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Dear friends! The challenging year for many of us is coming to an end. We look forward with faith and hope. May the upcoming year be full of pleasant surprises. May it be peaceful, bright, and interesting! May the virtual sky expand and enrich! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! See you in 2024! OctopusG Team

Hey CH! First of all, huge fan of your Mods! Been playing since the A-10C released on CD ROM in... what was it, 2011? 2012? Long time ago. I'm really happy that my friends showed me the work you're putting into making DCS a much more "alive-looking" environment with all the Units! I know how much time 3D modelling takes up though, but since you said in your FAQ you appreciate suggestions, I couldn't help but try my luck~ For years and years I've been hoping, borderline praying for someone to do at least some JSDF Units. My Grandfather is Japanese and it's my second home. With the Saipan Map, I love to fly the F-16 and F-15E as F-2A and F-15DJ placeholders. Your Chinese assets are already amazing~ And I know there are certain old Mods of the Type 10, Type 93 and a few others. But these Mods are very old, some have lots of bugs and outdated scripting/modelling. Again, I know how much 3D modelling takes. And Japan isn't really a nation that is often thought about when flying DCS... But to me personally and to my circle of close friends, we'd absolutely love just a few Units of my beloved JSDF. Even if it's a Type 16 and that's it, I'd already be in heaven I really don't want to sound like I demand anything... But in case you are thinking about actually doing some of our Units, the best and most useful in DCS World would likely be Mogami Class Frigatte Type 87 SPAAG Type 93 SAM Type 03 中-SAM Type 81 SAM Type 11 SAM For Ground Units Type 10 Type 90 Type 74G(改) Type 16 LAV Komatsu (Can mount a Type 01 ATGM, TOW or Machine Gun) Type 87 Scout vehicle These are a lot of vehicles I listed of course, but take these as a list of potential suggestions. I definately do NOT demand anything- Just some of these would already make me probably ignore my University and Job for the four weeks directly following their release- www Though, whether you are able to make some of them into reality or not, I am already glad to use all your other Assets in the Missions I'm building for my friends. They make DCS World so much more unique and fun for all of us! Keep doing what you're doing and stay awesome! 日本からありがとうございます！お疲れ様です！

https://github.com/tobi-be/DCS-OH-6A Main features: Non linear realistic flight model based on blade element theory and wind tunnel data Detailed clickable cockpit Weapons: Minigun Rockets Smokegrenades HE Grenades Working AI Doorgunner Automatically tracking searchlight https://discord.gg/zMjzfJuk26

Dear DCS community, The Polychop Simulations team wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! With the year coming to an end it seems like a good time to reflect on the past and look at the future. Let’s address the big elephant in the room first. While this year has not been the year of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior release, we’re thrilled to finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, we’re approaching the end of the tunnel fast. While the development of the module hasn’t been exactly a smooth ride, the progress made in the past year has been immense. As the new coders took over the project from our parting engineer, they saw the need to either rewrite or refactor most of the code that drives the module to ensure the desired internal quality threshold in systems and the flight model as well as make it more efficient, dynamic and future proof. Artwork has been touched up and finalized. On top of that new features have been added which include but are not limited to Level 2 Manned-Unmanned System (L2MUMS), an overhauled Control Display Subsystem, Optical Display Assembly, Pilot Display Unit and the Improved Data Modem. Last but not least, the module has been sent to Eagle Dynamics and passed the flight model tests. All this would not have been possible without the continued efforts put in by our subject matter experts and testers who have stuck with us for many years now. We’re confident it will soon™ be time to lift the veil and break the radio silence surrounding the development of the OH-58D Kiowa Module. The past year has not been all about the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior though. While the original plan was to work on an overhaul of the SA-342 Gazelle after the release of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior module, a decision based on the original planned development timeline, the newly formed team revised that plan and started to develop the SA-342 Gazelle overhaul in tandem instead. With the first few updates for the SA-342 released in 2023 we’re off to a good start but we’re not even close to being done. The SA-342 Gazelle will see intermittent updates, including but not limited to the flight model, A.I. gunners, a graphical facelift and English cockpit. We’d like to express our sincere gratitude to a number of contributors from the community who have dedicated their time and spared no efforts in providing the most excellent liveries that are now part of the module.

Admirals old Visby has been superseded by the Visby inside the Military Asset Pack Sweden.

Hey! I think these were the only ones that didn't receive the name standard change where I added [CH] as a prefix in the folder name. MIM-104 Patriot M270 MLRS M142 HIMARS Centurion C-RAM BTR-4 Stugna-P T-90M PGZ-09 HQ-17A

Finally a reason to dust off the VR controllers

Thx! This is not based on nibbylots mod. The FM is build from scratch without the linearized approach.

I found a new video showing J-7G manoeuvres for the celebration of the new year, also as a part of the retirement ceremony for their pilots. This old bird still looks as gorgeous as ever. At 2:36 we finally get a glimpse of its cockpit. It looks so cool. I hope Deka make it to the next module after the J-8PP.

Well Merry Christmas to everyone! I'm loving this!

Dear all, we would like to take the opportunity and thank you for your kind and tremendous support! You are simply the best community there is and we could not feel more blessed with all the enthusiasm you showed us and the very kind patience you give us - we do not take it for granted, and we take the responsibility it puts on us very seriously. 2023 has been an overall great year, despite some shortcomings and delays, we had hoped to have the early F-14A out by now, for example, but our promises to you of course remain and we will not stop working hard and doing our best until we fulfilled all of them. With the F-4 on the horizon - and many great things cooking in the background - we hope that we can up our game even more during 2024 and to finally also make good on the still remaining items for all our modules. What remains to say is that we wish you all a Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year 2024. We wish you, your families and loved ones peace, health, prosperity and success in whatever you do, and thank you for being a part of this journey - a journey that we feel has many new and great stops ahead for all of us in the future. Thank you all from the entire Heatblur Team. Onwards and upwards! (screenshot: Yae Sakura, from last year's christmas screenshot competition.)

Hi, pretty please!

Dear Partners, fellow 3rd Parties and Pilots, Thank you for the continued support and words of encouragement. As are we; the community is very passionate for the aircraft we develop, and take heart to everything aspect of the module. We'll do good on our end and get those pesky remaining bugs squashed in the coming year. This year has been quite an aerobatic routine. Between developing the F4U-1D, and other exciting unannounced projects, we've managed to get the Corsair on the final stretch, along with it's Essex Class Carrier and Japanese Ground Assets. We are starting to make time to upgrade our older modules. First by implementing the extremely long awaited LoDs. and eventually the full MiG-21bis Phase II update. Updates will start picking up pace, so hold on to your HOTAS and stay tuned! With that, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May all your dreams come true during this holiday season, and your hearts be filled with love, happiness, and gratitude!

Habe das heute auf YouTube entdeckt. Hat jemand damit schon Erfahrung`?

One reoccurring issue is when ED changes a weapon scheme and add a required parameter for a weapon. Obviously mod makers can't guess beforehand which parameters will be added or required in the future. These kind of issues are usually critical and will crash DCS. The only way to fix them is to update the mod and make it compatible with the new parameter requirements.

Well this is awesome... I do hope they model the 5.56x45mm ballistics correctly. Having shot a lot from a helo IRL the lead in the video look a little to short but I am EXTREMELY excited for this feature regardless of the accuracy/authenticity.

You've ben answered in the other thread you started: If you launched DCS at least once, then there is a folder created on your system partition here: C:\Users\[your windows user name]\Saved Games\DCSworld\ It might be hidden by Windows, but it's certainly there. Un-hide it if needed. You have to go there, create \Mods\Aircraft\ sub-folder manually and extract A-4 archive over there. It's the only way to make the A-4 mod work.

I would argue that fastest way to get into position is to go straight to the source of jamming.

F-16s and F/A-18s suffer from jamming just like the F-15E does. That's the very purpose of jamming. This is not a bug, but a feature. If you don't want to get jammed, shoot down the jammer (if he's hostile), ask him to tun off his jammer (if he's friendly) or point your radar in a different direction.

I would argue that full-fidelity high quality F-15C would make A TON OF MONEY for its authors, be in DCS or Razbam or Heatblur or whoever else. I'd speculate it will out-sell all top modules because: - F-16C pilots will fall in love with raw performance, firepower, radar range, and BVR - F/A-18C pilots who fly Hornet for range and A-A armament but don't really enjoy the navy life, with the need to get back to the deck on most of the servers where any sensible range for A/G missions require use of Hornets. - F-15E pilots who bought it with a dream of kicking ass with radar, range and load, but find the perf and CFTs unsatisfying with poor dogfight experience, and continue to dream of kick-ass A/A - F-14B pilots (outside of hardcore fans) who can find more modern speed and angels outside of fleet defense - and many others who'd enjoy dedicated air dominance platform. Heck the above are mostly strike-tuned - yeah Boyd is overrated but he must be rolling in grave for what Viper has become - mostly a wild weasel with 3 bags and HARMs; Hornet is made to deliver GBUs/JDAMs on land targets from carrier, and Mudhen is a near-bomber strike platform for theaters with fixed airfields available. F-15C slots will be taken like hot cakes on many servers online and create lots of pain for red forces.

This was VERY USEFUL. Thanks mate!

Hi all this time i work for more Fw 190 A8 Cockpit details like Plaques, Labels, Rivets screws and more look self:

22. Dezember 2023 Liebe Piloten, Partner und Freunde! Stellt sicher, dass ihr den DCS Winter Sale in unserem Shop nicht verpasst! Bis zum 7. Januar 2024 um 15:00 Uhr (GMT) erhaltet ihr unglaubliche Rabatte auf eine breite Palette von Luftfahrzeugen, Kampagnen und mehr. Wir haben die Arbeit an der Verbesserung der Boden-KI in DCS fortgesetzt mit dem Ziel, bodengestützte Einheiten realistischer und reaktionsschneller zu machen und euren Missionen eine neue Ebene der Herausforderung und Authentizität zu verleihen. Neue und verbesserte KI-Einheiten wie die C-RAM und die SA-10 (S-300) wurden kürzlich veröffentlicht. Wir arbeiten auch an der Reaktion der SAM auf Anti-Radar-Raketen, an ziehbaren Anhängern und an verbesserten visuellen Effekten von Schiffen. Während wir uns auf ein neues Jahr voller aufregender Möglichkeiten vorbereiten, lasst uns auf all die Fortschritte zurückblicken, die wir im Jahr 2023 gemacht haben. Viele neue Features könnt ihr in der aktuellen Open Beta erleben. Details gibts weiter unten. Vielen Dank für eure Leidenschaft und Unterstützung. Viele Grüße, Eagle Dynamics Frohe Weihnachten DCS Winter Sale 2023 Taucht in den diesjährigen Winter-Sale sowohl in unserem E-Shop als auch auf Steam ein. Dies ist der perfekte Zeitpunkt, um euren Hangar mit bis zu 50 % Rabatt auf alle unsere beliebtesten Module zu erweitern. Nachfolgend die Details: Module mit 50 % Nachlass Flugzeuge Hubschrauber DCS: A-10A Warthog DCS: A-10C II Tank Killer DCS: AJS-37 Viggen DCS: Bf 109 K-4 Kurfurst DCS: C-101 Aviojet DCS: Christen Eagle II DCS: F-15C Eagle DCS: F-5E Tiger II DCS: F-86F Sabre DCS: Flaming Cliffs 3 DCS: Fw 190 A-8 DCS: Fw 190 D-9 Dora DCS: I-16 DCS: L-39 Albatros DCS: MiG-15bis DCS: MiG-21bis DCS: MiG-29 DCS: Mosquito DCS: P-47D Thunderbolt DCS: P-51D Mustang DCS: Su-25 DCS: Su-27 Flanker DCS: Su-33 DCS: Yak-52 DCS: Mi-8MTV2 Magnificent Eight DCS: SA-342 Gazelle DCS: UH-1H Huey Karten DCS: Nevada DCS: Persian Gulf DCS: Syria DCS: The Channel Tech Packs DCS: Combined Arms DCS: Supercarrier DCS: WWII Assets Pack DCS: NS 430 Navigation System DCS: NS 430 for C-101EB DCS: NS 430 for C-101СС DCS: NS 430 for L-39С Cockpit DCS: NS 430 for Mi-8MTV2 Cockpit DCS: NS 430 for SA432 Cockpit Kampagnen mit 50 % Nachlass DCS: A-10C 16-2 Red Flag Campaign DCS: A-10C Advanced Aircraft Training Qualification Campaign DCS: A-10C Basic Flight Training Campaign DCS: A-10C Stone Shield Campaign DCS: A-10C Tactical Training Qualification Campaign DCS: AV-8B Hormuz Freedom Campaign DCS: Black Shark 2 Republic Campaign DCS: Combined Arms: Frontlines Georgia Campaign DCS: F-15C 16-2 Red Flag Campaign DCS: F-15C Aggressors BFM Campaign DCS: F-16C Red Flag 21-1 Campaign DCS: F-5E Aggressors Air Combat Maneuver Campaign DCS: F-5E Aggressors Basic Fighter Maneuvers Campaign DCS: F-5E Black Sea Resolve '79 Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Aggressors BFM Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Rising Squall Campaign DCS: Ka-50 2 Pandemic Campaign DCS: L-39 Albatros: Kursant Campaign DCS: Mi-8MTV2 and Ka-50: Memory of a Hero Campaign DCS: Mi-8MTV2 Crew Part 1 Campaign DCS: Mi-8MTV2 Oilfield Campaign DCS: Mi-8MTV2 The Border Campaign DCS: Mig-21bis Battle of Krasnodar Campaign DCS: Mig-21 bis Constant Peg DCS: P-51D Charnwood Campaign DCS: P-51D High Stakes Campaign DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. IX Operation Epsom Campaign DCS: Su-27 The Ultimate Argument Campaign DCS: The Museum Relic Campaign DCS: UH-1H Argo Campaign DCS: UH-1H Worlds Apart - Spring 2025 Campaign Module mit 40 % Nachlass Flugzeuge Hubschrauber DCS: F-16C Viper DCS: F/A-18C DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. IX DCS: Black Shark 3 DCS: Mi-24P Hind Module mit 30 % Nachlass Flugzeuge Hubschrauber DCS: JF-17 Thunder DCS: F-14 Tomcat DCS: AH-64D Kampagnen mit 30 % Nachlass DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear DCS: A-10C Operation Persian Freedom Campaign DCS: AV-8B Kerman Campaign DCS: AV-8B Sky Warrior Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Operation Cerberus North Campaign DCS: UH-1H The Last Show Module mit 25 % Nachlass Vorverkauf DCS: F-4E Phantom II Kampagnen mit 25 % Nachlass DCS: A-10C Iron Flag Part 1 Campaign DCS: AH-64D MAD campaign DCS: Bf 109 K-4 Jagdflieger Campaign DCS: F-14 Speed & Angels Campaign DCS: F-14A Fear the Bones Campaign DCS: F-14A Zone 5 Campaign DCS: F-14B Operation Sandworm DCS: F-15C The Georgian War Сampaign DCS: F-86F Hunters over the Yalu Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Flaming Sunrise DCS: F/A-18C Hornet - The Serpent's Head 2 Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Operation Pontus Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Persian Lion Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Persian Lion II Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Raven One Сampaign DCS: F/A-18C Raven One: Dominant Fury Campaign DCS: Fw 190 A-8 Horrido! Campaign DCS: JF-17 MAD campaign DCS: M-2000C Red Flag Campaign DCS: MAD Campaign DCS: Mosquito FB VI - V for Victory DCS: P-47D Wolfpack Campaign DCS: P-51D: The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney Campaign DCS: Spitfire Beware! Beware! DCS: Spitfire IX The Big Show Campaign DCS: The Enemy Within 3.0 Campaign DCS: UH-1 Paradise Lost Module mit 20 % Nachlass Flugzeuge DCS: MB-339A Aermacchi Upgrades nicht im Sale DCS: Normandy 2.0 Upgrade for N1 DCS: Normandy 2.0 Upgrade for N1 and TC DCS: Normandy 2.0 Upgrade for TC Flugzeuge nicht im Sale DCS: AV-8B Night Attack V/STOL DCS: F-15E DCS: M-2000C DCS: MiG-19P Farmer DCS: Mirage F1 Karten nicht im Sale DCS: Normandy 2.0 DCS: Sinai DCS: South Atlantic Kampagnen nicht im Sale DCS: F-16C Weasels Over Syria Campaign DCS: F/A-18C Hornet Inherent Resolve Campaign DCS: MAD Black Shark Campaign DCS: Mi-24P The Border Prequel Campaign Schaut im Shop vorbei. Viel Spaß! Bodeneinheiten-KI Entwicklungsfortschritt 2023 wurden mehrere Verbesserungen an Bodeneinheiten vorgenommen, sowohl was die Spielleistung als auch das Verhalten betrifft. Um die Spielleistung zu verbessern, wurden die Berechnungen der Flugabwehrartillerie-KI (AAA) optimiert, und große Missionen mit vielen Bodeneinheiten nutzen nun die Leistungsvorteile, die durch Multi-Threading möglich sind. Der Mehrspielermodus wurde auch durch die Synchronisierung von Artillerieeinschlagspunkten verbessert. Die Routenverfolgung sowohl von Boden- als auch von Marineeinheiten ist wichtig und weitere Verbesserungen werden Anfang 2024 folgen. Bei den Bodeneinheiten gab es einige willkommene Neuerungen, wie z. B. die Möglichkeit, Infanterieeinheiten zu be- und entladen, die Fähigkeit der KI, klüger zwischen Munitionstypen zu wählen, neue Nachladegeräusche und eine neue Sprachausgabe für spielergesteuerte Bodeneinheiten, die Combined Arms verwenden. Die radargesteuerten Luftabwehrkanonensysteme haben eine verbesserte Modellierung der Zielflugbahn erhalten, und die neuen C-RAM und SA-10 SAM befinden sich jetzt standardmäßig im Alarmstatus ROT ohne zugewiesene Route. Diese Bemühungen werden 2024 mit einer natürlicheren und zufälligeren Verteilung der Einheiten in einer Kolonne, einer verbesserten Modellierung der Aufhängung von Bodeneinheiten in unwegsamem Gelände, einer verbesserten Gegenbatterietaktik für indirekte Feuersysteme, neuen und verbesserten Reaktionen von Luftverteidigungseinheiten auf einen Raketenangriff und einer realistischeren Schadensmodellierung und visuellen Effekten für Schiffe fortgesetzt. DCS in 2023 Rückblick auf 2023 2023 war ein großes Jahr sowohl für Eagle Dynamics SA als auch für unsere 3rd-Party-Partner. Ein Großteil unserer Arbeit konzentrierte sich auf die Verbesserung des DCS-Kerns mit wichtigen Erweiterungen und Fehlerbehebungen. Einige der bemerkenswertesten Kernverbesserungen waren: Multithreading. Dadurch kann DCS mehrere CPU-Kerne besser ausnutzen, was für die meisten Spieler eine deutlich verbesserte Leistung bedeutet. Die Spieler können nun ihre Grafikdetails erhöhen und/oder höhere Bildraten in 2D und VR erreichen. DLSS und FSR. Deep Learning Super Sampling und FX Super Resolution (FSR) wurden ebenfalls in 2023 hinzugefügt, um die Spielleistung weiter zu verbessern. In Kombination mit Multithreading wurde 2023 die größte Leistungssteigerung in der Geschichte von DCS erzielt. Verbesserter Sprachchat. Der Sprachchat wurde 2023 durch eine bessere Benutzeroberfläche, erhöhte Stabilität und Kommunikationsoptionen erheblich verbessert. Verbesserte prozedurale Grasverteilungstechnik wurde implementiert, um natürlicher zu wirken, indem bessere Schattierungen mit Ambient Occlusion und realistischere Traktion für Wind und Rotorabwinden hinzugefügt wurden. Zu den weiteren wichtigen DCS-Kernverbesserungen gehören eine neue Datenverbindungsarchitektur für mehrere Flugzeugplattformen, Verbesserungen bei der Waffenmodellierung, neue visuelle Zielvisieroptionen, eine verbesserte Modellierung des vorwärtsgerichteten Infrarots (FLIR), die Hinzufügung neuer Waffentypen, eine aktualisierte Luft-Luft-Radarmodellierung, neue und verbesserte Modelle für mehrere KI-Einheiten, Leistungs- und Stabilitätsverbesserungen für den Mehrspielermodus, neue Bemalungen, Verbesserungen für MultiCrew, viele neue und kostenlose Missionen, mehrere neue Pilotenmodelle und Verbesserungen des Missionseditors, um nur einige zu nennen. Zusätzlich zu diesen DCS-Kernverbesserungen wurden 2023 viele spannende DCS-Module und Kampagnen veröffentlicht, darunter die F-15E von RAZBAM, die Mirage F1 EE und BE von Aerges, die Normandie-2-Karte von Ugra Media, die Sinai-Karte von OneReTech und viele fantastische Kampagnen. Auch im Jahr 2023 wurden zahlreiche Flugzeuge, Karten, Assets und Kampagnen weiterentwickelt und verbessert. Im Geiste der Weihnachtszeit wünschen wir euch ein frohes Weihnachtsfest voller Freude, Wärme und unvergesslicher Momente. Danke, dass ihr ein Teil unserer Familie seid. DCS ist ein von der Gemeinschaft getragenes Projekt, und eure Leidenschaft treibt uns an, eine Simulation von Weltklasse zu liefern. In 2024 stehen weitere spannende Entwicklungen an. Nochmals vielen Dank für eure Leidenschaft und Unterstützung. Viele Grüße, Eagle Dynamics

I agree, will love a J-7G made by Deka!

The new Tu-95 really is a beauty, thanks a lot! For 1980s scenarios, it would be great to have a soviet skin in silver and with the old fashioned red star - any chance you might do one? If you're too busy, I might try to do a simple repaint as well, like I did for the H-6 to make it resemble a Badger.

Если есть вопросы по самолету,с удовольствием отвечу.Довелось полетать на нем.Есть много книг по эксплуатации.Парой бы с радостью полетал с кем-нибудь…

lateral balance is easy when utilizing symmetrical loadouts, but that's out the window as soon as you strap on a TGP, ECM, and even worse if you only need one 2000 lbs bomb that can't go on the center. A graphical slider that would illustrate current horizontal center of gravity would help with this. There may be value in a second slider that shows wind-resistance, but I tend to think that's not as important. I would assume that DCS is already calculating these values under the hood, just asking to make them visible when creating a loadout. Thanks for all you do for us!

The Slave function is always enabled by default in the Pilot crewstation, whereas the CPG can toggle Slave on and off using the SLAVE button on the right TEDAC handgrip. As a result, the Pilot is given two functions to mitigate the absence of a SLAVE button. 1) The WPN->UTIL page displays a CUEING option that allows the Pilot to hide the ACQ LOS Reticle and the Cueing Dots around the central LOS Reticle. These symbology elements are only displayed in the CPG crewstation when Slave is enabled, but this allows the Pilot to selectively remove these elements from the symbology. 2) If the Pilot's selected sight is FCR, Slave is enabled by default when the FCR is initially selected. However, if the Pilot moves the FCR centerline by pressing either of the arrow buttons on the FCR page, Slave will become disabled in the Pilot crewstation. Slave will be re-enabled if the Pilot selects any Acquisition source from the ACQ selection menu, even if the existing ACQ is re-selected; or if the Pilot selects HMD as the sight.

I had made a request to devs. I'll bump it when I'm back from holiday.

That was fast! Please see here for the SeaSprite!

All We can say right now is soon. Sooner than what you expect

Yes, Merry Christmas to the whole DCS Team, their families and beloved ones!!!

This one could be? Btw. Nice feature, crg!

+1 Thank you for making dreams come true that my younger self never even dared to dream.

WTF that M4...

From Polychop Simulations: "Dear DCS community, The Polychop Simulations team wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! With the year coming to an end it seems like a good time to reflect on the past and look at the future. Let’s address the big elephant in the room first. While this year has not been the year of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior release, we’re thrilled to finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, we’re approaching the end of the tunnel fast. While the development of the module hasn’t been exactly a smooth ride, the progress made in the past year has been immense. As the new coders took over the project from our parting engineer, they saw the need to either rewrite or refactor most of the code that drives the module to ensure the desired internal quality threshold in systems and the flight model as well as make it more efficient, dynamic and future proof. Artwork has been touched up and finalized. On top of that new features have been added which include but are not limited to Level 2 Manned-Unmanned System (L2MUMS), an overhauled Control Display Subsystem, Optical Display Assembly, Pilot Display Unit and the Improved Data Modem. Last but not least, the module has been sent to Eagle Dynamics and passed the flight model tests. All this would not have been possible without the continued efforts put in by our subject matter experts and testers who have stuck with us for many years now. We’re confident it will soon™ be time to lift the veil and break the radio silence surrounding the development of the OH-58D Kiowa Module. The past year has not been all about the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior though. While the original plan was to work on an overhaul of the SA-342 Gazelle after the release of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior module, a decision based on the original planned development timeline, the newly formed team revised that plan and started to develop the SA-342 Gazelle overhaul in tandem instead. With the first few updates for the SA-342 released in 2023 we’re off to a good start but we’re not even close to being done. The SA-342 Gazelle will see intermittent updates, including but not limited to the flight model, A.I. gunners, a graphical facelift and English cockpit. We’d like to express our sincere gratitude to a number of contributors from the community who have dedicated their time and spared no efforts in providing the most excellent liveries that are now part of the module."

Hello everyone! During 2022-2023 I’ve monitored (from time to time) flight trackers (like Flightradar24.com) and I think that military callsigns seen there could be useful for DCS developers and/or addon makers to make ATC and military communications in DCS much more interesting and realistic. As I’ve monitored flight trackers not 24/7, these callsigns represent just a portion (although in some cases there are plenty of them) of callsigns used by Air Forces. Below are ONLY callsigns which have been used in Europe/Mediterranean/Middle East in 2022 and 2023/up to now. I don’t really know if they are relevant for CONUS or other regions. But they will surely do for Caucasus and Syria maps (I think Persian Gulf too). There may be mistakes. I’d appreciate if somebody adds other callsigns and/or corrects mistakes. What to be noted here? - Lots of callsigns for different Air Forces operating in Europe/Mediterranean/Middle East and represented in DCS for A400M, A330 MRTT, B-52, C-130/KC-130, KC-135, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-15E, F-16, Tornado, helicopters (less callsigns for other types); - Special information (units etc.) if identified; - Some callsigns really fill gaps in DCS (most notably German Tornado IDS and Belgian/Netherlands’ F-16s, Belgian/Italian/RNAF/RNoAF/USMC C-130s/KC-130s); - Quite a lot of callsigns for addons (A330, A400M, Eurofighter Typhoon, P-8A, RC-135W). Let’s go. Air Forces, aircraft types and callsigns are in alphabetical order. Belgian Air Component: Fighters (General Dynamics F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon): “BEAST”, “CHAOS”, “DETOX”, “LION”, “MACE”, “MATRIX”, “TACO”, “TIGER”, “SHIELD”, “STING”, “VULTURE”; Transport aircraft (Airbus A400M-180 Atlas): “GRIZZLY”. French Air and Space Force: Tanker aircraft (Boeing C-135FR/RG Stratotanker, ERV04.031 “Sologne” (Istres-Le Tube AB)): “CARNI”, “MARCO” (“MARCOTTE”), “MERLIN”, “TOTAL”; Tanker/transport aircraft (Airbus A330-243MRTT, ERVTS01.031 “Bretagne” (Istres-Le Tube AB)): “AZUR”, “CATHAR”, “ROMUS”, “VALIANT”; Transport aircraft (Airbus A400M Atlas): “BONO”, “CARVEX”, “CATHAR”, “CUJAS”, “HORUS”, “RAMILLE”, “TARPON”; Transport aircraft (Lockheed C-130H/J-30 Hercules/Super Hercules): “BURMA”, “REV”. German Air Force: Fighters (Eurofighter Typhoon, TaktLwG 31 “Boelcke” (Norvenich AB)): “AUDI”, “HAMMER”, “PACK”, “SABRE”, “SHOCK”, “SMASH”, “TALON”, “VADER”; Fighters (Eurofighter Typhoon, TaktLwG 73 “Steinhoff” (Rostock-Laage airport)): “COBRA”, “IRON”, “STONE”; Fighters (Eurofighter Typhoon, TaktLwG 74 (Neuburg AB)): “BRONCO”, “CONAN”, “CROW”, “FALCON”, “METAL”, “POISON”, “SLAYER”, ”SMOKE”, “THOR”, “VIRUS”, “JAEGER”, “ZAPATA”; Fighter-bombers (Panavia Tornado IDS, TaktLwG 33 (Buchel AB)): “ATTACK”, “AXEMAN”, “BOMBER”, “BURNER”, “EPIC”, “GHOST”, “KNIGHT”, “NITRO”, “STRIKE”; Fighters/fighter-bombers (test & evaluation) (Eurofighter Typhoon, Panavia Tornado IDS (T), WTD 61 (Manching AB)): “DASA”, “DIXI”, “EDGE”; Tactical reconnaissance/electronic combat aircraft (Panavia Tornado ECR, TaktLwG 51 “Immelmann”) (Schleswig AB)): “DRAGON”, “EAGLE”, “MONSTER”, “ORCA”, “PANTER”, “PIRAT”, “RAPTOR”, “RAGE”, “VIKING”; Other fighters of fighter-bombers/tactical reconnaissance aircraft (unidentified units, Panavia Tornado ECR/IDS/IDS(T) or Eurofighter Typhoon): “ANGRY”, “HYPER”, “NOMEX”, “ODIN”, “TIFON”; Transport aircraft (Airbus A400M/M-180 Atlas, LTG 62 (Wunstorf AB)): “ARCTOS”, “CORBY”, “DIXI”, “GRIZZLY”, ”LIFTER”, “PRIMER”; Transport aircraft (Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules): “RHINO”. Hellenic Air Force: Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft (Embraer Erieye EMB-145H AEW&C): “OURAN”; Transport aircraft (Alenia C27J Spartan): “PEG”. Italian Air Force: Tanker aircraft (Boeing-767-2EY(ER)): “BARMAN”, “BREUS”, “PETROL”, “ROMAN”, “SPERA”; Transport aircraft (Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules): “COSMO”, “LYRA”, “VEGA”. North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft (Boeing E-3A Sentry, Geilenkirchen AB, Germany; FOB Konya, Turkey): “NATO”; Strategic reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Phoenix): “MAGMA”. Polish Air Force: Fighters (Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon): “DEVIL”. Royal Air Force: Fighters (Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4/T.3): “ASCOT”, “BARON”, “COBRA”, “DREAD”, “FANG”, “HAVOC”, “JEDI”, “NIGHTMARE”, “PALADIN”, “PSYCHO”, “PUNISHER”, “RAZOR”, “REBEL”, ”ROGUE”, “SPARTA”, “TRIPLE”, “TYPHOON”, “TYRANT”, “VANDAL”, “VERMIN”, “WARLORD”, “WOLF”; Maritime patrol (strategic reconnaissance) aircraft (Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1, RAF Lossiemouth): “COMET”, “GURNSEY”, “STINGRAY”; Strategic reconnaissance aircraft (Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint, RAF Waddington): “GOOSE”; Tanker/transport aircraft (RAF Akrotiri, RAF Brize Norton) (Airbus KC2 Voyager (A330-243MRTT)): “COMET”, “KAYAK”, “TARTAN”; Transport aircraft (RAF Akrotiri, RAF Brize Norton): Airbus A400M Atlas: “ASCOT”, “BLENHEIM”, “COMET”, “DREAD”, “GRIFFIN”; Boeing C-17A Globemaster III: “BLACKCAT”, “HAWKER”; Lockheed C-130J/J-30 Super Hercules: “ALBERT”, “ASCOT”, “BLENHEIM”, “COMET”, “JUDGE”, “LIFTER”, “OMEN”, “REYNARD”, “STRIKER”, “ZORRO”. British Army Air Corps: Attack helicopters (Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian AH.2): “DEMON”, “PANTHER”, “SLAYER”. Royal Canadian Air Force: Transport aircraft (Lockheed CC-130J Hercules): “CANUK” (“CANUCK”). Royal Netherlands Air Force: Fighters (General Dynamics F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon): “BONZO”, “BULLDOG”, ”EPIC”, “FIST”, “SHARK”, “SNAKE”; Tanker/transport aircraft (Airbus KC-30M (A330-243MRTT)): “MULTI”; Transport aircraft (Lockheed C-130H/H-30 Hercules): “AIRFOX”, “MONK”, “ROGUE”, “TORRO”, “VADOR”. Royal Norwegian Air Force: Maritime patrol (strategic reconnaissance) aircraft (Boeing P-8A Poseidon, 333 sq., Evenes Air Station): “ODIN”; Transport aircraft (Lockheed C-130H/J/J-30 Hercules/Super Hercules): “BALTO”, “BRONCO”, “DIESEL”, “DRAGON”, “MIGHTY”, “MOOSE”, “MOUNT”, “STALLION”, “WAGON”. Spanish Air force: Transport aircraft: Airbus A330-202: “LINCE”; Airbus A400M-180 Atlas: “DUMBO”, “MAMUT”; CASA CN-325M-100: “BARBO”. Swedish Air Force: Transport aircraft (Lockheed C-130H Hercules): “MITY”. Turkish Air Force: Tanker aircraft (Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker): “ASENA”; Transport aircraft: Airbus A400M Atlas: “ESEN”; Lockheed C-130B/E/EM Hercules: “ALEV”. United States Air Force: Airborne Command and Control aircraft (Boeing E-4B AACP, 1st ACCS (Offutt AFB, NE)): “GRIM”; Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft (Boeing E-3B/C Sentry, 552nd ACW (Tinker AFB, OK)): “NORSE”, “NOVA”; Fighters: General Dynamics F-16CG/DG Fighting Falcon, 31st FW (Aviano AB, Italy): “BUZZARD”, “CLAW”, “KNIFE”, “MIZELL”, “NICKEL”, “REBEL”, “VENOM”, “VIPER”; General Dynamics F-16CJ Fighting Falcon, 52nd FW (Spangdahlem AB, Germany): “WARHAWK”; McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, 48th FW (RAF Lakenheath): “BONES”, “BUCK”, “CLAW”, “GREMLIN”, “JAZZ”, “MAUL”, “NOBLE”, “PANTHER”, “RAGE”, “RATCH”, “REHEAT”, “RETRO”, “SHIFTY”, “SLAM”, “STOUT”, “STRIKE”, “THUD”; Global Special Air Mission airlift (89th AW, Joint Base Andrews, MD): Boeing 757-23A (C-32A): “CHUB”, “STINT”; Boeing C-40B/C: “SPAR”; Boeing VC-25: “DESK”; Boeing VC-32A: “SAM”; Strategic bombers (Boeing B-52H Stratofortress): 2nd BW (Barksdale AFB, LA): “FEAR”; 5th BW (Minot AFB, ND): “NOBLE”, “TYSON”, “ZEUS”; Strategic reconnaissance aircraft/unmanned aerial vehicles: Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint: “HOMER”, “HUNTER”, “JAKE”, “SAURN”, “ZEUS”; Boeing E-8C Joint Stars: “REDEYE”; Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk: “FORTE”; Tanker aircraft: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker, USAFE 100th ARW (RAF Mildenhall): “BOZO”, “HOBO”, “LAGER”, “QUID”; Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (Air National Guard units): “ESSO”, “NACHO”; Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (Air Mobility Command units): “BART”, “COUNT”, “KYSR”, “LAGER”, “RAKE”, “TOPCAT”; Boeing KC-46A Pegasus (Air Mobility Command/Air National Guard units): “NACHO”, “PACK”; McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender (Air Mobility Command units): “NACHO”; Transport aircraft: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III: “MOOSE”, “REACH”; Lockheed C-130H/J/J-30 Hercules/Super Hercules: “BLACK”, “CHROME”, “HERKY”, “LION”, “REACH”, “JUMP”; Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy: “REACH”. United States Army: Transport/medevac helicopters: Boeing Vertol CH-47F Chinook: “EASY”, “GRIT”; Sikorsky UH-60M Blackhawk: “DUKE”, “EASY”, “HAZE”; Sikorsky HH-60M Blackhawk (medevac): “CROSS”, “DUSTY”. United States Marine Corps: Tanker/transport aircraft (Lockheed Martin KC-130J Super Hercules): “BRONCO”, “OTIS”, “RANGER”, “SUMO”. United States Navy: Tanker/transport aircraft (Lockheed C-130T/KC-130T Hercules): “CONVOY”. United States civilian contractors (Airbus A330-323, Boeing 747-4B5F, Boeing 747-446(BCF), Boeing-767-31A(ER), Boeing-767-33AER, Boeing 767-224(ER), Boeing-767-375(ER), Boeing-767-38E(ER), McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (Atlas Air, Calitta Air, Delta Airlines, FedEx, National Airlines, Omni Air International, United Airlines, UPS, Western Global Airlines etc.)): “CAMBER”. This is just what I’ve observed myself. No secret information here. Lots of other up-to-date callsigns can be found here: - Military Radio Callsign List (henney.com) ; - Military Callsigns versie 7.pdf (live-military-mode-s.eu) ; - https://www.live-military-mode-s.eu/CallsignList/modesvatcindex.php . Thanks for your time!

srry to say but it was my mistake i changed the GBU name in PCA to G12 from EL1 which caused the issue

Wow, this look great! I am looking forward to see it in action. Great you took the chance to follow the initial AH-6 idea from nibbylot and develop it to a detailed mod.

Merry Christmas all, the 64 is the gift that keeps on giving!

Thank you all, have a good one. More features and fun to come in 2024!

Ouh, that looks clean, I'll try to reproduce that again in the next few days. Thank you.

Thanks again for some amazing mods @currenthill!!! Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season.

Good news :). From FB of Polychop Simulations: "Dear DCS community, The Polychop Simulations team wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! With the year coming to an end it seems like a good time to reflect on the past and look at the future. Let’s address the big elephant in the room first. While this year has not been the year of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior release, we’re thrilled to finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, we’re approaching the end of the tunnel fast. While the development of the module hasn’t been exactly a smooth ride, the progress made in the past year has been immense. As the new coders took over the project from our parting engineer, they saw the need to either rewrite or refactor most of the code that drives the module to ensure the desired internal quality threshold in systems and the flight model as well as make it more efficient, dynamic and future proof. Artwork has been touched up and finalized. On top of that new features have been added which include but are not limited to Level 2 Manned-Unmanned System (L2MUMS), an overhauled Control Display Subsystem, Optical Display Assembly, Pilot Display Unit and the Improved Data Modem. Last but not least, the module has been sent to Eagle Dynamics and passed the flight model tests. All this would not have been possible without the continued efforts put in by our subject matter experts and testers who have stuck with us for many years now. We’re confident it will soon™ be time to lift the veil and break the radio silence surrounding the development of the OH-58D Kiowa Module. The past year has not been all about the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior though. While the original plan was to work on an overhaul of the SA-342 Gazelle after the release of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior module, a decision based on the original planned development timeline, the newly formed team revised that plan and started to develop the SA-342 Gazelle overhaul in tandem instead. With the first few updates for the SA-342 released in 2023 we’re off to a good start but we’re not even close to being done. The SA-342 Gazelle will see intermittent updates, including but not limited to the flight model, A.I. gunners, a graphical facelift and English cockpit. We’d like to express our sincere gratitude to a number of contributors from the community who have dedicated their time and spared no efforts in providing the most excellent liveries that are now part of the module."

Can you record a video of what you are doing? Also, do not use binds, use mouse to click in cockpit. Like I said, according to your latest track, FCR button is working.

I thought we were promised a large update in the December beta patch for Sinai???? Just read the patch notes and NOTHING for the Sinai map. How can we have no patches after all this time?

I started working on it, but I suddenly stopped this summer due to an important testing activity. I shall soon resume my work. ED still need to make it possible to use custom F10 maps in the Saved Games folder (requested).

I can make track when I get home, but last time I flew MiG-15 I noticed that gyro sight corrects for NR-23 G acceleration correctly, but not ballistically. In gyro mode; if you get behind a level non turning target, and change range, the pipper does not move up and down at all to account for range, only G acceleration. So if I use Gyro sight, I must still correct for ballistic drop of NR-23. I would think this incorrect, so maybe I have some MiG-15 manual translating to do. I presume this is why you needed to place target between center of pipper and outer ring, the ballistic compensation is not there.