Offline Missions

Offline Missions

This clipboard page is where you select and load offline missions. Open it with Offline Missions on the main screen, or with Select Missions on the clipboard menu while flying offline. When it opens, the game downloads the current mission list. If the list cannot be downloaded you are asked if you want to use the missions on your computer only.

The mission list

Each mission in the list shows:

• The mission name. (Password) means the mission needs a password. *CREATOR* means you made the mission.
• The mission file name and the terrain it uses. **(Local Only)* means the mission is only on your computer.
• User rating and Difficulty from 0 to 5, from the ratings players gave it, with the number of ratings. A new mission shows NOT RATED.
• Flown - how many times the mission has been flown.
• (Downloaded) when you already have the mission, or (Out of date) when a newer version is available and you should download it again.

A mission shown in gray is disabled and cannot be selected. Click a mission to select it.

Filters and Sort By

Filters opens a menu to choose which missions are listed. Click an item to turn it on or off:

• All Terrains - list the missions for all terrains. This is on when the page opens. When it is off, only missions for the terrain in use are listed.
• Show Yours Only - list only missions you created and missions that are only on your computer.
• Specials - also list special missions.
• Mission types: Training, No Fighting, Dog Fight, Bombing, Intercept, Escort, Defense, Gunner, Ground Attack, Historical, WWI, WWII, sizes Small, Medium, Large, and lengths Time Short, Time Medium, Time Long. When types are checked, only missions that have all the checked types are listed.

Sort By opens a menu to choose the order of the list: By Description, By File Name, By Terrain, By Rating, By Difficulty or By Times Flown.

Choosing your side and flight

A mission must be downloaded before you can choose a side or a flight. Select the mission and click Download. Download also gets the newest version of a mission that is out of date.

The Allied and Axis drop downs display the available missions for each side. Many missions have only one.

• Allied - the mission the Allied side flies.
• Axis - the mission the Axis side flies.
• Flight - your flight and your position in its formation. If no flight can be flown by a player it shows Flights are not selectable.
• Fly For - pick Allied or Axis to choose which side you fly for. The Flight list changes to that side's flights.

For a training mission the side and flight are chosen for you and cannot be changed.

If the mission has a password you are asked for it when you open the Allied or Axis drop down or click OK.

Buttons

• Rate Mission - rate a mission you have already flown. A window opens where you set the Rating from Bad to Good and the Difficulty from Easy to Hard, then click OK. After you fly a mission you have not rated, this window may also open by itself.
• Skip Briefing - check this to skip the full briefing before the mission.
• OK - starts the selected mission. If you are already flying offline on a different terrain than the mission uses, you must exit the game and restart to load that terrain.
• Cancel - closes this page.