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It's pretty great! Once they fix some of the annoyances, this is one of their best releases. I may grab the F-15C MSIP after all. Definitely when they get around to the FF Su-27S.

Not really, it doesn't bother me one bit. I just want consistency, be it in metric or imperial. I'll fly it by the numbers either way. You really don't need to learn the imperial units, you just fly it by the assigned speeds in that unit.

It better be removable. I don't want my ground crew getting sticky fingers.

Agreed, I just want cohesion in the environment of the cockpit. The issue isn't so much that it's in metric or Imperial units, the issue is that it's a mix. I'd be surprised if an actual 9.12 had such a mix as a Soviet line bird. Sure, the MiG-29Gs were in Imperial, but we don't have a G.

This is the most important change needed for the F-35. I honestly see the F-35 as a means to find major platform updates. It has to be better than it is now.

So, the MiG-21's cockpit color varies quite a bit between individual airframes. It's always some hue of blueish green. But, they always just used whatever paint they had on hand at depots for that purpose and it was never totally uniform across the various fleets. And this was during the Soviet days, let alone the various modernization programs throughout the 90s until recent. They'd mix it close as they could and call it good. So, there really isn't a singular 'definitive' cockpit color. There was a number of hues utilized.

It's been quite a spell, but a huge milestone has passed. So, it's a good reason to be positive!

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https://magnitude-3.com/2022/06/01/2022-summer-update/ Wishing to fulfill our promise to overhaul the MiG-21bis, we have began preparations for this massive undertaking. Once the Corsair is released and completed, we will be able to give it all the needed attention. In recent months we have expanded our library, which now comprises twice as many manuals and technical documents as it originally did. This will allow us to simulate some of the systems in a manner not possible at a time the module was released. Furthermore, our head of the research department has taken a few trips to the museums in Poland and Germany to gather a large collection of pictures of the MiG-21s, with an intention to use them for recreation of the 3d model and textures through photogrammetry. There is no question, that in order to provide the best visual quality, we need to take advantage of all newest technologies. This technologies in turn give us an opportunity to turn things that were previously impossible, into a reality. Straight from the devs. Corsair is out. All we can do is wait, now.

I could crash servers with it back in the day. I bet I still could.

Good point, but yeah I want to see more either way.

The name checks out, so I emailed, myself. Easy way to confirm the validity of this claim.

Phantom, Fishbed, and Corsair lately.

This one?

Big time ups.

The latest patch leaves some reason to be optimistic, as well.

Overall, great post. ED has righted itself in the past, it just takes agonizingly long for them to realize their errors in judgement. No one is going to deny the huge leaps that DCS has made, but wow there's a lot of unaddressed issues and certain minor issues take a mysteriously long time to address. It HAS gotten pretty damn frustrating, though. It's to the point I think the MiG-29A is my last first party purchase for a while. I really want the Hellcat, but looking at the issues that have stayed unaddressed in even their darlings like the F-16? For years? Yeah, less confidence in purchasing until someone realizes the project managers have the absolutely wrong priorities.

That's very fair. The best you can do is watch out for the hype videos leading up to it. I'd approach it with the same logic I approach Star Citizen; if it's good? I won't mind paying full price to guarantee that. Do you want to gamble $56 or spend the $80 on something you confidently know you'll enjoy.

Yeah, and besides: That ship has sailed. If there was to be a subscription, it needed to have happened in 2012-2013. Not 2025.

Money. ED cannot have a repeat of the Viper.

The aliens are why. The aliens are involved and that's the truth. It's why they can't tell us. Source: It came to me in a dream.

My initial findings are kind of mixed. I'm not seeing much difference, if any, at all. But, just initial. I'll keep testing.

You can pretty quickly ascertain the value of a presentation by asking yourself if it's meant to please shareholders or end-users. So far, it's always the former. If AI were so game changing, it wouldn't be getting integrated into software before asking an end-user base. Dotcom all over again.