upyr1 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 7/28/2021 at 2:17 PM, Silver_Dragon said: The problem has big cannons require ED implement them into the core This is why I keep saying we need the have at least the 1980s Iowas in DCS core. Ideally I'd love to have enough variants to cover the class's full history in DCS core but if not I understand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionSpider13 Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 So as far as armament is concerned, the only thing missing in-game is the Mk 143 Armored Box Launcher for the BGM-109? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I wonder if Ryan Szimanski would have any interest in being a SME? He's got a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RyanSzimanski/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurts Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 He would be an excellent resource, but we kind of need an interested developer first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionSpider13 Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 I'm brainstorming some ideas of how such a mod/module would be designed. At the easiest level, it would not be multicrew and have only a single location to issue orders to the rest of the crew. Obviously the player would be the captain of the ship, but what location would the player be in? Would it be the navigation bridge? The conning tower? The CEC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurts Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Single location won't work is you want a high fidelity module Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 4/15/2022 at 4:47 AM, OnionSpider13 said: I'm brainstorming some ideas of how such a mod/module would be designed. At the easiest level, it would not be multicrew and have only a single location to issue orders to the rest of the crew. Obviously the player would be the captain of the ship, but what location would the player be in? Would it be the navigation bridge? The conning tower? The CEC? On 4/20/2022 at 12:58 PM, Spurts said: Single location won't work is you want a high fidelity module I figure we should have a few stations with the option to jump around and if done right we might be able to do multi-crew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 On 7/28/2021 at 1:21 PM, OnionSpider13 said: Earlier today, IronMike stated in the TrueGrit subforum that HB loves to see our wishes concerning AI assets. From what I recall, they already stated that they don't intend to add any naval assets to the F-14 module (other than the Forrestals). In the last couple weeks, I noticed threads in the ED forum and Hoggit asking for Iowa-class battleships to be added to DCS World. Without discussing the real-world usefulness/effectiveness of battleships, I personally would find their inclusion in DCS to be really immersive (particularly in 1980s USN battlegroups). So here's the question: Assuming the 1980s Iowa-class battleship is never a free AI asset, would you folks be interested in HB developing it as a paid asset? I would be happy for any 3rd-party dev to model it, but it fits best within HB's wheelhouse, so to speak (F-14, A-6, Forrestal). If there is no way to have it free or as a playable module, then I would like the Iowas as part of a cold war naval asset pack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurts Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Heatblur would make it too accurate. They would model the entire Mk1A internal structure and how the massive switchboards operated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) On 5/24/2022 at 5:15 AM, Spurts said: Heatblur would make it too accurate. They would model the entire Mk1A internal structure and how the massive switchboards operated. If they did this I hope they can get Ryan Szimanski's help. https://www.facebook.com/RyanSzimanski His public facebook page. It would be awesome. Edited July 4, 2022 by upyr1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurts Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 8 hours ago, upyr1 said: If they did this I hope they can get Ryan Szimanski's help. https://www.facebook.com/RyanSzimanski His public facebook page. It would be awesome. Ryan would geek out over it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 the mk44 would be awesome, it was a cluster bomb designed to be fired by the Iowas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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