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[tobaschi]

Hey : )

 

i just read this article http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/gamers-donate-400000-in-one-day-to-see-their-heroes-make-a-new-game/

 

It's about a game which is partly sponsored by the community / supporters. For me it would be interesting if this would be a option for ED and the DCS/LockOn Community too.

 

E.g. for new regions, additional features, eyecandystuff : )

Edited February 15, 2012 by tobaschi

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i think people like to claim they'll give up a finger for ed, but in reality, they won't donate a cent.

 

that community is probably very large and coherent, that's why they could get so much in a day. i personally think it's silly paying for something that hasn't been created yet.

[Demongornot]

Best support will be first see ED give us what we ask, look here :

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=85438

Ground crew, explosion effect and wing vapor its a wish since several year, that will give us better sim, same thing for other plane, we see almost US and Russian aircraft, Japaneses and Chinese aircraft are totally miss, Britannic and French aircraft are almost not here and Germany aircraft are a little present, only one civilian aircraft...

AI are extremely bad, look at my idea here http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=81295

Multiplayer know always a long list of bug, i have send idea here but like everytime that will be ignored : http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=83783

And actual Multiplayer are nice but can be really better, look here : http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=84001

 

When we see that every new patch add a new list of bug and don't correct old and stupid graphic optimization like i have already see, for the same scene (during training mission -> aircraft presentation) i have better FPS number with maximum graphic setting than minimum...And graphics itself who can be really better...

 

When we take all this big problems and we additional it, that give us a realistic but a bad simulator who can completely be better...

 

Before support ED i think ED must have to give us correct sim, mainly when we see the price with things like Black Shark 2 and soon Nevada Map, FC3, P51D and Combined Arms who will be not free...And after that the Next DCS aircraft with maybe again several thing to buy with like BS 3 A10C 2 and other things...

 

But the best way to support them ?

Them have to give us a public but complete and good SDK !

With a good SDK we can ourself create ground crew, better effect, correct contrail, add wing vapor, change ATC, improve and write completely better AI comportment, create new map and maybe full earth one day for people who want to create an algorithm for generate terrain with ground level map/VFR map for geometry, IRF map for airport data, satellite picture for automatically find where is city, forest, grass, dirt/sand, rock water and a lot of other thing and for automatically choose the better (closest to real) texture in library, road/rail map for generate traffic, auto generation of falsification of data for don't compromise global defense and finally will compile all this data in a single giant realistic and really nice globe map for DCS.

But actually just adding a new map its impossible (except for ED team)

But SDK will give us too the possibility to see a biggest aircraft/vehicle/boat/weapon library for AI and will give us 5 type of aircraft :

DCS Aircraft (official), DCS Flying Legend Aircraft (official), Flaming Cliff aircraft (official) and Flaming Cliff Community aircraft and finally DCS Community aircraft.

Aircraft or Airplane + Rotorcraft...

Imagine the possibility be a KC-135 pilot and in multiplayer have another player as copilot and another as boomer who can refuel another aircraft that another player pilot.

Possibility to pilot an AWACS and have player inside for watch the RADAR activity, possibility with Combined Arms to really convoy a M1A1 Abram tank that player control with pilot, gunner, loader and chief inside an C-130 who will like in real land on the sand, dispatch cargo bay and take off again...

And maybe finally ED can take several aircraft, finalize it for give it a total realism and do a payware aircraft with a community aircraft platform...

Everyone want to see aircraft like Mig 21, F-14 and why not A-6, Mirage 2000, AV8, AH-64, AH-1, Mil-28 Mil-24, Black Hawk, KA-52, Mil-26, Tiger and a lot of other aircraft, and its the only way to obtain all this aircraft before 2020/2030...

Look how are the basic version of Flight Simulator and how are a version with a lot of addons, we finally see in FSX better addon aircraft than default.

DCS can have the same improvement but with difference to see the possibility to integrated officially several addons in the official simulator and finally give us a really more rich simulator who will for the same work give to ED better sim who will attract more player.

 

If ED give us the possibility to create a better simulator more rich with an incredible quantity of thing that we ask since long time and that ED team correct stupid bug and problems, them will finally help themselves...

 

That will be better for ED and for community, and anyways if addon that no one like coming, no one force you to download it, but if a good addon coming, that will be nice for everyone to to download it, including for ED who will have a simulator with better reputation.

And its nice to create a P51D Mustang for show the possibility of integrate a WW2 plane inside a modern combat platform, but SDK will permit to create so many addons that the software integration and technology demonstration will be done itself.

 

But like everytime everyone will just critic what i say and finally other will ignore that.

Maybe one day someone will understand that i want to give US a better sim and that i have several idea about how do that...

 

Anyways i think its 100 time better to do it than give directly money to ED and anyways we can do both...