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Hey! Thank you for your support and interest in the Currenthill Assets Pack. In this post I will keep an updated FAQ, where I try to answer the questions already asked or things I want to explain more in depth. FAQ Q1: Will Currenthill Asset Pack be part of core DCS? A1: Yes. The new assets will be added to the DCS core engine free for all of you to enjoy. Q2: Will all the assets from the Currenthill mod packs be added to DCS? A2: No. The library of new core assets are based off of the inventory of the Currenthill mod packs, but each asset are carefully chosen to be added to DCS. Each new core asset are implemented mostly from scratch to uphold a specific consistent standard of things like mesh and textures quality, animations, FLIR textures, LODs, destroyed models etc. Q3: Will the new core assets conflict with the Currenthill mod pack assets? A3: No. All new core assets have unique names and will therefore not conflict with the Currenthill mod pack assets. Q4: Will there be more batches of new core assets? A4: Yes. The first announcement letter describes the first batch of new core assets, but there will be more to come. Q5: Which assets will the next batch contain? A5: For maximum suspense, the content of the next batch won't be announced until it's announced. Q6: Are the new core assets the same assets as in the Currenthill mod packs? A6: No. The library of new core assets are based off of the inventory of the Currenthill mod packs, but each asset are carefully chosen to be added to DCS. Each new core asset are implemented mostly from scratch to uphold a specific consistent standard of things like mesh and textures quality, animations, FLIR textures, LODs, destroyed models etc. Q7: Will the new core assets take up a lot of storage space? A7: No. They will be better optimized than the Currenthill mod packs. The average size per asset is around 500 megabyte. Q8: Will the new core assets have FLIR textures? A8: Yes. All the new core assets will come with FLIR textures. Q9: Will the new core assets have LODs? A9: Yes. All the new core assets will come with multiple level-of-details (LODs). This means less detailed models will be displayed at longer viewing distances. There are LODs for both the models and the destroyed models. Q10: Will the new core assets have advanced weapons? A10: Yes. The collaboration with ED makes it possible to implement more advanced weaponry like the 9K723K1 short range ballistic missile and the dual seeker IRIS-T SLM missile. Q11: Will I continue to develop the Currenthill mod packs? A11: No. The new core assets will take up most of my DCS developing time. Q12: Will I continue to support the Currenthill mod packs? A12: Yes. I will implement a best-effort approach to keeping the Currenthill mod packs working with DCS updates. Q13: Will I remove the duplicate assets from the Currenthill mod packs? A13: Yes. I will most likely remove duplicate assets to avoid any kind of unnecessary confusion. Q14: Will the core assets support Combined Arms? A14: Yes. The new core assets will support Combined Arms cockpits where it's possible with the current limitations. For example, guns of all kinds are more likely to be player-controlled than advanced missile systems. Q15: When will the first batch of core assets release? A15: SoonTM. Q16: Will the new core assets come with different liveries? A16: Yes. The new core assets will come with summer, winter and desert liveries. There may be a few exceptions, for example aircraft assets. Q17: Will the new core assets have the CH prefix in the mission editor? A17: No. For consistency and ease-of-use the new core assets will be integrated with other DCS core assets. Q18: Will the new core assets have improved collision and damage models? A18: Yes. The new core assets will have improved collision and damage models with more damage zones on par with the latest ED core assets.

25 April 2025 Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, The Cold War sale is in full swing and brings you great savings up to 50% across most modules including our most sought-after modules such as the DCS: F-16C Viper and DCS: F/A-18C at 40% off. Please check out the deals and detailed discounts below. We are collaborating with Currenthill to offer an exciting collection of air, land and sea AI assets. Each asset comes with high-resolution textures and 3D geometry, animations, and realistic weapon implementations. These assets will be added at no charge to the DCS core! Please check out the Contention PVP servers that feature large sandbox campaigns. Strike Package Studios has recently launched their new Cold War server that aims to focus on aircraft of the Cold War era. Join the Strike Package Discord. Thank you for your passion and support. Yours sincerely, Eagle Dynamics Cold War Sale Up to half price off Following the highly successful early access launch of Cold War Germany we have launched a DCS Cold War Sale to match the exciting mood. The sale is in full swing and offers you the opportunity of landing some fantastic deals across our wide range of aircraft, terrains, campaigns, and packs! These deals are available from our E-Shop until the 12th of May 2025, and on Steam until the 5th of May, 2025 at 15:00 GMT. Please do take advantage of these great bargains: Modules with 50% discount Fixed wing DCS: A-10A Warthog DCS: A-10C II Tank Killer DCS: Bf 109 K-4 Kurfurst DCS: C-101 Aviojet DCS: Christen Eagle II DCS: F-86F Sabre DCS: Fw 190 A-8 DCS: Fw 190 D-9 Dora DCS: I-16 DCS: L-39 Albatros DCS: MB-339 DCS: MiG-15bis DCS: MiG-21bis DCS: Mosquito DCS: P-47D Thunderbolt DCS: P-51D Mustang DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. 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Campaign DCS: Mosquito FB VI Freeman's Folly DCS: Mosquito FB VI - V for Victory DCS: P-47D Wolfpack Campaign DCS: P-51D Debden Eagles Campaign DCS: P-51D: The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney Campaign DCS: Spitfire Beware! Beware! DCS: Spitfire IX The Big Show Campaign Currenthill Assets Pack Announcement We are excited to announce a new partnership with Currenthill, which will bring many of his outstanding ground vehicles, aircraft, and ship AI assets to DCS. Currenthill is well known in the DCS community for his excellent mod packs and these AI assets will be added to the Core engine free for all of you to enjoy. A huge amount of work has gone into integrating the assets; creating Levels of Detail; generating IR textures; adding desert, woodland and winter textures; creating damaged and destroyed models, and more. In parallel, we are creating new weapons like the Iskander, ATACMS, and IRIS-T SLM missiles to support these new assets. Some assets will also add new capabilities such as the IRIS-T surface to air missile system that features active radar-guidance paired with infrared-guidance; this makes it a deadly adversary. This first set of Currenthill assets will include the FV101 and the lightweight FV107 armoured vehicle for your South Atlantic missions; the Tor M2 and Pantsir S1 for short range and air defense systems; and enhanced Russian Main Battle Tanks (MBT) like the T-90A and T-90M. The M-ATV, M1083 tactical truck, and M1130 command vehicle will also be included for your Mid-East missions. For your European theatre missions, you’ll have a diverse range of new assets such as the Project 22160 Patrol Ship and air assets including the Mi-28N attack helicopter and the Tu-95MS bomber equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. For ground operations, you'll gain access to the BMPT Terminator IFV, the TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher, the 9K720 Iskander short range ballistic missile, the T-84 Oplot-M, and the T-64BV MBTs. Additionally, the modern IRIS-T SLM medium-range SAM and the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) that features both Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) will also be at your disposal. We look forward to adding additional Currenthill assets in the future. The first iteration of the Currenthill Assets Pack will contain: FV101 Scorpion LT FV107 Scimitar CRV T-90A MBT T-90M MBT T-84 Oplot-M MBT T-64 Bv 2017 MBT M1130 Stryker ICV M-ATV MRAP BMPT Terminator IFV 9K720 Iskander SRBM (with 9M723K1) M142 GMLRS MRL (with M30A1/M31 GMLRS) M142 ATACMS MRL (with M39A1 ATACMS) Pantsir S1 SPAAGM (with 57E6) Tor M2 SHORAD (with 9M338) TOS-1A MRL (with MO.1.01.04M) M1083 MTV Truck IRIS-T SLM LN SAM (with IRIS-T SLM) IRIS-T SLM STR SAM IRIS-T SLM CP SAM Tu-95MS Bomber (with Kh-101 and Kh-555) Mi-28N Attack Helicopter (with Ataka and Igla) Project 22160 Patrol Ship with SA-15 (Tor-M2) Project 22160 Patrol Ship Each Asset comes with: High resolution textures LODs for both model and destroyed model Custom sounds Animations Summer, desert and winter liveries FLIR textures Encyclopedia entries We continue working on the integration of the assets into the DCS Core, and we look forward to sharing more details soon. A special thanks to Currenthill for bringing you all these tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, ships, and AI aircraft that will provide even more interesting and engaging missions to DCS. Contention PVP Servers by Strike Package Studios In Contention, you are given the tools to conquer the map and achieve victory using a wide variety of tactics including: Logistics, Forward Air Control (FAC), Drones, Bombers, Recon, Industrial Strikes, Naval Strikes, AWACS & Tanker Support, Airlifts, Convoys, and much more. Players can take advantage of many unique mechanics to make almost any aircraft viable. Helicopter logistics are the backbone of the campaign. Contention now has two servers online: Their very popular 80's/90's/Modern server and their new Contention Cold War server! The new Cold War server is designed around placing all the older aircraft in DCS in the spotlight. Live out your dreams of Vietnam-era dogfights on Contention Cold War! Please join their Discord and check out the Server Guide for more info! Thank you again for your passion and support, Yours sincerely,

Hey, everyone. We know that many of you are very anxious to get your hands on this; so, I wanted to give you a little update All primary functions are now in, and internal testing has started. The bones are looking good, and we have a good handle on what needs to be changed/added. Please note that we are simulating the Sniper ATP per OFP 4.2+. We are still on track to release by the end of Q2, which should be June 2025. Naturally, if in test we discover blockers that prevent this, we'll need to work on it further. But for now, things are looking good. Also, given the large number of missions and campaigns that are using the current TGP (LANTIRN/Litening mash-up), we'll keep both around, at least for a while. Wags

Good Morning/Afternoon, Everyone, I'm sorry. I have been focusing on my health for the past six weeks or more. I'm happy to report that my back surgery (Disc replacement) went well. My back X-rays look great. It can take 6 months to a year for my back to fully recover. It should be known after three months whether the surgery was truly successful based on any back pain I'm experiencing. Lately, my back pain has been constant but manageable. --The problem with any kind of pain is that it interferes with your concentration and focus, so some days I'm just not into modeling. Concerning creating 3d models for DCS. I have been working on mods in the background just to keep my skill level up, but I'm not working on anything that I will be releasing. I have a lot of military assets I have that I would like to work on. CH helped me correct some of the issues with creating Military Tanks. I created a Tank for DCS some years back, but that's when the coding for DCS was much simpler. Coding is still simple as long as you have good instructions, but that is non-existent as far as I know. You're pretty much on your own when it comes to creating mods for DCS. Thankfully, I understand the basics. Anyway, when I feel like I'm healthy enough to return. I will let you all know. Thanks for all your concerns. I appreciate it. It shows you're human. PatPatpowerCat, thanks for modifying the Admiral Ushakov AI ship mod. At some point, I will work backwards to correct all the issues with the mods. Thanks, everyone, I hope you all have a great weekend.

Hey! Here is the first version of the FAQ: I will update it as we move along.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/release/2.9.15.9599/ DCS Core CTD with IR missiles launch at F-86 and L-39 fixed DCS: Data Transfer Cartridge (DTC) by Eagle Dynamics Fixed: Crash when F/A-18 CMDS set to AUTO after using custom DTC CMDS threat tables. Initial improvement based on user feedback: Moved DTC panel upper (ME). Moved current cartridge combolist and partition combolist to one vertical line (ME). Moved DTC panel upper (Sim). DCS: F-16C Viper by Eaglе Dynamics Fixed: DTE category labels should clear after loading. Fixed: Crash F16C.dl.

Agreed. The mods are very nicely done and are provided free of charge to everyone. Love to see those who complain try to make even one as nicely as the 100+ Currenthill has made.

DCS: Data Transfer Cartridge (DTC) by Eagle Dynamics Fixed: DTC Crash if in track restart mission, then take control and restart again. Fixed: DTC Windows Export/Import are displayed after a unit is destroyed in some cases. Fixed: DTC button in Briefing is available on dynamic spawned aircraft in MP. DCS: F/A-18C by Eagle Dynamics Fixed: Crash FA18C.dll. Fixed: Crash cockpit UHF ARC-210. DCS: F-16C Viper by Eaglе Dynamics Fixed: Radar RWS TDC bumping range and azimuth settings no longer work. DCS: AH-64D by Eagle Dynamics Fixed: LASER power button is not functioning. DCS: F-5E by Eagle Dynamics Fixed: Crash when launching missiles AIM-9B at an airplane that uses flares. Fixed: Left Wingtip (Pylon 1) missile determines if the AIM-9 provides tone or not. DCS: F-4E by Heatblur Fixed JESTER failing to Align the INS on start-up. DCS: Kola map by Orbx New: ENAT - Alta airport New: ENEV - Evenes airport New: EFET - Enontekiö arctic airport New: EFSO - Sodankylä airfield New: Airstrip Road 924 near Hosio New: Populated areas around Kuusamo airport New: Populated areas around Kallax airport New: Added missing charts for Civilian airports Fixed: A disconnected road near Borjelsbyn Fixed: Removed trees blocking aircraft taxi path from E08 parking to runway Vidsel Fixed: Added a missing bridge near Ruka Fixed: Updated runway numbers on Kittila airport Fixed: Missing PAPI added to ESPA Fixed: Changed map date for winter to start on the 15th November instead of 1st December Fixed: Optimisation first pass Fixed: Fixed model causing FPS drops at Rovaniemi

Currenthill Assets Pack We are excited to announce a new partnership with Currenthill, which will bring many of his outstanding ground vehicles, aircraft, and ship AI assets to DCS. Currenthill is well known in the DCS community for his excellent mod packs and these AI assets will be added to the Core engine free for all of you to enjoy. A huge amount of work has gone into integrating the assets; creating Levels of Detail; generating IR textures; adding desert, woodland and winter textures; creating damaged and destroyed models, and more. In parallel, we are creating new weapons like the Iskander, ATACMS, and IRIS-T SLM missiles to support these new assets. Some assets will also add new capabilities such as the IRIS-T surface to air missile system that features active radar-guidance paired with infrared-guidance; this makes it a deadly adversary. This first set of Currenthill assets will include the FV101 and the lightweight FV107 armoured vehicle for your South Atlantic missions; the Tor M2 and Pantsir S1 for short range and air defense systems; and enhanced Russian Main Battle Tanks (MBT) like the T-90A and T-90M. The M-ATV, M1083 tactical truck, and M1130 command vehicle will also be included for your Mid-East missions. For your European theatre missions, you’ll have a diverse range of new assets such as the Project 22160 Patrol Ship and air assets including the Mi-28N attack helicopter and the Tu-95MS bomber equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles. For ground operations, you'll gain access to the BMPT Terminator IFV, the TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher, the 9K720 Iskander short range ballistic missile, the T-84 Oplot-M, and the T-64BV MBTs. Additionally, the modern IRIS-T SLM medium-range SAM and the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) that features both Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) will also be at your disposal. We look forward to adding additional Currenthill assets in the future. The first iteration of the Currenthill Assets Pack will contain: FV101 Scorpion LT FV107 Scimitar CRV T-90A MBT T-90M MBT T-84 Oplot-M MBT T-64 Bv 2017 MBT M1130 Stryker ICV M-ATV MRAP BMPT Terminator IFV 9K720 Iskander SRBM (with 9M723K1) M142 GMLRS MRL (with M30A1/M31 GMLRS) M142 ATACMS MRL (with M39A1 ATACMS) Pantsir S1 SPAAGM (with 57E6) Tor M2 SHORAD (with 9M338) TOS-1A MRL (with MO.1.01.04M) M1083 MTV Truck IRIS-T SLM LN SAM (with IRIS-T SLM) IRIS-T SLM STR SAM IRIS-T SLM CP SAM Tu-95MS Bomber (with Kh-101 and Kh-555) Mi-28N Attack Helicopter (with Ataka and Igla) Project 22160 Patrol Ship with SA-15 (Tor-M2) Project 22160 Patrol Ship Each Asset comes with: High resolution textures LODs for both model and destroyed model Custom sounds Animations Summer, desert and winter liveries FLIR textures Encyclopedia entries We continue working on the integration of the assets into the DCS Core, and we look forward to sharing more details soon. A special thanks to Currenthill for bringing you all these tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, ships, and AI aircraft that will provide even more interesting and engaging missions to DCS.

This level of nitpicking is just wild.

I stopped reading at: "We are collaborating with Currenthill... " and started celebrating

ED: Sniper Pod is planned for the end of Q2, probably June 2025: (illustrative image)

...Yeah, the silliness is often off the charts sometimes here for new incoming things (I'm tired, boss™). I can't imagine the work involved on pushing out so many models as a hobby for a videogame as Currenthill did. For folks who just won't get their hands dirty on making a single dent of contribution to DCS to say it was a 'school boy' level work is unbelievable. We all need these models in the sim. We are short of them immensely. Instead of complaining about the quality of 'free' stuff, get to work on something. My thoughts exactly. We need them. Doesn't matter if a bolt or a grill is miss placed by a few cm. For a mod made at home, they are unbelievably nice; to look at and having in the sim.

F/A-18C Hornet guide updated with some corrections to the GBU-12 procedure.

Hey guys! I'm working on a FAQ to answer most of the questions. I'll link to it as soon as I'm done.

So, the inner wheels should be slighty wider ? That´s your criticism ? I`m not sure what I´m supposed to look at with the Iskander. Both the T-90 and the Iskander look fantastic to me and I´m really looking forward to these assets. I think you have to tone down your expectations to a realistic level. Most of the time, people are looking at these through a targeting pod from 10 miles away. And I think it´s really unfair to the developers to call these "very bad" or "made by a schoolboy" - these are very high quality models.

Good news is that Berlin does do black outs if set to WWII time frame in ME. Except for the football stadiums?

Oh fantastic! One humble request. I feels kinda too much given how much Work Currenthill and now ED is putting into this. But we sorley need updated 3d models for the MiG23 and Su17/22. These are major cold war assets used by Soviets and others from early 70 and into the 90s. Because of the terrible 3d models on these I have to use MiG21 as standins for both. The MiG29 didn't show up in useful numbers until the mid 80s. Giving a 10 year period where the 23 should be the main soviet air to air fighter. And the 3d model is so out of place many mission and campaign makers simply won't use it.

We would like to extend our gratitude to all individuals who have dedicated their time to submit entries and provide feedback and concerns regarding custom livery painting for our customers. Consequently, we have decided to cancel this contest while we explore options to enhance our support for those who appreciate painting and sharing their livery creations. Regarding the current entries, while we will not be adding any to the game at this time, we would like to offer a small gift to you for your effort and hope that when this contest returns, you will consider resubmitting your work. We will contact you shortly. Thanks again for all the feedback we have received on this, and we look forward to improving this in the future. The ED Team

Just detected this thread - AWESOME! I did develop this scenery those days for FSX/P3D. So please give me a shout if you are interested in any british objects (all objects are done with Gmax, but will be surely possible to convert in any other format).

Regarding: Q17: Will the new core assets have the CH prefix in the mission editor? A17: No. For consistency and ease-of-use the new core assets will be integrated with other DCS core assets. I wish ED reversed this decision, as I find it useful to easily identify the asset's origin, in the same way as was done with Massun's Assets, plus it is kind of a recognition for his efforts to add AI units to DCS.

Buy! Life is short. Fly while you can.

Well off topic for this thread really, but the MiG-29 could usher in more Redfor aircraft depending on how popular it is. So we will see. Kate (our COO) has stated that the team is eager to explore more Ru aircraft if given the green light, and that the MiG-23, one way or another, would most likely be in DCS one day.

On my case, I'm satisfied with this Map .. of course one can ask for more detail and variety, but keep into account the cost: just a single airport for a well known civil flight sim can cost 20 dollars, so having this Map at around US$ 55 seems entirely reasonable to me.

We are working on it now. There will also be changes to the external model to support new EFM functionality.

Some work in progress updates. I've gone through all of the MFD/PMFD pages and removed references to the FCS modes. Cleaned up duplicate information and de-cluttered them. Adjusted previous functions for the new EFM. UFD now has all pertinent flight data along with advisories on one page and updated fuel display on the other. Clocks were moved to ICP, Zulu and Mission. The other clocks were configured for local mission time. Updated the systems page to show a fake BIT series that also happens to explain why you can't use GPS guided munitions (If you didn't know there are bombs in the mod but they are unguided.) Updated fuel pages for the Raptor's 18k lbs of internal fuel. As you can see in one shot, the fuel was set at 75% in the mission editor and is reflected as such on the screens. I updated the UFD fuel page to be scaled in thousands of pounds. The default scale isn't linear, but the way the gauge works is. So now it's at least pretty close. I've come up with a means to use the external tanks if desired and have a maximum of 26k lbs of fuel. 18k is generally going to be enough though. Lots of things happening behind the scenes. EFM is close to a release candidate. Weapons tweaks continue. Some new assets are being developed and added. Things are coming along nicely. I almost forgot. With the update to 2.9.15 there's a bug that won't allow sounds in saved\sounds to override the existing ones. I created a separate sounds mod for the F-22 that corrects that and also eliminates Betty's OVER G, MAXIMUM SPEED, MINIMUM SPEED alerts. This can be used with the existing version as it's a separate mod. NOTE: IT DOES REPLACE SU-25 SOUNDS as those are still the sound files the F-22 uses. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yrd4p48gfzq2pkf2hahlr/F-22A-Raptor-Sounds.zip?rlkey=oycxuf5794aadq1ck7pzu66f0&dl=0

Congratulations Currenthill and great job ED listening and acting in interest of your customers!

Having already written a whinging post regarding the questionable representation of the NATO airbases included in the initial release of the map else where in this forum, I would like to make a thread of my own regarding a couple of other "niggles" that are bugging me personally. Forgive me if some of the points made herein have been brought up elsewhere in the forum, but this is my post, consider me reiterating said points... Context: In my understanding, this map is being sold as a Cold War map, circa (at a guess) 60's through to late 80's / very early 90's. 1. Why are there racing cones all over the military low flying routes? The "coned" air racing ala Red Bull style did not become a thing, certainly in Germany, until the early 2000's and would most definitely not be located along or intersecting NATO low flying areas. Now, before anyone educates me on the history of air racing, I do appreciate that the sport has been a thing since the dawn of manned powered flight, but it was not present as represented during the stated time period of this map. Please forgive my ignorance, but might there be a way to hide or remove these cones on the map via the mission editor, or perhaps to remove the specific (offending) cone file from the map folder? I don't know how anyone else feels, but they break the immersion of flying in a "Cold War" environment. Of course, I do appreciate the "fun" factor and it's an extra selling point for the map, but... 2. NATO Flightline equipment. This may be something of an emotive subject, but why are the bases populated with non-military specific and most definitely civilian flightline items? Once again, would anyone know how to remove these most offensive objects? To my mind, these inane items could have been left out, saving the resources for elsewhere on the map. A side note: a. One of the big issues we had whilst low flying (anywhere in Europe) was gliders/paragliders, etc. Gliding was/is a big sport in Germany, and care had to be taken in flight planning to avoid such areas on given days of the week. I feel this would be a good addition to the map. Understandably, most of the big gliding areas were located outside of the map area, being further south (notably Stuttgart), but there were a few in the Rhine/Westphalia area. Of interest, has anyone thought of creating a glider mod? b. Is there any possibility of extending the map westwards to include at least the entirety of the Netherlands? So many important locations there, airbases (Leeuwarden, Volkel, Soesterburg, Gilze-Rijen) and weapons ranges (most notably the famous Vliehors Air Weapons Range, otherwise known as the Cornfield Range). Also, perhaps stretching the map to include more of Belgium, featuring Florennes, Beauvechain, and Kliene Brogel? I ask as considering the range of Phase 3, it seems a wasted opportunity not to include the entirety of the Low Countries and their important Cold War bases. c. Will Ugra Media include the Nordhorn Weapons range? In my mind, this is an absolute must if the moniker "Cold War" is to be taken as such. I realise that I might be presenting myself as something of a "Debby Downer" or "nit picker" with this post, if so, that is not my intention. I am grateful for all of Ugra Media's efforts in bringing such an important and much requested map. This map was a huge undertaking, and overall, Ugra has done a superb job. I feel there is room for improvement/changes. Having paid our money based on expectations according to the sales pitch (Cold War Germany), we all have the right to a voice of opinion. I appreciate that this is an initial release and some (hopefully all) of the "niggles" maybe addressed in future updates. Thank you, one and all, for once more putting up with my words. My utmost gratitude to everyone at Ugra Media for releasing one of the best maps for DCS, certainly the one with the most potential.

Well, the hose connection wave is just a nice visual effect for a start but: the basket should react to aerodynamic forces near the aircraft (escape from the nose) the basket/hose should give a little stabilisation after connection and push back with minimal force boom should give a lot of stabilisation after connection (should hold the fighter size aircraft easily if trimmed and set proper power) the basket/boom should obey physics even when it's not intended for us (when buddy or AI is also in AAR process) the basket/boom should not autoconnect until an inch from the actual connection and the shape of basket/receptacle should ease up sliding in the basket/boom should not automatically disconnect after getting filling up the probe, basket, hose or boom can be damaged (including keeping the broken basket on the probe in some cases, hooking up the hose) no clipping of basket/hose or boom over the aircraft body some fuel spills during connections and disconnections option for both types of refueling on capable aircraft more wobbly basket depending on wind/turbulence settings no possibility of connecting from the the side or backwards What did I miss?

Dear Ugra @MAESTR0 Now that I’ve had a few days to go over the Germany map for DCS, it is done very well and dare I say probably the best map to release for DCS to date. It is absolutely a solid foundation for many years of fun adventures to come. I can't wait to see what kind of official campaigns come from this. With that said, I do have some constructive criticisms. The airbases all look the same and have very little character. The overuse the same generic hangars and buildings over and over is disappointing. I hope that future updates may bring a little more life to the individual characteristics of each base. Also, brought up a many times now here, the brown patches in the grass at EVERY airfield are overly exagerated. I get the vibe that UGRA media went for a late 1970’s timeframe. The color scheme they used for the NATO bases give a run down rusty vibe, which works for the Eastern Bloc bases, but not NATO. Generally speaking, US Facilities but more than likely all NATO associated facilities have pretty well kept grounds. Missing patches of grass happen, but not very often. We mow our grass, and most bases would be considered "Well Kept Garden" like. My suggestion would be to all but remove the brown patches from the airbases of the West Germany side of the map. Doing this would give us the immediate recognition of which side we are on. Similarly to how film directors use subtle light and color pallets to differentiate scenes for movie goers. As far as the Buildings and Hangars go, I recognize that compromises have to be made to optimize the gameplay and keep download sizes reasonable. One thing that could help is to close up some of the Hangars and Hass Shelters. If you get rid of some of the interiors of these buildings, then that gives a little more head room for custom details at a few choice bases. A couple examples that I explored are Bitburg Airbase, and Giebelstadt Army Air Field. Bitburg Wishlist: Personally, I would prefer to see the base with the Tan and Brown painted buildings, The HAS Shelters in the Green scheme. Minimize the brown missing grass patches. Add a custom Roether Memorial Alert shelter, add the missing weapons bunkers For Giebelstadt AAF, Generic Hangars are re-used here again, and this is an acceptable compromise (even though the real live Hangars would bring so much Character to the base). Unfortunately, the use of large light poles everywhere is not conducive to helicopter operations. Also in your rendition there are a few prominent trees in the midfield that were never there real world. Wishlist: is to "Green up the brown patches in the grass once again, Remove the light poles, and remove the trees. Every picture I have found of the hangars had the doors closed. I know its a ton of work, but with the removal of the extra polygons for the Tree and Light poles, in combination with more simple closed up custom hangars could potentially yield no frame loss, and potentially not much more hard drive space. See Below for examples of Giebelstadt. To wrap up this lengthy post. Thank you UGRA. You have done an outstanding job, and I look forward to all that you will give to us in the future. I Know that every base can't be a custom masterpiece, its just not feasible. Maybe something like picking the top 5 most well known and documented airbases, and detailing them out with more custom buildings as "Flagship" fields could be the answer. Or instead of top 5, maybe the bases that align best with the actual DCS Aircraft IE: the New Eagle Dynamics F-15C main home will be Bitburg, Hahn for the F-16, or a Belgian F-16 base maybe, ETC. Thank you for this amazing WIP map. -Preston

Unfortunately, I have to agree - mixed feelings. The first hours I liked the green map. Berlin looks great with all the famous buildings that we all know. But some geographical coverage is not correct. I know, we can not expect a map and details like in the MS Flight Simulator, but if the geopraphical quality is to rough, it is just a green map. Well, it is early access and work is in progress, so I hope things are getting fixed and sure, they will improve over time. Some points I have noticed (so far): - There are to much trees. The forest areas are too large - Hills, mountains and bridges should be correct - Cities should be recognized (at least) by there size. Some big cities have only a few houses and are looking like small villages, e.g. Wuerzburg (there are also some very nice historical buildings...) - The street lightning on highways (Autobahnen) looks great, but in Germany, we don't have this lightning. It differs to other countries like the Netherlands or Belgium - Autobahnen don't have crossroads - Autobahnen should have some cars (well, it might be a performance thing or it is just war and nobody is using the streets...) - Many graveyards in East Germany have orthodox crucifix, but only a few People there where orthodox. That is not important for me, but it seems that it was important for the map design and that's why I mention it I am looking forward for the next updates.

After more than two years of research and trial and error, I'm happy to present my MB-339A Falkland mini campaign! You are a young pilot of Armada Argentina, you were training on the A-4Q, but news of the war brought you back to the airplane you know how to fight in, the Aermacchi MB-339A (MC.33 in the Argentine service). You will deploy to Port Stanley, now renamed Puerto Argentino, and fight your hardest to repell the British fleet. In this 6 mission mini campaign you will find an historically accurate account of the MB-339A's involvement in the falkland war. Planes (including the actual bort numbers), dates and times, troops movements, AAA postions and ships name and position have been researched and accurately reproduced. Each mission has a Briefing and a debriefing document, several custom kneeboard pages, and lots of dialogues for a total of more than 200 voice overs. Inside the package you'll also find custom skins for the 339 (adapted from the excellent skin already provided by IFE) and other Argentinian planes. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/it/files/3344459/

Some better A2A refueling physics woukd be a great addition. A good wave of the hose as you attach would be great. Woukd also be amazing if the basket didn't auto disconnect when full.

Wow, great stuff with AI assets keep it going

Congrats CH, nice to see your hard work has paid off. I am also very happy to see ED didn't miss this chance to put up to date with so much needed assets.

Little tour of West Berlin in the OH-6

A major topic during the Cold War in Germany were the road air strips, which were to be used as alternative airports in the event of war. These road air strips existed in both east and west. Unfortunately, these motorway sections cannot be used in the CW Germany map. The motorways are too narrow, blocked by lighting and trees and some are not level. The car parks that were used as service areas for the aircraft are also missing. I know that it is impossible to integrate all road air strips, but 5-6 per coalition would be very nice https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notlandeplatz_auf_Straße nullnull Picture 1 and 2 show the same place (A29 - 52°54'44.0"N 8°09'58.0"E) in reality and in DCS (picture from defence-network.com) Picture 3: A44 Bueren Geseke - 51°35'50.0"N 8°33'06.0"Enull Picture 4: A9 Dessau-Süd und Zörbig - 51°40'35.0"N 12°12'23.0"E

agree, I almost added this fella to the ignore list on the spot ...

There is no world where it is better to have some asset as a mod rather than in the game. Running endless mods, especially with a software like DCS that makes it a hecking headache is not really an option for large MP communities, PvE or PvP. "Oh just get the mod" ignores such a glaring majority of the reality of multiplayer, the nature of DCS, and online communities. It's good that CH assets are in the game. I don't want mods if I can help it.

Thanks! As I mentioned in the FAQ, I intend to keep the existing mods working (within a reason of course). And this includes the RWR/HARM files. Unfortunately not. The new core game Iskander will feature the first ballistic trajectory missile since the Scud. So let's call it the first core game accurate ballistic missile. It isn't based on the old way we created ballistic missile mods in DCS where the missile would go straight up and then point straight to the target without a ballistic arc.

No spoilers! But I think the first batch of assets is a good indicator of the very wide spread of asset types to expect.

Currenthill section added to DCS core forum area. https://forum.dcs.world/forum/1337-currenthill-asset-packs/

Finally, an updated Tu-95 model!

I understand that we can't expect a map of this size being entirely handcrafted. I also don't see an issue alike "too few" points of interest being modeled. I totally get that the creation of such an enormous map size will require some shortcuts, and templates might be an acceptable thing. Yet for some reason I struggle to not feeling annoyed by such widespread copy pasting of quite the big templates here. We all value Ugra for their invention of details, of raising the standards for map fidelity and inventing new ideas. Yet this slowly starts to feels like an attempt to use the incredible details on stuff like oil barrels, wall clocks, drawer handles and chairs and monitors in airfield towers, combined harvesters, blue bicycles and hot air balloons to distract us from quite the repetitive use of templates of so far unseen size. Or in other words, at this point I can't follow why it was deemed necessary to create beautifully detailed interiors of factories and power plants (for any other purpose than nice teasing pictures building up hype and the wow effect when visiting these ingame for the first and second time) while the effort would rather have been a better investment for adding some more building archetypes or increased support for the AI or whatever procedure was used to interpret all the data required for map creation. Yes, this is early access and I am already happily contributing hints and advise in this forum, to support Ugra and their product. Yet right now I wish they would have focused on those details responsible for an historically accurate depiction of things which are supposed to make this map a cold war themed map. Adding the Iron curtain and selected models of renown historic landmarks are a good basis. Its sad to see this immersion reduced by dropping ever the same templates of actually big complexes (as beautifully detailed as they may be) across the map. This is a small compilation. There are many more of these out there. Each of them is as big as several city blocks or a little village. While alone they look beautiful in their detail, the copy pasting has gotten out of control.

I started creating liveries for DCS back in 2018. Over the years, I’ve continuously worked on improving my skills, learning more about the art of texturing, and connecting with amazing people in the community who helped me grow. (@wolfthrower@Roughmaster@sadjad-vosoul@Mach3DS @2IAE-CrashBG, Fish ) Creating liveries for Heatblur has been an incredibly experience. Since the beginning of this exciting journey in April 2024, I’ve had the pleasure of contributing to a project I'm truly passionate about. Working with the talented team at Heatblur has been an honor @Cobra847@IronMike@ben_der, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to be a small part of their amazing work. Thank you, Heatblur, for this unforgettable adventure! Special thanks to Umut Özturk and Yücel Türk for the stencils and reference images, and to Cem Doğut for the Son Seytanlar reference images. .by Aqil "chaosbaal" Huseynov member of heatblur testing team and rivet counting squad. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/NqB6RN

Release Version Current version number: DCS 2.9.15.9599 Next planned update: To be announced

Let's look at it this way....none of us wanted to get this or any other competition "cancelled". However, if this was done because ED has realized that something corrective needs to be done with the idea of encryption on a whole, and by extension, getting the MV working correctly and allowing us access to the files we need in general going forward, then this isn't a win for "us" who voiced opinions - it is - but it's a win for ED and the community because it means high quality pieces can be made and the community can stay lively with the biggest user made staple of any game - skins. Regardless who makes them. I know plenty of amazingly talented painters who didn't voice their opinions here who will be overjoyed if this is the result going forward.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is what I like to call "fapping for energy" - it is a technique on how to use the stick, and in fact very simple to practice. As others already have stated you want to manage your energy, that is Gs and speed. Ideally you want both at ideal numbers, so corner speed at around 6ish G. But that won't always be the case, a climb may reduce speed, a sharper pull will reduce it, and a dive for speed may reduce your Gs, etc. Now, of course we need to stay observant of our instruments (in time you also get a feel for it, as the cockpit rattling and buffeting feeds back to you, so you can have more eyes on the bandit). But how does that actually look in terms of stick work, if say we fly a level turn - hypothetically (since usually you should go half a circle up and half a circle down). So, let us say, we fly a level turn and suddenly have too much speed and not enough G? How to get back G load without really bleeding all your speed? A good technique is to pull (quick release), pull (quick release), pull (quick release), pull (quick release) ... on the stick, aka very fast stick aft movements. This will quickly load G back on, without bleeding speed, since you have a brief release of the stick between the pulls (hence fapping for energy). Vice versa, if you have a lot of G, but losing speed, you do it in the opposite direction. You push (quick pull aft), push (quick pull aft), push (quick pull aft), push (quick pull aft), ... This will allow you to load back on speed without sacrificing too much G, aka just letting go of the stick and G load. Note that while the "fapping for G" is a more pronounced quick and sharp pull and release, the "release for speed" is a more relaxed, slower movement that you adjust as needed, sometimes as little as one slightly relaxed ease forward on the stick, can gain you back enough speed, and then you bring the stick back again to hold the Gs, etc. Try and train that by simply flying level turns, and observing how either loads back on G, or releases G and loads back on speed. And observe how the aircraft behaves. It is a very good thing to have in your muscles memory for dogfighting. This technique is not Tomcat specific and can be applied in any dogfighting aircraft, even in a glider, a fokker dr1 in ww1, a bf 109 in ww2, an F-4 in Vietnam, or an F35 in post modern times... and allows you to stay at full throttle at all times (which you generally should, unless you are trying to force an overshoot, or as a last resort, or some more advanced split throttle shenanigans, yada, which I'd consider more of a gimmick than base dogfighting skill.) I hope I explained it well enough to make sense. Happy training!