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Eight Ball

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  1. I think this is just for radio coms: AWACS, ATC, etc. But thanks a lot for the tip, Dev! I thought those messages were hard coded :thumbup:
  2. I quite like the area west of Shiraz. But I have yet to discover most of Iran to be honest.
  3. There are many civilian helos with cable cutters, it's not something specific to the military. Anyone can buy those for their helos. But yeah...like most things we've ever asked for the huey, no matter how small or quickly doable, it's never gonna happen...
  4. If I understood correctly, it's not a bundle. You need to buy either the F-18 or the PG map first and then you'll get a discount once you buy the other.
  5. Desert "chocolate chips" camo. Update: added MOP suit Base texture by Eagle Dynamics, edited by EightBall Installation: Drop the "Desert" and "MOP suit" folders in your saved game/dcs/livery/soldier m4 (create it if necessary) DOWNLOAD
  6. Hello fellow citizen :). I've updated the mod, now you can drop the liveries in the saved game/DCS/Liveries folder along with your aircraft liveries: Download v0.3
  7. It'd be nowhere as detailled as the current maps. If you look at the current technology available for other sims, the average level of details of a global map is way below what we had with the old caucasus map. And it's crippled with oddities, like western building in the middle of Africa or Asia, messy road networks, strange coastlines, etc. Also, if those other sims are anything to go by, it would means that all the objects (houses, trees, light poles, etc) are just textures. Poor mesh for the majority of the planet (welcome back jaggy mountains...). It might be detail when you're flying an Airbus at 30.000 feet, it's not when you're flying a helo at tree top level. And it remains to be seen how the DCS AI will integrate into all this, which is something other sims don't have to care about. Ultimately I think the expectation for this world map are overblown. If you use flight tracking tools in those other sims you realise most people stick to areas that are enhanced with payware terrain/airports. Plenty of people on both US coasts and Europe but good luck finding a soul in Azerbadjan, Ethiopia or Laos. So you're back at square one. Really, the problem isn't with the map prices, it's with a small amount of people who have absolutely no idea how much work goes into them. By all means, get into map development and see for yourself. Acquire the topographic data, the rights to distribute satellite imagery, create all the 3D assets from scratch (and don't forget the additional AI units to go with it aswell as the miriads of skin for the already available aircraft), tweak everything so it runs smoothly and then sell that for $10. There are much less painful ways to homelessness...
  8. Thanks for sharing Suntsag I don't know if you're aware but you can place vehicles liveries in the saved game folder along with the aircraft liveries
  9. Just found this in the model viewer. Not ingame yet afaik
  10. A bit old but there's this: Wags in Moscow EDIT: ha! sniped :)
  11. I'd love to see this happening and a recent post on reddit suggests many others would too. While I fully understand ED unwillingness to do any guess work with their aircraft I think some exceptions should be made when the extended gameplay opportunities largely outweight the lower realism level. Combined Arms is a prime example. a F-22 or an AH-64D have some unique capabilities but ultimately they add very little in term of gameplay. On the other hand, even a light AWACS simulation would open completely new doors. ED could develop an AWACS simulation and make it available to all AWACS aircraft, the development would be funded by the E-2 module which, as an added incentive, would have a fully modeled "radar post" while the A-50 or the E-3 would just have a custom F10 view. Also right now, if added to a mission, the ground commander slot is available no matter what. It'd be nice if it was tied to some vehicles and aircraft. It would indirectly create high value targets. There are already a number of suitable units for this in the game
  12. Random footage of the Hawkeye quickly stiched together so I can make some room on my HDD.
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