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A link to the solution here. For other people who thought that excluding the game exe is sufficient (which obviously is not the case)

OMG... that was it! I did have the DCS exe excluded but not the folder. Thanks for schooling me on that @Zabuzard! For those with Windows Defender here are the steps (for me the excluded folder is "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta") To exclude a folder from antivirus scans on Windows 11, go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Manage settings > Exclusions > Add or remove exclusions and then select the folder you want to exclude; remember that excluding folders from scans should be done cautiously as it can potentially reduce your system's security. Key steps: Open Settings Navigate to Update & Security Select Windows Security Choose Virus & threat protection Click Manage settings Under Exclusions, select Add or remove exclusions Click Add an exclusion and choose the folder you want to exclude.

Windows Defender Firewall and yes, EVERYTHING DCS is checked as allowed to pass. I think you're right that the dll has been deleted or quarantined since I can't find it anywhere in the files. Why is a repair or reinstallation of the F-4E not resurrecting that dll file?

Windows Defender Firewall here. ALL DCS is checked as allowed but it still hits the HeatblurJester.dll even though I can't find that file anywhere. I can't tell Defender to allow it since it wants you to browse to the file in order to include it in the list but it's probably been removed. I've tried uninstalling the F-4E, shutdown and restart and re-install the F-4E and it's still borked. I'm at my wits end.

@Zabuzard @IronMike Guys, I think Heatblur has the highest quality modules in DCS and I don't want to rag but this fiasco (for me anyway but it seems to have hit others) is most frustrating. I'm not a noob and can generally work out problems but this has me vexed. I've done all recommendations and beyond. With the Saved Games overwrite I'm going to have to reinstall the back-ups and from prior experience will have to individually restore all of my HOTAS mappings (really not a huge deal, just time consuming). The crux of the issue is that Windows is seeing Jester's dll as a virus. Windows is the Big Dog here. Say all you want but that is the case. You need to identify WHY Windows is seeing it as virus and do what's needed to eliminate that ID. Microsoft won't do diddly since you guys are a microbe as far as it's concerned. I did everything that I could to make Windows allow Jester through but I can't even find that dll on my system. I even looked on an older install of DCS on a different computer and there was no "HeatblurJester.dll" on it. Is this a new dll? Can you post it? Maybe a manual install would work? Again, I really like your work but I am really frustrated at this point.

Nope, didn't work. Sooo freakin frustrating! Can somebody with a working DCS post the "HeatblurJester.dll" file? Maybe a manual install will work for the time being. I was right in the middle of a major F-4 skin project.

Same here. DCS was fine prior to last update. I'm now trying a rename of Saved Games and a full repair. I have posted more info here:

I deleted the dcs_manifest.bin as specified in the DCS Authorization errors web page and ran another repair with the same error. When I look at C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\_downloads\Mods/aircraft/F-4E/bin there is no HeatblurJester.dll file there and when I look at C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods/aircraft/F-4E/bin there is again no HeatblurJester.dll. I don't understand how a nonexistent file is being flagged as virus. Please help!

Since the linked thread is marked solved I wanted to start a new one since it's not solved for me.

I now have the same issue regarding the F-4 authorization. DCS is allowed through all security and firewall. While doing a complete repair I got this error.

@Beta Sokol Thanks very much! Makes sense now.

Thanks for the reply but I don't understand what to do with the description lua. Also, I looked in C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F-4E\Cockpit but see no livery folder or files. Would I make a Livery folder? Place my Livery folder in there? Place the description.lua in there? I also see a bunch of Diffuse files in the description.lua like "hb_char_robinolds_overall_highrez", "hb_char_robinolds_pants_highrez", etc. Could provide some more detail about how to proceed? If I did get the flight suit to show in 1st person would it break IC check? And Merry Christmas to you too. EDIT: I think I have a clue now. I see those files in C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F-4E\Textures\Cockpit\VR_Body.zip. Still, I wonder about breaking IC. I don't want to spend the time on it if it does break it.

I've made the pilot flight suit orange (early West German) using the "HB_Char_RobinOlds_overall" and "HB_Char_RobinOlds_CWU" files and they show fine in external view but not in the first person pilot view. Are there other files that I can manipulate to achieve this? @Zabuzard?

@BIGNEWYI haven't checked how the system works in game (I'm away from my gaming computer ATM) but this from the Flight Manual might shed some light...

This thread being marked as being "solved" is a bit misleading. The main issue of the thread has evolved into the unfortunate issue of not being able to use the Model Viewer and the encryption / hiding of the files that we livery makers use. Perhaps remove the "solved" and let us know whether or not the MV issue will be changed in the future.

@LanceCriminal86 Sorry about the late reply. Understood all and thanks for the response!

Second submission to DCS Mi-24P skin contest November 2024. This is a Livery of the former (GDR) Mi-24P No. 361, C/N: 340 332 now depicted as post unification Luftwaffe 96+42 of Combat Helicopter Squadron 80. It served with the Luftwaffe from Oct 1990 thru Sep 1994. It was then transferred to the Hungarian Air Force, storage at Szentkirályszabadja May 1995 then Szolnok. Dec2017-Jan2019. Overhauled by 419th Aircraft Repair Plant (419 ARZ), a subsidiary of Rostec`s Russian Helicopters holding and changed Reg No. to 331 at 86th "Szolnok" Helicopter Base, Hungary. Details of note: 1) As can be seen in the historical photo it seems that the Luftwaffe had little love for the Hinds and maintenance suffered. The photo shows numerous and massive oil leaks. I just couldn't go that far but did weather this livery considerably from the prior GDR version. 2) The GDR Mi-24P's (and retained through the Luftwaffe and later in the Hungarian Airforce) had bare stainless ring seal plates around the exhaust stacks which had a high temp flexible seal contacting the exhaust stacks. I assume that they were supposed to keep dust, soot and FOD from entering the engine compartment through the gap between the stack and the fuselage skin. Please comment if you know more about them. I couldn't depict the flex seal without the ability to mod the 3d model. 3) Photos show that the left hand APU cover was bare metal (stainless?). 4) Photos also show the lower portions of the pylons were bare metal. 5) I don't think that they used the IR suppressors but I can't stand the plain brown default ones so I painted to match the camo and made connecting parts bare metal. 6) Flight crew and KORD gunners are given Luftwaffe gray uniforms and this is depicted. 7) I made an additional version of this skin with selectable Bort numbers which is included here. Due to the limitations of the DCS decal system I could only make it work for one number due to the number spacing (kerning). So it will be "96+x3" where "x" is the selectable number. Submitted to User Files. Links: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3342265/

These skins have been revised Nov 21, 2024 Both skins: 1) Closer investigation of photos found that apparently only the left half of the APU cover was bare metal. Livery changed to match. 2) KORD gunners given "Stritchtarn" summer camo uniforms. Skin "GDR Mi-24P No. 3xx Bort" 1) Selectable BORT number alignment corrected.

Yeah, true but never hurts to ask.

Add to the above request... please group small texture items in logical areas of the map together and not scattered throughout the map wherever a blank space happens to be. We sometimes spend hours trying to locate a particular item like a bolt or similar item.

I hope that they release this for sale before tariffs in the USA are imposed.

Fair enough

Sorry to raise this after so long but I'm curious about the reasoning behind keeping positive reactions anonymous since positive are the only reactions available. I could understand if there was options for negative reactions such as "thumbs down". What's the harm in seeing who "likes" your post?

Submission to DCS Mi-24P skin contest November 2024. This is a Livery depicting a German Democratic Republic (GDR) Mi-24P, No. 361, C/N: 340-332 of Kampfhubschraubergeschwader 5 (KHG-5) circa 1989. In December 1989, 12 Mi‑24P were delivered. This made the GDR the last member state of the Warsaw Pact to receive Mi‑24s with modern 9M114 anti-tank guided missiles. The GDR was the only operator of Mi‑24Ps outside the Soviet Union in the Warsaw Pact. C/N: 340-332 was delivered 30Dec1989 to Basepohl helicopter base 140 kilometer north of Berlin. Post unification it was re-marked as Luftwaffe 96+42 and served Oct 1990 thru Sep 1994. Then transfereed to the Hungarian Air Force, storage at Szentkirályszabadja May 1995 then Szolnok. Dec2017-Jan2019. Overhauled by 419th Aircraft Repair Plant (419 ARZ), a subsidiary of Rostec`s Russian Helicopters holding and changed Reg No. to 331 at 86th "Szolnok" Helicopter Base, Hungary. Details of note: 1) The GDR Mi-24P's had bare stainless ring seal plates around the exhaust stacks which had a high temp flexible seal contacting the exhaust stacks. I assume that they were supposed to keep dust, soot and FOD from entering the engine compartment through the gap between the stack and the fuselage skin. Please comment if you know more about them. I couldn't depict the flex seal without the ability to mod the 3d model. 2) Photos show that the APU cover was bare metal (stainless?). 3) Photos also show the lower portions of the pylons were bare metal. 4) I don't think that they used the IR suppressors but I can't stand the plain brown default ones so I painted to match the camo and made connecting parts bare metal. 5) It looks like the GDR flight crew had orange helmets and gray uniforms and this is depicted. The pilot also got an 80s style moustache. 6) I made an additional version of this skin with selectable Bort numbers. Look for "GDR Mi-24P No. 3xx Bort". Submitted to User Files. Links: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3341792/ and https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3341793/ I will do another livery depicting this same airframe post unification as Luftwaffe 96+42. As the photo shows, it was by that point quite weathered and apparently not well maintained.

You miss my point. Having the same color codes used for all official skins for a particular country assures that the colors would be homogenous for all of that countries skins when loaded in game. Everybody sees colors slightly differently and their equipment plays a part. One person's "accurate" looking color can be quite different from the other person's assessment.