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MiG-23, Ju-87 Stuka and Mitsubishi F-2 are planned for now, but I have to finish Su-22, MiG-29 SMT and Su-33M first.

Magnitude 3: New screenshot of F4U clipped wingtips version with Tiny Tim A2G rockets.

The HI-TCN Terminals for all US bases in the Europe, North Africa and Middle East from 1987 are here with me. Gonna take a while to get to scanning all of them in decent enough quality without destroying the booklet. @Volator This is already on your Discord, maybe you did not see it before. Hi-TCN Terminal RAMSTEIN AB (EDAR).pdf

Nope. I (the person who owns ASC) have never posted that picture anywhere previously…

@MAESTR0 It's noticeable and highly appreciated that you listen to the community, thank you very much, also for creating this thread and asking! Things I think shouldn't be left missing in the scope/area of Phase 2: City of Oldenburg (home to the 11th Mechanized Infantry Division in the 1980s) south of the Jade Bay https://www.relikte.com/nds_heer/div11.htm Oldenburg airbase EDNO, home to JaboG 43 (flew Fiat G.91, Alpha Jet in the 1980s) https://www.mil-airfields.de/germany/oldenburg-airbase.html https://www.relikte.com/oldb_flgh/index.htm City of Wilhelmshaven and the very important German Navy base there, home to the German Navy fleet of destroyers and frigates (would make a nice base to fly to from Nordholz Navy airbase that you also planned for Phase 2) CRC Visselhövede (radar site to guide fighters) https://www.relikte.com/nds_radar/index.htm Itzehoe "Hungriger Wolf" Army airbase (home to German Army Aviation Regiment 6, flew the Huey and the Bo-105) https://www.mil-airfields.de/de/itzehoe-hungriger-wolf.htm Schleswig-Jagel Navy airbase EDCS, home to German Navy Wing 1 (flew F-104G Starfighter and Tornado) https://www.mil-airfields.de/de/schleswig-jagel.htm Eggebek Navy airbase EDCG, home to German Navy Wing 2 (flew F-104G Starfighter and Tornado) City of Kiel (important port and navy base) Kiel Navy airbase (home to German Navy Wing 5 (flew Westland Sea King) https://www.mil-airfields.de/germany/kiel-holtenau-airfield.html Basepohl GDR army airbase, home of KHG-5 equipped with Mi-24P and Mi-8TB https://www.mil-airfields.de/de/basepohl.htm ---EDIT--- I forgot Marxwalde/Neuhardenberg airbase, home of JG-8 (was equipped with MiG-21bis, so OUR MiG-21 in DCS) https://www.mil-airfields.de/de/neuhardenberg-marxwalde.htm Things I'd really like to see, but are not of such a high importance: Wilhelmshaven-Mariensiel airfield EDWI (in the area of German Navy base Wilhelmshaven, GAF Transalls often used it for practicing STOL and it's close to the approach sector of Wittmund and Jever airbases - we definitely need to talk about those when Phase 3 is due!!!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JadeWeser_Airport Rotenburg-Wümme Army airbase EDCR (small army airbase with a flight of Alouette II) https://www.mil-airfields.de/germany/rotenburg-wuemme-airfield.html https://www.relikte.com/rotenburg/index.htm The West-German airbases also deserve a slight overhaul. The perimeter walls should be substituted for fences. I think you could also go a little bit easy on the objects standing around and slightly reduce the clutter. The way I remember a GAF airbase, it was always quite tidy. Also, you can remove all of the big, black light masts on the GAF and GAM bases. and then there is the thing with the ground textures. No sand on GAF and GAM bases please. Also no bushes or trees in the flightline areas!

Welcome to my CWG Sandbox - Rotorhead Edition https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3345107/ This is the follow up to my CWG Sandbox for fixed wing aircraft, this time concentrating solely on the helicopters in DCS. It encompasses a total of 45 slots aka quick missions, for 7 helicopters. The missions range from unarmed patrol flights, to troop insertion/extraction, internal and external cargo transportation all the way to CSAR and flown blown engagements in major tank battles. You will find 33 quick missions for the blue side and 12 for the red side. AAC: Gazelle 6 slots out of Gatow and Hildesheim RAFG: CH-47 5 slots out of Gütersloh and Wunstorf Heeresflieger: UH-1 10 slots out of Fassberg, Fritzlar, Eutin and Lübeck USAREUR: AH-64 6 slots out of Schweinfurt, Fulda and Giebelstadt CH-47 1 slot out of Fulda OH-58 6 slots out of Schweinfurt and Fulda (The Apache and Kiowa have been restricted in loadout to match their 80s counterparts) NVA: Mi-8 6 slots out of Haina, Mahlwinkel and Wittenberge Mi-24 6 slots out os Ohrdruf, Hagenow and Mahlwinkel Features: + 45 slots = quick missions + realistic SAM placements (reduced to the areas of operations for better performance) + slots for Apache, Chinook, Hind, Hip, Huey, Gazelle and Kiowa + F10 options + automatic JTAC + 14 page manual in PDF format including the mission overview + includes two Huey skins by fearsome-13 + includes a music theme + recommended skins list Enjoy!

53rd TFS, 36th FW 1984 BITBURG AB, GERMANY UPDATED 17JUN2025 DOWNLOAD LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15pF_tFQR_1iOWsEC0fEaNf-DdvEBAzxI/view?usp=sharing Thank you @Texac ROUGHMETS (I edited the engine panels) @lee1hy PERIOD CORRECT WEAPONS @streakeagle @NRG-Vampire @EricJ Files go in: C:\Users\yourusername\Saved Games\DCS\Liveries\

version 1.2 (keep bullseye button in planner)

Just go and hire BD and Reflected to make training material for the free modules (modern and historical, respectively). Those two know how to make training fun. Couple that with a free or at least cheap FF jet trainer (for WWII, TF-51 would do) and the initial hurdles become much lower.

We all know DCS has a huge learning curve and that is a challenge in itself, so its important to have engaging content as well as the learning aspect of DCS with training missions. Onboarding of new people to DCS is important, its something we have discussed a lot internally and have some plans for the future that will hopefully make the new user experience a more pleasant one. When we can share news about that we will. please feel free to add more ideas in this thread, we are always looking for new ideas. thanks

I for one have been playing since the Flanker days and have never once played online, so we're out here

Alright version 2.0 beta is out ! Our discord : https://discord.gg/H4fxa4MzWp Downloads : Mig25 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ih22ud7cUZ3lzNg3E_lUC4s-qquqZFqr/view?usp=drive_link Su15 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LR28xrsXkdadPJGVuGHqn2cnFUmPA7b-/view?usp=drive_link

Does look good in the golden hour . I can’t wait either. Looking every bit as good as anything we have. Better to me as it’s a mod from a small team and a real labour of love. Priceless. Looks like the postman chucked a letter in the tree, you’ll have to watch out for that . Keep on tinkeron.

-------UPDATE 250609 With changes to the landing gear code, it created an opportunity to add that functionality to the Systems page. Added three landing gear indicators and adjusted the countermeasures location on the system page along with a system message that is the lowest priority message that will be displayed. It will be superseded by any other system message. Minor change to the check list page to indicate which list is being displayed, though they are both the same currently. Adjusted missile code for improved accuracy That is not accurate. Follow the directions on the first post or included with the archive. The new model has new details and corrections. I've not had any issues with it. And the LO drop tank was created by Spino and heavily modified by me. The vertices are most certainly welded along the centerline. It's not two separate halfs. The texture I used to create the tank was derived from the IRST pod, as was the pylon. That said, do whatever you want.

Let me officially announce my upcoming DCS P-47 Thunderbolt campaign: Wolfpack II: Overlord - a sequel to the original Wolfpack campaign.

MiG-29 SMT - first CLICKABLE MiG-29 Mod

"Rotorhead edition" This is music to my ears! Thanks!

In occasione della Festa della Repubblica del 2 Giugno le Virtual Frecce Tricolori hanno sorvolato l'Altare della Patria riproducendo nel virtuale l'evento reale, uno spettacolo davvero unico e per coloro che se lo stessero chiedendo si il simulatore utilizzato è DCS con relativo scenario realizzato dai ragazzi delle VFT, un lavoro splendido, bravissimi.

I think you can broaden your mind if you allow for things to maybe be true even if you haven't seen something or deem it inconceivable. As I write this, more than 50'000 people are online in a combat flight sim (it's currently ranked at 15 in today's (Jun 10 2025) Steam daily online stats. There is lots of potential. It may not be your cup of tea, and please try to accept that this market does exist, even if you don't like it. Just imagine how great DCS could become if just 1 in every ten if those people would come online for DCS. They would need different content for sure. Better online support, the works. I just checked. there were <500 people online in DCS now. I think interest is there. DCS is potentially a great product. I'd be happy to create missions for the non-hardcore CFS crowd that currently flock to the Big One and crave for something more. Only 1 in 10. Sounds doable to me. But I need the tools, and something to work with.

@SimMotionTuning I've just bumped the report.

Because you want them separate, nozzle angle and throttle are two different controls. How would coupling them work, anyway? For VTOL, you want the throttle set fairly high, but nozzles full down. For a short landing, you need the nozzles angled, but a low-ish throttle. Not to mention VIFFing, which relies on independent nozzle control. Without a separate control, you wouldn't be able to control the jet properly. Also, remember that the Harrier family started out in late 60s. It has spiffy color MFDs, but it's not an FBW jet. Its HOTAS is rather more limited than in a Hornet, despite looking broadly similar. Trying to have a computer of the era control the nozzles likely wouldn't be very safe.

Only a stupid question if it’s never asked . . . From a friend who flew the puffer - you set the angle for VTO, and when weight comes off the wheels, you use the puffer jets to fine tune your ascent. Transitioning to forward flight is just a case of reducing angle of thrust in step like fashion as speed increases. There are puffer jets in both wingtips, either side of the tail, and in the nose. https://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Theories_of_Flight/control/TH28G9.htm

It seems to me that new and more convenient training missions will be more useful for beginners.

I agree.

couldn't agree more, its an amazing fact. On my case, I did flew multiplayer for about a year, even got to install a dedicated server ... but after a while all the flaws of social gaming convinced me that I'm better off playing SP only and I'm much happier now

I've been flying the P-47 instead of the Mustang to be "ready" for the release of the Corsair since it has the same engine.

Beneficial in what way? The title reads "beginner-friendly", the contents focus on WW II aircraft, which are decidedly not beginner friendly to fly. And that makes DCS more beginner-friendly because...? Also, keep in mind that in DCS, we look at geological timescales for new aircraft - "several" aircraft equates to 10 years+ Uh. Normandy and Channel are dead last when it comes to players, at least on servers. Last week-end I counted 3 players total for Normandy and Channel (ok, dead last is Falklands with 0, and 1 for Iraq. I consider both maps dead, along with "Halfghanistan"). So how is creating a worse version from one of the most unpopular maps (by server player count) going to make DCS more beginner-friendly? So those "several WWII aircraft" you talked about were full fi? ED wants to make money. Iconic planes make money: Hornet, Tomcat, Fat Amy. The others - not so much. Creating several warbirds in lo- and hi-fi? Unlikely to the extreme to become funded. And it's still a mystery how adding aircraft - any type - makes DCS more beginner friendly. Making DCS more beginner friendly IMHO would be things like A UX/UI that is usable Make it easy to view and get into your aircraft, and especially reduce the pain to configure your hardware for your aircraft Provide some decent tutorials Make it easy to create a quick engagement (the new QAG isn't there yet. Not by a long shot) Make it easy to create missions (Mission Editor really isn't there yet, not by a couple of light years) Make it easy to discover (find, download, manage/update, remove) new content, especially user-created content like missions, liveries, mods Much better improved multiplayer support: find who is online, join them, invite them etc, create groups, arrange meetings etc. There are tons of things to improve DCS's decidedly callous approach to welcoming new players. Adding new planes or maps seems not to be among them for me.

Don't you think that the developer of the C-130 knows which one is the latest? And that he was hinting to the one posted in this thread?

@NRG-Vampire @streakeagle @EricJ NRG's updates (except red canopy). Download link is updated with both AF-0015 and AF-0074. See post #1 for new pics.

Actually the latest ASC WIP Media is the one I posted in my reply to this user, directly above your reply.

Flogger is really great news!!!! Really looking forward to it, keep up your amazing work! l

Oh you really have no idea, do you?

That resolved the issue for me. Since I don't want to interfere with the original files, I personally recommend adding this entry to: C:\Users\xvy\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Config go to autoexec.cfg (or create it), add this new line: bkg_load_signed_plugins = false

I’d prefer if they get their latest one in a flyable state first (aka pedal trim options and more manageable cockpit textures). Also, the Mi-24 still doesn’t have a manual and didn’t get a Mini-Update post in years…

Been tracking your progress from the start team. Cannot wait for this big, beautiful girl to be brought to DCS. It should be a massive honor to bring the first Large bomber to the crowd. Saw the video below and thought I would share. Awesome flyby of the Lancaster. Looks recent to.

Reflected Simulations: "Here's a teaser of my upcoming Wolfpack 2: Overlord DCS P-47 Campaign. This is the first intro cutscene, set on June 5 1944. The campaign consists of 12 historical missions as well as many other cutscenes."

Amiens/Jericho style!

Mi-26. Because... big.

@Cupra benenne doch Deine Wunschseiten einfach mit 00 am Anfang, dann sollte sie eigtl immer ganz vorn sein.

Fantastic stuff @Rick Mave

I was working on some mods yesterday and in/out/in/out many times over the course of several hours. No issues. The fact that you don't even have to *think* about what's taking so long means it's not taking so long  It's back to normal with normal being its behavior on 2.9.14. I'm glad to be back on the current version and regained access to the Germany map.

Too bad none of those campaigns are MP enabled. I get why they aren't, but with braindead AI, it would be incredible to actually play with others to achieve the outlined goals in the story.

Flying race quads in real life, I tried this mod today using my actual remote and I'm really impressed by the flight model. (especially since DCS was never built to simulate those kinds of flight physics) Sure for experienced flyers it might still feel a bit "floaty" and powered down, but considering how hard it is to learn the proper axis/throttle coordination with quadcopters and most DCS players will control this with their HOTAS setup I'd say you found a perfect compromise (also looked at the special options to maybe give it more kick, but didn't have more time to experiment with those settings yet). Overall very impressive pulling this off within DCS!

Try to see if this video can help. also here full of useful infos:

Thanks for those references, I will change the landing gear height. I don't plan on changing the fuselage dimensions, it would require redoing a lot of animations and other stuff, and the difference is barely visible. This was meant as a simple modding project, not 1:1 version of Su-22 in dcs. If you don't like it's proportion and dimensions then wait for Snipers Su-22

I know it's a lot to ask. But the amount of information you can feed into the system is a lot more than currently used by fw assets. There needs to be a way to feed all that info to the aircraft besides fat fingering for the better part of 30min with the amount of entry errors to boot. data Comms VHF/UHF/FMx2/HF for every unit Waypoints/TGT/coordinating measures/Route's/Maps Laser codes Default modes for systems

To be fair, 5 years ago, the idea that top end cards would still be bumbling around with only 6-8GB of VRAM today was absurd. But here we are. Progress stumbles barely on.

Это вид с удлинителем, сразу скажу что база мангуст Т-50 имеет сравнительно небольшие углы отклонения, и сделана для использования с кронштейном (жду когда придет) точность можно повысить удлинив рычаг, выглядит прикольно База на РОШ пришла с нехромированным штоком, как на сайте, видимо конструктора что-то поменяли. Я сразу же поменял ограничитель подъема рычага на. 50 градусов. Он снабжается сменными ограничителями на 30 40 и 50 градусов. В программном обеспечении оси калибруются.