WobblyFlops Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 In the newest version of the official ED manual, the MIDS DDI format was added with a text saying that "This format will be documented in a later edition of this manual." This seems to be a new addition, earlier versions of the manual didn't mention this page at all. Does this mean that ED are planning on implementing in depth MIDS configuration options and this DDI page or is the addition to the manual only refer to the fact that the functions on the page (which as far as I know currently have no functional effects and are only for roleplaying purposes) will be detailed later on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted May 15, 2022 ED Team Share Posted May 15, 2022 Hi, I have asked the team, it is TBD about MIDS based on available, public information, time, and resources. thanks 1 1 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulkbust44 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 5/15/2022 at 2:30 PM, BIGNEWY said: Hi, I have asked the team, it is TBD about MIDS based on available, public information, time, and resources. thanks Could we get any elaboration on that? Clearly the team had the data to model the page, all of the buttons and entries work, they just don't do anything. The same is more less true for TGT data which should simply be relaying MIDS info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromthedeep Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Hulkbust44 said: Could we get any elaboration on that? Clearly the team had the data to model the page, all of the buttons and entries work, they just don't do anything It's a possibility that they know what options are there and how the page looks like and its layout but they don't have data that actually explains the functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurreth Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 TBH I would take functionality over realism at some point; even if usable public information isn't good enough for a full-blown realistic implementation, Link-16 is too cool a toy to sacrifice. The F-16 seems to have a fairly usable implementation, and making the F-18 interoperable with that in a documented and accessible fashion would be great. Right now, most official datalink documentation seems to be behind a "not for export" wall which is unlikely to change before Link-22 or some other usurper gains widespread adoption, so waiting for that to change may take another 10-20 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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