RNG's Unofficial Mission Pack

[strange magnet]

This is where you can find a complete list of my missions and campaigns. I will provide updates and any announcements within this post.

If you encounter any bugs, have comments, or have suggestions for new features in any of these missions, please report them in this forum.

Please Note: All content and missions located in this channel are my personal, unofficial missions. The content presented within them is solely my own and does not necessarily represent the stance of Shockfront Studios or official content. They are entirely independent projects.

Subscribe to all of my missions in one place: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3240335336

[strange magnet]

Dogfight Practice: Added a small forward strip and helipad in order to reduce travel time for slower aircraft and in preparation for the VTOL fighter.

[steady flare]

do you know about the airspawn trick?

just place a medium hangar in the air, any plane spawned will have 40% thrust and engines spooled already

for helipads just invert them

[strange magnet]

Yes, but wanted some semblance of realism 🙂

[strange magnet]

It is an interesting idea though, might think about it.

[vivid ice]

I didn't know about that

Neat featur

[strange magnet]

Endgame is ready, but I do not have the time to test it and it's loooong

[clever plover]

I could test

[strange magnet]

I think it needs a little bit more time, found some issues, but it is now playable from start to finish

🙂

[frigid dagger]

It could be released as a “public beta”

[clever plover]

Aight give me a holler if you want it tested

[strange magnet]

Operation Endgame - BETA RELEASE

BETA RELEASE - Not fully tested, may contain mission breaking bugs.

Please report any issues here or on the Steam page, it is very much appreciated.

Operation Endgame is the final chapter of the Primevan Campaign. As an ARC pilot, you will take part in the largest battle of the war. With its carrier strike group positioned in the northeastern waters, ARC is launching a full-scale invasion to crush the BDF and occupy the Boscali Archipelago once and for all.

The islands are blockaded and cut off from outside support. After the "BDF" detonated a nuclear device on Agrapo, public opinion across ARC member states shifted, giving leadership the green light for total war. Now, ARC fleets and ground forces are mobilised for a decisive final assault.

The BDF, battered but determined, has fortified the islands and will fight to the last man. Meanwhile, the PRF, on the verge of collapse after the events of Operation Crossfire, is providing limited support to ARC forces.

Your mission: secure air superiority, support ARC ground forces, and strike the final blow to the BDF’s command. Victory here will decide the fate of the archipelago as well as affect things far beyond the islands' borders.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3374975668

[distant moat]

I tried this mission last night and ran into a few glitches. Early on with the first obj and taking the main airfield some units were glitched below the terrain. The bigger glitch was that about 120km south of Port Maria there are a bunch of ground units in the air that are part of the liberation obj. This made the mission unplayable. Not sure if this was a glitch though as I only have played it 1 time though. I did try to take screenshots and can try to find/upload them if u want

[strange magnet]

Thanks for the feedback! I beleive that this particular issue has something to do with the most recent patch and/or game code in general. I've experienced this issue on other missions but when I've tried to reproduce it and reload the mission, it often spawns as it should. I've asekd the devs to take a look into it 🙂

[earnest sleet]

baller

[strange magnet]

Operation Endgame: I have removed Endgame from its beta phase. I will continue to refine the mission and add content but it should be relatively bugfree as far as I have found.

[earnest sleet]

yippee

[inland meteor]

One of your best missions yet imo

[strange magnet]

Not sure if I would go that far...

[strange magnet]

**Dogfight Practice: **After considering this suggestion from AAA, I decided to implement an air spawn to reduce travel time.

[mellow kettle]

just finished Op Endgame, thanks RNG

no modifiers, just the way the mission came from, and solo

[strange magnet]

Damn... I haven't even done that yet

[mellow kettle]

LMAO

When I saw "several hours to do solo", I was expecting to go longer than 4 hrs for some reason

Really really fun though I will say, prolly gonna do a rerun with a friend

[vivid ice]

I've been wanting to do Endgame but nobody has it up ever

[earnest sleet]

i saw two separate endgame servers up for a few hours earlier today...

tbh you could also just host

[vivid ice]

I'm not good enough at the game, I'll get creamed starting solo

[strange magnet]

I like to watch my missions unfold on their own, as well as this one being canonically very much favouring ARC during the initial portions. You'll be fine.

[vivid ice]

Ah

[mellow kettle]

yea playing solo wasnt bad at all

just time consuming

[strange magnet]

In this campaign at least, you are generally on the canonically more powerful side in each mission (other than the Siege of Agrapol). Really the only mission that is really stacked against players currently is Total Escalation, which of course is not part of this specific campaign.

[inland meteor]

Can't forget about Absolute Escalation.

[vivid ice]

Absolute is better than Total imo

Also it doesn't have the entire navy a stones throw away from where you start

[strange magnet]

Interesting take, idk why, but I've never loved Absolute

[vivid ice]

Total gets a bit too grindy around the midpoint, especially with the Stratolance objective

[earnest sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

[strange magnet]

Thanks everyone ❤️

[inland meteor]

That subscriber amount is 100% deserved.

[tawdry flint]

Is there any progress on the 3rd escalation mission? Which is supposed to be the final one in the escalation series?

Would love to hear any updates about it

Then again you are working on like tons of other missions so...

[strange magnet]

Basically endgame was originally built to be an escalation mission, but it just didn't feel right to call it one.

I'm planning on making another major "escalation" mission on the new map, I feel like I've done pretty much all I can on the current map without making things too repetitive.

[candid gust]

I remember Endgame looking like it would be like a war on multiple fronts, with a task force in the North East, one by North Boscali AFB, and one centered around Vigil Cay. What made you decide on keeping things more linear with where landings happen?

[strange magnet]

Spreading the landings out was unfortunately required. If all of the units on the field were active at the start, it went down to about 2 fps, slideshow simulator...

[strange magnet]

Made some changes to Endgame, primarily the addition of assault carriers, bug fixes, and incorporating some player feedback. Unfortunetly, of course this will not be available until the next major update drops!

[inland meteor]

How many assault carriers did you add?

[candid gust]

The addition of assualt carriers must mean the update will be dropping soon, that is, if the carriers are in a finished state

[strange magnet]

I won't speculate, but Mitch has said in the past that ships/ground vehicles can be put together in 1/10 of the time as compared to aircraft.

Only the dev team really knows the state of it.

[candid gust]

That's true, I remember the Dynamo was all but finished before the Tarantula was even close to finalized

[steady flare]

i dont think thats really the case for ships

remember those still have individual parts

[strange magnet]

This is what Mitch told me, at least for the Dynamo

[steady flare]

im sure, i doubt him on that though lol

[strange magnet]

Play Order: Operation Primevan Shield -> Operation Sandrift -> Operation Backslash -> Operation Downfall -> Operation Obscura -> Operation Crossfire -> Operation Endgame

The lore so far: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hFCg_Wr6ZHETWX5f0p9cLWOYOYTN6F2oLLFYXqx0L0o/edit?usp=sharing

[strange magnet]

**Absolute Escalation: **Pushed a quick fix for two Revokers that were crashing during the final objective and damaging the mountain base. Couldn't wait for the assault carrier release to fix it so this is just a very tiny bandaid 🙂

[modest wind]

feedback for Total Escalation: the final objective spawns a big fleet, but you pretty much just don't interact with the fleet in almost all cases due to the fact that it's just easier to take out the bunker straight away

only time i've actually seen the fleet attacked notably is when the whole lobby decided that we wanted to kill it after we won the mission already by taking out the bunker

enemy air resistance also tails off a lot towards the lategame, which can be a little boring

[strange magnet]

You actually do not need to take out the fleet at all, it is the fleet you play as in Absolute Escalation, it is just added as an Easter Egg 😛

I can bump up AI spawn rates for the next major patch though!

[modest wind]

yeah, i know you don't need to take it out, it just feels a bit... pointless, for lack of a better word? like, there's this big fleet, that spawns at the final hurdle, so you sorta think that it's going to be a big battle with the fleet defending the bunker so you have to clear out boats, but then you instead just stomp the bunker without ever interacting with the fleet

idk, it's not too big of a deal, it just feels like a bit of wasted potential especially given how relatively easy the bunker is to take out after dealing with north boscali

[vivid ice]

So if you destroy it, Absolute Escalation doesn't happen?

[strange magnet]

In theory, I suppose

Although, it's conceivable that some BDF forces were not in the islands at the time of TE

[earnest sleet]

gotta love time paradoxes

[tawdry flint]

but we shoulddddddddddddd

[vocal furnace]

@strange magnet just finished it with my friends
it was hype and aura

also exhausting lol

but fun

you cooked hard

[strange magnet]

Working on some small additions and added objectives 🙂

[earnest sleet]

beached carrier and two munitions trucks... a lively accident just waiting to happen

[strange magnet]

Better capture it before the BDF completes the repairs and gets it back in action 😉

[strange magnet]

Prologue: Siege of Agrapol
I've made several changes that should drastically increase performance compared to earlier versions as well as quite a few changes to the AI patching and fixed a few things here and there. I'm quite happy where this one is at right now and I can release it since the sf1 and assault carrier are not included in this specific mission. Enjoy!

[tawdry flint]

or we could just

you know....

blow it up

[earnest sleet]

capturing it would be cooler thouhg

[tawdry flint]

were the PALA, we dont need stupid low tech BDF equipment

[strange magnet]

Need some ideas for a specific missions I am going to start working hard on 🙂

I will call it... Maximum Escalation

[earnest sleet]

55 dynamos 55 carriers

[strange magnet]

You've been hanging out with AAA too much

[steady flare]

no

i place 2 dynamos at skill 3 and then my game dies already

oh that may actually be the 30 aircraft flying around

[distant moat]

Start with a massive dark reach cruise middle bombardment? A mix of conventional and nuclear? Could be a fun way to start everything off if it's an attack on the front lines of the map

[strange magnet]

I've partnered with @tribal cave and @timber dock 's ATF to exclusively populate a PvE focused dedicated server with many of my large-scale missions.

This has been going on for a few weeks, but the goal is to release updates that will be held on the server first, then incorporate them into the Steam version of the missions as they are proven stable.

Currently, we're testing a few small changes to Total Escalation, which includes a new objective to capture a beached carrier before the BDF have time to recover it. As well as many small changes to balance and small performance tweaks.

[vivid ice]

Will Total Escalation have any changes to the Stratolance Battery?

[strange magnet]

The BDF's Strato site that has been unofficially coined "SAM mountain"?

[vivid ice]

Ye

The one that requires two players (and is therefore basically impossible) to take out (in public servers)

[strange magnet]

Oh no not my dear SAM mountain, it's been there since it was total war 🥲

[tribal cave]

Sam Mountain needs some more!

[tawdry flint]

Whats next? super duper maximum escalation???

[timber dock]

Thank you @strange magnet the missions work great👍. And everyone seems to love them.

[earnest sleet]

Super Escalation, sponsored by the Ministry of Truth °i

[steady flare]

just jam it bro

killed it in singleplayer several times

[vivid ice]

I do jam it but nobody follows up

No matter how much I beg and plead

[steady flare]

jam it and send 6 arads

then continue jam cycling

(target filters)

[tawdry flint]

if your good at juggling your jams (jamming a target for 2 seconds then swapping to an unjammed bolt and repeat) then the mountain is actually not that hard

if you want to make the juggling easier, going 4 jam pods is nice

[strange magnet]

Fixed the lore and story link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hFCg_Wr6ZHETWX5f0p9cLWOYOYTN6F2oLLFYXqx0L0o/edit?usp=drivesdk

[earnest sleet]

rich in metallic hydrogen deposits

i do find it quite amusing that although all references to metallic hydrogen have been removed from the base game, everyone (myself included) has decided to stick to that for explaining everything XD

[strange magnet]

Oh nooooo, I thought I scrubbed that

[earnest sleet]

other than that it looks good though, there's only one other edit i'd suggest (on behalf of patator): "façade"

[unique trellis]

hey guys, i'm trying the prologue of the campaign with a friend but we can't do anything

there's too much going on, when the game begins there's a bot that's placed exactly in the spot where the plane selection is so that if you select a plane it crashes on top of it, making a mess on the highway strip

then there's a boat spawnkilling the helicopter spawn

i don't really understand how are we supposed to play this

there's nearly not enough money to buy a single helicopter or plane once we're dead. In less than a couple minutes everything is overrun and all spawns are either destroyed or camped by enemies

[strange magnet]

I'll make some changes and fix the issues you mentioned tonight, I did a significant rebalance and rework of the mission and could have made a few miscalculations

[strange magnet]

For this specifically, you should be able to reserve aircraft, but I'll check the inventory too

[unique trellis]

ok. Btw we've skipped the prologue after 3 tries and are playing the first mission. It's fun (even though the enemy base appearing on top of us once we proceeded to the final mission wasn't too fun but i understand the point of making it appear later

[strange magnet]

I'm hoping with the new map having so much more room, this becomes less of a necessity.

[tawdry flint]

there seems to be some issues where AI planes just kind of fly into the ground and stuff after spawning

hell a bunch of the AI is kind of broken....

In Total escalation, enemy AI dont take off from Maris and hold everybody else there

@strange magnet Is this anything you can fix? Or is it unfortunately the game itself

[strange magnet]

Is this on a dedicated server?

[tawdry flint]

yes

is it just a dedicated server thing?

[strange magnet]

I know there have been issues related to them, but afaik it's a game files issue

And not something I can fix with a mission file

[tawdry flint]

because ive only really noticed this on rehabs dedicated

i havent tried it on a normal server

[strange magnet]

I don't know enough about how dedicated servers run to comment, but it seems to be a complaint I've only ever gotten from players in dedicated servers

[random lodge]

I feel like the northen carrier fleet gets massacred way too fast in Operation Endgame
like you only get ~60 seconds to get in the air before the carrier is pulling a Kestrel

that's not from the enemy spawning btw
that's from when the fleet itself spawns

it literally goes "oh hey guys there's a carrier over there that you should use 60 seconds later lol sike you can't take off without being immediately targeted by mmrs"

[strange magnet]

Are you referring to the northern fleet that the mission starts from, or the fleet in the northwest that gets ambushed?

[candid gust]

I think he means the ambushed NW fleet. I remember playing Endgame and not being able to save it.

[random lodge]

NW fleet

[strange magnet]

Yeah, that fleet is more of a set piece, there's really no way to save it without pulling some type of miracle

[strange magnet]

I am thinking about doing something to celebrate Total Escalation reaching 10,000 unique subscribers 🙂 Perhaps a community team speedrun... hmm

I am also so very happy that the community has taken a liking to what started as me adding a few extra boltstrikes to Total War over a year ago, which eventually grew into this ❤️

[inland meteor]

Now we will wait patiently for the continuation on the new map.

[hollow heron]

excited to see what you do with the sf1 🙏

[forest bridge]

Hey @strange magnet I was wondering if you or I could modify the settings for the crashed/destroyed vehicles, for server performance?

I just don’t want to do something I’m not allowed

[earnest sleet]

you could always use the customize mission button that has those settings, which reverts after the session is over

[forest bridge]

It’s launching from a dedicated so don’t have that

[earnest sleet]

you can also make your own version of the mission with modified settings by going to the steam workshop folder, moving that specific mission file to your appdata missions folder, and then tweaking it in the mission editor

[forest bridge]

Thank you

[strange magnet]

I believe the dedicated server has very aggressive wreck despawn

[forest bridge]

Gotcha just seeing what my options are for lag toward the late game on escalation and bigger missions

Server will hold 60 for a good 80% of mission but very end gets down to 40

[burnt shoal]

As long as it doesnt hit 20, performance hits for players is near none.

20 is when the ping starts to go WAYYY up

[forest bridge]

TY o7

[strange magnet]

Working on a total redesign of Fleet Warfare

So far, will have optional bases to capture for each side. The only objective needed to win will still be to sink the two carriers.

[candid gust]

Would this be the only variant of the mission? Or would there be a second one to utilize the faction seperation of different vehicles to enhance strategies and plays?

[strange magnet]

For now, the Assault Carrier gives a significant advantages over the hyperion in many cases and balance between the two is hard to measure without players getting their hands on it. For now, both sides get all assets.

[inland meteor]

You will have to make a “lore accurate” version eventually

[strange magnet]

In one week (March 15), it will be the one-year anniversary of Total Escalation's Steam release. It's been quite the ride, I have definitely lost some of my drive to develop new missions, but I will always be happy with how the community has helped shape this mission (and all of my missions) into what they are today.

Thank you to everyone who has subscribed, liked, and given the mission awards. Seeing people enjoy my creations is why I made them in the first place. Thank you ❤️

[tribal cave]

I’m so happy and glad for you @strange magnet ❤️

[strange magnet]

🙏 ❤️

[vivid ice]

So close

[strange magnet]

Fleet Warfare has been completely remade for the Ignus map. Take part in the most intense multiplayer fleet combat yet showcasing the new map and vehicles! This mission is setup for PvP but can easily be changed to PvE by the host.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3279316338

Take the Vortex out for a spin in the newly updated Dogfight Practice

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3237986569

All other missions have been updated for 0.30:

If you have issues with the missions updating, unsubbing and resubscribing should correct any issues!

[strange magnet]

Launched Co-op version of Fleet Warfare for those that prefer Pve!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3452112577

[tribal cave]

❤️

[strange magnet]

Starting soon, we are going to have Fleet Warfare PvP on repeat on @tribal cave 's dedicated server. Leave your feedback and let me know if you would like any changes (just had to push a bug fix) 🙂

[strange magnet]

Hey everyone, I'm creating an additional version, starting with Fleet Warfare, to build into "Ignus Escalation" PVP (and eventually PVE). What are all your current gripes with either Terminal control, the new map, etc.

So far, I am planning:

• provide both sides with all assets, no fleet locking or limiting airframe factories, ground vehicles will have their faction specifics with the Anvil and Aerosentry being shared as well as all the non-specific vehicles.
• The fleet will start similar to where it is in Fleet warfare
• No one will start with control of the city, each side will start with a landing on their end of the main island
• Planning many more capturable heli-bases on the main island as the convoys move toward the city
• Replacing Cricket with Compass factories (Start rank 1, no one needs to be stuck in a Cricket on this map)

[uncut totem]

Damn bro, send some of your viewers over to my missions, ur hogging them all 😭

[old spindle]

One way you could try to save it is by spamming Medusas from the assault carrier deck if you hit the dynamos with enough arads they stop firing their railgun

Gotta say, absolute escalation is my favorite mission in the game simply because of the initial assault. Taking off from the carrier while the dynamo slings missiles never gets old.

[dull mica]

Any planned updates for total escalation? It is still one of my faves lmao

[strange magnet]

Glad you enjoy it! I am not sure there is much more to add to TE now that it's updated to 0.30. I have a lot less time to work on missions lately so I think most of my future work will invlolve the new map, though all of my previous missions will be updated periodically as the game matures.

[strange magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/no-i-dont-think-i-will-captain-america-old-capt-gif-17162888

In all seriousness, I encourage everyone to check out all workshop missions, there are some really good gems out there.

[uncut totem]

Awh...

[strange magnet]

Noted 🙂 @uncut totem

I will check it out

[uncut totem]

Awesome! Hope you enjoy!

[daring falcon]

this is so much fun solo

[strange magnet]

Ignus Domination is in a beta state and will release tomorrow if everything goes well. An escalation sized mission on the new map.

It's a testbed for:

1. taking objectives away from large bases and instead spreading them out into the map. This will hopefully turn things into less of a slog.

The goal will be to push the enemy completely off of the main island and eliminate their infrastructure.

Each team starts at one side of the islands with most of their heavy ground forces further away. The city itself is largely undefended, as it was a DMZ, but I'm thinking about how to make that not need to be the case while keeping the city airport neutral.

Other things: crickets are out of the equation, you can still buy one of you want, but compass production should mean you are never trying to cross an ocean with only a cricket.

More expensive aircraft only have inventory, so losses will not be replaced by factories. Keep your Ifrit safe or you'll have to pay for it.

[daring falcon]

@strange magnet can you make this airbase capturable? :3

[strange magnet]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3458138105

[strange magnet]

Not for Fleet Warfare. I wanted to keep it as Fleet focused as possible while still providing some land bases that could be captured, but that one is too close to the BDF spawn for me.

If you want to play something with more of bases unlocked, checkout Ignus Domination 🙂

[bronze sedge]

Great idea and definitely an improvement on terminal control in my opinion. One thing I’ve noticed is that friendly vehicles don’t capture the main Fledspar airport, they just kind of drive to the middle and form a big clump (I was playing as BDF, not yet sure if its specific to that)

[haughty flower]

playing this rn, haven't been able to capture feldspar at all

been using apcs aswell

[strange magnet]

If it's the dedicated server, I'm not sure what version is uploaded right now. There should be a wait time objective running in the background that will allow the capture after X minutes

If it's not running, something is broken

But I think it should be correctly set up from my testing

[haughty flower]

capture objective is active, running latest version

[strange magnet]

Hmmm

[strange magnet]

Let me take a look

[haughty flower]

could've just been that you turned up the airbase defense to hell

[haughty flower]

isn't that nice

hogshead (northern-mid) is captureable though, that works

[strange magnet]

Oh FFS

https://tenor.com/view/tryan-trying-blocks-block-head-tryan-blocks-gif-13157134546106029566

Fixed

[haughty flower]

@strange magnet

could possibly be that i haven't updated? i'd still check

[strange magnet]

Only way to force it to update is to sub and resub, otherwise it can take a long time for Steam to do it automatically, confirmed that it is indeed working in the latest workshop file

[haughty flower]

[strange magnet]

If anyone encounters this going forward, let me know. The server as well as the Steam page are running the newest version

[frigid dagger]

Ignus Domination: convoys only have SPAAGS?

[strange magnet]

Ughhh.. they definetly should not! Mostly MBTs and IFVs, but perhaps if the right factories were destroyed?

I can reduce the spaag production if it feels too much!

[frigid dagger]

Perhaps it was the factories being destroyed

[old spindle]

Lowkey an op convoy lol

[daring falcon]

is this the fastest solo? 😳

[strange magnet]

Fastest I've seen so far!

[daring falcon]

that was single life in the medusa btw, i only got ganked like 21 minutes in

[winter bane]

Completed "Operation Primevan Shield" and this was a great mission. And surprisingly long. Like I thought several times "This should be the end" and another enemy wave / base appear.

[tawdry flint]

I would like to make a formal complaint about the city in Absolute Escalation, the enemy can nuke it and it will count as you killing the civs

[strange magnet]

RIP

[tawdry flint]

They quite smart though...

"Oh they want to liberate their civilians? They cant if they're DEAD"

[strange magnet]

Can't argue with that logic... 💀

[candid gust]

PALA generals forming their battle plans:

[random lodge]

I ran into this bug too

This how I ran into it

[left plinth]

Dearest RNG, what sacrifice must I offer for you to make a couple of proper SP mission for Archipelago map?

[strange magnet]

I require a spark of motivation that has long since burnt out 😅

[old spindle]

I can give you some motivation if you’d like

[lament valve]

financial capital 🤨

[strange magnet]

Please no

[earnest sleet]

sad day to have vencord

[rigid terrace]

rng it may have been a while since mission but do you have tips (as someone who is trying it themselves for the first time)

[strange magnet]

Sorry, do you mean making missions or playing a specific mission?

[rigid terrace]

making

im just dipping my toes into the water and i have no idea what im doing lol

[daring falcon]

Can we get a Fleet Warfare XL? Its getting really trivial that mission.

[rigid terrace]

i wanna try to make a terminal control but like. bigger maybe and i wanna know if you have any suggestions for how to go about it really

or just tips for hte mission editor in general

[strange magnet]

Care to elaborate?

[daring falcon]

the 24/7 hosted multiplayer missions take sub 20 minutes if you have like 3-6 players who know what they're doing

more ships is the real fix

like whatever the quantity of the fleet is currently, double it, that would take real teamwork, and coordination to take down, not a single AWACS medusa jamming the 2 destroyers and anything else important

[strange magnet]

I think that the current issue is that Dynamos are quite good at air defence generally but suffer from Medusas. Increasing Dynamos though would put so many more AShMs in the air it would be problematic. Shards seem to be innefective at fleet defence, but perhaps a few extra may help somewhat.

[daring falcon]

so long as 1 medusa cant dictate the duration of the game by how effective they can individually be

[strange magnet]

I agree, it is something I've talked to a lot of people about, hopefully the devs can figure out a balanced solution to it, the Medusa is almost comically OP when used well, but few people (especially new players) do that.

[rigid terrace]

hey, rng, when you made the total/absolute escalation did you start it from the already made missions or was it completely from scratch?

[strange magnet]

Absolute escalation was from scratch, empty map. Total Escalation was made from total war, but is essentially completely different from what total war used to be

[rigid terrace]

ah okay. out of curiosity, do you know if theres a good "building" to place to use as taxiways that dont get absolutely deleted by large explosions? i could do a helipad upside down but i feel like it would be a bit weird

[strange magnet]

Hmm, not sure. Perhaps the concrete base, the hardened hangars are going to be more resistant though for sure

[rigid terrace]

yeah, my main issue with that is that if i put too many it’ll clog up the hud. platforms don’t do that but they also break which isn’t good if i wanna try to make an impromptu highway field with a little bit of parking

[daring falcon]

I think a good starting point would be the 100% effective infinite jamming from BVR

[rigid terrace]

okay well. i checked all 4 platforms and they all die 😔

maybe upside down helipads it is

better than nothing i suppose. be back later

[haughty flower]

haven't tried the flat concrete platforms, you might wanna look into those

[rigid terrace]

i did, they break the same as the other ones unfortunately

which isnt ideal for a taxiway that might get bombed

the other "issue" is that i cant really set helipads that are upside down to be capturable

not with the airfield anyway

because then the game is gonna think that those are spawns

and a helicopter wont like spawning upside down

[haughty flower]

keep them as neutral, don't add them to the airbase

[rigid terrace]

yeah, but then they dont get fixed when reset

because for some reason the damaged model actually does have collision on the little sticky uppy bits

on the bottom

lol

[haughty flower]

modify enviroment or spawn outcome

[rigid terrace]

i'll figure something out later

im probably just gonna use regular platforms bc like

if the hangars are busted chances are the platforms are also busted

[strange magnet]

If anyone prefers to listen to the lore of the Primeva Campaign instead of read it, check out this "podcast style" audio 🙂

Podcast / Audio File Release

[strange magnet]

RNG's Primevan Campaign

Lore "Podcast" Audio File 🔊
https://tr.ee/PrimevanPodcast

**Lore Document **📄
https://tr.ee/PrimevanCampaign

[strange magnet]

Fleet Warfare (PvP Version): Added two additional Shards to each side to act as a rear guard to the fleet.

[steady flare]

@strange magnet typo found, VL-29

fleet warfare coop as bdf

[strange magnet]

Noooooo 😭

[random lodge]

bebe tara

[steady flare]

blunder

an feldspar

[frigid dagger]

Technically true

[strange magnet]

I wrote this before Feldspar had a name 😅

[steady flare]

boscali captured SE airbase 💫

[strange magnet]

Added a "Safeguard" to Operation Crossfire

[inland meteor]

https://tenor.com/view/trollface-troll-face-troll-face-phonk-troll-face-terror-dark-gif-3039755119636354997

[old spindle]

Unplayable

[inland meteor]

@strange magnet

i encountered an interesting error while playing on operation endgame

the revoker said no thanks and just went the complete opposite direction

after i took this screen shot both the revoker and the nuke got intercepted

[strange magnet]

Yeah, unfortunetly that Revoker is quite fickle, especially with how the AI prioritizes targets having changes between updates quite a bit

[inland meteor]

I did it again and it’s the LCV-45 that ended up killing the R9 battery

[strange magnet]

Fleet Duel is now out!

Fleet Duel is an open-ocean battle to the death. The perfect battleground for BVR, with 170km separating the two fleets. The first one to sink the enemy carriers wins! Default settings are PvP, but it is made to accommodate both PvE and PvP.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3488360560

[strange magnet]

RNG's Unofficial Mission Pack

Dogfight Practice: receiving reports that the most recent update may have inadvertently changed loadout for the AI and they have been using missiles when selecting guns, etc. I'll look into this tonight and correct it.

I'll also look at other missions to ensure this doesn't affect them.

[strange magnet]

Quick Announcement

This is where you can find a complete list of my missions and campaigns. I will provide updates and any announcements within this post.

If you encounter any bugs, have comments, or have suggestions for new features in any of these missions, please report them in this forum.

Please Note: All content and missions located in this channel are my personal, unofficial missions. The content presented within them is solely my own and does not necessarily represent the stance of Shockfront Studios or represent official content. They are entirely independent projects.

Subscribe to all of my missions in one place: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3240335336

[brazen obsidian]

Will there ever be a rebalance in the total escalation mission? my team got overwhelmed with ashms and piledriver he and nuclear missiles.

[earnest sleet]

when will this be renamed to RNG's Official Mission Pack?

(nukesong posting)

NO stands for nuclear option right

[strange magnet]

I have not taken a look at it balance since the update. Perhaps an extra Stratolance battery could be added.

[brazen obsidian]

this is about an hour into the game. no custumization to the mission. enemy darkreaches spawned multiple waves of piledrivers.

[brazen obsidian]

pala r9 site or bdf?

[strange magnet]

PALA

[brazen obsidian]

wow awesome

im still in the game where we got plummeled

we just got the naval airbase

my team is actually making a comeback

its so beautiful

[strange magnet]

I believe currently the only R9 site is on VIgil Cay, so that will help

[strange magnet]

Total Escalation: Slight balance changes

[vivid ice]

If you work at Shockfront now then are your missions canon? /joke

[strange magnet]

Decided to update my thumbnail style

[earnest sleet]

hell yeah

[uncut totem]

looks great! right on dude.

[strange magnet]

I just realized I forgot to change the name on three of them 🥲

[inland meteor]

Incredible work as always.

[strange magnet]

Thanks everyone ❤️ 🙏

[inland meteor]

Next campaign when

[strange magnet]

Thanks @ionic talon these are beautiful 🙂 🙏

Before and after Operation Downfall

If I have time, one thing I would like to do is create a heli-based cas mission to specifically highlight the new PALA utility helicopter

[tribal trout]

wait what was that heli mission

[strange magnet]

The current heli mission? Operation Sandrift?

[tribal trout]

that one will be fun with the UH

[strange magnet]

**Total Escalation: **Re-added the beached carrier optional objective. If you clear it of BDF forces, you can capture it for your side. If you wait too long, the BDF will get it floating again.

[strange magnet]

Campaign in one picture:

[inland meteor]

The ARC is definitely 100% not the bad guy in this story

Totally

It’s those damn heathens in Boscali

[tribal trout]

bomb them

[vivid ice]

Anyone who isn't PALA is the bad guy

[tribal trout]

john pork?

[tribal trout]

next one going to be god?

[strange magnet]

Made some updates to the lore document: https://tr.ee/PrimevanCampaign

[tribal trout]

prime van

[strange magnet]

(First sentence 😭 )

[tribal trout]

you must hate cap for that?

[strange magnet]

No hate, it's a meme at this point haha

[tribal trout]

you should make it a sticker

i like the maps

[inland meteor]

Oh god

[strange magnet]

All missions should be updated for 0.31. Minor changes and the inclusion of new units!

I am posting a WIP 0.31 mission that I have not fully finished testing, but wanted to get it to you all 🙂

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3570847416

I'll be adding a template file as well for anyone who wants to use the platform in their missions

[tribal trout]

YAY!!!!

[haughty flower]

template? you're able to copy and paste buildings?

or is this just a bare mission file with the platform

[strange magnet]

I was trying to set it up so you could just merge the .json code into existing missions but it has been giving me issues. I also have a blank map with just one prebuilt rig (not that it is that difficult to build, I just thought it would be neat for those not as confident with the editor if they wanted to use it).

[heady hamlet]

"Im nothing like yall"

[tawdry flint]

Hes going to kill submarine for the faction!

[daring falcon]

when is there gonna be a dedicated server running RNG missions exclusively?

[strange magnet]

I've done a pretty significant update for Total Escalation. The mission objectives themselves are the same, but there have been over 500 new objects, scenery, and props added.

• The HLTs and all of the air defences for the PALA have been changed over to their MSV equivalents if available.
• Both sides now have TBM sites that spawn in after a delay.
• significant rebalancing for friendly air defences (generally increasing presence and effectiveness).
• inclusion of Brawler factories
• rebalancing spawn rates for ground units
• new defensive positions
• a new vehicle storage depot at "the farm" where several high end ground units can be found to redeploy.
• reduced the bunker's air defence slightly, removed ammo boxes from it.
• added dozens of 23mm guns on both sides. Flying low through terrain may lead to a nasty surprise.
• tweaks to initial attacks

[tribal trout]

Yay :3

[strange magnet]

For Absolute Escalation, should the city civilians be changed? How can I encourage players to be careful inside the city and not just carpet bomb it to get the enemy out without them? It seems that while an interesting concept, it is generally easy to abuse and unfun.

[haughty flower]

sprinkle in friendly units?

[strange magnet]

If only we had infantry to act as pockets of resistance

[haughty flower]

23mm?

hexhounds?

[strange magnet]

Hmmm

I'm also considering changing the fail condition, but I'm not sure.

People have poor experiences with griefers

[fallen inlet]

I tried this it doesnt work well with the smaller missions and some of the bigger missions. I ran in to issues where the map just didnt progress or when it was over it just sat there. So it hung up the server.

@strange magnet Love your maps keep it up. I've done a little research and im tired of seeing the same maps on the rotation lists but apparently thats what's played the most.

Top 5 PvE maps with average player count:

• Heartland | Escalation Co-op as — avg 7.06
• Heartland | Total Escalation - — avg 9.24
• Ignus Archipelago | RisingTsuna — avg 15.68
• Heartland | Altercation Co-op a — avg 2.06
• Heartland | AbsoluteEscalation — avg 11.79

Also take a look at "001 Advanced Escalation (All Credit RNG)" by Tommyspodcast THAT map is super fun.

attached is the aftermath when we finally were able to get passed that massive fleet lol

[fallen inlet]

I think if they carpet bomb the city disregarding civilians I think you should have a large re-enforcement from the enemy forces to retaliate and try to decemate one of our airfields by nuking it or something crazy