Lucas_From_Hell

Nice shots! Any word on what were they up to in Odessa though?

Thanks Frogfoot, will give it a go :)

RRG is working on the rewards - a more interactive interface will be up soon to allow backers to choose/change rewards and avoid confusion. :)

Now that's weird :huh: Might be because I'm browsing on iOS.

Brazilian Air Force may be considering second-hand F-16C Block 40/42 as stop-gap measure after retirement of Mirage 2000C fleet on the 31st December. The retirement leaves Brazil with no Mach-2 capable aircraft. The 1st Air Defence Group (1o GDA) will be reduced to six airmen, one Major and five Captains, to perform administrative duties and keep their flying up to speed for whenever a replacement is brought in. The squadron will have no aircraft for the time being, while 2 F-5EMs from other squadrons will do rotations in QRA duties to fill the gap. These will sometimes be flown by GDA pilots in the meantime. Curiously enough, the F-X2 competition had the same finalists as the Swiss fighter competition, however air force evaluations were entirely different: the Gripen NG ended up first including among test pilots, while the Rafale is rumoured to have been third. A Super Hornet deal was nearly announced but went down the drain when NSA spying on the Brazilian Presidential Office surfaced. Sources point at a decision in 2015, after the election year. Article in Portuguese, Google Translate is advised: http://www.aereo.jor.br/2013/11/18/indecisoes-no-f-x2-onde-ha-fumaca-ha-f-16/

It's not defense related, probably soundtrack/whichever company has the rights to them restricting it to US. My guess is the song has a different record label in Europe. If it helps I'm in Sweden and I can't watch it either :D

What they said really. Study the maps and known threats until you can point them out blindfolded, and learn how to use the autopilot. Your life will feel 10x easier once you get the hang of it :)

Watched it just now, pretty cool flying - now tell us honestly, how many crashes were there in the making? :D

I might be wrong but I think Luthier's mentioned the intention of making some sort of dynamic campaign in the future. I think the map will be just fine - back in the Il-2 days there were some mindblowing cross-Channel missions and the Normandy map was tiny too. Although the planes had the range, the most common mission for Allied fighters at the time was ground attack, and Axis ones intercepting them. This of course is disregarding missions involving raids in Germany. For that, we need a map that goes all the way there and back - quite hard to do initially. Realistically, most missions will be ground support of troops right after the invasion, or attacks in preparation of it. There's enough room for epic dogfights there, and regardless of the size of the map it'll be some good fun :)

The code is [youtube ]vc9hccbvzzq[ /youtube ], remove the spaces and it'll be good to go :) Can't watch it now tough :D

Leafer, you clearly underestimate the bliss of a girlfriend with an interest for military history/aviation. Having a drink while discussing the loading system of the Navy's 5" guns used in mid-1939... That kind of thing is priceless :D And about female pilots, they're probably too busy flying the bloody missions instead of caring what some sexist dudebro's opinions are ;)

Cheers SD, impressive work you're doing there with the roadmap :)

Ah, TBS - the first true hint of the F/A-18C module AFAIK, how would I forget? :D As a rule: has ED announced or mentioned the module/map? If yes, it'll probably happen. Otherwise, no at least for the time being. On the topic of maps, correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Corsica mentioned by RRG as a future map for DCS:WW2?

I believe it was stated that donations would be possible once their website is up :)

I foresee Dora pilots who didn't read this thread RTBing and declaring in-flight emergencies because of the bar:D

In a great mood …unless you're gay, from the EU (particularly if you're Swedish), or in any way involved with NATO. Oh, and I forgot, if you're not Russian, you'll be denied service and human rights too. So I wouldn't be so sure :music_whistling: Anyhow, as pointed out before they're entirely different technologies and the technology demonstrated does not in any way indicate future entertainment titles. If hypothetically there was enough information on the Ka-52 publicly available (hardly possible) a committed third party could in theory try their hand at it. In theory, of course. :)

Blimey, 28 pages? Really? :P I remember scrolling past a similar thread back in the Banana Forums (1C) over three years ago, I'm impressed with the longevity of this topic - I'm sure pilots have been discussing it too since 1945 :D

One of the best songs and albums of this millenium :)

What a well travelled serial :D

I'd bet December or January, to give the poor chaps time to smooth it out... Don't want to rush 'em on an AFM, a buggy one can mess up a module big time :)

Superb! Can't wait to use it!

Indeed, but if someone is extremely interested they could dedicate their own time to it. Some people might find it worth it, and if they do who are we to stop them :D I think occasion-specific elements CAN be good, if the occasion and its resulting missions and etc are interesting. WInter sports facilities may be useful later on for other winter maps/cities which have them (not anything even CLOSE to essential but if someone really wants it), but that's only if they're made generic rather than Sochi-specific. But to the OP: AFAIK there is already a campaign on the user files section (or was it for FC2? Worth checking anyway) which is centered around the olympics, and they didn't need any of that. Think of it like this: it'll be the middle of winter. Odds are the weather will be downright wank. Plus, for most scenarios, if your flight finds itself directly on top of the facilities or within visual range of them in such weather, you either didn't do a good job fighting off attackers OR, if you're attacking the city itself (not going into human rights violations and what constitutes terrorism) you're AAA and SAM bait. If really needed, there should be at least one stadium in Sochi already which you can use. :)

I caught myself thinking about that after posting. But since the old map will be flyable within EDGE while not using its features, it would be doable that the map tools are somehow compatible, no? IIRC there were other maps done back in the FC/FC2 days (including Nevada, Afghanistan and Vladivostok, the two latter never being released). If someone with the knowledge used the same methods involved in creating these maps worked on the Black Sea one, it could be doable (as long as the map's files are accessible). But I think it wouldn't be too wise to mod the whole map for that - we'd be limited to an xtremely short time frame. Would creating static 3D objects placeable via ME do the trick? PS: and what Isegrim said, these Olympics haven't started and already are nothing but shameful in every possible way. Stopping it at this since politics are a no-go here.

So what camera did you use for that photo? :music_whistling: :D

When the SDK is released maybe? :)