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Here are a couple, but it's hard to capture and they don't do it justice. It's a very nice effect!

As I said, it doesn't.

The English manual in 1.5.8 and 2.2 is cropped and has been sized down.

Yes, that's correct, the same seems to be true for other modules as well. I've also noticed that the reflection from the ground (I think, it's green-ish) is only calculated every n frames. So this reflection switches regularly, like it used to do in 2.0 in NTTR on some planes. This is really not good and I'd rather not have reflection at all, let's hope it'll pass at some point. This is especially noticeable on the two lateral windows at the front of the cockpit, but also visible on the other ones depending on the angle.

Same observations. Those sounds are awesome :) The cockpit has two issues regarding lightning and reflections, not sure it's necessary to report them as they must be well-known: - the old static reflections on the glass should be removed, they're really distracting when moving the head around, they even blur the front view, - the floor is illuminated, and also the parts that are against the sun, as if the fuselage was translucent.

The surprises never end, it also seems the failures have been fixed in 2.2.0.12448.295! For a while the system failures in both 1.5 and 2.x have not been taken into account anymore, something I couldn't get reported by ED. Apparently there was a fix for 2.2, hopefully in the next 1.5 too. :)

DCS can handle the physics better, though (hoping it's fine to use specific names here) X-Plane has a fine approach too. So while I'm not saying it's ridiculous, I think developers wouldn't invest in it now given the argument above (all the immersive features available in other sims). Now if there were also a good training support on top, that could shift the balance ;) But military training didn't use to have C172 in their programme as far as I know. WWII or post-WWII saw trainers like BT-13 - and later, SNJ/AT-6 (there are still videos available on those, on Youtube!), AT-10, AT-9 and so on. Not small civilian trainers, they wanted to save time and offer more training potential from the start, especially in aerobatics - most civilian trainers aren't even rated for spins.

I think it's regarding this earlier post, I thought it was part of what SnowTiger was experiencing but he just confirmed it was not. Perhaps it's just realistic, intended behaviour (part in red below): If you think it's not normal, I can report that properly with a track in another thread, I didn't mean to hijack this one :)

Exactly! Learning and getting it right is part of flying, even more in the case of combat flying. And if there's a potential to grow DCS, it should be welcome, it can only be an improvement for everyone. Now I hope the scripting features will continue to gain additional support for the training missions, there's already a lot of possibilities and for example the A-10C qualification DLCs by Maple Flag have shown this, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't easy for him. I think a few more triggers, data persistence, and extra links between the "GUI-oriented" editor and the lua would go a long way in that direction. For the MP enthusiasts, the idea of shared cockpit is also great, and it's already in there for a few modules. Perhaps introducing a rating in DCS could help open that path? Just see how sites like StackOverflow work, let people share their knowledge and use people's ego, it's an immediate success! :D The TF-51, the Albatros, the Yak-52 and the CE-II can offer a lot to many here, let's ignore the whinings of people who can't bear the idea that others may sometimes want something else than what they do. Hell, in the case of the CE-II it will even benefit to the future airplanes Magnitude 3 will release! I'd rather have a great Corsair or Stuka soon after release than a disappointing or average add-on for months, even if I'm familiar with the early release concept. A 172, a 150 or a Super Club? To be frank, each task must have appropriate tools, the army knife concept doesn't apply well to everything. So training with very basic airplanes like those, without ATC, without AI traffic, busy airport, VFR and IFR flights, without familiar scenery of your homeland, more realistic weather, ... which is also a big part of learning with those aircraft... well, perhaps DCS is not really fit for that, or at least not yet. Yes, I'd probably get them, but only if they offered more depth than what is already available elsewhere, and I don't see any developer who would choose DCS over other civilian sims for that right now.

Nice to see you've sorted it out! :) I'm always switching that on as part of the start-up procedure so I can't say I've noticed anything about that recently. Nothing visible in the SA342 log except long ago (June 2016). I've haven't tested it again to see if I still had this strange trim up/down inversion with altitude hold, when it slows down instead of accelerating. Perhaps it's intended, though I wouldn't see why. If you see anything like that let me know. Happy flying!

Same here! :)

Yes, the sounds have been noticeably improved, I see the updates in the autoupdate_log_old.txt file for both 1.5.8 and 2.2, so I suppose it must have been there in the previous update already. Also, the performances are much better! It's especially appreciable in the Normandy theatre and more specifically in a campaign like Epsom, but also on big cities like Las Vegas. It seems to skip frames sometimes, not sure it's just the AV-8B, it seems to be so perhaps it's just WIP on this add-on. But thanks to that, the Epsom campaign is now playable, at least as far as I could tell from the first mission, that's nice! It's also much more enjoyable thanks to the improved sounds and visual effects like the explosions and flak. :) Clouds do have more volumetric feel to them, but they are still made of 2D sprites rotating when the user turns the head and they all have the same aspect/size, however I know the meteorology is pretty basic and WIP. This could greatly improve the immersion, just imagine a big menacing TCU! Let's hope it will continue to improve. I never had a carburettor freezing, nor ice on the wings or props, I'm not even sure about the pitot, for example, perhaps I haven't tested enough? So overall impression, with the latest bug fixes and the Harrier on top, is just great :thumbup:

Very well done, looking forward to it! :) Sorry for all the negativity you received here, forums are a dangerous beast.

Ah, I caught that in the middle of a change then :) So we can still hope for a Corsair, that's all good. Not that people here will read any of that, they're too busy venting ;)

Hum. Actually, the roadmap has changed and they removed the F4U-1 today... so a Stuka maybe? Enough speculation for a few weeks ;) 1) Long ago: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2587315&postcount=617 2) Not so long ago: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3076364&postcount=946 3) Today: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3317796&postcount=1115

If you work for them, they might :)

It seems like a lot of fun! :D I think M3 may have underestimated the capacity of people here to get over-excited ;) Too bad the reaction of some is so... fierce. Personally I found that hilarious, sometimes you have to get things with a pinch of salt, and if it were a more complex aircraft, it would have been announced, it would also be in the roadmap for a while, and not shown so late in the development. If this bird is a first step towards a better Corsair, I think it's a good way to proceed. Regarding the price, I'm not sure however... it's probably a bit expensive for an experimental project? But it all depends on the quality (and the reception by the DCS users).

Haha, you're probably right! :D The MiG-21 is an icon of its generation, I'm sure whatever they have in store will be worth the "tedious" guess work ;)

This thread is becoming like a forum escape room concept ;)

Magnitude 3 LLC, you can probably get further in the Spectrum download by taking a screwdriver and adjusting the magnetic tape head of the player, that's how it was done back then ;) My soul for a Lancaster! :bounce:

OK, good news, thanks! I didn't know this updated log existed, and since there was no reaction here it looked like nobody saw it. :)

A Spectrum, I was hoping never to hear that sound again :cry: :D Ah, the F-16XL was introduced the same year (that's wishful...), or the F117? And the Lockheed Have Blue (HB1001) in 1977. Strange.

Hopefully not this one... it could still be a 747, but for the aerobatics I'm not sure :D

Radial like a double wasp, used in a certain aircraft in the DCS roadmap? ;) And "surprises" would explain the picture of Batajnica Airodrom, where there are MiG-21, also something expected.

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