Things that worry me about the Viper

[Schmidtfire]

I also want realistic RWR, but it is out of our hands now. It might get fixed in three days, three weeks, three months, three years...

 

This is a multi-year project. Development will ramp up and down from time to time and ED will

prioritize product sustainment and new features at their discretion.

 

Couple of years from now, we might end up with a finished Viper. As always, everything is subject to change. Until then, all we can do is report and bring issues to light.

Edited October 5, 2019 by Schmidtfire

[MrAMRAAM]

I would post a gif if this was on disco- Hold on

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[aileron]

I would post a gif if this was on disco- Hold on

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Fixed that for you...

 

[Buschwick]

... when ED call it Finished, THEN we can worry.

 

Hopefully the Y3K bug doesn't set them back.

[dax]

It's a fun module but I honestly think ED should have held off release for another month or so to complete more features and iron out a few more bugs.

Afaik, it's not really released yet. It's a Beta version.

Those who prefer a fully functional (almost) bug free version, can wait for the official release version before downloading.

 

Then, those who want to get a taste of it asap, and are ready to accept missing features and bugs, can get it right now. And it's probably the majority of simmers.

 

So ED let us choose what path we prefer. I think it's nice like that.

 

Viper development has been quite fast. I initially didn't expect having so much, so quickly.

[CarbonFox]

Expecting the F-16 will be a very different bird feature wise 4 months from now.

[Eldur]

2. Stores drag. This is a big one, it somewhat defies all logic that a sim such as DCS has issues / doesn’t model stores drag. Not only that, but pylon drag and weight is not even considered in any module apparently. What’s ED’s stance on this big issue?

 

You probably never flew any DCS module before the Viper... I can get the Tomcat down to sub-A-10 speeds with stores and racks drag and the Hornet can be bricked quite well as well with uncapped rocket pods (blame the Navy) or just a bunch of Sparrows (blame ED).

[bkthunder]

You probably never flew any DCS module before the Viper... I can get the Tomcat down to sub-A-10 speeds with stores and racks drag and the Hornet can be bricked quite well as well with uncapped rocket pods (blame the Navy) or just a bunch of Sparrows (blame ED).

 

Guys, honestly, is it that difficult to use derstand the difference between stores drag and pylon drag?

[BIGNEWY]

While i’m sure with time the FM, weapons etc will get ironed out, there are some things that I just have that funny feeling they will never get done in a timely and satisfactory fashion:

 

1. RWR sound library. We all know what the RWR is supposed to sound like, each radar has a different chirp. Now, are we going to see this pretty substantial and SA-Enhancing feature of the F16? When?

 

2. Stores drag. This is a big one, it somewhat defies all logic that a sim such as DCS has issues / doesn’t model stores drag. Not only that, but pylon drag and weight is not even considered in any module apparently. What’s ED’s stance on this big issue?

 

3. Data cartridge and all functions such as: Mfd presets, CMDS programs, flight planning and timing, additional threat symbols and lines that can be displayed on the hsd.

 

4.MFD symbology looks strangely washed out, especially blue lines. Any hope for a fix?

 

 

Would be nice to hear about these things, and as much as ED hates it, remember we are all comparing your F-16 to the other sim that can’t be named. You have a lot to live up to, even when discarding the surrounding environment (dynamic campaign, AI, etc) but considering just the jet itself. Please, get it right, this icon of aviation deserves nothing but the most accurate and complete representation.

 

Hi bktunder

 

this is early access and all that you mention will be looked into in time.

 

I will close this thread as it has become time consuming to manager while we are busy.

 

Please post bug reports in the bugs section with a track if you have something specific for us to look at.

 

Thanks