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I don't know from your post - what exactly is it about landing you're having trouble with?

I’d pay the price of a FF ED module for a FF ED module of an Su-25A - that’s what it would be… work hours are work hours …the fact that it existed previously as an FC module is irrelevant really. Would you expect to pay less for a full fidelity F-15C because it has been an FC module ?

So are you suggesting that at the point in time they decided they would make the Su-25A a free module they should have stopped bundling it in with new FC3 sales & made new purchasers (you) wait for release of the free module, or are you saying that if ED ever releases a previously payware module as freeware they should refund everyone who paid for it back to release data - or do you mean just back to the date you paid for it ?

It’s a bit of a blast from the past - the Su-25A was the only free aircraft initially the very first downloadable demo of Flaming Cliffs when E.D. First split away from Ubisoft. 1 aircraft, 1 mission. I don’t quite understand the complaining by FC3 owners about the plane becoming free - they lose nothing and get a free upgrade to boot. A little bit of fear of missing out ? My principal issue is my uncertainty about whether making the “A” a free module ends the possibility of a FF version, or brings it closer.

True, but just pointing out that it wouldn't need a lot of 3D work to integrate it in a fashion in keeping with actual practice:

2 hopes: That it’s released as an “FC” free aircraft initially, then later the option of paying to upgrade to full features appears later. That as for the Mi-8 they add an optional holder for the NS 430 for those that own the module - or even add it permanently- a good teaser for the module for newbies. Just wrap it in a box and mount it above the dash as is often seen in the real aircraft

Another week, and still the sound of crickets where news on the map should be ….

It is good news full feature clickable cockpit would have been better, but this is still very good news.

There was a pilot body back in the old days when Ru aircraft shot down Nato aircraft in DCS trailers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1sOakdMAU

It's pretty simple XML though isn't it? mission =

Wouldn't (human) GCI (WTC?) logically sit inside the Combined Arms module?

How? You need 1-2 people prepared to do ATC for every - 50? (100?) people that want to fly an aircraft, and of that 50 probably 5 will care (or will listen) if the ATC is realistic or not. A human ATC module is definitely a very niche product to my mind. Even a full realism AI ATC is still going to be a niche product. I imagine when it's sorted it's just integrated into the engine, not sold as a separate module

It is modelled for all the helicopters, and as far as I know all the E.D. aircraft in general, just not visually (or WRT to added weight either I think). As mentioned above, if the Sim thinks icing conditions exist, it will start to apply 'ice' to your systems until they fail or you turn on the anti-ice.

I hope so, but I suspect the RuAF isn't quite ready to give permission for a high fidelity anti-RedFor PC training aid just yet.

& nothing in the newsletter today, not even a “work continues”. …Although perhaps that’s fair if it doesn’t

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Business is business, and saddened as I am by it, maybe I can see E.D.'s choice. Many, many people with no real exposure to DCS will see that there's a full fidelity model of the F-15 available and be disappointed - perhaps to the point of not buying it - if it's an "A", or an Iraq contemporary C rather than the most modern variant modellable - they'll find another game or buy the "E" module. Many, many existing users want to shoot things down more than they want historical realism - some using the correct procedure because that's their bag, & some just because they want to dominate the skies - & both groups will scream blue murder that E.D. are 'nurfing' Blue / The US / the F-15 if it isn't the most up to date version they can model. ...And then there are the smaller group of existing users who want to be able to replicate realistic combat for a time period or conflict (rather than just a realistic procedure). Most of those will buy it anyway & either accept that it's the incorrect version for the conflict they're modelling & try to find a way to use it that isn't 'search, select a target, fire before you're within their range, rinse and repeat', or try to limit stores to something time specific. So I guess E.D. can: Make more sales by selling a newer version Make the same number of sales but spend more money by making both a new and an 'older' version lose more sales than they gain by modelling an older variant As an approach maximising short term returns might over time make DCS into something it hasn't been & that loses its appeal to some parts of the current user base, but it does seem the current understanding of fiduciary duty is "take the money now, worry about tomorrow tomorrow" & of course -there's also 'pay the wages today, worry about tomorrow tomorrow'

So another patch will arrive after the Orthodox Xmas holidays... Any chance it will end the 7 month wait for some updates to the Afghanistan map?

A new year, another patch, and still nothing (absolutely nothing) for Afghanistan. 7 months since release into EA: not only have none of the 3 monthly releases of other areas of the map happened, not only has there not even been bug fixing happening, the most egregious thing is that E.D. have made no meaningful effort to keep purchasers aware of what their plans are. Are you rebuilding the terrain, are you re-doing the textures, are you spending all this time adding access to the sea so 0.5% of purchasers can spend an entire day flying one mission? Is Afghanistan E.D.'s Yak-52 of maps? (i.e. we thought it would be a good idea, but not enough people bought it to make continuing with development a revenue positive activity & now Iraq's out working on something more popular makes sense) or are you all just waiting to blow our minds with a fantastic mega-upload that exceeds our expectations ? ??????????????????????????????????????????????

It is not that such scenario is unrealistic. It is perfectly realistic. It’s true, during their colonial period the British used gatling guns against Africans armed with spears & leather shields to secure their interests, & when the U.S. invaded Panama or Grenada they really didn’t face any credible opposition - but it’s not really the most challenging of scenarios to simulate is it ? I mean if all you want to do is maximise your score, f35 vs MiG-15 gets you that, but you’re relying on the tech, not your skill As someone (Yo Yo ?) wrote, sheer numbers can overpower technology, but it reminds me of a printed flyer I saw that was handed out to Australian troops poster to Papua New Guinea during WWII pointing out that the locals were 5’2” & 100 lb and there was no honour in beating them up if they were annoying. There’s a reason boxing is divided into weight divisions. Maybe it’s only an MP problem anyway - no one wanting to be the clay pigeon isn’t an issue if you make your own SP missions.

Saddened by the F-35, disappointed it's the F-15C not F-15A, happy the Draken is in there. We really are moving to DCS being the SIM you start when you want to fly a US aircraft in a time warped lop sided turkey shoot. But hey - my boy loved using that camaro with a bazooka in age of empires - to each their own...

Ka-50 (2) Ka-50 was done in cooperation with Kamov

At 6:45 is that a couple of Saab Draken flying off ?:

Thanks for that. So having to wait the current 3 minutes for another (repaired) aircraft seems a reasonable delay then.

How long do you think it would take to 'jump in a new airframe' ? More or less than 3 minutes ? I'd guess more than 3. Perhaps rather than removing the 3 minute wait to repair there should be a forced 5 minute delay between slot jumps in multi-player? if you want to avoid 'grotesquely unrealistic' behaviour, perhaps they should 'eject' the pilot for 3 minutes (you could wander around to entertain yourself), pretend to de-spawn the aircraft (stop rendering it) then re-spawn (render) it & drop you in it. Then you can imagine that you've got a new aircraft not a repaired one.