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Vietnam War Vessels 0.6.0 is now available! This release is the result of collaborative efforts from Hawkeye60, seabat, Beldin, Stratos, itsdotbmp, and Violent Nomad in development, with Whiplash and SideKick65 contributing new mission editor screenshots. Special thanks to our testers James J. Jackson, Zabbie, and Slapshot for their valuable input. The update introduces the AI A-1H Skyraider, a versatile aircraft known for its role in the Vietnam War, equipped with 15 pylons for diverse mission capabilities. Additionally, the F-8 Crusader has been refined for smoother catapult alignment, along with updates to taxi and take-off paths for the CVA-31 Bon Homme Richard. There are three zips on the download page https://github.com/tspindler-cms/tetet-vwv/releases TeTeT.VietnamWarVessels.0.6.0.zip - this zip contains everything, it's a one stop shop for the mod TeTeT.VietnamWarVessels.base.0.6.0.zip - only contains the basic livery, much smaller install size TeTeT.VietnamWarVessels.liveries.0.6.0.zip - contains the extra liveries and has a huge disk foot print

Campaign Patch DCS 2.9.8.1214.1 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/stable/2.9.8.1214.1/ DCS: F/A-18C Operation Mountain Breeze Campaign by Sandman Simulations Mission 2 – Fixed messed up parking stands at Akrotiri Mission 3 Outro – Fixed AAA not firing DCS: Mi-24P Outpost Campaign by Stone Sky All missions are adapted to the latest update of the Syria map. DCS: AH-64D The Four Horsemen Campaign by Fight's On Simulations All missions – Ensured correct gun load out. Elevated EPLRS task to hopefully fix Datalink issues. M2 – Fixed UGLY 5-2 issue. Updated Freq change trigger. M4 – Fixed CH-47 crashing on take off M6 – Fixed issue with Foghorn approaching Apache and causing fratricide at mission start. Added message to explain cockpit door opening at mission start. M7 – Fixed typo in Dim line. Fixed issue with engagement timings. Added/adjusted engagement messages to clear up confusion on when targets can be destroyed. M8 – Fixed initial engagement issues with AI. Added flares to helo point. Updated MGRS coords. M9 – Fixed incorrect CLEAR ENGINE START message. M10 – Fixed CH-47s not pushing to pick up ground troops post mission. Updated Freq change trigger. M12 – Fixed incorrect JTAC freq set by Foghorn. DCS: UH-1H Peacekeeper Lebanon Campaign by Flying Cyking Mission 02. Repair of Checkpoint Foxtrot VHF Beacon Mission 04. Fixed non-functional mission complete trigger. Added additional fallback trigger for insurgent boats. Corrected spelling errors. Mission 05. Added missing F10 map marker for the refugee ship. Set the VHF radio to off for hotstart - no more annoying beep beep during briefing. Added new savegame/checkpoint file in case of mission fail for airstart. Mission 06. Corrected spelling errors. Mission 07. Added cutscene (was previously missing) -> If you already reached mission 8 it may cause a reset of your campaign progress, sorry. Mission 09. Updated kneeboard, wrong freq. for Badger Mission 11. Updated kneeboard, wrong picture for LZ. Corrected & added additional fallback trigger for the northern truck stop scene. Mission 14.1 & 14.2. Edit automatic mission load at the end. (End Credits) Mission 16. Added new Bonus Mission - Operation Redeemer - will be unlocked by watching the credits. Added Coop & CH-47F version of bonus mission into campaign folder - Play the mission with your friends. Added Mission 16 Pdf Briefing into docs folder. DCS: F-14B Operation Sandworm Campaign by Sandman Simulations Added F/A-18C liveries Mission 4 – In-game briefing chart was missing – fixed DCS: A-10C Operation Agile Spear Campaign by Combat King Simulations Multiple versions of Agile Spear showing in the Campaign menu of DCS World. - Fixed. My bad. Thank you Nineline. Mission 7 - Unable to score 100 points. Scoring fixed. Mission 8 - Unable to complete the entire mission. Fixed. Thanks PheonixFC3. Mission 10 - Pig Flight not starting and following. Fixed. Thank you CptJocco Mission 11 - JTAC not lasing, Pigs not attacking when ordered. Fixed. Thank you ornitus. NOTE. Mission 8 into A-10C campaign is required A-10C II module. DCS: F-16C First in Weasels Over Syria Campaign by Ground Pounder Sims Updates to fix issues from changes to Syria map. DCS: F/A-18C Operation Cerberus North Campaign by Ground Pounder Sims Updates to fix issues from changes to Syria map. DCS: A-10C Operation Persian Freedom Campaign by Ground Pounder Sims Added failsafe trigger for Forge 3 egress DCS: F/A-18C Serpent’s Head 2 by Badger633 Mission 4: ‘End Mission’ button not working fixed. DCS: F-14 Speed & Angels Campaign by Reflected Simulations Mission 5 & 12: LGB fusing re-saved DCS: F/A-18C Raven One Campaign by Baltic Dragon M02 - Smoke now rejoins better at mission start. Smoke now cuts away correctly. RTB Tanker issues resolved. M03 - Tanking issues resolved. Exxon TACAN fixed. Mission complete Splash Art fixed

Lots of progress has been made, but it is not something that can be shown well in a newsletter. But I do hope we can bring you news soon. thank you

this is fixed internally and will be in the next update. thank you

the issue in this thread was fixed some years ago, but has broken again. AI engaging without line of sight is reported and will be fixed in the next patch. thanks

Posted Yesterday from ViolentNomad. The AH-1G looks to be getting closer to release,

Some Vulkan .dll files already sneaked into the /bin folder...

I'm sorry that you've had such a bad experience with the PCL. The right lens in my situation was not seated correctly either, but i was able to get this resolved. A real shame that yours appears to be out of alignment when seated - as you're right - in this instance there's not much you're going to be able to do. The lenses also had distortions on them (replacement lenses corrected this for me). Regarding performance - I had bad 'out of the box' performance issues too. Quadview's completely changed my Pimax experience from being awful to incredible. Pimax's own software didn't optimize nearly as good as Quadviews for that, so if your friend hasn't installed and configured Quadviews, I highly recommend that he gives that a shot. As someone who came from a narrow FoV headset (HP Reverb), the FoV wasn't a factor for me, although I can only imagine what wide FOW would be like and how much more immersive it must make things. My experience with the PCL has left me satisfied with the product - but cautious about the build quality, etc. I was considering upgrading to the Super when it came out - but I'm going to hold off for now as I believe Pimax has had QC issues, and I want to see proof of concept with a release of a product with these resolved first before I consider committing significant extra cash into a VR headset. I really do hope that they nail it though - Pimax are filling a void in a market that's desperately needed to be filled for a while.

Daily MiG-29 Russian 9.13

@BIGNEWY @NineLine Thank you for listening! Please give my regards to the team. Hopefully this is not the last time we get campaign fixed out of the ordinary patch schedule! Well done! [emoji1319] [emoji1316] [emoji1303] Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk

Folks I have had a clean up. Please ensure you read the rules, I don't care where you come from or your views on the sexes debate, here you treat everyone with respect. If you can not do that please post somewhere else. thank you

The above screenshot is a teaser (taken from the F-4E release trailer) about what's to come when Heatblur's character customisation will be released. We don't have it yet, but we will have it at some point since it's one of the features of the F-4E. I for one am going to make use of it (I know I said earlier in this thread I don't really care that much, but I am not one to look a gift horse in the mouth )

It's not just power lines, the remotest abandoned cabin should also be marked as a structure. These maps in my old MAC days were always under plexiglass on the flight planning table or on a rack at ops for use before you hit your route. Only the Navigator might actually pull one out during the flight, that is if a navigator was actually mission required and seated on board. More a route planning tool than anything, once your up you rely on the five sets Mk1 eyeballs, the map just gives you an advanced heads up before you ever lift wheels on what's out there to watch out for.

Power lines are supposed to be on every detailed map. Theory and reality coincide most of the time, but sometimes they do not, particularly when infrastructure has recently been added or removed. There are ways to mitigate it, but they don't always catch everything. Power lines are particularly insidious because while the pylons are plenty visible (and in fact, great landmarks to navigate by, if not using GPS), the wires themselves are not. This is a good reason not to get too low over roads, too, because power lines often follow them.

This is already reported and planned to be fixed.

It wouldn’t hurt to have the ladies represented. Some of the best pilots I’ve seen display are women. Saw a good one in September at Duxford flying a Mustang. Lovely job. More fun in the mess and they’d keep some of us in check a bit .

ED under weight of promises and news announcements:

Hi Rudel_ch! This was referred to in the original post, inclusivity was never the issue, for me it was all about / immersion / realism, as for my female friend's original comment, she was simply stating a fact, that apart from bitchin' betty, everything in DCS was male. Still not sure how it relates to the given context?

Here is a MiG-29 9.12B "Baaz" of the Indian Air Force. We need these skins also for our FF

I don´t get the point why we have to be inclusive everywhere? … when dressed up for combat I have a hard time recognizing a female or male pilot

Could it be possible to implement different dot logics and let the users choose the option that better fit for them?

Vulkan isn't ready yet, so anything in public version now has slipped in and should be removed in a future update.

SimShaker Sound Module version 2.42 is available for download as stable Hi guys, New in this version: Added: missing samples for G Feeling Effect Combined with Rotor Whirl (Helos only). h_2_0_1_LS.wav h_2_0_1_RS.wav h_2_0_1_LB.wav h_2_0_1_RB.wav Feel free to customize the samples as described in the User Guide if needed. Fixed: a crash in some cases when ASIO mode is selected. Updated: ASIO mode checkbox will be hidden if not selected as this feature is obsolete; Updated: landing gear samples to eliminate a loud slam sound at puck type bass-shakers p1_7_0_1.wav p2_7_8_L.wav p2_7_8_N.wav p2_7_8_R.wav You can return the old samples by this link. Updated: limiting compressor feature now processes information for every channel individually. As usual you can download this new version following this link. VirusTotal check report (0/96) for this installation file can be found here. I recommend uninstalling the previous version of the application before you install the new one. Happy flying!

Sorry for the late ping but I finally managed to try it out myself. I can force RWY 31 to be active by giving it the proper wind, like 310/10 (meteo) for example. So there is absolutely no need for tailwind and I suspect you just didn't set the wind speed strong enough. DCS is behaving weird at lower wind speeds. With this wind, RWY 31 is active. However, if I tune to the ILS with 108.9, I do get the identifier but no indications. ILS 26 works though. So I guess you did indeed find a bug.

Daily MiG-29 Russian 9.13 4-й ЦБП и ПЛС Липецк

Do you haunt every wish thread you deem unworthy to give the same answer?

I'm doing this, mate! In addition to forwarding all this feedback to the team, I'll also check on the status of your support ticket.

Quite simply based on the log file...your machine is really under-spec'd for this and is crashing with out of memory errors. The F-4 requires a bit of grunt. From the DCS log analyzer: Your current specs: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz [1x L3 caches] Cores / Threads: 6/12 RAM: 16260 MB Pagefile: 16834 MB Preload Radius: 60000 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti VRAM: 5966 MB Driver: 565.90 Errors: Your GPU ran out of VRAM Reduce Terrain Textures and Shadows. Doublecheck your pagefile. Your System ran out of Memory Increase RAM or pagefile. Advice: Upgrade your RAM to 32 GB for complex multiplayer missions. Change your pagefile to at least 24576 MB (initial size). Tuning Tips: If you have FPS issues, try turning off VSYNC in graphics settings. Turn off Terrain Object Shadows. Turn off SSLR. Set Textures to Medium. Set Shadows to Low. Turn down Anisotropic Filtering. Disable civil traffic. Set Water to Low. Decrease Terrain Textures. Set Preload Radius to max. 30000. For the page file, create a custom pagefile with both Inital and Max values set to 32768, (this must be on your fastest SSD), click Set, Apply, and restart your PC. Make sure to remove any other pagefiles.

Hey, thanks a lot for the feedback! Happy you enjoyed the campaign As for the ATC chatter - I wish I could have included a wider variety of comms, but it's just not publicly available. That's all I could find on the web.

While I fully get (and used to want) to see progress video's, etc - I eventually found that they created more disappointment in the end. Extended release dates, etc. I liked how PC did a teaser "2 weekstm" out of the blue, and then proceeded to release it in 2 weeks. That stood out for me as the better way to go about doing these things. A bit of community interaction definitely doesn't hurt - but I'm kinda over the 'hype' of promising, showing cool stuff, and then a seemingly never ending wait for it to arrive. I've kinda adjusted my expectations myself now anyway - but PC's launch still impressed me with the way they handled it.

Right now in DCS, several of the FOBS in the Khandahar area have a blob of housing popped right over top their position. But you can see on the satellite imagery underneath there are HESCO barriers. I hope they at least fix this or leave these areas open for the playerbase to populate properly. OR go the Syria route and populate the map with the FOBs as part of the map. When you have a map that has had real world conflict this seems to make the most sense to me. People want to conduct missions out of real historical bases.

You dropped this:

Your input is enlightening and nuanced.

You can see how a J79 engine looks up close here.

Ok, this is my entry. It's a perfect time because the conflicts in Afghanistan, both US and Soviet, are my favorite topic Travel back to the times of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan 1979-89. This Mi-24P of OSAP repaint based on the real repaints used in this conflict on the Mi-24P, type - "desert clover" used during military operations in Afghanistan. The skin is based on the real schemes used on the Mi-24P in Afghanistan, the so-called "Afghan clover pattern". This camo was created at that time in two variants, greenish (as a background) and sand-colored (as a background). The repaint also has changed interior elements (pilot, gunner, etc.), includes enhanced weathering too and can be used with any side number (with weathering numbers too). I'm adding a few more screenshots than planned. The skin is a part of my "Szatan Arba" campaign dedicated for Mi-24P. Link HERE. Skin is already for download: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3335143/. Personally I don't work in Photo Shop only in Corel, that's why I have files but CPT. I'll export them to PSD and give links later (although it will be very big content). Btw. if this skin were to be published, I can adjust it to DCS/ED requirements (in such a case it would probably be necessary to remove the "wolf and hare" symbol and the pictures from the kneeboard, in the free version these things can be still). Callsign: YoYo DCS username: YoYo E-mail address: PM me Files: DDS files (eventually CPT files)

Thank you, heloTroops issue is confirmed, reproduced and corrected, will be included with the next update

Hyperbole much

With how the WWII AI behaves after the last big update, Reflected Campaigns which are amazing , have become boring and easy, same with single missions, quick missions, you never get challenged, AI is easy to shoot down, you never get shot down, super easy to disengage AI hardly ever shoots down other AI, many times they just fly in circles in a disorganized way and do nothing. Hope this gets fixed at least to how it was before the last big patch, single player has become very boring and MP has bad performance since about 4 months. I know is not on purpose , but updates sometimes are breaking stuff ruining the game.

Yep, good move with more frequent campaign fixes

Yes, a well constructed, passionate response! (not sure what "we "incarned" it" means?)

Hey OP, the Crystal Light is just a different headset than the 8KX. The FOV is smaller but the clarity so much higher, thanks to the aspheric (rather than fresnel) lenses. Of course you already know this. Right now it's not possible with the current technology to create a headset that is both lightweight, has high-res, high refresh rate, and has ultra-wide FOV and ultra-high resolution. So choices still need to be made. Many people like the Crystal and Crystal Light for flight sims because the clarity allows you to read buttons and dials very clearly, and the lack of screendoor effect adds to the immersion. Of course it's all a balance and choice. Calvin already mentioned he'll check the status of your support ticket. The lens issue is definitely not as intended and odd as we have way stricter quality checks than before. I hope we can still keep you as a Pimax-fan, maybe if not for the Crystal Light, then for future headsets (who will have wider FOV and high clarity as technology progresses). Thank you for your write-out and support, going back to the original Kickstarter.

I could not agree more. That is why I have been so disappointed. I am not giving up on them per say, but it will be a while before I go back. A lot of stories like yours are surfacing with the Light. I hope they are reading all this and taking notes. Time will tell. I was hoping PIMAX would create so competition with US VR distributors, but it has not really taken off like I hoped it would. Closest thing I am looking at if not another PIMAX down the road is HTC Vive stuff. Just hoping the 8K stays in the game another few years.

If you have Quad-Views-Foveated installed you now need to enable the Quad Views option in the DCS VR settings, it looks like it’s off in your screenshots. Can you also attach a DCS log file from when you are experiencing this issue.

Update patch is new (at least for me), but I believe it's a very good thing to do. Relatively low risk as it will likely fix more than break. No sarcasm there, I realize the risk in any patch, but mildly breaking one campaign (and only in likely patched mission anyway), is virtually no risk at all. I always believed campaign fixes should have been done like this. Great idea, kudos!

It kind of makes sense, but the degree of error (243ft observed in one mission) is throwing me off when the -34 states horizontal CEP of way, way less than that on mil and civ GPS services used by the jet's systems. Digging through the same -34 (p. 1-285) I found some info on the Kalman filter that makes it make more sense: The fixes do update INS and add to the Kalman filter's data of system accuracy, but deltas are applied only if they exceed a threshold of 300ft. All of my deltas so far have been less than 300ft, so the deltas don't get appllied. Also it seems that not all HUD symbology is updated, sometimes only the STPT steering cue gets updated. Apparently. EDIT: @Lord Vader are we still sure there's no issues with the nav fixes, because even with the GPS switch off the nav fixes are not taking. Here's a slightly long track (relevant portion maybe 30 minutes in; 45nm from STPT 1) on Kola where I did a TGP fix and then two OFLY fixes. The initial TGP fix on STPT 1 appeared to work, as CZ snapped me back to the fixed position, however when I flew over it the HUD diamond was still in the old position. I retook an OFLY fix on STPT 1 and noted about a 0.12~0.13nm delta. STPT 2 should have taken that same delta but the diamond was still displaced, so I did an OFLY fix on that one too, again with a delta of about 0.12-0.13nm as if the STPT 1 fix didn't update the INS at all. The way it currently seems to work is that I have to perform a fix on every single STPT, then fly the route over again from the beginning. I could be doing something wrong during my alignment, but I would think the fixes would still take even if that were the case...the alignment in the attached track was 9.1/10.

Main issue seems to be where the missiles in DCS impact the jet vs. where they impact in real life, as opposed to an issue with the damage model itself. There have been a number of real-world ejections from Vipers hit by SA-2, -3, and -6; one instance in which the airframe was cut in half.

Yeah, waiting for announced modules in DCS is like staring at a ticking clock. Time goes by faster by doing something interesting like @Rudel_chw suggested. There is no piece of software that thought me more patience than DCS. On the other hand, if I was a creator of DCS modules I would be concerned about my priduct if a community patiently waits for it without asking for news. So I think you did the right thing, @RodentMaster, fwiw.

I disagree, being inclusive wont attract more females to this sim, cause if they are not interested in military aircraft sim and gaming you really have a tough job. Imagine there is some forum mostly used by female members of our society with topics like fashion or fingernails (just mentioning stuff on top of my head, hope no one gets offended) and they decide to be more inclusive to male members of our society, you think that would interest me for example? I can tell you right now it wont, and they can be as inclusive as they want I'm not gonna discuss anything in that forum. People are trying too hard to be as politically correct as they can that they don't see the big picture, they are throwing them selves over their heads to be politically correct... happens in all aspects of the society and it is not something good cause it usually neglects whats important just to to stand out. I really don't see the point of more females in the sim, I don't mind them here off course but I don't see the point if they are not interested. In this sim I want people of any gender and race that are interested in military simulation, if that means 99% male Asians, or 99% female Mexicans I really don't see a problem there, I'm interested in the sim and that's enough for me.