DCS World Weekend News Update Discussion

[R1Lawsy]

Soooo.... will there be updates today?

 

I know WAGS said they are moving updates to a Wed but that is next week ;)

 

Just wanna fly the hawk from the back seat and see what other goodies present themselves...

 

thanks

 

James

[Emilio_Ger]

I just got home and a hornet was crawling over my bed, so I will go and say DCS F/A-18C pre purchase today :smilewink:

[Coxy_99]

Lower your expectations,

 

this may just be an update for the more critical issues

 

it will save you getting disappointed if your favourite feature does not appear this time :)

 

You ruin the excitement all the time lol

[BIGNEWY]

You ruin the excitement all the time lol

 

It is a gift I have :)

 

 

anyway here is the changelog so far

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3157130#post3157130

[Buzzles]

Nice little list of fixes that.

[lemoen]

Looks like it...

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/newsletters/newsletter02062017.html

[sobek]

Good call that. Always wondered why they would put them self's trough the risk of a lost weekend, due to a broken friday update.

 

Indeed, it is a good decision. Most of the time when I've released something on the end of a work week, it has come around to bite me in some form or another.

[ebabil]

let's see what has changed after this update at performance side.

[Raven68]

In the past, if there has been a game breaking bug, there has been a patch very soon afterwards, so that is most probably the case going forwards. It will however mean that the guys at ED will be able to get a weekend off occasionally, which is obviously the reason for the change..

 

Agreed. It's should be very beneficial for them and us, the community.

[OnlyforDCS]

let's see what has changed after this update at performance side.

 

Wouldn't they have mentioned performance improvements, had there been any? In the changelog I mean.

[Revelation]

Wouldn't they have mentioned performance improvements, had there been any? In the changelog I mean.

 

They don't always list every single change, though I agree with your premise.

[NineLine]

Some critical issues have not been fixed yet, some can take more time than others.

[Pikey]

Hooray for a sensible software release day. Not only does it take pressure off the developers so they can enjoy the weekend, but it also helps the customer base enjoy theirs too. I'd fully support a twice monthly update rather than the once per week so they could gain some developer time and not be in these constant sprint cycles. A better/steadier release would mean less hotfixing and eyes dragged off mainline development and smoother cycles with the ability to get a decent weeks sprint in. Always thought a week was too fast.

[Raven68]

Hooray for a sensible software release day. Not only does it take pressure off the developers so they can enjoy the weekend, but it also helps the customer base enjoy theirs too. I'd fully support a twice monthly update rather than the once per week so they could gain some developer time and not be in these constant sprint cycles. A better/steadier release would mean less hotfixing and eyes dragged off mainline development and smoother cycles with the ability to get a decent weeks sprint in. Always thought a week was too fast.

 

I see what you are saying Pikey. Somewhat like quality over quantity, but maybe these developers are just that good and a week to us is like a month to them if you know what I mean. For me, deliver what you can when you can if you feel confident in what you are releasing. If an issue comes up I feel I can be patient enough for ED to resolve it.

[Coxy_99]

Nice update, With the gauges reflection on the cockpit hopefully some what reduced than what it was :)

[OnlyforDCS]

Also we didn't get a patch for either the release, beta or alpha versions every friday. Some fridays it was just a newsletter with some news tidbits, upcoming changes or sales. So it's not like they are beholden to release a patch every friday (or wednesday now).

[NeilWillis]

I see what you are saying Pikey. Somewhat like quality over quantity, but maybe these developers are just that good and a week to us is like a month to them if you know what I mean. For me, deliver what you can when you can if you feel confident in what you are releasing. If an issue comes up I feel I can be patient enough for ED to resolve it.

 

ED issue updates when they have something to update. There definitely isn't a weekly schedule for updates, it just happens that most of the time they have some updates on a weekly basis. On other occasions they miss 2 and occasionally 3 weeks. So I assume it is progress led, rather than timetabled.

[Weasel]

The new damage model looks amazing and will be a big step for a much more realtistic flight experience!

[mkiii]

The files just aren't available yet. No amount of clicking that update button is making them get put up any faster. :(

[ebabil]

new damage modeling looks awesome. can't wait to get my plane hit and crashed :)

 

and if only, c-47 would be full module :(

[kontiuka]

The new damage model looks amazing and will be a big step for a much more realtistic flight experience!

I wonder if it will apply to AI units as well. Would love if a shot-up AI fighter actually lost fuel and fluids.

[NineLine]

I wonder if it will apply to AI units as well. Would love if a shot-up AI fighter actually lost fuel and fluids.

 

If it doesnt, I will be the first in line adding that in a bug report. The DM should not only aid PvP, but against AI as well, right now there are a number of issues that make AI planes flying tanks.

[mkiii]

I wonder if it caters for size of round and self sealing tanks?

[SkateZilla]

If it doesnt, I will be the first in line adding that in a bug report. The DM should not only aid PvP, but against AI as well, right now there are a number of issues that make AI planes flying tanks.

 

I wonder if it will apply to AI units as well. Would love if a shot-up AI fighter actually lost fuel and fluids.

 

I doubt 2 damage models are maintained.

 

should be the same for AI, Bullet hits Collision Box XXXX Trigger Damage Type, Trigger Animation, Trigger Dep Cell.

 

 

Now instead of simple Wing, Nose, Flap, it'll be more detailed internally.

[Knock-Knock]

6gb update. Quite a bit of fresh data in the this friday update.