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I would really like a large-sized science-fiction/supernatural AI unit. Having to deal with such an enemy within the constraints of an ultra-realistic simulation would be amazing. Sort of like if Rainbow 6 Raven Shield had you fighting Resident Evil bosses. It would be something that provide engagement for any unit type - plane, chopper, and even Combined Arms users - as well as encourage large-scale co-op missions. There are a ton of potential enemy types you could implement: Godzilla Tripods Alien Mothership Dragons https://youtu.be/kZovVnSGzXo?t=92 I believe one of the MMO war games had an April Fool's event with a giant snail Kaiju. I'm hoping with no back-end systems to simulate that there would be a (relatively) low development over-head to produce 1 unit.

M2000 is currently the only fully-modelled 4th gen fighter that forms the backbone of a 1st world air force and is my bae. However the need to maintain a lock on the enemy the whole time means that by the time the 530 reaches the target they are well within visual range.

Unless you have a soft spot for that particular airframe, there's no reason to get it (or the Hawk) over the L39. And that's before you get on to the lack of an armed version or the primitive flight model.

mmm, would rather you focused on one plane to completion.

The mod also isn't working for me (v1.5 stable). Copied it to my install folder and it replaced some files, but in the editor nothing shows up apart from the official loadouts. Cycled through the different tasks to see if they were hidden.

That makes no difference. The take-away from such a comment is that the time remaining is best measured in weeks, rather than days or years. Once you go >1 month the most appropriate unit of time is months. That is why so many people were expecting it sooner.

Cliff notes version: We finished splitting from our CEO We can not work on his Bo-105 project due to contracting issues We spent most of 2017 on the Gazelle There are still some bugs but we don't have enough resources to fix them We made a Viviane variant but abandoned it due to FPS issues We spitballed a Sniper variant but canned it due to impracticality within the DCS combat environment We are planning a multicrew minigun variant for 2018 Unlikely to have a new module released in 2018 We're recruiting new programmers for 2018 and opening up a Discord channel We're looking at expanding into civilian modules in other flight sims Here's the 3D model of the OH-58. Not sure which flight sim it'll be made for yet.

Same in UK.

Yes, that undermines the whole "soften the learning curve" argument. Noobs will stick with the free plane rather than buying an additional module to help them learn the jet module they really want.

Polychop are floating the idea of a $30 civilian Gazelle module and flat-out say working on it will take time and resources away from any new, potentially military, modules. https://www.facebook.com/PolychopSimulations/posts/1749498342022481?comment_id=1762838840688431&notif_id=1512845967477376&notif_t=feed_comment&ref=notif In a development ecosystem as small as DCS's it's not a case of having extra civilian modules on top of the military ones that would have come out anyway, but a case of having them instead of the military ones.

Should at least link and quote the post: https://www.facebook.com/PolychopSimulations/posts/1749498342022481?comment_id=1762838840688431&notif_id=1512845967477376&notif_t=feed_comment&ref=notif Emphasis mine. They flat-out say working on a civi module will mean not working on another, potentially military, module for the duration - one of the main reasons people were annoyed with the Eagle II.

Would love a Falklands map. Is small enough to fit the entire Maritime Exclusion Zone in a DCS sized map. Have AV-8Bs facing off against Mirage 2000s in a Strangereal campaign.

I would rather have the massive development barrier to entry of having to replicate a military aircraft rather than risking devs wavering and deciding to develop civi aircraft for DCS because it's the easier option.

I wonder what price point they'll set? I question its longevity. What "campaign" can you really have when all you can do is fly through varying layouts of hoops? What plane could it possibly fly alongside with in multiplayer? If I want an unarmed prop plane for acrobatics the TF-51D comes free,

From 2 weeks ago: https://www.facebook.com/PolychopSimulations/photos/pcb.1749498342022481/1749498275355821/?type=3 Can't anyone stick to a deadline these days?

Dine and dash...

Couldn't you just use this? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/UH-1_Huey_Drawing.svg/2000px-UH-1_Huey_Drawing.svg.png Or any other orthogonal rendering of the Huey.

Does anyone have a list/pics of the assets that made it in to the 1.5 Beta update?

A rough version of the mini-Caucasus campaign was uploaded to the forums back in March. HeatBlur have said a proper release for one of them should be coming "pretty soon" back in February and later in June. Is it another case of a module being left unfinished to focus on a new product?

I wouldn't be surprised if they were referring to Belsimtek's Hind as "internally developed" even if they are separate organisations.

Cringeworthy. They're a company, they're not your buddies.

Whilst the thought was nice, once you strip out the history lessons and stuff we already knew (modern jets are more complicated than prop planes!) it basically just reads "please understand". Are people who were concerned over the empty WW2 theatre and trickle of asset pack updates now reassured?

You have to hold the requisite button down several seconds for it to detect the trigger. I think there's a mention tucked away in one of the briefings or loading screens.

The rare occasions a country's stooped to sending one into battle, it only had 2 S5 rocket pods, which would make it the most under-equipped plane in DCS. I'm sure the civ flight and acrobats communities will like it but I'm not sure it has much wider appeal.

They bill it as a "mid-2000s" version of the plane here, which would mean Block 1 but it's just a guess.