DCS: Fortress Europe

Hey everyone, Reflected here. Today I’d like to introduce ‘Fortress Europe’ an epic PvP/ PvE WWII multiplayer mission I’m releasing for DCS world. I was inspired by those terrific missions Philstyle is running on his Storm of War server, so I decided to create something like that, but using the Channel map, and beefed up with some of my own ideas.

The plan was to create a massive WWII playground. The mission runs for 6 hours, and you can jump into any aircraft at any point, and you’ll still have plenty to do even if you’re the only human player on the server.

There are 3 main ground targets assigned to each side, but if you like, you can just roam the countryside looking for road and railway traffic, or ground units near airfields, industrial areas, or ships near the coast. For those who prefer air to air combat, 3 large raids will take off on each side during the mission. You can either escort the friendlies, or intercept the enemy bombers, as directed by your ground controller. There are also 6 smaller scale missions carried out by the AI on each side that are randomized, meaning they will not always happen at the same time if you replay the mission. These are smaller formations attacking secondary targets. On top of this, AI patrols are taking off throughout the mission, and fighters are scrambled when an airfield is under attack. So even if you’re the only human player on the server, you need to watch your six.

There is also a photo recon mission available on each side that enables you to take actual photos of the targets.

If you feel lonely, you have the option to fly with an AI wingman.

If you still find yourself with nothing to do despite all of this happening, you can tune in to the BBC or Radio Berlin for a little entertainment.

Oh, did I mention the mission is fully voiced? There are nearly a hundred custom radio messages that will bring your ground controllers to life.(Special thanks to Olaf binder and Edward Sutherland for the voice overs!)

Play it all alone, or as a coop with some friends, or run it on a server with dozens of players, ‘Fortress Europe’ will keep you entertained and offer something to do any time you jump into your aircraft of choice.

Also, I’m quite inexperienced with multiplayer missions, I’ve always been a SP guy, so if you find any problems or have some suggestions how to make it better, please let me know.

Good hunting!

[johnporten]

Thank you for all of your contributions to the DCS community brother. Keep up the great work

[hanswolfgangmercer]

Thank you for this reflected! I can’t tell you how much I’ve been wanting something like this. It’s the convenience of playing offline with the sense of variety from playing online.

[arthurambroise]

The music end with the crash was on point!
As always thank you Reflected for your fantastic contributions.

[waltergreif]

A brilliant addition to multiplayer!! Thanks Reflected!!

[CrappieKidd]

Thanks for your time this is really needed. I have your ww2 campaigns for single player but my friend and I like flying coop together. Thanks again.

[BunialskiTrip]

Great! Hard to beat Philstyle but still thank you for using the Channel map! I really enjoy Your campaigns.

[msagrado]

Thank you very much Reflected!!! Amazing job as always

[ravnx]

I hath subscribed and commented to assist in trends. You sir are a champion, your Instagram comment tipped me to buy the mozzie; and I was flying around last night in an empty channel map in love but missing something and not quite knowing what....

And again; here you are 🤪 Thanks dude. 👍

[Rabblenarms]

amazing! - been playing through your me109 campaign and loving it - so this is a very welcome download! much appreciated - also I think you, Suntsag, and Philstyles need to be the developers of the actual in game "stuff to do" content for DCS for our beloved warbirds (also throw Cap in there for good fun!) - ty for all your hard work!

[dusty]

I’m curious, why is the mosquito belly blurred out at 2:26 ?

[jep]

Had 5 mins on it yesterday...unfortunately RL kicked in. What I did see looked really good, especially liked the ability to take a AI wingman...nice touch
Will defo be on this....a lot

[joshbrickbirds]

Thank you!! great trailer! and stunning mission!

[DBSTHR]

Why is the B-17 formation so spaced apart?

[xenimaging]

Why is the mosquito censored at 2:20? Also flew the server today and loved it!

[rembratt]

Awesome! This is a given download tonight!

[YY]

👉 Thx a lot! I love it ❤! Till now I few times set the server and was playing with friends. A lot of fun 👍! Crg for this mission and your work. Btw. Can you do the same for Normandy 2.0 map? Pls also add more AI as active groups (for patroling for example) for coop mission. An idea - trigger, if the one own group will be elimnated the new one would activate at the airfield and do another patrol. That way, even more would happen and over and over again. 🤞

[Hexchromerisks]

Love the mission!!! Been playing it all week. How do you take photos? "There is also a photo recon mission available on each side that enables you to take actual photos of the targets." Thanks!

[skywarp]

Wow beautiful!! Unfortunately I don't have The Channel Map yet...

[FatherCommodore]

hi!! ssooo very nice!!! thank you!! Is there a manual or info as how to use all the options in mission? how to hear the voice overs, tune in bbc radio, find a wingman etc etc?

[lankypilot]

Wow just something you knocked up with all that spare time? haha. Thanks so much for making the effort. Quickly loaded it up looks to be running ok for me. Will try a ground mission out next chance. I've been tinkering around with the T1155 from your last vid. Will there any willy's beacons down for this mission to tune into? Thanks again