DCS Features Wish List

[Haukka81]

Well, the gui has seen favourable reviews mostly, what is it that you don't like about it?

 

 

Briefing screen need's some work, some kind of map screen. Shifting directly to the editor is not good :(

 

-haukka81

 

 

ps. sorry to my bad english,hard to write what i mean :doh:

Edited September 22, 2009 by Haukka81

[TKMR]

The sound coming out of all speakers is because you switched your windows to spread your soundsignals to 5.1 or 7.1 speakers. Additionally you can also use equalizers from your sounddrivers to e.g. create surround-sound-environment for stereo-sound.

 

Neither means that the game is supporting 5.1 or 7.1, though. :smilewink:

 

Right, but I thought I had seen an option in BS for that as well? Maybe I'm just smoking something. :D

 

Briefing screen need's some work, some kind of map screen. Shifting directly to the editor is not good :(

 

-haukka81

 

 

ps. sorry to my bad english,hard to write what i mean :doh:

 

You can do this if you take some screenshots, and then add them in as briefing pictures for a side. (Red Side is usually your side). If you look at some of the campaigns the game shipped with they have these.

 

Hope I understood what you were saying.

[Feuerfalke]

There is an option like this for IL2, but I am not aware that there is such a setting in DCS or LOMAC.

[LazerPotatoe]

Please fix this "hold position" bug:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=44774

 

Thanks,

[Haukka81]

 

You can do this if you take some screenshots, and then add them in as briefing pictures for a side. (Red Side is usually your side). If you look at some of the campaigns the game shipped with they have these.

 

Hope I understood what you were saying.

 

Yes, i know that. It's beter than nothing :)

 

But it would be better have real map, to modifity flight plan etc. Kind of a limited view of editor (for example as in Janes F-15 or Did's Tornado )

 

:joystick:

 

And i hope they make hot fix patch for winmen hold bug. Broken AI is no good for single player games :helpsmilie:

[phant]

Italian Flag: the Wags promise's

 

@ Wags,

 

you think will be possible add Italian Flag in DCS: Black Shark?

 

Our fighter line include Tornado IDS and F-16, so you don't need to add others 3D model or others thing, ecc... .

 

I never understood why Italian flag was not included in Lock-On, maybe also Greece.

 

Thank you in advance and keep good work! ;)

 

 

Phat,

 

Hopefully in a later version of DCS (maybe A-10) we will do so. There are several other countries I'd like to add. However, at this time (Black Shark - N.d.r) we are in feature freeze... we need to get this project done.

 

 

Thank's Wags,

 

i take her like a promise! ;)

 

When Tank Killers will be announced i'll remember you. :)

 

SOURCE: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=27097&highlight=phant&page=23

 

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

 

Bye

Phant

Edited September 23, 2009 by phant

[Tbag]

This might be an old idea but I'm not going to read the 101 pages to check :)

 

Interactive Mission Control: One of the major problems in DCS at the moment is the AI which limits the replayability of missions. So what if one/two players in MP could act as commanders for the red/red+blue sides and issue commands to it's troops during the game? Even if those commands are limited to simple waypoint assignments, this would open up a lot of opportunities to the community.

 

Any ideas how complex such a feature would be to implement?

[JAG]

Air base activity

 

Hi, I was playing an arcade game called Heroes over europe, it's about WWII, with the same style as blazing angels. It's a fun game, I only spend a few hours playing with it, and in the first mission I notice something interesting, when you are in the runway ready to take off, I see little pilots walking near the hangar, and at the end of the runway there is a fuel truck with some guys, all of them are moving or doing something, then I tried to take off, and don't do it right, and crash my plane with a truck, and all of the guys near the truck were running away, it was a different feeling and a surprise to find little details like that in an arcade game that gives you the sensation of being in a real base, instead of the sterile environment you find in many simulators.

 

 

I know in lomac, something of this was done, but they don't react to the events in the airfield.

Will be great to see pilots walking in the airbase, or mecanics working in the planes or trucks or something. To be honest I don't expect to see complex animations, but short animations, for example a mecanic moving his arms in the engine of a plane or little animations like that.

 

 

Saludos

Edited September 28, 2009 by JAG

[DocNobby]

Well, I thik it would be even better to have enemy react on your presence and action. :megalol:

Like looking for cover when being shot at...

[Spider76]

well black shark is still "work in progress" game so maybe their could be a scenery + a.i. module update to black shark...

[-Painter-]

+1

[Lava]

Those touches, along with better ground AI and solid trees (hah on the last one), would be nice. Not essential, but really nice and immersive.

 

I remember being startled when I read Ed Macy's comment about the detail in BS. He said something like there's more detail in BS's ground vehicles, troops, and scenery than in the military sims! So, it's not too bad if you think about it that way :)

[JAG]

Yeah, will be great to see an improvement over a few aspects of the AI.

 

I hope the next module, include some of this.

 

Saludos :thumbup:

[EagleEye]

I also like that little details you are mentioned. I may try HoE despite I hate such type of games(shooting endless enemys in the same way). But on the other side I like story driven games with immersion.

 

I think we will never see such things in simulations because there are so many, more important things to be done. And think about it if you have ground crews on all airports, on a(this) hugh map, the frame rates would likely be dropped to zero...

It is likely not feasable on a "open" world (map) in flight simulations. In racing simulations you can`t leave the track (course) where you are driving so the box crew and all other stuff around is only on this location.

Edited September 30, 2009 by EagleEye

[-Painter-]

I think we will never see such things in simulations because there are so many, more important things to be done. And think about it if you have ground crews on all airports, on a(this) hugh map, the frame rates would likely be dropped to zero... It is likely not feasable on a "open" world (map) in simulations.

...I think you are wrong. I think such complex simulations are the future!

Regarding frames:

Have a look at this

. It is FS2004 with addons. There are no persons but at least other planes and cars bring the airport to life. I have all major-airports in germany and a lot of others as detailed as this one in the video. The map of FS2004 is the WORLD ;) You forgot that your PC only have to calculate things in your visible surrounding, regardless how huge the map is.

[EagleEye]

...I think you are wrong. I think such complex simulations are the future!

Regarding frames:

Have a look at this

. It is FS2004 with addons. There are no persons but at least other planes and cars bring the airport to life. I have all major-airports in germany and a lot of others as detailed as this one in the video. The map of FS2004 is the WORLD ;) You forgot that your PC only have to calculate things in your visible surrounding, regardless how huge the map is.

 

First, I would`t compare civil flight simulations with combat simulations. There are so many different things to calculate under the hood.

Hell yeah, I`m the last one who would`t like to have all that stuff. But everyone game/simulation engine have it`s limitations. The developing resources depends on funding.

Yes, the scenery in that vid looks nice. But all ground vehicles following a simple route and no interact between. And as you wrote, no human models. FSX have very basic human models and you know that you have to play with the settings all the time if you want acceptable frame rates...

[Warbird_242]

What would be nice is to have soldiers able to walk ( soldiers being infantry in the mission editor). If you set their speed to walking pace, they look like spacemen on the moon. Just a slight animation change so you can have some soldiers walking across the pan with tanks trundling away in the background would make it sooo much better.

[EagleEye]

What would be nice is to have soldiers able to walk ( soldiers being infantry in the mission editor). If you set their speed to walking pace, they look like spacemen on the moon. Just a slight animation change so you can have some soldiers walking across the pan with tanks trundling away in the background would make it sooo much better.

Yes, AFAIK moving infantry initialy wasn`t planned to be in Black Shark. Though ED made it. But you know, restrictions by the old engine. So very basic infantry in BS. Will likely be enhanced with DCS series evolving.;)

[26-J39]

First, I would`t compare civil flight simulations with combat simulations. There are so many different things to calculate under the hood.

Hell yeah, I`m the last one who would`t like to have all that stuff. But everyone game/simulation engine have it`s limitations. The developing resources depends on funding.

Yes, the scenery in that vid looks nice. But all ground vehicles following a simple route and no interact between. And as you wrote, no human models. FSX have very basic human models and you know that you have to play with the settings all the time if you want acceptable frame rates...

 

Well explained.. ;) One point: All simulators are produced to suit a market... obviously the "programming companies" need to make money.... They do their market research just like any other business if not more so...

DCS was made for all us nut bag aviators so we can FINALLY jump into a cockpit (regardless of the airframe type) and be overwhelmed with the functionality of ALL that is simulated.... Personally I've been wishing for this for years and years.... ( Thx ED!!!!!)

At the end of the day there are sim's to please the eye and there are sim's to please the mind.. :music_whistling: If ya know what i mean ;)

[-Painter-]

Objection your honor ;)

When you use high quality add-ons with MS-FS (e.g. PMDG737, 747, MD-11, Airsimmer A320) you have Airliners what are as deeply or deeper simulated as the K-50 is!

 

And please: Do not say the K-50 is not designed for the eyes! I love to watch it outside! The 3D-model is just nearly perfect! And not only the one you are flying but the ones of your wingmen too! That is a great enjoyment for my eyes! :)

[Vekkinho]

Yeah, those little men are being well paid so it would increase the retail price of future DCS modules!

[Lava]

Chip, just curious, how many of those high quality add-ons do you have to pay for? I've never bothered much with MS-FS. If the highest quality ones are pay products, that could explain quite a bit.

 

If they're user supported, well, that's also very interesting. The communities around those products are old and very large, with development tools more widely available. Could that contribute?

[26-J39]

And please: Do not say the K-50 is not designed for the eyes! I love to watch it outside! The 3D-model is just nearly perfect! And not only the one you are flying but the ones of your wingmen too! That is a great enjoyment for my eyes! :)

 

I cannot argue your honour :)

[Haukka81]

MS-FS -> no damage model, very basic flight physics.

 

Black Shark -> good damage model, very advanced flight physics.

 

 

;)

[26-J39]

MS-FS -> no damage model, very basic flight physics.

 

Black Shark -> good damage model, very advanced flight physics.

 

Precisely :thumbup: