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Greetings and welcome to the Forum! You do not use the module icon to enter the sim, but rather the menu options off to the right. If you Click on the quick mission, campaign, or training options it will allow you to choose the module you want to use on the left of the screen and a list of available missions for the aircraft will populate. The Super Carrier is unique, in that it is treated like more of an asset than a module and will be only usable in specific missions that were created with it. Most of these will fall under the F-18. I hope that helps!

Aircraft do not work that way. Turning something off will not give you an increase in engine performance because there is technically no on/off switch that directly effects anything on the engine other than fuel flow or air flow. Aircraft that use an electrical starter will draw power from the aircrafts batteries like in a car or using an APU, however the electric generators on aircraft are designed to provide more than enough power to keep everything on permanently that is needed to operate the aircraft without causing additional mechanical work load on the engines.

Depends, are you talking scripted mission with specifically assigned ordinance or open type mission?

It's an easy in-sim tool to track personal accomplishments. Some people use it to simulate their virtual combat pilot career as a bit of role play. It's also an achievement tracker of sorts as it awards you medals, rank, etc.

No problem at all :). Just helping manage expectations. Beta is definitely not for everyone. Here is the link for the utility by Skatezilla. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2666866&postcount=1 Should help for the times where you wanna try the new shiny things in open beta, but switch back to stable if you decide open beta isn't for you.

Sadly Barundus, it's not... I'm sure you have overwhelmingly noticed by now that there is certain subset of people on the forums that think they know more about something than anyone else. Especially when it comes to telling developers how to run their business or telling pilots who actually flew the specific aircraft being modeled that they are wrong. Comes with the hobby unfortunately. Best to ignore them when they are being hyperbolic and take anything they say with a grain of salt.

No one can really answer how long it will take for the new map and module to move from beta to stable. That determination is made by ED. When they feel the build is stable enough to move it, then they will. The real question you have to ask yourself is; 'Am I patient enough to wait or do I want the new things now?' Beta comes with risks. It could break certain pieces of the sim that may frustrate you. If you can live with that, then go for it, but if you prefer a more stable experience, then stick with stable. The open beta is not meant to be the primary user branch, but for mass user testing and bug reporting. There is also a utility that allows you to switch between open beta and stable with relative ease made by Skatezilla. I don't have a link to the post, but I'm sure someone will come along and post it shortly.

No problem. Just keep in mind that the open beta has the potential to, and has in the past, introduce bugs and other issues that could render the Sim unusable or broken (or at least certain pieces of it) for some users. It is not intended to be the primary branch for using DCS. That is what the stable branch is for. If you can't handle the potential of game breaking issues causing frustration, the Open Beta is not for you. It's designed purpose is to allow for mass user testing and bug reporting from the community.

Glad to see the 3rd party developer stable continuing to grow! It's also nice to see Italian aircraft getting some love. Looking forward to see what you are able to bring to the ever growing hangar :thumbup:

No it will not be available on the stable branch on day one. You will need open beta. Once ED is satisfied that module is in a relatively stable state, it will be added to the stable branch and you will have access to fly it then.

There are plenty of people still actively flying the A-10 and have been eagerly awaiting the A-10C II upgrade for many years, myself included. Not everyone is solely flying the new shiny toys over other modules. Just because one team is working on the A-10C upgrades does not mean that everyone at ED is. It's best not to assume the wants of others :).

Pretty much what zhukov said. The only thing I would add to #2 is that SAR requires some mission editor/scripting experience depending on how in depth you want to go. By default you cannot pick up downed pilots for example, but you can plop an ai soldier down and have them embark to your helo with some advanced way point options.

There should be a "hold" option available under advanced way point actions under the "perform task" sub menu. You can set the parameters for the action in that window as well. Make sure the Time is more option is set to the mission start time. The helicopter should hold position at the assigned way point and set altitude of that way point. I can test it later tonight and report back. Currently at work.

The closes comparison I could find was the KAB-500Kr. Its shape doesn't quite match up, but the rough size could. The flare attached to the back makes me think it is some sort of training version of the above mentioned KAB-500Kr (or general training munition) and aids in detection after ground impact. The explosions afterword look like they were cut in by the film makers for added effect.

Agree with this. Probably the easiest way to implement this would be an option to set Hostile, Neutral, or Allied as an advanced option under the coalition list for each country. (Edit) An example would be: USA is set to hostile against Insurgents, neutral towards Russia, allied with Turkey, etc. It would allow for greater control over who is fighting who.

Could you expand on this a little more in this weeks newsletter? Just curious if this is just includes availability of units or if it goes any deeper than that.

At the SAM site West of Bassel Al-Assad there are a few buildings sitting inside of one of the SAM emplacements. Would it be possible to move them to another spot in the area?

Small terrain bug at Beirut Harbor just behind the grain silo's

It's a known issue. The map is still early access. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4458166&postcount=1

It should work for both MP and SP. I'm betting we will see it for SP before MP anyway.

In an old post or news letter from about a year ago, they basically described it as an AI controlling the battle and then assigning tasks for the pilots to accomplish. Basically instead of you controlling the units, you are the unit being controlled. Edit: here it is https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3735513&postcount=178

It's not totally out of the realm of possibilities. If you look at what we have now, excluding the Falklands, Marianas, NTTR, Channel, and Normandy maps, they might actually be working towards that goal. This is, of course, all speculation. Even if it was a low detailed area there is still a huge amount of land to cover to make the transition believable. The technical hurdles and manpower would definitely be a factor.

The design of the Tomcat's and Hornet's landing gear is not compatible with the retractable chocks on the Kuz. Too many bits and bobs sticking out in front of the wheels. Especially the F-18 with it's trailing link style gear. That is more than likely why the gear is breaking.

Appreciate it NineLine. Hope you have a good weekend.