Military AI Works

I am unsure of what the expectations are when it comes to releasing unofficial packs, so until I receive some direction on how to handle the AFCADs and other files, I will just announce it here!

After spending a week and a scary amount of time on my favorite hobby, my first pack, a hypothetical deployment of the 4th Expeditionary Air Wing, from bases all over the globe to Ahmed Al Jabar Air Base, Kuwait to conduct combat operations into Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah AB, Iraq (Z16E), is COMPLETE!

I chose this gem of an Air Base because it could handle the amount of traffic I was going to put into it...and the secondary runway, used only for departures is "only" 10180 ft!

This pack contains 117 Plans, accounting for 4,968 legs, between 21 Airports...

As you can see from these AITM airport statistics, things get a little busy, but with a max of only 50 gates in use, things flow very smoothly..although AISmooth IS recommended

Airport Timetable Statistics - 3/30/2007 4:46:13 PM

Airport: Z16E
Time: Wednesday 00:00:00 - 23:59:59 (GMT)

Arrivals: 504
Departures: 504

Max. Aircraft: 50 at 05:25:23 (Wednesday)

00:00:00-00:59:59 -> Arrivals 013 - Departures 033
01:00:00-01:59:59 -> Arrivals 033 - Departures 016
02:00:00-02:59:59 -> Arrivals 011 - Departures 021
03:00:00-03:59:59 -> Arrivals 025 - Departures 011
04:00:00-04:59:59 -> Arrivals 019 - Departures 028
05:00:00-05:59:59 -> Arrivals 031 - Departures 019
06:00:00-06:59:59 -> Arrivals 021 - Departures 036
07:00:00-07:59:59 -> Arrivals 013 - Departures 018
08:00:00-08:59:59 -> Arrivals 019 - Departures 026
09:00:00-09:59:59 -> Arrivals 033 - Departures 011
10:00:00-10:59:59 -> Arrivals 017 - Departures 029
11:00:00-11:59:59 -> Arrivals 018 - Departures 017
12:00:00-12:59:59 -> Arrivals 012 - Departures 027
13:00:00-13:59:59 -> Arrivals 033 - Departures 010
14:00:00-14:59:59 -> Arrivals 015 - Departures 026
15:00:00-15:59:59 -> Arrivals 015 - Departures 017
16:00:00-16:59:59 -> Arrivals 009 - Departures 021
17:00:00-17:59:59 -> Arrivals 028 - Departures 016
18:00:00-18:59:59 -> Arrivals 017 - Departures 016
19:00:00-19:59:59 -> Arrivals 031 - Departures 016
20:00:00-20:59:59 -> Arrivals 014 - Departures 028
21:00:00-21:59:59 -> Arrivals 032 - Departures 022
22:00:00-22:59:59 -> Arrivals 016 - Departures 028
23:00:00-23:59:59 -> Arrivals 029 - Departures 012


The Aircraft are broken down as follows:

8 C-17s From Hickam
6 KC-135Rs from Eielson
4 C-5s From Wright-Patterson
6 C-130s From Hickam
3 E-3Cs From Tinker
3 E-8Cs From Tinker
12 A-10s from Eielson
12 F-15s from Klameth Falls, Ore.
12 F-16s from JRB Ft. Worth
12 F-16s from Shaw <-- I knows these guys come from McEntire ANGB, but no such airport exists in FS and as this was a learning experience for me I don't feel ready to tackle creating an entirely new airport!
12 F-18s out of Cold Bay, Alberta <-- Had to substitute the Canadian 18s due to the FPS hit when combined with the -15s
4 F-117s from Holloman
6 B-1s From Dyess
3 B-52s from Barksdale
3 B-2s from Whiteman
12 Tornados from the Italian Air Force, operating out of Piacenza
4 EA-6Bs from the US Marines out of Cherry Point, NC

Once I figure out what the standards are on giving out files to everybody I will be more than happy to zip them all up for you so that you all might enjoy this pack as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Matt

You can find pics from the development in this post:

http://www.militaryaiworks.com/forum/vi ... php?t=1031

magic1085 wrote:I am unsure of what the expectations are when it comes to releasing unofficial packs, so until I receive some direction on how to handle the AFCADs and other files, I will just announce it here!

Nice work.
We would ask that if you are including MAIW models, scenery or afcads that you do not include them in a released package. Obviously, you may point to where to download any relevant files on Avsim.

Not being daft but when it comes to packages like this why not work together and release it as an official pack?

Because it would be released sometime towards the end of summer. We encourage you to do your own projects and even to release them to Avsim. Not everything has to be MAIW.

magic1085 wrote: 12 F-16s from Shaw <-- I knows these guys come from McEntire ANGB, but no such airport exists in FS and as this was a learning experience for me I don't feel ready to tackle creating an entirely new airport!

McEntire ANGB does exist in FS, go into AFCAD and search for KMMT.

No not everything has to be MAIW but it does make it easier for Joe public, not sure what releasing at the end of Summer has to do with being MAIW or not though, do you guys plan on vanishing by then?

If it is released by MAIW it has to Beta Tested by MAIW thts the issue beta testin can take months!

cd

Aviator127 wrote:McEntire ANGB does exist in FS, go into AFCAD and search for KMMT.

Somehow I missed it! FPs have been updated...thanks for the info!

Matt

benclark wrote:Not being daft but when it comes to packages like this why not work together and release it as an official pack?

For me, the whole purpose of this pack was so that I could learn what goes into making such a pack..

I have never made a FP, or edited an afcad before, didn't even have the tools to do it...

So the pack is rather simple, basically concentrating coordinating moving large numbers of aircraft from many different places as the military does in real life. I also worked hard to make sure that the airports, while very busy, aren't jammed, where arrivals, come in relatively smoothly within the confines of the AI system...and everything works like a real military base...

To my way of thinking, this pack is much too simple for any sort of official release.

Now if I were to tinker with the FPs more and send them to 20 or 30 different destinations, that would be a different story.

So that being said, I learned a ton...about the do's and don'ts of designing flight plans...just how much work goes into creating a workable afcad, especially at an airport that just has runways and nothing else...

I am going to look to steadily ramp up the complexity of my projects so that I might be able to do a project like this that would be in a truly release worthy level of quality.

Just my .02

Matt

magic1085 wrote:
I am going to look to steadily ramp up the complexity of my projects so that I might be able to do a project like this that would be in a truly release worthy level of quality.


Matt

Were still working on that ourselves.

Sounds good guys, the beta testing is always a bitch but definitely worth it, my beta team have saved my bacon more than a few times