EricJ

I don't see why we can't pin this topic, I mean on one hand there isn't many of us taking photos (I haven't flown it in weeks myself), but most of the other modules have a pinned Screenshot topic. @BIGNEWY you think this is possible?

Go here, the latest download is on the Discord: https://discord.gg/gpUqaPwztq

Good, because trim seems borked anyway, good to see I wasn't imagining things.

Yeah really. I mean I knew that the map wasn't finished when I bought the whole thing though, and was kinda confused at first too. But I got the whole map so I'll have to wait for the rest to show up, and any improvements.

I can agree with you that the Iraq map doesn't have that sort of polished feel that Afghanistan is at currently. I mean then again I haven't been on the Iraq map in a long time (a few weeks), but I also look at it that it's still work in progress textures, which the finished product (or out of Early Access feel) or whatnot will yield better results. I don't set my expectations high when it's Early Access, because it's at the beta stage, and through experience and prior work, it's just how the company rolls as far as quality. I mean if it were a finished product I would complain more, but not so much when it's still being developed.

It's Early Access, and more or less Iraq had that density in the urban environment (I mean it was fairly dense now that you mention it when I was there), so I'm not too sure how it's ":unrealistic" in any sense. Yeah it's taking a minute to be finished, but I don't think it's that bad.

I mean I didn't see the country from the air a lot, hardly, but I think it's looking good so far though.

Nice, preordered

I mean where I was we had ANA and stuff, so I agree, we need some more assets to flesh a scenario out though, as I'm sure modders will do it down the road, or we may get lucky with ED doing it.

I did both Iraq and Afghanistan once, but I prefer Afghanistan since I actually did my job there (I did H&I fires in Iraq, but that wasn't common either), so Afghanistan resonates more than Iraq ever did for some reason.

Lol if you want to put it that way

It was commercial to Manas, then C-17 to BAF, then I think C-130 or helicopter to Jbad, then helicopter to the FOB for my only Afghan deployment, so yeah it was what it was

It's still actively being worked on, just the Discord link is invalid. Maybe they'll make a more permanent one so it's easier for people to join

Latest livery for download: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3346548/

Nice, I don't have any photos of the winter time, but yeah as said it just dusted the mountains while in the valley floor it was just rainy and the like. I remember seeing a lot of snow but that was from the Blackhawk taking us from Jbad to Bagram, and then went home for my leave.

Never had that problem and I assumed they were F-15Es, but whatever, they really didn't bother me too much, I'm a heavy sleeper so if they were roaring in the night I was knocked out most of the time. Then again I wasn't there long anyway, since it was just coming in and out for heading back to the FOB and stuff. Just a transient.

There's this article so far: https://theaviationist.com/2025/08/09/vmfa-usmc-112-250th-anniversary-jet/

Yeah I came in from Kyrgystan and went on leave in a C-17 to Kuwait, and beyond, never commercial, I'm not that special.

Yeah I was a Company Fire Support NCO for my Light Infantry Company, so I was more static. I thought Bagram was okay. I guess if you're a real POS you would have an issue with the jets taking off, but when you realize that they're possibly going to blow up somebody, you just deal with it. Anyway I went through there for the initial deployment, then went to Blessing through Jbad and so on, and for leave too. Other than that just the mountains and Pech River Valley and such.

@BIGNEWY or @NineLine would know those answers. I've been to Bagram, J-Bad (just passing through, not stationed there), but was at FOB Blessing for my rotation in the east.

You plan on doing the 250th Anniversary livery for the D?

I'm assuming that some of the testers are doing some input (I don't know, just speculating) to the FOBs and the like. I mean it would be nice, so +1 for this as well. I think though that they'll let us know when they post an update for it.

It boils down to how many manuals and what type they have most of, that's not classified of course. It's not an oversight, or a scheme to deprive players the goods as many people seem to think on these forums and so on. They gotta work within constraints like anybody else in the gaming industry. This isn't the War Thunder forums where there's leaks, but I can understand the desire to stay out of jail and whatnot. They're not doing it intentionally as I said to deprive players functionality, but unless you can provide strong proof that the version modeled carried Mavs, then submit it to BIGNEWY or NineLine, and get it possibly introduced. There's plenty of features I would like, but I don't have any non-classified manuals to submit, so I just deal with it.

I haven't played Syria in years, so I don't know how it goes. Overall I'm getting good framerates to there's nothing to complain about. I mean there's been some glitches on the terrain itself, but somebody else has seen to that. So right now I like it still.