Campaign updates

[Reflected]

31 minutes ago, Jayhawk1971 said:

Including Meagan, according to the F-14 Tomcast. 

Yepp, she's the main character

[Jayhawk1971]

vor 14 Minuten schrieb Reflected:

Yepp, she's the main character

Did you get Jay as well? 

Can't wait for this campaign! Seriously, it's very, very hard to wait for this.  

 

BTW, on an unrelated note, did you read "Goodbye, Mickey Mouse" by Len Deighton, and if so, how about a Mustang campaign inspired by the book? Who, knows, this might actually push me over the brink into WW2-DCS (got the Mustang, but so far have held off on WW2 stuff - maps and assets - mostly due to lack of SSD space.)

[Reflected]

 

[Mistermann]

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The Orbx team is collaborating with experienced DCS campaign creators Baltic Dragon and Reflected Simulations to create engaging F/A-18C and F-16C campaigns at launch.

From today's official news.  @Reflected, does this mean you're going to tackle a Hornet campaign on the Kola Peninsula 

Edited July 29, 2022 by Mistermann

[Reflected]

2 minutes ago, Mistermann said:

From today's official news.  @Reflected, does this mean you're going to tackle a Hornet campaign on the Kola Peninsula 

 

Almost! A Viper campaign, I’ll let Baltic handle the Hornet

[PiotrMKG]

1 hour ago, Reflected said:

Almost! A Viper campaign, I’ll let Baltic handle the Hornet

Hornet, Viper over Viggen land? We need Viggen campaign for this map.

[Mistermann]

18 hours ago, Reflected said:

Almost! A Viper campaign, I’ll let Baltic handle the Hornet

Awesome!  Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.  

[Gunfreak]

On 7/29/2022 at 11:17 PM, Reflected said:

Almost! A Viper campaign, I’ll let Baltic handle the Hornet

Will the viper campaign be NoRAF F16s or USAF F16s?

[Reflected]

9 hours ago, Gunfreak said:

Will the viper campaign be NoRAF F16s or USAF F16s?

USAF

[FMBluecher]

I am *insanely* hyped for this new Viper campaign. And also Speed and Angels. And...

[Reflected]

 

[Mistermann]

I love the approach you guys are taking on this one.  One story, two different perspectives (Hornet and Viper).  Also makes sense from a level of effort standpoint as well, I suspect.    Pretty neat that you're setting this in the near future (Dec 2022, if I remember correctly).  I don't want to read too much into that setting ... I can't imagine you're considering to a Holiday 2022 delivery, are you?  I know you can't answer that

Regardless of "when", these campaigns releasing alongside the map might set the standard for how new maps are released.  I congratulate both Reflected and BD on selection/recommendation from ED to produce stand along campaigns to this new exciting region.

[Reflected]

 

[Reflected]

 

[Jayhawk1971]

Well, I'm in no hurry, I can wait....said nobody, ever!  

I'm so stoked for this campaign, and the video made waiting for this even harder. Thanks for all the fantastic work you (and fellow creators like Baltic and ChilING) do for DCS. It makes the rather bland sandbox (IMO) come alive! 

[Reflected]

 

[Reflected]

 

[Reflected]

After some extensive testing I updated the AI skill levels in the Zone 5 campaign to better match the new 2.8 AI:

 

 

[Reflected]

 

[BuzzLine]

Hey @Reflected, apologies in advance for a trivial question but since in that video you mentioned your (much appreciated) neverending quest for realism, here goes nothing : what's with the spelling of "bale out" in your mission briefings ? I'm not a native english speaker and elsewhere I've *always* seen it written "bail out". Is there a difference in meaning or is it a UK/US spelling difference or something else ? 

[Reflected]

3 hours ago, BuzzLine said:

Hey @Reflected, apologies in advance for a trivial question but since in that video you mentioned your (much appreciated) neverending quest for realism, here goes nothing : what's with the spelling of "bale out" in your mission briefings ? I'm not a native english speaker and elsewhere I've *always* seen it written "bail out". Is there a difference in meaning or is it a UK/US spelling difference or something else ? 

Good question, I’m pretty sure it’s ‘bail out’, but it was commonly misspelled as ‘bale out’ by WW2 pilots in their memoirs, so it’s actually a historically accurate, period correct mistake

[Reflected]

Hey everyone, just want to let you know that for 2 weeks I won’t have much access to the internet, let alone DCS. I’m going on a surf trip to a remote island without my laptop. I’ve submitted tons of campaign fixes and improvements to ED, so that should be coming soon. In the meantime, if you experience weird AI behavior please report it in the general AI section of the forums with a track attached - all my missions have been out there for at least a year, working smoothly, so if something suddenly starts acting up, there’s a 90% chance it’s due to some new DCS AI bug or inadvertent change, and it’s good to make the devs aware. Alright, enjoy the missions, and happy hunting.

[Hiob]

Have a nice vacation and lots of fun! Well deserved!

[BuzzLine]

A remote tropical island ?  Just watch out if you hear about guerilla fighters in the jungles or you start seeing Hueys above your head. You don't want to be Lost in Paradise... (hahaha)

[Reflected]

P-51D: The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Bomber formations updated
• Carpet bombing performance optimized
• Ice halo enabled
• More realistic turbulence levels

Spitfire IX The Big Show Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Bomber formations updated
• Carpet bombing performance optimized
• Ice halo enabled
• More ambient chatter added
• Radio procedures improved - you only check in with control over the Channel
• Ingress altitudes adjusted - flight lead will stay low and climb only over the Channel.
• More realistic turbulence levels

DCS: Fw 190 A-8 Horrido! Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Mission 10 workaround for JU88 AI crashing into ground units.
• Bomber formations updated
• More realistic turbulence levels

Bf 109 K-4 Jagdflieger Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Bomber formations updated
• More realistic turbulence levels

DCS: P-47D Wolfpack Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Bomber formations updated
• Ice halo enabled
• UK AAA improved
• More realistic turbulence levels

DCS: UH-1H Paradise Lost Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Ice halo enabled
• More realistic turbulence levels

DCS: F-14A Zone 5 Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• AI skill levels adjusted to better match the new AI BFM
• Improved AI breaks
• Fixed the landing checklist in the intro mission
• More realistic turbulence levels
• Bozo calls Speed & Angels instead of Jester

DCS: F-14A Fear the Bones Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Ice halo enabled
• Recovery tanker functionality added to mission 1
• More realistic turbulence levels

DCS: Spitfire Beware! Beware! Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Intro mission progression fixed
• Ice halo enabled
• Increased bomber speeds to reduce AI glitches
• Carpet bombing performance optimized
• UK AAA improved
• The Bet mission - AI will now put up a fight
• More realistic turbulence levels

F-86F Hunters over the Yalu Campaign by Reflected Simulations

• Ice halo enabled
• More realistic turbulence levels