MiG-21 1.5.4 Major Upgrade & Changelog

[Cobra847]

Dear All,

 

With 1.5.4, we will be launching two major improvements to the MiG-21.

 

We have more improvements lined up for the MiG-21, including bugfixes and visual improvements.

These will be detailed at a later time.

 

Flight Model

 

In order to ensure accurate and realistic flight performance, we've spent a lot of time and focus on tweaking the MiG-21s' flight model in all flight regimes.

 

With the unique position of our lead FM programmer being an active duty MiG-21bis pilot; we were able to take more real-time telemetry and video data from several recent training flights.

Such data is invaluable to us, and serves to further help with verifying subjective pilot/programmer feeling.

 

More overt changes will likely be most easily recognized in the critical and supercritical flight regimes,

where the aircraft now performs more to what you'd expect (and also more reminiscent of one of our earlier revisions).

 

There are, however, significant changes across all performance and flight parameters.

We look forward to you flying the MiG-21 and providing feedback where applicable!

 

Cockpit Night Lighting

While we have several more, significant, visual improvements pending implementation (and backporting) to the MiG-21bis; we will begin by re-implementing the night flood lighting.

These lights will have a performance impact pending upgrades to the core engine.

 

The lights will not be available in 1.5.4 Open BETA. They will be made available in 1.5.4 Release.

 

 

 

 

 

Full changelog:

MiG-21 Changelog 1.5.4

• Added red cockpit lighting*
  
  
• Added right side white panel spotlight*
  
  
• Corrected several Z-Fighting issues in cockpit artwork*
  
  
• Added missing glow on several switches and levers*
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
• New major Flight Model update & revision
  
  
  Adjusted critical & supercritical flight envelope
  
  
  Adjusted acceleration
  
  
  FM now more closely matches performance data
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
• Corrected several SAU stabilization issues
  
  
• Tweaked SAU for FM changes
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
• Fixed intermittent cockpit shake (2.0.X & 1.5.4 bug)
  
  
• Completely overhauled RP-22 Sapphire radar logic and raycasting
  
  
• Corrected several issues with radar indication and targeting
  
  
• Corrected erroneously wide IR missile FoV
  
  

*Will be available in 1.5.4 Release

 

 

Thanks for your support!

 

LS

[YoYo]

Thx Cobra !

[uboats]

cool!!!

[BlackLion213]

I just finished re-installing 1.5 open beta in anticipation. :D

 

Can't wait to try out the FM changes.

 

Thank you for the upgrades and change log.

 

-Nick

[Skjold]

Sounds good! :)

[Hadwell]

lol every time i start to get used to how things are with the mig-21, they change again, keeps me on my toes...

 

but if the choice is between knowing how the plane is currently modled, and having the plane modled more accurately, I'll choose more accuracy every time.

[reemit0772]

Awesome, looking forward to this.

[joker62]

Thank You very much ... I can't wait to fly МиГ-21 with this refined and improved FM. :smilewink:

antonio.

[MBot]

Very exciting. The FM programmer also being an active duty pilot on said airframe is truly an extraordinary opportunity.

[QuiGon]

That's great news! Thank you very much LNS! :thumbup:

 

To me, it is as important that you keep working on "old" modules (as far as necessary) as the development of new ones. So I'm really happy about these news :)

[*Rage*]

Great work LN!

[BadHabit]

Lovely!

[Slims]

Awesome ! Best fighter jet in DCS so far can`t wait for the update :pilotfly:

[Nooch]

Fantastic! I'm very happy these major corrections finally come our way! :)

[SNAFU]

Great news. Looking forward for the update! Thank you.

[RNeves]

Nice! Thanks alot!

[Hook47]

Outstanding! Is the ECM pod functioning now btw? I haven't gotten around to checking but I know it was bugged for a long time

[Napa]

High quality stuff by LN!! Looking forward to fly this baby!

[Chimango]

Good news! Thank you LNS.

[humptydumpty]

When will this update get released ?

[Blackjackk]

Thank you!

[decipher]

after three weeks without updates 1.5.4 will be packed with fixes and stuff all over... so much to try, so little time! looking forward to spending more time with the mig21 again, i wonder if the random aso-2 problems were finally sorted out (the bug report was reopenend on the tracker).

[PE_Tigar]

Thanks Cobra! Looking forward to it!

[grunf]

Thank you guys for your hard work! :thumbup:

 

When will this update get released ?

Open beta update is planned for today, release version for next friday, if no major bugs are found.

[firmek]

Great news and great job! I've just recently got the Mig-21 but it's quickly becoming one of my favorite modules. I don't want to sound like a noob but thanks to the fact that it doesn't have the it HUD the "side effect" is learning to fly by instruments.