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HELLO PILOTS Welcome to Digital Train Simulator We paid attention to the production of railway lines - this is not accidental, because railways are an important part of the infrastructure. During the war, the railroad accounted for most of the cargo turnover of the participating countries. Railway stations are important targets, landmarks, and train stations in London and Paris are real architectural treasures. London Victoria London Waterloo London Liverpool Street Paris-Est Paris-Nord Paris-Saint-Lazare Paris-Montparnasse

I will soon release the Tor SHORAD assets featuring: Tor M2 with tracked chassis and the 9M332 missile (x8). Tor M2M with tracked chassis and the 9M338 missile (x16). Tor M2K with wheeled chassis and the 9M332 missile (x8). In the clip you'll see the most advanced version with the newest 9M338 missiles defending incoming Tomahawk cruise missiles.

The JAS-39 Gripen DCS mod has received a major update with many new features and improvements. The cockpit has been completely overhauled with new textures, animations, and lighting. The pilot model has been updated, and a new HMD has been added for all variants. There is now a new Within Visual Range (WVR) variant with HMD and weapon cueing. The cockpit now has additional functionalities, including interior lighting, autopilot, and radar controls. The mod has received many bug fixes and improvements, including new engine and APU sounds, fixed control schemes, and improved gamepad and keyboard support. However, there are still some known bugs, including issues with compatibility with some other mods and limitations with the SFM during ground handling and slow regimes. Overall, this update brings exciting new features and improvements to the JAS-39 Gripen mod.

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LET'S TURN AND BURN Hi Everyone! Currently, the Heatblur team is undertaking a large effort to refine and finalise the flight modelling of the F-14 Tomcat. In the previous update, the changes delivered were exclusively for the F-14A; the TF-30 powered version of the aircraft. The overall goal of this tuning pass was to even more closely match published performance data and ensure that the F-14A performs as it did in reality. The Heatblur F-14A is now even more accurate in how it maintains energy states across the whole flight envelope, meaning more accurate performance while manoeuvring. Further refinements include an overhaul of some of the intrinsic behaviour of the aircraft, such as wing rock. Wing rock in the Tomcat is now more pronounced and accurate to reality, and associated buffeting has also been improved to be more in tune with the real aircraft. The flight modelling refinements for the F-14A are now practically complete and the team is focusing on the F-14B, the F110 engine powered variant of the Tomcat. We thus figured we’d write-up a full and detailed breakdown of the latest DCS: F-14 flight modelling changes, our assumptions, methodologies and some of the theory behind the why and how. F-14 Flight Model Tuning - Part I - click to read. We hope you enjoy! full link: https://heatblur.se/fmupdate/ We love to share and learn together as a community and enthusiasts, and considering these changes impact the way you fly and fight the F-14; why not have you be part of this last step of our development journey. We’ve spent a considerable amount of time recently perfecting and tuning the last parts of the flight model for our F-14. As mentioned above, we’ve focused entirely on the F-14A first; the TF-30 powered version of the aircraft. To give you a better overview of the how and why, let’s do a quick deep dive and give you some background (pls follow the link above). F-14 Flight Model Future With this process nearing completion, the F-14A flight model is nearly in a fully finished state. The journey has been long, initially focusing on handling qualities with our very dedicated pilot SME, Victory205. We wanted to get those out of the way first to make sure handling was correct, with extra time spent focusing on handling qualities around the boat to ensure a very authentic carrier trapping experience. In the near future we will update the following FM items: AOA buffet update to be more realistic (new checkbox option) - will be included in DCS Patch April 13th 2023 Finish performance tuning for F-14B - will be included in DCS Patch April 13th 2023 Improve ground handling Misc minor handling qualities and performance updates as needed Of course the biggest of the items above is to finish a similar pass to the above for the F-14B; also fine-tuning the performance to perfectly match the available data and plots. We’ll chime in with another flight modelling update focusing on the F-14B results once we’re ready! If you have questions or just want to leave your feedback or else discuss the new performance and FM changes, feel free to discuss here. As always, we're looking forward to your input! Thanks for reading, and for your support – we hope you enjoy this deep dive, especially as a precursor to similar articles for the DCS: F-4E, DCS: A-6E and Eurofighter aircraft. Sincerely, Team Heatblur EDIT April 13th, 2023: - Adding Performance and FM Changes to F-14B, inlcuding level flight acceleration, turn performance and top speed and access power across the flight envelope. Feel free to also join the official Heatblur Simulations Discord and discuss with us there: https://discord.gg/heatblur-simulations

@BIGNEWY I'm trying to take the quality of this product seriously, but you locked the thread and renamed it? Why are you marking things correct if you don't even know what correct is, and instead of reading the thread or testing the complaint, editing my post so you don't have to? There are just two numbers backwards, numbers that would show obvious error in a response analysis. I would also advise that the fact his aircraft spazzed so little for what essentially should have been a singularity suggests there's something else wrong with the state space equations. Are you the person actively working on the F-16 Flight model?

Well, I know that tomorrow is April Fool's Day, so I thought I should get this out NOW so that no one thinks it's a prank! Some of you may have seen the recent video by Grim Reapers showing the F22 vs F23 using the AIM-260 JATM. I contacted Cap and asked if I could obtain that missile for use in the F-22 mod. He checked with CurrentHill and permission was given. Thank you! @currenthill He provided me the model and textures. I based the LUA code on the AIM-120D-2 and after some testing and refinement I'm pretty happy with the results. The Raptor can carry six of them internally. Yes, there is some clipping on the rear of them, but then again, there is with AMRAAM's too. It is what it is. I named the missile the AIM-260A JATM (Joint Advanced Tactical Missile). Every missile I've ever heard of went into service in US military with the "A" designation, I don't see why this would be any different. I modified the texture accordingly. The missile was added to the same A2A_Missiles.lua file and the external weapons patch and single player versions have been updated. Links in the first post. Readme contains: "Added AIM-260A JATM by Currenthill (textures) and w3bby82 (3D Model) used with permission and provided by Cap (Grim Reapers) LUA based on AIM-120D-2."

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F-4E Phantom Development Report - DCS Newsletter 31/03/2023 The F-4E Phantom II is a 3rd generation multirole fighter aircraft, and formed the backbone of many air forces worldwide. Heatblur Simulations’ recreation of the Phantom aims to be as realistic as possible, and marries together a decade of development experience with a new, powerful next generation simulation framework created for all future Heatblur Simulations products. DCS: F-4E is now approaching completion and an unveiling in preparation for early access release. Full completion of the following systems has occurred or is imminent: Professional Flight Modeling (PFM) APQ-120 radar and associated systems, based on a next generation physically based radar model. Weapons Systems Flight control, trim feel and autopilot systems, accurately simulating pilot strength stick feel-dynamics, APR-46 RHAW radar warning receiver, a physically based analogue receiver with analogue sound synthesis Mass Dynamics Systems, providing far more accurate and realistic simulation of all movable and physical components of an aircraft. Persistence and Wear Systems …and much more Currently, the Heatblur team is focused on completing some of the last remaining major items of the Phantom II, including some of the more unique and complex features found in other Heatblur modules, such as JESTER AI. JESTER AI is Heatblur’s proprietary AI technology to provide an immersive and unique experience for multi-crew aircraft, currently available in the DCS: F-14. DCS: F-4E will debut JESTER v2, a ground-up rewrite of JESTER AI, providing a better foundation for future extensibility, improvements and a more immersive experience. JESTER v2 will also serve as the foundation for future Heatblur aircraft, such as DCS: A-6E. Stay tuned for a full unveiling of DCS: F-4E Phantom II as Heatblur Simulations reaches the end of the development process and dive deep into the aircraft, its systems and this release. Further DCS Newsletter topics touch on the current F-14 Development Progress and Eagle Dynamics' Free to Play Program. To read the recent DCS Newsletter on the ED Forums please click here. Sincerely, Team Heatblur Check out more development screenshots here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/screenshots/ Feel free to also join the official Heatblur Simulations Discord and discuss with us there: https://discord.gg/heatblur-simulations

Gruppenstab of JG51 Noticed some major bug in the diffuse and roughmat on the wings for previous textures and had to fix that. It´ll take some time now to resave all the previous textures... Also some stenciling on the diffse got pushed around once ive inspected the other textures..... oh well.. Anyway. I´ll rest with making more versions and JG´s for now, finish the fixing and make sure, that JG301, 3, and 51 will be nice and wrapped up for an initial release, before i do more versions.

please, just stop.

Yes. Jester v2 means a general overhaul of the Jester AI - in steps and as applicable - across modules long term.

Your having a laugh aren't you?... I'm heading for 70 and I'm positive I'll be flying on that map long before I kick the bucket.

It’s not overdone and it’s absolutely perfect. You may not like, or believe, that F-14 cockpits looked that way, but they absolutely did and it would be a disservice to change it.

in addition to Tobias tracks and screenshots, here are some screenshots and the track of a short test showing the IR signature of T72, T80 and T90. all of the tanks had a waypoint assigned, so the were not stationary from mission start but had to drive a short way to get to their final location.Tank_IR_signature.trk even then, i do think the IR signature to be off by a lot, given that they can barely be distinguished from the surrounding grass and road, no exhaust smoke etc. also note by the TGP position indicator, i was basically above the targets when i took the screenshots, spotting those from far away (20-30nm) is pretty much impossible without massive amounts of luck i think its self explanatory at this point.. then here is a track showing the IR signature of Map objects on PG, especially civilian cars compared to actively driving enemy vehicles: PG_Map_objects_IR_signature.trk T72 TV mode: T72 WHOT: T72 BHOT T90 TV Mode T90 WHOT T90 BHOT T80 TV T80 WHOT T80 BHOT Tank_IR_signature.trk

The stores drag was adjusted a while ago using drag index data from the F-14 NATOPS. We obviously couldn't adjust the actual drag of the missiles or else it would affect the missile performance, but we found a way to adjust individual stores drag while they're attached based on the station where they're mounted. The recessed Sparrows have the least drag while attached to the aircraft.

Would be great if ED would fix the trains so we could populate those stations more easily with actual train units instead of manually aligning static train objects that dont move...

I'll definitely be doing more experimenting! Thanks heaps. I thought I'd throw my first look up in vid, along with rest of assets, in case it catches some peoples eye who haven't seen mods. ED should put the community work in a newsletter spotlight.

To not spill all the beans yet, we will go into more detail about all of this soon.

We will go more into detail regarding the mentioned systems in future updates. Mass Dynamic Systems basically means that parts of the aircraft that move are also driven by mass, not only as a function executing a command. Think of stuff like flaps, or landing gear, etc. We will update on Jester v2 in the future, and more, following the unveil. Thank you for your kind patience.

The stores drag has been fixed indeed, it needed to happen before the FM could be tuned. Stores drag was tuned by type and station and it generally correlates to the drag index data in NATOPS.

Model things correctly make me happy too, however I would have preferred a less drastic management of the situation, like: Leave current Litening TGP as it is. Add the Lantirn pod Speed up the Sniper pod development. Once the Sniper pod is ready and released, remove the Litening pod.

Its been said that its a matter of when not if. We are waiting for our Terrain SDK to mature enough to do it properly and to the best ability. We are not going to announce it until its happening for obvious reasons. I cant imagine DCS World to never dip its toes in that region though for sure.

yeah imminent is within the week, not even a month, but yeah whatever... at this stage everything is a big unknown F-4, F4U, F-15, 135GR early, .. we are entering Q2 and not one single module was released... oh well. (Speaking generally not exclusively about Heatblur of course)...

Future version of DCE_Manager

These are simulations of combat aircraft. The F-4s were not sent to combat to deliver flowers.

Welcome! Coincidentally, I bought my HOTAS for Star Citizen after pre-ordering a starter ship in 2012, thinking then that it would be released "soon"... a little off target there. No more pre-orders for me! I also played enough War Thunder to pretty quickly want to try something more authentic, so I tried Il-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad and then DCS, first the free Su-25 and then the P-51. I knew next to nothing about flying and I was excellent at crashing on landing and pretty clueless in combat, but I was hooked, too. And once I went to VR there was no going back for sure. Fast forward 10 years and a ton of reading, research and practice later (which I've thoroughly enjoyed), and DCS is better than ever with a lot more on the horizon. Good luck with the PC build!

Mi-8 and UH-1 are now 10 years old. Too many things have changed since then. You can spot the differences by looking at Mi24 or apache. I hope ED would consider renewing 3d models and cockpits of these beloved workhorses.

British Intel ... check

That's what I was commenting is missing from the Sinai map. The map with the most life in the DCS is Syria and now Normandy. The Marian Islands is also a spectacle.

Wir haben im Übersetzerteam diskutiert, ob wir beim Apache lieber die Steuerungsbegriffe auf Englisch lassen, auch bei anderen Fliegern, weil auch wir das Denglisch zum Teil sehr unglücklich finden, haben dann aber doch erstmal alles so wie immer gemacht. Ich werde das nochmal anfragen, ob ein Feature wie Steuerungssprache im Spiel umschalten machbar wäre. Ansonsten wird es wohl immer eine Kombination aus Englisch und Deutsch bleiben, weil sich einige Dinge auf Deutsch einfach blöd übersetzen lassen oder sich das total doof anhört. Das mit der Steuerung der A-10 werde ich mir anschauen.

After ejection, you land, rip of the helmet then duel wield two 1911s as you take out a VC platoon.

This is All I Needed To See to Put Me Over The Top!!!

Is it possible to elaborate on 'Mass Dynamic Systems" and the Jester v2 (how it's different/better?) Great update!

Hope you don't use Rockeyes, then.

JAS 39C Gripen Community Mod v.1.8.5 Download : https://github.com/whisky-actual/Community-JAS-39-C Discord Channel YouTube Channel Our team is passionate about aviation and DCS, and we wanted to bring the JAS-39 Gripen to the simulator. We started working on the mod in February 2021, and in a short amount of time, we achieved a basic FC3 module. We have put a lot of effort into the mod and have added several features to enhance the user experience. Our main focus has been on creating an authentic and immersive cockpit that accurately represents the Gripen's instruments and controls. We have also added unique weapons and made modifications to the SFM to make it as realistic as possible, taking feedback from Gripen SMEs into consideration. We are grateful to the Community A-4E-C team, Grinnelli, Freebird, Gonzalodesanta, Megalax, Isak, 313_Paegas, Krieger, and VSN Team for their support and contributions. Without their help, this project would not have been possible. We are excited to share our mod with the DCS community and welcome anyone who shares our passion to join us on Discord to learn more about the project. Contributing Developers Breadmaker91, Currenthill, FatSpacePanda, FrM|Shaft, Glaucus, Gripen Viking, Kreazle, MangoTango, Roughmaster, Whisky Actual Past Developers Double Tap, Vinedog, Wolfthrower Liveries 313_Paegas, 59th_Jack, Isak Khysing, Megalax Admins Cortexus, Ulv Testers CJordense, Cortexus, DJTaz1975, Norman, Simba11 Special Thanks Bimbac, Fox, Fox2 Productions, Freebird, Gonzalodesanta, Grinnelli, Growling Sidewinder, Krieger, Lanky, Luiz Renault, Neon, PORS, Jerec, Ulvar40, VSN Team (Cdpkobra and Razor+) What's new in version 1.8 For a complete list of changes - check out the change log file included in the package. Added: Clickable cockpit Custom HUD Clickable left display Clickable center display Startup procedure A custom canopy and APU sounds Custom external lights Autothrottle with AoA 12 and AoA 14 landing modes Kneeboard flight checklists Kneeboard weapons deployment overviews Damage model with bullet holes External model cockpit lights for MFDs, flood and HUD Tire overspeed damage Bare metal livery Air launched cruise missile Taurus KEPD 350 Anti radiation missile SPEAR-3 with triple launcher Anti radiation decoy SPEAR-EW with triple launcher Terrain following and pop-up for Storm Shadow Dynamic launch zones for multiple weapons Changed: Higher quality cockpit textures More realistic flight control surfaces Higher quality liveries More realistic nose wheel and rudder turning Higher quality pilot head and helmet DWS 39 is now guided RBS-15 AI with added sea skimming and pop-up features Fixed: RBS-15 blowing up after release Guided A/G weapons that wouldn't release from rack Features New high detailed exterior textures Liveries for each nation that operates the JAS-39 New template to create your liveries Updated animations Canards (in-flight and aerobraking on landings) Leading edges Flaps Updated exterior model (currently using the VSN model as a base, but with adjusted geometries that align with the real plane) New Gripen cockpit (clickable in the future) AAR refueling Roads bases Multiple practice missions Authentic weapons loadout: Known Bugs Find the full list of bugs and enhancements at https://github.com/whisky-actual/Community-JAS-39-C/issues or in our Discord under #bug-reporting Installation Drop the content of the zip file under C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS\ Installation Download the latest release at https://github.com/whisky-actual/Community-JAS-39-C/releases select assets -> Source code (zip) Open the zip and go inside the first folder that will have the release name Select the Mods folder and drop it under C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS (username will vary on your machine and DCS could be DCS beta) Frequently Asked Questions Q: Do you need FC3 to use the module? Yes for the AA variant (F15) (not free) No for the AG variant since it uses the SU25T avionics (free) Q: Do we plan to make it a standalone? Yes, but no promises since we are still exploring the limits of development without the SDK. Q: Do we need a test pilot? Not currently, I will post here and in the discord closer to release. Q: Do we plan to have a D model (two-seaters)? Yes, but no plans for the 2nd seat to be active. Q: Do you have a release date yet? 6/6/2021. Q: Will the JAS39 mod pass IC? Yes, but a public server will need to have the same version for it to work properly.

Hi, Second attempt after the Batteries gauge, went a lot faster with this one, No1sonuk and Vince_Vega have been of great help with my poor coding skills and knowledge on microcontroller as ESP32. Thanks guys ! Lot2Learn IMG_1609.MOV

With the increasing number of cold war AI assets, and may campaigns and mission to be made for this era, toss or loft bombing should become a thing for the AI. E.g., I am reading lots of material on SEAD/DEAD in the Middle East and Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s and I can't help but notice toss bombing was widely used. Actually, it has been used up until operation Desert Storm, in 1991. Thank you for your consideration null

Those planes are surrounded by fence and only thing you can touch is the pitot tube (although will be stopped by patrols) and climb into cockpit is sure to be forbidden. I have only some photos to show the fins of J-8II today because I have other arrangement and only limited time for the main target. And @LowRider88 here are the fins. The trailing edge can be seen sweeping forward even from a right front view.

I really wish ED would stop using the word "imminent" in their news letters when they don't really mean imminent. The last time we heard imminent was for the F15 before Christmas and look how long we are actually waiting.

I assume if we are still alive when a Korean war and Vietnam war map comes they will be period specific. I too would have preferred Sinai to be 1980s era at latest. But at least this era still uses some of the aircraft in the game. A 2022 Kola map is a bit useless. Norway now uses F35, Finland will soon also use F35. Sweden uses Gripen. Russia while still using Some Su27 and MiG29s generally now uses later models. So really none of the main players on that map uses aircraft we have in game. Should have modeled it on Mid to late 90s. When Norway still used F16s, Finland F18s, and Russia was still flying around with early MiG29 and Su27s and even MiG21s.

The beta is out on developer's Discord server.

Just finished this campaign for the first time - WOW! This one has to be one of the most enjoyable campaigns I've played so far in DCS. Very well balanced in every conceivable way and very immersive. I also loved that Armed Forces Radio - I always made sure to tune to 117.2 during RTB. Playing through this campaign was quite an experience and I also learned a thing or two about flying helicopters in combat. So thank you Reflected for this great campaign! PS. I would love to see a sequel been played out on a real Vietnam map (provided we will get one from ED eventually...).

No, it's realistic and it's readable.

Hi guys! just want to let you know that v1.1 it's been released, please check the UH60L discord (SH60B section) to download it ( https://discord.gg/5jyDRVeeD5 )

Very impressive, thank you!

A really very good report

uploaded to user files... https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3330149/