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All my time nerding out on aircraft footage, I haven't seen anything different on the F-35 in that regard. Feel free to post direct comparisons in the same atmosphere conditions. It is going a bit to the realm of 'nobody cares that much', especially something regarding wingtip vortexes. A global improvement would be nice, as in less sensitive to occurrence and longer trails. A focused thing on a single module is a bit head scratching...

I'm pretty sure that the days when DCS modules were available to be bought in physical boxes were a much better idea than this usual malarkey.

It seems that no red aircraft like mig29, su27, mig21..., is reacting to ARH missiles, also checked on my side, SP and MP. I test it in different circumstances and is very easy to reproduce.

HI all, I've been away from DCS for many months and decided to get back on. I'm running 2.9.6.58056@openbeta and since the replay mode is rock solid (a feature that's very important to me) I wanted to startup DCS and enter offline mode and stay with this release. I didn't want to upgrade as I thought I had read some users reporting replay problems had returned in later versions (though I could be wrong). I removed all mods, ran cleanup & repair. Everything starts up just fine but when I click the Offline Mode icon, I get a popup window showing: "can't enter offline mode: error 500". When I try again to activate offline mode I get the popup window showing "can't enter offline mode: error 401". FYI: Manually set system time and date so that's not an issue. Attached most recent dcs.log (I'm guessing the important entry is: 2025-09-06 18:30:12.471 ERROR ASYNCNET (10472): Entering offline mode failed because server returned an invalid reply. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Dennis dcs.log

Yes, in humid conditions the F-15 will often show vortices, but the F-35 is notable because you can sometimes see them even in dry environments, like desert airshows, where other jets wouldn’t produce visible trails. I’m not saying the F-35 is “special” in that sense, but its vortices do appear more frequently and tend to last longer. That comes down to wing geometry and loading, combined with weather conditions. For the same humidity, the F-35’s vortices are generally more visible. F-15: Strong, but short-lived wingtip trails. F-35: More persistent, longer trails due to wing loading and geometry. F/A-18: Heavy vapor overall, but mainly from leading-edge and body vortices rather than wingtips.

you are welcome, but what was the cause of the problem? So that we can better help other users ?

Don't ignore the other images especially the Eagle. There is nothing pointing at the F-35 to have its own effect instead of improving the global effect. Even airliners can display crazy vortexes without pulling Gs.

Hi Ghostrider 147 New Zealand Corsairs are now active to download in DCS User Files

Yes, that’s correct, but the intensity and persistence of vortex formation vary significantly between aircraft types. For example, at an airshow I observed the F-35 generating pronounced, sustained wingtip vortex trails, whereas the F-16 produced little to none under the same atmospheric conditions. Extended vortices on the F-16, such as in your first picture, are relatively uncommon. This comes down to aerodynamic factors—specifically wing planform, aspect ratio, and overall lift distribution—which determine how much and how consistently a wing generates vortical flow. The F-35 has a relatively thick, broad wing with a moderate aspect ratio and significant lift loading, which promotes strong pressure differentials at the tips. That makes vortex generation more pronounced compared to sleeker, higher-aspect ratio designs like the F-16

Medium annoying but yes I did. Not quite farther yet with a solution or even an idea what's going on. But I did some testing within my two 'standard' missions which are quite huge and crowded and long lasting so no tracks still. When I'm able to reproduce either the lock or no-lock I break it down to a small seized track. Thanks

Ich fliege die FC3 MiG29A jetzt sehr lange im PvP. Reichweiten von 1200km+ sind absolut dort realistisch, die Voraussetzung ist aber das man in 12km Höhe fliegt. Daraus ergibt sich auch eine gute Voraussetzung für Fox1 Bvr kämpfen. Mit einen dive von 12km auf 8km und Nachbrenner kann man eine gute Geschwindigkeit erreichen. Das klappt natürlich nur wenn man verstanden hat, wie die Radar delta Einstellungen funktionieren und der Gegner über ähnliche Fox1 Bewaffnung verfügt. Gegen fox3 funktioniert nur Guerillataktiken.

There is nothing special about F-35's visible wingtip vortex. All planes can leave massive trails IRL and it is dependent on the atmosphere conditions. The effect should be improved globally actually.

Just as some modules get their own custom wing vapor effects when pulling G’s, the F-35 should also have a dedicated effect for its wingtip vortex vapor rather than using the generic default. The current effect applied to all aircrafts is too short and fades too quickly, whereas the real F-35 often leaves a distinct, somewhat persistent trail in certain flight regimes.

Hi @Sabreliner. Did they work for you with my two files attached in my last post?

here is what i am trying to do. i love VR hand tracking but want to have a haptic feedback. so the way to do this is i purchased a Bluetooth sound module, small vibration module and then want to map that to play sound whenever the VR hands interact with controls like buttons. SimHaptic allows you to map different sounds to different DCS outputs but does not have buttons or controls as one of them. So i was wondering if i can use DCS-Bios, or even create a simple script to detect all buttons presses. I found there are .lua plugins that can access the com/microsoft features so getting the right sound driver i think is do able. i just wondering if anyone knows a easy script to trigger on any button or if DCS-bios is the way? if i get this working i will share the compete setup for others thoughts

У нашего F16 странная история с радаром по земле. Для того чтобы получить картинку в максимальном разрешении, нужно сначала убрать scale в минимум, потом уже включать режимы DBS. Если пытаться изменить scale уже в DBS режимах, то картинка сбросится. Скорее всего это видение ED такое, хотя изначально радар работал более логично (на видео Вагса). В том declassified мануале, что есть в открытом доступе, я не нашел ответа как должно быть правильно. Тут я пытался поднять этот вопрос давно еще, ответили якобы так и нужно. Но опять же, чтобы это опровергнуть, нужно знать как должно быть в реале.

Нет, заявлен Су-25, и скриншоты с новой кабиной опубликованы по нему же.

Help with Wingman needed... Mission 4... struggling to give Ethan order to attack the convoy... seems to not hear me... not sure what i am doing wrong... do I need to select radio 1 fisrt? in the F10 - flight -Engage menu ... which one is the right option? My target / Mission then rejoin / Ground tgts? Thks for any pointers

I've been enjoying Flaming Sunrise lately. Outstanding work, thanks for the effort. Really like the planning, etc. aspect, much more enjoyable than the scripted campaigns. I'd like to make something like this myself, when does the instruction manual come out, ha!

I’ll check, normally as no.3 you should still be inside the trigger zone. Try stopping close to 2. Or maybe ED changed the AI’s sensitivity and they stop further back now…