DCS

[Monostripezebra]

I absolutely love the "Tromp" Tower ;=)

[Lusekofte]

Colbobs videos are famous , great video. 

@Gambit a little imagination will bring you back to Vietnam era. I am a die hard WW2 era plane freak, but Vietnam and Huey might match that. The Huey was the one chopper that got me to use DCS again, I even bought replica collective and stick for it. There are servers and squad that replicate what you wish for on Caucasus map, And they manage to get that euthentic feel. However I fly mostly the MI 8 now and the Oilfield campaign, you move stuff around and a lot of sling loading, it might not sound like fun, but it is very giving. It give skill and get you to know the aircraft very well. You find yourself doing the campaign more and more, in the end you brief yourself and do check list in order not to fu** up. For every time you seek more professional handeling and conduct. 

With DCS come greatness in many form, choppers are the thing they do best in my opinion, but all modules are great in their own things, problem is the logistic around it, hence the need of imagination and creativity to make it work in a setting

[216th_Lucas_From_Hell]

Gambit, why not the Caucasus map? Tense borders between Russia and Georgia, Turkey and NATO further south, insurgencies across the whole area, lots to do there. I recommend getting the Ka-50 just for the "Deployment" campaign.

[Gambit21]

Gambit, why not the Caucasus map? Tense borders between Russia and Georgia, Turkey and NATO further south, insurgencies across the whole area, lots to do there. I recommend getting the Ka-50 just for the "Deployment" campaign.

With stick time at such a premium - just doesn't motivate me enough to devote the time.

I can understand the appeal to others though...just doesn't float my boat.

[ZachariasX]

I absolutely love the "Tromp" Tower ;=)

The „Tramp“ Tower would have been better.

[ram0506]

Offtopic removed.

[MrNoice]

https://www.facebook.com/eagle.dynamics/posts/10159721195000341

 

 

DCS 2.5 is coming in the coming weeks ;D

[coconut]

There's some interesting bits in there (from my perspective):
 

Today, we have about 80 internal programmers, artists, managers, testers and producers
[...]
For an aircraft like the A-10C, it usually takes about three years of hard work to develop a PFM
[...]
We are also developing our engine to take advantage of the Vulcan API to further improve game performance.
[...]
we first need to convert all the terrains, missions, training, and campaigns that were developed over many years for Caucasus map to an absolutely new terrain data structure and adjust all applied programs. We’ve put a massive amount of work into this effort and it is almost complete. We plan to release DCS World 2.5 in the coming weeks!
[...]
We were very surprised to find that the investment vs. generated revenue has been excellent for the World War II aircraft. In fact, the P-51D Mustang has twice the cost effectiveness of the A-10C Warthog.

The turn of the year and the rest of the year are going to be crazy. I need to take 6 months off from work: BOK with its seriously impressive tech advances (rain and extra horizon), coop mode, the A-20 and the P-39, early access to FC and Tank Crews, Pimax 8k, DCS 2.5 with a map suitable for believable modern scenarios...

[ZachariasX]

https://www.facebook.com/eagle.dynamics/posts/10159721195000341

DCS 2.5 is coming in the coming weeks ;D

Two weeks. Be sure.

[Urra]

There's some interesting bits in there (from my perspective):

 

 

The turn of the year and the rest of the year are going to be crazy. I need to take 6 months off from work: BOK with its seriously impressive tech advances (rain and extra horizon), coop mode, the A-20 and the P-39, early access to FC and Tank Crews, Pimax 8k, DCS 2.5 with a map suitable for believable modern scenarios...

Vulcan!. Never saw it coming. Wow.

[216th_Lucas_From_Hell]

The announcement was very nice. It's heartwarming that the two leading high-fidelity flight simulators are engaging directly with their audience and seem to be heading down bright paths of their own

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

Selection of Vulcan API is going to improve the performance certainly, it allows for full utilization of resources on both gpu and multi-core cpu level. That's a really smart move. 

[JG5_Zesphr]

Where did this 2 weeks thing come from? I guess it's similar to gaijin's soonTM
 

Edited November 28, 2017 by JG5_Zesphr

[216th_Lucas_From_Hell]

It's from the "glorious" Ubizoo and Banana Forum days. Like the chaps at ED, Oleg Maddox was an enthusiastic lad who loved to aim far, so far it wasn't possible to reach. "Two weeks, be sure" was his reply when asked for an ETA once, I can't recall what or how long it took in the end, but it caught on.

[Jade_Monkey]

Everyone on Reddit saying they are glad the devs are communicating. Sounds familiar 

[Danziger]

So they have 80 programmers not counting partners? Didn't Jason just say Petrovich is his only programmer?

[ram0506]

This quote from Wag's letter is in fact very surprising:

We were very surprised to find that the investment vs. generated revenue has been excellent for the World War II aircraft.

I think that means we will see more of that content in the future.

[coconut]

No, he did not say exactly that. There’s at least one other programmer doing UI/career. What he said is that much of the stuff we want requires Petrovich’s involvement. Better physics, ai, netcode... this kind of things.

Also the 80 team members is not all programmers.

[ram0506]

So they have 80 programmers not counting partners?

This is not correct, you habe to read the whole sentence. He says, they have 80 programmers, artists, managers, testers and producers (all together).

[RoteDreizehn]

hope they will really improve their product. DCS 2.5 and WW2 Content is a must to come.

 

Cant await also the F18

Edited November 28, 2017 by RoteDreizehn

[Danziger]

Ahhh... Ok. That's still 3x the size of BoX team.

 

Either way I'll be happy when 2.5 finally hits store shelves and I can preorder my F14. I haven't even installed DCS on the new laptop because I'm waiting for 2.5 and I'm sick of losing MiG-21 activations every time the game is updated.

[Rolling_Thunder]

This quote from Wag's letter is in fact very surprising:

 

We were very surprised to find that the investment vs. generated revenue has been excellent for the World War II aircraft.

I think that means we will see more of that content in the future.

Yeah, thats because they screwed over the Kickstarter backers. That just proves it right there. Edited November 28, 2017 by Rolling_Thunder

[ram0506]

Who is "they"? ED? Maybe you should inform yourself who "screwed over the Kickstarter backers".

[Rolling_Thunder]

I have. Maybe you need to go back and read the kickstarter. Its still there. Everything you need to know is all on there.

[Lusekofte]

I thought DCS WW2 project lay dead in the water  

 

 

We were very surprised to find that the investment vs. generated revenue has been excellent for the World War II aircraft. In fact, the P-51D Mustang has twice the cost effectiveness of the A-10C Warthog.

 

THE YAK52 was to me a nice surprise, I value these kind of planes, 

 

 

The same is true with the L-39 and Yak-52 projects. These two projects were also sought by government institutions, but we were also able to negotiate their release to you.

The L 39 and nw the yak 52 is something I sit in and just fly, The mountains of Caucasus and Nevada , also Normandy map for that matter is pretty relaxing therapy just to fly in.

 

 

Who is "they"? ED? Maybe you should inform yourself who "screwed over the Kickstarter backers".

 

 

A lot of feelings in sim community, but no one would fly anything if forgiveness also was not a big part of it. You do not see it much in the forums, but people stay no matter what response they got. There is no room for being picky , if you want to fly simulators, you need to just fly what is delivered. There is no competition

[Blooddawn1942]

Nice to see, that Wags grants us some very interesting insights. I just wished, that this kind of transparency would become common for ED.

So things speed up. Good to know, that the long awaited merge is finally inbound.

[Blooddawn1942]

This quote from Wag's letter is in fact very surprising:

I think that means we will see more of that content in the future.

I would highly appreciate that!

To be honest, I was utterly surprised, that the WWII modules were such an financial success.

If this means, that ED puts just even more effort in pulling out Warbirds without taking resources from the Jets and Helo development, it's a win-win situation for all DCS customers. The first DCS Modul which I don't own is yet to come and for the ones that are in the pipeline, I can't see none which I wouldn't like to add to my library.

Good times ahead. Seems like the fortune is with us who were patient and had faith in ED. But I must admit, that there were also times, when I nearly lost this faith. So this honest communication is undoubtedly very valuable!

Edited November 29, 2017 by Blooddawn1942

[Sokol1]

As far I remember "Two weeks" came from Warbirds Online (~1997/1998) next patches. Oleg just added "be sure".

 

 

"plan to release DCS World 2.5 in the coming weeks!"

 

=

 

"plan to release - in Alpha - DCS World 2.5 in the coming weeks! Be sure™ in Dr. WH'Oleg Mayan Calendar." 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2017 by Sokol1

[Nibbio]

A lot of feelings in sim community, but no one would fly anything if forgiveness also was not a big part of it. You do not see it much in the forums, but people stay no matter what response they got. There is no room for being picky , if you want to fly simulators, you need to just fly what is delivered. There is no competition

 

Hopefully competition is heating up again, there will be less and less room for error from now on

[Urra]

I thought DCS WW2 project lay dead in the water

 

THE YAK52 was to me a nice surprise, I value these kind of planes,

The L 39 and nw the yak 52 is something I sit in and just fly, The mountains of Caucasus and Nevada , also Normandy map for that matter is pretty relaxing therapy just to fly in.

 

 

A lot of feelings in sim community, but no one would fly anything if forgiveness also was not a big part of it. You do not see it much in the forums, but people stay no matter what response they got. There is no room for being picky , if you want to fly simulators, you need to just fly what is delivered. There is no competition

Yes, we stay no matter what. We just don't announce it very often....

[Lusekofte]

Maybe we should, when I flew COD on a daily basis we slowly lost numbersuntil it stabilized. We came to so few that when one stopped flying another new guy took over. Your in a downward spiral the moment the die hard pilots stop flying. They still fly COD and hopefully will continue to do so. WW2 DCS has no such base at all. 

I think it going to be difficult for the developers to make a product that die hard pilots would stick to, if they all of the sudden start getting something done with everything around the airplane itself.

I really do not care what said about the flightmodel by some here, I care more for the things missing to make it a proper CFS. Because the feeling you get mastering those moduls and fly them is pretty awesome. I like many aspects of BOS series better, but DCS got its own feeling that I like very much

[BeastyBaiter]

DCS: AV-8B Harrier released today on the open beta client. Haven't tried it yet, still downloading.

[Lusekofte]

I will start downloading it in due time. I think I gonna spend time learning to fly this

[kestrel79]

Good to know! I've been waiting for the merge to put DCS on my new hard drive for well over a year now.

[Blooddawn1942]

The Harrier is really great fun! Not regretting the purchase.

[BeastyBaiter]

It's certainly interesting to fly. Managed to shoot down some L-39's with the gun and sidewinders (fairly obvious how to do) but still no clue how to fire a mav.

[Danziger]

As far I remember "Two weeks" came from Warbirds Online (~1997/1998) next patches. Oleg just added "be sure".

 

 

"plan to release DCS World 2.5 in the coming weeks!"

 

=

 

"plan to release - in Alpha - DCS World 2.5 in the coming weeks! Be sure™ in Dr. WH'Oleg Mayan Calendar."

 

Weren't ED saying the same thing last year about releasing the updated free map and 2.5 in the coming weeks?

[dburne]

Weren't ED saying the same thing last year about releasing the updated free map and 2.5 in the coming weeks?

 

Yep originally 2.5 was slated for the end of 2016. Obviously that got changed.

[Lusekofte]

The Harrier is really great fun! Not regretting the purchase.

 

 

I never regret any purchase , I use only 3 modules and own everything except the Hawk and the spanish trainer 101 something. I plan to learn the Harrier , so I can do all the choppers , the SU 25/25T Viggen and Harrier. I am 10% on the A 10 I can the startup procedure, Some weapons and targeting stuff, 

[dburne]

I own most of the modules, and really still only flying a couple - the KA-50, and the Spit.

Keep meaning to get around to learning some of the others, but man that learning curve lol.

 

I don't regret purchasing the other modules I have as I want to contribute to supporting this hobby. Don't see how I would ever find the time to learn them all though.