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 Thursday at 11:38 PM 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:

 

[Someone]

On 8/14/2025 at 5:22 PM, Hawkeye_UK said:

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?

 

 

 

Of course we have the red and green lights. They just had not been connected at the time of the trailer. But they are now integrated.

[Hawkeye_UK]

11 hours ago, Someone said:

Of course we have the red and green lights. They just had not been connected at the time of the trailer. But they are now integrated.

That's great i guess you are one of the dev team, wishing you the best for the project. 

Any thought's on the other points i raised reference ECHS MFCD loadmaster panel, duel stage cargo drops, weather impacts, varied canopy requirements depending on load, JPADS.

I mention JPADS as this could be used for so many mechanics within the game for MP object placement and third pary campaign dev's (as in once the cargo lands it then converts into an asset with additional lua framework etc) and give the module a greater escape window/accuracy.  Are the CARP/HARP points relayed into the flight management systems such as the HUD etc?

[Someone]

JPADS is a more complicated topic, and isnt planned for the moment. 

However, its not used very frequently because you can get, in most situations, as close as you need with a normal carp solution. 

Of course things like weather affect the ballistics, and all of these factors are accounted for in the cni carp solution, as in the real plane. 

Regarding whether the points are "relayed to the hud", yes, of course. This is a full fidelity module, so in general, if a real c-130 does something, this (virtual) one does too. 

Two stage airdrops exist also. 

[ThorBrasil]

What would JPADS be?

[Jester986]

1 hour ago, ThorBrasil said:

What would JPADS be?

A gps steerable parachute for cargo drops.