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[Guest deleted@83466]

That’s awesome, I’d never heard of it before.  It would be really cool if somebody would make a Bf-110 night fighter to go along with that, with a human or a Jester in the back seat to operate the radar.

[Lusekofte]

7 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

That’s awesome, I’d never heard of it before.  It would be really cool if somebody would make a Bf-110 night fighter to go along with that, with a human or a Jester in the back seat to operate the radar.

Good idea but since no model made why not a 

DCS got the capability for a good onboard radar. And I would not mind being radar operator onboard in one multicrewed night fighter. 
Until then if ever, I will use this Lancaster as a msfs module with bombs. This plane I want to be able to operate properly

[Guest deleted@83466]

Absolutely, and you also have all the capabilities to do very good ground controlled intercept.  Although “Air Marshall” appears to have been a flop, I think IL-2 is going to need to start thinking about radars too, if B-29s are doing night raids.

[DBFlyguy]

 

[Trooper117]

Yep, awesome stuff, plus their marketing of the product sets consistent high standards... I kept DCS at arms length for years, but after seeing their videos a couple of years ago, I couldn't resist any more, and I haven't looked back. 

[Guest deleted@83466]

All I can say, is that competitors better get on the ball.  Almost hard to tell I wasn’t watching a movie with good CGI.  Looks heavy on the PTO.  Loved the Essex class and the Japanese cruisers.  And the Chinook, and the…

 

Some of the comments mention a full MiG-29 module??  Is this true?  I would have assumed it was just the Flaming Cliffs MiG.

[kestrel79]

Man their videos are so good. Every other flight sim just open the checkbook and pay this guy whatever he wants to make your video. It will be worth it.

 

So for WW2 they have the Corsair close, working on a Hellcat, do we know if a Zero will be flyable as well? Something late war Japanese would be awesome as well...

[DD_fruitbat]

7 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

All I can say, is that competitors better get on the ball.  Almost hard to tell I wasn’t watching a movie with good CGI.  Looks heavy on the PTO.  Loved the Essex class and the Japanese cruisers.  And the Chinook, and the…

 

Some of the comments mention a full MiG-29 module??  Is this true?  I would have assumed it was just the Flaming Cliffs MiG.

Watch the vid at the very end....

 

Confirmed full fidelity MiG 29A

[sevenless]

Iraq map, so maybe we'll see some Desertstorm or Iraqi Freedom campaigns. Corsair and Hellcat look nice, hopefully they don't forget about Zeros ...

[DD_Crash]

That was a very impressive video. Unless 1C pulls something incredible out of the bag I can see the Dangerdogz going DCS full time.

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, Trooper117 said:

Yep, awesome stuff, plus their marketing of the product sets consistent high standards... I kept DCS at arms length for years, but after seeing their videos a couple of years ago, I couldn't resist any more, and I haven't looked back. 

DCS make every module of interest it’s own sandbox. You can do what you like for a long time. 

 

47 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

All I can say, is that competitors better get on the ball.  Almost hard to tell I wasn’t watching a movie with good CGI.  Looks heavy on the PTO.  Loved the Essex class and the Japanese cruisers.  And the Chinook, and the…

 

Some of the comments mention a full MiG-29 module??  Is this true?  I would have assumed it was just the Flaming Cliffs MiG.

Mig 29 is scheduled at some point this year. But to me Chinook is the module I want. Ah and the Kiowa and….. it’s going to be busy

Edited January 5, 2024 by Lusekofte

[DBFlyguy]

1 hour ago, kestrel79 said:

do we know if a Zero will be flyable as well? Something late war Japanese would be awesome as well...

The Zero will be AI only as far as I know, their newsletter mentioned other PTO appropriate AI aircraft and units as well:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/newsletters/3835d6a01ff60597c1a3c993ff9c606a/

 

 

[DD_fruitbat]

1 hour ago, sevenless said:

Iraq map, so maybe we'll see some Desertstorm or Iraqi Freedom campaigns. Corsair and Hellcat look nice, hopefully they don't forget about Zeros ...

 

In the news letter, it says the map will be released to start with centred on Bagdad, and then be expanded down south for Desert storm afterwards.

 

Gonna be a good year, nice to see the teasers of the third party A6, A7 and MiG23 as well.

Edited January 5, 2024 by DD_fruitbat

[Guest deleted@83466]

Oh no.  They extended the sale.  I had successfully gotten through it without buying anything.  It’s tough to be a flight simmer these days.

[Lusekofte]

13 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said:

A7

Damn I forgot about A7.  
 

I do want the A 7 as much as I want ch 47. For the Hellcat I really do not know. It is kind of Lame without decent opposition 

Edited January 5, 2024 by Lusekofte

[Avimimus]

2 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

Some of the comments mention a full MiG-29 module??  Is this true?  I would have assumed it was just the Flaming Cliffs MiG.

 

Yes, confirmed as full fidelity. I believe Iraq is the only item they've committed to for 2024 though.

 

Its the Mig-23 for me though! I'm looking forward to that.

[Guest deleted@83466]

I would have liked to see an announcement of a Vietnam/Thailand/Laos map.  But, with Iraq and Afghanistan, Syria, and Sinai, plus the entire lineup of Cold War MiGs either existing or in the works now, it’s getting difficult for critics to complain that it’s a random, ahistorical mishmash of planes and terrains anymore.

[Trooper117]

1 hour ago, SeaSerpent said:

I would have liked to see an announcement of a Vietnam/Thailand/Laos map.

 

Me too, however, in his interview Nick did state they would be doing one, he's not sure when, but one will be coming at some stage.

Edited January 5, 2024 by Trooper117

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, SeaSerpent said:

I would have liked to see an announcement of a Vietnam/

Reflected said ED have plans for a *Vietnam map. But have no clue of when

[Gambit21]

Well that’s how it’s done folks.

That’s a great demo on PR and marketing right there. Good on ED.

 

Although I doubt I’ll fly it, I’m extremely happy to see the Fulcrum confirmed as Redfor needs this. Hopefully a Flanker can follow. 
 

I was hoping against hope for a Cobra tease, but I’ll live. PTO is indeed looking good, although a ways to go yet. I will put a Corsair campaign on the slow cooker as well. Hell Hawks for DCS isn’t working out due to lack of certain assets.

 

There are some other “beyonds” in the works that you guys are going to be stoked, and perhaps surprised about. One of which I’m eyeballs deep in the 3D as we speak.  Learning the F-4 and on/off mission building are the only other things I can squeeze in.
Good times ahead - the DCS steamroller gets a little bigger, and a little faster every year. It’s really coming together.

 

As was stated. - this team is really going to have to up their game.

 

 

Way more stoked about Kola than Iraq.

[Lusekofte]

2 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

Cobra tease

Well I could see the problem after Huey and mi8. But now when we have a fully functioning pilot copilot feature I see no reason for not getting it. And it shows the incredible unpredictable priorities. Albeit being happy for the Kiowa coming I think Cobra would spark a lot more buyers 

[sevenless]

2 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

Way more stoked about Kola than Iraq.

 

Me too, especially with two excellent campaigns coming for that. F-16 from Reflected and F/A-18 from Baltic Dragon.

 

 

[Gambit21]

5 hours ago, sevenless said:

Me too, especially with two excellent campaigns coming for that. F-16 from Reflected and F/A-18 from Baltic Dragon.

 

 

Absolutely! Great reason to be excited  if you’re a Hornet/Viper guy!

 

I have a “Cold Wat gone hot” F-4 mission planned. Basically 1973 NATO exercise, someone gets too close to or oversteps the border - fir flies .

I’ll start with one mission and see how it goes. Given logic/AI issues campaign creation isn’t the best use of my workstation time at this juncture.

[sevenless]

17 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

I have a “Cold Wat gone hot” F-4 mission planned. Basically 1973 NATO exercise, someone gets too close to or oversteps the border - fir flies .

I’ll start with one mission and see how it goes. Given logic/AI issues campaign creation isn’t the best use of my workstation time at this juncture.

 

Sounds great. As for possible F-4 campaigns Vietnam and Yom Kippur would be my top settings of interest.

[Gambit21]

42 minutes ago, sevenless said:

 

Sounds great. As for possible F-4 campaigns Vietnam and Yom Kippur would be my top settings of interest.

 

I've been studying Yom Kippur...it's fascinating. 

I have a Yom Kippur adjacent mission halfway done, (F-15 as a stand in right now) U.S. F-4's out of Incirlik, on CAP during the war. Some Syrian (or Russain) MiG's get a bit too close to the carrier group...fur flies.

 

Edited January 6, 2024 by Gambit21

[Guest deleted@83466]

I recently watched Golda, with Helen Mirren and Liev Schreiber.  Good movie to watch about the Yom Kippur war.

[Gambit21]

12 hours ago, Lusekofte said:

Damn I forgot about A7.  
 

Don’t worry, I keep a running spreadsheet of your future purchases. Let me know when you need to reference it.

3 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

I recently watched Golda, with Helen Mirren and Liev Schreiber.  Good movie to watch about the Yom Kippur war.

Holy crap - I had no idea. I just finished reading  “18 Days in October” (I highly recommend it) so this would be a perfect companion to it.

[Blooddawn1942]

15 hours ago, Lusekofte said:

Well I could see the problem after Huey and mi8. But now when we have a fully functioning pilot copilot feature I see no reason for not getting it. And it shows the incredible unpredictable priorities. Albeit being happy for the Kiowa coming I think Cobra would spark a lot more buyers 

I guess the Cobra is not a matter of if rather then when. 

I'd love to have both. The Huey Cobra and the Super Cobra at some point in the future. 

 

I'm pretty sure we will get one of them. 

[DBFlyguy]

I very much want to see a Super Cobra (AH-1W) in DCS someday. Besides the current "Zulu" cobra, the "Whiskey" is the most lethal and useful version (can be used for Cold War settings as well as modern day).

 

 

 

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, DBFlyguy said:

I very much want to see a Super Cobra (AH-1W) in DCS someday. Besides the current "Zulu" cobra, the "Whiskey" is the most lethal and useful version (can be used for Cold War settings as well as modern day).

 

 

 

It’s THE chopper that I want. The Apache (which isn’t even a CAS platform) does nothing for me.

[Lusekofte]

7 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

THE chopper that I want. The Apache (which isn’t even a CAS platform) does nothing for me.

But you can Ask George to blir things up outside range of sight and you have a funny cannon following your head

[Guest deleted@83466]

I didn’t get very far with the Apache.  I just haven’t been able to force myself through all those menus, yet.  I think Ka-50 and Mi-24 strike a nice balance between modern-“ish” capability, relative ease of learning, and most importantly the fun factor.   The Ka-50 is obviously the more digital of the two, and is a bit of a what-if Unicorn, but it can definitely take on modern armor during the daytime.  The Hind is more like airborne artillery and close support, but wouldn’t want to take on a modern mech brigade…Maybe in 1985.  I didn’t say either the Hind or BS were “easy”, but they weren’t as mind-numbing as learning some of these all-glass aircraft I’ve tried to tackle.  Instead of holding out for a Cobra, Gambit should be flying these.  But he won’t.?

I would be excited for the CH-47F, but I look at cockpit photos, and I wonder why in the world does a utility helicopter need that many screens with so many itsybitsy buttons!  I know I’ll buy it, but it sure looks like a pain.

 

Edited January 6, 2024 by SeaSerpent

[easterling77]

I really like flying low with Helos and I love the Hind - can't say why but despite it's lethality, I'm not into the Apache.

 

But a Cobra, espeacially a Zulu or Whiskey - no brainer to me, just find this crate awesome.

[Guest deleted@83466]

I want them all.  But I’m sitting here thinking over all the dcs planes I own, versus all the dcs planes I can fly, and that ratio isn’t as good as I wish it were!! ?. But on the other Hind, I actually can fly quite a lot of them well, so, I’m happy.  Should I buy the EC-101, while it’s on sale?

[ST_Catchov]

Oh c'mon man. They're just choppers. Abominations, like whiny jets. I thought you guys were into real aircraft not some gay fantasy. Still. each to their own, I guess. 

[Boogdud]

For me it's because the Apache's flight model never felt good. It's always going through some weird change where the inputs or SCAS are completely fubar'd or you get sudden 'death spike' inputs that throw you sideways out of nowhere. It's super fickle to fly as if it has no stability augmentation at all half the time. Then when you're finally used to it, it's kind of boring to fly for some reason. It just feels clinical.

I would much rather have had the Cobra just for better mission variety, more flying by feel and seems like it would be more fun.

 

Unfortunately for me the more modern/complex the systems of the aircraft are in DCS, the bigger the gap in the enjoyment. It starts falling all over itself because you're so limited (especially in helicopters) what roles you can be effective in on a modern battlefield. The more complex systems and rules of engagement don't really work well in DCS especially in single player where you're relying on DCS's terrible AI to be companions and especially enemies. When you go back further into the past the roles are simplified yet somehow more varied varied, the systems are infinitely less complex and flying (to me at least) is just more enjoyable. 

[Lusekofte]

19 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

didn’t get very far with the Apache

I can operate the gun and rockets. And let George do the Hellfires. You can say I do the same in Hind but I do operate front seat in the hind adequately. 
What you want to learn is comms . Automatic flare and punching those never ending waypoints. I just say I can fly it, but not sure I like it. 

[Guest deleted@83466]

I find the ability to control Petrovich with nothing more than a 4 way hat switch, and to do so almost instantly,  to be almost genius how intuitive and effective.  There is really nothing comparable to a Hind attack run.  You tell him to open up the periscope doors.  Seconds pass while the gyros stabilize.  He finds a target, you approve, fire, agonizing wait because the tracers are coming up at you, and small arms fire is hitting; close the doors, break off; countermeasures.  That makes for some freakishly exciting gaming, obviously.  It almost seems more like a torpedo run.

Edited January 8, 2024 by SeaSerpent

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, SeaSerpent said:

I find the ability to control Petrovich with nothing more than a 4 way hat switch, and to do so almost instantly,  to be almost genius how intuitive and effective.  There is really nothing comparable to a Hind attack run.  You tell him to open up the periscope doors.  Seconds pass while the gyros stabilize.  He finds a target, you approve, fire, agonizing wait because the tracers are coming up at you, and small arms fire is hitting; close the doors, break off; countermeasures.  That makes for some freakishly exciting gaming, obviously.  It almost seems more like a torpedo run.

Oh, big tough Russian shooting Jennifer Grey in the chest. ?

[Guest deleted@83466]

It took me a while to figure out that reference…Red Dawn, right?