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JPADS is a more complicated topic, and isnt planned for the moment. However, its not used very frequently because you can get, in most situations, as close as you need with a normal carp solution. Of course things like weather affect the ballistics, and all of these factors are accounted for in the cni carp solution, as in the real plane. Regarding whether the points are "relayed to the hud", yes, of course. This is a full fidelity module, so in general, if a real c-130 does something, this (virtual) one does too. Two stage airdrops exist also.

Of course we have the red and green lights. They just had not been connected at the time of the trailer. But they are now integrated.

Yes, the current system for troops should work.

You are correct. We just meant that the missions are very dynamic and exciting.

Couple things: ED isnt implementing any engines. The Airplane Simulation Company is. But I am pleased to inform you that it is possible to bind throttles in any configuration!

yes, you can walk around in the loadmaster slot while the plane is airborne.

To manage expectations: Vehicles will 100% be transportable/airdroppable on release. Whether or not that means that you will see them drive up the ramp is a different question, and one I'm not prepared to answer. I'd like to do it, and I have a plan to do so, but its not the highest priority item on the outstanding work list.

Yea, it will come with the MC model. I didn't put it on the store page because honestly, I don't have a target date, and would rather just market the parts of the package i'm 100% sure of. I think they stand on their own.

Yep

You can bind the 1 axis to all 4, split them across 2, or have 4 individual binds. The world is your oyster.

I am, of course, joking

Unfortunately, unless you agree to come to asc headquarters for a laser scan, i wont be able to show your body in vr.

When its ready, we'll happily post it on our site.

You can absolutely fly it solo. There will be some crew assist features (copilot depressurizes plane/turns on aux pump pre-airdrop), but we dont have plans for a full blown AI crewmember.

The features that are listed here will all be available on release. The primary reason for the EA launch tag is inclusion (for free) of the MC-130J, which will come a bit later.

Why not start here:

The very same one

We have no plans to encrypt the model

To answer directly though: yes, there will be some folks posting videos over the next days/weeks.

I wouldn't say there's much of a gamble involved here. Although as the person who wrote most of the code, I am slightly biased.

@NineLine May I please have forum?

In no particular order: As to what I am showing here: The content posted is not the same at all. The entire 3d model of the cargo bay shown here is distinct/new relative to what was shown in 2022, or even the 2025 and beyond video from last December. More critically: In 2022 there was no such thing as airdrop in DCS. Now there is. That's what I am showing here (along with the new cargo bay). Regarding your "writing style": No, your writing style is just fine. What is less fine is your unwillingness (until now, more than a month after the first post), to respond in good faith, despite my efforts to engage with you earlier. None of this is particularly important. People are unreasonable on the internet all the time. But I would ask you: why? More generally: If your suspicion is that the flight deck doesn't exist or something.... I don't know what to tell you. It does, as do the systems (and oh my god are there so many systems). We are quite literally polishing things, finalizing the manuals, and doing a variety of other end-of-project tasks. With respect to why I have not posted more things: I do not believe in trickling out incrementally-less-incomplete-images. Those pictures will remain on the internet for eternity, and on account of their age, will rank more highly than new, polished, images that are representative of what customers get when they buy the product. So, I'm not interested in doing that. (And I'm not kidding. I will frequently need a quick reference to the Nav-Radar of the C-130J. I'll google "C-130J Nav Radar". You know what's usually the first result on the images tab? A picture of MY nav radar, from a few years ago. On more than one occasion I've looked at this picture, compared it to mine (not yet noticing that it is... not an authentic reference image), and concluded that "yep", all good. Life is a rich pageant.) In conclusion: You cannot look at the volume, or nature of the images posted by me and infer the stage of completion. This was the original sin of your first post. In general, I just post things that I think are a) cool, b) new, and c) fairly polished. It's not likely that I will ever show the entire cockpit in advance of opening pre orders. But that will be soon. Thank you for your passionate support. - Someone making an internet airplane

Nope. I (the person who owns ASC) have never posted that picture anywhere previously…

Actually the latest ASC WIP Media is the one I posted in my reply to this user, directly above your reply.

You are not making the compelling argument you think that you are making.