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Not so sure of that. Everything in this sim so far, is aircraft and vehicles. Infantry seems to be an after-thought so far. They need better infantry AI simulation. Hopefully, with their work on co-pilot AI, all the other AI will get better.

LOL! It's beginning to look like it!

Flying sideways. Tilt rotor to your left or right with cyclic. As the helicopter nose tries to turn left or right, correct with your rudder and keep it straight in front of you. Now you're flying sideways. I guess your wanting to know if there is some cheat, if you don't have rudder pedals or such, to keep the nose straight. Not any that I know of.

As far as I know, I've always heard it will come after AH-64D Apache is released.

Welp, guess I won't be upgrading then.

Lol, I wouldn't call the Su-25 easy to fly. She likes to stall at low speed. Try not to put too many weapons on her at once, as it REALLY weighs her down. If you're into attack aircraft, try the A-10C. It fly's a lot better IMO.

Because Russian Law forbids us from simulating a Ka-52. I agree with Buscador that the Ka-50 was a prototype. Only a few were ever produced, and they were all experiments. All of these experiments led to the development of the Ka-52. This is why ED is allowed to simulate the Ka-50. Because the only real versions of it are prototypes, that we're rebuilt into Ka-52's, or are sitting in sheds on air bases, rusting away. I also agree with ED saying they are just going to make what they thought it would be if it had been produced. A scout and attack craft linked to a Ka-52 command helicopter. That heli would have had iglas, maybe RWR ( it may have depended more on the Ka-52 command ship to do that ), FLIR, upgraded Shkval ( Ka-52 does not use Shkval, it was dumped for a better EO system), President - S. The only thing I can see the Russians objecting to is the President - S being simulated. Everything else is old. I'm not sure if the Russian's would allow Ka-52 AI to be simulated either. The actual document banning this is very vague.

DCS has it's graphics problems, that's for sure. Everything outside of the planes / heli's seem to be an after-thought. But, that's the BEAUTY of DCS. There is just no other Flight Sim as realistic as DCS. Every bit of power has been given to the aircraft, with the rest of the World getting whatever power is left over. That's how it has to be for now. The majority of us just don't have rigs that can do both aircraft AND outside world. There are other engines out there (enfusion, etc. Excusa mods, I know we're not supposed to talk about other engines, but an example is needed here) that were made to do all things equally. But look at their dismal, barbie doll level flight simulation. DCS blows them out of the water. We need to give ED time. They obviously want to do as many aircraft modules as they can think of before doing anything else. And I'm hoping they reach that point soon. Because I too would like to see them work more on their world graphics. I also want to see armor modules come out soon ( and that means the terrain is going to have become much more detailed ). Eventually, after there are enough ground / armor modules, I would like to see FPS as well. FPS in itself would bring in a MASSIVE amount of players and a lot of money for ED. I know some people here don't want that, but with the cash infusion ED will get, it should speed things way up. If you don't like that, then just don't host FPS on your servers, and stick to aircraft only. Personally, I think the future of DCS looks good. They same to have stepped up their game of late. Right now, I'm really waiting for Dynamic Campaign.

THIS. I do want the Igla's because the shkval is so BAD at trying to lock aircraft, even helicopters against a clear blue sky. We NEED FLIR to have night capabilities. ED says they are making the Shark as it would be if it had been continued in development. It would have had FLIR. And most likely whatever EO system the Ka-52 is using.

Heck, even getting the shkval to actually work would be nice. Waiting for Apache.

I just wish it had EO that actually worked. FLIR would be awesome. Do you get the feeling the Ka-50 is going to be dumped like a hot rock when the Apache debuts?

DCS should get Dynamic Campaign in soon. They would sell a lot more modules with it.

This. You can hide behind mountains even. They always know where you are.

I think a lot of people would, if it was as complete as the A-10, Apache, etc. That, and we got more than just empty fields of grain and trees on the ground.

Combined arms is totally screwed, and we're just going to have to wait for it to be completely overhauled. Realistically, they should just start making vehicle modules.

Spam Iglas. Run like Hell.

Yeah, once Apache comes out, I'm thinking a lot of heli pilots are going to dump the Shark. It's too old. We need Ka-52. This guy just gave us the grand tour of the aircraft, and told us all it can do. What is so secret about it? Why can't it be modeled? Many other games, including war thunder, have modeled it. Not a word said. Personally, I think I'll be going with Apache when it comes out. Ka-50 will be no match against it. We need a Ka-52 to take it on.

It's this way in all fps'. Thin sign posts will dent a tank.

Wait.

From what bits have been said, it'll be after the Apache release.

It would be interesting, but definitely empty. Definitely aimed at the 40k feet crowd.

Annddd this is what I hate and mistrust about online licenses. There should only be a check if you are going online to play on a server. Offline should be check free. Otherwise, you run into problems like this.

Sorry, but a LOT of us DO want obsession over the fine details. That is what makes this sim different from something like Arma. And how do you know you won't need to be able to fly an aircraft one day? But, yeah, there are a lot of bugs still that do need to be corrected, and we desperately need a Dynamic AI Engine (e.g. Falcon IV). It all takes time. I started playing this game when Black Shark first came out. So many years ago. Still watching it all come together.

That looks painful.

Auto-tuning worked for me on the updates! Thanks man! Getting around 23 MB / sec now.