Pre Release Trailer - Small detail, but pretty obvious and few other vital points.

[Hawkeye_UK]

Guys,

Just seen the Pre release video, looks like the module is coming on well.  Congrats.

Don't forget the Caution / Jump lights (red/green respectively)!  I mention as in the brief look at the video the one thing that struck me was they were off during the drop - they should cycle up from red to green (and obviously back to red when out of release parameters for DZ) to indicate launch acceptability range.  Anything that is going out the aircraft, be it pallets or people then they are on green.   

Good luck with the rest of the dev, are you doing the full CARP implementation, loadmaster station and ECHS MFCD that can be interacted with for Onload/Offload/Combat offload,Airdrop, Jettison etc.  Is this something that you can jump to in VR as a crew position etc, rather than some overlay?

This also leads me onto another point, how are you modelling HARP and two stage equipment drops for cargo? Does this involve work with ED surely for the physics of how that works re similar to HALO principles.  I mean the module has the possibility to be the most complex planning module in DCS if you are going into calculating drops in any detail.  Have ED or yourselves done some modelling on the different principles of this, the different parachutes and systems and are the varied meterological conditions in game affecting these drops? 

Are you planning to do JPADS?  I ask as from a Multiplayer perspective, and no doubt the third party campaign devs this could prove invaluable.  For example in MP players could drop cargo that for example with say moose/mist could then spawn into an asset that are used in MP missions such as command towers etc.  This would give the module alot of capability, also with a far greater precision for HARP operations with safety from ground threats.

Edit * Also how is cargo loading going to be simulated?  Is there any movement of this be it vehicles / winch /crew etc?  Can we loads troops?

 

 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Hawkeye_UK

[YoYo]

9 hours ago, Hawkeye_UK said:

Edit * Also how is cargo loading going to be simulated?  Is there any movement of this be it vehicles / winch /crew etc?  Can we loads troops?

Yes:

Few examples: