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Finished the campaign last night and it was fantastic! Highlights for me were that time on target popup strike against the sa-15 and being dragged out of my comfort zone on the mission where I have to take out an sa-3 with CBU-87s. Ended up level bombing from 25k feet because the HARMs kept them down, nailed the radar. Only note is that in the mission with the migs, you are told to try to outrun them. I did, made it to the border and they broke off, which means I couldn't get a perfect score haha. Luckily I don't care about score edit: also what a finale! ended up getting shot at by: 2x SA-10 4x SA-6 4x SA-11 2x SA-8 6x SA-11 2x SA-6 2x S-60 gun bursts 6x ZSU-57 gun bursts on the playthrough I actually survived. the scariest part is I didnt even know an SA-8 had shot at me

Being wrong was explicitly possible. Bet theres loads of stuff you dont know, no need to get your knickers in a twist over it over it mate.

I understand perfectly well what DCS is: a videogame. Its only a sim if the FAA lets you log hours. I bet you can find more information on, say, the powerplant of the Lun than the powerplant of the Nimitz and they sell that for money. As for theater: I dont know about you but I mostly play what-ifs in DCS. Otherwise there's no point to making a modern Kola map; the only plane we have that would otherwise be realistic to use on the map is the Mosquito, and I'm pretty sure the shipping raids in Norway were done by bomber mosquitos, not fighter bombers. And of course the map is the modern version, not ww2, so that doesn't make sense either. So don't kid yourself: if you want the map to do anything other than simulated exercises and Tu-95 escorts, it is to play fantasy scenarios. I don't see how it harms your fantasy scenario to have an extra tool available you choose not to use.

It makes perfect sense! When WiC did it it was very cool, so if DCS does it it'll be very cool too. likewise others have mentioned ASW, despite that being a fictional game mechanic (when's the last time a submerged sub was sunk in combat? The whole field is hypothetical and used exclusively for wargames) Not to mention, modern combat on the Kola peninsula is also fictional. So it's no different than World In Conflict!

I am of course talking about the Lun class Ekranoplan as seen in the video game World in Conflict! It'd be really cool to see this in DCS, skimming the ocean at almost 300 knots!

because rockets are fun to use too.

Taken from the "Tblisi Gap" Liberation campaign I made

I have the same bug! let me know if you need more logs/tracks

hello! I was experimenting with the VIP and VRP features in the manual, and when I had it set to a VRP pressing cursor zero seemed to move my steerpoint to where the TGP was looking? also a bit later when I pressed "IP" (OSB 10) the game crashed. Anyone know if its supposed to work like this?I dont think I fully understand this feature at the moment haha! https://gfycat.com/pepperyposhiraniangroundjay edit: I realized it doesnt show well on the GIF, but my initial steerpoint was the north end of the runway in Groom Lake. The buildings it moves to were never my initial steerpoint. When I turned off VRP it slewed back to the initial steerpoint, until I clicked CZ, when it moved me back to the houses. this is entirely unlike how I expect the TGP to work lol. Id attach a track but the game crashed, does anyone know if it still saves it?

https://youtu.be/oFcrhk8iUHc

(spoilers inside) In the fifth mission, the one where you start in batumi, the furthest truck does not drive off leaving nightmare 1-2 stuck on the airfield. This seems to later not trigger dialogue around Norseman. I have tried restarting DCS, but all three times I tried the mission this happened. I have tried to include a track, but it exceeds the size limit, so I have instead included a picture showing the driver standing next to his truck, rather than de-spawning.

what is that map the A-6s are flying over tho, I dont recognize that at all?

Hey, I am playing the Georgian Hammer campaign. While my plane was landed for some repairs, I decided to control a ground unit - this is apparently a mistake, as when I went back to my plane I found the pilot standing next to it, immobile. Is there any way to get back in the plane? I dont remember this being a thing last time I played a few years ago. Now, a few minutes later, it appears even the pilot has dissapeared.

Aw man had me all excited, why you gotta name the thread like that man :(

I deserve this because all of my shit broke the past six months (trackIR, seat, headphones, bicycle, and my phone) and I get to have a little make-up treat, courtesy of life