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DCS 2.5.3.23954 At night, there are lots of red pixels switching on and off from the pilot's view. You can see them on the left / centre of the screenshot. That doesn't look natural at all. The red reflection of the flood light on the canopy is nice though, even if it's looking concentrated in two dots. I like the way they move with the pilot's head, unlike the usual reflections on the canopy that are static and look like stains. Perhaps those red reflections are linked to the graphical bug above? I saw that during a flight at 18h40 on 1st August close to NTTR, for reference, but it's visible in any flight during the night.

By the way, perhaps you can check out this (long) thread about RSBN stations on the Albatros, there were discussions on how to add the missing stations, for ex. on Nevada. Perhaps it's not relevant anymore, and/or perhaps it's the same as the link given by Rudel above (thanks!), I can't verify that right now. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=184072 Who knows, maybe one day we'll be able to create that in specific missions, as those little trucks are supposed to be mobile. That'd be fun.

You're right, the MiG-21 definitely has something about it. Perhaps a mix of several things, it's a bit mystical, linked to the Cold War, to the Constant Peg programme. It's a mix of interesting technologies, quite old and still analogue but with a radar, good navigation tools, and nuclear capability. You can even find alcohol in it ;) It first looked ugly and ridiculous to me, until I finally got curious and bought the module, and I've been almost obsessed with it right away :D Well, once I got past my disappointment at the poor training missions and the lack of campaign. I just discarded that part and learned from the Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions available on Avialogs, which instructs quite a different start-up procedure. It's a wonderful machine, and a great implementation of it in DCS :)

You'll find them in Mods\aircraft\MIG-21bis\Cockpit\Systems: R_NAV_data_Caucasus.lua R_NAV_data_Nevada.lua R_NAV_data_Normandy.lua R_NAV_data_PersianGulf.lua

\o/ That wasn't easy to catch, only had this a few times on all the flights. Congrats!

You need DCS 2.5.3.23225, if I'm not mistaken (see here). Have you updated and are you in the openbeta?

The thread is marked as [can't reproduce] so it's probably not watched anymore, you'll have more chance creating a new one.

And to add insult to injury, they seem to opt for the F-35 (I guess F-35A) for the replacement of their F-16s. Sad times.

QFE is given in all units on the briefing page, but it won't help you if you're landing somewhere else, and it won't help you with aircraft and terrain avoidance, transition altitude, semi-circular rule and so on, that's why QNH is used internationally (except in some countries, like Russia apparently until they finally moved to QNH in Feb 2017). Unfortunately, QNH is never given by ATC so it's indeed to be considered broken right now, and it's only given in mmHg and inHg on the briefing page, not in standard units which are used by most aircraft. There were projects of upgrading ATC, but I have no idea what is actually planned right now, it's still noted "in progress" on the roadmap page but that's no guarantee. EDIT: you can actually patch the briefing page (Scripts\UI\BriefingDialog.lua) line 507, to add correct international units, but if the Yak has mmHg, it's already there :)

Good to hear the Fishbed is getting an overhaul! :) About the cockpit: do you plan to fix the mouse click bug with switches? (so, simply releasing the patch I gave you about 2 years ago)

Yes, I was thinking about something like that but with an external program, similar to how PWCG has brought dynamic/persistent campaign to another sim. I'm not sure it's possible to launch DCS on a specific mission and exit, but after all the data saving part is what Tacview does by grabbing data in real time (or alternatively the temporary track file could be decoded). It's probably the only, not-too-invasive way, but it's indeed lot of work, requires the user to launch a specific mission, and to exit DCS properly. One also has to hope it remains compatible.

The only "persistence" you get officially is the mission branching depending on the score, have a look at the manual pg 105-. Depending on the score, <50 (failure), 50 (draw), >50 (success), you can define which mission is next. A bit poor, but that may be a workaround depending on what you're trying to achieve.

Q: Will there be new features in the ME and mission flow to allow for training/"civilian" missions? A few items to clarify and illustrate the question: - support in Lua to read the gauges and model parameters, and to write updated values on actuators: most of the time it is much easier to put that in a script than using many triggers and actions, especially when it has to be repeated several times - more precise triggers to gather info: typically, what horizontal/vertical speed at touch down, or what is such model parameter when the user hit such trigger in space, flag to indicate whether something happened, even a short event for which current triggers would react too late - 3D zone triggers (currently only 2D circles, and very visible green gates): typical examples are control of pattern flight, approach and departures - module state persistence: it is strange to get a fresh new aircraft at the start of each mission during a campaign, maintenance could be available but the negligence should have consequences ;) - campaign data: the same idea but for general campaign state, idea of progression, items still to achieve, scores, ...

That's actually a bad example, the A-10C is a complete mess :D There's a patch for this one if you'd like (I haven't tested it in the latest DCS versions). But yes, since then they followed consistent rules to avoid that kind of situation. I'm sure Razbam will fix it eventually if that's not done already, they had a similar process on the M-2000C when it was in development.

Sure, no big deal. It was confusing and it's just so easy for a problem report to be drowned in noise, that's why I'd rather have other issues in other threads. Now to be honest I doubt this will ever be read by Razbam. If it hasn't after all this time, it has to be considered as dead anyway ;)

I don't understand your post, is this a question related to the bugs above, a report of more mouse clicks that are incorrect, or something that has nothing to do with this thread?

Not sure it's in the stable version yet, here are a few pointers :) You can see the latest announcements of the stable version here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3638932#post3638932 For the beta it's here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3650609#post3650609 Looks like the PFM made it in 2.5.3.22652, stable is only 2.5.3.22176. You can also watch the 'real' current versions here (sometimes the threads above are late): http://update.eagle.ru/ And the whole log is here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030&p=2249076

Welcome back ;) Yes, it happens now and then, that's why the suggestion of a default config that is copied to a new, config-less module seemed to make sense, it would set the user's default mappings which usually cover more than half settings of each module (and that would remove all non-sensical mappings like buttons on pedals, POV or trimmers on thrust levers and so on, which take even more time in the config process than the actual remapping). There is a default config, but I didn't find its purpose.

Having been in several developer environments involving product and upgrade cycles, I don't find anything shocking about bugs popping up in the beta branch of such a complex product. No need to warn people there might be a bug, it's intrinsic to the branch. Yes, that's exactly what I'd say, if you don't like that use the stable version. And sometimes, sure, a few bugs will remain in a stable version. I know little software that doesn't have its share of bugs. Even if you put non-regression tests in place, there are just so many combinations and so many corner cases that you can't expect a perfect product, it wouldn't be viable economically. Even in medical applications you will not find a perfect product. So if anyone can point to a complex and bug-free software with constant improvements and additions of new modules, just show the link and let's understand how they achieve that. Only then perhaps can you criticize constructively and propose solutions ;) The only part that I personally find more frustrating to deal with is the bug reporting, but that's something else entirely.

You can try to create it for yourself, there or at other similar print services.

Seen some recent activity on the bug tracker, and I almost had a laugh at this: https://leatherneck-sim.mantishub.io/view.php?id=459 Not even a single reply, and yeah, I did try. I'm still wondering which patch will make it first - if any ever does, this one or the A-10C one? Almost two years, and all there is to do is replace one single file :rolleyes: To be fair, the MiG-21 switches are a little more coherent than the A-10C's, but most clicks are reversed and acting the wrong way. In the A-10C, it's just guesswork with every switch, which is probably worse. Perhaps I'm the only one bothered by this, though the number of patch downloads seem to tell otherwise. I left a new bump but I should probably stop since those bug reports are obviously ignored. The lesson here is, don't try to help and propose patches, just live with the bug and get to appreciate it.

I'm about to do the same, I think :) They're lucky that there are some Spitfire enthusiasts around the planet who'd stop at nothing to watch those documentaries :D

Yeah, no worries, my point is the legal way seems to be a nightmare, even in the country of origin.

Apparently it's even hard to watch in the UK ;) At least if you believe Amazon.co.uk, on the Blu-Ray product page: "Region 2 encoding. (This DVD will not play on most DVD players sold in the UK [Region 2]. This item requires a region specific or multi-region DVD player and compatible TV." Which is strange of course, since UK specifically has region-2 players. In any case, buying the DVD or the Blu-Ray doesn't seem safe, perhaps it's actually a region-1 or something else, it's not clear.

It's unavailable in most European countries, like most content on Amazon, iTunes and other platforms, and it's certainly uneven in the rest of the world as well. Never understood why those licences were still so regional nowadays, it's little short of begging people to get illegal versions.