PhantomHans

Unfortunate. I was going to have a neutral nation defend airspace against any violators from either side.

Beats me man. Reflected made it, he usually does good work.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3319496/ Like this?

A month later and nobody has ideas on this? Is this possible in DCS?

I'm having an issue with flights going dumb and making up their own missions or deciding to simply not attack enemy units. I'm looking for a way to put a CAP flight in that will orbit an area and attack enemy aircraft that enter that area, without deciding to fly to the far ends of the map to chase something. Is this possible in DCS?

Has anyone here tried using the MiG-21 cold war pack mod? It's my understanding that the current MiG-21Bis handles a bit better than it really should when it's in the hands of AI pilots. So I am curious about this mod and what changes it makes to the 21Bis, and if the other jets (SM and MF) are accurate in any way at all? https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3340820/

I would like to see the uncompleted bases that are visible on the map fleshed out to the current level of the map. For example, IIRC NAS Fallon exists only as a texture on the ground in the correct place. IMHO in order to complete the map, that should be built up to match the remainder of the map into a functional airbase. If we start talking about expanding the maps borders to cover larger areas, or doing large area facelifts, then I think we would need to start talking about a Remaster type thing.

What, like, being bankrupt?

Eagle Dynamics is in GROSS violation of their contract with Razbam and has failed to pay Razbam for years. I would love to see another developer buy out the IP from Razbam and resume support and development. The question becomes what is a fair offer, can anyone make said offer, will Razbam accept, and what happens to the outstanding balance owed to Razbam?

The point of that would be to show the court thay "I am upholding my end of the deal, they are the bad guys." I'm sick of this whole thing. ED has removed all Razbam products from the store. Good first step. Now give me all of my money back for all Razbam products, not some store credit that theres nothing I want to buy with, and then I'll be happy. It seems pretty clear that Razbam has gone the way of VEAO and that's fine as long as I'm not left holding the bag.

ED would pay them to prevent ED from violating the agreement. ED would then file a civil suit for damages over whatever they perceived as a violation.

I would gladly refund my Razbam modules for cash. I still haven't flown the AV-8B module, and barely have any time in the 15E, and now they're both not only unsupported but not even sold anymore. I feel it's safe to say Razbam has left DCS development.

Looks like they have moved on from DCS.

Is there an easy way to keep two simultaneous installs of DCS installed and accessible? Hypothetically let's say I want the current version installed just how it is, but when installing a new version I want to put it somewhere else in a different folder so I can start either one.

Bump for this. Not only were there canopies for the MiG-21 series without this mirror, but a real pilot would be able to quickly and easily (well, depending on G-Forces...) look around the supports. Those of us without 6DOF VR...Not so much!

Hearing a rumor that it was possible to fix the AI by adding weight somehow, anybody have some more input on this? Did a search but not really finding good info.

If this is the current state of affairs, which I understand to currently be true, then I would once again request for the temporary allowance of AIM-9 together with ALQ-131. It may present a VISUAL discrepancy, however it would better model the capabilities and experience of flying the jet with the restrictions that we currently have in DCS. If and/or when the ALQ-71/72/87/101 series pods get added, I would request at that time for the temporary allowance of AIM-9's with ALQ-131 to be removed as redundant.

Hey Heatblur, I'd like to suggest some development of more AI opponents. Jets that aren't necessarily so detailed or polished like the ones you'd see on your friendly airbase, but jets that are good enough to be in your gunsight. For example... MiG-21M, 21SM, 21MF. The existing 21Bis module is great, but the AI flight model is total garbage with the jet sometimes turning more like an F-16 than a MiG-21. The radar is also shockingly good compared to the F-4Es APQ-120. The M/SM/MF series are a little less advanced than the 21Bis. The M has older RP-21 radar, the SM and MF have RP-22, but only the MF has R-60 missiles. Building one of these as an AI opponent would allow for a more realistic experience going up against the Phantom's classic adversary in the skies. (Earlier versions like the 21F-13, 21PF, 21PFM, and 21S, would of course be great to have, but would be probably better suited up against an as yet unreleased F-4B/C/D series jet.) An earlier or export MiG-23 like the MiG-23M, or export variant like the 23MF and/or MS. The 23M and 23MF would be very similar, other than the export Sapfir23 radar on the MF being downgraded and the MF using the R-13M instead of R-60. The 23MS would have the MiG-21s RP-22 radar, and weapons fit of R-3S, R-3R, R-13M. Earlier or export Floggers would be great opponents to the F-4E and historically fought against it, and the 23MS in particular has some famous history against the F-14. An earlier SU-22 Fitter version. We currently have a late model SU-22M4 modeled, which is great. An earlier version would have R-3R/R-13M missiles as an option and could have fighter mission types like intercept, escort, CAP, etc added to represent their occasional use as fighters. Iraqi SU-22s went up against Iranian F-4Es, and of course Libyan Fitters have some famous history against the F-14. I know Heatblur is busy, but so many of the existing cold war modules would greatly benefit from some more adversaries.

Any chance we could get the ALQ-131 on an inboard pylon together with AIM-9s on the rails? Or, if were certain the 131 couldnt be used with missiles, an older generation jamming pod like ALQ-119, ALQ-101, ALQ-87, compatible with Sidewinders? The Combat Tree modification made it possible to run ECM pods on both inboard pylons together with Sidewinders. During Vietnam this was typically one ALQ-87 and one ALQ-101 during air to air missions. I seem to recall that this was also passed on to other jets outside the E series in various upgrade programs but I'm not totally sure about that.

Could I sugest a "Jester Context Helper Bar" option? An option to tick on or off to show a small status bar in a corner of the window showing what mode Jester is in and what the context actions are. So in top right corner you might see: BVR: • TGT SEL, ▄ LOCK, •• RESET You lock the BVR target, the helper bar becomes: BVR LOCK: •/▄ BRK LOCK, •• BRK LOCK + UNFOCUS This can help train us on context actions while in the sim and as future actions are added help discover them without resorting to RTFM. Edit: also because I rarely if ever get a target on scope or found by Jester before I have visual on the target, I would love a "HES RIGHT THERE LOCK HIM UP!" function some day similar to the Cue Eyeballs function for the LANTIRN pod on the F-14. A single button press to enable a ring in my view that I put over the little dot i can see coming my way, and another single press to initiate Jester trying to lock him.

For me I usually just leave it in the default setting how the jet starts, so yes, auto.

Works for me although it does seem like Jester is more stingy with chaff and flares than he used to be in prior patches.

I'm just curious here but I understand that currently the ECA and ALQ-167 add weight and drag, but not yet functional. Hopefully some day they'll be working, as it is now it looks like Having said that, it looks like we are allowed to load AIM-7 Sparrows in the forward two racks with the TARPS pod attached... Would this have been a viable and approved loadout? If so, was it ever used?

I think the delay increased with one of the recent patches but yes it's just a weird graphical thing.

Rest assured it's your anti-virus that's the problem here. The latest updates to AVG anti-virus for example have it occasionally deleting parts of Windows Defender or other anti-virus or firewall programs as viruses. Mine has made it so I can't even open the Windows Defender app. I had this same problem triggered by trying to fly an F-14. Just exempt all DCS folders.