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Any mods like that need to be client and server if you have the IC enabled otherwise it's just client-only. As far as I know, at least. I think it should be a stock feature to be honest. Unrealistic on the small scale (Su-27S has no Adders!!!!!) but when you consider it as the only land-based Flanker we've got, Adders are indeed quite appealing! :thumbup: Russia is procuring two Su-30 variants now: SM and M2. The SM is a modification of the more advanced MKx models and the M2 is, from what I understand, nearly a two seat Su-27SMx. There's a few of those really old Su-30s that are far more similar to the Su-27S (with improved air to ground capability I think? TV screen in the backseat I wanna say?????) than anything. No idea if they had Adder capability or how many were built/operated. They had a newer-ish radar, I believe. Edit: Actually, I think I'm wrong about the M2 according to the most reliable source known to man, Wikipedia. It's a mod of the upgraded export ones as well. MK2.

IMO, it's not even the 10 min that's the problem, it's not the implementation (they're both inefficient, sure, but still), it's that the delay/cutoff is shoved down everyone's throats by default. I've been in multiple servers, public, private, or otherwise, where the host had no idea about the cutoff or didn't know how to change it. All because the airquake side of the community yelled the loudest. What are you doing on dogfight servers? :D

Nope, you're screwed. The "delay" is literally cut the last XXX amount of time out of the track. It's auto-enabled on all servers too unless you install Tacview on your server and use your DCS special options menu to change it. :doh:

Cold weather scenarios are fun... Low con layer, sure, but ALL THAT THRUST!!!!!!

:( This whole discussion, every single time, goes to "well we'd need a modern Flanker and that's not happening." in some phrasing or another. So perfection isn't happening, okay, fine, what about 'good enough'? That's what FC3 is about, after all! #AddAdders

Yeah it looks like 33s still love those short burn R-27s. :lol: (There's a video of that when they sailed past the UK not that long ago!)

I'd be just fine with adding R-77s (and even multi-target engagement) to the Flanker-B. It'd be realistic where it counts. I don't think MP balance is a very good argument (counterargument is always "GET GUD, buddy" and rightfully so), but the idea that Flankers w/ Adders is realistic on a macro level is very valid. Considering that we won't get a modern Flanker for various reasons (some of which are the same "micro realism" counterpoints to adding R-77s to the Su-27S) I think this would be an alright stand-in.

Bad battle management + Typical fog of war/Murphy's Law stuff + possible systems failure on that Hornet = Splashed Hornet. If I recall correctly, that is. Edit: Also, on another note, I now have as many posts as the A-10 has cannon rounds!

You have a lot of resources available online to educate yourself on air refueling, real, simulated, or otherwise. You have a good mission editor well capable of making a simple mission or two for air refueling training/practice. Your mindset might kill you first, tho'.

Hmmm, updater isn't showing it over here...

The document should be titled "Making the Worst of MiG-21"

You know what, it's only in 2.0 that the Eagle has that issue. I probably should have mentioned that! This Flanker update in 1.5 looks far more unplayable though. Echoing other comments here, but man that change doesn't make much sense...

Bro do you even hydraulics model? But yeah, the Eagle is very easy to kill in some scenarios. That Hawk in your video, though...

Any Alter Bridge fans in here?

You're aware that the Eagle canopy has the same MiG-29 shadow/brightness issues, right? Changing some shadow settings made that somewhat workable, as I remember. I think that's what GG was getting at. This seems like a distant cousin of that issue. Can't wait to update now... ...Just kidding. #MakeDCSBrightnessEffectsGreatAgain Edit: I wonder if changes are being done in preparation for 2.1 or whatever the new major update will be?

FYI, the bandit's gotta do horrible BFM to make this useful. BRB spiraling above your Harrier. I mean, at least the Cobra can be a last ditch in a bad rate fight...This is a good meme too, but far less useful.

Clouds look like DCS tho'.

Looks like really bad desync and nothing underhanded. Notice that the AIs in the second fight were desync-ing too? :)

You guys don't remember 1.2.16 then. :D Didn't they make FLOOD just a lock tone only now? That's what it should be, at least. It's HRPF STT without the "Single Target" or "Track". Edit: It used to be the funniest troll weapon ever when it gave a launch warning.

FLOOD me up, fam.

It didn't quite compete with this, perhaps? Okay okay that's IRL not in-game, whatever. :P

Yup. And they're not even using it that much in the video! Probably limited to 250 D/S or something like most modern jets are, I'd guess. IIRC the F-35C achieved 300 D/S in testing...So yeah, lightning-fast roll rate. :P

Do you see Russia or China flying operational 5th gen strike fighters in their LFEs? What about any other non-Western nation with a decent military?

Telling someone to sustain 350KCAS at higher GW when that person thinks the Eagle is already a brick...