F-5E Livery Competition | Instant Action Mission Generator | Hammy & Friends

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04 April 2025 Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, We are excited to announce our official F-5E Remastered Livery Competition. This is your chance to showcase your artistic talent while paying tribute to one of the most iconic light fighters in aviation history. We look forward to seeing your best work. Good luck! Discover our new Instant Action Generator (IAG), a fast and flexible tool to generate missions without needing to use the Mission Editor. Whether you’re a brand-new pilot looking for quick offline practice or a seasoned flyer testing out new planes, the IAG streamlines mission creation and encourages experimentation. With multiple mission types, customizable loadouts, and historical era matching, it offers everything from intense dogfights to quite intricate multi-flight ground attack scenarios. This evolving feature lowers the entry threshold for newcomers while providing veterans with a simple path to rapid mission generation and skill refinement. Soon you’ll be able to dive in, set your preferences, and enjoy a fully realized training or battle environment with no advanced mission-building knowledge required! Get ready for the ultimate Hammy and Friends Skills Challenge, where top-notch flying meets an incredible cause. From April 11th to 13th, every daring landing, perfectly lofted bomb, and quick canyon run helps support K9s for Warriors, a charity dedicated to providing service dogs to veterans in need. Rev up your engines, sharpen your reflexes, and join us for an unforgettable test of aerial prowess—your participation will make a difference both in and out of the cockpit. Thank you for your passion and support. Yours sincerely,  Eagle Dynamics   F-5E Remastered Livery Competition The iconic F-5E is known for its agility and timeless design. Here’s your chance to give this legendary aircraft a fresh look. Show off your artistic talents by creating a livery for the F-5E Remastered and get a chance to win incredible prizes! All liveries must be based on or derived from a historical paint scheme. Prizes 1st Place: USD 100 DCS ED Miles + 1 Free Eagle Dynamics Module + Livery added to the module 2nd Place: USD 50 DCS ED Miles + Livery added to the module 3rd Place: USD 25 DCS ED Miles + Livery added to the module How to Participate Create Your Livery Design a unique and exciting livery for the DCS: F-5E Remastered using the official template provided. Submit Your Entry Entries should be submitted as a ZIP file containing your livery textures and a readme.txt file with your callsign, DCS username, and email address. Submit your livery via the competition submission page by replying to the designated forum thread. You can use an external link if the ZIP file size is too large. Submission Format File Format: .PSD files only. Screenshots: At least three images showing front, side, and top views of your livery on the DCS: F-5E. Maximum of Three Liveries per Participant. Voting and Judging Entries will be judged on creativity, quality, and in-sim applicability. Finalists will be showcased on our forums for community viewing. Special attention will be paid to period-authentic liveries that reflect the real-world F-5E operators—especially those based on or derived from genuine historical markings. Rules and Guidelines Original Work The submitted liveries must be your original creation. Plagiarized designs will be disqualified. Custom Pilot and Helmet liveries are not required, but the template for these is now available if you choose to include them and may improve your chances of success. No Political Themes Liveries may include official air force insignia but should not include any political symbols, flags, emblems, or themes. This includes political parties, slogans, or any imagery that may be interpreted as divisive or controversial. Cultural Respect Avoid using offensive, inappropriate, or culturally insensitive imagery. We want this competition to celebrate creativity and the global DCS community in a positive and respectful manner. In-sim Usability Liveries should be practical and functional for in-sim use. Entries should complement the realistic nature of DCS, and liveries that are too outlandish or impractical may not be considered. Submission Deadline All entries must be submitted by the 15th of June 2025 at 23:59 GMT. Late submissions will not be considered. Legal Notice By submitting your livery, you grant Eagle Dynamics the right to use, modify, and feature your design in DCS, promotional materials, and official media channels. The winners will be contacted and announced on our forum, so stay tuned! We’re excited to see how you envision the F-5E Remastered looking on the battlefield. May the most creative and detailed design win! Download and get started with the F-5E Remastered templates.   Instant Action Generator Development Progress We are pleased to share the latest developments on our Instant Action Generator (IAG), a new tool that will replace Instant Action. The IAG will give players a quick and easy way to jump into the action without the complexities of creating missions using the powerful, yet complex, Mission Editor. The IAG will offer customizable scenarios: air-to-air, ground attacks, bomber escort and attack, anti-ship, suppression of enemy air defenses, and more with just a few clicks. Existing Instant Actions missions will be moved to Missions. Recent efforts have focused on sorting aircraft by historical eras, improving AI logic for different skill levels, and allowing players to fine-tune everything from loadouts to spawn points from an interactive map. The goal is to provide newcomers with an intuitive and powerful tool to create simple missions and veteran players with the means to experiment with different match-ups, weapons, and scenarios. Please note that the IAG is designed to create fast and simple scenarios, and not large, complex missions. Other enhancements include carrier operations, manual selection of allied and enemy units, and dynamic weather and time-of-day settings. As a result, the generator delivers a fast but flexible environment where testing a new module, practicing before a multiplayer match, or simply enjoying a casual dogfight is more accessible than ever. We will continue refining the IAG to ensure it remains a valuable tool for pilots of all skill levels. Stay tuned for more updates.   Hammy and Friends Skills Challenge The event features three high-stakes challenges. First, prove your nerves of steel in the Carrier Landing Challenge by landing on a moving deck with 40-knot winds. Next, trade laser-guided precision for good old-fashioned “dumb bombs” in the Bomb Lofting Challenge; the question is whether you can still strike near the target from half a mile away. Finally, push your limits in the Canyon Race, navigating twisting gorges at breakneck speed. Every dollar donated during these three days goes directly to K9s for Warriors, so you can fly, compete, and give back to those who’ve served. Join their Discord server now! Thank you again for your passion and support,  Yours sincerely,

[Beirut]

No Germany. Very sad. 

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Instant Action Generator is a very welcome feature. Hopefully we won't have to wait too much longer 

[giullep]

yeah..only two weeks,,

[YoYo]

4 hours ago, Beirut said:

No Germany. Very sad. 

? No one said it would be soon. I'm betting on the end of the year. And earlier pre order, 2-3 months earlier maybe.

Edited April 4 by YoYo

[pjbunnyru]

Mig-29? 
No!

[Sunbather]

vor einer Stunde schrieb Raven (Elysian Angel):

Instant Action Generator is a very welcome feature. Hopefully we won't have to wait too much longer 

Indeed. Especially since the thing we have now is a bit of a mess: when I tried to play a modern day scenario on the channel map it spawned Flak 88 as air defenses; era-appropriate (i.e. historical) scenario creation rarely ever works. So it is indeed good to hear that a new iteration is worked upon and filtering A/C by eras is a focus.

In that regard, it would also be nice to have several incremental steps during the Cold War going into the 90s. E.g. the F-16C not carrying any HARMS missiles before ~1985. In short, filtering not only the A/C according to the era but also their loadout, if possible.

[Beirut]

1 hour ago, YoYo said:

? No one said it would be soon.

 

And no one said it wouldn't. The recent flurry of videos could certainly lead to speculation of sooner rather than later.

[Nodak]

Very excited about the instant action mission generator, the old falcon one was the cats meow.  You could rapidly test your jet against all potential challengers.

[Gunfreak]

2 hours ago, YoYo said:

? No one said it would be soon. I'm betting on the end of the year. And earlier pre orer, 2-3 months earlier maybe.

They've said it for testing.

So it could be ready next week, or in 8 months. Impossible to know.

[draconus]

3 hours ago, Graphics said:

dynamic weather

What kind of dynamic weather?

What about free flight type of mission or start type choice: cold, hot, from ramp, take off from runway?

[SOLIDKREATE]

Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *proceeds to dust off his pen display 

[Tomcatter87]

I think it is disappointing to make a livery competition without being able to view the remastered F-5 in model viewer. Many skin creators have pointed out this problem. 

[Raisuli]

6 hours ago, Beirut said:

No Germany. Very sad. 

I plan to be in Frankfurt in about a month, so hopefully it will appear by then.

[MiG21bisFishbedL]

6 hours ago, Tomcatter87 said:

I think it is disappointing to make a livery competition without being able to view the remastered F-5 in model viewer. Many skin creators have pointed out this problem. 

Well, at least the three people entering will be happy.

[SOLIDKREATE]

3 hours ago, MiG21bisFishbedL said:

Well, at least the three people entering will be happy.

 

 I think I'd be nunmber four. I haven'y been able to enter until now. I already picked some cool camo's from historica and more recent F-5E's.

 

This one will be awesome to make.

 

Edited April 5 by SOLIDKREATE

[Doughguy]

Youre in a world of hurt...

[Beirut]

10 hours ago, SOLIDKREATE said:

 

 I think I'd be nunmber four. I haven'y been able to enter until now. I already picked some cool camo's from historica and more recent F-5E's.

 

This one will be awesome to make.

 

 

Yes please! 

 

(Don't forget the RCAF markings.)

[Mainstay]

On 4/4/2025 at 10:57 PM, Tomcatter87 said:

I think it is disappointing to make a livery competition without being able to view the remastered F-5 in model viewer. Many skin creators have pointed out this problem. 

Yeah imagine being able to do that in their OWN tools…. Sigh 

This only would be a reason to boycot this livery contest in my opinion. 

[virgo47]

I'm glad the old Instant Action missions will be preserved - it's true that the split between Instant Action and Missions was often arbitrary and seemingly random, good we will find all prepared missions in one view.

What about Create Fast Mission? I don't see it mentioned here at all - but isn't that "Instant Action Generator" of some sort as well? Will it be replaced by new IAG?

[MAXsenna]

25 minutes ago, virgo47 said:

What about Create Fast Mission? I don't see it mentioned here at all - but isn't that "Instant Action Generator" of some sort as well? Will it be replaced by new IAG?

That was my first assumption. Maybe CFM will be more incorporated into the ME down the line, and IAG will be the first "step" we will see of the DCE?  

[Tomcatter87]

6 hours ago, Mainstay said:

Yeah imagine being able to do that in their OWN tools…. Sigh 

This only would be a reason to boycot this livery contest in my opinion. 

One temporary solution would be a kind of refresh button for the armament menu in DCS. I wouldn't even care if I had to start DCS (vs. the model viewer) because the MV was reeeeally slow anyway. But shutting down DCS each time to check if a texture is aligned? Sorry, ain't got no time for that. 

[Dylan336]

3 hours ago, Tomcatter87 said:

One temporary solution would be a kind of refresh button for the armament menu in DCS. I wouldn't even care if I had to start DCS (vs. the model viewer) because the MV was reeeeally slow anyway. But shutting down DCS each time to check if a texture is aligned? Sorry, ain't got no time for that. 

The only issue with that is then you lose the modelviewer camera movement; view layers for roughmets, norm maps, etc; lighting controls; and at least for me historically if i have PS and DCS open at the same time they both crash often, even if only one is being used.

[MPalmer]

@Graphics How do I get the Model Viewer to display the New F-5?

[Dylan336]

1 hour ago, MPalmer said:

@Graphics How do I get the Model Viewer to display the New F-5?

you cant, you have to reopen and close DCS to check progress from my understanding from the community.