Plans for supporting content?

[PawlaczGMD]

Are there any plans or communication about adding something to do with this airplane?

La-7 is cool and all, but currently in DCS, we don't have:

-any relevant maps

-relevant AI assets

-supporting planes or opponents

 

That means that there will be no:

-Campaigns/missions to fly this plane

-MP servers with any population to fly this plane

-or any options for players to make their own content that would be cohesive.

 

I don't want to be a hater, but DCS WWII is all over the place. I'm genuinely curious if there is any plan to develop the Eastern front apart from this single module.

[Jef Costello]

Caucasus not relevant?

 

[Silver_Dragon]

Are there any plans or communication about adding something to do with this airplane?
La-7 is cool and all, but currently in DCS, we don't have:
-any relevant maps
-relevant AI assets
-supporting planes or opponents
 
That means that there will be no:
-Campaigns/missions to fly this plane
-MP servers with any population to fly this plane
-or any options for players to make their own content that would be cohesive.
 
I don't want to be a hater, but DCS WWII is all over the place. I'm genuinely curious if there is any plan to develop the Eastern front apart from this single module.

Octopus-G has none confirmed about a "assets team" and/or a "map team" and no talked about more content to the La-7.

Other 3rd parties has none confirmed about east front WW2 content and ED has none plans yet, centred on WW2 PTO (Marianas WW2, PTO assets, F6F module) as M3 3rd Party (F4U module and PTO assets).

About opponents... La-7 has a Jun 1944 Air craft, a Fw-190A-8/D-9 Will match.
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[MAD-MM]

On 1/14/2025 at 10:59 AM, Jef Costello said:

Caucasus not relevant?

 

La-7 was also late 1944 like K4 and D9, this time the war was far away from the caucasus scenario.
Despite i see also La7 more on the caucasus maps as alternative, nuclear power plant stuff like this really offseting for WW2 map.

Edited January 15 by MAD-MM

[Rudel_chw]

16 minutes ago, MAD-MM said:

La-7 was also late 1944 like K4 and D9, this time the war was far away from the caucasus scenario.

 

The amount of DCS users that only fly historical scenarios always amuses me ... I'm more interested in learning the nuances of operating a different WW2 aircraft, than doing it over the exactly correct map and exactly correct AI units. I will fly the La-7 on the Normandy 2 Map, on a fictional soviet unit that operated on the western front, in the same way as the american Eagle squadrons did the same on the Soviet Union.

[Melv428]

just fly that thing on kola winter map with disabled civil traffic. the rest will come by time

Edited January 15 by Melv428

[PawlaczGMD]

13 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

The amount of DCS users that only fly historical scenarios always amuses me ... I'm more interested in learning the nuances of operating a different WW2 aircraft, than doing it over the exactly correct map and exactly correct AI units. I will fly the La-7 on the Normandy 2 Map, on a fictional soviet unit that operated on the western front, in the same way as the american Eagle squadrons did the same on the Soviet Union.

I'm not a hardcore purist, but La-7 being so far from the content we have will likely mean no one will make good campaigns/missions for it, and it will not be on any populated WWII MP servers. When I pay $60-80 for a module, I want to not only learn to start it up and dogfight some AI, but fly some immersive (if not necessarily historical) missions, and dogfight other players. None of these might be realistic for this module, so it's kind of dead in the water for me - Digital Cockpit Simulator. Just my 2 cents, but I know many players feel the same. DCS WWII could really benefit from some direction to develop a particular theater of battle instead of random planes sprinkled here and there.

[Rudel_chw]

24 minutes ago, PawlaczGMD said:

I'm not a hardcore purist, but La-7 being so far from the content we have will likely mean no one will make good campaigns/missions for it

 

on my side , I will happily edit my own missions and/or modify missions of other aircraft to fit the new bird.

 

24 minutes ago, PawlaczGMD said:

and it will not be on any populated WWII MP servers.
 

 

I tried MP during a year and a half but eventually got tired of the rudeness of many players, guess I’m not social enough, as I seem to enjoy dcs best when flying alone with myself.

 

24 minutes ago, PawlaczGMD said:

When I pay $60-80 for a module,

 

I’m not nitpicking, but on dcs the ww2 modules are in the 40-50 us$ range.

 

24 minutes ago, PawlaczGMD said:

I want to not only learn to start it up and dogfight some AI, … Digital Cockpit Simulator.
 

 

Simming as single player is much more than fliping switches on a cockpit, but I’m not trying to convince anyone, I intend to please just me.

 

24 minutes ago, PawlaczGMD said:

DCS WWII could really benefit from some direction to develop a particular theater of battle instead of random planes sprinkled here and there.

on dcs each developer has the freedom to pursue the aircraft they are passionate about, ED is not forcing any given theater on them, in fact only one ww2 aircraft seems to truly be an ED child (the mosquito), all others are from either 3rd parties or salvaged from the kickstarter.

[PawlaczGMD]

30 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

on my side , I will happily edit my own missions and/or modify missions of other aircraft to fit the new bird.

 

 

I tried MP during a year and a half but eventually got tired of the rudeness of many players, guess I’m not social enough, as I seem to enjoy dcs best when flying alone with myself.

 

 

I’m not nitpicking, but on dcs the ww2 modules are in the 40-50 us$ range.

 

 

Simming as single player is much more than fliping switches on a cockpit, but I’m not trying to convince anyone, I intend to please just me.

 

on dcs each developer has the freedom to pursue the aircraft they are passionate about, ED is not forcing any given theater on them, in fact only one ww2 aircraft seems to truly be an ED child (the mosquito), all others are from either 3rd parties or salvaged from the kickstarter.

I understand that it works for you, I'm not trying to convince you to hate these modules.

>on dcs each developer has the freedom to pursue the aircraft they are passionate about, ED is not forcing any given theater on them, in fact only one ww2 aircraft seems to truly be an ED child (the mosquito), all others are from either 3rd parties or salvaged from the kickstarter.

And perhaps this is the problem, and why WWII is so niche in DCS despite general population interest. ED should decide on a theater and subcontract 3rd parties to do a specific plane set and map.

[Melv428]

This topic is all around the forum here its a problem for Iraq Afghanistan WW2 etc etc. I think ED is aware of that and maybe we see some more priorities and team build up who developing more assets in the future. 

[Silver_Dragon]

This topic is all around the forum here its a problem for Iraq Afghanistan WW2 etc etc. I think ED is aware of that and maybe we see some more priorities and team build up who developing more assets in the future. 

As posted previously about "priorities":

ED has centred on remade and redone the great quantity of old Lomac/FC assets to reach actual standars, and WW2 assets team has centred on PTO units to the release of F6F module. Map teams and module teams has other projects.

3rd parties has own projects with yours "assets teams" (no Octopus-G).

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[Silver_Dragon]

ED should decide on a theater and subcontract 3rd parties to do a specific plane set and map.

Dont miss the point. Build modules has outside from map and assets with diferent tools and teams. To build a module you require a "module team". assets a "assets teams" using the SDK, build maps require a "map team" usdung the TDK (Terrain develop kit). Diferent tools, resources and personal. The only intent to build a "standalone" product end on disaster on a KS and no 3rd party yet have the resourses to build a "complete packages".

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[Sobakopes]

La7 can be used on any map in the game there's no technical difficulty that prevents it. All present aircraft are very good opponents for it.