Zaku Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Right now the A-10 is the only airframe with unique callsign options, but I'd love to get some prominent F-14 squadron callsigns (Victory, Wichita, Gunfighter, Fast Eagle, etc) and modex-style numbering. ...and I'm just tired of the same 9 options for every fighter in DCS currently. Is there any chance of either of these happening?
Donut Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Victory! I second this! There is no way I am going to fly the F-14 and call myself Ford or Hawg. I don't know if this would ED or developer driven though. Take a look at all of these glorious Tomcat squadrons and their callsigns! VF-1 WOLFPACK: WITCHITA VF-2 BOUNTY HUNTERS: BULLETS VF-11 RED RIPPERS: RIPPER VF-14 TOPHATTERS: CAMELOT VF-21 FREELANCERS: LANCE VF-24 RENEGADES: RAGE VF-31 TOMCATTERS: FELIX VF-32 SWORDSMAN: GYPSY VF-33 STARFIGHTERS: TARBOX VF-41 BLACK ACES: FAST EAGLE VF-51 SCREAMING EAGLES: EAGLES VF-74 BE-DEVILERS: DEVIL VF-84 JOLLY ROGERS: VICTORY VF-101 GRIM REAPERS: GUNFIGHTER VF-102 DIAMONDBACKS: DIAMOND VF-103 JOLLY ROGERS: VICTORY VF-111 SUNDOWNERS: SUNDOWNER VF-114 AARDVARKS: AARDVARK VF-124 GUNFIGHTERS: GUNSLINGER VF-142 GHOSTRIDERS: DAKOTA VF-143 PUKIN' DOGS: DOG VF-154 BLACK KNIGHTS: BLACK KNIGHT VF-191 SATAN'S KITTENS: HELLCAT VF-194 RED LIGHTNINGS: RED FLASH VF-201 HUNTERS: HUNTER VF-202 SUPERHEATS: SUPERHEAT VF-211 CHECKMATES: NICKEL VF-213 BLACKLIONS: BLACKLION VF-301 DEVIL'S DISCIPLES: DEVIL VF-302 STALLIONS: STALLION i5 7600K @4.8GHz | 1080 Ti | 32GB 3200MHz | SSD | DCS SETTINGS | "COCKPIT"
Reflected Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 + 100000000 I would hate to hear: "Enfield 110 Tomcat ball, 4.3" Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord
Belgeode Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 "Dog 201, tomcat ball, 4.3" has a nice ring to it... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch
TwoLate Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 Love our group Sceaming Eagles. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Aginor Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 (edited) The problem may be the voice recording. You would need every voice in the sim to have those words. And some voice actors may even be not available anymore. That being said: I also think we should have more. - a few more for the Air Force (2-3) - a few Navy ones (6-8 ) - a few generic ones/international for NATO operations (6-8 ) - a few for helicopters (5-6) - a few more for JTACs and so on (2-4) - a few civil ones perhaps, could be useful for some scenarios (2-4) EDIT: actually civil ones might be easy. Just an input field allowing numbers and letters to be pronounced in NATO alphabet. Not likely to happen soon though. Edited March 10, 2016 by Aginor DCSW weapons cheat sheet speed cheat sheet
GaryIKILLYOU Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 The problem may be the voice recording. You would need every voice in the sim to have those words. And some voice actors may even be not available anymore. That being said: I also think we should have more. - a few more for the Air Force (2-3) - a few Navy ones (6-8 ) - a few generic ones/international for NATO operations (6-8 ) - a few for helicopters (5-6) - a few more for JTACs and so on (2-4) - a few civil ones perhaps, could be useful for some scenarios (2-4) EDIT: actually civil ones might be easy. Just an input field allowing numbers and letters to be pronounced in NATO alphabet. Not likely to happen soon though. This could in theory become a community project. Give out a script and a list of requirements. Sort of like the "Best Screenshot becomes a logo" threads that pop up every once in a while. :) My Specs:Win 10 Pro 64bit/ i7 6770K 4.5Ghz/32GB DDR4/ GTX 1070 SC/Samsung SSD Warthog Stick/TWCS Throttle/TrackIR 5
Aginor Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 In theory, yes. But there's a problem: The existing voices would have to be upgraded with those new lines. That being said: I would love to contribute a completely new voice to the sim, including a number of call signs (I did such stuff before for another game, recording hundreds of short lines without starting to mumble or talk monotonously is harder than one would think). EDIT: I also bumped another thread about this in the wish list section to help finding alternative options. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2689643#post2689643 DCSW weapons cheat sheet speed cheat sheet
Destroyer37 Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 In the case of CVW-1 in the DCS Mercenaries we have three callsigns. Dog ( VF-143 ) Shrike ( VFA-94 ) Falcon ( HSM-78 ) Hopefully we will have those callsigns in game! "Dog 201, tomcat ball, 4.3" has a nice ring to it... It really does! Specs:Fractal Design Define R5 Black, ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E, Intel Core i5-8600K Coffee Lake @ 5.1 GHz, MSI GeForce GTX 1080ti 11GB 352-Bit GDDR5X, Corsair H110i, G.Skill TridentZ 32GB (2x16GB), Samsung 960 Evo M.2 500GB SSD
SDsc0rch Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 OP has it right --------- soooo want this to happen but think of all the re-work they would have to do they'd have to go back and re-record all the audio clips you hear : / but i have hope - if they can give the graphics engine a whole overhaul, maybe they could do the same for the voice tracks (and.. maybe SOMEday? missiles? and MP/networking?) i7-4790K | Asus Sabertooth Z97 MkI | 16Gb DDR3 | EVGA GTX 980 | TM Warthog | MFG Crosswind | Panasonic TC-58AX800U [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Home Fries Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 they'd have to go back and re-record all the audio clips you hear : / If they have the same voice talent, they could just use that to record the new voices. This would be a great time to record a host of Navy, Marine and AF callsigns. Of course, new voices would need to record all audio clips, but I would be happy with additional voices as well. -Home Fries My DCS Files and Skins My DCS TARGET Profile for Cougar or Warthog and MFDs F-14B LANTIRN Guide
Belgeode Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 This could in theory become a community project. Give out a script and a list of requirements. Sort of like the "Best Screenshot becomes a logo" threads that pop up every once in a while. :) I would definitely volunteer for that. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] YouTube ~ Twitch
pepto Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 i mean wouldn't they just have to record the names because of how the audio is structured? nothing is fixed everything such as callsigns and numbers and everything is stitched together depending on the current situation to form one sentence
SDsc0rch Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 sure would be cool if they could make an API so that the voice messages could be edited going forward so its not such a big deal to make changes look at all the countries that are selectable when you are building a mission or campaign and you are defining coalitions ----- does the current voice set cover all of them? no, not by a long shot hopefully this is in the plans... i7-4790K | Asus Sabertooth Z97 MkI | 16Gb DDR3 | EVGA GTX 980 | TM Warthog | MFG Crosswind | Panasonic TC-58AX800U [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
McBlemmen Posted March 12, 2016 Posted March 12, 2016 OP has it right --------- soooo want this to happen but think of all the re-work they would have to do they'd have to go back and re-record all the audio clips you hear : / Would that really be that much work though? I doubt it. God forbid there's some new features in a new module packages that don't just involve the aircraft and it's systems.
Madbrood Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Hawg 1-1 , fox 3 long. lol Surely you mean Fox 1 long? ;) i7-4770k | EVGA GTX 980 SC | 16GB DDR3 | TrackIR 5, TM Warthog HOTAS, Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals DCS: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14A/B, AV-8B, FC3, A-10C, Black Shark II, UH-1H, F-86F, MiG-21bis, Mirage 2000C, AJS-37, F-5E :pilotfly:
Sierra99 Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Victory! I second this! There is no way I am going to fly the F-14 and call myself Ford or Hawg. I don't know if this would ED or developer driven though. Take a look at all of these glorious Tomcat squadrons and their callsigns! VF-1 WOLFPACK: WITCHITA VF-2 BOUNTY HUNTERS: BULLETS VF-11 RED RIPPERS: RIPPER VF-14 TOPHATTERS: CAMELOT VF-21 FREELANCERS: LANCE VF-24 RENEGADES: RAGE VF-31 TOMCATTERS: FELIX VF-32 SWORDSMAN: GYPSY VF-33 STARFIGHTERS: TARBOX VF-41 BLACK ACES: FAST EAGLE VF-51 SCREAMING EAGLES: EAGLES VF-74 BE-DEVILERS: DEVIL VF-84 JOLLY ROGERS: VICTORY VF-101 GRIM REAPERS: GUNFIGHTER VF-102 DIAMONDBACKS: DIAMOND VF-103 JOLLY ROGERS: VICTORY VF-111 SUNDOWNERS: SUNDOWNER VF-114 AARDVARKS: AARDVARK VF-124 GUNFIGHTERS: GUNSLINGER VF-142 GHOSTRIDERS: DAKOTA VF-143 PUKIN' DOGS: DOG VF-154 BLACK KNIGHTS: BLACK KNIGHT VF-191 SATAN'S KITTENS: HELLCAT VF-194 RED LIGHTNINGS: RED FLASH VF-201 HUNTERS: HUNTER VF-202 SUPERHEATS: SUPERHEAT VF-211 CHECKMATES: NICKEL VF-213 BLACKLIONS: BLACKLION VF-301 DEVIL'S DISCIPLES: DEVIL VF-302 STALLIONS: STALLION Remember, these are static unit callsigns. There were also Daily Changing Callsigns which could literally be anything. Sierra 99 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Primary Computer ASUS Z390-P, i7-9700K CPU @ 5.0Ghz, 32GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce 1070 Ti AMP Extreme, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe drives (1Tb & 500 Gb), Windows 10 Professional, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Thrustmaster Warthog Stick, Thrustmaster Cougar Throttle, Cougar MFDs x3, Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals and TrackIR 5. -={TAC}=-DCS Server Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3, i7-3770K CPU @ 3.90GHz, 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 @ 1600Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 970.
McBlemmen Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Surely you mean Fox 1 long? ;) No i'm talking about firing aim 54"s
SDsc0rch Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Would that really be that much work though? I doubt it. God forbid there's some new features in a new module packages that don't just involve the aircraft and it's systems. if ED was thinking ahead and built-in the capability for expansion, then yes it would be "easy" but if what we have now is "baked in" or hardcoded or what have you, then additional elements would represent a lot of work i7-4790K | Asus Sabertooth Z97 MkI | 16Gb DDR3 | EVGA GTX 980 | TM Warthog | MFG Crosswind | Panasonic TC-58AX800U [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
McBlemmen Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 if ED was thinking ahead and built-in the capability for expansion, then yes it would be "easy" but if what we have now is "baked in" or hardcoded or what have you, then additional elements would represent a lot of work That sucks, i didn't know that. But at the rate DCS:W is expanding i do think it would be a good idea for them to consider changing it , even if its hard.
Jaktaz Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Victory! I second this! There is no way I am going to fly the F-14 and call myself Ford or Hawg. I don't know if this would ED or developer driven though. Take a look at all of these glorious Tomcat squadrons and their callsigns! VF-1 WOLFPACK: WITCHITA VF-2 BOUNTY HUNTERS: BULLETS VF-11 RED RIPPERS: RIPPER VF-14 TOPHATTERS: CAMELOT VF-21 FREELANCERS: LANCE VF-24 RENEGADES: RAGE VF-31 TOMCATTERS: FELIX VF-32 SWORDSMAN: GYPSY VF-33 STARFIGHTERS: TARBOX VF-41 BLACK ACES: FAST EAGLE VF-51 SCREAMING EAGLES: EAGLES VF-74 BE-DEVILERS: DEVIL VF-84 JOLLY ROGERS: VICTORY VF-101 GRIM REAPERS: GUNFIGHTER VF-102 DIAMONDBACKS: DIAMOND VF-103 JOLLY ROGERS: VICTORY VF-111 SUNDOWNERS: SUNDOWNER VF-114 AARDVARKS: AARDVARK VF-124 GUNFIGHTERS: GUNSLINGER VF-142 GHOSTRIDERS: DAKOTA VF-143 PUKIN' DOGS: DOG VF-154 BLACK KNIGHTS: BLACK KNIGHT VF-191 SATAN'S KITTENS: HELLCAT VF-194 RED LIGHTNINGS: RED FLASH VF-201 HUNTERS: HUNTER VF-202 SUPERHEATS: SUPERHEAT VF-211 CHECKMATES: NICKEL VF-213 BLACKLIONS: BLACKLION VF-301 DEVIL'S DISCIPLES: DEVIL VF-302 STALLIONS: STALLION Beautiful
CheckGear Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 + 100000000 I would hate to hear: "Enfield 110 Tomcat ball, 4.3" You don't have to hear it, because it doesn't work that way. "Dog 201, tomcat ball, 4.3" has a nice ring to it... When an aircraft on approach "calls the ball," they don't identify themselves with their radio callsign. They announce their aircraft modex number. The call goes (in the case of an F-14 "201, Tomcat ball, 4.3." 1
Dispatch Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 Bump More Callsign options Please Thanks again, Guys are doing a GREAT Job ~
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