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I don't get it, blokes cry " It's not a game, it's a simulator" then when DCS creates some realism for the sim it's "we want something that's only a game, and not realism" It comes to those who immerse themselves with a particular module, if you only fly the F16 and know it's capabilities and limitations with weapons, then it's not an issue, but for the average guy who hops in just for shits and giggles, then it's going to be a "why they do this, it was so much cooler having 4 HARM's" This discussion was thrashed out way back when they introduced them, and the die-hards who wanted realism over practicality were up in arms. ED are in a catch 22.. you can please some of the people some of the time, you can't please all of the people all of the time.

Holy shitballs, that video was enough to make me look at yet another module to buy !!

Every now and again the transmit sound disappears when using my PTT, I have to toggle it several times and it eventually returns, not sure what the cause is ?

Sometimes I forget to see just how awesome this flight sim is, it's so pleasant to hop into a Huey, and fly low and slow, and watch the world going buy, as opposed to JDAMing it lol

Guam is pretty amazing via the Huey.

pretty cool to fly !

Hmmmm perhaps they should have got permission to use the textures to begin with?

Updated to V1.2 De-saturated the air frame numbers on the fuselage and the boom, also fixed the Port Side Yellow 01 placement I might have inadvertently switched the air frames that had BKC POCCNN and BCC POCCNN as I forgot to save that original layer/file.

Taken from a decal sheet..

any joy yet? I have little issue that when I throttle back, it affects my zoom a tiny little bit, even though the axis for zoom is assigned to the topmost slider, only happens when I throttle back though, and not pushing through the throttle. Overall I love my Orion, it's super light and brought it with me to my work overseas, will deffo buy more attachments for the F16 when they become available

Known Issues, 1. Will not have full F/A-18C sounds like engines or any kind of APU sounds and out side sounds Wouldn't this actually make the whole module pointless if there's no sounds at all? or is this still using the VSN sounds inside and out?

This is a really cool template, and flying low and slow in a Huey over the Marianas is absolutely awesome, so much life down low, ED have done a great job on initial release, once the map is optomised more, it's going to be even better. So many things to see with this template.. great job

Thanks mate, the 3 skin pack has been uploaded and waiting for approval.

Some Grey Hinds.. I like the dark grey birds as opposed to the Camo variants for some reason. Uploading 3 air frames to the downloads section later.

Some "Warthunder" vibes. I have been flying up and down RAF Akrotiri airbase at 5' off the ground to practice not piling in. The Hind is seriously good fun !

Normally a couple of weeks after initial release.

Now I know why I should have purchased some rudder pedals. I have no issues at all the the fast air, but holy shitballs, the Hind is like quantum physics. Wags makes hovering look easy.. I spin like a dervish .. I guess patience is a virtue.. and it's an unforgiving bird when it crashes. I've had more deaths in the Hind since release with 3 hours of flight time, than 12 months of Deaths and 200+ hours in the F18 !!

I'm pretty sure Aphrodites rock is also missing, and I wouldn't class that as minor

I flew the Hind around the Coastline today, and I was pretty impressed with Cyprus, I was based in SBA Episkopi 82-84, some of the landmarks are a tad off elevation wise.

Can we have the Hind added please if not already there ?

I have been using mine now for about 10 days or so, and love it, takes a while getting used to all the switches etc again, but the overall feel is that it's super smooth, and unbelievably light! So much lighter than the TM Warthog, that I'm going to take this back to Iraq with me next week. Only small issue I have right now is that when I throttle back, it's conflicting with one of the zooms, so I'm trying to figure out the issue.

They're already done reece146 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3314890/

I have been getting quite a lot of Voice attack crashes during missions, starts off fine, but after about 5-10 mins, the program shuts down, normally at a crucial time.. like calling the ball !!

Yeah, I figured that I would need to do that sir, what I was asking was are the comms1 and comms 2 buttons the PTT's used on the real air frame?

So I have bit the bullet and ordered one of the new Orion F18 Desktop HOTAS, and looking for some advice/vis information. I use VAICOM to talk to the AI (Works 95% of the time) are the comms1/comms 2 the actual PTT buttons ? What's the function of the MIDS buttons?