The Oligopolist

Nice one. The cause was the old F-15 SMTD mod I had sitting in the \Saved Games\DCS\Mods\aircraft folder. Strange as you'd think if anything the mod would be the thing affected by the vanilla FC3 F-15C textures. I'm not sure why it cross-pollinated it's textures into the stock F-15C but I really don't know the nitty gritty of the DCS file structure. Hopefully this thread helps someone else if they have the same issue.

I tried just that before I made my post. Going to try deleting the entire flaming cliffs folder and verify again. Maybe it's an issue with the Steam version, which I should've clarified is what I'm using. Edit: The issue still remains afterwards. I found an additional F-15 texture .zip in the \bazaar folder and re-downloaded that also, still the same. It's either an issue with the steam build or there's another file lurking in my install causing mischief. If anyone else running the steam version could check and see if they have the same problem, that would be appreciated.

I'm not sure if this is intended or not, as I can't see it in other people's screenshots or videos documenting the refreshed FC3 cockpits. On my install all the steam gauge instruments have a cloudy texture over the top of them. Is this intended or an issue on my end? I've verified my install, and obviously, I'm using the default cockpit. Thanks!

I have noticed no negative impact on load times and I have a pretty old machine.

I posted a solution and everyone has just ignored me! Do you know how upsetting that is? To be ignored on the internet? I'm pretty upset.

You can save a lot of space by compressing your DCS installation folder. You can use CompactGUI: https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI The Xpress4k compression will minimize any performance impact (which is minimal anyway) and as you can see will cut down on the install footprint considerably. Just be aware that updates etc will expand the install size of files they replace so make sure you leave some space available on your drive.

Echo-19's Core sound mod includes upgraded audio for the 21. I recommend installing that.

It's banding in the shadows. I'm using GTX 1060 6GB here and also seeing it.

Currently, the JATO pods fire at around 120km/h as expected, but the rocket entity detaches from the pod as soon as they fire, causing a small explosion when they hit the runway which jolts the aircraft, usually knocking off some of the ordinance attached to the pylons. I made a recording of it here: https://odysee.com/@The_Oligopolist:9/MiG-21_JATO:1 The only mod I am using is the Echo-19 sound mod. Can anyone else confirm this behavior? Not sure if this is documented so I thought I should make a post about it.