Military Assets for DCS by Currenthill

[tripod3]

2 hours ago, currenthill said:

No fixes for the cruise missile issues with the latest 2.9 patch.

Let's hope they're working on it for the next one...

Hi all,

I fixed the cruise missile issue (from mod's side). Will post in a few minutes

Edited October 27, 2023 by tripod3

[tripod3]

For example open 9M729_missile.lua from Iskander Mod

find turn_hor_N                         = 0.8 and change value to 0.0. 

Why does a missile need to turn on its route? Let's deprive of this opportunity. The missile corrects its direction a couple of kilometers before the target, the trajectory looks great and smooth.

Edited October 27, 2023 by tripod3

[currenthill]

39 minutes ago, tripod3 said:

For example open 9M729_missile.lua from Iskander Mod

find turn_hor_N                         = 0.8 and change value to 0.0. 

Why does a missile need to turn on its route? Let's deprive of this opportunity. The missile corrects its direction a couple of kilometers before the target, the trajectory looks great and smooth.

 

Great find, but I'm going to hold off any updates until ED fixes the root cause.

[McFly29]

Good evening CH,

Still blown away by the level of detail and quality that goes into your mods. Here banging the Royal Navy drum again, alongside any possible River class patrol vessels that may be possible, do you envision possibly creating a Type 31 general purpose frigate that the RN will be bringing into commission over the next few years to complement the Type 26?

In the meantime I'll keep eagerly checking your website for the next treat you've dropped for us.

Many thanks.

[currenthill]

 

[HighMaintenanceB]

1 hour ago, currenthill said:

 

I'm excited - also, seeing as the MTVR truck is in use by 4 other countries, might you be open to making a standalone MTVR truck, as well as a static M777 artillery emplacement?  I can't think of a whole lot of militaries other than the USMC that use the M777 artillery piece and MTVR trucks together in this capacity.  

[pepin1234]

2 hours ago, currenthill said:

 

I need to disagree here. Too fast deploy for a towed howitzer. All that is probably 5 time slower…

[AvgeekJoe]

@currenthill you have once again met a missing need in DCS.  Having towed guns is realistic and I've wondered if DCS thinks the only kind of artillery is self-propelled!

 

But can you plz:

a) Make a desert livery?

b) Make the MTVR a stand-alone truck also plz?

 

Many thanks!

[Abburo]

9 hours ago, currenthill said:

 

1000x Thanks ..... more like this

Is the towing process automated via ME or it can be triggered by the CA user in vehicle as well?

Or is related to Red/Green/Auto status?

Edited October 28, 2023 by Abburo

[currenthill]

7 hours ago, HighMaintenanceB said:

I'm excited - also, seeing as the MTVR truck is in use by 4 other countries, might you be open to making a standalone MTVR truck, as well as a static M777 artillery emplacement?  I can't think of a whole lot of militaries other than the USMC that use the M777 artillery piece and MTVR trucks together in this capacity.  

I plan to also include a stationary M777 unit. I might add the MTVR as a standalone since it's already in the pack, it's very little extra work. 

7 hours ago, pepin1234 said:

I need to disagree here. Too fast deploy for a towed howitzer. All that is probably 5 time slower…

Haha, are you under the impression that setting the deployment speed is the complex part of the creation? It would take me a second to add a 2 hour deployment time. But in general, most weapon systems in DCS have a sped up deployment/engagement process. I usually try to balance it between realism, gameplay and relation to other similar DCS assets. 

3 hours ago, AvgeekJoe said:

@currenthill you have once again met a missing need in DCS.  Having towed guns is realistic and I've wondered if DCS thinks the only kind of artillery is self-propelled!

 

But can you plz:

a) Make a desert livery?

b) Make the MTVR a stand-alone truck also plz?

 

Many thanks!

I started including desert liveries to my assets a while back and plan to do the same for this one. 

16 minutes ago, Abburo said:

1000x Thanks ..... more like this

Is the towing process automated via ME or it can be triggered by the CA user in vehicle as well?

Or is related to Red/Green/Auto status?

 

It has to be a lot of smoke and mirrors since ED doesn't have native support for this. I use the Red/Green alarm status to release and deploy the howitzer. That is also why I have to put it in front of the truck instead of having it behind, I have to trick DCS to do stuff it isn't suppose to do. 

[Timex3]

1 hour ago, currenthill said:

I plan to also include a stationary M777 unit. I might add the MTVR as a standalone since it's already in the pack, it's very little extra work. 

Haha, are you under the impression that setting the deployment speed is the complex part of the creation? It would take me a second to add a 2 hour deployment time. But in general, most weapon systems in DCS have a sped up deployment/engagement process. I usually try to balance it between realism, gameplay and relation to other similar DCS assets. 

I started including desert liveries to my assets a while back and plan to do the same for this one. 

It has to be a lot of smoke and mirrors since ED doesn't have native support for this. I use the Red/Green alarm status to release and deploy the howitzer. That is also why I have to put it in front of the truck instead of having it behind, I have to trick DCS to do stuff it isn't suppose to do. 

Thank you CH, I love the M777. You can't please everyone!

[currenthill]

M777 LTH (USA) version 1.0.0 released!
Changelog Version 1.0.0

• Release version

[Backy 51]

50 minutes ago, currenthill said:

M777 LTH (USA) version 1.0.0 released!
Changelog Version 1.0.0

• Release version

Epic animation!

[Timex3]

15 minutes ago, Backy 51 said:

Epic animation!

Hi CH, would you please let the DCS Community know when it is safe to download DCS 2.9? I will not update until I hear from you! Thanks again for the M777, your work is truly amazing!

Timex 3

[currenthill]

1 hour ago, Timex3 said:

Hi CH, would you please let the DCS Community know when it is safe to download DCS 2.9? I will not update until I hear from you! Thanks again for the M777, your work is truly amazing!

Timex 3

Absolutely, I also keep a banner at the top of my site's front page with all known issues. I'm monitoring the progress of bug fixing closely and will report when the issues have been fixed. 

[Timex3]

28 minutes ago, currenthill said:

Absolutely, I also keep a banner at the top of my site's front page with all known issues. I'm monitoring the progress of bug fixing closely and will report when the issues have been fixed. 

Thank you,

Timex 3

[bennyboy9800]

5 hours ago, currenthill said:

M777 LTH (USA) version 1.0.0 released!
Changelog Version 1.0.0

• Release version

Incredible work! I've lost count of how many new features you have added to this simulation; this was much needed! Do you plan on creating Russian equivalents like 2A65 Msta-B or 2S12 Sani? Would be another great opportunity to add more modern transport variants of KAMAZ or URAL. 

Edited October 28, 2023 by bennyboy9800

[currenthill]

3 hours ago, Zahnatom said:

Im not sure if this is just for CH's models but if i add a template that i made and have them move position(like an s-350 battery for example) they really dont like going back into the same formation

 

Core models do just fine

 

in some cases the primary unit in the group stops and the rest starts to jitter

 

seems like the inaccurate formation is caused by wheeled vehicles not braking early enough

 

That is interesting. Would you be able to supply me with a miz file containing the two different examples, and I'll investigate this further.

[pabel89]

Hi, CH!

Don't believe the talk about microchips from washing machines in russian cruise missiles. The 3M14 missiles flying in a circle and don`t rich the target.

Kalibr-1.trk Kalibr-2.trk Kalibr-3.trk

[CRUD]

Rats  LOL

[AvgeekJoe]

8 hours ago, pabel89 said:

Hi, CH!

Don't believe the talk about microchips from washing machines in russian cruise missiles. The 3M14 missiles flying in a circle and don`t rich the target.

Kalibr-1.trk 39.8 kB · 0 downloads Kalibr-2.trk 29.52 kB · 0 downloads Kalibr-3.trk 31.6 kB · 0 downloads

This is a known DCS World Open Beta 2.9 bug.  Rollback to Open Beta 2.8 if you can.

[Hawkmoon]

is dropbox down?

[Abburo]

@Hawkmoon you need to wait for daily ratio reset on Dropbox... is saying that on the "error" page

[currenthill]

12 hours ago, Zahnatom said:

yeah sure 

 

i couldnt get the units to start jittering again, maybe its a map surface related thing, i'll try to get them to do that

 

edit: i got it to jitter, if its not on perfectly even ground it does that: testing.miz      the same SA-6 core game group doesnt do that and still goes into perfect formation

 

Thanks for the added info. I will look into it.

11 hours ago, pabel89 said:

Hi, CH!

Don't believe the talk about microchips from washing machines in russian cruise missiles. The 3M14 missiles flying in a circle and don`t rich the target.

Kalibr-1.trk 39.8 kB · 0 downloads Kalibr-2.trk 29.52 kB · 0 downloads Kalibr-3.trk 31.6 kB · 0 downloads

Yeah, as mentioned, this is a known issue with 2.9 so I will await a DCS patch. It will affect all kind of weapons using cruise missile schemes including my ADM-160.

10 hours ago, CRUD said:

Rats  LOL

Yep, not much I can do, sometimes we reach the download limit of 1 TB per day. And I've talked to Dropbox about it, they don't sell any added bandwidth. The solution is simply to wait 24 hours for it to reset again. I haven't found a more cost effective solution than Dropbox though. 1 TB bandwidth per day is pretty much, the alternatives which allows more are often paid by the GB. And that is a no-go since I run this on a hobbyist basis and pay for it myself. 

2 hours ago, Hawkmoon said:

is dropbox down?

See my answer above.

1 hour ago, Abburo said:

@Hawkmoon you need to wait for daily ratio reset on Dropbox... is saying that on the "error" page

Exactly!

[currenthill]

If you like CIWS and C-RAMs like me, this one will indeed make you very happy. It's the Chinese juiced up version of the Centurion C-RAM - the LD-3000 C-RAM. It's got a 11-barrel radar guided gatling gun capable of spitting out 11000 rounds of 30 mm APDS per minute - that's around 170 lb of ammo per second! 

It's trailer based and will come in two versions, one stationary and one mobile.