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I just wish someone would make a new one!

No, I wasn't... I've just checked my Saved Games\DCS folder. Can't find the .lua that controls the logbook though.

Not sure who moved this topic, but it's not a bug; just a suggestion for improvement.

I've recently been trying to play through the Su-25 campaign Cold War Warrior, trying to get as far as I can without being KIA. So, I set the pilot in my logbook to vulnerable (ie. he can be killed). The idea being to follow the pilots stats with progress and just create a new pilot each time I'm killed in the campaign. Recently, I made it through to mission 3 (furthest I've been). In between attempts at mission 3, I had a casual practice in the new Hind module and got myself killed by VRS. It was when I next tried to return to my Su-25 campaign, I realised I'd lost all progress because I'd unwittingly flown the Hind with the same pilot, and got him killed. Back to Mission 1. Suggested fixes: 1) Display a small box on the main menu somewhere that shows which pilot you're using. and/or 2) When you create a pilot, you can use tick boxes to select which aircraft he's able to fly.

Ref your point 4), they've set a new benchmark for damage modelling with the WWII stuff. The Hind should get the same treatment eventually. Lets face it, this module isn't going to fade into obscurity. It will just keep getting better, especially as infantry units are improved. So they need to get this damage model working well. I would expect a good few years from now, there will be a Hind 2 upgrade, as we've seen with the Ka-50 and A-10.

I've not enjoyed this particular helicopter in a sim since I was 16, maybe 17. I'm 42 now. Amazing module already, and it's not even finished!

Is this open beta? I'm on stable and my UB32 pods look terrible.

The UB32 Rocket pods for S5 look like they've not been touched since original Flaming Cliffs. Also, the external tanks on the Su-25 are in need of a refresh.

Texture popped in and out depending on zoom level. (Mission 1 Cold War Warrior, current stable release)

This is an important question. But I would imagine this will come as DCS World core change rather than module specific. Only this, and more realistic fragmentation, blast and area affect (suppression etc.) from the rockets are what's missing for me personally when I fly the Ka-50.

They're saving that for BS4

Exactly this. I will gladly pay for an upgrade just for an updated model, textures and perhaps some additional cockpit functionality and bug fixes, only if I can disable the additional capabilities (3 pylons and MWS). This could work in the same way that you remove the pylons and additional armour for the Mi-8 module. Or it could be in the modules 'special options' tab. Ideally, I'd like to fly a Ka-50 as it was used in Chechnya without additional bells and whistles. And I'd like to see Eagle Dynamics most polished and accurate work on it.

In short, there are many purist hardcore simmers that use DCS. They respect DCS for it's realism and authenticity. When you begin to add fantasy loadouts or hardware, it 'sours the broth' for them. Especially if they play multiplayer and the fantasy equipment starts to appear on servers (and it will). On the plus side, we can always play offline in a realistic manner and, we can create or search for realistic online servers that exclude certain units or loadouts.

For those that enjoy realism, it won't be cool to get shot down by a six pylon Ka-50 in multiplayer. I'll skip this one. Would sure like the upgraded cockpit, external model and MWS though.

Haven't tried rebinding it yet, but myself and a friend couldn't enter LSO view with LAlt-F9 on the Kuznetsov. We were in multiplayer. He had been shot down, I was still in an Su-33. We're running the newer ship. Strange thing is, I've entered that view previously on a replay maybe a year or so ago, so I know it works. But currently, it isn't.

Wow... I've been holding on to a 70% discount coupon for years (since the Mi-8 release). Always said I'd keep it to buy the Hind. Can't use the coupon if the product is already discounted though. Ok, thanks for the reply.

Or will it go straight to full price, like the F-16?

This! I was just trying to build a realistic 1 on 1 in 1985, Tomcat vs Fulcrum. I'm having to search the internet to find which versions of which missile were available in that particular year. Hope you can do it. Could even have separate toggle button in the ME. 'Historical Weapons' on/off.

I can fly the Mi-8 pretty well, however I find the rudder input is overly sensitive. It seems like if I push the left or right pedal forward just a cm the helicopter will violently yaw. Is this normal? Maybe the real helicopter has longer travel on the pedal and this is the issue. I recently convinced a friend to buy this module and he has the same issue.

Got to say, I'm excited for this. Last time I saw the A-6 in a sim was Spectrum Holobyte's Flight of the Intruder -still got the ring bound manual for it. 30 years later...

How many free updates do you feel entitled to for the price of a meal out? 5 years? 10 years? Not to mention all the free updates to DCS World core to since you bought the module. :huh: Meanwhile the Total War series and Call of Duty developers, churn out the same crap every couple of years and the masses go nuts for it at full price. The chaps at ED have bills to pay to. What's the other option for them? Would you prefer to pay monthly subscription? And just continually making sales through "new aircraft" doesn't work. 2008 module will not look right next to a 2018 module if there are no big updates or overhauls.

If you have evidence against teapot orbiting earth please post it here. You don't? :huh: Oh, therefore it must exist. Good logic. :thumbup:

I posted a similar question in the Heatblur sub-forum and got no reply, despite a bump. :huh: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=282443&highlight=Texture+sizes

A for me. I want to be Nicolas Cage. :D

I've been doing some testing with various loudouts. I made columns comprised of alternating Leopard 1A3 MBT and M113 APC, static on the road. 8 units total per column. And then tried to destroy them in single passes. There are 4 separate columns to test the various weapons on running along the road west to east. After doing a bit of reading on the various cluster sub munitions available in DCS World, I thought some configuration of the PTAB would be the obvious choice. In DCS, I found all PTAB munitions were mostly ineffective against the MBTs and only moderately effective against the APCs. I later tried FAB 500 and rockets with similar results; very rarely did I get an MBT kill. I've attached the test mission if anyone wants to try it with a different loadout. If you can kill a column in a single pass share the track and let me know what you used please. PTAB Test.miz