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Please make a helicopter. An EC725 Caracal, a Super Puma, a NH90 or even a UH60. :-)

I am really hoping this effect will be added.

Thank you! I am a total DCS noob, started a month ago, but I already have the Gazelle and love it sooo much! I hope you will develop more helicopters! :-)

I am new to DCS, and a bit confused. The Gazelle was made by Polychop. Miltech is a new dev group consisting of ex Polychop staff. And do Polychop still continue developing alongside Miltech? If so, then it's good, because out of one helicopter-focused dev group we now have two. Hopefully it means more content too.

Thanks guys! I have also quickly run through the relevant pages of the manual and found some YT videos, illuminating the target using Lysbomb seems to be the way to go. I will also try radar bombing but it's not that accurate I guess.

I am wondering if the Viggen is capable of carrying out a precision attack at night time against: - static targets such as buildings or parked armored vehicles - against moving armored vehicles If so, what weapon would be the most suitable and how would you "find" the target at night, especially if it's a small vehicle such as a tank?

Now this is reassuring to know.

Although I agree the Viggen is lacking in certain areas, including missing basic animations such as that of the toe brakes, the radar stick, the magnetic declination knob and many more, is packed with non clickable switches, missing mirrors etc - I do not think that it looks bad at all, even the opposite. I believe it is one of the finest looking models in DCS, both interior and exterior wise and the textures are of superb quality.

Read it, thanks for the link.

Fair enough. Just want to respond to one statement, regarding the profit of the developer and scaring off other customers. I can't care less how the cash is flowing to any developer in any business, neither do I care about scaring off other customers. What I do care about is the product itself and if I find it appropriate I should and certainly will report my observations and opinion since I haven't received any of the content as a birthday souvenir but paid for it. Agreed, the product isn't in a bad shape at all but there is plenty of room for improvement and my only concern was / is if the developers are going to address them or not, considering the aircraft is on the market for a year and a half and basic stuff are missing that one would obviously expect from a high fidelity simulation. No point repeating myself, made myself heard, let's see how the Viggen is gonna leave Early Access.

Not exactly the case. The Viggen is in my opinion the most beautiful aircraft of all the available modules. Not only the real one, but the simulated one too: the 3D artwork is a masterpiece, a higher art of modelling, the textures are amazing. Overall we've got a very fine simulation of an extinct jet, one that I always loved as a child (was lucky enough to even see one in real life as a Viggen is - or at least was - displayed in a museum in my native country) and love it as an adult too (although the Gripen is my all time favourite). And exactly this is why I am nuts. This is the one and only Viggen we can mess around with. No one else, ever will make one. If this will not be perfect, we'll never have a perfect Viggen. I don't care about my A10C, my Harrier, my Hornet, my Mig 21 or the any of the rest of the modules I own. The Viggen means something to me and this is why it's bugging me so much that some very basic, very elementary stuff are missing. I am sure there are numerous problems with other DCS add-ons too, but I wouldn't spend so much time whining about them, simply because I don't care that much. Maybe I do sound harsh or demanding, but in fact I just want this to be nothing less than perfect. It does have the potential, very much - and it would be such a pity to see it miss this opportunity.

That is an utter nonsense. A buyer is responsible as long as he or she is checking the official description. That is agreed. Done that. But why would a buyer be responsible for looking for more than what the developer provided? And what if there was no videos uploaded and what if the uploaded videos don't show the part or system one's interested in and what if no forum threads are discussing it? The difference here is the fact that we are talking about an Early Access product and as such I can to a certain degree accept the highlighted issues or lack of features. Fine. I would even believe or at least I'd love to believe that all of these will be dealt with in due course. As I am not friends with the developer, don't know them at all, I can't say I trust them. I may trust them once I know them and find them worthy of trust. As it stands, I can solely rely on simple facts. Given is a simulation that is a year and a half old and I asked legitimate questions about very basic elements. Some people seem to take it as an offence against their beloved product. On the other hand though, I need no refund, despite my expectations aren't fully met as it currently stands, I'd love to see what this product will become like towards the very end of Early Access. Let's see if the developer will continue improving on it once the currently work-in-progress new product comes around or will the outstanding bugs and issues and whatnot be left untouched. Time will tell.

As said I have never seen a Viggen HUD and therefore I have absolutely no reference regarding how it should look like. What I can do is to compare it to other modules that I own and I have to conclude that each and every module I currently own (ones that come with a HUD) have perfectly readable HUD no matter what the weather is like, no matter what background it is put up against. And since the Viggen is the only module where I have a hard time getting a proper reading off the HUD, I dare to think it might not be accurate. But I might be wrong. I can't check for obvious reasons so I take the developer's word on it that it's realistic. If this is how the real Viggen HUD behaves, then be it, I never wanted more than a realistic depiction of a Viggen, with all it's advantages and shortcomings. In fact it's reassuring to know that we are striving for realism: with that in mind I can finally see a glimpse of hope that eventually the toe brake, the radar stick, the magnetic declination knob will also be animated, the aircraft will be given mirrors and the dozens of non clickable switches will also be brought to life, just like on the real deal. It's Early Access after all, so I should be patient, right?

Sure they are mapped, of course. But it's quite weird to look at the stick and meanwhile I manipulate the switches, nothing happens, nothing actually moves. How am I supposed to know what position the switch is in without having the visual reference / confirmation. In the real aircraft it's moving too, isn't it Surstromming, you also like "to go with the realistic one" as we learned. ;-)

I'd rather refrain from using third party mods and instead stick with official content. I might be missing out on some fun and interesting stuff but never mind.

It is buggy for sure. If it's constantly crashing to desktop then it surely is. Good thing is, that they are working on it so I guess this one will be tackled soon. And then hopefully further enhancements will come too.

You don't want. But others do want. So an option never hurts. And if you don't want to apply that option then you don't but others who actually struggle reading that pale instrument, may still enjoy it. Simple as that. Just an option so that the HUD brightness knob delivers a bit more of a "punch" or something like that. If you don't want that, don't turn the brightness knob fully on. And everyone's happy.

First I want a finished Viggen with a fully clickable cockpit, moving parts animated, working mirrors etc.

Absolutely agree with this.

Attached some. Inside clouds it's actually even worse.

"These should be mapped to your hotas anyway?" Sure, I might as well do. And I might as well use the default SU-25T or the Mustang since I should map the switches to the hotas anyways. Well no. The reason why I decided to purchase a "high quality"product because I have high expectations which my other 8 modules surely meet. Not this one though as of yet.

It's a joke. A "highly detailed" cockpit where half of the switches are not clickable. Wow.

I do not have any issues. the HUD is fine in every other a/c - and above you can read that several people complained about this so there must be something going on.

I am kind of shocked to find - beyond the fact that the radar stick isn't moving - it isn't even clickable. It's a joke really. A high fidelity module where half of the switches aren't clickable, or if accidentally clickable then not animated. Sure, we're talking about an EA module but it's been out for a year and a half. Other EA modules aren't like this even on day one. As much as I love the Viggen as an aircraft type, the more I am trying to like this simulation, the more disappointed I become. It's so far behind all my other modules. A cockpit full of non clickable switches? I thought I was buying a "highly detailed" module and the least I'd expect is a fully clickable cockpit. Lack of animation in such obvious parts as the toe brakes, the magnetic declination knob, the radar stick just to name a few. No mirrors. Fix in the future? Well, with the focus shifted onto the F-14, I have doubts about these ever being fixed. They weren't addressed for a year and a half.

Still crashing to desktop. Attached is the log. dcs.log-20180708-000413.zip