Rick50 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) Hmm, I'm liking the Boeing B-29 and Douglas C-124 suggestions!! I think filling out some of the Cold War aircraft would be a great benefit for when appropriate maps appear, be they Vietnam or Korea, or something else. They can benefit from the Channel map too. SAAB Gripen, English Electric Lighting, Lockheed F-104, F-4 Phantom variants (with and without internal cannons, as the profiles are very distinct! Also, the British Phantoms look a bit unique too), an old shark-tail B-52D, and an updated Tupolev Bear. Oh, and we can't forget the Dassault Mirage 3 both AI and hopefully a full module. Edited February 16, 2021 by Rick50 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, Rick50 said: Hmm, I'm liking the B-29 and C-124 suggestions!! For the B-29 there is @DOL's Mod, that can be used as AI: with a proper livery it even can be used as a Tu-4: ... sad that there is nothing for the C-124 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick50 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick50 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) It occured to me that we could use more Korean War era AI aircraft, like the F-9F Panther (1947-1958) and North American Fury, both carrier jets. Could also consider the KC-97, the Boeing air tanker, a distant relative of the B-29 Superfortress. Not sure if the KC-97 ever was sent to Korea or if that was a later development, but would be cool for vintage scenarios. Edited March 8, 2021 by Rick50 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westr Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 I'd like to see some more British ai assets. Tornado adv, lynx helicopter, puma helicopter. Nimrod, sea harrier, would like a decent model of the F4 as well. But not the ugly ones an F4J or K 1 RYZEN 7 3700X Running at 4.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 32gb DDR4 RAM @3200 MHz Oculus CV1 NvME 970 EVO TM Warthog Stick & Throttle plus 11" extension. VKB T-Rudder MKIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 My list is published by Jane's but here are my general guidelines for era. modern Red For- We know the Russian and PLAF won't let us have a FF playable module but I don't see why we can't have AI J-15s, Su-30s, MiG-29K,M and 35s. Vietnam era--------- IL-28, Tu-22 A-3, B-66 the century fighters- Ideally these should be flyable but AI would be good enough to give us something to escort or intercept. Korea and World War II Anything Red For B-29, Anything really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beirut Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 B-29 B-36 Peacemaker B-58 Hustler Cool big stuff to escort and look at. 1 Some of the planes, but all of the maps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelthunder Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 F-22 Raptor,F/A-18E Super Hornet,RQ-4 Global Hawk,V-22 Osprey,B-2 Spirit to go with the other American AI bombers and the C-5 Galaxy to round out the modern USA fleet.Same goes for additional variants of western and eastern aircraft and helos like the Antonov 124 and 225. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvgeekJoe Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Here goes: Antonov 124 Antonov 225 Boeing KC-45 Pegasus Boeing 777 Boeing 737 MAX Boeing 787 HC-130J Combat King II EA-18G (I know there's a mod that'll replace the F/A-18C hornet with it but still it'll replace the C model with it.) Everything else I can think of has either been done or is a WIP. I'd start w/ the An-124. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I'd go with 737 to bring more live to DCS skies and add variety to mission design (peacetime traffic, incidents, VIP escort...) 4 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M HOTAS FC3, F-14A/B, F-15E CA SC NTTR, PG, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlankerKiller Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 He-111 B-24 B-29 Lancaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick50 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 7:41 AM, Beirut said: ... B-58 Hustler Cool big stuff to escort and look at. LOL!! Dunno how yer gonna escort a speed demon that's gonna run away on you in a hot minute... but I approve your list just the same! And the Hustler is one of the coolest planes evar! On 1/19/2022 at 7:25 AM, upyr1 said: My list is published by Jane's but here are my general guidelines for era. Hmm, nice list! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hinkey Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) Tankers: - KC-10 - A330 MRTT - KC-135 with working "Iron Maiden" (boom drogue adapter) KC-97 would also be fun Edited March 5, 2022 by Hinkey clarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beirut Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Rick50 said: LOL!! Dunno how yer gonna escort a speed demon that's gonna run away on you in a hot minute... but I approve your list just the same! And the Hustler is one of the coolest planes evar! It will come with an FF F-104. Some of the planes, but all of the maps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlankerKiller Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Honestly I just want the ones we have to get a decent 3D model and good behavior. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-2 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I’d like the Mig-29k from flanker 2.5 restored as an AI aircraft with a GFM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTJS17_Fire Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 AH-1Z C-2 C-160 CH-53 CH-60N Hardware: Intel i5 4670K | Zalman NPS9900MAX | GeIL 16GB @1333MHz | Asrock Z97 Pro4 | Sapphire Radeon R9 380X Nitro | Samsung SSDs 840 series 120GB & 250 GB | Samsung HD204UI 2TB | be quiet! Pure Power 530W | Aerocool RS-9 Devil Red | Samsung SyncMaster SA350 24" + ASUS VE198S 19" | Saitek X52 | TrackIR 5 | Thrustmaster MFD Cougar | Speedlink Darksky LED | Razor Diamondback | Razor X-Mat Control | SoundBlaster Tactic 3D Rage ### Software: Windows 10 Pro 64Bit [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon89 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 ED should bring back the F-111 from Flanker 2.5 and then bring it up to high detail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep821 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 On 2/1/2021 at 8:01 PM, SovietAce said: Early Cold War era needs some units desperately. There isnt much proper foes for MiG-15 and 19. B-29 is absolute must. I would also liked to see B-47, B-36, B-45, IL-28 and Tu-4. F-100 and F-104 are also needed, hoewer Its very possible that somebody could do those as FF. Yes! Even more with Phantom coming... For myself I would Add the F-8 or A-7, F-111, Mi-4, DHC-4 and CF-101 (Woodoo would be nice af flyable BTW) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunfreak Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Given time it takes to make AI planes I think they can just make full fidelity models. I mean we have a fraction of AI only planes vs full fidelity planes. That said if they could actually get some asses in gear. I would love a ww2 plane pack. Me109G models FW190A3-A5. Me110. Typhoon B29 Wildcat Hellcat A lot of Japanese planes Also for more modern stuff official AI F35, F22, AH-6, Bell 412, Euro Copter. 1 i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 3090, 64Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick50 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 On 10/17/2022 at 1:00 PM, Gunfreak said: Given time it takes to make AI planes I think they can just make full fidelity models. I mean we have a fraction of AI only planes vs full fidelity planes. Not sure how you concluded that, but AI planes don't require even close to the efforts to make full modules. Especially full fidelity modules. The reason we don't see too many AI being made by ED, is that AI planes don't really pay the bills, don't really bring in revenue. Most of the AI planes that come with DCS are ones that originated back with the first LockOn or Flaming Cliffs era, maybe with a few upgrades here and there. Yes there are much more recent more detailed AI aircraft since then, and a few that are being worked on right now (B-1B, B-52H and SH-3 Viking) and a few ground units too. If ED slows or stops developing modules and leaves that to 3rd party devs, then we might see many interesting improvements, which would probably include more and better AI planes, but also better AI "pilots" behaving better and more realistic, along with many other things. But that might require a major change in business strategy, with no guarantees. As for the rest of your post, yes, that would be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunfreak Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Rick50 said: Not sure how you concluded that, but AI planes don't require even close to the efforts to make full modules. Especially full fidelity modules. The reason we don't see too many AI being made by ED, is that AI planes don't really pay the bills, don't really bring in revenue. Most of the AI planes that come with DCS are ones that originated back with the first LockOn or Flaming Cliffs era, maybe with a few upgrades here and there. Yes there are much more recent more detailed AI aircraft since then, and a few that are being worked on right now (B-1B, B-52H and SH-3 Viking) and a few ground units too. If ED slows or stops developing modules and leaves that to 3rd party devs, then we might see many interesting improvements, which would probably include more and better AI planes, but also better AI "pilots" behaving better and more realistic, along with many other things. But that might require a major change in business strategy, with no guarantees. As for the rest of your post, yes, that would be nice! Doesn't matter the reason it takes so long, the end result is it takes about as long to get an AI only planes as it does to get a full module. Look at A6 from Heatblur or C47 from ED(which still isn't finished) i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 3090, 64Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 30 minutes ago, Gunfreak said: Doesn't matter the reason it takes so long, the end result is it takes about as long to get an AI only planes as it does to get a full module. Look at A6 from Heatblur or C47 from ED(which still isn't finished) You're so wrong. Module making is taking years and so is AI but we're talking real time - you have no idea how many man hours it really takes or if the project was simply put aside for a long time. These projects usually have different teams and priorities. AI and modules have very little in common. While huge part is external 3D model with animations, DM and textures of course the rest is much simplified or simply lacking for AI. Think PFM, internal DM, cockpit and all systems behind it... these take another years of development. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M HOTAS FC3, F-14A/B, F-15E CA SC NTTR, PG, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunfreak Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, draconus said: You're so wrong. Module making is taking years and so is AI but we're talking real time - you have no idea how many man hours it really takes or if the project was simply put aside for a long time. These projects usually have different teams and priorities. AI and modules have very little in common. While huge part is external 3D model with animations, DM and textures of course the rest is much simplified or simply lacking for AI. Think PFM, internal DM, cockpit and all systems behind it... these take another years of development. And? Nothing you said has anything to do with what I said. You talk about theory. I'm talking about how long in actually takes to get AI planes in DCS now. And that takes about as long as a full modual. It took years to get the C47 in game and it's still not finished. The A6 AI mod has been talked about for years by Heatblur but has bearly begun actual production if its even gotten that far. You are talking about if IF the entire logistical structure of DCS production charges we might get more AI planes faster. But that's not gonna happen. So when we wish for more AI planes. We might as well wish for full moduals as it would take the same amount of time to get it. Yes in theory ED could mass produce 10 AI ww2 aircraft in 4 months. But ED isn't gonna do that. So when I wish for a AI 109G, I might as well wish for a full fidelity 109G i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 3090, 64Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DmitriKozlowsky Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 MS Flight Simulator module loader. A shell AI that loads MSFS type modules, and converts into AI only, with simplest flight model. Just to create ambient air traffic of commercial ATS and private general aviation. Seaplanes and amphibians. BE-12, BE-200, Japanese ShinMayva, general aviation float equipped aircraft. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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