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Hi guys, guess you may have your answer about the triggers tonight. Anyway, if it's "forgotten", those triggers were really limited, because of the simulator way of working. They needed in order to work the "Cockpit parameter" condition. It only works in Solo, not in multi-player. So this was the first huge limitation. The second one, mostly for the recce tool, was a resources issue. The game permanently checked if your camera was aiming in an area called "SPOT#" (trigger zone), even if your mission didn't use the trigger. It resulted in really noticeable losses of FPS. I understand that it may be disappointing for some of you to read this, as long as it would have been a good feature. I personally asked Pat to code them in order to use them in the Campaign, and I even had to rework entire missions once decision was made to suppress them, around 1-2 months ago, for both of us, it wasn't an happy decision as long as the potential of this trigger was really exciting... It was really nice to use, but again, due to simulator limitations, it never was useable in Multiplayer, and worked in Solo causing troubles of performances. Nicolas

There is no IFF code in the simulator itself, so I guess it may remain "clickable but not functional". I answered about the recce tool in the Gazelle section.

Thank you ;)

What time will it be for Paris ? (Yes I don't even know myself :D)

This will never end guys, there probably won't be any upgrade of the Kamov-50, not because devs can't, but because they don't want. And people will still ask for it. IMO I prefer flying without RWR etc, it makes flights harder. I understand the ones who would like to get such system on the helicopter, but it's not necessary to fly it and survive. Nicolas

Lorsqu'un squad poste un appel, soit on est intéressé et on le dit, soit on se tait, et on évite les remarques déplacées... Pour les critiques ou autres, passez par mp, ce sera mieux pour tout le monde... Nicolas

Yes I understand. I was part of the ones who asked for Iglas on the Kamov-50 for example... But after having discussed a lot with devs, it's not so simple. It's a very long and hard job, and unfortunately not always grateful... Nicolas

Technically it's too possible to paint it in white with green strips. But there isn't a white and green skin in the package. It's too possible to transform the gazelle in order to make it look like a Russian prototype like in Rambo III. But it's not included either in the package. You compare such modification to the Mi-8 ones. You're completely wrong on this. In the Mi-8, you add or remove passive systems, like the glass sight. Do you imagine that it's as simple to remove an electronic sight which is an integrant part of the code and plays an active role in the way of using it ? This doesn't mean that there won't be a version without Viviane (don't know), but no, you won't be able to remove vital systems like this on your parking... Do you imagine that the image you gave is the result of a mechano who thought : "Mmmmh, today, I remove HOT pylons, RWR receivers from the canopy (So I have to replace the canopy too), remove the Viviane Camera and all the Commander controls, ah and yes, RWR too" ? That's an integral new aircraft ! These are deep modifications, and it's not currently projected to allow the player to change it on a parking... You would need for more than 1 minute to remove this, it's not a payload, it's a part of the helicopter system (totalizing around 300 kg of stuff). It doesn't mean that you will never have a "naked" version of the Gazelle, honestly I don't know, and I hope too that we'll have one, but currently, understand that it's not because something exists IRL that it's "obviously" simulated... The goal is to release a finished product, then we'll talk about supplements... Just like with the HOT2... Still looking for a post from devs which said "Gazelle will have HOT3 and HOT2"... No there only are HOT3 on this version... ^^ But even with Pat message 5 posts above, which is quite clear, you still read "There will be HOT3 and probably HOT2 aswell"... :megalol: Thank you ;) Nicolas

@Einstein, all is modelized, except tail rotor stall as long as it's purely theoric and was negated by pilots and specialists. (No debate please).

Mmmmmkay... Gazelle is not old enough so we may need for the old missile generation ? ;)

Ah, mistake from me, no IR on the former Gazelle sight.

The Bo-105 sight device looks more like the old Gazelle sight device, which was a simpler optic device with IR capability. So IMO as long as both helicopters share the same weapon, optics are similar. And as long as in French Army it was replaced by the Viviane, I guess that they are less efficient, probably because of worst stabilizers. (Only have informations from the team on the Sa-342M, so it's only my personal opinion) German engineering, pffffaaaaaaffff :megalol: Nicolas

Damn, I didn't see it like this. Ok forget about the campaign, I leave everything, I cannot work with Germans :megalol: Joking joking :D

While editing the Gazelle campaign, I often met the following problem : YOu fly very low as a player, but other flights won't. The current minimal altitude for helicopters in DCS is around 30m/ground, while over sea there isn't any problem. I think it could be interesting to place the limit to 5 meters. Nicolas

You bloody traitor :megalol:

Was after the Charlie hebdo attacks, never changed it...

Here you have a little CAS demonstration by french army against Jihadists in Mali, there too is a HOT wich is fired by a Gazelle 37:23 (we don't see the Gazelle thus)... By the way, watching the documentary is quite interesting...

To sum up a bit what you already know (because it was already made public by the team via the forums or videos), I saw many many many questions which already had an answer in the forums, so there, i'm gonna answer some just like if i was a forum user like you (I'm only the campaign maker, I don't speak for the team, so I will give answers for the things I'm sure they were already given here) : - Multi-crew : not on release. - HOT : 4300 m range, +-3° of azimut, if over this, then the wire gets cut and the missile goes in ballistic. - Overheating and overtorque is simulated, I didn't try or ask about the icing, I think they will tell you. - Viviane telemeter is purely indicative, to know your distance to the target, it doesn't have any effect on the HOT, or any other kind of ammo, and is invisible via NVG. - Campaign takes place in Caucasus. - For the Garmin GPS... Hey that's a good question, I don't know, but it would be nice. But it isn't in the standard version, so, IMO, I don't think so. The Kneeboard is quite efficient for this. - For the FM : "Systems and Flight model All systems and the flight model have been simulated from available data in the manuals and tuned to fit real pilots and technicians feedbacks." And "Flight model All flight phases are simulated : Hover, Linear flight, turns, autorotation. Vortex effect during hovering is functional. Ground effect is functional." Directly from the Polychop Sims Website ;) (Anyway, SFM, it's already pointless for a plane guys, so for an helicopter...) - For the oculus, I don't really understand the question. I mean, the render won't be different from any other module, so try with another, and you'll get an idea ?! ;) For the remaining questions, I prefer to let the team answer, I only posted here because all these points were asked several times and already found an answer, so it's useless to ask time to the team to answer them, and you can ask better questions :). Nicolas

Sorry for not having updated my version, a lot of work between my studies and the Gazelle. Nicolas

With a french bulldog perhaps...

Stop with these pictures, people are going to think we decided to cease the Gazelle development to sell alcohol :megalol: Technically... There are more customers...

You need a manual to drink a beer with puppies ? I didn't understand :D

@Microvax, that was exactly my point. Hard to exprime in english...

Wasn't talking about high speed maneuvers, just when you decide to dive a bit, even at 150 km/h...