not planned or correct for version Ski’s

[Wychmaster]

 

I really like the look of it

[Whirley]

+1

 

Would be nice if we could select them in the rearming menu so we can have them in multiplayer games where the mission does not have them set.

[Stratos]

Yes please, would be really nice for the arctic winter of the Caucasus.

[Bedouin]

6 hours ago, Stratos said:

Yes please, would be really nice for the arctic winter of the Caucasus.

 

Artic winter in Caucasus, don't think the winter in the Caucasus is near the arctic

[Stratos]

13 minutes ago, Bedouin said:

 

Artic winter in Caucasus, don't think the winter in the Caucasus is near the arctic

Tell ED that, cause in winter our Caucasus have 2 m of snow.

[TacticalError]

+1

[YoYo]

[blower]

So, what if, and stay with me here, we got the skis to use in the winter in the caucasus map? I know it's a very little thing in the grand scheme of things and perhaps something absurd, but hey it adds to immersion so might as well give it a chance.

 

Picture for illustrative purposes

 

 

[Yuto]

1+ 
i would really love the Skis they might be useless but it wouldnt hurt to have it for our winter maps 

[Nomatic]

+1 Would love as well

[blower]

Why not? It's a wishlist thread after all, I just say that it could be something interesting to have to operate in the snow.

[Tomcat-Flyer]

I think it is not hard to implement and it would be a nice, useless, addition.

[Mordant]

While it seems small I think this would add a lot more character to the current maps... Snow in DCS right now is basically white dirt, but even then having dedicated skis would be wonderful

[kgillers3]

Just an observation.  I think this is 2 requests in 1, you guys aren’t asking for a cosmetic addition your asking for  actual concept of skis spreading ground pressure out. But your also asking for ed to model snow in depth in order to make it worthwhile. Which they could do a blanket coverage of x depth anywhere is snow and it always reacts the same. Or they could rng it, either way. Interesting request. 

[FoxOne007]

So for winter ops, AH-64’s can be equipped with ski’s (as shown below). It would be a nice/cool feature for our Apache to have as well, albeit a visual one only most likely, i figure this would take minimal dev time to model/get working on the module. Hope to see it added in the future as it would be great for snowy maps like Caucasus and the upcoming South Atlantic terrain 

[Mordant]

Incredibly unfortunate that this isn't planned, but I have to ask: Even if it isn't planned, could it be possible to add lets say +1 year into the modules future? It's obviously not critical to the module's existence, but it would be nice because its the only module that caught my eye with skis...

[Mike Force Team]

I want snow skies for my Apache (when it is available).  

[FoxOne007]

Why are these [Not Planned] it’s a legit thing used by the US Army and other countries. Even if it’s just a cosmetic item it’s still very welcome. It would literally take half a day start to finish to make and add them. 

[AlphaOneSix]

35 minutes ago, FoxOne007 said:

Why are these [Not Planned] it’s a legit thing used by the US Army and other countries. Even if it’s just a cosmetic item it’s still very welcome. It would literally take half a day start to finish to make and add them. 

Well, ED does not agree with one or more of your statements.

[Raptor9]

Well, probably for the same reason as the APKWS not being planned due to the timeframe being modeled. 1-25 ARB didn't stand up in Alaska as an Apache unit until 2015. So if skis weren't in use by US Army Apaches until 2015, that would fall outside the 2005-2010 window of the variant being simulated.

Bottom line, the DCS Apache variant and the skis never existed at the same time, and wouldn't be realistic.

Edited January 24, 2022 by Raptor9
because I can't spell apparently

[FoxOne007]

20 minutes ago, Raptor9 said:

Well, probably for the same reason as the APKWS not being planned due to the timeframe being modeled. 1-25 ARB didn't stand up in Alaska as an Apache unit until 2015. So if skis weren't in use by US Army Apaches until 2015, that would fall outside the 2015-2010 window of the variant being simulated.

Bottom line, the DCS Apache variant and the skis never existed at the same time, and wouldn't be realistic.

Ski’s have been in use for wayyyy earlier than 2015. Alaska is not the only place that gets snow…

[Raptor9]

6 minutes ago, FoxOne007 said:

Ski’s have been in use for wayyyy earlier than 2015.

Not in the US Army they haven't. As far as I know, the only other service that uses skis on their Apache is the Japanese. But again, that's not the variant ED is modelling.

Edited December 25, 2021 by Raptor9

[Sepp666]

I'd like to have a option for the ability to Attach / De-attach Skies in the Mission editor, just like the FCR, especially for missions in winter/snow they would add something to the already cool Apache! 

[Sepp666]

Somebody of ED can say something about this? 

[Raptor9]

51 minutes ago, Sepp666 said:

Somebody of ED can say something about this? 

They did a while ago; it's not planned. Such an item would also be outside the timeframe of the variant being modelled in game.