AndyJWest

I sincerely hope that nobody is expecting ED to model the physics of raindrops interacting with buildings.

Which would be 16:00 UTC/GMT, for the benefit of the rest of us (most of whom I'd think know what UTC is). Probably a sensible time to start checking, but I'm not sure about 'usually' though, as patches seem to regularly get delayed beyond that, sometimes significantly, as last minute snags turn up.

In effect, this is already happening over large parts of the internet, though without DoS, or intentional destructive advice (on DCS at least) as an intended consequence. The volume of AI-generated content has been increasing almost exponentially, and was estimated to have exceeded human-generated content some months back. And since LLMs are continually trawling the internet for new 'data' to feed through their word-guessing algorithms, they are essentially feeding off each others vomit, adding layers of hallucination on hallucination. Needless to say, this acts as a disincentive to human input, and could well result in the bots having the whole thing to themselves if left unregulated.

This has been discussed before. DCS doesn't attempt to model the effects of external structures on the rain graphical effect, and given the resources necessary to both code this (e.g. developer time), and to run it (CPU/GPU usage), it might well be seen as a poor choice to try to do so. Failure to model the entire physical environment DCS operates in is not a bug.

A 'mediterranean map with Greece Turkey Libya Algeria' would be absolutely huge, with an impractical file size (and cost, if it had much in the way of detail), and would run into severe distortion problems due to DCS's current 'flat Earth' mapping.

Clash with another mod, maybe? I've not checked since the latest patch, but it was working OK earlier.

I'd ignore the 'breakaway' message: you'll find you should connect anyway. It is clearly triggered inappropriately, most likely because it is expecting a Hornet-sized aircraft, which would likely have its positional coordinate further back when contacting the basket. The same thing happens with the Harrier, which is not only smaller than a Hornet, but has the probe on the other side.

It's AI only for now. Internal views presumably aren't enabled.

Yay necrothread!

The maximum draft for passing through the Sound (where the Øresund bridge is) is 7.2 m. A CVN (11.3 m draft) would have run aground before it got there. https://www.sjofartsverket.se/en/services/pilotage/deep-sea-pilot/ Same issue as above (QE's are 11 m draft)

You'll need to be a lot more specific. Did you buy it from the DCS store, or Steam? What product? How long have you owned it? Why do you think you are entitled to a refund?

Excellent stuff: the only proviso I'd make is that 'aiming at, or short of the threshold' will only apply if you intend to flare. If you're in an F-14 or F/A-18, and intend to land hard, carrier-style, your velocity vector wants to be on your intended landing spot so you stay on AoA, and on the intended glide path, until impact.

Good luck finding any documentation...

Did they? Admiral Helsey, who was ultimately responsible for the decision to press on into the storm, and not to take precautions earlier (to be fair, weather reports were contradictory), got away with no real sanctions for his 'error of judgement'. If anyone else got punished, that would seem unfair. In addition to the many damaged ships, three destroyers were sunk, 802 seamen lost, and 146 aircraft destroyed - most due to breaking loose in hangers due to extreme rolling. USS Monterey (CVL-26) suffered a fire as a result, fortunately brought under control. I suspect most DCS players think little about this aspect of warfare: extreme weather, or even just enduring cold for armies ill-equipped for it, sometimes inflicts more damage than the enemy. Not something you can simulate, or would really want to (though proper pitching decks for CVs would be nice), but a sobering thought.

The Essex-class USS Hornet (CV-12) had to do this, after being damaged in the 1944 Typhoon Cobra, which left her with a very battered bow: She managed to participate in an attack on Kanoya Air Field, before heading off for repairs. According to this website this was the only wartime occurrence of the practice. The website has a photo showing a Hellcat taking off astern, but I think there may be Corsairs amongst the aircraft in the background.