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Guys, we do weekly newsletters, I do not see many game companies that do this. Due to this frequency, we cannot have blockbuster news every time. If you don't like an article in the newsletter that is fine, but others might, I know our livery contests are very popular. So if there is a news item you don't care for, move on to the next, if there is none you care for, wait for next week, there is always a new newsletter just seven days or less later. Thanks.

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Beautiful Photo. I remember the days of sailing and couldn't see any land—only stars in the sky.

Past three months were basically bug hunting, fixing my own screwups during the learning process, a lot of code purging, i had to rename all my textures to avoid conflict with existing ones, mount over 300 textures across all models, like custom weapons, main model and such. Also added a bunch of functionality to the cockpit, added new animations... also revision of over 18.000 lines of code, one by one... So yeah, i've been pretty busy, and nothing much exciting to show for now. People on the mod discord are more updated on the latest news. Here are a few Screenshots

DCS newsletter containing no news. How funny...

11 October 2024 Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, DCS artists, it’s time to bring your creative flair to the DCS: Mi-24P Hind Livery Design Competition! The iconic Mi-24P Hind is known for its fearsome combat abilities, and now it’s your turn to give this legendary helicopter a fresh look. Show off your artistic talents by creating a livery for the Hind and get a chance to win incredible prizes! The DCS: F-4E Phantom II by Heatblur Simulations has received a significant set of changes including a new, free mini campaign Frog-7, improved Jester AI, new weapons, visual fixes, VR Touch support, and a new livery! Please read the details below. We can’t wait to hear your feedback! Blu Games is a content creator providing the community with detailed walkthroughs and hardware reviews for DCS. Make sure to tune in to the Live Stream on Friday for a chance to win ED Miles! Thank you for your passion and support. Yours sincerely, Eagle Dynamics Mi-24P Hind Livery Competition Design your own custom livery for the DCS: Mi-24P Hind and if your entry stands out, it could be officially added to DCS! All liveries must be based on a paint scheme prior to 2018. Good luck! Prizes: 1st Place: $100 DCS ED Miles + 1 Free Eagle Dynamics Module + Livery added to the module. 2nd Place: $50 DCS ED Miles + Livery added to the module. 3rd Place: $25 DCS ED Miles + Livery added to the module. How to Participate: Create Your Livery: Design a unique and exciting livery for the DCS: Mi-24P Hind using the official template provided. Submit Your Entry: Entries should be submitted as a ZIP file containing your livery textures and a readme.txt file with your callsign, DCS username, and email address. Submit your livery via the competition submission page by simply replying to the thread. You can use an external link if the ZIP file size is too large. Submission Format: Format: .PSD files only. Include a minimum of three screenshots: front, side, and top views of your livery on the DCS: Mi-24P Hind. Maximum of three liveries per participant. Voting and Judging: Entries will be judged on creativity, quality, and in-sim applicability. Finalists will be showcased on our forums for community viewing. Special attention to Soviet - Afghan era liveries will be made. Rules and Guidelines: Original Work: The submitted liveries must be your original creation. Plagiarized designs will be disqualified. No Political Themes: To ensure that our competition remains a positive and inclusive event, liveries must not include any political symbols, flags, emblems, or themes. This includes national flags, political parties, slogans, or any imagery that may be interpreted as divisive or controversial. All entries must be based on a paint scheme prior to 2018. Cultural Respect: Avoid using offensive, inappropriate, or culturally insensitive imagery. We want this competition to celebrate creativity and the global DCS community in a positive and respectful manner. In-sim Usability: Liveries should be practical and functional for in-sim use. Entries should complement the realistic nature of DCS and liveries that are too outlandish or impractical may not be considered. Submission Deadline: All entries must be submitted by the 29th of November 2024 at 23:59 GMT. Late submissions will not be considered. Legal Notice: By submitting your livery, you grant Eagle Dynamics the right to use, modify, and feature your design in DCS, promotional materials, and official media channels. Announcement of Winners: The winners will be contacted and announced in the newsletter so stay tuned! We’re excited to see how you envision the Mi-24P Hind’s look on the battlefield! Good luck, and may the most creative and detailed design win! Download Livery Template For any questions or clarifications, please visit our forums or contact us. F-4E Phantom II Development Report The latest update for the DCS: F-4E Phantom II by Heatblur Simulations brought a range of exciting new features, missions, and improvements! The update introduces the thrilling Frog-7 Mini Campaign that is set in Syria (with optional Combined Arms features), as well as new instant action missions for Afghanistan. JESTER AI has received a substantial navigation upgrade that allows in-flight INS updates and improved waypoint handling. Additionally, Heatblur has overhauled the Phantom's engine and canopy sounds for a more immersive experience, alongside new static object assets, backlighting improvements, and enhanced radar and RWR functionality including detection of active radar homing missiles and new handoff emitter sounds for the AIM-120, AIM-54, R-77, and Tornado. Furthermore, Heatblur has fine-tuned weapon systems and added various new munitions, including German-specific bombs such as the BL755 and SAMP-250KG. The ACMI/TACTS pod has also been added, which is currently only visual. This update also includes improved mission editor tools, liveries, and a multitude of visual and functional enhancements to take your Phantom experience to the next level! Check out the full changelog and make sure to update your build now to enjoy all the latest additions. Blu Games Content Journalist Blu Games is a dedicated aviation enthusiasts channel and dives into realistic tactical DCS gameplay. As a founding member of the JTF Maddogs DCS squad, they fly both fixed-wing and rotor-wing aircraft several times a week on their dedicated server, creating a fun and semi-realistic tactical environment. Tune in this Friday for a chance to win ED Miles! Blu Games ultimate goal is to inspire others to explore aviation careers and pursue their ambitions through engaging streams and content. Make sure you check out Blu Games YouTube channel and show some support! Thank you again for your passion and support, Yours sincerely,

May I suggest a solution that helped me a lot coping with less exciting Newsletters: Just dust off an aircraft you already own and „git gud“. Time much better spent than complaining .. …and those pile of shame aircraft need some love too! Youtube was MUCH better when they showed the real downvote quota. That’s sure.

its a competition not a job, its for fun. Many talented people create liveries for free in DCS and I am sure we will see many great entries.

You may not like the news, let others who do enjoy it. thanks

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Why there is only a "Like" and a "Thanks" as reaction to posts? I really need at least a thumbs down for this kind of nonsense, as it is now the only reaction I can have is to ignore the guy

It's not a job, it's an art and craft, and pleasure of creating something you are proud of. When I was young and played first ever online shooting game of QuakeWorld, some might didn't ever hear, I spent weeks to create just a single play level for that. Just for fun, just for the peple use it and play. It was a pleasure and always a pleasure to do something by yourself. This message for those talented, though.

This is my take for MI24P. Even not within your declared special attention, I still think this will stand out as one of the best real design for a Mi24P. VeticalT theme was used in real life on an airshow. The attention to detail I've put on this skin was tremendous. Aligning all the shapes at the level that can be seen on screenshots below took me so much time, but the result I think will please you. My preference was to have a factory new look, however if requested I may apply to weathering to it. The skin can be found for download since some time ago in here: (there is the original VerticalT and a variant I called OrizontalR which themes for Eagle Dynamics) Mi24 Vertical-T and Orizontal-R (digitalcombatsimulator.com) Note: my .psd files are having an whapping 2GB. Please provide an alternate location for upload, or you may download them from here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mQsBsD796KX4IvUd_rZyc7MCfka-1wWp/view?usp=sharing Please let me know if anything more is required PS: Please find below the original GIMP templates i've used to create this skin, in case are needed. The above PSDs are generated from GIMP so I have no clue if they are ok: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eIisGFV553XhlrxH7Qa2S80e-36rRQKg/view?usp=drive_link nullnullnull

I've tried it by myself. umm ... not so satisfied results ... Fokker 50 and F27's stabilizer is in standard position --- same to An-26 --- looking well similar. DHC-8 and ATR are T-Tail style with high mounted stabilizer , a bit wrong feeling with An-26 ?

Dev images of Block 3 and GCM appearance for E/F/G Rhino and updated ALQ-249 NGJ pod for the Growler

Enjoy!

EC-121 would be really interesting and necessary for some cold war scenarios

Hey guys, Minor update to the mod today. I added the requested thumbnails with yellow outline for the cloud presets. This makes it easier to find the mod preset versus the default ones. 10/11/2024 - Updated to version 11 - Updated cloud preset thumbnails. The Mod thumbnails are now outlined in yellow for better visibility. Thanks to forum user ggrewe for help with this. - Fixed issue with cloud presets being out of order

Meantime we continue our test of 0.6.0. Changelog from today, reflecting work from the last weeks: 2024-10-11 A-1 Skyraider - Optimize textures - Fix pylon alignment problem when wings are folded (kudos Violent Nomad) F-8 Crusader - Fix catapult alignment problem - Add wheels to collision shell CVA-31 Bon Homme Richard - Fix misaligned taxi paths for catapult take-off

you can do real liveries or fictional, just make them prior to 2018 if real. Obviously we want to pick liveries that will work well in game with our mission sets and terrains. We want to have fun, and include everyone, without offending or upsetting anyone, if you keep that in mind its all good.

There are plenty of "Thumbs down" GIFs available... here's to "the guy"

Are y'all just trying to get your post count up?

Let us know ,who are that people that enjoy such news . They are few, you can count them using fingers on your arm ... By the way , about competition ... people will work hard trying to create nice skins for DCS,they will spend many hours : 2 -3-5 how much i dont know axactly , but a price for that is negligibly small - 100$ really !? What is the tax for 1 hour working of DCS skin creator ? Do in ED think all around dont understand what is this competition for - you want populate your product , wanna get commercial - then pay for that commensurable price

There are no springs or dampening input goes directly without any changes to the blades

That might be part of what many people are questioning. In DCS we get DME and bearing.

A single ground unit (BTR-80) sitting on the runway is as wide as the runway itself from 5nm distance. A convoy of units on the road is a huge black snake from a distance, much wider then the road itself. There is no point in flying any kind of mission right now.

We want Fulcrum we want Fulcrum we want Fulcrum.... The MiG-29 Fulcrum should get a promotion - it always rises to the occasion, newsletter about the project update and ins and outs would be the best newsletter this year!

Those screenshots look fantastic! Thanks a lot, looking forward to this mod.

Looking good Nomad, Well done for going through the gritty bits for a few months. All that stuff under the hood has to be done I s’pose, might not be a lotta fun writing lines of code but we’ll appreciate it in the flying. It looks every bit as good as a paid module so far. Hope you’re past the worst of the coding bit and can see the finishing line now. It’s Friday so I won’t mind if you wanna release it today so we can have a good look at it all weekend? May as well. Why wait two weeks? Joking aside, good job and keep at it. I don’t use Discords but always check in here every now and then, wouldn’t wanna miss anything. Keep it up .

They do, but it isn't a question of will. It's a question of resources.

What I'm working on right now...

thought it'd be nice if we were given the ability to prevent these systems from working on MP servers so we could stretch our viper into earlier scenarios as there's not much for it to fight in it's natural habitat at the moment

The newsletter is not what some people wanna see in it and that’s news about progress. I am one of those people. But I don’t mind these either. In an ideal world I could read about status of Vulkan api, New ATC, MiG-29, Razbam E.D. drama and other future things or cool stuff… It is what it is

Yes, it has a free 10-mission campaign: Revanche. PS: here is a link to the missions briefings: Revanche Campaign - Mission briefings EN.pdf

not the Coral Sea, but I found this Kitty Hawk on Turbosquid !

Absolutely digging the new camo livery with the troops in the back. Is this coming out soon in a future update? Also, any updates on Vietnamese AI assets or any work being done there?

We had a negative reaction when we first moved to these forums, but some complained about having negative reactions to their posts

Yes this is normal, It's that pesky DASH thingy. Push and hold the cyclic forward to accelerate and as the chopper gains speed the airframe will start to nose down and loose altitude, slowly pull back the Cyclic to zero the drop in height (if you increase thrust instead, you will simply accelerate into the ground faster), don't worry the aircraft will keep accelerating. At about 100 to 120 knots the cyclic should be around centre or Neutral on the cyclic gauge. With the current flight model I have the cyclic back -2 inches at 140 to 150 knots. The hook is designed to have the cyclic centred and the airframe level during forward flight.... weird.

MY OPINION (just my 2 cents) Ambiance: -radio conversations. No blunt text. Voiced (with text overlay for non-native English people!) -Things that move in the world so that the world doesn't seem dead. e.g. a transport helicopter comes in while you are starting your helicopter. Interaction: -You have to feel like you are part of the world and that you can influence it. For example, in the protect the convoy mission you have the option of stopping the convoy via the radio menu. Credibility/plausibility: -A general doesn't send his AH64 into a combat zone where every other unit is a Manpad, AAA or SAM. At least not a Western/NATO general^^ What the Russians are doing is...different. -A voiced background introduction would also be great. So what's going on, how did it get to this point, why are we flying the mission now.

same for me. Honestly, ED, WTF??!

Yes, information about the Mig-29 would be great. But also about the situation regarding RB & ED. Half a year and there is NOTHING official to say about it...? Apart from the usual text phrases...?

Exactly. Quite a cumbersome process if you have multiple waypoints. I agree with the OP that some sort of "patrol" task/action would be a very welcome QOL improvement for the mission editor.

You can turn it off, you know?

How do you steal those tracks? Unless the player parks exactly where the AI is set to park - you have to cater for the player being 'out of position' to start with. And that could be anywhere on the ramp, or even the airfield. Then the tracks are going to be completely different. As someone who's been developing software for decades one thing I've learned during this time, plenty of things seem 'simple', until you find out what's actually involved, and how other things are coded - you've often got no idea how simple or difficult something can be or how deep the rabbit hole is. I suspect there's far more to this than meets the eye, or what you're assuming. That's all I'm saying.

Hi Kinkkujuustovoileipä, Thanks for the reply and understood. May I suggest adding a mention of this unreliability to the user manual? Cheers.

Due to some DCS changes the aircraft is now spawned differently and creates collision with the static F-14. It's for HB to fix (the mission, ED should fix the aircraft spawn placement so it doesn't happen) and should be posted here: https://forum.dcs.world/forum/535-bugs-and-problems/ @BIGNEWYCan you please move the thread? @SilhouCan we please report it? I've made a single change - just removed the colliding static aircraft and it's fine. Looks like the ground crew have just moved the aircraft out of the spot for us. Download and replace the file: \DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F14\Missions\Single\HB Pitching Deck.miz or just put in your \saved games\dcs world\missions\ and run Mission Editor to load the mission. HB Pitching Deck.miz

thats a great visual representation of how debt works

I’m hoping that ED are using the premise of “under promise and over deliver”, which IMO is a great way to reduce hype and failed expectations.

I dont have a screenshot or something for you, but the project did not stall or anything. Otherwise we would have told you. You will all get your Eurofighter once it is ready. Cheers