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There's never "too many" of those lovely GDR skins. Just a small detail for any future GDR skins: Can you make the pilot's flight suit in a grey-blue colour? This is what they looked like:

I've tried various NDBs now on Caucasus, and while I still sometimes have a good signal strength but no morse code, this seems to be related to not having hit the right frequency perfectly well. It's odd that the signal strength is maxed out then though. On tracking Gaudata NDB though, I was able to track it well with the needle, tracks attached. Not sure what caused the problem you described. MiG-19_NDB_ADF_Gaudata.trk

In general the virtual Mi-8 crew could provide more help. Most important would be calls from the gunners or the co-pilot regarding enemy fire, like incoming missiles or gun fire, also reports on enemy aircraft approaching, but calls like mentioned in OP would certainly be welcome.

I've had similar issues, but I still haven't fully tracked them down. Sometimes I get a full signal strenght of an NDB, but no identifier/morse code, and thus no direction finding. Did you switch the RSIU-4V radio to "Radio Compass" (#2 in manual)?

Confirmed.

Knowing the mag var for a certain map/time frame is very important. I'd rather like to see this information on the F10 map, but on the kneeboard would be fine too.

This would be very helpful! Having the current mag var displayed in the maps for a given year and region/map would also be very appreciated.

Seeing we currently have 262 pages in the DCS wishlist section... does it actually make any difference to post wishes here? Does ED take note of them?

Absolutely. As much fun as the MiG-21 is, there's more than just artwork that needs an overhaul. Some things have been mentioned here already, and there is more. Don't waste too much time in trying to fix the old code or improve it superficially for no financial return, better invest the time to do it all nice and clean from scratch in accordance with current standards. I'll happily pay for a version 2 of that magnificient plane that has been a backbone of DCS for so long.

That could certainly be an option, but it would probably cause a lot of confusion in MP. Maybe giving the server host an option to choose what to display could be a solution.

I agree, but if this briefing room is the first sign of proper/complete mission planning and briefing tools coming to DCS eventually, i.e. the cart will eventually lead to a horse being put in front, I'm fine with that. Let's hope for the best.

F10 map should show the in-game tactical callsigns (Enfield 1-1, 711, ...) instead of "callsigns" chosen by players to add to realism and atmosphere when there is a human GCI/AWACS. That way he/she wouldn't have to adress callsigns like " 'Da Tr1ck5ter" or similar nonsense.

Can confirm. Gun ready lights and external load (bombs/tanks) lights remain on after complete shutdown. Notice that the voltmeter shows voltage even though battery switch is off, no external power applied.

Well, firing up DCS again and opening control settings from the main menu seems to have worked, thanks for the hint.

Is this a bug or sth messed up on my side? Most kneeboard controls are highlighted and cannot be used, most importantly "Next page" and "Previous page"

Most probably this: I'd also add the crazy pitch oscillations at lower speeds, but opinions differ there.

Requesting an option in the mission editor to change static aircraft bort numbers to allow for more realistic sceneries, i.e. assigning realistic bort numbers to static aircraft that were actually used by an air force on a certain airframe.

Hi, the faction GDR (still) has wrong callsigns and comms. In the sim it can only have western / NATO callsigns, even when it's assigned to REDFOR. It also has English comms in-game. This is not realistic. As a Warsaw Pact ally, the GDR faction used numerical callsigns just like the Soviets, and the main communication language in aviation was Russian too, so it should have that in the sim as well. Screenie and track attached. GDR_English_comms.trk

Yes, dedicated, separate livery threads to bundle all the various ideas and requests might be useful here.

Schon bevor TrueGrit "geboren" wurde, war Gero Finke mit/für eine Firma für digitale Simulations- und Ausbildungsprodukte im Bereich fliegerische (Waffensystem-)ausbildung tätig: https://adamsgroup.de/sit/

Das stimmt auch. Bedenke aber, dass nicht die Rede davon war, dass beide Module parallel entwickelt werden sollten. Außerdem haben ja alle Teams mal bei Null angefangen, sogar Heatblur, ganz am Anfang noch als Teil von Leathernecks. Und angesichts des Backgrounds des TrueGrit-Teams auch im Bereich Digitales durfte man da mMn schon etwas zuversichtlicher sein. Einem Team, dass sich den Eurofighter als überaus komplexes Modul zutraut und diesen - nach der Pleite mit den Entwicklern von Hawk/P40 (habe den Namen schon vergessen) - dann sogar bei Nick Grey / ED genehmigt bekommt und den Status als third party developer erhält, darf man schon was zutrauen. Du nennst diese Sichtweise "etwas bescheuert". Ok, dann habe ich Deinen Post damals ja semantisch richtig verstanden.

Nun ja, 95% dieses gesamten Forums bestehen aus reiner Spekulation und wishlist threads, insofern ist die Annahme hier gut aufgehoben Mein eigentlicher Punkt ist: TrueGrit - jetzt Teil von Heatblur - ist wegen der Expertise auf dem Gebiet F-4, aber auch wegen der sonstigen Aktivitäten im digitalen Bereich (man schaue mal auf den sonstigen geschäftlichen Aktivitäten von Gero Finke) sowie dessen, was TrueGrit damals schon zum Eurofighter gezeigt und an Informationen über ihre Aufstellung vermittelt hatten - "the natural developer of the F-4...". Ich hätte mir gewünscht, dass Du diese Aussage damals nicht so süffisant abgewatscht hättest mit dem Hinweis, die sollten erstmal den Eurofighter fertig machen, bevor man an sowas überhaupt denkt. Genauso könnte man sonst jetzt auch sagen: Heatblur sollte erstmal die Viggen, die F-14, den Eurofighter und die A-6 fertig machen, bevor die an so etwas denken. Ich sehe meine Aussage von damals durch die gestrige Ankündigung bestätigt.

Erscheint es Dir plausibel, dass die Expertise der Leute von TrueGrit als ehemalige F-4 Piloten eine entscheidende Rolle dabei spielt, dass Heatblur (die TrueGrit quasi in sich aufgenommen haben) jetzt die F-4 entwickelt?