DCS World: The new stuff

[TurboHog]

Grimes, maybe you can add this feature to your first post so everyone can see :)

[upupandaway]

Yay! Great - gone are the days of the odd text menu. I hadn´t noticed this either.

[Grimes]

 

Another screenshot of it, this time with "unlimited munitions" unchecked on the resource management for the base. I had 6 AI su-25T spawn in each with 16 vikhrs before I made a payload. As you can see, my Vikhr launcher loaded with just 4 missiles as that was all that was remaining in the base inventory. I did set my payload to be mirrored, however since the launcher to the right of the screen was loaded on first, the other launcher wasn't even loaded as the base was out of vikhrs. On opening the menu again it showed that pylon 8 was empty, so I loaded a Kh-25ML onboard.

[Irregular programming]

Another possibly new thing in DCS World, at least I don't remember seeing it in previous products, bullets riccochet off bodies of water and you can see the secondary splashes when they fall back down.

 

This has been in every ED product since ka50 at the very least.

[Sanch0]

I can't believe I had gone a week without noticing this! Allows you to rearm to a customized payload within the mission.

 

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Now only if we could choose a livery and tail number as we join a server... :D

Nice discovery! I can't believe it is implemented.

[Boberro]

Such feature hasn't been discovered for so long time :D

 

Great thing, finally normal payload menu!

[Pikey]

yet no one raving about the fact you can fly any aircraft in the list?

[winz]

That's a great find.

What would be great if resources would be persistent between missions.

[104th_Crunch]

yet no one raving about the fact you can fly any aircraft in the list?

 

Meh! Already available before with modding and for anyone that craves realism, useless.

[leafer]

yet no one raving about the fact you can fly any aircraft in the list?

 

What list?

[213]

This has been covered elsewhere, but if you are compiling it, notice the new "role" in mission editor single player called "Client" which allows you to pick a non modelled plane and get an SU-25t cockpit. You get a choice window if you haven't defined your aircraft specifically and pretty sure this is linked to the jumping between aircraft hotkey.

 

i pressed alt j but it doesn't work, i can sit in the cockpit, but can't control the plane.

[104th_Crunch]

Leafer, you can fly any aircraft in the list of a multiplayer mission when you load the MP mission in SP.

 

I should not be negative though. It is a free feature that is there for those that wish to use it. Options are always a good thing. Just nothing to rave about I think.

[ALDEGA]

... notice the new "role" in mission editor single player called "Client" ...

The client role is not new, being able to load multiplayer missions in single player and selecting an aircraft is new though.

[Pikey]

Well my understanding was that the previous way of doing this was using multiplayer to frig it, but now it's just a single player mission you select client avoiding this workaround thing.

 

I wasn't aware it was so common to get these other planes. I agree, they aren't so useful for enthusiasts but perhaps the point is more about the freedom to do this without workarounds as a developer which is something I'm now looking at and I think we shall find gets a huge boost...yada yada yada, end result lots of cool mods and good times for all :) Get me?

[Lib]

I can't believe I had gone a week without noticing this! Allows you to rearm to a customized payload within the mission.

 

 

Now only if we could choose a livery and tail number as we join a server... :D

 

And is it possible to change your skin with it ? Because there is still no windows for a brief view while editing mission... or maybe there is one and i dont know ?

[213]

Well my understanding was that the previous way of doing this was using multiplayer to frig it, but now it's just a single player mission you select client avoiding this workaround thing.

 

I wasn't aware it was so common to get these other planes. I agree, they aren't so useful for enthusiasts but perhaps the point is more about the freedom to do this without workarounds as a developer which is something I'm now looking at and I think we shall find gets a huge boost...yada yada yada, end result lots of cool mods and good times for all :) Get me?

 

it's just the symptom of some changes they made.

[Nate--IRL--]

it's just the symptom of some changes they made.

 

I thought so too and entered a bug report before the beta, but I was told it is a small, but intended, feature of the Module creation system.

 

Nate

[TurboHog]

And is it possible to change your skin with it ? Because there is still no windows for a brief view while editing mission... or maybe there is one and i dont know ?

 

Refueling and rearming on the airport - ok.

 

But repainting? Better go to a hangar first and sit back half a day before you continue :lol::P

[PeterP]

:DBut I can do it in GTA!!!!! - why not in DCS? :P

[Grimes]

GTA automatically advances the time a few in-game hours whenever you go to the paint and spray :D Well at least in SP it does.

[cichlidfan]

:DBut I can do it in GTA!!!!! - why not in DCS? :P

 

I will have to find a discussion I read recently about the process of painting an A-10. It takes a wee bit longer than a day.;)

[ALDEGA]

The ability to directly select something (by clicking the label) in the cockpit instead of having to click a switch/dial multiple times until it's in the desired position is a nice change as well. I wish they'd retrofit this to BS and WH.

Edited May 12, 2012 by ALDEGA

[159th_Viper]

pressure scale at Su-25T altimeter doesnt work?

 

Mouse column in options>controls is disabled, cannot assign mouse axis or button for any control.

 

We have a sub-forum dealing with Bugs and Problems. Kindly read and then report in relevant sub-forum such as the issue dealing with the pressure scale:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=196

 

Had you done so, you would have seen that the issue has already been reported.

[recofsky_sergio]

The radio beacon trigger will work in multiplayer?

[Eddie]

Yep.