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26 January 2024 Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, In our ongoing commitment to provide a seamless and unified experience to all of you, we are moving away from the traditional Stable and Open Beta builds. Starting with the upcoming release, DCS will transition to a single, unified version. This move aims to streamline the update process, reduce fragmentation, and ensure that all pilots have access to the latest features and improvements simultaneously. This unified approach will not only simplify the user experience but also allow for more efficient development cycles, fostering a more cohesive and connected community. Your feedback has been invaluable in shaping this decision, and we are excited to embark on this new journey together. The AviaStorm team has been hard at work crafting the highly anticipated DCS: Tornado module. We are pleased to share a development report to keep you in the loop. The Tornado is undergoing meticulous attention to detail to ensure an immersive and quality module. We are delighted to spotlight the talented content creator Growling Sidewinder, whose dedication enriches the DCS experience for all of us. To show our appreciation, we're running a special promotion that offers exclusive discounts on selected modules. Check out his videos to learn more on Growling Sidewinder’s YouTube. Thank you for your passion and support. Yours sincerely, Eagle Dynamics Unified Release A new era begins For the past several years, we have released DCS in two forms: the Open Beta, which includes the most recent changes to allow broad testing and the Stable version which is based on the most recent Open Beta and has no known crashes, thus the term Stable. In 2024, we will be moving to unified DCS updates. This change has been a common customer request and will streamline our release process. We believe that it will also help avoid version confusion for both single-player missions and multiplayer servers. Starting with our first update of the year in February, we will also be making the same changes to the DCS Steam Edition. Please stay tuned for more details. AviaStorm’s Tornado Development Progress Five 3D artists are currently working on the project, which involves significant personnel commitment. This investment will result in a module that meets your expectations. AviaStorm has had the opportunity to examine many small details of this aircraft for the level of detail that DCS demands. Such details may not initially stand out, or even be noticed by most customers, but they are crucial in the context of creating a masterpiece that is the Tornado. An example includes the emergency RAM air flap and two cooling flaps. “We are dedicated to achieving the level of quality we and Eagle Dynamics aspire to and what is expected from DCS customers.” – AviaStorm Growling Sidewinder Affiliate Program We are pleased to extend our warmest congratulations to Growling Sidewinder as he takes on the roles of affiliate and brand ambassador for DCS. His proven determination fuels our fires and we are incredibly thankful to have him on-board. Please check out the GS Discord and keep your eyes on the skies for some exclusive deals, only on Growling Sidewinder’s Youtube! As always, thank you again for your passion and continued support, Yours sincerely,

First In, Last Out! Enjoy this gameplay trailer of upcoming wild weasel fun in DCS: F-4E. Today, we're also proud to unveil and unleash the pre-release manual for our F-4E, available here: https://f4.manuals.heatblur.se/ Get your reading glasses on and enjoy learning about your new ride. Feedback is welcome; and we look forward to expanding the Phantom manual with your suggestions and contributions. Please Note: GitHub and PDF Link are not live yet. Your Heatblur Team

Yet another asset for the updated China pack...

There will always be bugs, the complexity of what we do can not be under estimated. We have a much better internal testing process now and the main thing is no known crashes into the public build. But we will still need to be flexible and use your feedback and reports to guide us. Hotfix can happen if required still. thanks

New pictures form Sinai Map [on Instagram] Lets hope we see any update for the map 2024, and must not wait for 2025....

For me, having one less version is great for my hard drives For now you dont have to do anything apart from update, no matter the version you are on now you will get the latest one.

Sharing the same bugs will bring the community together like never before!

Patches will go to a six week or so cycle, just depends on development and testing thanks

QA and internal testing has improved a lot recently, this has helped in our decision to move to a unified version for public versions, it has been requested a lot in the community. We still have dev versions and closed beta testing, but your feedback and reports will continue to shape DCS and we are grateful for that.

New gazelle minigun model and gunner (polychop discord)

нормальный Кавказ был еще 9 лет назад) тыц просто это ушло на тренажеры и тд

Hi Dear friends and pilots. We are testing a new update and solving current optimization problems. As it turned out, doing more is quite problematic. But we can handle it. I'll share some new screenshots from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Cairo, Alexandria and Eliat. New airfields are already being tested. We'll be ready for an update soon. Not only will more new unique places and airfields be added, but bugs that were listed after Early Access. Early access gave us good experience, which will help us avoid many mistakes in the future. Thank you for your patience.

С помощью странных миссий, в том числе модов, которые ЕД не поддерживает, Growling Sidewinder видимо привлек много новых юзеров в ДКС. Американцы несут предзаказы, банкет продолжается. Надо понимать, что игры теперь делаются для блогеров, которые накручивают предзаказы, а что в итоге выходит - уже никому не важно. Я рад, что ДКС так же следует этому прогрессивному методу, ибо только за ним светлое будущее топ-менеджеров

Really silly thing to say, of course we care, but we also have to provide servers with the ability to prevent cheaters, sadly some people feel the need to cheat and fake their skill and ruin it for others. Servers can decide what level of integrity check to use, if they wish to allow edits or scripts they can. As for the "monopoly" there is a reason for that, it is difficult to do what we do, and we have continued for many years where others have failed. We may in the future look to make it easier for people who export for genuine reason using scripts when the server is using pure scripts, but I have no time line for it. thanks

two weeks sorry someone had to do it

Why does editing your counter measures programs via CMDS_ALE47.lua break integrity check now? Never used to. Since DCS doesn't have a DTC why force people to edit their CMS programs manually every time they hop in a new jet? What is the point of that?

Das Online Handbuch zur F-4 Phantom wurde soeben zugänglich gemacht. https://f4.manuals.heatblur.se/?fbclid=IwAR3VhvcUUtiMBqRRCU_XrvBplpBWF4Q4JdcAjzF20QduRlR41mMgYZMq8V4 Ebenfalls gib es einen neuen Trailer zur Phantom

But also...

This year we plan to update the R-27 family, R-73 and maybe something else. Они уже отображаются не только на стоящем ЛА. Когда мы сделаем эту технологию.

I had the privilege to know and converse with one of the Ukrainian Fulcrum Drivers. In one of chats we had, he described 'day in a life" where he would fly three sorties one after another, with re-arm / refuel and quick visual inspection / BDA check. When you imagine all the training, like road strip operations training, it is that in fact - land, grab a bite and off you go for another one!

А я всю жизнь сидел на стабильной, потому что микрообновления часто гробят моды и мучительно сделанные миссии. Если новую объединенную версию будут так обновлять, то не всем это понравится...

News zum DCS Tornado: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/de/news/newsletters/aafb5eb2c13e2529fae26bf92990ba23/

Good job, Aviastorm! Significant progress on these two panels

I'm also very optimistic. As a longtime stable enjoyer i just hope that my first taste of the binary avant-garde will be a relatively bug free release.

Moving to a single Unified Release build for DCS is a VERY good thing for everyone

added data plate, exhaust heat discoloration and fuel leak discoloration. not too sure about the exhaust heat discoloration. there is some pics around showing a faint tint, but by the looks of the the soot-y fuel exhaust would actually just layer on top of it and only the parts in direct contact with the exhaust flames would get adirect - white discoloration.

The reason for the above is that Grumman made the mistake of abandoning the F6F in favor of the F8 Bearcat. F6F served till the end of the war with only two day variants, the latter of which F6F-5 was not much different than the original 1943 one, performance wise. The bearcat on the other hand completely neglected fighter-bomber capabilities, which meant that after the war it quickly became obsolete as a fighter with no other roles to justify its continued service. F6F was better than the Corsair in what mattered the most: being there when the battle happened! While the Corsair was still struggling to qualify for carriers and Vought were producing them slowly, Grumman were pumping out 600 carrier-capable Hellcats per month from a single factory to replace the F4F Wildcat as the primary USN fighter. The down side of that is that you don’t stop the production line for upgrades. Pumping out more Hellcats was more important than better Hellcats. In the end, it doesn’t matter how fast you fly or how tight your turn is when the battle happens without you.

Its not that it can be edited for setting up CMS programs, it is that the process can also be used by some for other cheats which I wont discuss here.

Unit and camo pattern are yet to be determined

Updated to version 5 - High level cirro clouds are back with cirrostratus and cirrocumulus presets! - 10 new cloud presets added - Many tweaks and adjustments to existing presets

I've been preparing documentation/doctrine for an F-4E squadron within EU Milsim Battalion – The Art of Warfare (tawdcs.org) since November. Check out the recruitment thread: Key facts: Milsim European Time Zone Squadron based on 526th TFS, Ramstein AB, Germany Based on/using available real-world documentation/procedures as far as possible/practicable

Currently no such plans, we're about to push out 0.3.1 after some testing is done on the weekend. For 0.4.0 we already want to include some additional boats. But the Corsair is a nice plane, so I wouldn't say never! Cheers, TeTeT

Will be in February thanks

Правильно, что решили вернуть ДКС к единой версии. На текущем уровне развития ДКС пропал смысл разделения. Один вопрос к разработчикам: сколько процентов пользователей сидело на стабильной и сколько на бете?

I approve of the unification into a single version.

Посмотрел последние "новости". Я тут один не разобрался, что является вкладом Growling Sidewinder в проект DCS? Перешел по ссылке на Ютуб, оттуда на их магазин... Вроде ролики они какие-то делают ну и футболками торгуют. Я так понимаю - если играешь в футболке от Growling Sidewinder, то "игровой процесс становится интереснее" Правильно? И где вообще эти "подробности" про "промо-акцию с эксклюзивными дисконтами на отобранные игровые модули"? По ссылке из "новостей" не увидел вообще ничего, кроме роликов и магазина футболок. Плохо искал?

Very nice! Finally.... an unified version is all that i wanted over the years

26 января 2024 года Дорогие друзья, Стремясь упростить доступ игроков к новым фичам и обеспечить единство игровых возможностей для всех пользователей мы уходим от традиционного разделения версий DCS World на Стабильную и Открытую бету. Начиная со следующего обновления DCS переходит на единую, унифицированную версию для всех игроков. Это решение исключит фрагментацию релизов и необходимость поддержки разных версий, обеспечит одновременный доступ всех играющих ко всем усовершенствованиями и исправлениям. Это не только “упростит жизнь” игроков и облегчит процесс разработки, но также сделает игровое комьюнити единым. Ваши пожелания в немалой степени способствовали этому шагу и мы двигаемся вперед вместе с вами. Группа разработчиков AviaStorm продолжает работу над проектом DCS: Tornado. Ожидается, что это будет качественный и захватывающий модуль. Читайте подробности разработки ниже. Мы с удовольствием обращаем внимание на талантливого разработчика, команду Growling Sidewinder, благодаря стараниям которого игровой процесс становится интереснее. В благодарность, мы объявляем специальную промо-акцию с эксклюзивными дисконтами на отобранные игровые модули. Смотрите Growlind Sidewinder’s YouTube и узнайте подробности. Благодарим за энтузиазм и поддержку! Искренне с Вами, Команда Игл Дайнемикс DCS – Единая версия Новый этап На протяжении всех последних лет мы выпускали обновления DCS в два этапа: Открытая бета - которая включала в себя все самые свежие наработки и исправления; и только затем, Стабильная версия – которая базировалась на последнем обновлении ОБ, в которой были исправлены наиболее серьезные ошибки обнаруженные в ОБ. Собственно, отсюда и название – Стабильная версия. В 2024 году мы переходим на Единую версию DCS World для всех пользователей. Мы пошли на этот шаг прислушавшись к вашим пожеланиями и с целью унифицировать процесс разработки и поддержки. Единая версия будет доступна как для одиночной игры, так и на серверах. Обновление на единую версию произойдет в феврале для пользователей зарегистрированных на нашем сайте, и далее, аналогичным образом будет обновлена версия DCS для пользователей Steam. Следите за нашими дальнейшими новостями. Торнадо от AviaStorm Отчёт о разработке Над проектом работают сразу пять 3D художников, и это достаточно большая творческая команда разработки одиночного модуля. Мы уверены, что качество оправдает вложенные затраты, а игроки получат большое удовольствие. Разработчики из AviaStorm имели возможность очень подробно ознакомиться с доступными прототипами и у них есть все возможности воспроизвести этот известный самолёт с точностью и аккуратностью. Некоторые из деталей, над которыми трудятся разработчики могут быть незаметны для неспециалистов, однако это обусловлено современными требованиями к модулям DCS World. Например, реализация работы аварийной турбины выдвигающейся в поток и клапанов охлаждения. Их редко можно заметить на настоящем самолёте. “Мы стремимся достичь высокого уровня качества современных стандартов Eagle Dynamics, и которого ожидают от нас клиенты DCS.” – AviaStorm Growling Sidewinder Партнёрская программа Мы от всей души рады поздравить команду Growling Sidewinder с тем, что она стала партнером и послом бренда DCS в мире виртуальной авиации. Проверенная временем целеустремленность этой команды впечатляет и мы благодарны за то, что они согласились стать нашим партнером. Загляните в GS Discord чтобы увидеть эксклюзивные предложения, доступные сейчас на Growling Sidewinder’s Youtube! Передаем Вам наши наилучшие пожелания и благодарность за ваше участие!

Потому что ветка ноет "нам плевать покажите хоть что есть". Часть ноет нет скриншотов, часть что скриншоты неправильные. Скриншоты WIP. Как на них - в релизе не будет.

Glaub mir, wenn du einmal in ultrawide gezockt hast, gibt's kein zurück mehr zu 16:9, egal in welchem Genre. Es passt einfach viel besser zum natürlichen Blickfeld deiner Augen. Wenn du Bedenken wegen des vertikalen Sichtfeldes hast, ziehe einen 38" Monitor in Erwägung. Der ist fast so hoch wie der 16:9 32" Monitor.

threads merged when we have news about a date we will let you all know. thank you

I suppose nobody else remembers collecting cereal box tops and mailing them in for some awesome thing like a little toy 747 shortly after it started flying? First you have to eat all that cereal, then get your parents to put the box tops in an envelope with the form cut off the back of a box, then put it in the mail. Then you wait and wait and wait because tracking numbers and overnight delivery were still decades away... We're talking months of waiting here, which at that age is a significant fraction of your total life experience, not to mention you've only eaten one kind of cereal all year; 8 box tops is a lot. Then there's the doubt; maybe the post office lost the letter? What if you wrote out your address wrong on the form? What if... I figure the F-4 will arrive eventually, and I'll probably be around to see it, and two weeks after that it will get about as much use as the toy 747 that took so long to arrive back before Neil Armstrong did whatever that was that made him famous. I don't get tons of sim time and there are other priorities when I do, so it will have to share. Honestly, this reminds me of the F-14 release. All that anticipation, then it came out. A day after that the novelty wore off, and apart from the few dedicated Tomcatters it's just another jet in the hanger. A very, very cool jet to be sure, but so are the others. We'll see how the F-4 fares against all that competition once the novelty wears off.

There was a patch on their discord correcting this here is the link: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1067480006126751805/1176301219422142575/VSN_F4_Patch_2.8.7.204.zip?ex=65c16d61&is=65aef861&hm=19db7062b58f2a4a7b67137bcef94e08e3a5250ff8e2e6741b7880a06321b581&

The F-4E project is a complex release involving a brand new module, new Jester AI, backfilled updates to HeatBlur’s existing modules, and addition of new weapons to the game. The honest release date is “when it’s done”. That won’t be two weeks. It may be two more years. Either way, I’m ready when they are.

@=Andre= I have edited some of the files. The new sample adjustable feature is really nice if you have more than one bassshaker. It‘s also nice there‘s not need now for the asio driver. Just wanted to say thanks for your work

But I have to wonder: what would change for us, as customers, to know such a status? The Module would not arrive any sooner, and we would perhaps be placing additional stress onto the development team, for no real benefit. I simply try not to think about this aircraft, choosing instead to enjoy what DCS is already providing me with

I will try to explain the problem with this map in pictures: No bridge to cross one of the largest cities in the Nile Delta, Mansourah, supposed to be a real road crossroads : No bridge at Shirbin too, another city on the Damietta Branch of the Nil : In Damahur, there is the bare minimum to cross the largest rivers, but practically nothing to cross the small rivers. 80% of the bridges are missing! And all this for the major cities of the Nile Delta... There are practically no bridges in the smaller cities or in the inter-urban space! Consequences on pathfinding with a practical case: I take a vehicle on the coast and I want to go to waypoint 1, south of El Mansura: Despite direct roads, there is no major bridge around the city, the convoy is obliged to do a very large detour to the West and the South between Tanta and Al Zaqazik I now want to take my convoy to Waypoint 2 : New Damietta. While with the expected routes passing through El Mansura (there would be 65 km of road), the convoy will literally take a 200 km detour passing next to Al Salihiyah, the Suez Canal and passing through Port Said!!! Ok. Well, I want to go back to El Mansoura for my Waypoint 3, but this time, I'm going to stay on the same side of the Nile, I could probably hope for a direct route since I'm not crossing any major rivers..... And Well no ! Even so, the lack of bridges over simple small streams forces my vehicle to make a huge detour, returning through my origin point. It is practically impossible on this map to have a fairly direct route because of the quantity of waterways and the total lack of bridges!!! And for my last waypoint 4, I'm going to push the pathfinding problem of this map to the absurd: As the crow flies, my waypoint 3-4 is 35 km. By road, it is practically the same distance theoretically since there is a direct route between these 2 waypoints. But the lack of a bridge will force you to make a detour of around 160 km! These absurd pathfinding problems can be reproduced almost anywhere in the Nile Delta, making this map a real headache for a missionmaker in order to determine convoy routes, or coherent road axes. However, it would not take much to solve this problem: Simply the addition of a hundred bridges scattered at least in all the major or secondary cities of the delta, and on all river routes. For me this problem should be the ABSOLUTE PRIORITY of OnReTech, because in my eyes it is considerably more important than adding more details to the pyramids, adding new types of trees or buildings... The map must be PRACTICAL, otherwise, it will be shunned by missionmakers. It doesn't seem to me that these additions are that complicated to make, but their importance is crucial for the appreciation of the map! I wanted to do some dynamic missions on this new map which excited me and which I found magnificent: I quickly returned to the Syria map, because I couldn't do what I wanted due to the total lack of bridges... It's a shame for a suh beautiful map!! We are not only fly over the Delta. We make CAS missions for Helicopter and CAS plane. So the roads must be pratical for convoy!

CATM-9X CATM-120C TGM-65 D/G/H/K/L/E/xxx (as applicable per airframe) CATM-65 D/G/H/K/L/E/xxx(as applicable per airframe) CATM-88C BDU-50(SE/Y/LGB/GPS/etc) ELGTR For Hornet and Viper