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No. There is no manual included in today's update (unless they hid it really well; it's not in either of the two new AJS37 folders).

You don't need 3 versions. You can easily update your 1.5.5 release to 1.5.6 open beta via dcs_updater.exe update @openbeta If you want to change it back to 1.5.5, replace @openbeta with @release

For the n-th time: you do not need to install anything new. The 1.5 you already have can be updated to the open beta version.

I got the mail from SendOwl at the same time as the order confirmation from heatblur, on Dec. 24th.

You should have gotten an email from SendOwl Downloads which contains your serial number. In you profile page on www.digitalcombatsimulator.com, paste the serial in the license check box, and then bind the serial to your account.

That test won't really do anything. There's no difference between the current open beta and release versions. No files will be changed by "updating" to OB or reverting to release. edit: sniped by probad

They did have thunderstorms in the previews they showed us last autum. I'm not saying they control the weather, but they definitely do control the weather.

Some people just love to whine about nonsense like this. I'm sure LNS will get the blame if Microsoft push out a windows update tomorrow that makes DCS unplayable. Power cut? Avalanche? Ragnarok? Blame LNS! If you can't manage to type in 32 characters in a windows command prompt, then I guess computers aren't really for you. Try consoles instead.

Open a command prompt (win+r->"cmd") and navigate to the dcs world\bin folder. Then run dcs_updater.exe update @openbeta (edit: after the update goes live tomorrow)

Vertical stab (1) and nose (6) pitot tube protectors (I assume they're the usual "Remove before flight" flags) Sounds like some kind of foot fetish :P I'd use "Leg restraints". Connected or attached. 1: It basically means "align plane with runway" 2: Yup. EBK = Efterbrännkammare = afterburner.

You don't need a separate beta install unless you have to have 1.5.5 for MP servers that haven't bothered with updating. DCS_updater.exe update @releaseupdates your install to the latest release version, and DCS_updater.exe update @openbetaupdates whatever version you have installed, beta or release, to the latest open beta version. ...and you can switch back to the @release if the @openbeta doesn't work as expected.

All new modules, and especially one that also requires some changes to core DCS features (e.g. setting up missile waypoints for the RBS15 in the ME), are launched in the open beta release branch before going "stable". Potentially breaking the stable release branch for users who don't own the Viggen is not something worth risking.

Well, wikipedia does claim that it is a pulse doppler radar, but I haven't found any other sources for this. There are some NASA papers that discuss various modifications of the APQ-153 which mention coherent doppler functionality, but this may be part of the modifications (haven't read the whole document). The lack of any measurement of target speed, and the inability to discern a head-on target from ground clutter in a look down situation makes it very unlikely that it is a pulse doppler radar.

Remove the ship mods in the "dcs world\mods\tech" folder and you should be good to go.

Just checking, but have you cleared this with ED/TCF? A talented terrain mod creator was banned from the forums some time ago due to a violation of §4.1b in the DCS EULA.

I agree. With a few strange exceptions, Swedish is quite easy to understand. It's not like it's Danish, which nobody understands (not even the Danes).

The Polychop Gazelle was released on 2.0 before 1.5, so it is possible, but not the norm.

HAH! It's Karl XII all over again :P

[slightly off topic] Sub-caliber training kits are available for several types of shoulder launched anti-armor weapons (rocket propelled grenade launchers and recoilless rifles like the Carl Gustaf etc). They use specially made tracer rounds with ballistic properties that are quite similar to the real thing, so they can be used for cheap training. The sub-caliber devices consist of a complete barrel and breech(w/striker) assembly that mounts in the barrel of the weapon system in question.

No. The 65B is in addition to the Rb75/T. So there will be 3 different Mavs available.

Sweden never used the B-Mav., but Cobra has stated that "our" Viggen can carry/use it.

If LNS are going for accurate system simulation we'd have to get some kind of deployable landing system for the mission editor (after all, that's how the system was used IRL). The Ku-band pulse coded TILS signals are nothing like regular ILS, and are completely incompatible. If LNS are willing to sacrifice some accuracy for playability (as with the support for AGM-65Bs), it would be nice to be able to set up the TILS channels for regular ILS/PRMG frequencies as well.

High and low bypass are quite relative terms; the JT8D which the RM8 is based upon is a low bypass airliner engine (compared to the 3-5-10:1 ratios of other airliner engines), but a bypass ratio of 0,96:1 is very high compared to the 0,3-0,6:1 ratios of some modern fighter engines (F404, EJ200, AL31).

Catnip usually works quite well.

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