired aircraft into the tech tree. The aircraft's model name can be found in it's XDP file, on the top line, as is the entered service date. Make sure you have an </Aircraft> above and below each entry, or you will get an error message when you try to load the campaign.

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Reply #2 - Jan 16^th, 2004 at 12:52am

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thanks wwatkins the fixed worked great now I have some new campaign planes to fly

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Reply #3 - Jan 4^th, 2005 at 8:57am

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Does the Tech Tree only show up when you've flown at least one mission in a campaign?
I started a campaign, selected pilot, bomber career etc, then saved the campaign, went to the campaign xml file, but could not find a Tech Tree at the bottom.

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Reply #4 - Jan 4^th, 2005 at 6:02pm

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Are you sure you're looking in the campaigns folder? You should be able to view and edit the tech tree as soon as the campign is on your computer.

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Reply #5 - Jan 4^th, 2005 at 6:07pm

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You cannot add our or anyone else's planes to a campaign you have already started.

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Reply #6 - Jan 5^th, 2005 at 4:13am

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Hi wwatkins.

This is just a matter of incorrect descriptions, or descriptions lacking in detail which may lead to confusion.

In CFS3, there is a campaign.xml. But this is not the file you mean when you say "you have to edit the campaign xml file".

The correct xml is called "fortress europa.xml" and is in the "campaigns" folder.

This needs to be explicit, or people will just end up looking in the wrong place, like I did.

When I did look in the right place, I did find the Tech tree and replaced the B_26C with the B17G_MollyII.
When I saved and then began a new US campaign, I was surprised to find that the first aircraft available to me was a B_26C which I had deleted, but there was no sign of a B17G_MollyII which I had inserted.

Spooky right?

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Reply #7 - Jan 5^th, 2005 at 7:29pm

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In CFS3, there is a campaign.xml. But this is not the file you mean when you say "you have to edit the campaign xml file".

Sorry about that. I guess that is a bit misleading.
As for the B26 showing up instead of the B17, I don't think the B17G should be availabe to fly at thebeginning of the Fortress Europa campaign. Look at the 'squadron' tab in the camnpaign, and see if it's available there. Assuming you put the entered service date in the B17's tech tree entry that is listed in its XDP file, there woudn't be anything for you to fly at the start of the campaign, so my guess would be that it just defaults to the B26.

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Reply #8 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 7:27am

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Wait a minute, are you saying that there's an entry in the B-17 xdp file that resides in the aircraft folder which gives the service date entry?

Just looking now....

Found this:
"Entered Service 07/07/43"

So if I changed this date to the start date of the B-26C, and then did all the other stuff, then I could probably get the B-17 as the start aircraft. right?
This is definitely worth checking.

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Reply #9 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 9:31am

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To get a plane in a campaign it needs to have an in service date at or before the current campaing date.

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Reply #10 - Jan 6^th, 2005 at 4:06pm

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So if I changed this date to the start date of the B-26C, and then did all the other stuff, then I could probably get the B-17 as the start aircraft. right?
This is definitely worth checking.

That should work.

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Reply #11 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 6:22am