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22 March 2024 Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, It is with great excitement that we officially announce DCS: MiG-29A Fulcrum. This remarkable, Soviet Union-era fighter will be a full-fidelity module based on a photogrammetry cockpit of the exported variant supplied to the Warsaw Pact countries. The MiG-29A will be by far the most authentic and accurate simulation of this iconic aircraft for the PC. DCS: Afghanistan map by Eagle Dynamics is progressing at full throttle with significant milestones achieved since the project’s inception. The progress report below provides a good overview along with post-early access release plans. The DCS Spring Sale 2024 is in its final hours and you can still benefit from the amazing deals, until the 24th of March at 15:00 GMT. Please enjoy this opportunity to upgrade your collection of aircraft, terrains, tech packs and campaigns with up to -50% savings. Thank you for your passion and support. Yours sincerely, Eagle Dynamics MiG-29A Fulcrum Announcement Our MiG-29A, NATO codename Fulcrum, will be the export modification of the “A” version that was supplied to Warsaw Pact countries. The MiG-29A was designed to counter all types of aerial targets with radar- and infrared-guided R-27, R-73, and R-60 air-to-air missiles and its single-barreled 30mm cannon with 150 rounds of ammunition. The MiG-29A also has limited visual ground attack capability with 50 to 500 kg bombs, cluster bombs, and unguided S-5, S-8 and S-24 rockets. The MiG-29A can operate day or night and in all weather conditions. Its radar is capable of look-down / shoot-down in a heavy electronic countermeasure environment. The weapons control system consists of two complexes: the Fire Control Radar (FCR) and the Optical-Electronic Targeting Navigation System (OETNS). The OETNS includes an optical-electronic sighting system (OESS), a navigation system, a weapon control system, a unified display system, and multifunctional control panels. The OEPS includes an optical location station OLS that consists of an Infrared Search and Track System (IRST), a Laser Range Finder (LRF), and a Helmet-Mounted Sight (HMS) designation system. The MiG-29 is equipped with the SPO-15 “Beryoza” Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) defence system that is designed to warn of radar-directed weapon attacks. To protect against infrared-guided weapons, the MiG-29A features flare dispensers. The navigation system consists of on-board navigation equipment, a vertical and heading information complex, and an airborne signal system as part of the Optical-Electronic Targeting Navigation System (OETNS). Key features of the DCS module: MiG-29A Fulcrum At Early Access Release: Fully interactive and highly detailed cockpit that is based on 3D laser scanning and photogrammetry. Highly detailed and accurately reproduced external model. Highly detailed pilot model. In-depth study of aircraft systems and equipment. Detailed model of the navigation system with the gyro platform reference system, air data computer, and navigation equipment. Defensive equipment to include the SPO-15LM “Beryoza” and Flare dispenser system. Fire Control Radar with authentic modes for aerial targets. OETNS with modes for air and ground targets. At Final Release: Addition of Identify Friend or Foe interrogation system. Addition of Ground Control Intercept (GCI) command system. Afghanistan Development Report The development of the DCS: Afghanistan Map is progressing on schedule with significant milestones achieved. We are committed to delivering a highly immersive and authentic representation of Afghanistan for virtual pilots to explore and engage in combat operations. Continued collaboration, testing, and refinement will ensure the map’s successful completion and release to our DCS community. Development Progress We have made substantial progress in recreating the diverse landscape of Afghanistan. This includes the rugged mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush, the vast deserts of the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut, and the fertile valleys and river basins. Efforts have been dedicated to accurately portraying the unique cultural and urban features of Afghanistan. This involves recreating cities like Kandahar and Herat, with special attention to landmarks, infrastructure, and architectural styles like the blue mosque of Herat. Aerial imagery has been utilised to enhance the realism and accuracy of the map. High-resolution satellite imagery is being integrated to provide authentic terrain textures and details. The diverse terrain and complex topography of Afghanistan has presented technical challenges due to the large mountainous ranges. Optimization efforts are ongoing to maintain performance without compromising on visual fidelity, particularly in densely populated urban areas and detailed terrain features. The map is designed to look equally as good from low to high altitude. Future Plans In the above screenshot, you can see the area of DCS: Afghanistan that will be available in Early Access. The airfields that will be available at launch include Kandahar, Herat, Bost, Camp Bastion, Chaghcharan, Dwyer, Farah, Maymana Zahiraddin Faryabi, Qala i Naw, Shindand, Tirinkot, and Zaranj. The focus will be on completing the detailing of terrain features, including rivers, roads, vegetation, rocks, small stones, ground clutter and geological formations to enhance immersion and realism. Extensive testing and optimization will be conducted to ensure optimal performance and compatibility with a wide range of hardware configurations. Please stay tuned for the pre-order coming soon! 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It will be all of Afghanistan, the newsletter just goes into more detail about the portion for early access.

MiG-29A Fulcrum Announcement It is with great excitement that we officially announce DCS: MiG-29A Fulcrum. This remarkable, Soviet Union-era fighter will be a full-fidelity module based on a photogrammetry cockpit of the exported variant supplied to the Warsaw Pact countries. The MiG-29A will be by far the most authentic and accurate simulation of this iconic aircraft for the PC. Our MiG-29A, NATO codename Fulcrum, will be the export modification of the “A” version that was supplied to Warsaw Pact countries. The MiG-29A was designed to counter all types of aerial targets with radar- and infrared-guided R-27, R-73, and R-60 air-to-air missiles and its single-barreled 30mm cannon with 150 rounds of ammunition. The MiG-29A also has limited visual ground attack capability with 50 to 500 kg bombs, cluster bombs, and unguided S-5, S-8 and S-24 rockets. The MiG-29A can operate day or night and in all weather conditions. Its radar is capable of look-down / shoot-down in a heavy electronic countermeasure environment. The weapons control system consists of two complexes: the Fire Control Radar (FCR) and the Optical-Electronic Targeting Navigation System (OETNS). The OETNS includes an optical-electronic sighting system (OESS), a navigation system, a weapon control system, a unified display system, and multifunctional control panels. The OEPS includes an optical location station OLS that consists of an Infrared Search and Track System (IRST), a Laser Range Finder (LRF), and a Helmet-Mounted Sight (HMS) designation system. The MiG-29 is equipped with the SPO-15 “Beryoza” Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) defence system that is designed to warn of radar-directed weapon attacks. To protect against infrared-guided weapons, the MiG-29A features flare dispensers. The navigation system consists of on-board navigation equipment, a vertical and heading information complex, and an airborne signal system as part of the Optical-Electronic Targeting Navigation System (OETNS). Key features of the DCS module: MiG-29A Fulcrum At Early Access Release: Fully interactive and highly detailed cockpit that is based on 3D laser scanning and photogrammetry. Highly detailed and accurately reproduced external model. Highly detailed pilot model. In-depth study of aircraft systems and equipment. Detailed model of the navigation system with the gyro platform reference system, air data computer, and navigation equipment. Defensive equipment to include the SPO-15LM “Beryoza” and Flare dispenser system. Fire Control Radar with authentic modes for aerial targets. OETNS with modes for air and ground targets. Basic IFF At Final Release: Addition more advanced Identify Friend or Foe interrogation system. Addition of Ground Control Intercept (GCI) command system. Source: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/newsletters/8a53b9baafb8473116ad05970cd8a761/ Info on the PFM used from the FC3 version: Full-fidelity MiG-29 will use the same flight model. Actually, that’s not 100% accurate. The autopilot will receive new functionality and modes, and certain issues with closed-loop system stability will be corrected, along with new undercarriage characteristics. But the core FM is probably one of the most accurate we have. IFF Info: On release of the MiG-29A, it will include a basic IFF system, later on after some RnD we will create a more advanced IFF system. This was the plan from the start, it was just lost in drawing up the newsletter, we apologize for any concerns it might have caused. Thanks!

Status update. Still working on the US asset pack update. You tend to forget how much work it takes to create a larger ship in DCS. Doesn't matter how many you've created before, and how streamlined your process is, there is still a ton of work. I think @Admiral189 would agree. The Constellation is more or less done, the Arleigh Burke Flight III is getting there, mostly tweaking and testing left. Especially with the missiles.

Afghanistan Development Report The development of the DCS: Afghanistan Map is progressing on schedule with significant milestones achieved. We are committed to delivering a highly immersive and authentic representation of Afghanistan for virtual pilots to explore and engage in combat operations. Continued collaboration, testing, and refinement will ensure the map’s successful completion and release to our DCS community. Development Progress We have made substantial progress in recreating the diverse landscape of Afghanistan. This includes the rugged mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush, the vast deserts of the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut, and the fertile valleys and river basins. Efforts have been dedicated to accurately portraying the unique cultural and urban features of Afghanistan. This involves recreating cities like Kandahar and Herat, with special attention to landmarks, infrastructure, and architectural styles like the blue mosque of Herat. Aerial imagery has been utilised to enhance the realism and accuracy of the map. High-resolution satellite imagery is being integrated to provide authentic terrain textures and details. The diverse terrain and complex topography of Afghanistan has presented technical challenges due to the large mountainous ranges. Optimization efforts are ongoing to maintain performance without compromising on visual fidelity, particularly in densely populated urban areas and detailed terrain features. The map is designed to look equally as good from low to high altitude. Future Plans In the above screenshot, you can see the area of DCS: Afghanistan that will be available in Early Access. The airfields that will be available at launch include Kandahar, Herat, Bost, Camp Bastion, Chaghcharan, Dwyer, Farah, Maymana Zahiraddin Faryabi, Qala i Naw, Shindand, Tirinkot, and Zaranj. The focus will be on completing the detailing of terrain features, including rivers, roads, vegetation, rocks, small stones, ground clutter and geological formations to enhance immersion and realism. Extensive testing and optimization will be conducted to ensure optimal performance and compatibility with a wide range of hardware configurations. Please stay tuned for the pre-order coming soon! **Please note the whole of Afghanistan will be completed in phases.

So about the Tracker. Good news and bad. The good news is I was able to code the plane as a functional AWACS aircraft. I was also able to do the same with the UK Fairey Gannet. and things were good. Then... the 2.9 broke them. They will no longer take off from the deck. They do the control surface check but then just sit on the catapult and never take off. I do believe they will still take off from land. That fact that both mods are stuck on the ship leads me to think there is something wrong after the update with the way I made them AWACS mission capable. I'll try and get them sorted this weekend

off topic posts removed. No I don't think it is related, HeatBlur made it clear why there is the delay with their statement. Just need to be supportive and patient, it will be worth the wait. thank you

The whole of Afghanistan will come, we have just focused on the plans for early access in this newsletter.

22 марта 2024 года Дорогие друзья, Читайте официальный анонс модуля DCS: МиГ-29А! Это известный истребитель, получивший путёвку в жизнь еще при Советском Союзе и мы с большим удовольствием моделируем экспортную модификацию МиГ-29А, поставлявшуюся в страны Варшавского договора. Наша модель станет самой подробной и полной симуляцией этого знакового самолёта на ПК. Карта DCS: Афганистан, создаваемая собственными усилиями Eagle Dynamics, уже прошла несколько ключевых этапов разработки и мы с удовольствием расскажем, что уже сделано. Весенняя распродажа 2024 подходит к концу, и остается совсем немного времени до момента, когда она будет закрыта – 15:00 по Гринвичу 24 марта 2024 года. Не упустите замечательной возможности расширить свой ангар и набор карт со скидкой до 50% от стоимости. Благодарим за энтузиазм и поддержку. Искренне с Вами, Команда Игл Дайнемикс МиГ-29А Анонс МиГ-29А (по кодификации НАТО: Fulcrum) — экспортная модификация самолёта в варианте «А», поставлявшаяся в страны Варшавского договора. Это многоцелевой сверхзвуковой истребитель четвертого поколения. МиГ-29А предназначен для уничтожения управляемыми ракетами и бортовой пушкой всех типов воздушных целей в простых и сложных метеоусловиях, в открытом воздушном пространстве и на фоне земли, в том числе в условиях помех, а также для поражения наземных целей с применением неуправляемых средств поражения в условиях визуальной видимости. Система навигации состоит из бортового навигационного оборудования, информационного комплекса вертикали и курса, системы воздушных сигналов и входит в состав оптико-электронного прицельно-навигационного комплекса ОЭПрНК-29. Система управления вооружением СУВ-29 состоит из двух комплексов: радиолокационного прицельного комплекса РЛПК-29 и оптико-электронного прицельно-навигационного комплекса ОЭПрНК-29. В состав ОЭПрНК-29 входят оптико-электронная прицельная система, система навигации, система управления оружием, система единой индикации, и многофункциональные пульты управления. В состав ОЭПС входит квантовая оптико-локационная станция КОЛС, состоящая из теплопеленгатора и лазерного дальномера, а также нашлемная система целеуказания. МиГ-29 оснащён комплексом обороны, предназначенным для своевременного предупреждения лётчика об угрозе нападения и информирования о направлении возможной атаки. На самолёте устанавливается станция предупреждения о радиолокационном облучении СПО-15 «Берёза». Для защиты от средств поражения, имеющих тепловое наведение, имеется система создания пассивных помех, осуществляемых путём выброса ложных тепловых целей. Вооружение — основным вооружением самолёта являются управляемые ракеты “воздух-воздух” Р-27, Р-73 и Р-60. Самолет имеет встроенную одноствольную пушку калибра 30 мм с боезапасом 150 патронов. Ракеты подвешиваются на шести подкрыльевых пилонах. Бомбардировочное вооружение самолёта включает авиабомбы калибра 50...500 кг, кассеты РБК, контейнеры КМГУ и неуправляемое ракетное вооружение С-5, С-8 и С-24. Ключевые особенности модуля DCS: МиГ-29A На этапе Раннего доступа: Полностью интерактивная и высокодетализированная кабина пилота, созданная на основе трехмерного лазерного сканирования прототипов и фотограмметрии. Высокодетализированная и точно воспроизведенная внешняя модель. Высокодетализированная модель пилота. Глубокая проработка систем и оборудования самолёта. Детальная модель системы навигации с информационным комплексом вертикали и курса (ИК-ВК), системой воздушных сигналов (СВС) и бортовым навигационным оборудованием (БРНО). Комплекс обороны: станция предупреждения об облучении СПО-15 «Берёза» и система выброса помех. РЛПК с режимами поиска и сопровождения воздушных целей. ОЭПрНК с режимами по воздушным, наземным целям. К моменту релиза будут добавлены: Аппаратура госопознавания Аппаратура командной радиолинии управления . Афганистан Отчёт о разработке Надо отметить, что создание карты Афганистана идет хорошими темпами, и благодаря хорошо спланированной работе мы уже прошли несколько ключевых этапов в разработке. Карта будет в подробности воспроизводить особенности ландшафта этой территории и предоставит отличные возможности для создания миссий и кампаний. Что достигнуто Мы уже оцифровали и проработали большое количество отдельных участков территории Афганистана, включая горные хребты Гиндукуш, пустынные плато Дашт-э Кавир и Дашт-э Лут, плодородные равнины и бассейны рек. Много внимания было уделено уникальным культурным и населенным объектам этой страны, таким например, как Кандагар и Герат, где с особой скрупулезностью воспроизведены городские объекты, инфраструктура и архитектурный стиль этих древних городов, включая большую соборную Джума-мечеть в Герате. При формировании текстур ландшафтов широко использовались материалы аэрофотосъемок этих территорий. Надо отметить, что топографически очень разнородная территория Афганистана потребовала от нас больших усилий, и особенно на горных и скалистых участках. Мы разрабатываем специальные методы оптимизации рендера для того, чтобы сохранить хорошую производительность без ущерба качеству и детализации карты. Особого внимания в этой части потребовали плотные городские и другие районы с особо подробной детализацией. Наша цель – сделать карту, которая великолепно и правдоподобно выглядит как с высоты, так и при полётах на малых высотах. Что впереди На скриншоте выше представлен участок карты Афганистана, который мы предоставим в Раннем доступе. К этому моменту на карте будут смоделированы аэродромы Кандагар, Герат, Бост, Кэмп-Бастион, Чагчаран, Дуайер, Фарах, Маймана Захираддин Фарьяби, Кала-и-Нау, Шинданд, Тиринкот и Зарандж. Детализация – залог игрового погружения для игрока, поэтому внимание уделяется практически всему: рекам, дорогам, растительности, горным склонам и отдельным камням, складкам местности и структуре земной поверхности. Проводятся дополнительные оптимизации для сохранения производительности и совместимости с различным аппаратным обеспечением на компьютерах пользователей. Оставайтесь на связи - мы сообщим о выходе карты в предзаказ! Весенняя распродажа Последние часы Весенняя распродажа 2024 - это ваш шанс получить значительную 50-процентную экономию на большинстве модулей в нашем ассортименте самолетов, картографии, дополнительных комплектов, кампаний и другого! Не упустите эту возможность, и помните, что весенняя распродажа DCS 2024 продлится до 18:00 24 марта 2024 года по Москве. Искренне с Вами,

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Round one of flight testing is complete for both Type 002 and Type 003. Files have been sent to MOD creator/team. Final placement and number of aircraft will be up to them. I will continue trying to refine and update them with any improvements I come up with. And once again some outstanding Mods/work being done in this thread and it's my pleasure to help in any way I can. But now I think I'm going to actually play the game with these mods and build some epic missions Thanks again for all the hard work

Sadly it seems you are trying to find negativity in this announcement, I do not understand the point you are trying to make here. First I have played hundreds upon hundreds of missions on the Caucasus map with Blue and Red aircraft and enjoyed my time there. I am not sure what your rules are towards "semi-convincing/plausible mission" but I have never flown one and said, boy this is unrealistic and I am not having fun aside from the fact I am sitting in my house on a computer. So if you are saying you cannot make mission on a map that are not fun based on them having to be plausible then I think you not letting your imagination flow. The same goes with the Early Access portion of Afghanistan, you will be able to see up what I consider to be at the very least "semi-convincing/plausible mission" such as COIN but why limit yourself... draw a line in the sand, put red on one side and blue on the other and create a story and just have fun, like every other map in DCS. I think some are just overthinking this waaaaay too much, but also this is not a mandatory purchase if it isn't your thing then we understand like any of our modules while we appreciate every purchase we understand not every one is for everyone.

As mentioned it will be the whole of Afghanistan, the area in the box is the focus of the Early access and we will share more details of everything outside of that as early access progresses. thank you

The title should be "DCS: Afgha" since half of the country is missing. Jokes aside, from the newsletter it's unclear whether the eastern part will be added at some point after the Early Access, or the western half is all we get.

Текстуры полей/дорог очень сильно нравятся. Поля не смотрятся одинаковыми ("шахматка"), и дороги между ними хорошо видны.

I'd like to introduce Livery Link, a desktop application for managing custom liveries. I've been working on this for a few months now and although it's still incomplete, there are a few people using it and I think it's in a state where I'm happy to share with the wider community. The primary function is to make it trivial to install liveries (see the video below). In addition to this, it can also automatically share liveries with other people. So far, I loved building this, I really hope you enjoy it! For those interest in the server, I've created a Server Functionality Poll to get a feel for the kind of features people would like to see added. Download Visit https://github.com/Camble/LiveryLink for more information click the download button for the latest version. User Files link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3339586/ See it in use: Key Features Paste in a User Files URL to automatically install a livery The Livery Browser displays your installed liveries with nice thumbnails Plenty of options in case you don't like a specific feature Automatically share and download liveries (with other users of Livery Link) Installation No installation required, extract anywhere you like and run. FAQs Q. How does Livery Sharing work? A. In order to share liveries to other players, they must also have Livery Link, and the server you are flying on must be running Livery Link Server. Q. How do I enable livery sharing? A. Simply install liveries with Livery Link, and use those liveries on a Livery Link enabled server. Q. How do I send liveries to people? A. If you're sporting a livery that was installed with Livery Link, it will be shared automatically as soon as you take off. Q. How do I receive other people's liveries? A. If connected to a Livery Link server and a player shares a custom livery, Livery Link will download and install it automatically. Q. What if I don't want to share liveries? A. This feature can be disabled, or tweaked to your liking.

Nachdem es noch keinen Thread für die jetzt in absehbarer Zeit kommende La-7 gibt im deutschen Forum, dachte ich eröffne mal einen Thread bezüglich News und Interessanter Fakten. Vielleicht Interessiert sich der ein oder andere dafür an dem der Flieger bis jetzt unbemerkt vorbei gegangen ist weil es nur englische News gibt, was ich persönlich ein bisschen schade find als eingefleischter "Propeller" Vertreter. Kurz Einleitung von "mir" wie die La-7 geschichtlich sowie flugleistungsmäßig Einzuordnen ist der sich nicht so viel mit WW2 Fliegern auseinandersetzt. Die erste ursprüngliche entwickelte Grundvariante der Lavochkin war die Lagg-3 mit noch wassergekühlten reihen 12 Zylinder Klimov VK-105 ausgerüstet. Ursprünglich sollte die Lagg3 einen stärken Moter erhalten der aber nie in Serie ging, als übergewichtiges und untermoterisiertes Flugzeug hatte die Lagg3 der BF-109 wenig entgegenzusetzen. 1942 lief Lavochkin gefahr das Sie ihre Eigenentwicklungen einstellen mussten, aufgrund der miserablen FLugleistungen der Lagg3 und in lizenz den Konkurenzentwurf die Yak1 fertigen hätten müssen. Stalin war zu der Zeit recht fix mit deportation für ihn in Ungnade gefallen Konstrukteuren zum nächsten Gulag nach Sibirien. Als Lösung wurde Lagg3 erfolgreich auf den neu entwickelten M-82 (später Ash-82) Sternmotor umgebaut der deutlich Leistungsstärker war. Aus der Lagg3 entstand nun die Lavochkin La-5 mit Sternmotor. Die Versionen von La-5 bis La-5FN unterschieden sich hauptsächlich in Gewichtsreduktion oder z.b Absenkung des Rumpfrückens für eine bessere Rundumsicht sowie leistungssteigerung des Motors mit direkt Einspritzung. Anfang 1944 wurde erkannt das eine weiter Leistungssteigerung des Ash-82 14 Zylinder Dopperlsternmotors nicht mehr möglich war. Ein besserer Motor war zu der Zeit nicht Verfügbar der in die Zelle gepasst hätte, somit wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit dem TSAGI dem aerodynamischen Institut der Sowjetunion detail Verbesserung der Zelle vorgenommen um diese noch sauberer und aerodynamisch zu gestalten. Die La7 ist immer noch eine Holz- Aluminium Mischbauweise, allerdings wurde bei der La-7 z.b der Flügelmittelkasten der den Haupttank beinhaltet und die zwei Flügel/Flügelholme miteinander verbindet aus Aluminium gefertigt, um eine Gewichtsreduktion bei gleicher Festigkeit zur erlangen. Zusätzlich wurde der Ölkühler der bei der La-5 noch unter der Motorcowling war, bei gleichzeitig verbesserter aerodynamisch Formgebung des Kühlergehäuses in den Heckbereich der La-7 verlegt. Der Lufteinlass für den mechanischen 2 Ganglader wurde von der cowling aerodynamisch günstig in die Flächenwurzel verlagert, zusätzlich hat die La7 noch Fahrwerksrestabeckung erhalten die insgesamt die aerodynamische Güte weiter verbesserten. Die La7 hat von den Daten selber ziemlich identische Flugleistungen in Form vom Höchstgeschwindigkeit/Steigleistung wie z.b BF-109K4 in Bodennähe, ist dann eher vom Piloten abhängig wer siegreich hervorgeht. Im 2ten Ladergang über 3500 Meter fallen die Leistungen deutlich ab zur deutschen Konkurrenz Dora und K4. Sieht man schon ungefähr wo die La-7 zu Hause ist, aka als Dogfighter in Bodennähe. Die Fw-190A8 wird da deutlich im kompletten Höhenbereich deklassifiziert sein.

The map will be expanded in the future. This is the initial phase for Early Access. Thanks.

Wooo! Thank you ED! Yet another great newsletter! ALL of Afghanistan, music in my ears! And preorder soon! What about preorder of the MiG-29? CGI will be implemented. Will this be available for other modules? Wish for next newsletter, progress report on the upcoming revamped ATC. Cheers!

Hi all, I hope this post finds everyone well. I'm not really a big-time poster here on the forums, so apologies if this post is in the wrong area or not the right thread. With the pending releases of the Afghanistan and Iraq maps and the introduction of Global War on Terrorism ground unit participants (insurgents, insurgent-type vehicles, etc.), I wanted to offer my experiences as a USMC JTAC to any of those who are looking to get a more realistic experience with JTACs in their campaigns, missions, or even to Eagle Dynamics (who I'm sure have a long list of individuals with a wealth of knowledge regarding this topic). While DCS does an okay implementation of an AI JTAC, it leaves a lot to be desired. Ranging from Air Control Measures, actual communications and their meaning, the execution of the 12-step process for CAS, rotary wing 5-lines, to Gunship/Apache Call for Fire, I'd be more than happy to advise on the implementation of such unit types to get the highest level of immersion. Having completed my first campaigns (FIWOS and Debden Eagles Campaigns) and seeing how much room there is for customization and scripting, I think there could be a lot to explore with JTAC implementation within campaigns and missions. I'm sure there are more JTACs/TACPs/CCTs in the community that would also be willing to chime in, but I figured I'd get the ball rolling as I haven't found any sort of posts for advisement/implementation. In short, I'm here to help the DCS community get the most immersive experience when flying campaigns and missions. Let me know if I can be of any assistance. Thank you for your time and happy flying!

New version DSLL 3.6.0 just dropped. available from TechPowerups's site

The Grumman TBF Avenger 3 Awaits your inspection! See first post.

This is not an improvement with Update 1.2. There is no assignment for the Eyes texture. As a result, the faces have no eyes. If the glass texture had been given the name "Sk60_glass" the problem as shown in the pictures above would not have happened. There are around 15 textures with the same name “glass” in the tech folder, with several ship mods available. Both cockpit models and the main model have the same assignment "CANOPY GLASS", which means that ED's glass.hlsl influences the texture. The transparent area corresponds to only 10% of the setting range from fully transparent to no longer transparent of the alpha channel. So at black 0 it is fully transparent and at 15 of 255 it is no longer transparent. The transparency settings for the cockpit glass of the flight model are better, so that you could create a colored glass if the assignment did not have the same name and therefore the same texture was loaded. Proposal to change cockpit "CANOPY GLASS COCKPIT" and flight model "COCKPIT GLASS". Since the other glasses in the cockpit are also affected by ED's HLSL, I would assign these areas to the COCKPIT GLASS. And please, on a texture of 4096x4096 there is enough space so that the areas do not have to overlap, as is the case now.

Not military, but aviation related .. I was wowed by the apparent ease this lady had when pushing airliners, with a single hand

Трапеция с педалей vpc переставляется на кит ффб.Переустановка занимает пару часов.

I am curious if DCS implementation of FSR 3.0 / 3.1 is planned to upgrade from FSR 2.2. It will reduce allot of issues with Temporal AA and ghosting / shimmering. AMD just announced their new FSR 3.1 and might be released somewhere this year. Any plans to update the current implementation?

On the to-do list I did inform @Ciribob about it back in time, but it might have slipped his attention.

Чинук + Ирак + Афганистан = must have.

All I see is a yellow box, and this is roughly half of the size of PG.

For the down the line. The Su-27SM3 and Mig-29SMT would be good additions for the Russian assets.

Reality says otherwise...

If it is for only one person/ minor group I do not have problems with it. You can enter on the database.lua and change all the names of the assets adding a "M92_" (only for those that did NOT have "M92_" in their name) in front of them. BUT, have in mind, that this can cause crashes with previous versions. In some of the assets will solve the problem.

How about you have a look at what Karon writes? He's not a professional, but he wrote a lot of great articles for the F-14 from the RIO point of view, many of them about interception and BVR combat, all of them based on RL material, conversations with SMEs and a healthy dose of guesswork! He has a new section about the F-4 and will keep writing about it. https://flyandwire.com/the-f-4e-weapon-systems-officer/

Honestly, First that arrangement is wasting a lot of Pixels, under Screens 3 and 4, and under screen 1. Just remember, the total width and height is rendered, so even the space that isn't occupied by a screen is still rendered. So you have Screen 1, then the 4K Screen 2, then Smaller Screen 3 and 4. You're looking at 8000 x 2160 total rendered area ( 17,280,000 Px), and you are only seeing maybe 66% of that. as you have a 1200x1560 section of empty space under the MFD screens, and another 2560 x 720 section under the Left 1440p .Screen I'd Honestly move the MFD Screens underneath the 1440P screen in the array, which would cut about 1600x2160 pixels from being rendered on the right side totally. and adjust the LUA file to match the new coordinates. Assuming those screens are 800x600 each. you add 1600 x 600 under the 2560x1440p Screen, 2160Px (Max Vertical of the 4K screen) 2040Px (Max Vertical of the 1440P + 2x 800P screens below it) So max Render Height would be 2160. 3840 (Max Horizontal of the 4K screen), + 2560 (Max Horizontal of the 1440P) So Max Render wifth would be 6400 So your total rendered space would be 6400x2160, or 13,824,000 Px. with only 400x600 Empty space on the left and right sides of the MFD Screens, and 120x2560 under the 1440P and MFD Screens. You would drastically cut your Pixels rendered by 3,456,000 Px or 20%, at that high of a rendering area, 20% is ALOT. Have the 4K as the Primary, then the 1440P and 800x600 Screens as extended, to the left, Set MainView as: Viewports = { Center = { x = 2560; y = 0; width = 3840; height = 2160; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1.777777777777778; } } Then Set the MFDs as: F_16C_LEFT_MFCD = { x = 0; y = 1440; width = 600; height = 600; } F_16C_RIGHT_MFCD = { x = 800; y = 1440; width = 600; height = 600; } Also, The Corrupted Problem on your 4K Display, is the MFDs being rendered before the viewport, and your coordinates are likely wrong. Move the MFD Declaration below the Viewports { }. Add them UIMainview. They cannot be set before the main viewport, nor inside the viewport { } As for Negative set screens comment above. I run 5 extended screens, 2 of which are to the left of the Windows primary, and I have no issues setting negative coordinates.

It's been a while, but this one took a long time to collect reference. Doing some final tweaks and it will be up on user files soon.

Yep, there are couple of ways to fix the issue. And this is one of them. I will of course include the relevant fixes in my upcoming releases.

Hi, DimSim. Welcome to the Club Of People Thrilled With Control Assignment Commands Written By AI . In short The PTWCACWBA Club. We need to think of a shorter name for the club. To answer your question: No, you can't throw a separate file in Saved Games... I mean technically you can, but while it won't break anything, it won't do anything, either. And no - there's no easy way around what you want to achieve. I wish there was! If you don't want to modify game files - which in itself is a viable option but requires a means to PRESERVE your changes across DCS updates - you may also use the "Quaggle's Input Command Injector" (link below). What the thing does is more or less what you're thinking about - it "injects" additional control commands on top of "official" commands in game files, using commands stored in separate files put in the Saved Games folder, exactly as you wish. Personally I don't use the mod, but frankly... I SHOULD! One day I'll get down to it. Then you might want to peek at Munkwolf's "DCS Community Bindings" (again, link below). It's a sort of control commands library that can be used with the aforementioned "Injector" (or without it). It contains thousands of handcrafted commands not available in DCS out of the box. https://github.com/Quaggles/dcs-input-command-injector https://github.com/Munkwolf/dcs-community-keybinds PS. I especially like it when a CRS or similar knob, in some aircraft, when driven by a rotary encoder or such, has a "step" not being a multitple of 1°. For example, 0.916541°. That's fun!

F-15A's From the 7th Bunyaps, 8th Black Sheep and 9th Iron Knights TFS, 49th TFW. 9th TFS Wing King 8th TFS 7th TFS

Thanks Beldin! your help is greatly appreciated! a true expert at carrier taxiing and routes!

I figured it out. It is door gunners that cause the tracks to break. It is 100% repeatable. I have done a large number of replays with the Huey and never had an issue. I just started making missions where I was using door gunners and the tracks have been breaking ever since. For now, if you want a Huey replay just do not use door gunners. You can have them equipped, you just can't let them fire. I have attached a few tracks for an example. I tried to keep them as simple as possible and short as possible. That said, the ground fire can get a lucky hit in sometimes and just take out the huey, but I have not had that happen in multiple replays of these tracks. Just an FYI. No Guns With Guns I also have a few videos uploading as I type as proof. I will edit and link once they are done. Maybe we can have @Flappie push this along. NoGun.trk WithGun.trk

Then you are even more supportive than I am! I just can‘t bring myself to buy the Christen Eagle…. But I fully embrace the idea behind it!!!

Well, today I finally found the Sale price of the MB339 more tempting and so I purchased it for myself before the current sale ends. I'm a bit ashamed of waiting almost 1.5 years to buy, but that is the buyers prerogative ... I'm happy with the purchase and I'm currently enjoying its training missions, I'm tempted to convert them for training on the South Atlantic map, but I'm still finishing my Viggen projects. Cheers.

Subscriptions are the bane of modern society. A perfect way to slowly cook the frog without it noticing. I absolutely love ED for the fact, that they stay away from the idea! @BIGNEWY can you say something to the idea, that the random slowdowns some of the F4 beta testers experienced, are similar in nature or maybe in some way connected to the random stutters/slowdowns that some people unfortunately still experience with 2.9? Perhaps advancements achieved by Heatblur can benefit DCS as a whole?

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Of course the Hornet is easier to tank. McD knew it would have to refuel every twenty minutes to stay in the air!

I know it's off topic but please ED do not ever make DCS or its modules subscription-based... this whole software subscription models drive me insane nowadays and I applaud ED and Heatblur by not doing it even considering the shortcomings.

Hi Guys We believe we have found the culprit for this particular issue. I have raised this internally for analysis. Do bear in mind this will be a low priority item for now. Thanks for your patience.

A flying I-pad with a lot of electronics and very little guns. Nah, I'll pass, give me an F-4E any day. The F-35B is interesting because VTOL, but otherwise not really all that great. There'd be no comparable assets for it. I think the early F-18E/F is the furthest forward in time that DCS should attempt to go (and that's only because of Top Gun 2 and that ancient Superbug sim that I'm rather fond of). Anything beyond that is too much of a flying computer IMO. The real fun is in Cold War era heater+gun dogfights, anyway.

There is nothing to change regarding sustained turn rate it is correct. G modelling is another topic and we have already said it will be improved. The team are currently testing it internally. thank you

I know its not a Mig29G but would it be possible to have a Luftwaffe Livery? The Charlie-Hornet also came with A-Model-Liveries. Would be awesome.