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Bembridge Field on Isle of Wight is missing the "e" on the map, and it shows "Bembridg". Not a big deal at all, I've just been mentally correcting it subconsciously for two weeks, and you guys probably have been too, thus making it nearly invisible.

I see, okay, point conceded. Since you feel it is a very important point, I want to make sure you feel completely understood. It is hereby established that: 1) It is very difficult to rack up a large number of air-to-air kills when your coalition is significantly outnumbered by the enemy 2) It is even MORE DIFFICULT to rack up a large number of air-to-air kills when there is no enemy at all Look, when you're right you're right, and I apologize profusely for not fully and blatantly acknowledging this. I hope I've fully addressed it now. Thank you for clarifying, that, it is a very important point to consider. While we're at it should we also establish that air-to-air kills are difficult prior to one's birth, or that they are highly-improbable on planets without an atmosphere? Or do you think we risk stating the obvious by going that far? I'm responding to responses that were made to me. Given that the "chit-chat" didn't bother you when others were making non-scoreboard-related comments (in fact you even add to them, as above), it doesn't come off as a good-faith admonition. We are always more critical of those we disagree with, human nature, but if you want these "voice of reason"-type posts to be taken in good-faith, you'd have to at least reduce the perception of bias. Otherwise it just sounds like "I only like reading posts I agree with so go away". I feel confident that you don't intend it that way.

You realize it's generally harder to shoot down the enemy when you're outnumbered, not easier. Right? Target-rich can meant something different when the targets shoot back. I think the Allied pilots were enemy-starved during the Battle of Normandy, but I'm not so sure about the rest of the war. Estimated Totals Kills credited to Bf 109 pilots: roughly 25,000 - 30,000 enemy aircraft destroyed Focke-Wulf Fw 190 – ≈ 15,000–20,000 Spitfire (all marks) – ≈ 6,000–9,000 P-47 = 7,000 - 10,000 P-51 Mustang – ≈ 4,900–6,000 Note: Kill counts are all over the place, so I don't know what's truly accurate. Bf-109 Kill Estimates Source / Historian Estimate Notes John Weal (Osprey – Bf 109 Aces of the Western Front) ~52,000 Based on cumulative Luftwaffe claims across all fronts USAF Historical Study No. 85 (post-war Allied analysis) 35,000–40,000 After discounting duplicates and overclaims Christer Bergström (Eastern Front specialist) ≈45,000 Includes overclaims; Eastern Front dominates Most modern historians (average view) 35,000 – 50,000 enemy aircraft destroyed Broad consensus band

The Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht punched so far above their weight that the world never saw anything like it before or since. Remember, France and Britain declared war on Germany, not the other way around, so if they weren't prepared, well, I don't know whose to blame for that. And despite being oh-so-offended that the krauts invaded Poland, the Soviets did the same two weeks later, but the brits and french didn't so much as fart in their general direction, so ... yeah ... the. morale outrage was a bit less than genuine. But my God, it's been nearly a century of Allies are God and Germans are Satan over and over and over and over and over and over again, so as for "everyone is going to turn those things the way they want to see them.", yeah, I can't disagree with that. Again, I don't think there is a person alive who can honestly say that the Allies have been lacking in accolades and deservedly so in most cases. That said, I think Germany had the best individual army in the war, the best submarine captains, and the best fighter pilots. I'm a huge fan of British and US pilots as well, but I stand in absolute awe of pilots like Erich Hartmann and Hans-Joachim Marseille and if I had personal idols they would be at the top of the list. I don't think they have equals in any other nation. I'm no fan of that nation's politics in that era, but during that particular place at that particular time, Germany produced some of the finest fighting men the world has ever known, and even though they lost quite badly in the end, much of the world has remained in a state of shock and wonder for the past 80 years over just how well they did against the most powerful nations on the planet. There's little doubt there there is much to hate about WW2 Germany, but anyone who can see clearly (at least in my opinion) would also have to admit that there is also much to admire. Of course, there's many who can't, and who nurse on victors propaganda for the comfort and borrowed self-esteem it gives them. That's why they need to make up cute words like "Wehraboo". That, despite benefiting from nearly 100% of the accolades, this group remains so insecure, really underscores my point, IMHO. You can extol the virtues of the Romainian army all you want, but it's not until you do the same for Germany do they start getting weird. That's likely not a coincidence.

We're not talking about a small difference or even a large difference, we're talking about an order of magnitude difference ... as well there situations which favored the allies, like superior numbers. Galland, Mayer , Eder, Baeur, and quite a few more were majority Western Front pilots. Besides, I don't think you know how good the Soviet pilots were, especially if you think every last one of them was bad. I think the whole "they all sucked" thing is a mental opiate. Besides, Germany was scraping the barrel toward the end of the war with hundreds of inexperienced pilots, so it's not like every Allied pilot was fighting the Red Freaking Baron every time they closed the cockpit canopy. The Italians probably weren't the most skilled pilots in the world either. I think if Allied pilots had accomplished a similar feat, we'd have never heard the end of it, and I don't think it would have been attenuated with excuses. In fact, they they did not accomplish a similar feat and we already do not hear the end of it. The library is full of of books about "The Greatest Fighter Pilot of WW2", and most of them are, curiously, Allied pilots. Thousands of books about Allied pilots, movies, TV shows, I don't think anyone need worry about giving Allied pilots their flowers. They've gotten them nonstop for the last 80 years. Lastly, if they were that great, you folks wouldn't be so damn insecure every time the Huns get some well-deserved props.

Oh bummer, I didn't realize this. So if you bomb a ship, but get killed before it sinks, you get no credit? Not sure the logic here, but I guess I better practice my dance moves since Multiplayer is all about Staying Alive.

DCS: Normandy 2.0 Map by Ugra Media A new winter season has been added. New airfields have been added New hangars have been added at Orly, Creil, Ford, Hawkinge, and West Malling airfields. New ATC towers have been added to Tangmere and West Malling airfields. An officer's canteen and an operating room have been added to Kenley Airfield. Kenley, Ford, and High Halden airfields have been changed - the airfield territory has been updated, new facilities and caponiers have been added. The old Headcorn airfield has been renamed Lashenden. Fixed taxiways at The size of parking lots at Biggin Hill, High Halden, Ford, Chailey, Conches, Needs Oar Point, Lympne, Kenley, Tangmer, West Malling, Saint-Omer Wizernes, Orly airfields have been increased. The capital hangars at Bazenville, Brucheville, Cardonville, Longues-sur-Mer, Sainte-Laurent-sur-Mer, Saint Pierre du Mont, Sommervieu airfields have been removed. New unique venues have been added 50 new scenes of German radars have been added. The islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Oderni have been added. 12 generic stadiums have been added in London, Paris, Dunkirk, Amiens, Calais, Le Havre, Lens. Added tram lines in London. Damaged buildings and structures have been added in London, Paris, Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre, Rouen, Calais, Amiens. The terrain has been fixed and a forest has been added on the coast between Folkestone and Dover. Fixed the bridge on the north side of Ile Saint-Germain. The topography of the river north of Stony Cross has been fixed. Fixed a wall located on the road in London. Fixed a wall in Buckingham Palace. Fixed assets with incorrect transformation axis; now scene objects will be displayed correctly in some places. Fixed a tiling forest. The historically incorrect artificial reservoir Beulah Water has been removed. The grass on the concrete firing points has been removed. Surface texture resolution has been increased.

I don't fully understand scoring in multplayer. As it is, I get every single loss credited, but about 1/3rd of my kills, and every "ambiguous" kill goes against me. I mean 100%. For instance (and these are WW2 Normandy 2.0 examples) , an opponent is flying straight at me and we're both shooting at each other ... before colliding head on and exploding. I get a death, my opponent gets a kill and a death. Or I get strafed on the tarmac while waiting to take off ... I get a loss, opponent gets a kill. Okay, makes sense. I return the favor and strafe the opponent on the tarmac, leaving him a smoking pile of rubble ... I get no kill. I shoot down a bomber, but another another bomber shoots me to pieces and I bail. 1 loss, no wins. Even in straight-out, I shoot the opposing plane, it goes down in flames, I see it crash ... sometimes I get the kill, often I don't. I don't get it ... It's like the phase of the moon has to be just right or something. The scoreboard never misses a loss, though. Oh no. No, no. If I sneeze during a maneuver I get a freaking loss. Suddenly the scoreboard knows how to react with immediate pinpoint accuracy. It's a miracle! I fly the Bf-109, it almost feels like an Allied vs Reich thing. I mean, during the war there were over 100 German pilots with over 100 kills, but the best Allied pilot had 40, and the #4 guy was already down in the 20s. Maybe this is DCS's way of giving them a fighting chance. The Allies just have to look at us cross-eyed and they get a kill but apparently we have to follow them down, go to their crash site, pull out a stethoscope, and verify expiration for us to get one. At first I thought I was just being paranoid, or being a whiner (which I'm sure can happen from time to time), but this week I paid close attention and it's overt and obvious. Does anyone know what the general rule is for kills in MP? For instance, in a head-on mutual-obliteration crash, who is supposed to get kill-credited?

yeah, I removed them all from the mods directory manually. Oddly, the Hornet is behaving normally in Sinai, it's just goofed in certain maps. Anyway, it is repairing for good measure and then I'll test. Added: Yea, no mods now, ran repair, but still same problem. Did you get the Mig-29 today by any chance? That's the only other thing that has changed.

Fair enough but in the past six years I've never once had to do that before. The mods are in the Saved Games directory. Anyway, will try. The Hornet is not even showing up as human-flyable.

I just started flying the Mig-29 today, but since doing so, I notice that in regions like Caucasus and Nevada, I can no longer load the AIM-9X missiles onto the Hornet, and that F/A-18C only has like 4 liveries available (instead of the usual 30 or so). Something got corrupted somewhere. I'm not sure if it's related to the new DCS version, new plane (Mig-29), or something else. I do have a couple of mods running, Civil Aviation and the F-22, but it all worked before the latest updated and new plane, and has worked for 3+ years. Historic mode is NOT enabled, and either way the dates are set to 2025, "ALL" is set instead of "COMBAT", there are no payload restrictions, etc ... I already ran through most of the low-hanging fruit.

This is my favorite map in DCS. And it's just getting better. Thanks, guys, your hard work on this is very much appreciated, not to mention, greatly enjoyed. To this day I spend hours just flying around this map in SP because I love the atmosphere. I always find something new and interesting, and even educational. I didn't even know Mont St. Michael existed until I flew over it in DCS! I've since researched and read all about it. Ditto places like Jersey and Isle of Wright. And there is this country just north of France called "England"! I've since learned that it's famous for being a pretty country with godawful food and people who can't properly speak the very language they invented. Who knew??!! Okay, okay, I kid about England. Sort of. Anyway, London to Paris is 200 miles of content on one historical sim map, which is just outstanding. I love flying past the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Arc Du Triumph, London Bridge, the Louvre, and then when I'm done admiring them ... blowing them to kingdom come. It's improved my enjoyment of DCS immensely. Thank you so much!

Got it, I missed that, thank you! P.S. Man, check out those blowers when going from MIL to AB, that's beautiful

I'm getting a "check gear" voice warning every 45 seconds or so. My gear is up, though. It's controlled with my pinkie switch and I am up at 35K and still getting it. Anyone else getting the warning? Resolved: My bad, I had the flaps down.

Loving the Mig-29 so far! Thank you so much for making it, I've only gotten a couple of hours in so far, but they have been an awesome couple of hours. Very well done! Question: Using auto-pilot gives me a back-and-forth oscillation, even when using the damper. Is this a trait of the plane, or am I not using Autopilot correctly? Edited to Add: Just noticed it does not appear to oscillate quite as much at high altitude.