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Civilian Airliners for DCS Missions (e.g., Boeing-style aircraft)


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Hi everyone,

I would really love to see civilian airliners—similar to modern Boeings or other types from various eras—added to DCS World. They don't necessarily have to carry real-world names or branding, but having modern and historical airliner models would be extremely useful, especially for creating more immersive and realistic QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) missions.

I know there are some community-made mods out there, but I would prefer not to require my mission users to download external content. Having an official, built-in (vanilla) option would be much more convenient and accessible for everyone.

In my opinion, having civilian traffic in a flight simulator like DCS makes a lot of sense, both for mission variety and realism. It would be a great addition to the mission editor and open up new possibilities for both singleplayer and multiplayer scenarios.

Thanks for considering this!

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Yep, they would be far more useful as functional units than just decorative, scenery objects.

Though we really need a separate civilian faction.

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These would be very useful units and open up new types of missions. Many of the maps are littered with civil airports.

They'd also pair well with some kind of automated AI flight generator which would remove the burden on the mission maker to populate  the airspace:

 

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2 hours ago, Exorcet said:

They'd also pair well with some kind of automated AI flight generator which would remove the burden on the mission maker to populate  the airspace:

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On 4/29/2025 at 12:11 AM, JG78_horΛz said:

I know there are some community-made mods out there, but I would prefer not to require my mission users to download external content. Having an official, built-in (vanilla) option would be much more convenient and accessible for everyone.

 

Hopefully ED can continue the trend it started with @Massun92 and @currenthill Mods, and add the @cdpkobra & @seth0s Civil Aircraft Mod to DCS, though probably the licensing costs from Boeing and Airbus could be excessive 🙏

 

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