ED Team Graphics Posted February 22 ED Team Share Posted February 22 23 February 2024 Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, We’re delighted to announce the release of a free texture upgrade to the J-11A, Su-27, Su-33, F-15C and A-10A in the latest update. These Flaming Cliffs 3 aircraft have received significant texture improvements and Physical Based Rendering, PBR. We look forward to your feedback. Please check out the Flaming Cliffs 3 upgrade video. We are thrilled to embrace a unified DCS World, where everyone can enjoy the most cutting-edge content together. Your feedback has been invaluable in guiding this decision, and we look forward to a more cohesive and collaborative community experience. Get ready for a new Maple Flag challenge with the new F-15C Aggressors Air Combat Maneuvering Campaign! This campaign aims to sharpen your dogfighting skills and put your tactics to the test in a set of pulse pounding missions. This Sunday 25th of February, we will be discontinuing the new user 50% discount. In addition, we will soon be introducing a new ED Miles program for the benefit of all new and existing users. Please stay tuned for further announcements. In the meantime, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to you all for being a part of the DCS community. Your energy, feedback, and support drives us onwards and upwards. Thank you! Yours sincerely, Eagle Dynamics Flaming Cliffs 3 Upgrade The DCS: Flaming Cliffs aircraft have received a texture refresh upgrade to their cockpit and external model textures. The F-15C, A-10A, Su-27, Su-33, and J-11 have received new cockpits and external textures, and the Su-25 has received new cockpit textures. These upgraded cockpits focus on detail and realism and include Physical Based Rendering (PBR) textures. This free upgrade propels Flaming Cliffs 3 to 2024 texture standards and promises to maintain Flaming Cliffs 3 as an excellent choice for new and veteran DCS pilots. Our goal is to further improve the new user experience in DCS. The Flaming Cliffs 3 aircraft provide professional-level flight models but with simplified controls that result in a shallower learning curve for new virtual pilots. The F-15C, A-10A, Su-27, Su-33, J-11, MiG-29A, MiG-29S, and Su-25 provide a variety of aircraft that range from air superiority to attack. These come with a wealth of missions and campaigns and are operable on most online servers. If you are not already flying Flaming Cliffs 3, now is a great time to jump in and enjoy this great value. DCS World Development Report In our ongoing commitment to providing a seamless and streamlined experience for our pilots, we're thrilled to share positive news on the transition to a single-version approach, eliminating the distinction between Stable and Release versions. This move is aimed at ensuring all players enjoy the latest features, updates and improvements simultaneously. Please make sure to get familiar with the more harmonious and collaborative DCS World by updating to the latest version now! Notably included in this update is a performance improvement for terrains, an impressive set of new liveries from Polychop for the DCS: SA-342 Gazelle, as well as improvements to the DCS: MB-339 flight and collision model by IndiaFoxtEcho. We have also delivered a large number of bug fixes for DCS: AH-64D, DCS: F-16C Viper and DCS: F/A-18C. For a list of changes, please check out the full changelog. F-15C Aggressors ACM Campaign by Maple Flag The F-15C Aggressors ACM campaign puts you in the cockpit of an F-15C Eagle as a new Aggressor pilot with the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base. Based on real world procedures, you will fly as Red Air against Blue Air Forces. You will face a series of challenging Air Combat Maneuver (ACM) missions against dissimilar aircraft with a wingman for assistance. Each mission will comprise two 2 vs 2 air to air engagements. Tankers are available if you wish to refuel before the second engagement. Your opponents include the F-4E, F-14A, F-15C, F-15E, F-16C, F/A-18C, M-2000C, MiG-29G, CF-188, MiG-21, Su-27 and an unknown type. Three campaigns are included in the download package to allow you to fly against Rookie, Ace and Random AI opponents. Additionally, there is an 11 mission practice campaign against the Rookie and Ace AI with in-air starts so you can perfect your ACM tactics and techniques. Key features: Over 1800 voice overs 49 pages of briefing material including the RED FLAG Spins, Red Forces In Flight Guide Maps, Diagrams Custom Kneeboards and Mission Data cards We hope you're as thrilled as we are about these latest developments in the world of DCS. Please remember that the Lunar Sale is in its final hours and ends on the 25th of February at 15:00 GMT. Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity to land something truly special! Thank you again for your passion and support, Yours sincerely, 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotdognz Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Thank you very much for the FC3 plane PBR textures, the FC3 planes look fantastic now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lykurgus Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 10 hours ago, BIGNEWY said: Flaming Cliffs Upgrade | DCS Update | F-15C Campaign Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, The Flaming Cliffs 3 aircraft are receiving a free PBR texture update. Please make sure to take a look at the improvements to the J-11A Flanker B+, Su-27 Flanker, Su-33 Flanker, F-15C Eagle and A-10A Warthog in the latest update of DCS. We look forward to your feedback, and if you haven’t already seen it, please check out the Flaming Cliffs 3 upgrade video. Following a substantial rework of our development process, we have unified the Stable and Open Beta versions of DCS into a single Stable version. We believe this will improve and simplify the update delivery process experience for all existing and future customers. Thank you for your guidance and support. Get ready for a new Maple Flag challenge with the F-15C Aggressors Air Combat Maneuvering Campaign! These missions aim to sharpen your dogfighting skills and put your tactics to the test in a set of pulse pounding missions. Download now. This Sunday 25th of February, we will be discontinuing the new user 50% discount. In addition, we will soon be introducing a new ED Miles program for the benefit of all new and existing users. Please stay tuned for further announcements. In the meantime, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to you all for being a part of the DCS community. Your energy, feedback, and support drives us onwards and upwards. Thank you! Yours sincerely, Eagle Dynamics Flaming Cliffs 3 Free upgrade The DCS: Flaming Cliffs aircraft have received a texture refresh upgrade to their cockpit and external model textures. The F-15C, A-10A, Su-27, Su-33, and J-11 have received new cockpits and external textures, and the Su-25 has received new cockpit textures. These upgraded cockpits focus on detail and realism and include Physical Based Rendering (PBR) textures. This free upgrade enhances Flaming Cliffs 3 to 2024 texture standards and promises to maintain Flaming Cliffs 3 as an excellent choice for new and veteran DCS pilots. Our goal is to further improve the new user experience in DCS. The Flaming Cliffs 3 aircraft provide professional-level flight models but with simplified controls that result in a shallower learning curve for new virtual pilots. The F-15C, A-10A, Su-27, Su-33, J-11, MiG-29A, MiG-29S, and Su-25 provide a variety of aircraft that range from air superiority to attack. These come with a wealth of missions and campaigns and are operable on most online servers. If you are not already flying Flaming Cliffs 3, now is a great time to jump in and enjoy this great value. DCS World Development Report In our ongoing commitment to providing a seamless and streamlined experience for our pilots, we're excited to share positive news on the transition to a single-version approach, eliminating the distinction between Stable and Open Beta versions. This move is aimed at ensuring all players enjoy the latest features, updates and improvements simultaneously. Please make sure to get familiar with the more harmonious and collaborative DCS World by updating to the latest version now! Notably included in this update is a performance improvement for terrains, an impressive set of new liveries from Polychop for the DCS: SA-342 Gazelle, as well as improvements to the DCS: MB-339 flight and collision model by IndiaFoxtEcho. We have also delivered a large number of bug fixes for DCS: AH-64D, DCS: F-16C Viper and DCS: F/A-18C. For a list of changes, please check out the full changelog. F-15C Aggressors ACM Campaign by Maple Flag The F-15C Aggressors ACM campaign puts you in the cockpit of an F-15C Eagle as a new Aggressor pilot with the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base. Based on real world procedures, you will fly as Red Air against Blue Air Forces. You will face a series of challenging Air Combat Maneuver (ACM) missions against dissimilar aircraft with a wingman for assistance. Each mission will comprise two 2 vs 2 air to air engagements. Tankers are available if you wish to refuel before the second engagement. Your opponents include the F-4E, F-14A, F-15C, F-15E, F-16C, F/A-18C, M-2000C, MiG-29G, CF-188, MiG-21, Su-27 and an unknown type. Three campaigns are included in the download package to allow you to fly against Rookie, Ace and Random AI opponents. Additionally, there is an 11 mission practice campaign against the Rookie and Ace AI with in-air starts so you can perfect your ACM tactics and techniques. Key features: Over 1800 voice overs 49 pages of briefing material including the RED FLAG Spins, Red Forces In Flight Guide Maps, Diagrams Custom Kneeboards and Mission Data cards We hope you're as thrilled as we are about these latest developments in the world of DCS. Please remember that the Lunar Sale is in its final hours and ends on the 25th of February at 15:00 GMT. Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity to land something truly special! Thank you again for your passion and support, Yours sincerely, Eagle Dynamics What happens to existing miles for those of us that have built them up over the years? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted February 24 ED Team Share Posted February 24 7 hours ago, Lykurgus said: What happens to existing miles for those of us that have built them up over the years? Miles will continue, we are going to be bringing improvements 1 1 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okopanja Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) Sun filter in Su-27 is difficult to see through. See it yourself. In addition you can see own uniform as reflection in HUD. MFD too reflective, and too good in sun. J-11 sun filter even more useless than before. Now with similar issues as Su-27 Edited February 24 by okopanja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Dragon Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Checking the FC-3 Cockpits: A-10A cockpit has superior detail, connectors and animations as A-10C/C II cockpits. A-10C (2019): 407585 triangles, A-10C-II (2020) 410109 triangles, A-10A 423262 triangles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXsenna Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Miles will continue, we are going to be bringing improvementsThat's great! Will we be able to gift miles now? Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okopanja Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/24/2024 at 10:56 AM, Silver_Dragon said: Checking the FC-3 Cockpits: A-10A cockpit has superior detail, connectors and animations as A-10C/C II cockpits. A-10C (2019): 407585 triangles, A-10C-II (2020) 410109 triangles, A-10A 423262 triangles Hi! Not sure how you did this, but it seems you are an expert for 3D models. Would it be possible to check the color filter for flankers? It seems that the look from the screenshot is actually caused by some reflections. E.g. I am able in J-11 to see some symmetric fish-shaped red stripes that I do not see on the body of the pilot. In addition if I move my head right, in HUD I can actually see the pilot's notes that are located on left leg. I am not sure if there is even if they have a direct line of sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Dragon Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 2 minutes ago, okopanja said: Hi! Not sure how you did this, but it seems you are an expert for 3D models. Would it be possible to check the color filter for flankers? It seems that the look from the screenshot is actually caused by some reflections. E.g. I am able in J-11 to see some symmetric fish-shaped red stripes that I do not see on the body of the pilot. In addition if I move my head right, in HUD I can actually see the pilot's notes that are located on left leg. I am not sure if there is even if they have a direct line of sight. Modelviewer.... that give the necesary dato to see them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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