bandit648

You're right, a fictional conflict doesn't bother me. Of course most scenarios in DCS are going to be fictional. My point is that the Viggen doesn't fit in any theater of conflict outside of Northern Europe, where other jets are more versatile. Can the F-14 fly in Northern Europe cold war scenario? Yes. Straight of Hormuz? Yes. Georgia? Yes, even though it was retired during the time period it's still plausible. Now, if you like the Viggen all of that doesn't matter. You would fly it anywhere because you just like the jet and want to enjoy the chance to fly it. It is possible I could end up purchasing the Viggen because I desperately want a high speed strike jet in DCS like everyone else. I own A-10C but I could never get into it. The A-10 is just so SLOW it drives be nuts. Even though I'm personally disappointed in the Viggen choice by LNS I'm still happy its being developed. It just shows the variety of air frames we are getting in DCS. There's something for everyone. The only thing that confounds me is the fact that no 3rd party developer has taken up development of the F-16 yet. It's probably the single best modern jet to model in a combat flight sim. Arguably the most successful multirole fighter ever built, flown by over 25 nations worldwide, the list goes on and on.

When did I state that LNS owes me something? I understand how much time and effort goes into these modules and I support LNS in producing the Viggen if that's their choice. Any new jets and theaters coming to DCS is a good thing. I personally am not that interested in the jet. However, If they release a cold war scenario/theater that includes the F-14B then I'll be all over that. :smilewink:

I think it's great we're finally getting a supersonic strike aircraft for DCS and if they do actually include a new theater then that's great as well. I'd probably be more interested in the theater than the Viggen itself though. My problem with the Viggen is it's a jet that's never actually been used in combat and has no place outside a fictional conflict between Sweden and Russia. A strike jet like the Tornado would have been a much better choice in my personal opinion. It's flown by multiple countries around the world, has been used in several real world conflicts and easily fits into any modern theater or scenario. These jets have to compete for my time to learn them and for that reason the Viggen is out for me. Just not enough interest in learning that air frame for me to devote the time.

+1. Another random jet that has no place in any existing or planned theaters. I think it's great someone is finally developing a strike aircraft but this was a strange choice indeed.

I enabled it to just have a quick look and then disabled it. Definitely a step in the right direction. Obviously they still need some work but hopefully we'll get clouds similar to what's in prepar3d currently. What a difference cloud layers and different cloud types will make! I hope they implement different cloud types like stratus, cumulus, and cirrus. I'm guessing with the engine update to dx11 this certainly should be possible. Just having layers of puffy cumulus clouds wouldn't be as satisfying.

I'm hoping we see it in 2.0 but I have my doubts given that we haven't seen any screenshots of the new clouds yet. The new weather effects desperately need more realistic looking clouds. Volumetric fog would be another nice thing to have.

Hi everyone, I'm getting back into DCS and have been playing the 1.5 beta a lot in the last several weeks. It's so exciting to see the progress and the direction ED is going with DCS. One of things I'm really looking forward to is the new clouds. I see the cloud layers are "in progress" on the roadmap. Can we expect new clouds in the 1.5 beta, 2.0/NTTR map, or later? I'd be more than happy just to see some screenshots of the new clouds at this point. The other thing I'm really hoping to see an improvement on is the night lighting. Up close aircraft and runway lights look fantastic but at distance it quickly fades out at just a few kilometers.