FistofZen

With current capabilities, the F/A-18 is an aerobatics plane at the moment. If someone is looking for a ground pounding plane, the F/A-18C still can't fulfill that role.

Some youtubers who have done pre-release videos, have that effect enabled. Its enabled in the options. The last video I saw from a ytuber, he didn't have it enabled and the launch was calm without shaking. It is implemented.

Yeah, the A10C requires a HOTAS with a lot of buttons. The F-18C seems to require less but I don't know yet. You can buy the F18 while on a pre-purchase discount, save 20 dollars. Before you get into A10C and Mig21Bis, do some research on yt, there are a lot of dcs videos of them. Edit- Altho the F18 will be amazing when completed, having only dumb bombs and rockets might not be interesting for a long period, until it gets the smart weapons. If you want something with GBUs, Mavericks, JDAMs, then the A10C is just right, before the F18 gets them.

The only clickable module I can recommend you is the one you like/love. All of them are hard at the begin but sweet like honey after you learn them. What it matters is do you like air to air or air to ground role? I fly the Mig-21Bis and I love it, I also fly the A10C, have learned it pretty much and I love this one too. If you love a plane, you will learn to fly it. What do you think of the new F/A-18C?

Realistic FLIR?

Wow, this sounds amazingly realistic. Does this mod affect only the F15C?

Yes this. So if the target is at 20km range, that would mean, that the missile wouldn't rely on its SARH guidance but on the datalink guidance?

These were just the usual S8 rockets.

Interesting. But I am still under the impression that the R27R simply can't wait to be deceived by the chaff. I have more questions - after which distance does the R disconnects from the launcher guidance and then relies on own receiver?

With or without the new memory manager, I think it still affects the performance, after all, the new memory manager is only about textures. The water is still a 3D object and the waves are changing in shape which require calculations, with or without the water texture. But why is it like this, why is water there where it should never be?

Would be nice to have it and reduce the number of tankers in missions.

So the simulation is not accurate at all. Yeah, if the radar is tracking a plane and illuminating only it, then how is the SARH supposed to see chaff if chaff isn't illuminated....dang it, thats why R27R's suck.

+1

So, not sure if others have noticed it, but before the ground textures get loaded, I see water in the area, rendered and waves are rendered too. So, is the GPU/CPU doing calculations for the water and waves, even if it is below the ground textures and not visible?

There are more than 3 things that need to be added and changed to improve the realism, but for now, promises is what you can get and everything depends now on the F18, not what the users want or need.

One more thing that I forgot. When the buttons for landing flaps and takeoff flaps are pressed/down they disappear.

I gotta admit, the cockpit looks so much better now. Thanks. But then, there is this here that I haven't noticed before this update...the flares illuminate that single part of the cockpit as never before.

I welcome all new effects. I bought the F18 and I am looking forward to fly it, but man, some bugs just....

So, how comes you ignored the bug where the smoke from missiles/rockets goes through the canopy and can blind you, but created this raindrops effect where it doesn't go through the canopy glass. It's a nice effect, no doubt but...you are showing us that you can do it, but you are simply ignoring it, deceiving people with some raindrops....the smoke goes through the canopy of the F18 too. I simply can't be silent on this.

tomorrow

Thanks. This is awesome.

The shkval is still having the brightness flickering as you move the camera, in the latest update.

Of course, no one can deny that, nor has anyone mentioned F18 pilots. We just pointed at the obvious with pictures as proofs. We are discussing this based on F18s from the simulator, from the streams and other videos, and based on pictures of real F18s HUD. We don't know how those retired F18 pilots see the hud, and no one is tell they are wrong or right. But you have to admit that we had proof to back our opinions.

I don't know how to answer without you feeling offended, so I won't say anything about ED's commitment to authenticity.

FIX - Tell the crew to slow down the carrier.