Announcement - new A-10C DLC training campaign

[mkiii]

That's a shame. With the (Now Official) Benchmark Sim (BMS) 4.33 mod installed, F4 is a whole new kettle of fish - gfx are much, much better, and it has lots of nice radar, weapon and onboard system improvements, as well as 3d clickable cockpits and new campaign areas such as Israel and the Balkans. Just check out the vid on the link above.

Edited April 1, 2017 by mkiii
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[GazAce]

Yea looks very nice actually but I've got enough on my plate with this baby.

[mkiii]

I know how you feel. For me, BMS is more like an aspiration really. One day I really will read all those manuals and understand them ;)

[GazAce]

Yea, that's what I've been doing with this one. This manual is really good I reckon cause it relates specifically to keyboard and HOTAS functions and explains the tech stuff in a way that's understandable for newbys and the average Simmer. I think Falcon 4.0 was too techy, well back in 98 I guess it seemed that way. The whole DCS program and support base here is excellent.

[baltic_dragon]

Hey guys :) I know Falcon is cool and all, but if possible keep to the topic off this thread ;) though if we get F-16 as a DCS module I promise to make a nice campaign for it!

Edited April 3, 2017 by baltic_dragon

[GazAce]

[mkiii]

:music_whistling:We stand corrected.

[Shortcut]

Can't wait for this trainer to be released I'm using the basic trainer for 1.5 and can't stand it. The instructor vanishing for 5 minutes at a time, Auto Pilot turning off for no reason, secession just ending halfway through.

I would be nice if this trainer could be released if stages as new task come out we could add them to the sim.

[baltic_dragon]

Hey!

 

A quick update from our side as where we are.

 

We have a temporary break from scriptwriting and recording for a very good reason, as Doughboy with whom we are developing the campaign became a father very recently :) so he is currently busy with a new small member of our development team, but will be back on track soon.

 

As for the progress we are more or less done with first four missions: startup and basic flight (the one featured in great Bunyap's video), basic navigation, advanced navigation (including TOT, waypoint attributes etc.) and mission four which will be a surprise. Let me just say it takes place on 4th of July :)

 

For the rest we are doing bits and pieces on different systems, but the plans are pretty ambitious, including AAR practice, ILS and TACAN navigation / landing, some emergency procedures, in-depth TAD tutorial, offset points and bullseye plus several missions with detailed weapons tutorials (did I mentioned that Doughboy served in Nellis as AMMO? So he knows his stuff!). And then of course putting it all into practice.

 

Can't give any deadlines, but we are progressing and doing our best to make sure that you will get the top quality campaign / training, with sticking as much as possible to real life procedures, comms etc.

 

Can't wait for this trainer to be released I'm using the basic trainer for 1.5 and can't stand it. The instructor vanishing for 5 minutes at a time, Auto Pilot turning off for no reason, secession just ending halfway through.

I would be nice if this trainer could be released if stages as new task come out we could add them to the sim.

 

Unfortunately, it cannot be released in stages due to the very nature of the DLC :( we are doing our best to deliver this as quickly as possible, though we definitely want to focus more on full content than on timing.

 

Just to give you an idea, the first 4 missions have around 1500 voiceovers, some as long as 1 minute. Imagine the sheer amount of time needed just to apply all the filters to them, not to mention building the mission, plugging them all in, making sure that all the frequencies are correct, double checking all the triggers etc. etc.

 

But we're progressing and we are very happy with what we have so far. So stay tuned!

And gratz to Doughboy :thumbup:

[Yurgon]

[...] Doughboy with whom we are developing the campaign became a father very recently :)

 

That's great to hear, congratulations Doughboy!

 

As for the campaign, IMHO you should take all the time you need as long as it becomes as great as your previous campaigns. :thumbup:

[WildBillKelsoe]

congratulations and god bless. looking forward to this.

[mwd2]

Congratulations and thanks for the update.

[BeachAV8R]

..he is currently busy with a new small member of our development team, but will be back on track soon...

Oh no..we've lost him for 18 years..! (22 if the little booger goes to college!) :thumbup:

 

Looking forward to this DLC..!

[sc_neo]

I am really looking forward to this campaign and this will be a sure buy for me. I have started DCS and learning the A-10c last summer with Chuck's guide in the beginning, Bunyaps, Fire's youtube series and now going through the ED A-10c manual one by one. I am doing it all on the NTTR map. NTTR provides for that immersive learning, testing and training backdrop, which in combination with all the training campaigns coming for it (yours and maple flag stuff) makes for a pretty authentic aviation experience.

 

So my plan is as follows: learn as much from the manual and through trial an error as well as all the awesome stuff by the 476th vFG on NTTR. When your campaing hits finanilze/repeat and enhance (and i am sure there will be lots of things in it that i did not pick up on before) everything in one cohesive manner. Then move on the all the training/test campaigns by maple flag when these get released for NTTR....then finally finish it off with the Red Flag campaign.

 

And then i think i might be ready for the 'real campaings' on the Caucasus map...

 

So....take as much time as you feel is necessary to make the authoritative 'learning and training' campaign for the A-10c for years to come. If it takes 9 months or whatever longer than you'd hoped, then so be it. The beauty about dcs is: what you buy is of great quality and you keep it as long as dcs will exist. Not like Battlefield or the like where you throw everything away like every 2 to 3 years.

 

So good luck and patience to both of you. Cheers.

Edited April 13, 2017 by sc_neo

[GazAce]

Thanks BD, this is going to be awesome, can't wait! :o)

[baltic_dragon]

Cheers, the work is progressing slowly, though we are waiting for some things that came up after last update to be resolved. But we do write / record and partially build :)

[baltic_dragon]

Hey guys, an update made on another thread, but I thought I'd copy it in here too:

 

The campaign is coming together, although with some slowdowns. We had a break first due to half of our team (Doughboy) having a new kid, then due to bugs in initial release of 2.1 but we're moving forward with research and mission building / voice recording.

 

We have met very cool people along the way who are giving us their expertise, including retired A-10 driver and instructor, former boom operator on the tanker (for air to air refuelling mission - cheers to Sierra99) and current ATC working on one of AF bases for better ATC experience in the missions.

 

We are working to have a small surprise for you for 4th of July and also considering releasing the first mission featured in Bunyap's video as an open demo for everyone to see what to expect.

 

Cheers!

[Lino_Germany]

Hey guys, an update made on another thread, but I thought I'd copy it in here too:

 

The campaign is coming together, although with some slowdowns. We had a break first due to half of our team (Doughboy) having a new kid, then due to bugs in initial release of 2.1 but we're moving forward with research and mission building / voice recording.

 

We have met very cool people along the way who are giving us their expertise, including retired A-10 driver and instructor, former boom operator on the tanker (for air to air refuelling mission - cheers to Sierra99) and current ATC working on one of AF bases for better ATC experience in the missions.

 

We are working to have a small surprise for you for 4th of July and also considering releasing the first mission featured in Bunyap's video as an open demo for everyone to see what to expect.

 

Cheers!

 

Nice update. Looking forward for the demo.

[mwd2]

Cool. Thx for the sneak peek into your upcoming campaign...

[Weasel]

Sounds great, really looking forward to your campaign :thumbup:

[Rudel_chw]

We are working to have a small surprise for you for 4th of July and also considering releasing the first mission featured in Bunyap's video as an open demo for everyone to see what to expect.

 

 

 

:) ... will note it on my Calendar, I really love training campaigns ... even more so for difficult to learn planes, like the A-10C :)

[mwd2]

http://www.mudspike.com/iron-flag-4th-of-july-sortie/

[NeilWillis]

Definitely looking forward to this one.

[TaxmanTom]

I don't really fly the a-10c (still would love to learn it more) but I will absolutely buy this to support all this great, great effort.

[R1Lawsy]

Your campaigns are sooo good - that intro alone is immersive....

 

ever thought about the Mig 21 at any level? Its pretty popular and a campaign like this would be all we need.