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Dear all, The double elimination phase is nearing its end... After a very long but exciting season, we finally near the Grand Finale. I'd like to thank all participating squadrons for their continued support during this tournament, giving it their all in an attempt to get to the finale... So this is it... The grand finalists of the Aerial Combat Championship Season 2024 have been decided! After an exciting match between 45th and BFG, the Horsemen came out on top with a 2:1 win. BFG fought back in Round 2, hoping to be the ones that claim the spot next to 343ku in the finale, however the reigning champions had the final say in that. And so we move on to the Grand Finale, this Saturday on May 31st (start time to be announced). With that I may also present to you my map pick for the Grand Finale to take place on. I've been thinking very hard which one to take before the season began, but finally decided upon the map of Caucasus, Sukhumi-Maykop (better known as "Syria Replacement"). See an image of the setup here: With its mix of flat terrain and foothills, it presents a unique challenge for the combatants to try and find some cover from incoming missiles. I am very much looking forward to seeing this map getting some more action. The match will be streamed of course, with the host panel yet to be decided upon. An end-of-season survey will be released with the conclusion of the match. Be sure to tune in when its "Fight's on!" for a final time this season... will the 45th beat the honorary 343ku in the WB Final rematch and protect their title, or will a new champion emerge from the ashes of last season's legacy? Honor and Glory, fight's on! ~Ash out Contact: Discord @Asphelite -> Discord Invite Link <- Fight's on! ### Please do not reply to this thread! Thank you. ### I dont know why but the Forum does not seem to accept the high-resolution of the poster - Apologies!

QUALIFIERS ARE DONE! 8 Matches, 8 Winners, and a whole lot of action! We had insane 3 rounders, and we had some devastating showings. All around, it was exciting, even though we did not see half of the matches live on stream. Next stop: Double Elimination Phase Take a look at how things are looking in the Stats-Sheet or check out Cosmokrator's amazing stat tool! v Links below v Standings & Schedule Cosmo's Stats-Page Congrats to BFG for being the highest ranked Team after the Qualifiers! (Wins -> Matchpoints -> K/D) Join me Monday, 20th of January at 2000z on my Twitch-Channel, when we draw the first encounters for the elim.! See you in the double elimination! Contact: Discord @Asphelite -> Discord Invite Link <- Fight's on! ### Please do not reply to this thread! Thank you. ###

WE'LL DO IT LIVE! That's what I said when I started the stream - and 35 of you agreed! We spun the wheel 16 (-1) times to determine who fights who during the qualifiers - and so here it is, the qualifier matchup list: 64th vs. NMS 343ku vs. E-TF] BFG vs. 404 PAF vs. SF Alamo vs. 9g SNK vs. FTQ 501st vs. 45th FOX vs. VAF All squadron / livery showcase videos will be free of charge and free to use by all teams, provided you leave the ACC logo in at the end. Every team participating will get one, those that were missing today will get theirs in order of the matches above. Once again, sorry for not having all of them at the ready today All videos will be on the ACC YouTube Channel. Any questions? Send them to me! Either directly (DMs) or in the public/tournament chats. Please refer to the Schedule-Standings channel on the discord for the dates and times the matches take place. Start scheduling and we'll see you guys up in the sky!!! (Rescheduling rules apply of course) Thanks to everyone who hung out in the stream, the VoD will be up in a minute, while Ill also send it over to YT and upload the squadron/livery videos. Take care, will ya? ~ Ash out -> Discord Invite Link <- Official ACC24 Intro: Contact: Discord @Asphelite Fight's on! ### Please do not reply to this thread! Thank you. ###

ALL SIGNUP TICKETS HAVE BEEN TAKEN! You guys have overwhelmed me with your interest for the second season of ACC! Within 3 days, all 16 entries have been snatched away - Thank you a lot! If your squadron wishes to be called upon in case of a dropout, please join the Discord Server and leave your Sign-Up message in the respective channel. Please note, that squadron replacements due to drop outs will only occur during and before the end of the qualifiers. Teams that drop out after having played their qualifiers - or during the elimination will not be replaced. Thanks! Talk to you soon. Sincerely, Asphelite Fight's on! Contact: Discord @Asphelite ### Please do not reply to this thread! Thank you. ###

Asphelite presents: AERIAL COMBAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2024 "You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." Aristotle Dear fighter pilots and friends - Welcome back to the second season of Aerial Combat Championship! About a year ago, this tournament ran for the first time - with lots of success and amazing battles. Thanks again to all of you for attending and participating, supporting and submitting feedback throughout the season. Without you, this tournament would not exist or go for the second round. If you see this tournament for the first time, maybe you want to check out last seasons thread? Alright, lets cut right to it shall we? GENERAL INFORMATION The ACC Discord-Server serves as the main source of information as well as the means for organizing each element during the tournament. Please join the server for everything important via the link below: -> Discord Invite Link <- Discord Server Membership is required for a valid sign-up. Format and Structure All the important things in short: - PvP - 6v6 - Best of 3 - BVR - NoAWACS - Qualifiers followed by a Double Elimination Format Aerial Combat Championship (ACC) is a 6 versus 6, NoAWACS, BVR tournament focused solely on the competitive PvP aspect of DCS. Unlike other tournaments, its combat zone is rectangular (see Discord maps-setup section). A maximum of 16 teams may sign up for the tournament. This year, due to timely constraints, the tournament will not feature a group phase. If Season 2025 takes place, we will go back to the original format - or something even better! The 'Qualifiers' will be a randomized One-Time Match - This means we will have 8 winners and 8 loosers of said matches, setting the initial 'splits' for the following Double Elimination Phase. Please refer to the discord within the next few days of this post being released for more details. Restrictions Airframe Restrictions: - Modern airframes only - No FC3 what-so-ever! Weapons-pool: - No Jammers (JF17 and Hornet are allowed to have them in PASSIVE and in PASSIVE ONLY), no Smokes, no A2G Weapons - TPODs allowed - max. 4 TALDS per aircraft Other limitations: - No 9X - Max. 8 A2A Missiles - Max. 4x Fox-3 (any) WSO's and RIO's are welcome! (No restrictions) Sign Ups You can only sign up via the Discord linked above. Sign ups are open from 1st to 22nd of November, with minor extension at the ready if not all 16 Team Spots are taken. (Note: It is possible to launch the tournament with less teams, though it is suboptimal) If all spots have been filled, your team may sign up as a backup, in case a team needs to bail. (Stuff like that can happen, you know how reallife can get in the way...) Scheduling The initial schedule will include default dates, however everyone is free to negotiate a more fitting date and time as long as such a rescheduling is within the rules of the tournament. Qualifiers: 3 weeks to complete all 8 matches (one match per team) - yes its tight but hopefully to be completed in December. (No issue delaying if needed) Elim. Phase: 2-3 Months "as fast as possible" - Starting in January. Prizes Currently, there are no prizes - you fight for fun and honor. Honor and Glory - Dignity in Death Further Information - Maps: Caucasus during Qualifiers; Common-Map Pool between teams, with each team receiving one token to spend on choosing a map. See the "SPRINT RULEBOOK" soon to be attached to this thread as well as released on the discord. The weather will also be different to last season! Note: The Sprint Rulebook is created from the original one, but altered to fit this season and format. In short: The rules are basically the same. - There will be 2 dedicated tournament servers. - Matches will be streamed live (if possible). Please monitor the Discord Servers announcement chat for that purpose. - Please join the discord or DM me directly if you have questions. I am happy to assist and clarify. Thank you for reading through the event post! I am looking forward to seeing you all back in action, last year was quite amazing. Once again the reminder to carefully read the rules and to not be shy to ask for directions and clarifications if there are questions! Do not forget to join the Discord if you havent already, or if you want to be notified about news and streams going live! -> Discord Invite Link <- Thats all from me for now, signing off Asphelite Fight's on! Contact: Discord @Asphelite If you wish to provide prizes of any kind by sponsoring the tournament, please DM me via Discord. If you wish to colaborate on avoiding tournament overlaps, feel free to DM me via Discord. ### Please do not reply to this thread! Thank you. ###

Squadron: One Trick Pony (oTp) Timezone: 1800z - 2000z Aircraft: All Maps: All

Username: Asphelite All screenshots were taking during actual gameplay. Context: Screenshot was taken on ingress to the combat zone during PvP squadron training (Multiplayer, back when the clouds came out) Primary Entry to the competition here in case only one screenshot is allowed. Context: Multiplayer action on (now called) Heatblurs Cold War Server (taken from my cockpit, showing my buddies) Context: Hunting down Tommies on the [4YA] Project Overlord Server Context: Aerial Refueling training with my PvP squadron

THE DAY HAS COME!!! Tonight, at exactly 1800zulu, the 45th JFG Horsemen and Eclipse Task Force will take on each other to become the AERIAL COMBAT CHAMPIONS of the 2023 season! Both have been fighting all the way up the ladder, meaning theres only one last fight to determine who is the best of the best of ACC. Since this is the finale, I've been trying to gather some of the BEST streamers of the DCS Competitive Space to host the finale stream - with RL always being a factor, not everyone was able to make it, sadly. But "not everyone" has to mean someone, right? That's why I will be hosting the finale together with my good friend Monarch and the legendary NoWheels himself! We will also see the premiere of a community submitted Finale Trailer during the stream, so stay hyped for that and a big thanks to the 343ku and especially starry_fox_nine for going out of their way to make a cinematic on their own behalf! We will launch the stream at around 1745zulu, so be sure to tune in over at my Twitch Channel! (Link) This is gonna be epic! Until later, ~Ash out ########################################################################################## 21st of April, 2024 Thats a wrap everyone!!! With[oTp] bagging the 3rd place versus WF in an epic final match, the season has now officially come to a close! What a ride, huh? These past 5 months have been awesome throughout its entirety, and I could not be happier with how everything turned out. Everything was amazing, and I am grateful for the community this tournament has sparked and happy that my tournament can now be called part of the competitive PvP space as well. From the Matches to the Scripts to the amazing pilots that participated - Thank you all so much for this maiden season of the DCS: Aerial Combat Championship! THANK YOU! It literally is a dream come true for me. Big thanks to all the Streamers going out of their way to bringing the action right to your doorstep, all season long! Big thanks to Archer for his help with the scripts one year ago. Thanks to oTp-Squadron, we had stable and reliable game servers for the entirety of the season. The tournament would not have been possible without all of you. I am very much looking forward to the (much shorter) 2024 season, which will see minor format changes to prepare for a big season in 2025! More on that in a few months time, so stay tuned on THIS Discord and the Events-Thread over at EDs Forum! Big congrats to oTp for reaching 3rd Place, E-TF for securing 2nd Place in the amazing finale yesterday where 45th proved them worthy of being the 2023 Champions!

THE FINALISTS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED!!! 45th JFG Horsemen (45th) will take on Eclipse Task Force (E-TF) to become the 2023 AERIAL COMBAT CHAMPIONS Team Wadafak (WF) and One Trick Pony (oTp) will compete for 3rd place. JOIN THE DISCORD TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE MATCH WILL BE STREAMED -> Discord Invite Link <- See you there! Ash out

Hey all, First: Thanks to Wags for taking his time to make the Q&A Video Series. (even though many questions in the video have already answered by the game being updated, not a bad thing dont get me wrong) What I would like to know though, would be how big the dev team is that currently works on implementing the Multithreading Tech into DCS? Also curious to know if the devs are also working on other elements in parallel, having to split their time. Thanks.

There we have it! With ETF coming out on top vs. TORO last week and Snake having to forfeit their Quarter-Finals Match due to unforeseen pilot shortages, we are now down to 4 Teams remaining in the race to become the 2023 Aerial Combat Champions!! Congrats to 45th, WF, E-TF and oTp for making it so far! I hope to welcome Mumblerines, FTQ, TORO and Snake next time around again. The next match will take place on March 31st at 17z! Make sure you tune in. -> Discord Invite Link <- Ash out

AERIAL COMBAT CHAMPIONSHIP IS MOVING INTO THE ELIMINATION PHASE!!! 16 Teams have fought for their places amongst the two, eight team large Divisions, which (initially) were meant to both play their own Elimination Phase. With the amount of dropouts during the tournament, only 8 of the 10 remaining teams will proceed to fight to become the 2023 AERIAL COMBAT CHAMPIONS I wish all combatants good luck and fair skies, may the strongest prove themselves. The proceeding teams are (in order of ranking): M, E-TF, FTQ, oTp, 45th, TORO, WF and Snake. Good luck to all! Asphelite.

Even though I can imagine this already been requested: Mass Select Ability like on Windows File Explorer (Click & Hold + Drop)

Reading through all of this I do have to say: Incredible research work! Nice job Prez, I hope the team at ED will honor it in some way.

All entries for this season have been distributed! Following the successful sign-up of 16 teams, the sign-ups have been locked. You may sign up as a backup team, however it is not guaranteed that you will be pulled to replace a team that happens to be pulling out during the tournament. The Mercenary Sign Ups remain open throughout the tournament season. With the groups, schedule as well as the scrim missions being released via the Discord during the course this week, I am proud to announce that the season will kick off on the 1st of December. Thank you all - see you in the skies. Fight's On! Join the Discord Server ->Discord Link<- Do not reply to this thread.

The sign ups for Aerial Combat Championship 2023 have been extended! You can sign up by joining the Discord and posting your teams info until Friday the 17th of November 1800zulu. At this point in time, there are 2 more entries available. Thank you! ->Discord Link<-

I know about that part of their roadmap, I just expressed my wish for a supercarrier version - and last time I checked that module was made by ED

The sign ups for Aerial Combat Championship 2023 have been opened! You can sign up by joining the Discord and posting your teams info according to the provided schema into the signups channel. Thank you! ->Discord Link<-

[I couldnt find anyone bringing this up in this forum, excuse me if it has already been requested in some other form] With the addition of the incredible F-4 Phantom to DCS, Id love to see the Supercarrier Module receive a Kitty Hawk or Forrestal Class Unit. Given how much Cold War era planes we are getting, with many of these planes having fought in the Vietnam war, I think it would be very cool to have a Vietnam Era Carrier (in addition to the USS Forrestal). Examples: USS Independence, USS Constellation, ... Only thing missing then would be a Vietnam Map

!-> Please join the Discord to Sign Up. <-! The sign ups will run for pretty much exactly 2 weeks, opening at 1200zulu and closing at 1800zulu. The schedule will be released shortly after that, aiming to begin the tournament late November and running up to April. These are approximations and are subject to change. I'm very much looking forward to every single one of you. Fight's on! w/ regards, Asphelite Do not reply to this thread.

Hello everyone, moving closer to the start of ACC'23, I wish to announce minor changes to some technicalities of the ruleset. Please see the changelog further down below. The newest version of the rulebook is Version 6. Thank you all. See you very soon Changelog: - explanation for gathering of stats has been refined to match implementation - Zone size increased, innerzone was: 90x60nm - now: 90x70nm (+10nm in depth) - cases of being considered dead have been clarified a tad (Section "Zoneworks and capturing the Zone") - Timer/Countdown/Time until you have to have entered the zone after it becoming contested, was: 3min - now: 5min I have added this very changelog in the "tournament-info" channel on the ACC-Discord as well. Do not reply to this thread.

Hey all, I have been observing this issue for quite some time now, sadly one is unable to select the GND fusing option on pretty much any JDAM (GBU31V, GBU38,...). This bug has been existing for the majority of the year now. I am unsure if I recall any subsequent issues that follow this bug in terms of attacking and destroying targets though... Please see the attached .trk-File and short videos. This very bug has been mentioned in a different thread (link here), however I think it has been falsely moved to "Missions and Campaigns" since it is present pretty much anywhere (SP, MP, ...). Cheers and thank you for looking at it. Video Links: GBU-31V: GBU-38 JDAM: GBU31VPenetrator_NoGNDModeSelectable.trk GBU38JDAM_NoGNDModeSelectable.trk

DxDiag_18Oct23.txt One note that I forgot in the post above: Looking up or just rendering the skybox (not being able to see terrain or cockpit), the FPS returns to normal [as can be seen in the .trk-files. If you need me to record a video of that let me know]. Switching from AVC to HEVC or turning it off during the runtime of DCS also seems to resume to normal FPS. Adding to the post: Here is a DxDiag report of my system and a log+trk file, one with AVC- and one with HEVC-Codec ReLive Recording enabled whilst slotting on Growling Sidewinders Server, taken just now in DCS-MT. As mentioned, I cannot reproduce the same issue in single player - otherwise I would have included those .trk files as well. w/ kind regards HEVC+MT on MP.trk HEVC+MT on MP.log AVC+MT on MP.trk AVC+MT on MP.log

The following post includes both issue and the solution I have found after testing and troubleshooting for the sake of reproduction, testing and fixing (if possible). Hey everyone, For weeks I have been plagued by FPS issues during multiplayer sessions on well known Servers such as BlueFlag, the Growling Sidewinder as well as Graywolfs Grayflag Server, pretty much making the game unplayable near ground, in cockpit or as a whole. These issues are severe, since the game drops from [my] regular 80-110fps (depending on terrain and surroundings) to 12-30fps. I was extensively trying to find the cause of this issue - especially since, mostly playing online and PvP (DCS competitive too), it meant that there was not much to do for me in game with frames always being this low. Knowing that AMD never had the best or most stable GPU drivers, I was almost certain that it was related to my drivers - especially since that issue popped up (again) after updating to the newest one a few weeks back. I tried out different DCS Graphics settings (I think i might have tested out every possible combination by now), clean installing different GPU drivers (with DDU ensuring a true clean install), tried testing it with and without community mods, and so on and so forth. The most annoying part of this issue is that it felt unreproducible, unpredictable and persistent until I restart my game, only to sometimes realize that the issue comes back after a couple of seconds or minutes after slotting into a plane. The following findings have been learned with a vanilla DCS install (No Mods, Full Repair etc.). Trying out different recent AMD drivers did not seem to improve the situation, until I decided to turn off my Radeon ReLive feature. This feature records the last x seconds for you to save on pressing a Hotkey - an instant replay feature also known as NVIDIA Shadow Play on NVIDIA GPUs. Here's where I found my solution for the issue, with which I hope the Testers or ED Team can investigate if possible. Issue: - DCS performance (Single or Multithreaded versions affected alike) drops from regular >80fps to <30fps on busy multiplayer servers (unreliably reproduceable in Single Player) Fix/Workaround: Cause: Instant Replay Feature (I can only be sure about AMD's ReLive, as I dont own an NVIDIA card) Fix 1: Turn off Radeon ReLive feature Fix 2: Set Video Codec from AVC to HEVC. Switching from AVC to HEVC also fixes the issue with ReLive enabled. The issue could also be observed while recording DCS with an AVC-Codec, with the frames dropping to mentioned 12-30fps during recording, only to go up to [my] regular ~100fps - so recording with AVC (ReLive disabled) would still cause the frames to drop. Now, I know that this is strongly related to AMD and their drivers - however I have not observed any similar behavior in any other game but DCS. As I am lacking the tools, I can only guess to what the root of the issue is. I very much hope that posting this bug report including my solution might help out others that have the same issue, as well as get the attention by ED/AMD to maybe check it out. (not going to argue about how useful or sensible an instant replay feature is, thats everyone's own choice and I like saving highlights). If you need logs, trackfiles or other information that I have not been able to include here, please notify me. Thanks. With kind regards, Asphelite System Specs: Mainboard: MSI B550 Gaming-Plus CPU: AMD R5 3600X RAM: Patriot Viper 32GB@3200mhz CL16 (XMP enabled) GPU: (Aorus) AMD RX5700XT PSU: 1000W G80+ OS: Win10 Tested Driver Versions: 23.8.x and newer. (fix was found on 23.8.1; Newest at the time of writing: 23.9.3)

Squadron: One Trick Pony [oTp] Timezone: GMT+1 Berlin - 1700z-2100z Aircraft: all FF Maps: Cauc, PG, Syria