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Once we have the full list of early access features we will post them. thank you

please do not derail this thread. Off topic posts will be removed.

I was lucky, missed the sand stuff, plenty of green for me and rain in N.I

I understand, and waiting is fine, as mentioned we want to release the full list of features for the early access and will once confirmed. Yep, It is a favourite of mine, jumped on and off them many times, and was a rigger / marshaller working with them in my army days.

pre-order on steam is not possible at this time, the team have tried, if that changes we will let you all know. thank you

We are doing a CH-47F from the US Army

As mentioned we have to comply with steams preorder rules, at this time it is not possible.

It is the date we are shooting for, of course everything is subject to change, but looking good currently. It will be multicrew and we will list the early access features once we are ready to. thank you

As soon as we can give you the full early access features we will. thank you

Thank you for your support, we appreciate it.

It is a private matter, we will not be discussing it in public. Lets please stay on topic in this thread. thank you

Pre-order on steam is not possible at this time. If they do allow it we will let you all know. thank you

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Hi, please check your antivirus is not creating a problem then run a verify in steam. If that does not help please contact support directly here https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/ thank you

Hi, forum and site are different logins if you are unable to login please email support using the same email associated with your DCS account email support@digitalcombatsimulator.com or eagledynamics.service@gmail.com thank you

DCS:F-16C is still in development and there will be challenges as new items are added. I am sorry that this boresight issue has happened recently but we are working on a fix for a future update. thank you

Please include short track replays if you see an issue so we can try to reproduce. I have tried and have been unable so far. We will continue to try. thank you

Hi, to update just use the update short cut, or go to the bin folder and use the DCS_updater.exe this will update DCS ST and MT at the same time. To use MT use the DCS.EXE in the mt-bin folder, for now it is still optional however in the future ST will be removed. thank you

ok lets keep it civil. We are getting off the initial topic now. I have passed the feedback to the team, and have replied to the posts here. I am sorry you are not happy at the moment, but you will need to continue to be patient. thank you

Please try adjusting the brightness level for the HUD, it may help. thank you

I will be frank, sometimes it feels like we can not win, so we do our best. Some say wait longer to release stuff, others say hurry up and release, you get the point. Regarding bug reports, we deal with many reports, and requests, not all can be fixed or granted how a reporter wants, we have to be careful what information we use in DCS, as many of you know we can only use public unrestricted information, sometimes people share information that just isn't correct for our version, or we may have better information. We are always happy to look into issues, I deal with them every day. If you don't feel like reporting issues I understand. thank you

I will chase the installer option up with the team thank you

Hi, as mentioned the INS/GPS changes will become clearer once the video is out, Wags will go into more detail and I am sure it will help. TPOD power needing to be cycled after rearm has been reported The refuel for external tanks is not a DCS: F-16C issue, it is a DCS core request that has been made, but I have no news to share. DGFT/MRM mode issues please PM me the thread reporting issues or any evidence so I can take a closer look. Please do not do it here in this thread, it will get lost and this isnt a bug report thread. thank you

I have passed the feedback on, we are working on a fix for the boresight issues, a video is being produced to show the INS/GPS changes in more detail, laser code issues have already been fixed.

A request has been made to enable late activation for static objects but I have no news to share currently. thank you