July OB Patch notes (From Razbam discord)

[Hiob]

Patch notes like those give a visceral impression on how much work goes into such a module. Imagine the amount of task management in such a projekt.

 

[YoYo]

IT'S OUT! DCS Open Beta 2.8.7.42583

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/

DCS: F-15E Suite 4+ by RAZBAM Simulations 

• Fixed: INS ALignment too sensitive to movement
• Fixed: Rear Cockpit Throttle Mic switch keyboard bind
• Fixed: Radio Presets Channels cannot be updated in cockpit
• Fixed: CTD when selecting OFF Missile
• Fixed: fuel flow NaN crash at Mach 1.4 in release builds
• Fixed: Rear cockpit HOTAS for TGP
• Fixed: Gun Funnel position
• Fixed: TACAN information now synchronised between cockpits
• Fixed: Corrected issue with unpredictable trim behaviour at high Mach
• Fixed: ILS information now synchronised between cockpits
• Fixed: scratchpad flashing after successful TGP PB17 use
• Fixed: Master Arm ON required for Emergency Jet
• Fixed: Error when entering SP number without route
• Fixed: HUD N-F Box visibility
• Fixed: radar Auto ACQ min range
• Fixed: stores drag calculation incorrectly using PACS configuration instead of actual loadout
• Fixed: radar debug window visible on release
• Fixed: broken Mark Points
• Fixed: Invalid values shown on HUD
• Fixed: scintillation option
• Fixed: HRM Patch window selection bugs
• Fixed: radar antenna limit bugs
• Fixed: glitchy RBM noise pattern
• Fixed: Radio 1 and Radio 2 active frequency not syncing
• Fixed: Emergency canopy jettison not repairing
• Fixed: Correction for NVGs not removable if active and removed by ground crew
• Fixed: Oil Pressure caution flickering during engine startup sometimes
• Fixed: Corrected missing ejection delay when ejection mode is NORM
• Fixed: Missing texture on WSO helmet in USAF 492nd AF91 Low Vis Clean livery.
• Fixed: Livery inaccuracy with Seymour Johnson  333 FGS and 336 FGS texture.
• Fixed: Livery inaccuracy with the Mountain Home 75 2018 Anniversary texture.
• Fixed: Corrected spelling error for the 492nd liveries.
• Fixed: Ejection Pilot model standing lower than the surface.
• Fixed: Uneven Intake Ramps.
• Fixed: Damage Model missing Shells.
• Fixed: excessive CPU use with HRM Patch in multi crew when not in command
• Fixed: JFS stutter sound heard from other aircraft starting up or shutting down in multiplayer
• Fixed: Glitches when entering Lat/Lon coordinates on UFC
• Fixed: Exiting GUNS should stay in A/A master mode
• Fixed: Multicrew desync issues
• Fixed: Some tones, such as Landing Gear Warning tone, could play even with no power
• Fixed: WSO backup ADI not caged for cold start
• Fixed: Removed graphical glitch from WSO seat when controls being hidden
• Fixed: INS alignment & sync issues
• Fixed: instant SH alignment
• Fixed: HUD INS message when INS set to OFF
• Fixed: Fuel flow and fuel quantity indication going to 0 or largely negative when going past Mach 1.4
• Fixed: WSO RHC AAI switch (IFF working only once)
• Fixed: compatibility with older processors without AVX support
• Fixed: TSD map behaviour during INS alignment
• Fixed: HRM window selection gimbal limit & blind zone bugs 
• Fixed: ugly RBM noise at max gain / GC0
• Fixed: NAVFLIR not available for WSO in Multi Crew
• Updated: Collision Model
• Updated: External Model + LODS
• Updated: Cockpit Model + Textures
• Updated: Removed unjettisonable ACMI pod from missions
• Updated: INS alignment & sync
• Updated: Increased IFF range to 100NM
• Updated: AA Gunsight (WIP)
• Updated: Lowered the GS boresight
• Updated: Improve abrupt aerodynamic inputs for in-air crosswind starts
• Updated: Revert pitch CAS gear handle input change (WIP)
• Updated: Kneeboard page
• Updated: Flight Control minor correction to more closely match mech checks
• Updated: Minor tweaking to lateral aero coefficients at very small sideslips
• Updated: Gear configuration values
• Updated: Set alpha signal for roll and yaw CAS when weight on wheels from maintenance diagram
• Updated: Provide a consistent normalised value of IDLE and MIL RPM to AI Sounder DLL
• Updated: Ejection Pilots are now using separate textures.
• Updated: Pilot Visor
• Improved: Stores drag count tuning improvement against performance charts
• Improved: FM based on automated testing
• Improved YAW CAS to avoid out of phase control feedback loops causing oscillations
• Improved: Adjusted stabilator to more closely match control surface checks
• Improved: multi-cockpit canopy animation synchronisation
• Improved: HRM TTGo reliability
• Improved: HUD repeater rendering and included it in RCD images
• Improved: radar CPU performance
• Improved: kinematic consistency between seats during multi-cockpit
• Improved: Adjusted ECS airflow sound gains
• Improved: TGP power switch now goes to STBY for engine on mission starts
• Added: TACAN Volume Ctrl
• Added: ILS Volume Ctrl
• Added: TEWS Volume Ctrl
• Added: WPN Volume Ctrl
• Added: Ground Crew can change GBUs Laser Codes
• Added: Radio 1 and 2 MC Synchronisation
• Added: SSE2, SSE4, AVX support
• Added: RWR synchronisation
• Added: HUD Control Synchronisation
• Added: A/G radar band controls
• Added: improved roll and yaw keyboard control
• Added: Information message for emergency CAS disengage and JFS bottle refill
• Added: MIC switch to ON during Auto Start sequence
• Added: More Pilot Visors
• Added: Livery options for hiding ECM on left vertical fin without Turkey Feathers.
• Added: kneeboard indication of the alignment method to use
• Added: NVG brightness adjust controls
• Added: AAI & EID Synced 
• Added: HRM active antennas scintillation
• Added: A/G radar channel/band controls

Edited July 24, 2023 by YoYo

[Timghetta]

These were added in as well at the last minute. 
Thank you ED
- Updated: Engine texture with "NO PUSH" and "NO STEP" Stenciling.
- Added: 48th FW 70 Year Anniversary Liberty Heritage.
- Added: Tiger Meet of the Americas 2005 Livery.
- Added: Darkness Falls Livery.
- Added: AF89-501 (Shark Mouth) Livery.
- Fixed: Material error used by BORT Numbers.
- Fixed: Small 3D model normal errors due to damage model of the Avionics Bays/Radome.
- Fixed: Nose Door Numbers for 2000 and 2001 Liveries.
- Changed: Main menu icon graphic.

[YoYo]

Thanks!

[Iron Sights]

Nice, thanks guys.

[Zahnatom]

5 hours ago, YoYo said:

• Added: A/G radar channel/band controls

and difference between this and

5 hours ago, YoYo said:

• Added: A/G radar band controls

this? 

[bfr]

I'm curious about the 'Added: More visors'. Does this mean the visor fitted is user-changeable? If so then where/how? Didn't see anything in the mission editor or the F-15E settings in Settings/Special.

[Iron Sights]

I thought that might be the visor for the helmet, but I haven’t tried it yet. Not sure either.

[Sarge55]

Hmmm No export of MFD’s?  That is disappointing.

[Bunny Clark]

It wasn't mentioned anywhere in the patch notes, but pilot MFDs are exporting now. 

They are rendering to the standard LEFT_MFCD, RIGHT_MFCD, and CENTER_MFCD viewports.

The F-15E is not using the standard file structure for MFD exporting, and I have not been able to find where viewports are defined in the module. 

[Sarge55]

Excellent, thanks Bunny

when I get back from vacation I’ll be setting those up. 

[bfr]

2 hours ago, Sarge55 said:

Hmmm No export of MFD’s?  That is disappointing.

It's there OK. Nice surprise that I'd copied forward my F18 setup at launch not realising it wasn't initially available and then post-patch they just appeared.

Edited July 25, 2023 by bfr

[YoYo]

9 hours ago, Iron Sights said:

I thought that might be the visor for the helmet, but I haven’t tried it yet. Not sure either.

I havent any idea where to check it and how. My visor looks the same like before the patch.

[Mad Dog 762]

I appreciate all the improvements and fixes, but somehow they broke the ground handling.  Take off is a nightmare now.  

[bfr]

4 hours ago, Mad Dog 762 said:

I appreciate all the improvements and fixes, but somehow they broke the ground handling.  Take off is a nightmare now.  

How so? The rotation feels smoother to me. Only thing I noticed otherwise is you have to be gentle keeping it straight under power if you don't line up quite right right, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[giullep]

Il 25/7/2023 at 10:02, YoYo ha scritto:

I havent any idea where to check it and how. My visor looks the same like before the patch.

any info about this update?? what's ?

Edited July 28, 2023 by giullep

[clanitho]

On 7/26/2023 at 8:22 PM, Mad Dog 762 said:

I appreciate all the improvements and fixes, but somehow they broke the ground handling.  Take off is a nightmare now.  

It's much better for me After the last patch. Check your hardware configuration.

[Wostg]

What was the fix with broken mark points - I thought point 0 was meant to be removed and wasn't consistent across all systems, but its still there?