What DCS features do you like to see on a future?

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

I checked most of those points.
But it comes down to things that I see as most important:

1. Performance improvement aka making the DCS engine more efficient on the latest hardware: Vulkan, multithreading, ...
2. DCS core: AI improvement (including ATC, AI flight model, air combat, ...), clouds (most important I think here is LoS-restrictions applying to AI since that's a core feature).

Sure Dynamic Campaign is important but I think the core needs to be improved first, for the Dynamic Campaign to build upon that core.

[twistking]

46 minutes ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

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1. Performance improvement aka making the DCS engine more efficient on the latest hardware: Vulkan, multithreading, ...
2. DCS core: AI improvement (including ATC, AI flight model, air combat, ...), clouds (most important I think here is LoS-restrictions applying to AI since that's a core feature).
[...]

I agree and want to add Los-restrictions not only applying to AI but also IR Missiles and EO sensors.

[Furiz]

More modern full fidelity fighters, european, russian, chinese, etc...

[shagrat]

The AI, then the AI and the AI and after that the AI !!!

If you think about it, basically 90% of the simulation going on around us in a mission is relying on the AI to simulate a living breathing world...

Just imagine what mission designers could create for all of us, if SAMs were intelligent, Fleets would use only one radar and not compromise all asset positions. If vehicles could navigate around and through villages and tree lines, if infantry could move appropriate for the terrain keep cohesion on squad level when finding their way through a village and not run around like headless chicken. If AI would react to situations by retreating when in danger of getting overrun, regroup and re-attack based on a given objective... Or simply a tanker that doesn't try to kill you when on the basket and refueling.

[evilnate]

I clicked vulcan but I didn’t see multithreading below on my phone browser. I advocate for performance improvements. Seeing how much performance is degraded by having a ground battle in progress (artillery firing, moving vehicles, etc) I can’t imagine a decent dynamic campaign would work with the current state of the simulation engine. Egg before chicken.

Edited August 5, 2021 by evilnate

[b0bl00i]

The problem with such a list is it gives false hopes. I've been around since the start of DCS and I've yet to see any improvements to AI. Now the big brass have spoken and apparently AI is on the table. The question is how many more years it will take before we see some changes coming. 

[Exorcet]

23 minutes ago, b0bl00i said:

The problem with such a list is it gives false hopes. I've been around since the start of DCS and I've yet to see any improvements to AI. Now the big brass have spoken and apparently AI is on the table. The question is how many more years it will take before we see some changes coming. 

2.7 gave us improved WWII dogfight AI, and before that we had changes to AI visual acquisition and an attempt at changing gunnery. There have been AI improvements already, so it's not like ED hasn't done anything at all.

[HC_Official]

hmmm, I would have  to ask for a completed module

[Silver_Dragon]

list reach 150 participants

[b0bl00i]

14 hours ago, Exorcet said:

2.7 gave us improved WWII dogfight AI, and before that we had changes to AI visual acquisition and an attempt at changing gunnery. There have been AI improvements already, so it's not like ED hasn't done anything at all.

From my perspective, it's utterly incompetent, as it has been for 10 plus years (I'm not flying ww2) 

[Dragon1-1]

AI and performance. Everything else can wait. Damage modeling and fixing the clouds in VR are in the second place.

[Exorcet]

On 8/6/2021 at 2:32 AM, b0bl00i said:

From my perspective, it's utterly incompetent, as it has been for 10 plus years (I'm not flying ww2) 

Perspective doesn't really play a part. Changes have been made. From my own testing I think it's a nice improvement. It's not perfect yet, but ED isn't standing still doing nothing.

 

I understand the annoyance at having to wait, I'm looking forward to better modern fighter AI as well, but I think it's only fair to ED to acknowledge when they do something.

[Beirut]

Performance and eye candy.

 

Dat's muh bag. 

[Frederf]

I'll keep it very simple as a function: be able to direct AI wingmen to change payload using the same dialog that I use to change my own.

[Ibis]

Moving trains in ww2 servers.

All the problems with the A8 fixed would be good as well.

Edited August 8, 2021 by Ibis

[Silver_Dragon]

4 minutes ago, Ibis said:

Moving trains in ww2 servers.

All the problems with the A8 fixed would be good as well.

 

 

Bugs got here

https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/253-bugs-and-problems/

https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/343-bugs-and-problems/

 

Dont hijack the post

[FlankerKiller]

I for one want better AI across the board. Better, realistic, Air to air combat. ATC, and AI responding to them. Better ground AI. Way better ship AI. Particularly ships that are closer to jets in there AI. A ship has counter measures, it will position itself to place it's defenses to the thret, they will pursue targets, and run from threats. 

 

 

 

[upyr1]

I clicked all, but if I had to pick the one I want the most is is multicore support 

[Magic Zach]

Other:

https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/225980-vr-head-moves-through-closed-cockpit/

[reece146]

Simple request: Exit/Quit on the DCS main login/startup dialog.

 

I'm behind a slow Internet connection and sometimes I will start the updater at a time that I am not planning on using the sim just so that it is ready to go when I get to sit down to use it. I have five installs of DCS (mission editor lap top, two server VMs, two actual pits with different hardware) so it's time intensive to update.

 

After the updater runs it always goes to the login dialog and I have to use Task Mangler to exit. IIRC when sitting at the login prompt the GPU is engaged and it is burning more power than a simple login box implies. Minor quibble but worth mentioning.

 

Also, would be good if double clicking on dcs_updater.exe did not start the sim after it completed. It should just return to the command prompt silently. I realize that in order to automate updates during initial game start up there needs some kind of hand off between these programs - maybe a wrapper app could be used here. Another tact: when starting dcs_updater.exe stand alone and asking whether to update or not, add a check/radio box to ask the user if they want to exit after update or launch DCS. Just a thought.

[toma19]

Simple request: Exit/Quit on the DCS main login/startup dialog.
 
I'm behind a slow Internet connection and sometimes I will start the updater at a time that I am not planning on using the sim just so that it is ready to go when I get to sit down to use it. I have five installs of DCS (mission editor lap top, two server VMs, two actual pits with different hardware) so it's time intensive to update.
 
After the updater runs it always goes to the login dialog and I have to use Task Mangler to exit. IIRC when sitting at the login prompt the GPU is engaged and it is burning more power than a simple login box implies. Minor quibble but worth mentioning.
 
Also, would be good if double clicking on dcs_updater.exe did not start the sim after it completed. It should just return to the command prompt silently. I realize that in order to automate updates during initial game start up there needs some kind of hand off between these programs - maybe a wrapper app could be used here. Another tact: when starting dcs_updater.exe stand alone and asking whether to update or not, add a check/radio box to ask the user if they want to exit after update or launch DCS. Just a thought.

The command: "dcs_updater.exe update" will initiate the update but does not start the game...

Envoyé de mon Mi 9 Lite en utilisant Tapatalk

[reece146]

1 hour ago, toma19 said:

The command: "dcs_updater.exe update" will initiate the update but does not start the game...

Envoyé de mon Mi 9 Lite en utilisant Tapatalk
 

 

You know - as soon as I posted that and left the forum I started wondering if there was a command line switch for it. Thanks!

 

Still would like to see some form of exit/quit on the login dialog though.

[dsc106]

I will add:

 

- DLSS + FSR upscaling, including and especially in VR mode.

- Enhancements to VR interface, such as the ability to hit a single button to swap between VR/Desktop modes while in game, including auto-switching graphics preset ala MSFS2020. Also, an option to prevent head from escaping the cockpit.

- Ability to save progress mid-mission and/or checkpoints. I know this has been beaten to death but I am still befuddled by the absence of this. I love simming, but trying to learn the game and having a family and limited energy means constantly replaying the first 25 minutes of a mission only to keep dying when action engages can be grating.

 

[Northstar98]

I would also add:

 

A dramatically overhauled coalition system, to the tune of something like C:MANO. Where you can add/edit/remove sides at will, as well as change their posture in relation to other sides,  as well as global settings for skill level, ROE and doctrine (as well as on a per group or per unit basis).

[Silver_Dragon]

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