Patch notes discussion October 2025

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

57 minutes ago, d0ppler said:

Lets hope for some Kola love!

They still have until the end of the year before their self-imposed deadline ends:

 

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Coming Over the Next 3-6 Months:
Airfields & surrounding infrastructure
ESPG, ESNG, ENKA, ENVR, and EFRU
Enhanced ground textures for low-level flight
Continued VRAM and rendering performance updates

 

[NickyBoom]

4 часа назад, BIGNEWY сказал:

Release Version

Current version number: DCS 2.9.20.15384

Next planned update: 22nd October 2025 

Maybe new A-10C pilot model?

[BIGNEWY]

22 minutes ago, NickyBoom said:

Maybe new A-10C pilot model?

not yet sadly. 

[OmasRachE]

@BIGNEWY Are the devs still working on todays update until the last second or why are you so misterious about the update content?

[MAXsenna]

@BIGNEWY Are the devs still working on todays update until the last second or why are you so misterious about the update content?

Mysterious? Nah, this is completely normal. And they won't post the changelog until they're absolutely sure the patch is posted.

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[Sunbather]

vor 4 Stunden schrieb NRG-Vampire:

Hopes of Normandy, Early F-14A-70/75-GR update ?
AI A-6 Intruder, C-130, La-7 thunderstrucks out of the blue release(s) maybe ?

Most likely not the C-130 because the Steam pre-sales haven't gone live yet. And if the Mig-29 release is any indication they figured out to do those pre-sale discounts on Steam now as well.

 

Edited October 22 by Sunbather

[BIGNEWY]

3 minutes ago, OmasRachE said:

@BIGNEWY Are the devs still working on todays update until the last second or why are you so misterious about the update content?

I'm not sure where I was being mysterious. But the team are doing final checks on our content delivery network and patch notes are being refined. When we are ready to post them we will and the patch will then follow. 

thank you  

[Hiob]

3 minutes ago, Sunbather said:

Most likely not the C-130 because the Steam pre-sales haven't gone live yet. And if the Mig-29 release is any indication they figured out to do those pre-sale discounts on Steam now.

BN already confirmed, C-130 is NOT coming this patch. 

[OmasRachE]

Gerade eben schrieb BIGNEWY:

I'm not sure where I was being mysterious. But the team are doing final checks on our content delivery network and patch notes are being refined. When we are ready to post them we will and the patch will then follow. 

thank you  

Ok mysterious might be the wrong expression. I just wondered why you did not just post the Changelog and let everyone speculate. But you awnsered it. Just did not know that they are in deed cheking everything till the last second. Is there a fixed time when the changelog comes or will you drop it just when its finished? Just for my interrest, cause I´m quite new and don´t have that much experience with your update process. 

[BIGNEWY]

1 minute ago, OmasRachE said:

Ok mysterious might be the wrong expression. I just wondered why you did not just post the Changelog and let everyone speculate. But you awnsered it. Just did not know that they are in deed cheking everything till the last second. Is there a fixed time when the changelog comes or will you drop it just when its finished? Just for my interrest, cause I´m quite new and don´t have that much experience with your update process. 

Change log and patch come when we are ready usually and it can vary, sometimes we aim for around 15:00 ZULU / GMT but its not set in stone. 

thank you 

[Stratos]

HGU-2 helmet for the updated F-5E! 

 

[Hiob]

5 minutes ago, Stratos said:

HGU-2 helmet for the updated F-5E! 

 

Epic wrist watch!

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

50 minutes ago, Stratos said:

HGU-2 helmet for the updated F-5E!

Would much rather have a properly working visor so we don't have to faff about with gamma any more  

[Jayhawk1971]

vor 3 Minuten schrieb Raven (Elysian Angel):

Would much rather have a properly working visor so we don't have to faff about with gamma any more  

For all modules....

[ThorBrasil]

7 minutes ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Would much rather have a properly working visor so we don't have to faff about with gamma any more  

The industry standard gamma is 2.2 for monitors and Windows. So just leave it at 2.2 and forget about it. 

Edited October 22 by ThorBrasil

[cuchara]

hace 2 horas, NickyBoom dijo:

Maybe new A-10C pilot model?

we don't  need that actually,only for video maybe...

Edited October 22 by cuchara

[Snoopy]

18 minutes ago, cuchara said:

we don't  need that actually

That's your opinion others don't feel that way.  Plus it would be nice to have something that was mentioned when the update to the A-10C was announced released 5 years after the updated module was released.  

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/2020-10-02/

They already changed and don't plan to include things originally announced such as updating the TAD would be a shame if the pilot body ended up not happening as well.

Edited October 22 by Snoopy

[cuchara]

hace 6 minutos, Snoopy dijo:

That's your opinion others don't feel that way.  Plus it would be nice to have something that was mentioned when the update to the A-10C was announced released years after the fact.  

Amen ,but for video ,YT only

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

19 minutes ago, ThorBrasil said:

The industry standard gamma is 2.2 for monitors and Windows. So just leave it at 2.2 and forget about it. 

Ideally that would be the case yes. But as I’m sure you’re aware, DCS massively overexposes the view as soon as you enter the cockpit, and because of the lighting changes in version 2.7 the gamma required for a consistent experience now depends on a module by module basis, based on their age and the availability of a working visor. In FC3 and the A-10, anything over 1.6 blinds me. In the F-16/18 I can get away with 1.7 or 1.8.

In the F-4 I use 2.1, and in F-15E, OH-58, Mirage 2000 and F1, and now in the MiG-29 as an ED-first I can use 2.2 - because visors correct the overexposure and makes colour representation consistent between external view and cockpit view.

This is all in daylight conditions, mind you. DCS’s night lighting is pretty bad so at night and depending on the circumstances I go up to gamma 3.5 for a believable experience.

 

[Hiob]

3 minutes ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Ideally that would be the case yes. But as I’m sure you’re aware, DCS massively overexposes the view as soon as you enter the cockpit, and because of the lighting changes in version 2.7 the gamma required for a consistent experience now depends on a module by module basis, based on their age and the availability of a working visor. In FC3 and the A-10, anything over 1.6 blinds me. In the F-16/18 I can get away with 1.7 or 1.8.

In the F-4 I use 2.1, and in F-15E, OH-58, Mirage 2000 and F1, and now in the MiG-29 as an ED-first I can use 2.2 - because visors correct the overexposure and makes colour representation consistent between external view and cockpit view.

This is all in daylight conditions, mind you. DCS’s night lighting is pretty bad so at night and depending on the circumstances I go up to gamma 3.5 for a believable experience.

 

I feel the same.
There isn't one gamma setting that works for all modules.
I find some of the newer Modules have particular dark cockpits and some older are too bright.
Maybe the problem is more pronounced on an oled, since there is no backlight to brighten up the blacks.... 

[Czar]

@Raven (Elysian Angel) and @ThorBrasil are both right.

2.2 is the neutral gamma visual industry wise (refer to external sources), but that value in DCS is off balance with over exposure. There are much worse offenders out there, btw. DCS still looks good.

All games have their look based on artistic vision, DCS just happens to be one of the few that references the industrial value being the default 2.2, which is correct.

Use a lower gamma to counter over exposure and the lack of a tinted visor. ...even for calibrated monitors without any blown up whites.

(we need those visors across all modern modules...)

Edited October 22 by Czar

[Viper ZA]

Not expecting anything to crazy this patch. Looking more at couple of fixes mostly. 

[Czar]

I hope to see something new from Heatblur about the F-14 special effects.

Those overwing/tenis court vapors and afterburner effects had already shown their age. Especially how muted down the afterburners are in dim lighting in comparison to real life.

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[PLUTON]

Exactly, we absolutely need visors like the F15E or the M2000c because they provide
nearly natural vision.

Thanks in advance.

[Jayhawk1971]

vor 42 Minuten schrieb ThorBrasil:

The industry standard gamma is 2.2 for monitors and Windows. So just leave it at 2.2 and forget about it. 

And for OLED VR lenses?