draconus

False assumption and this only confirms it. MP or not, you don't need any "matching", "balance" or nerfing for realistic representation of air operations with F-35.

There's no "tech" that prevents updating the map lighting, no excuses.

Yeah, a quick check: Batumi: F-14B makes slow approach at 1400ft, breaks at the end of the runway then extends downwind 5nm! all at 200kts. Rota: F4U breaks at the end of the runway and then extends downwind to 2.5nm. This is bad. Come on, AI already can do a good pattern for carrier recovery.

Waypoints nav, using HSI and ILS is mostly correct. IRL you can have also TACAN, ADF in the aircraft (available in DCS full fidelity modules) and maybe PAR for some landings. ATC is very, very simplified but it's general issue in DCS. USN carrier approaches are more detailed with Supercarrier module and USN aircraft.

This is big - AI doing overhead pattern

Turns out it was all about that bug: https://forum.dcs.world/topic/361606-ground-units-remove-air-spotting-dots-entirely-in-certain-circumstances/ as described in the new patch notes.

Oh, it's even better than that since the active runway can change due to wind strength and direction (ATC will tell you which one is active). So you can get all reciprocal numbers to those above, ex. Vaziani can be either 135.5 or 315.5 in the next mission So I advise to not make it your primary nav tool but use preconfigured waypoints instead, contact ATC and only confirm the RWY heading and range before the approach, to make sure you're using correct ILS where you want to land. Yeah, simplified avionics but only you decide how realistic you want to go with it, ex. you can place WPTs in the places of radio beacons and TACAN stations and use them for DME arcs and radials nav for NTTR approaches/departures.

That's actually good for my gameplay as I use it most often with the Tomcat but I fully agree they should clear it up and make 2 different units out of it (C & D with its own correct radars and features) even if it means keeping current 3D model for both until they are redone.

It's "HeavyMetalCore".

Not if you use autoexec option in DCS. Have you tested these settings?

The other I know of is F-14 with 3 adjustable mirrors for the pilot. I wish DCS mirrors were of better quality and have correct reflections though.

Not likely. The files are all new, already compressed and not much is duplicated. DRM does not help here either.

Download works fine Track not tested. Btw: the link expires in 1 week so better don't delete the file just yet. Some devs may wake up late and ask for the file again.

You'd be the first in this thread. You can upload it somewhere and link it here.

For realistic approach I don't use any external views, no padlocks, no F10 map, no BDA info or "kill checks". As a pilot you should know the area you're about to fly in and your divert options. Good mission should have all the info in the kneeboard cards.

Maybe this will help you: Each airfield has a unique course in F-15C (look at HSI) so you can know for sure what airfield you're looking at during ILS (HUD mode) waypoint selection. And here's the list: (When there are two numbers, it's because the course display is somewhat between the two) [cycle sequence order] Sochi: 062 Krasnodar Pachkovsky: 047 Sukhumi: 296-297 Gudauta: 331 Batumi: 125-126 Senakhi: 095 Kobuleti: 070 Kutaisi: 074 Mineralne Vody: 295-296 Nalchik: 235-236 Mozdok: 083 Tbilisi: 308 Soganlug: 132-133 Vaziani: 135-136 Beslan: 093-094 Anapa: 041-042 Krasnodar Center: 267 Novorossiysk: 042 Krymsk: 219-220 Maykop-Khanskaya: 219 Gelendzhik: 040 There are lists for other maps, ex.: As for using that as a makeshift TACAN, when in ILSN mode, you will get the distance from the airfield (runway threshold), and bearing pointer in the HSI will point to approach fix point lined up with the runway at distance of 5nm. Granted that doesn't make it a great precise TACAN, as the distance and bearing indication do not perfectly correlate (because they refer to a different point), but it's sufficient to fly acceptable DME Arcs. However, it is not that great for TACAN approach, as it gives you a TACAN 5 miles from the airfield. If you want to go direct to one airfield, select the correct airfield in ILSN mode based on its course, and use the bearing pointer to go there, while the range counter gives you the distance. For the Non ILS airfields you get a Pseudo ILS. The HSI Bearing and CDU indicate a specific Rwy heading until 2-3nm then the CDI reverts to aircraft heading instead of course. The HUD FD + does give you steering to a 3 deg flight path though. Anapa comes up course wise as 041.5 (Last digital drum halfway between 1 and 2) so might cause some confusion with Gelendzhik which is a solid 042. Though ATC and DR should be able to resolve this ambiguity. So Airfields without a Western ILS all get an HSI Bearing and Range with valid CDI until 2-3nm. HUD FD provides valid steering to a 3 deg Glide Path to the threshold. ADI steering bars are inop in this case. Airfields with a Western/ICAO ILS you get the lot including ADI steering. CDI is still porked inside 2-3nm as it too then reverts to aircraft heading rather than Course. If you are still inside the "ILS envelope" area then switching back to NAV then ILS results in the previous ILS coming up. This "ILS envelope" is around 5nm. Use radio menu to call Inbound to the airfield you want to land at. You'll get range and bearing to the approach fix point and active runway number. You can always ask again for the current bearing and range. They will also light up the runway for you at night. [somewhat redacted by me, but I'm not the original author] btw: F-15C Flaming Cliffs is not low fidelity - it's a module serie with full fidelity flight model and simplified standard avionics model with no ability to operate some systems nor clickable cockpit.

I support

Get in line.

No, we already have one. She meant that we'll soon have all Grumman deck in DCS: F-14, C-2, E-2 and A-6. All AI for now, except Tomcat of course.

DCS was never driven by what happens in MP servers.

I don't even use the launcher. Just dcs.exe to run DCS and dcs_updater.exe to run the update separately.

I call BS. Somehow 3 independent mirrors in F-15E don't kill my PC in VR. Mirrors are optional btw.

Bolter/WO procedures are not implemented. Treat it as a new inbound approach.

You're confusing aircraft simulator with following procedures simulation and expecting too much from the game. Yes, DCS is study type combat flight simulator, a sub genre of video game. It's a kind of sandbox. You are given aircraft, physics and the world. You decide what happens there. It's made for entertainment. Some things won't be modeled due to different reasons like current PC performance, time and money to create it, scope of the project or even military secrecy.

That's barely over 1h dl - what exactly is the problem? Updates are optional unless you want MP.