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Command : Modern Operations – Birth of a Scenario Part 3

On March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 By Casey

Our previous entries were just adding proper unit locations using CMO’s installation library. One goal is to make it big, but also manageable. This next bit will do a lot to automate the boring stuff. So why do we want to automate the boring stuff? Because if we don’t then […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : LUA Waypoints

On November 24, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

Today’s Lua repository is covering a relatively simple, but infinitely useful waypoint method. You have to manually path your strike missions and this can lead to some comedy when you forget a plane and it flies over some MANPAD’s. Or maybe you want the OPFOR to act sneaky and fly […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Lua Repository #5 Conditions

On October 21, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

Using conditions in Command Modern Air Naval Operations can be kind of tricky. Unlike triggers, which are pretty obvious, or actions, which can be dead simple, a condition is more complex. In a nutshell we use Lua to check something and return true or false. If true the action will […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Lua Repository #4 Random Traffic

On October 10, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

Every so often you meet a script that’s beautiful. My first script moment was when I saw the differential equation for a moon shot rocket as it loses fuel, gravity drops, velocity rises, and… well you get the idea. The below script, courtesy of Apache85, is a script like that. […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Lua Repository #3 – Weather

On October 8, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

Weather in CMANO is one of those things you don’t think about until suddenly you can’t attack a target. Then you realize that the world is alive below you. As a scenario designer it’s one of those things that can really fill out your scenario and bring it to life. […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Lua Repository 2

On October 7, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

This is another entry in my Lua Repository for CMANO. (Find the first one here) I have a large and ungainly notepad++ document with notes, ideas, scribbles, and even a bit of Lua. To start with we’ll run down what I currently have, later we’ll look at other functions from […]