F6F HELLCAT Coming To DCS WORLD - MAIN THREAD - PHOTOS, NEWS, UPDATES, DISCUSSIONS AND MORE!

[NavyAce]

Hello,

       Glad to see the Hellcat is coming to DCS as this is the place to find the most authentic flight simulations. I have the Vertgo Studios Hellcat on FSX and it is good and excellent for the time of its release but graphics are so much better now. I fly all my WWII aircraft referencing the actual PIlot's Operating Instructions as I am a real life pilot (retired Embraer captain) and always want realism in my simulations so I can ttally immerse myself. Flyingirons Hellcat looks good also but I would need to add MFS to my computer and am not sure I want to do that for one or two planes. Any updates on when the F6 and the Essex class carrier will be available? Landing a Hellcat on a modern angled deck Nimitz class carrier without an LSO would be terribly unrealistic. Now if a Zero could be made available for dogfighting or a Val or Kate for intercept missions that would be great. I'd also like to see an F4F and an SBD some day. I looko forward to any replies and thank you.

[Silver_Dragon]

4 minutes ago, NavyAce said:

Hello,

       Glad to see the Hellcat is coming to DCS as this is the place to find the most authentic flight simulations. I have the Vertgo Studios Hellcat on FSX and it is good and excellent for the time of its release but graphics are so much better now. I fly all my WWII aircraft referencing the actual PIlot's Operating Instructions as I am a real life pilot (retired Embraer captain) and always want realism in my simulations so I can ttally immerse myself. Flyingirons Hellcat looks good also but I would need to add MFS to my computer and am not sure I want to do that for one or two planes. Any updates on when the F6 and the Essex class carrier will be available? Landing a Hellcat on a modern angled deck Nimitz class carrier without an LSO would be terribly unrealistic. Now if a Zero could be made available for dogfighting or a Val or Kate for intercept missions that would be great. I'd also like to see an F4F and an SBD some day. I looko forward to any replies and thank you.

Essex carrier, Commencement Bay-class escort carrier, vehicles, AAA, IJA/IJN and others aircrafts has part of the free PTO assets pack with the F4U-1 Corsair by Magnitude 3.

ED has some plans to build a WW2 ATC in the future and surelly a "WW2 supercarrier". They have working to add to the actual WW2 assets pack with PTO ships, vehicles and aircrafts, and the future F6F Hellcat module.

[MLGSwagPilot]

Il 9/2/2023 at 18:49, NavyAce ha scritto:

Hello,

       Glad to see the Hellcat is coming to DCS as this is the place to find the most authentic flight simulations. I have the Vertgo Studios Hellcat on FSX and it is good and excellent for the time of its release but graphics are so much better now. I fly all my WWII aircraft referencing the actual PIlot's Operating Instructions as I am a real life pilot (retired Embraer captain) and always want realism in my simulations so I can ttally immerse myself. Flyingirons Hellcat looks good also but I would need to add MFS to my computer and am not sure I want to do that for one or two planes. Any updates on when the F6 and the Essex class carrier will be available? Landing a Hellcat on a modern angled deck Nimitz class carrier without an LSO would be terribly unrealistic. Now if a Zero could be made available for dogfighting or a Val or Kate for intercept missions that would be great. I'd also like to see an F4F and an SBD some day. I looko forward to any replies and thank you.

I also have the Vertigo Studios' F6F, although to me its flight model seems quite unrealistic (which is fine, after all it's an FSX aircraft). I also have the F6F from Flyingiron on MSFS, and let me tell you it's an amazing, fun, accurate, detailed add-on aircraft that's really worth its price. I highly suggest buying MSFS, of course it's very different from DCS: they are two completely different sims designed for different functions and objectives, DCS is a combat sim while MSFS is more exploration and purely "flying oriented", but nonetheless even if you're a DCS fan I think that you'll love MSFS as it's an amazing sim that gives you lots of options and possibilities that DCS doesn't. Sure, you don't have the combat element and the level of detail in both the 3d and the flight model for some aircraft is lower than DCS', but I'm sure that you'll like it. Give it a shot!

[NavyAce]

Hi MLGSwagPilot,

       Thanks for the info on MFS and the F6. I'm seriously considering doing the purchase but one thing bothers me.  I have built up a huge library of 68 aircraft addons, both commercial purchases (Vertgo, A2A w/ Accufeel, Aeroplane Heaven, Flying Stations, MAAM, 1st Class Simulations, Virtavia, Aerosoft and Just Flight) and freeware (AW Siskin, XB-15, I-16. D.520, B-18A, A-17, F4B-4, and many others) from sites like Sim Outhouse. If I could somehow port these planes over to a new platform that would be one thing. I would only have to pay for the platform itself. Unfortunately, these old planes would probably not be able to be installed in a new platform like MFS. As a result, I would have to purchase new versions of the 31 commercial products, most of which are not even currently available in the new format. This would be hugely expensive, and in any case the freeware aircraft were developed for a single platform only. Evidently there is no workaround to make FSX planes and scenery work on MFS.  Is there a patch or something out there that I could use?  I don't want to get MFS with its improved graphics and performance just to run two or three aircraf. This problem also applies to a large host of scenery and airport programs I have purchased and installed in FSX, such as the Mega Airport Boston, Fly Tampa YYZ and YUL, Hi Res Cities Boston, US Cities X (CLE), Manhattan X, MegaScenery Earth Maryland, BWI/DCA, Ohio, Tennessee, and North Carolina, Tropical Simulations DCA, BNA Airport, NYCX, FSDreamTeam's GSX and JFK v 2. All of these would have to be repurchased, if they are even available in the new format. I would then end up having two flight simulation platforms on the same computer, one (MFS) for the Hellcat only and FSX for everything else. Is there a way out of this dilemma or am I stuck having to keep everything split up? This situation is even more complicated because I've also had to keep my old Windows 7 desktop so I can run my primary WWII combat sim (Il-46) and my original B-17 The Mighty Eighth, which will not run on my new Windows 10 gaming desktop computer. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

NavyAce 

[MLGSwagPilot]

Il 19/2/2023 at 17:28, NavyAce ha scritto:

Hi MLGSwagPilot,

       Thanks for the info on MFS and the F6. I'm seriously considering doing the purchase but one thing bothers me.  I have built up a huge library of 68 aircraft addons, both commercial purchases (Vertgo, A2A w/ Accufeel, Aeroplane Heaven, Flying Stations, MAAM, 1st Class Simulations, Virtavia, Aerosoft and Just Flight) and freeware (AW Siskin, XB-15, I-16. D.520, B-18A, A-17, F4B-4, and many others) from sites like Sim Outhouse. If I could somehow port these planes over to a new platform that would be one thing. I would only have to pay for the platform itself. Unfortunately, these old planes would probably not be able to be installed in a new platform like MFS. As a result, I would have to purchase new versions of the 31 commercial products, most of which are not even currently available in the new format. This would be hugely expensive, and in any case the freeware aircraft were developed for a single platform only. Evidently there is no workaround to make FSX planes and scenery work on MFS.  Is there a patch or something out there that I could use?  I don't want to get MFS with its improved graphics and performance just to run two or three aircraf. This problem also applies to a large host of scenery and airport programs I have purchased and installed in FSX, such as the Mega Airport Boston, Fly Tampa YYZ and YUL, Hi Res Cities Boston, US Cities X (CLE), Manhattan X, MegaScenery Earth Maryland, BWI/DCA, Ohio, Tennessee, and North Carolina, Tropical Simulations DCA, BNA Airport, NYCX, FSDreamTeam's GSX and JFK v 2. All of these would have to be repurchased, if they are even available in the new format. I would then end up having two flight simulation platforms on the same computer, one (MFS) for the Hellcat only and FSX for everything else. Is there a way out of this dilemma or am I stuck having to keep everything split up? This situation is even more complicated because I've also had to keep my old Windows 7 desktop so I can run my primary WWII combat sim (Il-46) and my original B-17 The Mighty Eighth, which will not run on my new Windows 10 gaming desktop computer. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

NavyAce 

Hey there friend, I'll try my best to explain my thoughts.

First of all, let's say that you won't need to export or repurchase your FSX scenery addons because, trust me, MSFS looks amazing on its own and doesn't need add-on scenery. The only thing that MSFS lacks now (at least scenery-wise) is proper a proper cycle of seasons but it will be added in the future.

As for aircraft add ons, there is a free program that's super easy to use and lets you convert FSX aircraft to MSFS: personally, I've used it for quite a few add on FSX Planes, sometimes it has some issues in the conversion which may affect the behaviour of the aircraft, but generally it works fine and I've hardly have ever had any "conversion failures" with it (by "conversion failure" I mean when the program is not able to convert the aircraft to MSFS). You can download it for free on Nexus Mods and on another site which I cannot remember right now, just look up "FSX to MSFS Converter" and you'll find it. As I said, it's not perfect and it has some issues but most times it works fine, I think you will be able to convert most of your aircraft (I'm not too sure about the A2A accu-feel ones, but it should be able to convert the regular ones).

Ultimately, it's up to you: if you want a sim with amazing graphics (and a better flight model than MSFS) that offers a "pure flying experience" without combat and your PC can handle it then sure, I reccomend it. If you prefer combat or you don't really care that much for super realistic graphics, then maybe buying MSFS is not necessary.

There are also some great freeware modules for MSFS, you should check them out before buying it. Or at least there were, because now many devs removed their content from the "flightsim. to" site, which is a site with lots of great community-made free mods and content, as the site recently changed its policy and many devs decided not to use it anymore. I'm sure a solution will be found soon.

I hope this helps, and sorry if it took me so long to answer but it's been quite a busy week with school and everything!

I hope to hear from you soon

[NineLine]

On 2/18/2023 at 4:18 AM, MLGSwagPilot said:

I also have the Vertigo Studios' F6F, although to me its flight model seems quite unrealistic (which is fine, after all it's an FSX aircraft). I also have the F6F from Flyingiron on MSFS, and let me tell you it's an amazing, fun, accurate, detailed add-on aircraft that's really worth its price. I highly suggest buying MSFS, of course it's very different from DCS: they are two completely different sims designed for different functions and objectives, DCS is a combat sim while MSFS is more exploration and purely "flying oriented", but nonetheless even if you're a DCS fan I think that you'll love MSFS as it's an amazing sim that gives you lots of options and possibilities that DCS doesn't. Sure, you don't have the combat element and the level of detail in both the 3d and the flight model for some aircraft is lower than DCS', but I'm sure that you'll like it. Give it a shot!

Guys, I am happy you can get a slight F6F fix elsewhere for now, but please consider the rules and let's not discuss other simulators here. Thanks

[MLGSwagPilot]

2 ore fa, NineLine ha scritto:

Guys, I am happy you can get a slight F6F fix elsewhere for now, but please consider the rules and let's not discuss other simulators here. Thanks

Hey man not to brag, no hard feelings but I created this thread and it is a general F6F chat. guy just asked for some info on the FlyingIron F6F and MSFS. But ok we'll keep it on private chat from now on, we're sorry

[NineLine]

55 minutes ago, MLGSwagPilot said:

Hey man not to brag, no hard feelings but I created this thread and it is a general F6F chat. guy just asked for some info on the FlyingIron F6F and MSFS. But ok we'll keep it on private chat from now on, we're sorry

These forums are for DCS World only, so even general chat must be on the real F6F or the DCS version. Thanks for understanding. 

[Katj]

On 2/24/2023 at 12:58 AM, NineLine said:

These forums are for DCS World only, so even general chat must be on the real F6F or the DCS version. Thanks for understanding. 

Now that there's a forum section and all, could we please have some more official information? What little is available to us is very scattered.

I'm not even necessarily looking for more info, but it would be nice if some of it could be gathered in one place.

Just a forum post would be great.

[Art-J]

Well, truth to be told, nothing official was ever posted by ED apart from that little teaser snippet in 2023 video and single NineLine's (or BigNewy's?) confirmation that it will be an in-house developed ED project. So I'd guess there's clearly nothing more to share at the moment in this very, very early stage of development.

If anything is "scattered" anywhere, these are all, unofficial, user wishes and speculations. I think this very thread will be sufficient for keeping them in one place.

Edited March 20, 2023 by Art-J

[Silver_Dragon]

37 minutes ago, Art-J said:

Well, truth to be told, nothing official was ever posted by ED apart from that little teaser snippet in 2023 video and single NineLine's (or BigNewy's?) confirmation that it will be an in-house developed ED project. So there's clearly nothing to share at the moment in this very, very early stage of development.

If anything is "scattered" anywhere, these are all, unofficial, user wishes and speculations. I think this very thread will be sufficient for keeping them in one place.

Nick Grey has talked on a official video, about your plans to WW2 after Mosquito, F6F and Bob modules.

 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Silver_Dragon

[Katj]

11 hours ago, Art-J said:

Well, truth to be told, nothing official was ever posted by ED apart from that little teaser snippet in 2023 video and single NineLine's (or BigNewy's?) confirmation that it will be an in-house developed ED project. So I'd guess there's clearly nothing more to share at the moment in this very, very early stage of development.

If anything is "scattered" anywhere, these are all, unofficial, user wishes and speculations. I think this very thread will be sufficient for keeping them in one place.

 

Nevertheless, the genie is out of the bottle.

I would be happy with just some bullets like:

- Eagle Dynamics (not third party dev) are bringing the F6F to DCS

- Exact variant yet to be decided

- Very early stage of development

- Whatever else they can share at this stage

I do however understand if they feel like this would be an underwhelming "announcement" of a new module.

It's just that we're in a weird place right now information wise. It's basically just a rumour, but we still have this forum section.

Please forgive my demanding demeanor. It's not that I'm impatient, I'm just on the hype train.

[71st_AH Rob]

10 hours ago, Katj said:

Nevertheless, the genie is out of the bottle.

I would be happy with just some bullets like:

- Eagle Dynamics (not third party dev) are bringing the F6F to DCS

- Exact variant yet to be decided

- Very early stage of development

- Whatever else they can share at this stage

I do however understand if they feel like this would be an underwhelming "announcement" of a new module.

It's just that we're in a weird place right now information wise. It's basically just a rumour, but we still have this forum section.

Please forgive my demanding demeanor. It's not that I'm impatient, I'm just on the hype train.

Well, lets look at your points one by one:

First, as you note, this official sub-forum is under ED and not a third party so that should be a clue, also they did say that it is Nick Greys favorite aircraft.

Second, there are only two varients, the -3 and -5.  I would bet that they will give us both since the differences are minor, just like they did with the P-47D -30 and -040.  This is of course not counting the Night fighter and Photo reconnaissance sub-variants since night fighting and Photo recce are not a thing in DCS world yet, they would not add anything.

Third, since we have not seen a single image yet, I think it is safe to assume that it is indeed at a very early stage of development, maybe still in the info gathering stage.

Fourth, if they had anything else that they could share at this stage they would have.

Does that help tamp down your hype?

[Katj]

20 hours ago, 71st_AH Rob said:

Does that help tamp down your hype?

Not likely! How can one not be hyped? This Long Island beauty will likely be my greatest DCS warbird love.

I don't want to speculate regarding a potential release date, but I would like to point out that lately the DCS WWII people have been churning out roughly one new module per year. As far as I can tell the Mossie got it's own forum section the same year it was released (2021).

So, while this certainly doesn't prove that a release is coming soon (as in before 2025), it might be an indication that it's not six years away either.

[JonathanRL]

My hype is now increased by 200%!

[VH-Rock]

Very excited for this one - Possibly my favourite WWII fighter! Following intently! 

[Magic Zach]

Wonder when we can see some screenshots of it

[S. Low]

100% buying this

[Bozon]

On 5/6/2023 at 6:42 AM, Magic Zach said:

Wonder when we can see some screenshots of it

More? We haven’t seen any screenshots of it…

[Magic Zach]

On 6/15/2023 at 12:56 AM, Bozon said:

More? We haven’t seen any screenshots of it…

???

[SOLIDKREATE]

I can't wait for this one. I'm also grabbing the Corsair as well. I want to get all of the Naval planes. So, I still need the F-14A/B, F-4B/C and the A-7J when it comes out.

[westr]

Is this official has it been confirmed by ED? 

[Cab]

23 minutes ago, westr said:

Is this official has it been confirmed by ED? 

Check out the end of the "2023 and Beyond" video here:

Plus it already has its own, official Wish List forum:

DCS: Hellcat F6F - ED Forums

[Silver_Dragon]

23 hours ago, westr said:

Is this official has it been confirmed by ED? 

Check the old posts, Nick Grey was confirmed them from some years ago about after Mosquito module, with F-6F Hellcat and Bob modules incoming. the F-6F was show on "2023 and Beyond" video.

On Fact, Wags talk about F-6F on your last video interview.

 

Edited August 9, 2023 by Silver_Dragon

[westr]

53 minutes ago, Silver_Dragon said:

Check the old posts, Nick Grey was confirmed them from some years ago about after Mosquito module, with F-6F Hellcat and Bob modules incoming. the F-6F was show on "2023 and Beyond" video.

On Fact, Wags talk about F-6F on your last video interview.

 

 

Ok. I believe you all. I’m delighted I love the Hellcat, one was of my favourite aeroplanes as a kid and I made many Hellcat model kits. 
Bob modules will be a dream as well. I really want an early war spit and a hurricane. It’s all coming together nicely