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So the newsletter says that prop effects "are coming" to DCS 2.7. Are they in yet or not?

It's just a game. No, scratch that. It's just an upgrade to a game that is already amazing. I could wait an extra couple of weeks if that's what it takes. In any case, I have yet to meet a development team that delivers on their promised (or shall we say "planned" ) deadlines.

Waaaiit.. so there are lighting improvements in 2.5.6 that are unavailable to the Caucasus/Nevada map? (I don't have the Syria/PG maps)

I've seen this mentioned in different places (latest was in an update on the Syria map), but never going into any detail - just that it will be coming out in a future update. Is there any more info about what this new tech means? I've noticed that the coastline in the Caucasus map is a bit "flat". Can this be a fix?

It would be suicide for any self-respecting developer not to have backward compatibility of something fundamental like this. On another note, will we have storm clouds, and their presets, when 2.7 comes out?

The newsletter is up! While I was expecting more variety in the cloud settings depicted in the screenshots, I'm excited about the planned updates to WW2 warbirds, esp their damage models and propellor animations! I'm hoping they get rid of the sudden propellor standstill whenever you nose down into the concrete. Having the things slow down, even if fairly rapidly, would be far more realistic, I think.