DCS

[SYN_Vander]

54 minutes ago, DBFlyguy said:

That definitely looks like an F-4 gunsight at the end ? Also loving all those cockpit shots of the Razbam F-15E...we may actually see it released this decade ?

 

 

 

My interest piqued when I noticed the Eiffel tower and Big Ben! 

[AndyJWest]

'Beyond' is a useful word. Just don't ask how far...

[LukeFF]

They really need better music for their promo videos - that has to be the worst rendition of It's a Wonderful World ever composed.

Edited December 24, 2021 by LukeFF

[354thFG_Leifr]

F-4 Phantom and the Japanese Zero? Yes, this is all I desire.

The music may be pretty pants, but does BoX have a YouTube channel to use? It's a shame really.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Leifr

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Uh, that Zero is less numeric and more alpha……Anton to be specific. Then again the Fw 190 has always been kinda Alpha anyway.

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, Leifr said:

F-4 Phantom and the Japanese Zero? Yes, this is all I desire.

The music may be pretty pants, but does BoX have a YouTube channel to use? It's a shame really.

 

https://www.youtube.com/c/1CGameStudios/videos

23 minutes ago, II/JG17_HerrMurf said:

Uh, that Zero is less numeric and more alpha……Anton to be specific. Then again the Fw 190 has always been kinda Alpha anyway.

 

Yes, I had to do a double-take there as well. ? 

[BladeMeister]

1 hour ago, Leifr said:

F-4 Phantom and the Japanese Zero? Yes, this is all I desire.

The music may be pretty pants, but does BoX have a YouTube channel to use? It's a shame really.

Yes TGBS has a YouTube and no DCS doesn't have a Zero. LOL, spot on as usual Leifr. Rumor has it an AI Zero is coming with the Corsair module. That will be fun for an hour or two. Love DCS modules for detail fidelity, maps and weather/ hate DCS for no complete scenarios and usually F-ing up as much they fix in each update not to mention that overview most likely taking 5 years to be fully realized if not more. The worst thing about that video is the cheesy voice actor, not sure who wrote that load of BS but it is over the top and I had to click mute, and then the complete disconnect that there is not one scenario/time period that is in a semi complete state. Love to hate DCS for a couple of weeks at the most and then duck out for a month or two before trying to like it again.

 

S!Blade<><

[DBFlyguy]

7 hours ago, BladeMeister said:

The worst thing about that video is the cheesy voice actor, not sure who wrote that load of BS but it is over the top

 

S!Blade<><

The "voice actor" is Nick Grey, CEO of eagle dynamics (ED).  Yeah, it was hella cheezy...and cringe but gotta respect a guy who believes in his product enough to promote it.  What I HATE is those utter TRASH covers of classic songs ?

 

7 hours ago, BladeMeister said:

Rumor has it an AI Zero is coming with the Corsair module.

 

The AI zero and Essex carrier is coming with the F4U.  ED is also supposedly working on WWII era Japanese ai units in house to go with the WWII version of the Marianas map.  Hopefully, we'll finally have a WWII PTO option in 2022...fingers crossed.

Edited December 25, 2021 by DBFlyguy

[Lusekofte]

I wonder if some AI planes ever will be flyable?

I will be a exclusive DCS flyer if Dauntless, Avenger, Val and Kate got flyable. I have a tired Rift S and a 1080 ti. I cannot spot shit. I fly just about exclusive single missions. What I like is a feel of WW 2 combat, inside a authentic WW 2 cockpit. P 47 and Mossie serve this purpose very well

Edited December 25, 2021 by LuseKofte

[41Sqn_Skipper]

I think we can all agree that PTO first and foremost needs this:

 

 

... and a Zero of course

 

Edit: Picture wasn't showing ...

Edited December 25, 2021 by 41Sqn_Skipper

[Alexmarine]

Has anybody checked this coordinates? They appear at the end just before the gunsight image

[Retnek]

34°56'46.0"N 69°15'54.0"E exactly matches Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan

 

[unlikely_spider]

32 minutes ago, Retnek said:

34°56'46.0"N 69°15'54.0"E exactly matches Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan

 

Is there anything parked in that location on Google maps, etc?

[ACG_Bobo]

Double take...yes maybe two.

[Gambit21]

On 12/24/2021 at 12:29 AM, Art-J said:

Are you guys running a stable version? Open Beta one is supposed to finally have this bug fixed after yesterday's patch. Can't check 'cause I'm away from my gaming rig for Christmas.

 

Beta

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, III./SG77-K_Bobo said:

Double take...yes maybe two.

 

With the Corsair coming soon I WANT that WWII Marianas map.

[DN308]

14 hours ago, Retnek said:

34°56'46.0"N 69°15'54.0"E exactly matches Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan

 

If it announces a coming map, I would be really happy.

for me, a lack of Afghanistan and Iraq map is something that I didn’t understand. 
And Bagram is a place of choice for me for some reasons… I would be able to fly over my house in the mountains for months from there.

 It even seems like the F-15E in the video is taking off from there. F-15E, EA-6B, A-10C, AH-64, C-130 (and AC-130 BTW), OH-58, CH-47, UH-60, MPQ-9… were based there. Nice collection and most of them are present officially or not already in the game

[BOO]

2021 came with a tease of the Apache which was, pretty much, a completed external model. 2022 has map co-ordinate and a gunsight. The "and beyond" never seemed more apt. Still, all seems to be going in a good direction.

 

Oh, and plus 1 on the music. started with a truly awful rendition of "zombie" a couple of years ago. Prolly the most inappropriate song that could have been picked for a war sim. Someone needs to get over their crush on drippy covers I think...

[Lusekofte]

I finally updated DCS.

Been a while since I flew. Now it won't start. Exe simply got some error.

I know there was a neat little startup mod program. Made for fixing issues like this. Do anyone know where to find it

[9./JG27golani79]

16 minutes ago, LuseKofte said:

I finally updated DCS.

Been a while since I flew. Now it won't start. Exe simply got some error.

I know there was a neat little startup mod program. Made for fixing issues like this. Do anyone know where to find it

Have you tried the normal repair function? You should find it in the start menu.

 

 

[Lusekofte]

 

31 minutes ago, 9./JG27golani79 said:

Have you tried the normal repair function?

I had no idea, thanks will try it

[DD_fruitbat]

21 hours ago, unlikely_spider said:

Is there anything parked in that location on Google maps, etc?

 

C-130 apparently, which may well be the hint rather than an Afghanistan map.

Edited December 26, 2021 by DD_fruitbat

[jollyjack]

where is this start menu in 2.7.7.15038?  Not in Modulemanager or options ...

[AndyJWest]

23 minutes ago, jollyjack said:

where is this start menu in 2.7.7.15038?  Not in Modulemanager or options ...

 

That's the Windows Start Menu. The exact layout can vary, mine looks like this:

 

[DD_Crash]

5 hours ago, LuseKofte said:

I finally updated DCS.

Been a while since I flew. Now it won't start. Exe simply got some error.

I know there was a neat little startup mod program. Made for fixing issues like this. Do anyone know where to find it

try this

https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/134493-the-dcs-updater-gui-utility/

[Lusekofte]

9 hours ago, AndyJWest said:

 

That's the Windows Start Menu. The exact layout can vary, mine looks like this:

 

This worked, thanks

[DBFlyguy]

11 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

 

C-130 apparently, which may well be the hint rather than an Afghanistan map.

Would much rather have the C-130 than an Afghanistan (yawn..) map honestly.  Would rather have somewhere a bit more interesting like Korea, Taiwan Straits or Bering Strait

[Gambit21]

Yeah I don’t give a rip about Afghanistan. We need PTO maps and Vietnam/Southeast Asia.

[DD_fruitbat]

North Vietnam map would be my number one choice (South Vietnam was pretty much just dropping bombs). Thats the area where air to air, SAMs and bombing happened. Plus its actually a feasible size,  the whole of Vietnam would be to big (would still love a separate South Vietnam map too).

 

The pessimist in me says that the F4 we get will be a late F4E, and not a Vietnam era one though,  more at home on the current Syria map than in South east Asia (many users).

 

Can't see a Taiwan or Korea map due to political issues being likely (would be great though).

 

Actually,  an iran Iraq border map would be interesting,  as we are getting some way to having a pretty good plane set for the Iran Iraq war, especially with stuff in the pipeline. 

 

I'm struggling to think of anywhere else apart from the 2 theatre's I've just alluded to that had a prolonged air to air war (measured in years rather than a couple of weeks) since Korea,  although I'm likely missing somewhere....

 

Edited December 27, 2021 by DD_fruitbat

[BOO]

3 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

North Vietnam map would be my number one choice

 

I know there is a lot of clamour for a Vietnam map and I am only coming at this from the limited knowledge I have of the terrain but.......

 

.....it seems to have an awful lot of trees.

 

The Marianas amply shows that DCS and dense areas of tropical vegitation are not each other's biggest fans with the current map tech. I think there is a substantial amount of stuff ED needs to get right first if they were to produce a large heavily forested tropical map. Especially if using a 2 seat aircraft like the F4 and especially if one choses to do in an adapted snorkel.

 

On 12/26/2021 at 2:58 PM, DD_fruitbat said:

 

C-130 apparently, which may well be the hint rather than an Afghanistan map.

Didnt that come from someone at Dekka?  I find it odd that ED would choose to promote a 3rd party module over one of theirs in their own "heres the hype train" video but then again I think the South Atlantic map was teased similarily (albeit not in a 20XX and beyond video)

[DD_fruitbat]

South Atlantic map and F15 were teased in the 2022 vid from memory, both from Razbam. There's also a lot of trees on the Caucasus map in certain places with little problem, so I don't think its just trees that is a show stopper, done in certain ways. 

 

Coastal areas of Vietnam has a lot of cultivated land fyi, certainly did when I was there circa 2000 anyway. Would actually be more of an issue for S Vietnam I would think, as the war in the north was more against industrial and tactical targets, which tend to be in built up areas on the coastal plain, not tending to be found in the jungle, I'm certainly no expert on the airwar in Vietnam, so I maybe wrong though!

 

Certainly in the south I would agree with you, regarding places like the Central Highlands (stunningly beautiful place in peacetime) and the Delta.

Edited December 27, 2021 by DD_fruitbat

[BOO]

25 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said:

South Atlantic map and F15 were teased in the 2022 vid from memory, both from Razbam. There's also a lot of trees on the Caucasus map in certain places with little problem, so I don't think its just trees that is a show stopper, done in certain ways. 

 

Coastal areas of Vietnam has a lot of cultivated land fyi, certainly did when I was there circa 2000 anyway. Would actually be more of an issue for S Vietnam I would think, as the war in the north was more against industrial and tactical targets, on the coastal plain, not tending to be found in the jungle! I maybe wrong though. Certainly in the south I would agree with you, regarding places like the central highlands.

I think you are correct about Razbam. They featured in the main section as a sub section but not the "surprise" post showreel extra. That was reserved for Th'pachee wasnt it?  I just cannot see it being a Herc. The co-ordinates are of Bagram but I think its stretching it to say they are positoned on any specific aircraft in google earth or whatever. DCS tech pushes 2 seaters let alone a hulking Multi Crew beast like that. And I dearnt even begin to imagine the size of the paintkit given the F14s!!. I think if ED are teasing anything with wings its the F4. Every man and his dog are convinced the gunsight is an F4Es and who am i to argue with the diehards.  Even talk on the forums of a heatblur/ED love in over it. The hype train is certainly leaving the station on that one. 

 

Currently the ED map team have pretty much finished the Channel (I think) so Id be more inclined to put my head in my hands and say its gonna be Afghanistan (which i hear can be very beautiful). 

 

The Caucauses trees are low detail in comparison with the Marianas ones. Its seemingly maginal but magified by the number I think its significant. The bigly leaves on the palms also hit the shadows a fair bit  (i removed all the trees from the maps suface details folder and added them back one by one to see if there was a magic "that can go and gain me 10fps" like there is with the bushes in Caucauses (there wasnt).  Additionally the map base textures and gemo...gemom...pointy edges in the Caucauses map are pretty basic giving it a head start in fps keepee uppy. 

 

Good points on Vietnam. As i said I came from a point of ignorance and stock footage. I think i can be done but, as you say, in certain ways. 

[DD_fruitbat]

I haven't checked the co-ordinates, just going on what others have said. Personally I think either is a possibility, as ED have talked about an Afghanistan map before, but I'm also aware that the professional arm of the business has an AC 130 module that the military use as a trainer, along with the A 10, and that arm of the business I would imagine is worth more than DCS lol.

 

Re trees, I agree about lower detail on the Caucuses, but of course that's an option on any map with lots of green! Also, if you turn down the object shadows to flat iirc, ie not dynamic shadows on the trees, makes a huge fps difference to me, even with a pretty high end system.  

[BOO]

1 hour ago, DD_fruitbat said:

if you turn down the object shadows to flat iirc, ie not dynamic shadows on the trees, makes a huge fps difference to me, even with a pretty high end system.  

I strike your cheek with my Mi8 embossed glove Sir!  I shall have no mention of flat shadows in this establishment. A plague on those who say otherwise and damn them to hell. 

 

er......hence the reason I now use a 3080 to run the game at 1080P I guess!! ?

 

1 hour ago, DD_fruitbat said:

 I'm also aware that the professional arm of the business has an AC 130 module that the military use as a trainer, along with the A 10, and that arm of the business I would imagine is worth more than DCS lol.

 

I think combined arms and possibly the Yak52 came from that side too. I still have no idea were Magnitudes Eagle came from or a which point they decided it fitted DCS. 

[Gambit21]

13 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

I haven't checked the co-ordinates, just going on what others have said. Personally I think either is a possibility, as ED have talked about an Afghanistan map before, but I'm also aware that the professional arm of the business has an AC 130 module that the military use as a trainer

 

I didn't realize that.

 

So here's my take - both.

Why? Well I don't think they'd tease a Herc sitting anywhere if it wasn't on the roadmap, and I don't think they'd put anything at that coordinate in Afghanistan wasn't on the roadmap. This would just be inviting unnecessary drama/trouble. So both...that's my theory. 

 

 

 

 

20 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

The pessimist in me says that the F4 we get will be a late F4E, and not a Vietnam era one though,  more at home on the current Syria map than in South east Asia (many users).

 

That would fit with the current methodology as much as I hate to say it.

Will be a shame if that's the case though.

 

20 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

Can't see a Taiwan or Korea map due to political issues being likely (would be great though).

 

Prolly. Although no Korea ever would be a shame since we have the Sabre, the MiG 15, the Mustang and soon the Corsair.

 

20 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

Actually,  an iran Iraq border map would be interesting,  as we are getting some way to having a pretty good plane set for the Iran Iraq war, especially with stuff in the pipeline. 

 

It would be interesting, but personally I'm not that into the desert. I think Syria is a fantastic map though so who knows.

 

20 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

I'm struggling to think of anywhere else apart from the 2 theatre's I've just alluded to that had a prolonged air to air war (measured in years rather than a couple of weeks) since Korea,  although I'm likely missing somewhere....

 

 

The viable options run thin. That's actually the case with both companies on several fronts.

This is why I know the F4 has to come, why Vietnam has to come, why PTO has to come. Only question is how quickly.

 

I'm a bit bummed that Razzy decided to make a South Atlantic map, just because I cant' imagine what I'd do with it. No interest in the whole Falklands thing...and with modern infrastructure I can't use it as a New Guinea stand-in...so I likely won't purchase it even though it looks beautiful. 

 

I am a bit excited about the Channel and/or the Normandy map getting updated/expanded. I think that's a very wise move.

 

I'm mostly excited for the Corsair at this point, and when it get's here that's where I'll be...on the WWII Marianas map when it get's here...and figuring a way to use the Jug there too.

 

Edited December 28, 2021 by Gambit21

[Lusekofte]

7 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

here...and figuring a way to use the Jug there too.

Not long time will go before someone give it a rising SUN clothing and call it a late Mitshubitchi fighter

[DD_fruitbat]

new pic from the F-15E, showing A/A symbology, still work in progress, some wrong symbology,

 

 

There seems to be a really steady stream of new pics coming out now, been lots in this thread over the last couple of weeks,

 

F-15E WIP Updates - Page 5 - F-15E - ED Forums (eagle.ru)

 

I'm wondering if its closer to release than I thought  (which was way down the track), thinking it may well be first half of 2022 now and starting to get a little hyped about it now. That, the Apache and the Kiowa will keep me pretty happy and busy for 2022.

 

I'm kinda looking forward to slicking the F-15E and just running it in air to air with 8 missiles and all other rails removed, using that big ass radar pretending its a C!

Edited December 29, 2021 by DD_fruitbat

[Gambit21]

Kev I think it's going to be a good 1s quarter of 2022 for DCS overall.

I'll be busy with the Corsair.

 

To quote Rudel on the DCS forum recently...

 

Quote

We're really close anyways guys, and we'll have some exciting content to show soon.

 

[Hoss]

Hey Gambit, have you done any single missions with DCS yet? or are you just going to stick to Campaigns?.  If you have anything for WWII Warbirds I'd like to see them.  The Corsair would be great for Korea, but if you never see anything else done for Pacific the Mariana's WWII map is kind of a waste.  Need TBF's, SBD's, F6F's and F4F's, would love to see a PBY or Rufe. And an Essex Carrier to fill the bill is the icing on the cake. Would also like to see RN carriers, SeaFires, Sea Hurricanes, Fireflies, Fulmers, they also had F6F, F4f and F4U's.  I'll prolly be looking at it thru the pearly gates if they ever see the light of day. 

[Gambit21]

5 minutes ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

Hey Gambit, have you done any single missions with DCS yet?

 

Yeah made a full complexity, top drawer (meaning up there with anything you'd see from Baltic Dragon etc) Viper mission in order to learn the editor. No voice-overs though.

I was going to be the first mission in a Viper campaign but I became side-tracked.

 

5 minutes ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

 

or are you just going to stick to Campaigns?. 

 

Have had several campaign projects in early stages, but again sidetracked with some other content-creation work for a 3rd party.

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

If you have anything for WWII Warbirds I'd like to see them. 

 

Started a Mossie/Channel "live map" Intruder project, pretty far along...but again sidetracked lol

 

 

5 minutes ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

The Corsair would be great for Korea, but if you never see anything else done for Pacific the Mariana's WWII map is kind of a waste. 

 

I plan on using it as a 'stand in' Solomons map FOR SURE using the Corsair and maybe try and figure a way to use the Jug on it...that's a bit more dicey. Corsair for sure.

In any case expect to see some single missions at least early'ish I'm guessing this coming year.

 

5 minutes ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

 

Need TBF's, SBD's, F6F's and F4F's, would love to see a PBY or Rufe.

 

We can dream. Assets are coming both from Leathernecks and ED...Hellcat is coming for sure I think.

 

 

5 minutes ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

And an Essex Carrier to fill the bill is the icing on the cake.

 

That for SURE is coming!

 

5 minutes ago, 352nd_Hoss said:

 

 

Would also like to see RN carriers, SeaFires, Sea Hurricanes, Fireflies, Fulmers, they also had F6F, F4f and F4U's.  I'll prolly be looking at it thru the pearly gates if they ever see the light of day. 

 

I think PTO is going to pick up steam, in an ED sense...which means glacial pace, but at least it's coming.

Corsair is a good start, and we'll have it soon. When it's in hand I'll get to work on at least some single missions between other work. 

We'll have enough assets to make it worth my while I think, and with even one flyable PTO aircraft finally in hand I doubt I'll mess with anything else for some time.