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Fair points

Hey @Harlikwin, first of all, no offence to you I see this "expectation" a lot about ED having to update their older modules. Although I'd love to see an updated Huey, I'm always wondering when seeing these requests: Are you indicating that ED should update their older modules for free? - I don't see how updating a decade old software (game) can be expected from any dev. I mean, A lot of developers release remasters of their old games, but hardly ever do they do it for free. Or: In case you mean that ED should update their older modules as payed DLC's (like for instance they did with the K-50 and A-10C); Sure, the community can ask. Some people would be interested in this, others won't, but wouldn't ED know best if such an update would be a feasible business case? We can of course share our wishes, but at some point, when enough people share the same wish, it appears that these wishes for many tend to change in expectations/demands.

Just for the record here: nowhere in my post am I "blaming" Ugra

Are you indicating you'd like DCS to automatically download and install mods when you join some random server? Or did I misunderstood that?

Yes a progress update would indeed be very welcome (not just for "late activation", but also "late deactivation"). Quite some time past since the poll, and its outcome was crystal clear

Can't imagine how frustrating this must be for campaign DLC makers (reading the forum, it seems like Baltic Dragon's Gamblers campaign got hit even worse by the changes Ugra suddenly implemented to its Syria map). I just hope all campaign creators can find a way to solve the issues without too much rework. I'm sure Ugra wasn't aware up front, on the impact of their extended and beautiful Syria update, otherwise they would've surely informed ED and its campaign creators.

If you approach the controls from the main DCS menu, also make sure you have the F-16CM selected

This is huge news (for mission creators)!!!

Hm, not at my pc right now, but it should be called "pilot body" something. (Might also want to check under UI layer controls. It might have moved over there, to have it work for all modules)

For that pretty occasional moment that you need to access the side panel controls during flight, what (I suspect most) players do, is assign a hotas control to switching the body on and off.

Ugra just keeps on bringing out the Matthew in me

Perhaps intended behavior to simulate the slightly higher difficulty when air refueling in a turn (in which case: "hats off to ED" ), but during one of my missions, I noticed that it takes an AI F-16CM approximately double the time to refuel while in orbit, than it does in level flight. I tested it with two identical missions. Only in one of them, the tanker enters orbit (speeds, alt, fuel qty, distance to tanker, pilot skill ace - all identical) The level flight Viper: connect after ±50sec -> disconnect ±2mins later The orbit Viper: connect after ±50sec ->disconnect ±4mins later both miz and track files added (Fun fact: I tried the orbit version with a rookie pilot and it seemed topped off sooner than the ace pilot ) AI F-16 AAR level flight - 2min.trk AI F-16 AAR orbit - 4min.trk AI F-16 AAR level flight.miz AI F-16 AAR orbit.miz

I strongly agree with this (although I'd add that imo ED is "ambitious" in a positive sense of that word) DCS (and its predecesser versions) has evolved to something extraordinary/unique and I feel kinda sorry for the devs that lately there seems to be this strong, very vocal, movement of (what appears to be mainly new) unsatisfied DCS players. I'm not judging anyone here and all should of course feel free to express their concerns, but what I don't like, is all these posts saying stuff like "we want change". Not sure why anyone would feel entitled to speak for everyone. I'm very happy that we have DCS and I have all the trust in ED knowing what's best for DCS. Do I like to see improvements to specific DCS features? Of course I do. But I'm also very aware, that what I want, may not be what is best for DCS to evolve further. I (or in this case I dare to say "we" ) jsut don't know the bigger picture. I hope all this spreading negative flow (it's even worse on YouTube I noticed), will soon make place for positivity (Kumbaya, my lord Kumbaya )

No worries mate, I'm sure they're just waiting with more teasers, until they've finished adding Volkel Air Base

You can't, at least not without scripting. What you describe in your OP can't be achieved with current mission editor tools. Perhaps it can be done with scripts , but someone else should chime in on this, as I have no scripting knowledge.