DCS 2025 - Praise Due

[wilbur81]

My friends. It just must be said, so I'll say it: DCS has never looked more beautiful and run so well on my modest (by DCS standards) system! Well done to the whole team! With so many modules and features, both current and upcoming, it's easy to miss the incredible progress they've made over the past several years. Seriously, I was flying around the Iraq map on a mission at sunset the other day... Absolutely stunning! Thanks for all the work, team! You are the golden age of military flight sim, PERIOD. 

[Czar66]

True. I often have breathtaking moments through the visuals and immersion. It is an experience like no other I can have with any game.
The maps are also looking better and better.

[BIGNEWY]

4 minutes ago, wilbur81 said:

My friends. It just must be said, so I'll say it: DCS has never looked more beautiful and run so well on my modest (by DCS standards) system! Well done to the whole team! With so many modules and features, both current and upcoming, it's easy to miss the incredible progress they've made over the past several years. Seriously, I was flying around the Iraq map on a mission at sunset the other day... Absolutely stunning! Thanks for all the work, team! You are the golden age of military flight sim, PERIOD. 

Thank you for the kind words, good to hear you are enjoying your flights.

Have a great weekend. 

[ARM505]

I was describing DCS to a colleague today, who has some knowledge of commercial flight simulators. He was seriously impressed by the breadth and detail of what he heard.

I think we sometimes forget the amount of work and detail that's been crafted into this over what by now is many years of work. Sure, we all have our pet bugs that bother us, but it's incredible how far it has come, and how much is on offer. Congrats to ED.

 

Edit to add: I checked my forum joining date to remind myself: November 2004. It's come a long, long way.

Edited June 29 by ARM505

[Rudel_chw]

14 minutes ago, ARM505 said:

I think we sometimes forget the amount of work and detail that's been crafted into this over what by now is many years of work.

 

I fully agree, and I'm reminded of this forgetfulnes each time someone complaints on this forum  about "dated looks" or "when such and such module will get a facelift?" or "that asset looks like it came straight from Lo-Mac"  

[Dragon1-1]

That might be because quite a few notable assets still look like they came from LOMAC (because they did). It's being worked on, at least, I'm really glad the S-3D got new visuals. DCS is a wonderful sim, but consistent it's not. That said, if you set up your missions with new stuff only, on one of the latest maps, it does look properly stunning, and replacements for the old stuff are trickling in.

[Weta43]

It truly is a work of art (science, mathematics and organisation)

Easy to forget & focus on the gripes, but it's come so far since the LOMAC days in all regards

[Dragon1-1]

What I think is best about DCS is that it's constantly improving. Nothing is set in stone, and the devs acknowledge that many parts of the sim could be done better, it's just a matter of when they get to actually redoing it. It's not just DCS code that is being updated, but also its design, which is rare. Too many devs have a history of not acknowledging complaints about their bad design, even if the entire community is shouting at them about it.

[BIGNEWY]

1 minute ago, Dragon1-1 said:

What I think is best about DCS is that it's constantly improving. Nothing is set in stone, and the devs acknowledge that many parts of the sim could be done better, it's just a matter of when they get to actually redoing it. It's not just DCS code that is being updated, but also its design, which is rare. Too many devs have a history of not acknowledging complaints about their bad design, even if the entire community is shouting at them about it.

Thank you Dragon, and I agree, we are not perfect by any means, we even make mistakes. The bug reports we get here on the forum, discord and social media make DCS better, we wont always meet everyone's expectations and some issues can take way longer then they or we would like, but the team continues to work hard, and our change logs show that. 

 

[Dragon1-1]

Bugs are one thing, but redesigns, that's what I really like to see. Many devs, when confronted with the reality of their design just not working well for players, act as if reality is wrong and the design is fine. DCS team reacts to what the community actually wants and needs, as opposed to following some "artistic vision", so to speak, cooked up at the beginning of the project. That's why DCS adapts to community's needs so well.

Oh, and also, a shout out for properly used the Saved Games folder on Windows to store DCS stuff. It's been over a decade since it's been added and some game devs still stuff the saves in My Documents. Small thing, but I like it when things are in their proper places.

[wilbur81]

48 minutes ago, Dragon1-1 said:

What I think is best about DCS is that it's constantly improving. Nothing is set in stone, and the devs acknowledge that many parts of the sim could be done better, it's just a matter of when they get to actually redoing it. It's not just DCS code that is being updated, but also its design, which is rare. Too many devs have a history of not acknowledging complaints about their bad design, even if the entire community is shouting at them about it.

100% agree!