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[Snappy]

What about the much anticipated AI GFM flight model.? According to your own newsletter you expected implementation in 2022:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/2021-12-03/

Now we have 2024 and have heard basically zero anymore about it , never mind having an actual implementation for fixed wing AI. Unrealistic overperforming AI flight models is one of biggest game and immersion breaking issues with DCS.

 

 

Edited October 29, 2024 by Snappy

[BIGNEWY]

I hope we can share GFM news, I have asked the team for an update. 

[falcon_120]

I hope we can share GFM news, I have asked the team for an update. 

is it the recently announced save game feature also something for >1 year from now? I took it as a upcoming (soon) addition.

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[fjacobsen]

Most of the points have been talked about for years, and many of them have sounded as if we where close for them to be implementet.

At least these bullet points has been talked about for serveral years, but still the answers are...

• Air Traffic Control -> ATC is something for the future.
• Vulkan Implementation -> Vulkan is in progress, no ETA to share yet. 
• Dynamic Campaign Engine -> Dynamic campaign is a huge task. (probably meaning that we should not expect something the next comming year(s)).
• Data Transfer Cartridge -> DTC is in progress for the core of DCS, I hope we can share news soon.  (I guess most want to hear news about this).

I think many DCS players has come to a point where they rather want to see products being finished.

Some moudules has now been in EA for 3-7 Years.

On top of this core bugs and issues that has been out for a very long time seems more or less unattended (at least from a customers point of view)

 

It is not because I find DCS to be bad, otherwise I would not spend so much time with it, but the backlog of unfinished items seems to be growing.

So at some point You must consider if You want to put more money into new modules that will remain unfinished for the next comming years, or rather want to wait and se if developement catches up with investments You made years ago.

I do know that DCS is in a special niche market. Flightsims cannot be compared to AAA games, but are mostly meant to be enhanced and progessly improved over a long time due to their complexity, but honestly patience also comes with a certain limit.

Some modules has been in EA for up to 5 years - is that reasonable ?  - I'm just asking.

Edited October 29, 2024 by fjacobsen

[MiG21bisFishbedL]

11 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

I hope we can share GFM news, I have asked the team for an update. 

That's all fine and good, but you should really tell the over all team that the customer base would like a re-arrangement of priorities. Get some of that back-end support stuff moved forward. MT was a great start, good job. Now, just more of that, you know?

That's the general attitude, at least what I can glib as an individual.

[Mike Force Team]

To the wishlist, I add a map of Vietnam. We have the air frames and rotary, but not the map.

Mike Force Team 

[BIGNEWY]

1 hour ago, MiG21bisFishbedL said:

That's all fine and good, but you should really tell the over all team that the customer base would like a re-arrangement of priorities. Get some of that back-end support stuff moved forward. MT was a great start, good job. Now, just more of that, you know?

That's the general attitude, at least what I can glib as an individual.

The people who decide the priorities are the project managers. They are the ones with the most experience to decide priorities. It wont always match what you or I would like, but they have the bigger picture in mind. 

thank you 

[MiG21bisFishbedL]

28 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

The people who decide the priorities are the project managers. They are the ones with the most experience to decide priorities. It wont always match what you or I would like, but they have the bigger picture in mind. 

thank you 

I get that, but I'm not sure their view on the bigger picture is beyond improvement. Surely, they must take in feedback from the community and its desires.

After all, you guys busted your backsides to get the resources to make a MiG-29, something LONG desired.

It might be time for another review of trajectory and see that core items are worthy of being bumped up in priority.