AH-64D Status Video - New DCS Features

[Roosterfeet]

So the video essentially announced a delay but it also featured some fantastic looking FLIR video and infantry running and diving!? - in a realistic way that I don't recall seeing in DCS before. Are those infantry animations new? Any chance we might see those updates to the FLIR system and animations before the Apache hits early access?

[hannibal]

at 2:28... whats that F15E mudhen doing there..... lol @Wags

Edited January 21, 2022 by hannibal

[unknown]

54 minutes ago, Roosterfeet said:

and infantry running and diving!?

I could be totally wrong here but for me it looked more like the 30mm has some splash damage against soft targets and killed that infantry guy instead of the need to snipe infantry with cannons or rockets. So i think that was splash damage instead of infantry "diving" into cover. 

[peachmonkey]

1 minute ago, unknown said:

I could be totally wrong here but for me it looked more like the 30mm has some splash damage against soft targets and killed that infantry guy instead of the need to snipe infantry with cannons or rockets. So i think that was splash damage instead of infantry "diving" into cover. 

i thought one guy looked like he dove away at :24-:25, however the video cuts away, can't tell if he's alive.. most likely it's only splash..

 

[Silver_Dragon]

I thinking has Splash damage vs infantry and light vehicles.

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[Roosterfeet]

21 minutes ago, peachmonkey said:

i thought one guy looked like he dove away at :24-:25, however the video cuts away, can't tell if he's alive.. most likely it's only splash..

 

Looking at it again, I agree that it's likely a falling dead animation rather than a dive for cover. They do appear to run when engaged though, which I don't recall ever seeing before. Maybe I'll do some tests later.

[peachmonkey]

1 minute ago, Roosterfeet said:

Looking at it again, I agree that it's likely a falling dead animation rather than a dive for cover. They do appear to run when engaged though, which I don't recall ever seeing before. Maybe I'll do some tests later.

yeah, seeing them running around is really cool. The whole flir animation scene is pretty darn close to all of the real footage I saw of the Afghan engagements. Amazing stuff.

 

[hannibal]

infantry animation looks improved....

what's that running enemy dismounts doing there... lol

[Silver_Dragon]

1 hour ago, hannibal said:

infantry animation looks improved....

what's that running enemy dismounts doing there... lol

That has the "old" insurgent 3D model.... include the "infantry" appears on the 4:29

[LooseSeal]

16 hours ago, Roosterfeet said:

They do appear to run when engaged though, which I don't recall ever seeing before.

Isn't this just the ME setting 'disperse under fire' that's been there for a while now? I don't think they do it naturally, you need to tell them to do it.

[unknown]

1 hour ago, LooseSeal said:

Isn't this just the ME setting 'disperse under fire' that's been there for a while now? I don't think they do it naturally, you need to tell them to do it.

Yes but the animation looks much better now than in the past, also you had to "headshot" any infantry with bullets and rockets in the past, no such thing as splash damage back then. Nice to see these improvements for us helicopter guys(or AG in general).

[1stBEAST]

hind and ka50 30mm HE shells have also splash damage right now. so nothing new

[Silver_Dragon]

Yes but the animation looks much better now than in the past, also you had to "headshot" any infantry with bullets and rockets in the past, no such thing as splash damage back then. Nice to see these improvements for us helicopter guys(or AG in general).

That Insurgency animations, has none change from them was added some years ago.

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