The_Pharoah

What about a Republic F-105 Thunderchief? Single seat fighter bomber. I don't know whether this had A/G radar but it certainly did the bulk of USAF fighter bomber missions into North Vietnam, as well as SEAD (Wild Weasel) missions.

wow, 395 pages. anyway, I'm still deciding whether to purchase or wait. Can someone explain something to me? how exactly will it be used in the attack role ie. ignoring anti ship strikes, does the Viggen have a TGP or do we have to find targets with the Mk I eyeball?

Not sure. just reinstalling DCS so wasn't sure if the older mods still worked. I will give that a go - thanks mate.

hi guys is there an updated mod for 1.5 to convert the SU-25T cockpit to english?

Very impressive. It makes me happy but it also makes me sad: 1. Happy - because someone has taken the next step and developed (or tried to develop) something that is sorely needed in DCS; and 2. Sad - because its not ED doing it (its something that's been asked for continuously for years and yet ED have ignored it in the bid to push out other stuff)

hi guys I tried jumping into 1.5 a few days ago and it wouldn't connect to the servers - it would launch, get to 'updating' then nothing. When I eventually got it started, the MP servers wouldn't update (and I knew the login wasn't connecting as it didn't matter what I typed in the password line). So, after reading a few threads on here I decided to uninstall my 1.5 and download it again (hey I have unlimited internet!), so I d/loaded the installer but once I hit install (ie. DCS_Updater I think it is), it will say 'updating', then nothing. Its like its not connecting to the internet. 2.0 works fine which is weird. I thought it might be an antivirus thing but I've put in exceptions plus added exceptions in the windows firewall...all to no avail (and the exe file hasn't been deleted by the antivirus program). Sorry I can't be more descriptive but that's it. Any suggestions?

see that's the problem I find. I'm not into dogfighting so whilst I have the P51/FW190/BF109 I rarely touch them. What we need are bombers. Not everybody likes PvP fighter servers.

I raised a thread on this a year or two ago and I totally agree with you re bombers. What we really need is a set of medium bombers eg. Allied - B25 or - B26 or - A20 Axis - JU88 (yes pls) or - H-111 I've always been a keen bomber pilot in IL2 (I'm just not into dogfighting) or FB with the Tempest or Typhoon or even the P47. Bombers give fighter pilots purpose ie. protect or attack.

Two weeks, be sure...

http://nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/075/B-1B%20Pilot%20Station.html its a Rockwell B1B Lancer

eh. That data is straight off wikipedia and just a reference to what we could potentially deploy ingame should we ever get a B-1. All I want to do is carpet bomb :joystick: :pilotfly:

Well...I DO need something to practice dropping bombs on.

I would love to get my hands on a dedicated bomber. Heck, even if its the F111. However, the B-1B would be an awesome addition. Imagine: Armament Hardpoints: six external hardpoints for 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of ordnance (use for weapons restricted by arms treaties) and three internal bomb bays for 75,000 pounds (34,000 kg) of ordnance. Bombs: 84× Mk-82 Air inflatable retarder (AIR) general purpose (GP) bombs[178] 81× Mk-82 low drag general purpose (LDGP) bombs[179] 84× Mk-62 Quickstrike sea mines[180] 24× Mk-84 general purpose bombs 24× Mk-65 naval mines[181] 30× CBU-87/89/CBU-97 Cluster Bomb Units (CBU)[N 2] 30× CBU-103/104/105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) CBUs 24× GBU-31 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-84 GP or BLU-109 warhead)[N 3] 15× GBU-38 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-82 GP warhead)[N 4] 48x GBU-38 JDAM (using rotary launcher mounted multiple ejector racks)[182] 48x GBU-54 LaserJDAM (using rotary launcher mounted multiple ejector racks)[182] 24× AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) 96× or 144× GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb GPS guided bombs[N 5] (not fielded on B-1 yet) 24× AGM-158 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) 24× B61 or B83 nuclear bombs (no longer carried)[181] WOW

This. Maybe throw in the F4 and F105s and its on baby!!

lol don't worry mate, points well made. Thats what forums are for - healthy and logical discussion with different points of view. Most of my time is spent online playing on MP servers so my points are from that view so to speak. I still believe though re my point 4 ie. at the end of the day, the devs aren't doing this for the love (well not JUST for the love), they need this to be financially viable. How else can they pay for developers full time for 12-18 months to develop something. I just think though, from a MP perspective....if you had to jump online on a normal scenario (attacking or defending against enemy AI with AAA and/or manpads), how success would the Tucano be? The Tucano is more something you'd employ if you had total air superiority and against lightly defended targets. Throw in some manpads there and they'd be running away quicksmart!! I still apply the 80/20 rule...80% of sorties in DCS are made by 20% of a/c eg. F15, A10, Mig21, maybe M2000 now.

Somehow I don't see many Super Tacano's doing bombing runs on youtube. Not to say that they don't...but the Super Tac isn't something that springs to mind when you think 'hmmm, modern day combat....insurgents....tanks...buildings....trucks...ZSUs...etc etc'. If it'll take 12-18 months to develop a new a/c from scratch to beta (and sale) in DCS, I would rather the devs (ie. ALL devs including ED) think first: 1. what combat scenario are we trying to replicate? ie. modern (FA/18, Tornado, etc) or WW2 (Zero or Betty or B25 or JU88) or Vietnam (Mig 17, F4, A4, A6, F105, F111, etc) 2. how easy is it to replicate? (ie. is it declassified? currently flying? access to current/former pilots?) 3. WHERE will it get used? ie. Caucasus? NTTR? new map? 4. What type of role does/did the aircraft do? ie. fighter superiority? fighter/bomber? bomber? multi-role? training? 5. Will there be demand for it? ie. will it be financially viable? Very important as their sales pay their mortgages. No point investing time/money on a training a/c that noone will buy. We don't need any more training a/c. Yes I understand these were first used by devs to get a handle of DCS but they are past that now. What we should do is have a list of MUST HAVES for each combat scenario ie. at a minimum. THEN, the devs can build it. Commercially you have to work from what the customers (ie. us) want and then working back from there, not the other way around eg. 'its easy for us to build a Miles Magister....hey once upon a time someone dropped a bomb from it so we can use it for both free flight and combat missions'. Good luck with that. I'm proposing we focus on something like (as a bare minimum): 1. WW2 - BF109/FW190 v P51 (already done) with the Spitfire on its way - B25 v JU88 - Zero v Hellcat - WW2 map (Normandy, Pacific) 2. Korea - Mig15 v F86 (already done) - Korea map 3. Vietnam - Vietnam map - Mig 17/21 v F4/F105/A6 - the Huey now has somewhere purposeful to fly 4. Six Day War - Golan Heights map (or thereabouts) - F4/Mirage III vs Mig 17/19/21 5. Modern day - FA/18, Tornado (FA/18 in development) - Modern day map (Gulf map in development) - AH64 or AH1Z The above is just to create a MINIMUM so that MP servers (and SP mission creators) can actually recreate proper historical scenarios not the current mish mash of a/c trying to recreate something in the nevada desert using a/c from 60 years worth of combat.

ok thanks mate. I was sure they had added in a volume key for the RWR in the last patch.

Please no. Atleast not now. DCS is full of 'nice to have' aircraft that currently don't make sense in the online environment. Yeah ok, using them in SP missions is fine but given the amount of time/developer resources to develop just one a/c, please let the devs focus on something that is multirole and 'fits' in the current environment ie. an attack helicopter or more multirole jets.

Hi guys 2 quick questions: 1. where is the RWR volume? I thought this had been fixed in the patch but I can't find it; and 2. I've noticed online that on spawning, my chaff/flares can't be replenished ie. it shows as -ve on the loading screen and I can't change it. This also happens when I try to change the proportion of flares/chaff...it'll show as -ve and I get nothing loaded. Thanks

Please ED....please give us bigger and better explosions. The explosions you currently see from a GBU-12, which is a massive 500lb bomb, is crappy. This is what I'm talking about: [ame] [/ame] ie. large explosion, etc. The current explosion effects we have in DCS needs some loving big time, esp on the NTTR map with sand/dust that should be thrown up.

F4 Phantom II or F105 Thunderchief

Is it me or are the rocket pods straight facing with no convergence or harmonization? I've flown in and fired rockets at a parked truck...only to see the rockets explode on both sides of the truck but not on the truck itself.

Don't forget its not all A2A. Air superiority alone isn't going to win the war/battle - you still need attacking a/c to deliver ordnance so the boots on the ground can go do what they do. To that end, we definitely need a range of A2G a/c however what needs to be agreed upfront is the time period that is being covered. No use developing a Hurricane Mk I to go up against BF109Ks or FW190Ds. If its say 1944 then you need to model a/c that were employed in numbers during that time eg: - Hawker Typhoon/Tempest - Bristol Beaufighter - B25 Mitchell - B26 Marauder - Mosquito thats just to name a few. The devs have to cater for the A2G community as well as the A2A community.

I do! :) My final vote is for the F105 Thunderchief or (preferably and) the F4 Phantom II. The F105 could carry (from wikipedia): - Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled Gatling cannon, 1,028 rounds - Hardpoints: 5 total: 4× under-wing, 1× centerline pylon stations plus an internal bomb bay with a capacity of Up to 14,000 lb (6,400 kg) of ordnance, including conventional and nuclear bombs, and AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-12 Bullpup missiles. We already have the Mig 21, we need the F105 and F4 to atleast allow us to create a North Vietnam air war scenario (esp when combined with SAMs, AAA, etc).

thanks guys...I might have to do a bit more reading methinks! :)