Foothold v4.5.0

Foothold Mission

• Added persistent Career Achievements that follow players across mission restarts and different Foothold maps.
• Added achievement ladders for flight time, takeoffs, landings, carrier operations, combat, refueling, supply delivery, warehouse logistics, CTLD construction, troop operations, CSAR, and shop activity.
• Added aircraft-specific flight careers for supported fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, transport aircraft, and warbirds.
• Added special achievements for Hornet and Tomcat carrier traps, Harrier Tarawa landings, Corsair carrier landings, and C-130 airdrop operations.
• Added separate fixed-wing and helicopter ground-kill achievements.
• Added separate fixed-wing and helicopter air-kill streak achievements that reset when the pilot dies.
• Added humorous achievements for ejections, pilot deaths, and friendly fire. These achievements do not award credits.
• Added achievement credit bonuses that increase with each achievement level and are paid through the normal landing reward flow.
• Added coalition-wide achievement announcements with a dedicated sound.
• Added a new F10 Career menu with overview, flight, combat, logistics, and aircraft-specific progress.
• Changed landing achievements so only valid reward landings count, including carrier landings.
• Expanded the rank ladder to 20 ranks and 540,000 total credits, ending with General of the Air Force.
• Changed Red Director package timing so package elements can take off sooner and follow each other more closely.
• Changed AI Logistics to appear at the bottom of Stats and Settings with localized Currently On and Currently Off status text.
• Updated Iraq and CWG radio frequencies on MI-24P
• Fixed issue with Sinai
• Fixed issue with Normandy, menus did not work after spawn.

Config Manager v1.9.1

• Added search for settings, names, and comments with automatic navigation.
• Added Lua syntax checking and safer repair handling.
• Fixed duplicate table keys and malformed table updates.
• Improved loading, refresh speed, caching, and stability.
• Added persistent green NEW markers for newly available aircraft and restricted weapons.
• Changed active-era updates to preserve player choices and add new entries as commented options.
• Improved zoom support, highlighting, and editor navigation.

Manual

• Updated ranking tree
• Fixed typos
• Bumped manual version to 2.1

Foothold v4.4.5

Supplies And Storage

• Added stored supplies to Foothold zones.
  • Zones that do not produce supplies can still store supplies delivered by players.
  • Stored supplies can be collected again until the zone consumes them.
  • Player-delivered supplies can exceed the zone’s automatic production limit.
• Added supply storage to CTLD FARPs.
  • New CTLD FARPs begin with the configured number of supplies.
  • Loading or delivering supplies updates the FARP’s [SUP] count.
  • Saved CTLD FARPs retain their supplies after a restart.
• Changed the Add 3 Supplies shop item to support Foothold zones and CTLD FARPs.
• Added configurable automatic supply limits.
  • Normal zones produce between 1 and 3 supplies and default to 1.
  • [WH] zones produce between 3 and 6 supplies and default to 6.
  • CTLD FARPs begin with between 1 and 3 supplies and default to 1.
  • These limits only stop automatic production. Delivered supplies can still exceed them.
• Changed supply production at damaged or incomplete zones.
  • A damaged zone produces supplies more slowly.
  • The additional delay is limited to ten minutes, preventing newly captured zones from taking excessively long to produce supplies.
• Added Resupply! to Blue zones that do not have enough supplies for their remaining repairs and upgrades.
  • Resupply missions remain active until the zone has enough supplies for the work still needed.
• Fixed some zones remaining stuck at 0% supply production.

Repairs And Upgrades

• Added timed repairs, rebuilding, and installation for Red and Blue ground forces.
  • Repair time depends on how many units are missing.
  • Missing SR, TR, and STR units take longer than normal units.
  • A zone can work on as many as two repairs or upgrades at the same time.
  • Active work and its remaining time are saved across mission restarts.
• Changed Red repairs to begin after supplies arrive.
  • Red has no additional base time because it must first wait for a supply delivery.
  • Each missing normal unit takes 1 minute.
  • Each missing SR, TR, or STR takes 3 minutes.
  • A complete repair or installation takes no more than 20 minutes at normal scaling.
  • If players completely destroy a SAM while it is being repaired, the repair is cancelled. Another supply delivery is required to construct it again.
• Changed Blue zones to repair and upgrade using their stored supplies.
  • A normal zone using self-produced supplies takes 15 minutes, plus 2 minutes for each missing normal unit.
  • A [WH] zone using self-produced supplies takes 5 minutes, plus 2 minutes for each missing normal unit.
  • Each missing SR, TR, or STR takes 3 minutes instead of the normal 2 minutes.
  • Supplies delivered by players, CTLD, airdrops, Add 3 Supplies, or Resupply Friendly Zone have no base time. Only the missing-unit time is applied.
  • The Blue base time exists because Blue can consume supplies already stored at the zone, while Red must first receive a supply delivery.
  • These times apply when Blue uses stored supplies. Existing Blue AI supply deliveries keep their normal direct-upgrade behavior.
• Changed zone labels to show repair and upgrade progress more clearly.
  • Incomplete zones show their active group count beside the zone name.
  • Repairs and upgrades appear on separate lines.
  • Damaged-group health is shown until its repair begins.
  • Enemy Intel can show which SAM or defence is being repaired or installed.
• Added messages when Red begins, reaches halfway through, completes, or loses a SAM repair.
  • General Red defences use shorter messages without the SAM warnings.
  • Active Intel reports the completion instead when players have Intel on that zone.
• Fixed pending repairs incorrectly increasing the displayed number of active groups.
• Fixed some repaired groups failing to return under the correct group template.

Red Air Operations

• Changed Red to maintain both defensive and offensive CAP when both are needed.
  • Red keeps at least one Patrol CAP for its territory and one Attack CAP for pressure over Blue territory.
  • Remaining CAP can still be shared between Patrol and Attack where it is needed most.
• Added primary and secondary defensive priorities for Red.
  • Red considers player activity, recent captures, damaged infrastructure, weak SAM coverage, available supplies, and important zones.
  • Existing Patrol and supply aircraft are directed toward these areas without increasing aircraft limits or shortening normal spawn timers.
• Added an emergency option for Red to use an available Attack CAP aircraft as a defensive Patrol.
  • This is used only when no Patrol is active or preparing.
  • The aircraft returns to its normal Attack role after landing, being lost, or completing the temporary assignment.
• Changed restored Red CAP after a mission restart.
  • Defensive Patrol is requested first.
  • Attack CAP follows shortly afterward.
  • Normal CAP limits and recurring spawn timers remain unchanged.
• Changed Red aircraft spawn safety.
  • Fixed-wing aircraft avoid spawning within 15 NM of a Blue aircraft.
  • Helicopters retain the shorter 5 NM safety distance.
• Changed Red SEAD planning to consider only relevant Blue radar systems.
  • Patriot, HAWK, and NASAMS radar units can create a SEAD requirement.
  • Short-range infrared systems no longer cause unnecessary SEAD missions.
• Added enemy airstrikes to be handled by the director
  • Red chooses a suitable launch area and target from the current focused area.
  • Airstrikes can approach from different directions instead of always starting from the same place.
  • Mission messages show where the strike was spotted and its probable target.

CAS And SEAD Missions

• Changed CAS objectives to require a random 80–100% of the eligible targets, with a minimum of five.
• Changed CAS missions so they are no longer won by whichever player finishes first.
  • Every surviving participant who contributes can receive a reward.
  • The reward pool is based on qualifying kills and divided by each player’s contribution.
• Changed SEAD rewards to use qualifying SAM kills.
  • Every surviving participant who contributes can receive a reward.
  • The reward pool is based on the number of qualifying kills and divided by contribution.
• Changed completed CAS and SEAD missions so qualified players who have already landed receive their rewards automatically.

Joint Missions

• Expanded Joint Mission parties to support between two and four players.
  • Parties remain visible and joinable until they are full.
  • The menu shows the host’s name and the current party size.
• Added automatic party-host transfer.
  • If the host leaves, the next party member becomes the host.
  • Short disconnects and slot changes retain the existing rejoin period.
• Changed Joint Mission rewards so every eligible party member is handled consistently.
  • CAS, SEAD, runway strikes, and other supported mission rewards use the same shared party logic.

Intel, JTAC And CSAR

• Added enemy repair and installation progress to active Intel.
• Changed purchased Intel so its updates are no longer suppressed by an active JTAC.
  • Recon missions retain their existing behavior.
• Improved Self JTAC tracking.
  • Moving targets are tracked more accurately.
  • Targets can be reacquired more quickly after the player turns back toward them.
  • Lasing, target-loss, and no-target messages update correctly.
• Fixed configured fixed-wing CSAR aircraft not causing nearby pilots to approach.
  • This includes aircraft such as the C-130J-30 and WWII aircraft configured for CSAR.
• Changed Blue GCI group names to include their home zone.

Config

• Added separate Supply Speed Scaling for Red and Blue.
  • This controls AI supply mission timers and automatic supply production.
  • 1.0 uses normal time.
  • 0.5 takes half the normal time.
  • 1.5 takes 50% longer.
  • It does not change repair or installation time.
• Added separate Repair Time Scaling for Red and Blue.
  • This controls repair, rebuilding, and installation after supplies are available.
  • 1.0 uses the normal times listed above.
  • 0.5 takes half the normal time.
  • 1.5 takes 50% longer.
  • The maximum repair time is scaled by the same value.
  • It does not change supply production, dispatch, or travel time.
• Added Config Manager choices for normal-zone, [WH], and CTLD FARP supply amounts.
• Added the supply and repair scalers to the Config Manager with separate Red and Blue controls.
• Added the same normal-zone, [WH], supply-speed, and repair-time settings to the WWII Config.
  • The WWII Config does not include CTLD FARP supplies because WWII does not use CTLD FARPs.

Fixes And Performance

• Fixed Red SAMs remaining hidden from aircraft displays when Hide SAM on MFD was disabled.
• Reduced repeated work during zone updates, supply recovery, automatic suspension, CAP planning, JTAC tracking, AWACS planning, and group checks.
• Changed several large checks to run in smaller stages, reducing periodic CPU spikes.

New manual

• Manual version 2.0

Foothold v4.4.1

• Fixed a bug where some zones stuck on [SUP] 0/1 ... 0%
• Add 3 supplies to a zone will now show CTLD zones.
• Add supplies logic to CTLD Farps. 1 supplies by default when CTLD farp is created.
• Micro optimizations.
• Changed the shop name from Make a zone a logistic Center to Build Logistic Center
• [WH] zones now carry 12 supplies.
• Config change
  • Added 3 new config options under Logistics / Warehouse
  • Normal Zone supply Capacity, 1-3
  • Warehouse Supply Capacity, 3-12
  • CTLD FARP Starting Supplies 1-3

Foothold v4.4.0

The Director

• Added new campaign logic that controls how Red plans and supports its attacks.
• Changed Red to focus its forces on selected parts of the frontline instead of launching separate missions against random zones.
• Added coordinated attacks where CAP can provide cover, SEAD can clear the route, and CAS, helicopters, ground forces, artillery, and supplies can support the main attack.
• Changed Red to consider player activity, SAM coverage, damaged zones, available aircraft, supplies, recent captures, and important areas before starting an attack.
• Changed Red CAS so aircraft will avoid attacking through long-range SAM coverage. Red may send SEAD first or use helicopters and ground forces instead.
• Changed Red CAP to protect active fronts and respond to player activity instead of repeatedly covering the same area.
• Added the ability for Red to change targets, redirect aircraft, delay an attack, use a diversion, or stop an operation when the situation changes.
• Added backup AI groups and routes when an operation does not have a suitable preplaced option.
• Changed Red spending so zone upgrades, mass attacks, and Strategic Bombers are purchased based on what is happening in the campaign.
• Changed Blue-generated Attack, Capture, CAS, SEAD, DEAD, Recon, and Runway Strike missions to follow the active front.
• Added Blue campaign logic when blue AI is present to be more relevant where the players are.
• Added saving for active operations, previous targets, campaign results, and front priorities.

CAS And SEAD Missions

• Changed CAS missions so they are no longer won by whichever player finishes first.
  • Each qualifying kill adds 30 credits to the mission reward pool.
  • The entire reward pool is divided between surviving participants according to their qualifying-kill contribution.
• Changed CAS objectives to randomly require between 80% and 100% of the eligible ground targets in the selected zone, with a minimum of five targets.
• Added additional CAS missions based on the number of players.
  • Two CAS missions are available normally.
  • Three are available with at least three active players.
  • Four are available with at least six active players.
• Added up to two simultaneous SEAD missions at different zones.
  • Each qualifying SAM kill adds 50 credits to the mission reward pool.
  • The entire reward pool is divided between surviving participants according to their qualifying-kill contribution.
• Changed completed CAS and SEAD missions so qualified players who have already landed receive their rewards automatically.

Supply And Logistics

• Added ready-supply production to blue and red zones.
  • At default settings, a normal zone prepares one supply every 20 minutes. and can hold 1 supply.
  • A Logistic Center [WH] prepares one supply every 10 minutes and can hold 3 supplies.
  • Players can bring supplies from other zones and stockpile them so that front line have more supplies.
  • Damaged or missing units in a zone will effect the speed of the production.
• Changed AI supply missions to require ready supplies before launching.
  • Each supply mission that goes out from a zone will consume one supply.
  • Buying resupply friendly zone will not consume supply from their origin zone.
• AI supply missions will prioritize zones based on missing units, damaged units, frontline position, neutral zones, waiting time, existing deliveries, and current campaign priorities.
• Blue zones will now self repair and self upgrade if supplies exist in the warehouse.
  • One ready supply is consumed, and the work takes five minutes by default.
  • Repair or upgrade progress is shown on the F10 map.
• Added a 30-second player priority when the supply is ready, so player have a chance to pick the supply instead of the AI.
• Consumption of supplies, when players pick supplies from the zone can be toggled off in the config PlayerZoneSuppliesConsumeStock.
  • Returning or removing the supply restores it to the source zone.
  • Carrier and dynamic FARP supplies remain unlimited (for now)
• When players deliver supplies to a friendly zone, that zone will start the upgrade / repair process.
• Changed the C-130J-30 and Hercules to carry up to three supplies when WarehouseLogistics = false.
  • Added load and unload choices for one, two, or three supplies.
• Added a radio-menu option to enable or disable regular Blue AI logistics when allowed by the config.
• Progress of the supplies in each zone are stored.

Shop And Zone Upgrades

• Added an Add 3 Supplies shop option.
  • Costs 750 credits and requires rank 2.
• Added a GCI station zone upgrade.
  • Costs 500 credits and requires rank 3.
• Added EWR, Logistic Center, and Add 3 Supplies options to the WWII shop.
  • EWR costs 1,000 credits and requires rank 2.
  • Logistic Center costs 2,000 credits and requires rank 1.
  • Add 3 Supplies costs 750 credits and requires rank 2.
• Changed purchased supply missions to use a suitable nearby airbase, Logistic Center, or FARP when available.

Aircraft And Player Support

• Added F-14BU DynamicSpawn template.
• Added F-14BU to the config.
• Added F-14BU and F-14A variants to show the Carriers bearing when players uses "Get closest friendly airbase".
• Added F-4E BRU-42, GBU-24E. and SUU-23 in the weapons list.
• Added configurable player-escort altitude.
  • The escort can follow at the same altitude or between 1,000 and 10,000 feet above the player.
• Changed player escorts to use consistent air-to-air engagement settings while escorting, orbiting, and rejoining.
• Added alerts and a flashing F10 outline when a Blue zone comes under attack.

Config

• Added new supply settings to both the normal and WWII configs.
  • ZoneSelfRepairAndUpgradeTime controls how long a Blue zone takes to repair or upgrade itself using one ready supply. The default is 300 seconds.
  • PlayerZoneSuppliesConsumeStock controls whether player-picked Zone supplies consume ready stock.
• Added RadioMenuStopSupplies to the normal config.
  • This allows players to enable or disable regular Blue AI logistics from the radio menu.
• Added the new shop prices and rank requirements to the normal config.
  • Add 3 Supplies: 750 credits, rank 2.
  • GCI station: 500 credits, rank 3.
• Added the new shop prices and rank requirements to the WWII config.
  • EWR: 1,000 credits, rank 2.
  • Logistic Center: 2,000 credits, rank 1.
  • Add 3 Supplies: 750 credits, rank 2.

Performance And Fixes

• Changed zone maintenance to run in smaller waves, reducing large periodic CPU spikes.
• Changed supply-cargo tracking to reduce repeated checks and unnecessary logging.
• Fixed Zone supply cargo not always being detected correctly inside supply zones.
• Fixed JTAC smoke requests failing when no target is currently assigned.
• Fixed stale CSAR proximity and hover tracking remaining after a pilot was rescued.
• Fixed dynamically spawned GCI aircraft reusing occupied radio channels.
• Fixed naval supply and battleship groups spawning or restoring too close to shore.
• Fixed supply mission would display when there was only 1 blue zone.

Foothold Config Manager

• Added full config Preset support for each saved server instance.
  • Store the current config, switch Presets, update them, rename them, or delete them from the new Presets menu.
  • Each instance can store up to three Normal Presets and three WW2 Presets.
  • Normal and WW2 Presets are managed separately.
  • The active Preset is clearly marked and kept updated when the config is saved or a backup is restored.
  • Switching Presets validates the selected config and backs up the current config before replacing it.
• Added support for importing older Presets.
  • Older value-only Presets can be converted into full config Presets without changing the original files.
• Changed MIZ and config-file imports to support stored Presets.
  • The active Preset is updated automatically.
  • Other stored Presets can also be selected from the import preview.
  • Selected Presets are backed up before being updated.
• Added recovery options when a saved instance can no longer find its config.
  • Select another config, switch between the Normal and WW2 config in the same folder, install a config from a MIZ, or remove the saved instance.
  • Removing an instance does not delete its config file.
• Added live supply restock timer previews to the Red and Blue Supply Speed Scaling controls.
  • The Manager shows the resulting normal-zone and [WH] restock timers for both the Normal and WW2 configs.
• Added clear Locked notices when a setting is unavailable because of another selected option.
  • Conflicting settings are disabled automatically and show why they are locked.
• Added escort altitude selection to the escort configuration.
  • Escorts can follow at the same altitude or between 1,000 and 10,000 feet above the player.
• Changed Open file location to appear under the Manage menu to make room for the new Presets menu.

Foothold v4.3.5

Shop & Logistics

• Fixed the LogisticCenter zones, still showing [WH] all though the zone is lost.
• Changed LogisticCenter shop menu to show active friendly zones that are not already LogisticCenters.
• Added the LogisticCenter Shop item to the new shop style, one flow purchase.

Strategic Bombers & Air Operations

• Bombers will now at 30 NM from TGT, increase their speed to 550 IAS. at 25 NM from TGT, they will climb to 30.000. Ingress is at 20 NM.
• Changed bomber escorts and enemy interceptors to remain active after the bomber is killed and clean up after landing.

Intel & Recon

• Replaced the modern shop item Intel with Satellite Intel.
• Changed completed Recon missions to describe an airborne reconnaissance pass and data analysis, with intelligence available for 10 minutes.
• Added Operational Intelligence for Normandy, using reports from agents and field units instead of satellites.
• Changed shop configuration descriptions to match Satellite Intel and Normandy Operational Intelligence.
• Fixed SA-11 Intel reports identifying the destroyed SnowDrift as a TR; reports now say SnowDrift destroyed.
• Changed SA-11 repair reports to identify the repaired SnowDrift correctly.
• Added localized SnowDrift destruction wording across all supported languages.
• Added new audio for Intel and Intel short, one with mapmarker update and one without.

Aircraft Templates

• Added four Vietnam-era L-39C CAS templates covering rocket and bomb loadouts in one-ship and two-ship formations.
• Added a Vietnam-era L-39C R-3S CAP template.

Normandy

• Fixed some zones was not in the supply zone names list.
• Changed Normandy interceptor warnings to use the WWII-appropriate term Jerries instead of jets.
• Changed generated resupply missions to ignore carrier zone.
• Added artillery reports showing both the origin and destination of the mission.
• Added localized Normandy artillery reporting across all supported languages.
• Removed Advance Capture from Normandy.

Foothold Manager new version

• Version bumped up to 1.8.2
• Added a failsafe if the end user did not apply the new config so mission do not crash.
• Added a warning on screen for 2 minutes after the mission start if old config is being used.
• DCSServerBot will now have a warning like old Moose, if the Foothold config is outdated.
• Redesigned The manager flow when the person opens the manager for the first time.
• Redesigned the button "Import miz config" and "Import Lua config" into one button, "Update Config"
• Added a new button "Manage", with 3 options, "Add instance", "Rename instance" and "Remove instance"
• Fixed issue where diffculty advance settings ware not kept while "Import miz config".
• Reduced Medium levels on "Red CAP limit", "Red CAS limit", "Red SEAD limit", "Runway Strike mission".
  • The goal is to reduce the total amount of planes inAir.
• Added Backup of old config when applying Update Config.

Adjustments

• Added a jitter on the timer so when 1 plane dies, the next don't spawn short after.
• Changed CAP patrols to remain on station for a random 15-30 minutes before proceeding to land.

CTLD

• Updated CTLD to fix packing, removal, and nearby-unit checks using outdated MOOSE coordinate handling.
• Updated CTLD to Fix nearby-group searches being restricted to BLUE instead of using the configured coalition.

Youtube tutorial

• Redone all the Youtube tutorial videos.
  • Watch the Foothold video playlist

Foothold v4.3.2

Changed

• Changed BLUE strategic bombers to accelerate to 550 knots and climb to 30,000 feet before their attack run.
• B-52H Strategic bomber is now allwed in Vietnam era.
• Buying smoke, There is a chance that group will move 150-400 meters in random direction.

Fixed

• Fixed Cold War and Vietnam point-defence upgrades using inconsistent templates across missions and shop purchases.
• Fixed Cold War and Vietnam point-defence upgrades incorrectly including a C-RAM unit.
• Fixed Vietnam BLUE AWACS flights incorrectly using E-3A aircraft instead of E-2Ds.
• Fixed Vietnam BLUE armor upgrades using Cold War or modern templates.
• Fixed strategic-bomber escorts failing to remain with the bomber while engaging enemy aircraft. ( 4.3.1 )
• Fixed Script error in Caucasus while in Vietnam era.

Added

• A-4E-C / OH-6A / Bronco in the weapons category without AllowMods to work with Vietnam era.

Foothold v4.3.1

New update 4.3.1

• Fixed Strategic Bomber AI Escorts not engaging enemy aircraft.
• Fixed AI Escorts returning home instead of orbiting with a holding Strategic Bomber.
• Fixed Player Escort detection when approaching a Strategic Bomber from below.
• Added runway length varification when getting closest friendly airbase so it only returns valid runways.
• Updated the manager to keep your callsign edits.

End of 4.3.1

Vietnam Era

• Added Vietnam Era to Afghanistan, Caucasus, Cold War Germany, Iraq, Kola, Persian Gulf, Sinai Extended, Sinai North, and Syria.
  • Vietnam uses separate Foothold saves from Modern and Cold War.
• Added Vietnam-era units.
  • Infantry, armor, artillery, AAA, aircraft, helicopters, convoys, and naval groups use Vietnam-era replacements.
  • CAP, CAS, SEAD, runway strike, helicopter support, and supply missions use era-appropriate aircraft and weapons.
• Changed shops and logistics to use Vietnam-appropriate options.
  • Modern-only shop items and CTLD units, including JTAC and decoy units, are unavailable in Vietnam.
  • Carriers are disabled in Vietnam, while FARPs remain available.
• Added allowedPlanesVietnam, allowedPlanesRedVietnam, and restrictedWeaponsVietnam to the Foothold Manager.
  • These tables are visible only when the selected Era is Vietnam.

Strategic Bombers

• Added Strategic Bombers to Afghanistan, Caucasus, Cold War Germany, Iraq, Kola, Persian Gulf, Sinai Extended, Sinai North, and Syria.
  • Modern uses the B-1B Lancer, while Cold War uses the B-52H Stratofortress.
  • Strategic Bombers are unavailable in Vietnam.
  • Strategic Bombers cost 1,500 credits and require rank 6.
• Added target and AirSpawn selection when purchasing a Strategic Bomber.
• Added Player Escort and AI Escort options.
  • Player Escort: The bomber spawns above the selected AirSpawn and orbits while waiting for the player.
  • Remain within 2 NM and 2,000 ft of the bomber for one minute. If no active high-altitude SAM threatens the target, the bomber begins its attack automatically.
  • AI Escort: Fighters accompany the bomber automatically. The attack begins immediately unless an active high-altitude SAM threatens the target.
  • The bomber can also be pushed manually from the radio menu under Dynamic Control.
• Added hostile interceptor responses.
  • Interception chances depend on the selected CAP difficulty.
  • Easy has a 10% chance, Medium has a 50% chance, and Hard has an 80% chance.
• Added a Player Escort reward.
  • When the bomber lands safely, qualified escorts share a reward of 1,000 credits.
• Added consequences when the Strategic Bomber is lost.
  • The coalition loses 500 credits, and the bomber remains unavailable for one hour.
• Added Player Escort voice recordings by @traveller1045.

Foothold Manager

• Added checkbox controls for all configurable aircraft and Red air-defense units.
  • Aircraft available for CAP, CAS, SEAD, runway strike, CAS helicopter, and supply helicopter roles can be enabled or disabled individually.
  • Individual Red SAM, SHORAD, AAA, and MANPAD systems can be enabled or disabled.
• Added Era presets for aircraft and Red air defenses.
  • Selecting Modern, Cold War/Gulf War, or Vietnam can update all compatible aircraft and air-defense checkboxes after confirmation.
  • Aircraft checkboxes show which Eras each aircraft supports.
• Fixed removed weapons continuing to appear as available choices in the Config Manager.

SAM Placement

• Added support for spawning SAM units at preplaced map locations.
  • On the Sinai maps and Cold War Germany, launchers and TR/SR/STR units use their designated positions.

Kola

• Changed Kola to use the current Foothold logic shared by the other maps.
• Changed Kola to use the same fresh-start zone randomization as the other maps.
• Changed Kola to a new save-file version.
  • A clean start is required because older Kola saves are incompatible.

Normandy

• Changed Normandy airfields to remove non-WWII aircraft when the mission loads.
• Added preconfigured AI aircraft extra-weight controls to Foothold Config WW2.lua.
  • Extra weight can be used to reduce AI aircraft flight performance when needed.
• Fixed missing Logistics menu.
• Fixed a crash when unloading supplies.
• Fixed valid ground-unit spawns being rejected by terrain validation.

Foothold Performance And Fixes

• Changed all Foothold missions to remove the Escort Friendly Cargo Plane event.
• Fixed an issue in Caucasus where players starting from Tbilisi could not purchase a Capture mission to Lima.
• Fixed a missing-target error in Afghanistan.
• Fixed a brief server stutter when players landed.
• Changed Foothold saving to process zone data in smaller batches, reducing save-related server stutters.
• Changed ground unit checks to run across multiple update cycles instead of checking every zone at once, reducing periodic CPU spikes.
• Changed active aircraft checks so one of three groups is processed every 10 seconds instead of processing every aircraft together, reducing CPU spikes when many aircraft are airborne.
• Added a new kneeboard created by @nighttry.
• Changed mission images to use smaller file sizes across all maps, including Normandy.

Updating Existing Saves

Existing saves on all maps except Kola must be upgraded once. Kola requires a clean start.

1. Place a map marker and enter upgradeallred.
2. Wait for the process to finish.
3. Place another map marker and enter upgradeallblue.
4. Wait for the process to finish.

Foothold v4.2.5

Added

• Added support for more Splash Damage weapons, including more bombs, missiles, rockets, and ground-fired ordnance.
• Added EWRS aircraft names for WWII aircraft for friendlies, including Mustang, Spitfire, Thunderbolt, Corsair, Bf 109, FW 190, Mosquito, Skytrain, Ju 88, and La-7.
• Added to the **Foothold Config WW2.lua WWII-style EWRS altitude reports using Low, Medium, and High callouts.

Changed

• Changed Splash Damage values for several WWII and modern weapons to better match updated explosive data.
• Changed Splash Damage larger weapon-impact explosions to be enabled by default.
• Changed selected Mk 82, Mk 84, GBU, and AGM-130 weapons so larger impact effects do not create oversized secondary explosions.
• Changed selected penetrator and bunker-buster style weapons to use blast behaviour better suited to their warheads.
• Changed several anti-tank missiles and guided rockets to use more focused shaped-charge damage behaviour.
• Changed Splash Damage tracking to wait until falling weapons are closer to the ground before doing extra impact checks, reducing unnecessary work on high-altitude drops.
• Changed Normandy zone suspension so distant zones stay suspended further away from the front line, improving performance on the Normandy map.
• Changed Normandy red AI aircraft so spawned red fighters, bombers, bomber escorts, and interceptors carry extra internal weight to reduce unrealistically strong energy performance.
• Changed Normandy red aircraft spawn handling so restored in-air groups and newly spawned red aircraft use the same extra-weight behaviour.
• Removed UH-60L, UH-60L DAP, Hercules, and KC-130J from the Normandy Airfields.
• Changed Carrier Navigation defensive engagement range from 20% to 40%.
• Changed EWRS friendly picture default limit from 5 to 3 contacts.
• Changed friendly EWRS contacts with no known aircraft type to show Unknown instead of Bogey.

Fixed

• Fixed Ground Escort accept/deny menus staying available after the escort destination was captured before the mission was accepted.
• Fixed Escort mission menus Accept / deny would remain although the target zone is now blue.
• Fixed EWRS settings changed in helicopters carrying over to fixed-wing aircraft when no aircraft-specific EWRS profile had been saved yet.
• Fixed aircraft without saved EWRS changes using aircraft defaults instead of inheriting previous helicopter settings.
• Fixed EWRS profile separation so helicopter and aircraft settings remain independent until each category is changed by the player.
• Fixed Cold War MiG-29 escort and interceptor loadouts using R-27 missiles instead of R-73 missiles.
• Fixed a Splash Damage error that could happen when a weapon impact did not have matching weapon data.
• Fixed Splash Damage ground-ordnance tracking so heavy artillery fire is handled more reliably.
• Fixed AIEN counter-battery errors caused by Normandy artillery units missing range data.
• Fixed Navy Artillery completion handling when all assigned fire missions are finished.
• Fixed F-4E bomb loadouts using outdated fuzing presets across supported missions.

Manager

• Added possibility to change Callsigns in the WelcomemMessage section.
• Changed Save and Undo button states so Save only highlights when there are unsaved changes, while Undo can remain available after saving.
• Changed Save hover behaviour so it stays neutral when there is nothing to save.
• Changed editable grid cells so clicking an already selected editable cell starts editing faster.
• Fixed Undo behaviour for editable table cells, including callsign/IFF values.

Thanks to @stevey9062 for the work on the SplashDamage script!

https://github.com/leka1986/Lekas-Foothold/releases/tag/v4.2.5

Foothold v4.2.0

Normandy 5.1

• Missing Logistic menu Fixed
• Crash when a zone is neutral / captured due to missing AWACS logic Fixed
• Crash when CTLD script is not loaded Fixed

Release 4.2.0

Added

• Added Advance Capture, a new shop option that lets players send capture support before an enemy zone is fully neutral.
• Added support for helicopters, transport aircraft, and ground convoys.
• Added a configurable threshold for when Advance Capture becomes available.
• Added messages when Advance Capture becomes available.
• Added save and restart support for Advance Capture missions already in progress.
• Added automatic return-home behavior if the enemy repairs the zone before it can be captured.
• Added an EWRS report style option, with Style 1 preserving the current format and Style 2 using compact separator-based contact lines.
• Added player-selectable EWRS report style through the F10 EWRS group settings menu.
• Added hostile-only Merged tagging for Style 2 contacts under the configured merge range.
• Added ewrs_defaultReportStyle and ewrs_mergedRangeNm config options.
• Added localized EWRS labels for the new report style menu, compact contact format, compact friendly divider, and Merged tag.
• Added direct latitude/longitude coordinates to saved CTLD-deployed ground groups for SITAC map integrations.
• Added runway course to Get Closest Airbase reports.
• Extended Foothold Watchdog to report the group that caused a Foothold crash.
• Added KA-50_III Door check to Moose.
• Added New config Category, F10 map.
  • Option to change the arrows between the zones to dotted lines.
  • You can also choose to have them Dynamic colors or always white.

Fixed

• Fixed several issues on the Iraq map.
• Changed Recon missions to use planes only.
• Improved supply helicopter behavior.
• Escort missions now start for helicopters inside a zone when that zone is captured.
• Hunter now also reacts to air kills, with a random threshold between 4 and 8 kills.
• Corrected Ka-50 CTLD handling.
• Fixed Carrier Navigation after mission restart, where carriers could turn endlessly near a waypoint.
• Fixed multicrew flight-time reward/stat handling so flight time is not credited twice.

Normandy

• Updated Normandy WWII to the current Foothold standard while keeping its custom WWII logic created by @sevenfifty777.
• Shared more mission logic with the main Foothold codebase.
• Updated Moose.
• Removed F-14 and F-100D from all warehouses.
• Added randomized groups in each zone on every fresh start.
• Added performance optimizations from the latest ZoneCommander work.
• Added new config, Foothold Config WW2.lua
  • The new config is very much trimmed to have only what is valid and useful.
• Added Localization like all the other missions.

Manager

• Added NEW markers after importing a MIZ or config file, so newly added settings and rows are easier to find.
• Added support for dual configs, including the WW2 config used by Normandy.
• Added Restore Defaults support for config files, not only MIZ defaults.
• Added first-time setup to help place the config in Missions\Saves.
• Added MissionScripting.lua desanitize check and apply support.
• Added GitHub and Discord links in About.
• Changed Import Config File to work like Import MIZ Config: the selected config is used as the new base while keeping the current server values where selected.
• Standardized aircraft and weapon list imports so kept lists are rewritten into the active/inactive bucket format instead of staying as compact one-line tables.
• Added a new list editor for aircraft and weapon lists, letting you move items between active and inactive instead of deleting and re-adding them.
• Fixed scrolling in the Forbidden Weapons inactive list.
• Fixed an import/save edge case where an unfinished Lua table could break the config.
• Copy To now respects Normal vs WW2 config type and warns when the matching target config is missing.

Caucasus

• Added 25 new zones.
• The mission now has multiple paths instead of a linear route.
• Changed the starting position to Anapa.
• Added a new save file name. Existing progress is not compatible and will restart with this mission.
• Updated all waypoints, Up to 61.
• Removed Waypoint Kneeboard

Note

• Current zoneCommander is zoneCommanderv2.lua

Foothold v4.1.7

Updated

• Updated MOOSE to the latest summer release.

Added

• Added CTLD FARP with ZELL.
• Added FARP with ZELL pricing to the config: 750 credits, rank 1.
• Added EnableHunter, enabled by default. Hunter sends enemy response forces after players who deal heavy damage to enemy ground units.
• Added support for NoAIBlueSupplies to still allow purchased supplies and capture rewards while blocking automated blue-side supplies.
• Added Combined Arms control support for all CTLD units.

Fixed

• Fixed a missing group on Persian Gulf.
• Fixed a missing group on Iraq.
• Fixed a MOOSE error when the F-100D launched.

Manager

• Changed the manager to use config comments as the main help text shown in the UI.
• Changed the manager layout and cleaned up import/restore workflows.
• Added a GitHub link in About.
• Added MissionScripting.lua desanitize status/check support.
• Added a first-time setup wizard to install Foothold Config.lua into Missions\Saves.
• Added Open File Location.
• Renamed Restore Value to Import Config File.
• Renamed Install MIZ to Import MIZ Config.

Known Issues

• CTLD FARP with ZELL may not launch in some cases. This has been reported to ED.