Cobra847 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) Dear All, Today’s patch sees a number of improvements and additions to both the F-14 and Viggen; as we continue our march towards an exit out of early access. Unfortunately, however, you may notice that some key elements we had hoped to ship this patch are not included, e.g. our new in-cockpit pilot bodies. A few weeks ago, a close family member of mine passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. Some of these art tasks are squarely on my shoulders, and thus we’ve had a stall in getting some of these features complete in time. Our apologies for the continued wait for some of these key features still remaining from both products. We’re working hard to return to our planned internal roadmap. The invasion of Ukraine and recent events have both combined to severely impact art production capabilities within Heatblur, but we are sparing no resources in order to facilitate an urgent return to normalcy. Today’s patch changelogs are below. Key additions are a complete overhaul of ACLS (as part of our last major step in overhauling the autopilot systems), a significant key binding pass, new custom JESTER functions for mission-makers, and some new art additions to the F-14 (new TCS, LAU-7s finally textured, etc.). Enjoy! DCS: F-14 Tomcat by Heatblur Simulations Complete ACLS overhaul: ACLS will engage correctly within parameters now and fly a stable approach. Safe engagement should be considered within 2.5° of the glidepath and 1° of the glideslope (+/-300 feet) at or around 3nm behind the carrier. Glideslope has been adjusted from 3° to 3.5°. Fixed VDI Caution Lights for ACLS. Improved Autothrottle. Fixed Authothrottle not disengaging with weight on wheels. Synchronized disengagement in GT+ALT hold. Fixed a small error in pitch dampening. Fixed DLC not disengaging at MIL power with weight on wheels. Added new DCS ACLS and Datalink to the Forrestal (for the F-18, not for the Tomcat). Fixed ICLS point of origin for the Forrestal. Adjusted runway azimuth for the Forrestal. Forrestal: fixed taking damage when planes land on the deck. Fixed Sparrow BRSIT: flood antenna only enabled after launch, and short LTE for first missile. Fixed Jester tuning bad radio frequency during carrier cold start. New SetCommand for Jester: arg 10015 - tune AN/ARC-182 to a selected channel with the value 0.XX where XX is the two-digit channel number arg 10016 - tune TACAN channel. The value should be constructed using the following guide: “0.XXXZ” - use negative (-0.XXXZ) values for A/A and positive for T/R. “XXX” is the three-digit channel number (001, 010, 100, etc.). Z is 0 for using X-mode, and 1 for using Y-mode. example: “0.0630” is channel “63X, T/R” and “-0.0081” is channel “8Y, A/A”. Added LANTIRN external draw arguments for Mission Creators: The following args can be used to obtain the components of a unit vector aligned with the LANTIRN sensor: LANTIRN_HeadX = 1023, LANTIRN_HeadY = 1024, LANTIRN_HeadZ = 1025. Fixed pilot being able to disarm the RIO’s ejection seat. AIM-54A now has a white default texture and uses a texture separate from the AIM-54C. Fixed texture seam running along top of AIM-54C. Added additional mesh detail to the gun tube. Re-textured gun tube internals. Improved modelling of TCS camera model. Retextured TCS pod internals. Improved TCS glass for a more accurate, coated look. Increased reflectivity of HUD lens in exterior view. Lower sidewinder station (shoulder) pylon extension texture added. Lower sidewinder station launcher now properly represents a LAU-7. Added textures to lower sidewinder station LAU-7. Added texture for lower shoulder sidewinder station. Fixed tacan presets for IA Case 3 missions and added Case3 briefing image. Changed Normandy IA Case 3 missions to use CV-59 Forrestal. Fixed AI blocking catapults in Marianas IA Mission Op. Clay Dagger. Fixed INS mode switch bindings not being functional. Fixed VHF/UHF ARC-182 Volume Pilot Inc/Dec keybindings. Added “_(name)” for default.lua in mods/inputs. Added new bindable inputs for the pilot: Pilot Oxygen Toggle Emergency Wing Sweep Handle Cover Toggle Emergency Wing Sweep Handle Pull Emergency Wing Sweep Handle Push Emergency Wing Sweep Handle Pulled else Pushed Emergency Wing Sweep Handle Pushed else Pulled Emergency Wing Sweep Handle Pushed/ Pulled toggle Eng/Probe Anti Ice Toggle Asymmetric Thrust Limiter Cover Toggle Asymmetric Thrust Limiter Toggle Hydraulic Transfer Pump Switch Toggle Hydraulic Transfer Pump Switch Cover Toggle Fuel Feed Cover Toggle Fuel Feed Toggle VDI Screen Brightness Knob Inc VDI Screen Brightness Knob Dec VDI Screen Contrast Inc VDI Screen Contrast Dec VDI Trim Inc VDI Trim Dec HUD Brightness Knob Inc HUD Brightness Knob Dec HUD Trim Inc HUD Trim Dec HUD Filter Toggle HUD Filter pulled else pushed HSD Brightness Knob Inc HSD Brightness Knob Dec Antiskid & Spoiler BK - Toggle Emergency Wing Sweep Handle move Fwd Emergency Wing Sweep Handle move Aft BINGO Fuel Level Knob Inc BINGO Fuel Level Knob Dec Radar Altimeter Control Knob + Radar Altimeter Control Knob - Radar Altimeter Test Master Test Selector CW Master Test Selector CCW Master Test Selector: OFF Master Test Selector: LTS Master Test Selector: FIRE DET/EXT Master Test Selector: INST Master Test Selector: OBC Master Test Selector: EMERG GEN Master Test Selector: WG SWP Master Test Selector: FLTGR DW Master Test Selector: FLTGR UP Master Test Selector: D/L RAD Master Test Selector: STICK SW Master Test Selector PULLED else PUSHED Master Test Selector push/pull toggle HSD Test Button Added new bindable axes for the pilot: HSD Brightness HSD Selected Heading HSD Selected Course ICS Volume Pilot Sidewinder Volume ALR-67 Volume VHF/UHF ARC-182 Volume Pilot HUD Brightness HUD Trim VDI Screen Brightness VDI Screen Contrast VDI Trim TACAN Volume Maneuver flaps (unrealistic but wanted by some) Emergency Wing Sweep Added new bindable inputs for the RIO: ATTK mode CW ATTK mode CCW Elec Fuse CW Elec Fuse CCW Elec Fuse: Safe Elec Fuse: VT Elec Fuse: INST Elec Fuse: DLY1 Elec Fuse: DLY2 Missile Speed Gate CW Missile Speed Gate CCW TID Mode CW TID Mode CCW TID range + TID range - Added new bindable axes for the RIO: ICS Volume RIO AN/ALR-67 Volume VHF/UHF ARC-182 Volume RIO TACAN Volume DCS: AJS-37 Viggen by Heatblur Simulations Fixed jamming not functioning properly in multiplayer. Fixed CTD with >92 data cartridges in DCS_AJS37 folder. Master volume knob now changes sidewinder tone volume. Removed the mobile-ground-crew relocation from the kneeboard. Fixed kneeboard selection of ground crew RB04 right group target. Mirrors can now be toggled by clicking them. Fixed errant polygons in the speed indicator gauge. Added rotation to the altimeter knob. Added 60° and 90° markers to the ADI. Fixed Bx7 not showing in the correct place when in ANF and Bx8 selected. Fixed Bx6 not being able to move. Bx6 will now correctly move along the line drawn from the aircraft to Bx7 and from Bx7 to Bx8, while also not being allowed to get too close to the aircraft, Bx7 or the target. Fixed RB-15F not descending at the Bx6 waypoint. Fixed Grans Lines (ingress lines) showing by default. Slightly reduced radar screen glass size to prevent the artificial horizon line from escaping the screen boundaries. Fixed flight director needles on FLI37 hiding behind the 'aircraft wings'. Sincerely, Heatblur Edited May 18, 2022 by Cobra847 28 11 Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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