Patch Notes discussion March 2025

[RVT2403]

Can we have an option to disable these cringe Hollywood effects client- and server-side?

[Phantom453]

A lot to digest with this patch.  Thanks ED for all the work. 

[Mustang]

Got the patch, thanks ED and team 

Been on Grayflag Persian Gulf for several hours, it seems to running much smoother overall and others have commented the same, switching from map to pit seems a bit snappier and scrolling and selecting client slots seems smoother too, good impressions so far 

[Hotdognz]

I tested save mission. Single player. Spitfire.
Spawned. Shot all ammo. Taxied some 100 meters, nosed over (broke propeller, tail up). "Save Mission Caucasus2.miz".
Quit to desktop. Restart -> "Mission Editor" -> Open Caucasus2.miz
Select vehicle (Spitfire) again. Spawned to spawn position (not 100 m meters down, off rwy), fully intact. The only thing saved seemed to be out of ammo.
Unless I mistake how to restart a saved mission. But why then would ammo be depleted?

My understanding is your supposed to save the mission with the extension .sav not .miz

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[The Stick]

Something in the update is getting flagged by Defender - likely a false positive (update doesn't go through without it) but nevertheless...

Edited March 20 by The Stick

[Flаnker]

14 часов назад, BIGNEWY сказал:

• AI aircraft. APK-9 datalink pod added for Su-24M for Kh-59 usage

The APK-9 container is used on all aircraft that use the Kh-59M missile. Can it be added to the Su34? Thank you.

[fjacobsen]

3 hours ago, The Stick said:

Something in the update is getting flagged by Defender - likely a false positive (update doesn't go through without it) but nevertheless...

It´s a false positive.

Heatblur has told on their Discord channel that this might happen for some.

You can make an exception in Defender for tat file, or better for the entire DCS install folder.

[draconus]

4 hours ago, Hotdognz said:

My understanding is your supposed to save the mission with the extension .sav not .miz

.sav are for dedicated servers. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/370738-mission-state-save/

[The Stick]

Can the ol' F-15C get some vapour love too? Food for thought...

[Gunfreak]

I get download failed on steam "missing downloaded files"

[BIGNEWY]

Just now, Gunfreak said:

I get download failed on steam "missing downloaded files"

please check your antivirus isnt creating a problem.

[Gunfreak]

21 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

please check your antivirus isnt creating a problem.

I only have windows defender and my entire DCS folder is an exeption, and so is the DCS folder in saved games too, won't download the patch

[BIGNEWY]

Just now, Gunfreak said:

I only have windows defender and my entire DCS folder is an exeption, and so is the DCS folder in saved games too, won't download the patch

please double check the folder exclusion is correct. 

If you continue to have issues contact support directly https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/

thank you 

[-0303-]

On 3/20/2025 at 12:07 AM, -0303- said:

I tested save mission. Single player. Spitfire.

Spawned. Shot all ammo. Taxied some 100 meters, nosed over (broke propeller, tail up). "Save Mission Caucasus2.miz".

Quit to desktop. Restart -> "Mission Editor" -> Open Caucasus2.miz

Select vehicle (Spitfire) again. Spawned to spawn position (not 100 m meters down, off rwy), fully intact. The only thing saved seemed to be out of ammo.

Unless I mistake how to restart a saved mission. But why then would ammo be depleted?

Ed/Add: Added two waypoints on a hunch, now it seems to work.

File extension insists on being ".miz". Assuming this is correct.

Tried again, this time airborne, saved while flying. After:

- reloading saved mission (into Mission editor)

-clicking the little green "fly mission" icon getting "MISSION OVERVIEW" screen

- click start, get this error message:

Mission cannot be saved due to errors!
Aerial-1:
All waypoints (2-2) have locked speed and surrounded by waypoints 1 and 2 with locked time!

Wasn't trying to save, was trying two fly, some kind of auto save failed I guess.

Mission is as vanilla as they come. No waypoints. Literally only placed a Spitfire "spawn rwy" Batumi took off and saved mission. No "triggers", nothing else whatsoever.

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summary things learned:

- if taxi on ground after spawn, position and damage client plane not saved.

-if saved in air, need to have waypoints otherwise error.

- not a bug necessarily, just limitation: Noted client plane details not saved: taped gun ports, gunsight on/off, assume we get a pristine plane with a set of defaults settings any time resuming mission.

Edited March 21 by -0303-

[BIGNEWY]

20 minutes ago, -0303- said:

Ed/Add: Added two waypoints on a hunch, now it seems to work.

File extension insists on being ".miz". Assuming this is correct.

Tried again, this time airborne, saved while flying. After:

- reloading saved mission (into Mission editor)

-clicking the little green "fly mission" icon getting "MISSION OVERVIEW" screen

- click start, get this error message:

Mission cannot be saved due to errors!
Aerial-1:
All waypoints (2-2) have locked speed and surrounded by waypoints 1 and 2 with locked time!

Wasn't trying to save, was trying two fly, some kind of auto save failed I guess.

Mission is as vanilla as they come. No waypoints. Literally only placed a Spitfire "spawn rwy" Batumi took off and saved mission. No "triggers", nothing else whatsoever.

please create a thread in the bugs section with the mission and tag me, we will take a look

thank you 

[ThorBrasil]

The F-5E afterburn is incredibly beautiful! Thanks ED!

[TOViper]

What do the new TRIGGER CONDITIONS "ABSOLUTE TIME MORE" (and "LESS") do exactly?

[Bones1775]

can we get clarification on how anchor point works. what is the pattern off the base point. my orbit tracks are off from what i would expect.

[71st_Mastiff]

Thank y0ou for the score boarded for MP finally fixed!! Does it effect my Log-Book yet?

[Darcaem]

What do the new TRIGGER CONDITIONS "ABSOLUTE TIME MORE" (and "LESS") do exactly?

Just a guess but, could this mean time passed since the actual mission origin? If mission starts on time 0, you save on time 100, then next mission runs for 20, an "absolute time more == 120" would trigger at this timestamp???

I do hope is this, because I was wishing for that exact trigger jejeje

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[Nealius]

Is there any documention on the tanker anchored orbit settings?

1. What does "hot leg bearing" do?
2. How does the track width affect bank angle?

[draconus]

3 hours ago, Nealius said:

What does "hot leg bearing" do?

13 hours ago, Bones1775 said:

can we get clarification on how anchor point works.

https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_task_orbit

Quote

hotLegDir: (anchored param) Heading in radians that the aircraft will fly for the return leg of the orbit

legLength: (anchored param) Distance in meters that the aircraft will fly before turning.

width: (anchored param) Distance in meters that represents the diameter of the orbit

clockWise: (anchored param) true/false value for whether the orbit will fly clockwise or anti-clockwise. Anti-clockwise is default.

Edited March 21 by draconus

[AndyJWest]

5 hours ago, Nealius said:

2. How does the track width affect bank angle?

The bank angle for a given radius turn is entirely dependent on the true airspeed.

 

[gulredrel]

Is there a separate bug section for reports about the new save option!? What would be needed for a ticket? track of the mission and than the saved mission file? I encountered a destroyed takeoff from ground helo to be in a different position (helipad) as being alive after loading the saved mission into ME. Also some other inactive units have been transported to different places although they were not involved in action in the flown mission.

[draconus]

55 minutes ago, gulredrel said:

Is there a separate bug section for reports about the new save option!? What would be needed for a ticket? track of the mission and than the saved mission file? I encountered a destroyed takeoff from ground helo to be in a different position (helipad) as being alive after loading the saved mission into ME. Also some other inactive units have been transported to different places although they were not involved in action in the flown mission.

Here:

Short tracks and missions are welcome.