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In the past we generally waited until a 3rd party module was quite far along in development; however, this has resulted in duplicated efforts and inefficiencies. Instead, once a 3rd party module has a completed license agreement, we will now announce it to allow the 3rd party to “plant a flag” and avoid duplicated efforts. Once a 3rd party project is roughly six months away from release based on an internal evaluation, more news and updates will be made available. Because we have several 3rd party projects in development, and the change in announcement policy, we have had a flurry of announcement activity. We wish Crosstail studios all the best with their project.

RELEASED! The first post has been updated. Enjoy!

DCS A-1 Skyrider Screenshots

wait until you are nearly 50 then you can start to worry. I wish I was 37 again, try to stay healthy and think positive thoughts, you will be fine.

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TBU-1 confirmed as well? (Toilet Bomb Unit)

RAZBAM F-15E Radar advances.

I've survived 10 Siberian husky puppies.

Hello everyone! Since we started making our slew upgrade, one thing that has come up several times is the limited axis update rate for the slew axis. It doesn’t update as quickly as the other throttle axes, which has meant that even after upgrading the physical slew the axis still doesn’t work as well as it could. This was a limitation inside the throttle firmware, so couldn’t be changed by the slew upgrade directly. Other the last few months I have been working on reverse engineering the Warthog throttle firmware, so I could modify it to increase the slew axis speed. I am pleased to announce our first custom Warthog throttle firmware version, which removes this limitation and runs the slew axis at full speed! Delta_Sim_Fast_Slew_v100.tmf is released free of charge, and is compatible with all our slew upgrades, including the force sensor. Please find the firmware file and install instructions attached for download. You will need the Thrustmaster firmware update tool installed to do the update. This comes with the Thrustmaster Warthog driver package, so you probably have it installed already, or it can be downloaded from the Thrustmaster website. This has been a lot of work, so I hope it will be useful to someone Delta_Sim_Fast_Slew_v100.zip

3dsmax_RmGOqR9T00.mp4 Grabbing the eye of Sauron (WIP)

Barthek's CAUCASUS REDONE 2022 REV. 2 Fellow simmers, it is with great pleasure that I would like to present to you the newest revision of my CAUCASUS REDONE 2022 mod. The introduction of DCS 2.8 caused some problems with the previous version, so I decided to revamp it and enhance with some new features. The greatest change comes with the application of the sweetfx shaders which, of course, are optional but highly recommended. You will immediatelly see the difference in vibrance, tones and shading with almost no fps cost. My sweetfx settings will be attached to this post below. REV. 2, just like the previous version, gives you the option to install SNOWLESS WINTER pack, which has also been improved in some areas. I hope you will enjoy this version and have many successful sorties over Caucasus! Looking forward to hearing some feedback from you, guys! Best, Barthek INSTALLATION GUIDE 1. If you're using any terrain mods, please deactivate them to avoid potential complications. 2. Download the MOD in JSGME-ready format from HERE. 3. Unzip the content of this package to your JSGME mods folder within your DCS main folder. 4. Activate the mod in JSGME. You can find a great tutorial on how to do that HERE. 5. Preferably, set your gamma to 2.5. 6. [OPTIONAL] Download and install RESHADE from https://reshade.me. 7. [OPTIONAL] Download my reshade preset from HERE and place it in your DCS World OpenBeta\bin destination. 8. Launch DCS and pray it all works. MORE SCREENSHOTS OPTIONAL SNOWLESS WINTER / LATE AUTUMN: Answering to some requests of having a snowless version of winter, I hereby present to you some screenshots of what I managed to achieve in that regard. Below, please find the download link and instructions on how to install it. Have fun! INSTALLATION GUIDE 1. Make sure you have the main mod installed (it's not a standalone version). You can find it earlier in this post. 2. Download the SNLOWLESS WINTER pack from HERE. 2. Using JSGME (or another mod-managing software) install the optional SNOWLESS WINTER / LATE AUTUMN overwriting all necessary files when asked to do so. 3. If you want to go back to original version of winter, you will have to disable in your JSGME both the MAIN MOD and the optional SNOWLESS WINTER and then enable the MAIN MOD again. PREVIOUS REVISIONS: DOWNLOAD LINKS (previous versions) MAIN MOD: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xhVTgDmEL0PgFq-kPAmiyDXyBOkF5v6J/view?usp=share_link SNOWLESS WINTER: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KW73eNbsas1x4SB_jfw0WJiLxRwZdMBO/view?usp=share_link

Wont be a "module" and multi-threading is in early testing. We are not making normal games either, so there is that But I think @BIGNEWYsummed it up above.

Dear all, I recently had both the luck and opportunity to sit down with @Enigma89 for an interview. I very much enjoyed being his guest, and would like to express my thanks here again! I found his approach very refreshing and interesting, and while I am sure I talked too much as usual, I hope those of you who are interested, enjoy it, too. This time we talk less about day to day development, roadmaps and updates and more about some of the thought process that stands behind - at least some of - the things we do. We also talk a bit about the history of Multiplayer in DCS in general, the role of Cold War and the Cold War Server in it in particular, and how that affects us as developers. Big thanks again to Enigma and the entire Cold War Server and Community.

Skyraider! Awesome news and all but confirms a planned Vietnam map...

09 сентября 2022 года Дорогие друзья, Представляем вашему вниманию компанию Crosstail Studios, которая становится нашим партнёром и готовит к выпуску модуль DCS: A-1H Skyraider. Прозванный “Spad” этот самолёт хорошо зарекомендовал себя на службе в ВМС, Корпусе морской пехоты и сухопутных силах США как отличное средство непосредственной авиационной поддержки ввиду большой боевой нагрузки и способности долго находиться в воздухе. Он, также, стоял на вооружении Королевских ВВС Великобритании и Франции. Смотрите видео-трейлер посвященный предстоящей премьере самолёта! Модуль DCS: Supercarrier проходит последовательную модернизацию. Улучшения коснутся оформления комнаты руководителя полётов Air Boss (PRIFLY station) и новых возможностей регулировщиков на палубе, которые смогут направлять самолёт игрока с места посадки до конечной точки парковки, а также наоборот, с парковки к месту старта. Подробности и скриншоты ниже. И напоследок, мы расскажем вам о работах по улучшению искусственного интеллекта при ведении маневренных боёв реактивных самолётов. Изменения будут весьма существенными и сделают искусственных оппонентов более похожими на человека. Благодарим Вас за поддержку. Команда Игл Дайнемикс A-1H Skyraider Представляем A-1H Skyraider - это поршневой одномоторный самолёт непосредственной авиационной поддержки, построенный по схеме низкоплана. Он активно применялся во время войны в Корее и Вьетнаме. Благодаря радиальному двигателю с турбонаддувом Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone самолёт имел очень высокую тяговооруженность и способность нести значительную боевую нагрузку. К слову сказать, этим же двигателем оснащался дальний стратегический бомбардировщик B-29 Superfortress. DCS: A-1H Skyraider будет самым подробным и точным воспроизведением этого самолёта на PC. Благодаря хорошим контактам с музеем Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Crosstail Studios получили доступ ко всем самолётам музея, включая два экземпляра Skyraider в летном состоянии. Команда Crosstail Studios потратила огромное количество времени на воссоздание A-1H Skyraider по материалам 3D-сканирования самолётов. Соответствующие эксперты отвечали за правдоподобность лётной модели и основные моменты аэродинамики планера. Crosstail получила поддержку сообщества ветеранов Ассоциации A-1 Skyraider, которые оказывали всяческое содействие и помощь при создании модуля. В период корейской и вьетнамской кампаний США этот самолёт часто привлекался для авиационной поддержки действий поисково-спасательных подразделений и помог спасти не одну сотню жизней пилотов и военнослужащих, попавших в критические ситуации. Несмотря на то, что в период активной боевой работы Skyraider’а в воздухе уже господствовала реактивная авиация, он показал себя очень достойно и смог прослужить долго и успешно. Следующий яркий образец самолёта непосредственной авиационной поддержки A-10 создавался на основе опыта применения A-1H и, как и его предшественник, отличался отменной тяговооруженностью и выносливостью. Crosstail Studios гордится и своим сотрудничеством с компанией Echo One Niner Audio Production, которая будет озвучивать A-1H Skyraider! Команда Echo 19 обладает обширными возможностями и очень скрупулезно подходит к любой работе по созданию правдоподобных звуковых эффектов. С их помощью A-1H уже на стадии раннего доступа получит невероятно качественную озвучку. Команда Crosstail Studios подготовила видеоролик, посвящённый подготовке своего модуля для DCS World. Посмотрите его! Следите за новостями о Skyraider на сайте https://www.crosstailstudios.com. Supercarrier Отчёт о разработке Мы продолжаем работу над постом РП (PRIFLY) и брифинг-румом DCS: Supercarrier. Функциональность комнаты для инструктажей позволит обмениваться информацией о планировании миссии через планшеты. Офицер, проводящий брифинг, также сможет выводить детали, например, карту F10, на проектор перед началом миссии. Позже мы расширим оформление Briefing Room, чтобы включить в неё символику эскадрилий. Боевой интеллект Новые возможности ИИ Ближний воздушный бой При ведении ближнего воздушного боя искусственный интеллект (ИИ) будет учитывать эксплуатационные и манёвренные свойства конкретного типа ЛА и будет выбирать тактику одного витка (с выходом лоб в лоб), тактику двух витков (с выходом в хвост), либо их комбинацию. Это приведёт к кардинальным различиям в ведении боя в зависимости от типа; бой против Вайпера будет отличаться от боя с Хорнетом. При построении манёвра ИИ будет стремится занять более выгодное положение для начала разворота и диктовать условия основываясь на возможностях ЛА противника, его пространственном положении и доступной энергии. Истребитель, предпочитающий тактику одного витка будет стремиться сократить пространство для разворота, в то время как истребитель предпочитающий тактику двух витков будет стараться быть быстрее противника, чтобы к концу второго витка выйти ему в хвост. На примере двух витков можно сказать, что ИИ сможет лучше поддерживать оптимальную скорость в вираже и правильно корректировать положение носа выше или ниже горизонта для того, чтобы увеличить скорость виража или преобразовать избыток кинетической энергии в высоту. Настройка уровня опытности будет определять предельно возможную перегрузку, которую сможет развить самолёт управляемый ботом. Ас будет развивать максимальные перегрузки и выдерживать оптимальные скорости как в вираже так и на вертикали. В зависимости от складывающейся обстановки ИИ сможет переключаться между «одним витком» и «двумя витками» исходя из ракурса и скорости сближения противника. Поведение ИИ будет значительно более динамичным и непредсказуемым. Здесь надо отметить, что поршневая авиация Второй Мировой ввиду значительных отличий от реактивной в тяговооруженности и аэродинамике потребует несколько другого подхода в части ведения ближнего воздушного боя. Эти работы, а также улучшения ИИ при ведении боя группами самолётов будут произведены позднее. Ещё раз благодарим за энтузиазм и поддержку! Искренне с Вами,

MiG-29 is still something we would like to do in the future, but we have no news to share currently. thanks

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DCS Newsletter discussion 9th September - A-1H Skyraider | Supercarrier progress | AI BFM

Projects take time, always have, always will, especially in a simulator as complex and deep as DCS. We will share more news on each project during their final stages before a release. thank you for trying to be patient

For anyone wondering about the map; it is indeed southern Guam. It's the Fena Valley Reservoir. Excuse my beyond horrendous absolutely minimal settings on my work computer, but you can see it indeed matches up. So no, it's nothing new, and not the WWII version of the map either.

Miltech-5 Bo-105PAH1A1 Grabbing the periscope WIP https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/787239697277648907/1017782858988933230/3dsmax_RmGOqR9T00.mp4

Today's the day boys. New module reveal!

Another important thing to keep in mind is that the Meteor has a 2 way datalink, and therefore can also be guided based on target data provided by pretty much any compatible donour which is being received by the Eurofighter firing the missile, so breaking direct line of sight and hiding behind terrain won't work as long as somebody else is still seeing you with their radar and sending your position via DL. And with the Eurofighter having such a small RCS and not even having to turn on its radar to engage, you are almost always going to loose the fight (if you even know that you're in one) This all of course is only valid if Heatblur properly implements this rather important feature of the Meteor, since some of it is still very much classified.

I hope they will fix it before the module leaves EA. This seems like such a half-baked feature. IRL, Mavs can be boresighted to HUD, FCR and the TGP, maybe also the HMD, and more often than not, those boresights will not coincide. TGP is especially important because of handoff, but it should be useful for every sensor.

In DCS - ALL RADARs (Airborne/Ship/Ground) CANNOT BE AFFECTED BY CHAFF AT ALL, there is no ccm_k0 value in Lua code in any radar in game. CHAFF vulnerability factor ccm_k0 only present in missile Lua codes. Because of this, any radar in game will have you "locked" (not literally), except you notch him or fly out of its limits. - THIS IS WRONG! Because of various foil stripes length packed into single chaff, it has an effect on most of the radar frequency ranges and will affect both missiles (active or passive) and radars (search or tracking) - generating tracking errors or a radar break-lock. DOPPLER RADAR: Against Doppler radars, self-protection chaff is most effective when dispensed at or near the beam, relative to the threat radar. Doppler processing radars will continue to track the aircraft unless it also has a relative velocity of zero. This occurs when the aircraft is abeam the radar. Even Doppler radars can have problems with chaff, doppler effect during foil translation can generate inside of the could reflected radar waves with phase shift recognized by Doppler radar as high relative radial speed - which is not filtered out by doppler gate. Considering Chaff cloud as just falling cloud of metallic foils is very inaccurate assumption. SAM RADAR TRACK WHILE SCAN Chaff employed against a track-while-scan (TWS) radar is designed to put multiple targets, with an RCS greater than the aircraft, in the resolution cell of the horizontal and vertical radar beams. Since the tracking loop tracks the largest return, the TWS radar will automatically switch to the chaff. After dispensing chaff, the pilot can maneuver vertically or horizontally to move the aircraft out of the resolution cell. SAM TWS is not the same as airborne TWS, which also use Doppler filter to filter out most of chaff effects. In DCS some late cold war/modern SAM systems able to search while tracking multiple targets. CONICAL SCAN RADAR - very vulnerable to chaffs. Burst chaff dispensing, employed during the final phase of an engagement by air-to-air or surface-to-air weapons, can generate tracking errors or a radar break-lock. The most dominant factor in chaff effectiveness is the radar cross section of the chaff compared to the airplane at the time when airplane and chaff are in the same resolution cell (angular and range). Chaff cloud have largest RCS reflection when viewed from the side of flight direction and smallest from the front and aft. Aircraft lowest RCS reflections are roughly around 45° off the nose or tail of the aircraft. Aspect is important when developing self-protection maneuvering and chaff dispensing tactics against threat radars. Since the typical fighter aircraft RCS varies between 1 and 10 square meters, depending upon frequency and aspect, the RR-170 chaff cartridge should provide a sufficient RCS to mask the aircraft RCS. In DCS some active radar missiles and older SAM systems. MONOPULSE RADAR - also vulnerable to chaffs.Chaff employed against a monopulse radar is designed to put multiple targets in at least two of the tracking beams. This generates errors in the azimuth, elevation, and range tracking circuits. Multiple chaff targets continue to generate azimuth and elevation errors that can eventually generate a break-lock condition, as the radar transfers lock-on to the chaff. Chaff is most effective against monopulse radars when employed on the beam in order to create the maximum angular tracking error. In DCS some active radar missiles and late Cold War SAM systems. (some of above mentioned informations comes from "Electronic Warfare Fundamentals 2000" book, some from "Characteristics and experimental study of radar scattering foil")

I'd like to see more stuff that makes the world come alive. You can spawn at a major international airport, and there's nothing but you. One of the best modules ED has made, was the Super Carrier. You went from an empty Stennis to a deck that feels alive. That needs to be done "globally". Taxiing aircraft at airports, crews working, airliners arriving and departing with ATC chatter. Random airliners flying when you're on your way to or from the AO. The maps need filled in to become alive. Not just players. And it should be auto generated, not having to spend 36 hours in the ME to get a plane working juuuuuuust right. Also, official ED servers. A PVE and PVP server for each map that can hold hundreds/thousands of players. Right now we have 9 million servers and only a few people in each except for a few populated ones. I'd like to see a few severs with hundreds of players, maybe with set events. A huge Blue vs Red event every Saturday at 9 PM Eastern, whatever. 100 v 100, you name it. Just a few things. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Complaining about Module announcements, And Yet there's complaints that ED doesn't Communicate about items in development.

Looking so beautiful!!! Wow, great Job

I agree largely with the sentiment, however, how would a non-involved 3rd party be privy to information discussed between ED and another 3rd party if it were not publicly announced? One could invest a lot of time and effort on a project to present to ED only to find that someone else is already further ahead.

It's great were getting a Vietnam era Skyraider.Do they plan on making an Korean AD-1/4 variant too

We could ask Iran about the 54A's performance in combat....they do have an official Twitter account.

Yeah my issue is kind of the same. They're showing off untextured models (Grinnellis Super Sabre), that we shouldn't be expecting for another what.. 3 years at minimum? And we still have ZERO answers on what's going on with the base of DCS... The hype train can only roll for so long when literally not a single timeline is in the eyes of the public. "Normal" gaming companies hype things when they're within a few month's release... at most! Meanwhile what we have here is ... literally no ETA. We still have videos from last year showing off things unreleased to the public, and "no news" on them. And entire portions of maps from videos at the start of the year with no comment on those either. Same with the weather which has had broken aspects for a year and a half now, and still not a PEEP about multithreading. There has to be news on literally any of this stuff.... It's mind blowing that there's nothing to talk about. But they can talk about stuff well over a year out?????????? You're not making any sense ED.

I did some testing, comparing top speed (IAS by status bar) at 2000m level (Mil power, inf fuel, w/ center tank and flares), in various R-60's layouts. I'm led to think if there is suposed to have more drag then it is not modeled. Altough the weight is modeled, it add an extra 5kg for each double rack compared to 2x singles. So for all pratical purposes you can take into account just the weight and drag of the missiles itself and difference in performance should be unnoticeable for layout with the same number of missiles. Here are my results: EDIT: EXTRA ABSURD TEST: I tried equiping 8xR-60's in 4 double racks and just fire them all, and then measure the top speed again. And God there is something very wrong here. The top speed was 1008 km/h. More than without any rack/missiles equiped. Then I tested 4 single racks, after firing them all the top speed was 967km/h, virtualy the same speed as with all the missiles in them. So I don't know what to think of it. With the double racks there is some imaginary negative drag after firing, in the single one it seems the R-60's have no drag. And it gets even weirder when you drop the racks... the... plane... loses... speed... when... the... racks... are... ditched... Desktop 2022 09 09 14 12 50 226 _comp.m4v Anyway. I guess I'm deviating from the topic. There is clearly some fuckery going on with the drag models, and that should be reported.

A-1H is a presale buy for me for sure. I don't need Vietnam to make that an enjoyable module (doesn't mean we can't get it, but what a fun COIN aircraft for fictional scenarios). Best of the new announcements since the Kola map. I think this is fair. So many announcements lately I can't believe all of them (or maybe most of them) are anywhere near ready for OB. I'm in the minority, but I do prefer announcements made closer to when a module is near completion to avoid the overhype.

I don’t mind them announcing but your right. People need to manage expectations since this stuff is far away.

I'm acting like a freaked out BTS groupie for the Skyraider! Been quietly hoping for this for years now! With the A-1H, the F-8, the F-4, A-4, and maybe one day the A-7, we'd have a nice busy deck for Vietnam! ED, please get us an attack carrier like Oriskany, Intrepid, Yorktown, Coral Sea to fly these vietnam warbirds into the jungle!

Make sure to remember this and get in touch once the FF Fulcrum from ED is in pre order. I will gift it to you! Well done @Furiz

Well "le car" also is not french. But if we had to explain every joke, most of them wouldn´t be funny any more

Es ist auch sehr hilfreich, sich mit den Fähigkeiten, Waffen und Sensoren/Radartypen der gegnerischen Maschinen auseinanderzusetzen. So haben die MiG-29 und Su-27 (Su-33) das gleiche Radar verbaut. Auf dem RWR wird der "erkannte" Radar-Emitter angezeigt, also kann eine (29) auch eine Su-27 sein. Die haben regelmäßig Mittelstrecken IR-Lenkflugkörper dabei und die werden eben nicht von deinen Sensoren erfasst, bis es anklopft. Hier hilft dann nur im Briefing zu schauen, welche Bedrohungen erwartet werden. Siehst du ein (29) auf dem RWR und/oder klassifiziert dein Radar den Gegner als Su-27 etc. sollte man davon ausgehen, dass die eine R-27ET (IR-Suchkopf) auf einen feuert, sobald man nahe genug ist. Man versucht also, pro-aktiv eine eigene AMRAAM zu feiern, um den Gegner "zu beschäftigen" und vermeidet ihm frontal in die Arme zu fliegen. Auch aktiv Radargelenkte Flugkörper melden nicht direkt, dass sie "unterwegs" sind. Ein "Lock" (didel-didel) bedeutet in der Regel ab jetzt kann jederzeit ein Fox 3 (Radargelenkter Flugkörper mit eigenem, aktiven Sucher) unterwegs sein und erst wenn der Suchkopf sein Radar anschaltet, meldet dein RWR mit (M) die anfliegende Missile und deren Anflugrichtung. Dann ist es höchste Zeit hart abzudrehen und Gegenmaßnahmen zu werfen... Eine aktive Missile ist schwierig abzuwehren. Auch wichtig: der RWR zeigt nur die Richtung und "Gefährlichkeit" des Radar-Emitters! Die Ringe haben NICHTS mit Entfernung zu tun!

Похоже изучение модулей DCS это и есть гемплей. Есть же симуляторы сборщика компьютера или автомеханика. Практика это уже что то вторичное.

one guy actually asked me once why the cockpit also has french labels ("le flaps")... It took me a while to realize he was serious about that question...

As the pedals move forward and backward when you use the adjustment handle (opposite the alternate gear extension handle) an arrow moves up and down that scale to tell you the position of the pedals. It’s just so the pilot can quickly set them to the same spot every time in every jet they fly for consistency sake. It’s important for muscle memory and repeatable habit patterns I guess

Might as well take your time on the infantry too. Sounds like ED is planning an infantry overhaul here "soon".

no.. Nearly all HPRF waveforms dont perform range 'detection'. Range is too ambiguous to be detected. It can however be 'resolved' after targets are detected. A single "range bin" (otherwise described as having no range bins) is the norm for HPRF. Range is measured 'post detection' via freq modulated ranging (FMR) (except in VS) In radar engineering, "detection" "post-detection" "resolving" all have very specific meanings.

My only beef in this whole thing is if the darn program is not going to be supported any longer, take the link down from the Vaicom Website to purchase the program. I purchased it quite some time ago and more than got my money's worth out of it so I don't feel jipped out of anything so to speak. I do hope Hollywood is well and nothing unfortunate has happened. As things stand now I could not in good conscience recommend purchasing this program to anyone. At the same time I don't see any good alternatives in the same class as Vaicom Pro. I will however continue to use mine as long as I possibly can.

Я как то пытался сделать обучающую кампанию для Ми-8. По Радиоборудованию. Замутил несколько миссий. Все были нелинейными . С около 10-ка разных сценариев ( генерируемых автоматически) то есть каждый раз миссия будет отличаться. Причем в миссиях даже были свои концовки и сценарии для ИИ (которые шли фоном) Потратил на одну только миссию месяц. Ну и короче, вышел новый Кавказ и все мои зоны, и прочие наземные обьекты - все накрылось медным тазом. Миссия уже работала с косяками. На этом мои увлечения редактором закончились.