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The server is very impressive and stable but sadly the community is too toxic. We are forced to join a Discord server where people openly promote Nazis, post violent pictures/videos of people being assaulted, post pictures of dismembered genitalia and more on a daily basis. The admins don't seem to care at all and refuse to take action. Please understand that politics has nothing to do with video games and most people just want to play some multiplayer DCS without dealing with the BS from the political left or right. I recommend to avoid the Discord server if you want to keep your sanity but to play on the server it seems you need to be on there.

Server seems to be down.

Are the invisible units resolved yet? If not, is it possible to change the unit type into something that is visible? If the SA-3 SAM's are bugged why not replace them with SA-6/11 SAM's? If the houses/bunkers are bugged why not replace them with regular trucks for instance? It is clear ED won't fix this problem that fast due to being it a MP problem only so we will have to improvise.

Livemap is frozen.

Maybe give RED their 27ER for the difference in numbers?

We all know how ED loves the MP part of DCS and how frequent MP patches are. Just saying that if ED won't prioritize this issue we can still go back to 1.5.8. Anyone wanna take bets how long ED will take?

Server crashed again around 21:10 Z time. Is this a script error of sorts or is DCS 2.5 causing all these problems and we will have to go back to 1.5.8?

Could be a 2.5 thing as the Dynamic Caucasus server and some others are also crashing. ED could have changed something in the script code and forgot to say about it to the public. Just enjoy the nice trees for some time until the thing gets fixed.

When DCS 2.5 comes out will DX11 be mandatory or will people still be able to use DX9? Will server owners have to update their servers with a DX11 card?

2 Massive freezes at around 19:15 and 20:25 Z time. It seems the Harrier wasn't the culprit. Should we take out the Viggen next and test it without these two airframes?

Systematically start removing certain scripts? Like AI fighters, EWR reports or the fuel script? I have no clue about lua scripting and how all these scripts are interconnected but the last crash and the lag before it was quite bad. EDIT: 2.5 is almost out guys... Lets hope the new trees fix the problems.

If I will be forced to still carry AIM-7's on my Tomcat I will be quite angry :doh: This is a big issue for me too since BMS spoiled me with its planning and fragging of packages. Only solution here is for the GCI to make flights out of aircraft already close to a certain objective by just declaring "you, you and you are now a flight, switch to victor xxx.xxx and do x, x is in charge" or "x that just took off from y go to xx and wing up with xy on victor xxx.xxx". This way GCI doesn't need to contact each player individually. Of course lone wolfs will play alone and you cannot force people to do it. Nobody can force others to do something they don't like that is for sure. It is the nature of video games. I hope in the future GCI would be able to at least call in a fuel tanker or sometimes a bomber but who knows if that is possible with the spaghetti code of DCS.

-1 for decreasing the size of the AO People I hope you realize that the Caucasus map is too small for proper air warfare and I don't mean the airquake shenanigans. In the future more assets will be available like tankers, proper AWAC's, JSTARS, F-14's with their Phoenix missiles etc. and the map will become even smaller. What are you going to do when the F/A-18C comes out with its JSOW's and SLAM-ER's that have a range from 50 to 150nm?

There is definitely something wrong as now I can view friendly aircraft in 3rd person with the F2 camera as GCI. Only friendlies though as hostile units do not appear on the map. EDIT: Everyone can view themselves in 3rd person via the F2 camera. You can also track ordnance via the F6 camera. EDIT2: You can see all friendly forces on the F10 map as pilot or GCI

Massive freeze at 18:50 Z time.

In the new update GCI cannot track hostile aircraft illuminated by friendly radar anymore. Is this intentional?

Type of interceptors and their ordnance? I hope we won't see an increase in lag because of the AI. Other solution would be to beef up the SAM's at critical airbases.

You can achieve fame with the statistics page on the BuddySpike website, the only thing they need to add is a per rotation tracking system.

-1 for kill messages Splash confirmation and ground BDA is very critical information that not everyone needs to see and must be relayed with proper means and through proper channels. It also makes IR snapshots a viable tactic where you just launch an IR missile at the enemy, go low or behind a hill and wait for the kill message. Same with the scoreboard, both are unnecessary. If you want names on who you killed or got killed by just ask your GCI. Individual gratification on a heavy team based mode has no meaning.

Do you have your network config properly setup (autoexec.cfg)? Do you play on a wireless or wired connection? Do you have a good ping to the server? Did you sacrifice 10 cats to the LAG god? If you or the player that destroyed you didn't do any of the above things it is up to the LAG god to decide who wins. Sadly with 40 players it cannot be avoided as the DCS netcode is just a mess.

Discord would be ideal for bug hunting and helping new players, but I get the feeling that people would be arguing about balance most of the time.

Yeah that aircraft lineup is strange, but I doubt we will see any more players on 2.x even with modern jets, as not all people own the NTTR map. How is the stability of the server?

Hows the server running on 2.x? More stable than 1.5 or still a mess?

So the helos are lagging and with them the server is also lagging? Or is it a script related to helos?

It would be more helpful for the makers of Blue Flag if you would report bugs instead of discussing balance for the millionth time. How does discussing the 27/33 TW ratio help in any way? EDIT: Server is down