First off, there is nothing new to report as of the date of this post, this new thread is simply a clean-up and ease of access for all current official information on the current issues between Eagle Dynamics & RAZBAM. Hopefully, this will make it easier to see the current known information and weed it out from the theories, guesses and suggestions in the other thread. If you want to see that one, the link will be available at the bottom of the post.
The first public knowledge of the disagreement happened with an announcement on the RAZBAM Discord here:
https://discord.com/channels/536389125276827660/544501300134543380/1225494495458627634
razbam_prowler — 04/04/2024 10:17 AM
Dear Customers and Community,
You may have noticed that the that the latest RAZBAM announcements does not include a changelog or any updates for our products. We would like to inform you that, until further notice, all support for RAZBAM-developed aircraft modules is on hold. This suspension encompasses, but is not limited to, bug fixes and updates.
We want to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to this exceptional community, our current customers, and prospective clients. Unfortunately, due to circumstances completely beyond our control, we are temporarily unable to continue our work at this time. Our team, a group of highly skilled and professional developers, is first and foremost made up of dedicated individuals. They invest not only their expertise but also their personal dedication and sacrifice into crafting our products. For many, this work provides essential supplementary income or even constitutes their primary livelihood.
We are hopeful for a swift resolution so that we can resume our normal operations. However, until these issues are resolved, we will not be issuing any updates about our products. We ask for your understanding during this challenging period, a situation that RAZBAM Simulations did not seek and which has previously seriously affected other parties, for example Heatblur Simulations. We have been patient, perhaps too patient, waiting for a resolution from the responsible parties. Now, we find it necessary to take a stand and await a practical solution to this deadlock.
I also want to extend my heartfelt thanks to my fellow third-party developers. Their support, once aware of the relevant facts, has been overwhelming. Thank you for elevating DCS to new heights; it truly wouldn't be the remarkable experience it is without your contributions.
The suspension will remain in effect until the significant issues between Eagle Dynamics and RAZBAM Simulations LLC are resolved to our mutual satisfaction. Once these issues have been addressed, we will resume our standard practices of bug fixing, updates, and upgrades, just as we have since our inception as developers for DCS. We hope this resolution results in a more stable and optimistic future for DCS and all 3rd Party Developers.
Best regards
Ron Zambrano
CEO
RAZBAM Simulations, LLC
Eagle Dynamics was compelled to respond shortly after on their Discord found here:
https://discord.com/channels/542985647502393346/543013214485610520/1225540029493936219
04/04/2024 1:18 PM
Following the message published by Ron Zambrano of Razbam Simulations, we believe that it is necessary to rectify some of the unfounded allegations and to reassure the Community that everything is being done to resolve the current situation promptly and for the benefit of all concerned.
Without entering into the details of matters that are confidential to the parties, we firmly reject the allegations that the current disagreement between Eagle Dynamics and Razbam Simulations would be as stated by Razbam “due to circumstances completely beyond our control" and that it is "a situation that Razbam Simulations did not seek".
On the contrary, the current disagreement is the result of improper actions that have been taken by Razbam Simulations, in breach of its contractual obligations towards our company and of our legally protected IP rights, and for which we are seeking a reasonable and forward-looking commercial outcome rather than entertaining legal claims.
We very much regret that Ron Zambrano has decided, without even pre-advising us, to make these disparaging public statements and, more importantly, to take the customers of the Razbam developed aircraft as leverage in the discussions with us.
Please rest assured, we are addressing the situation with the utmost attention and constructiveness.
Many thanks and kind regards,
Nick Grey
RAZBAM followed with this reply:
https://discord.com/channels/536389125276827660/544501300134543380/1226492074233434182
razbam_prowler — 04/07/2024 4:21 AM
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Dear customers and community
RAZBAM Simulations is actively working with EAGLE DYNAMICS to reach an agreement to resolve our internal dispute and we don't want the discussion that our public declaration has generated to escalate any further. We want to assure you that it has never been nor will it be our intention to abandon our products. We look forward to a prompt and satisfactory resolution, turn the page, and move forward.
Best regards
Ron Zambrano
CEO
RAZBAM Simulations, LLC
This was the last of the official announcements from both management parties.
While both teams have officially been very quiet due to the delicate nature of issues at hand there has been some events that have come up and caused concerns.
Some Anti-Virus programs were picking up a false positive on some DCS DLLs. Sadly it seemed to be worse on some of the RAZBAM modules fueling fears of issues with the modules. This can be solved by adding the DCS install folder to the exceptions for your anti-virus software, this happens from time to time so this was nothing new.
The M2000 had some issues, including CTDs. This was an accidental merge of some changes one of the developers was working on. Once it was identified the changes were reverted and the issues were solved (although nothing was noted in the changelog at the time). This was not anything related to compatibility with the core game.
June 12th at Midnight the F-15E radar stopped working. While we have internally identified the issue no fix has been presented as of yet. once we have solid news on that we will share that ASAP. Again this had nothing to do with core compatibility but rather something in the coding of the F-15E.
UPDATE: When version 2.9.6 drops it will contain a fix for the F-15E radar. This fix was created by our team and not given to us by any other party.
Refunds
While at first, we were maintaining our normal refund rules, we decided to bend a little for those who were frustrated with the issues and how they affected an Early Access Product. We have been giving a store credit for the value of the F-15E when you purchased it. You may open a ticket here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/ for a refund, but we ask for patience as it may take up to 7-10 business days to process your refund.
Other modules will not be refunded at this time, all of these are out of Early Access and remain working. It is our commitment that no matter what happens we will do our best to make sure these continue to work into the future. We understand those of you who remember losing the Hawk, this is not something we intend to do again.
Steam refunds are based on the play time of the core game, not the individual module. It is their policy and they handle the refunds. As we understand it, no refunds have been accepted by Valve. All modules continue to work, aside from the current radar issues with the F-15E which we hope will be addressed sooner than later. South Atlantic continues to be updated and as I stated above, the other older modules we plan to make sure they continue to work into the foreseeable future.
Is ED broke?
No, Eagle Dynamics is very healthy aside from this dispute currently, all other 3rd Parties and the ED development team continue to work and push new and exciting content out to you.
Is ED pushing things out because they are out of money?
No, most of these recent products have been scheduled for quite some time now, into early last year. The 3rd Party products are based on when they are ready from their own team, although some delays here and there squished some release dates together, nothing has been out of the ordinary except more goodies in a short amount of time.
How can you keep selling the F-15E or other modules? UPDATE 2025-04-07
Right now we are working within the framework of the legal advice moving forward and not wanting to cause any more riffs or issues. It's a complex process at this point and most likely why it seems to be moving so slowly for everyone. Nothing more can be said about that right now. Sorry.
After receiving an official request by RAZBAM to remove products from sale we have done so. All products will be fully supported by DCS and will continue to operate.
We cannot comment on any more conspiracy theories than this. This was an unfortunate disagreement that had been going on for some time and finally went public. I can only speak for Eagle Dynamics but I believe both teams want to resolve this as fast as possible and get back to making virtual airplanes.
The discussion below was the old thread. This new thread may be moderated a little harder, so please be nice to each other, know that all the other customers in here discussing this with you are in the same boat and probably want the same thing. So let's be open to their opinions and concerns and understand they are allowed to have them as much as you are. Anything from any user here without an official tag won't be making any official comments, me and @BIGNEWY will only comment on publically available info as this is a legal matter at the end of the day.
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Update
25th July 2025
In response to recent comments and questions made by Razbam Simulations, its proxies and/or external developers, Eagle Dynamics confirms that it signed a settlement agreement with Razbam at the end of 2024 to put an end to the existing disputes and that such agreement also provides for a strict confidentiality requirement that prevents Eagle Dynamics from disclosing further information.
Eagle Dynamics can, however, confirm that Razbam instructed Eagle Dynamics to cease selling the modules developed by Razbam and its independent developers. All modules continue to function ‘as is’ and despite not receiving any access to source codes or cooperation from Razbam and its external developers, Eagle Dynamics will do its best to ensure that these modules continue to function in 2.9.X.
We are still hoping to be able to implement the settlement agreement and to find a satisfactory outcome to the current situation, in the best interests of our valued community.
Thank you for your passion and support.
Yours sincerely,
Eagle Dynamics
I cannot say enough, on behalf of all of us at Eagle Dynamics, how sorry we are that you are being made, in part by us, to go through this. We are committed to getting this sorted as soon as we can.
Thanks
The ED Team
If you are not in A-A MT mode, you need to press TMS Aft-Short to slave the ATP to the bugged target after manually slewing the ATP away.
If you are in A-A MT mode, the TMS commands change so the pilot can actively hunt for targets. If you slew the TGP away from being slaved to the bugged FCR target, you must deselect MT and press TMS Aft-Short to slave back to the bugged FCR target.
We'll add a blurb in the manual that TMS Aft can be used to return the TGP to SLAVE mode to get back to the bugged FCR target.
Let me know if that helps, if not post back and I can take a closer look. Thanks!
To slew the ATP to the selected target, you need to be in SLAVE mode and not a track mode. We've added descriptive checklists for adding targets, selecting/slewing to targets, and deleting targets; there shouldn't be confusion with it if read through.
In addition, XR processing doesn't engage unless the ATP is in a track mode, even if in XR zoom.
While Wags' videos provide a basic overview to get started, we strongly suggest that you carefully read the more detailed guide.
The TV sensor is at a higher magnification than the FLIR's Narrow FOV, but due to the different sizes of the video from each sensor in the PIP display, the apparent magnification is the same, despite the fact that the TV FOV is half that of the FLIR Narrow FOV (which is why it is displayed at half the size compared to the FLIR, to sync the FOVs into the PIP's composite video image).
The issue with your list here is that some of these things are core issues, such as refueling, which has nothing to do with the F-16, but 100% a core game issue, as well as Wishlist items that were never promised and tuning/bug fixing.
As has been advertised in the Roadmap for a long time, all planned, primary features of the early access version will be available following the next DCS update.
While the F-16C is leaving early access, there are still several items being added that are listed in the Roadmap, as well it is a premier title for us, and will continue to be tuned, improved and such. As an example, there is a large Manual update coming next release.
Understand that the graphical representation doesn't necessarily match the internal damage. We have the beginnings of 1:1 holes on the Mosquito, but even that is somewhat primitive at this time. So you cannot always determine damage by the number of holes in your aircraft.
As well, if this was AI, AI could act slightly differently to damage, either by staying in the plane too long or next time bailing out early.
We would like to extend our gratitude to all individuals who have dedicated their time to submit entries and provide feedback and concerns regarding custom livery painting for our customers. Consequently, we have decided to cancel this contest while we explore options to enhance our support for those who appreciate painting and sharing their livery creations.
Regarding the current entries, while we will not be adding any to the game at this time, we would like to offer a small gift to you for your effort and hope that when this contest returns, you will consider resubmitting your work. We will contact you shortly.
Thanks again for all the feedback we have received on this, and we look forward to improving this in the future.
The ED Team
Once we are further along we will share screenshots and development reports, this is but a tease from the Beyond Video, but because its such a new and unique module we have shared more info than we normally would. Thanks!
These products have been withdrawn from sale at the request of JSC Russian Helicopters, that is all we have to share for now, it only affects the Russian E-Shop for Mi and Ka helos.
Ok, what I found out.
The Scud Launcher will not move in 'RED' state, it must be green to move, setting it to green will command the unit to stow the launcher and prepare to move.
What you can do is after your fire at point, add in a set state to 'GREEN' then it will perform a shoot and scoot...
BUT
Shoot and scoot is not ideal for a Scud launcher as it takes some time to get ready to move again. And if you have transports for it to rearm, it will prepare to move, and rearm, then scoot which will take a while.
Of course, we will include the helmet display; we could not do the f-35 without it as it does not have a HUD. As for tinted visors, we are investigating for all our aircraft.
Once again, it did not crash and burn for any reason but confidence was lost in the person who wanted to do it. There was never even a contract signed with ED as far as I know. It didn't even get rolling. Comparing that to our effort is disingenuous at best.
All that said, I see this thread just spinning in circles, you all got your opinions out and now it is time to just wait and see what we do. I am sure there will be plenty of reviews when it first releases and you all can make a more informed decision then. Thanks al for the feedback.
As seen in Wags video, please make sure you do not have any static objects on taxi and takeoff routes.
Also make sure to check out the PDF guide here as well:
Let me know if you are still having issues, thanks!
It seems it might be an issue with missions created before the update, if you place a hot start F-5E, the lights work fine as they are tied to the dial on the right hand panel for exterior nav lights. This needs to be turned up for the lights to work. I don't remember them being tied to that dial and if off not working, but least for now there is a work around while I check on how it should work.
ok, update, according to the manual it is working as intended, the issue is older missions you will need to make sure the above knob is out of the off position.
This was a gameplay option added for mostly MP servers and players that do not own the Supercarrier or do not like talking to ATC, its a wave-off signal. If you are doing everything by the book, then you should not see it. Thanks!
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