Darkwolf

People should stop focusing on Aim-120. A simple snake manoeuver get rid of it. I dodge them in Su-25 ! I dodge them even with Mig-21 with his failed RWR. If you can't, that mean your defensive skills need way more training, or you were just in a situation resulting from poor tactical choices. Either way, it's not the aim-120 that is reason of the death, it's your skill. Aim-120 is just the final cause. ......And i don't consider myself as a good pilot. I'm way way down below the best pilots. I'm more ground pounder than fighter. Su-27 and its weaponry has a lot of advantages : 1/ You have a RWR which display range. F-15 jam is obsolete. 2/ You have EOS, allowing silent detection. 3/ You look cool and the blue cockpit is relaxing :D 4/ Weaponry allow first shot. 5/ R27 has mixed heads allowing multiple spectrum shots. 6/ R73. Sidewinder on steroids. 7/ Off boresight shoot. I mean way Off. Cobra + HMS = insta 150° Shooting. 8/ Best manoeuvrability of the game 9/ Did i said you look cool ? 10/ Datalink 11/ Simple and efficient displays, you don't get overflooded with data. 12/ Heaviest loadout 13/ Multiple sensor allow you to play with your target - ex. making him thing you lost look. To me, Eagle pilots should complain. They have a EASIER (not = better) SA thanks to a shitload of information available at hand. But beside their radar, they don't got advantage. It's a tricky fighter that require to be in medium range engagement, their Aim-120 is actually dangerous in his 1/3 of the max range, but very easy to defeat in the other phases. If you think all the mentionned things aren't much advantages, you definitively needs to train more or consider switching to F-15. I've been banged by eagles a shitload of time during those last 10 years. Once i started really study tactics and tacview files, and take advantage of my plane, i immediately turned my K/D ratio positive. Just in a matter of days. So back to my main point : Su-27 (and its weapons) is as good as F-15 (and its weapon). Anything else is lack of training, bad luck and DCS bugs. just check out tournaments and you'll see how good planes can be when pushed to their edge.

Let me end that debate straight away : Without taxes on civilians, they is not combat stuff. Now bring me that cessna :P

I used to fly the flanker a lot some time ago. I would just go head on against F-15C. It's just about firing first, and then never give a break to the F-15. Amraam are easy to defeat. Again, it'll go down to another useless F-15C/Su-27 balance debate.... both plane are even match, most of the tournaments who opposed F-15 to Su-27 were a real close match. This is hardfact -just check tacview for 104 tournaments...

Will the protection be changed to ED standards with F-14 ? I'm currently having computer issue, and it comes down to replace parts until it works. Eagle Dynamics Starforce version doesn't go crazy when you change RAM or GPU. With yours, simply swapping some RAM waste an activation. I really hope that all protection will get unified to a single same starforce version.

Hi, Contact "Wags". He's your men regarding licencing. I wish you good luck in your project.

Whoaw, that's well done ? which was the brand you used ? Is the model quality good ? I'm looking forward for a 1/48 Mig-21 too. :)

And even so ? Shall we ban all military plane from FSX because it's a civilian simulator ? :D Let's stop being close minded. :P

Thats a simulation. Spotting a tank with your eye at 30km isn't realistic. IRL, i can park a tank 5km from you and you wouldn't see it even if i tell you which direction. Its jist turning the game moar easy for a10s.... In mp, ot come down to having some people playing with labels and somewithout.

1.5.0 was already a joke. Tanks at 20km were the size of a jet parking space. I am afraid to launch 1.5.1

Any server IP ? Server is not visible for anyone of the vodka sq.

Starforce works ok. All others modules works fine. It's just LN starforce version that is not the same.

Why is LN starforce so violent ? i swapped some RAM, today. tiook some from my wife - not enough for DCS - bought some more... two activation lost... :cry: no issue with ED modules:D my cat pee'd on my keyboard... gonna lose activation too ?:music_whistling:

when the 450L light goes on, it's too late to calculate fuel time. You MUST land IMMEDIATELY. recommended fuel reserve for landing is 700L, which include 2 go around. At 450L, you should stop calculating and look for an highway, if you aren't near your base. check out this page http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1432826/

Like any new addition to DCS, it still require a lot of polish. Don't hesitate to report anything you see in the bug section, that will help ED staff sort this out, they are quite reactive when they know about things :)

I run a facebook group about dcs. We have 2500 member in 1.5 year and for the last 6 month, the daily registrations number is constantly growing so te boost isnt 1.5 related. Its like 10 people a day avg. we check registration, so that ain't bot accounts.

I confirm that Mig-21 FM has dramatically changed in the 1.5 I did my first '21 flight after a few month break. That was a late night patrol with a buddy and when returning, we took the opportunity to train instrument landing. I did an instrument approach, and at some point, my aircraft start wobbling. I check speed. 250kph. My finger immediately reached for Ctrl+E but instinctively I checked sinkrate, which was still perfect. I was on the glide, without much trouble, at 250kph, with some light crosswind. Before 1.5, having your needle down to 300 at landing would result in a an insta-death.

I couldn't test it yet as my rig was down, but my pilots report way easier now with lower speed tolerance, down to 300 vs 330 in 1.2

I would really be interrested in the developpment of the word "WORLD" - of DCS world. Some people calls for Dynamic Campaign, but even before talking about this, I think work should continue on Combined Arms side of things : -Infantry needs to be implemented. the current soldier modeling is just impossible to use as it. I think infantry entity should get tracked per "squad", like games such Combat Mission, Steel Beast Pro, wargames and some others. This trick should allow more infantry unit without significant impact on CPU/network. Whatever fancy plane or tanks you have infantry is the key of the war :D -World AI (not even talking plane). the game actually feature a a great level of detail on ground vehicle, that is not seen in any other simulator. However, ground stuff is just sitting brainless thing. When you are striking a tank platoon or IFV platoon, it should be able to take some basic decision such as getting under a tree line or a forest if struck by plane, or if attacked by tanks or helis, take hull down position. DCS already feature LOS check code - this hull down feature calculation shouldn't be hard to tackle. To conclude after those two examples - This game offer great flying experience, and my point is that giving a more life into the ground world will give a better experience for those flying above. Thank you for reading and great work on 1.5 :)

If people can see tacview live during their flight, won't that open door to cheating ?

that's great improvement !

Hi Threre Can we get a "total sortie per plane" stat, along side total death per plane ? That would allow checking plane survivability :)

Will it feature functionnal turning signal for crossroads ?

Definitively needs an Ikea skin.

Hi there, I was wondering - Is the L39 capable of firing smoke rockets IRL - and if the case, if ever ED read this - can we get those rockets so L-39 can be used as Recon/FAC plane ? :thumbup: Thanks !

Mi-24 are most likely doing CAS on FSA troops while Su-34 are doing deep strike on IS. It's easy to check, they is no IS near Lakatia. they are FSA standing between them like the meat between two burger bread. Su-34 strikes on IS can be checked thru the videos and photos, they is the euphrate river and landmark - easy to check yourself when you know a little bit about navigation :D No political positionning in this post, just my own verifications.