DCS 2.5 Update Thread (2018)

You know that’s strange,I beat my best time doing the “Vega$ Tour” mission and thought I was able to push The Merlin a bit farther without breaking it.

DCSW is certainly not the only piñata that has the rivet counters swinging sticks!

My brief foray into TACPACK and FSX@War development was certainly not a bed of roses. I was working a SE Asia / Vietnam “Pack” with several others, on line. The project repeatedly went off the rails as a few vociferous individuals insisted that we didn’t have the correct focus.

They wanted to make FSX into some kind of ARMA / Op Flashpoint set in Vietnam. They wanted us working on small jungle bases and hidden VC sites, that you couldn’t see from the air…both back in the day and now, in the sim. :roll_eyes:

I built a Haiphong (the city, harbor and two NVAF air bases) and a Cam Rahn Bay (port facilities with AI shipping, naval and merships). Had to redo whole sections of coast line, correct a few thousand sqkm of ground textures as well as create a number of original scenery objects (including an animated ZU-23-2). But that really didn’t please a small, vocal group of individuals. The work was appreciated by the actual developers but, in the end…I let the turkeys get me down and took a sabbatical…haven’t been back. :slightly_frowning_face:

Well…I seem to have gone over the Mudspike single post cliche limit…sorry about that. :blush:

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I bought the Hawk because I genuinely wanted to fly the Hawk. As a module, we all know that it never fulfilled it’s potential, which was unfortunate. I still feel that I had my money’s worth though. It costs the best part of $50 to go see a movie with my wife by the time you factor in drinks and popcorn.

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Hey on a completely different note; any of you guys notice the Su-34 is in the game now? Anybody still in “stable” to confirm it is added with 2.5.4?
In the encyclopedia, the scud launcher is added as well, but doesn’t load the model. The hellduck works deliciously, I just shot 8 of 'em down with my dual-racked uberhornet. What gorgeous targets!

The most “on topic” statement we can agree on is that this time, with the 2.5.4 we have more core changes than specific aircraft fixes and features and it’s been a nice breath of fresh air. I’m really happy for those, and will happily wait 2.5.5 with the same eagerness I have for the tomcat or any other cool bird.

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DCS: P-51D Mustang and World War II Update

We are pleased to update our first Warbird for DCS World, the Mustang! This week’s update includes both a complete overhaul of the cockpit to include deferred shading and physical based rendering technology, as well as a more detailed 3D model and textures.

In addition to a huge update to the cockpit, we have also greatly improved the external model and added the option to fly the P-51D-25-NA version. This was the most common P-51D for the European Theater of Operations (ETO) with its primary difference being its radio and IFF systems. This is most visible by the dorsal antenna.

As notes in prervious newsletters, both the Bf 109 K-4 and Fw 190 D-9 have also gotten outstanding improvements to their cockpits and external models to bring it to DCS World 2.5 standards.

With the huge updates to the P-51D, Fw 190 D-9, and Bf 109 K04, and all the time and resources invested, the price of each warbird will return to $49.99; however, all three aircraft will take part in our Winter 2018 sale. These are free updates to existing owners.

These are free updates to existing owners.

Coming next year, we have new AI air units like the P-47D, Ju-88, Fw 190 A-8, A-20G, C-47, Bf 109 G, Mosquito, C-47 and others taking to the skies of DCS World War II. Of these, we are already at work making the P-47D, Fw 190 A-8 and Mosquito flyable. In parallel, the new damage model system is now being applied to all our warbirds.

We also have a new and exciting World War II map in development.

DCS: P-51D Mustang - Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney Campaign

Developed by Reflected Simulations, this campaign is the perfect setting to fly the newly updated Mustang!

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Become a member of the most famous fighter unit of the USAAF, take part in escorting large bomber formations, support the ground troops after D-day, or engage the Luftwaffe over the snowy hills of the Ardennes. The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney is a semi-historical campaign for the P-51D Mustang. It follows the 352nd Fighter Group from May 1944 through the Normandy landings until Operation Bodenplatte in January 1945. This campaign has a plethora of details and Easter eggs to make you feel like a young American flyboy in the Army Air Forces in 1944.

Key Features:

  • 14 semi-historical missions focusing on the 352nd Fighter Group
  • A detailed background story, mission contexts, checklists and encounter reports
  • Detailed briefings and briefing images, including separate PDF mission files
  • Unique kneeboard graphics and checklists for each mission
  • Hundreds of specially recorded voice-over messages and radio broadcasts
  • Historically accurate custom skins
  • A wide array of missions including fighter sweep, bomber escort, armed reconnaissance and ground attack

DCS: C-101 by AvioDev Update

This week, AvioDev is proud to make available the Enhanced Flight Model (EFM) for their C-101EB version and launch the more-weaponized C-101CC version.

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DCS: C-101 Aviojet module includes both the C-101EB and C-101CC models. The C-101EB model is the primary jet trainer and aerobatic display aircraft of the Spanish Air Force, whilst the C-101CC model, with its 7 hard-points and uprated engine, is a versatile light attack aircraft that has seen combat with the Honduras Air Force against drug traffickers. It is also in service with the Jordanian and Chilean air forces. The two models of the C-101 have many similarities that include cockpit layout, core-systems operation, and aerodynamic design. This commonality brings something for everyone to include lead-in jet training, advanced aerobatics, and light attack.

Features of DCS: C-101 include:

  • Complete electrical system modeling
  • Complete circuit breaker simulation with correct failed systems behaviors
  • TARSYN gyro system replicated with exacting detail
  • Accurate flight director system
  • Custom air data simulation (airspeed/altimeter behaviors, etc.)
  • Custom navigation system simulation
  • Complete fuel system modeling
  • Complete hydraulic system modeling
  • Flight controls/landing gear can sustain damage if poorly handled
  • Accurate pressurization system
  • Accurate oxygen system
  • Icing model
  • Fully adjustable cockpit and exterior lighting

A quick trailer on C-101EB/CC w EFM

DCS World 2.5.4 Open Beta

This week we updated the Open Beta from 2.5.3 to 2.5.4. Highlights of this Open Beta update include:

  • Updated P-51D Mustang to include the P-51D-25-NA version
  • Improved cockpits and external models for the Bf-109 K-4, Fw 190 D-9, P-51D Mustang, and Spitfire
  • Corrected blue fog
  • Increased AGM-65 range based on altitude
  • Fixed Su-33 late activation crash
  • Corrected ATC request for takeoff error
  • F/A-18C Hornet: added GBU-12/16/10 laser-guided bombs, A/A Waypoint (bullseye) and BRAA, AGM-65F SHIP mode, and corrected cockpit errors and ACM HUD symbology
  • Numerous improvements to the RAZBAM AV-8B NA and M-2000C, as well as the Heatblur AJS-37 Viggen

Please find the complete change log here

Happy Holidays,
The Eagle Dynamics Team

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I wonder if AvioDev would be interested in acquiring the Hawk and wrapping it up. Yes, I know the 101 has taken forever…but maybe what they’ve learned to this point will hasten it along. I mean, the 101 has second to none modeling and texturing…seemed they were only struggling with the AFM. Now that they have the AFM, maybe they could take that knowledge forward and tweak up the Hawk.

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I’d buy it again if they did!

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Yes. However, afterwards you cannot go home and…um…enjoy a nice Merlot with the Hawk…just saying.

Ahh… I would guess no. I don’t want to knock an effort but given what I have heard the VEAO developers say … it would likely be easier for someone to simply start over. Patching for DCS changes by ED (who know their codebase well), that’s possible. Fixing the Hawk? Probably not.

This is based on the comment by a VEAO dev who stated that it was impossible to implement multi-crew in the Hawk because they had attempted to take a ‘dffferent route’ with their implementation that was fundamentally incompatible with the way ED was recommending 3rd party developers attempt it. Add in their inability to handle changes to the DCS engine in anywhere near a quick turn-around time tells me, as a developer, that their design is not adaptable to change and requires a major effort to maintain. I would stay as far away from their code as I possible could - for my own sanity :slight_smile:

I could be wrong. Would love to take a quick look at the code and be proven wrong.

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Question: why are we talking about Hawks when there are Mirage F1s on the table? One even has two seats!

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It is sad but the reality is that the module wasn’t even free community standard overall let alone DCS Early Access level.

I have bought 38 DCS modules at ~$760 total which in one hand is less than what I recently wasted on an RTX card however not one of them was bought at $50.

If I take the A-10C DVD from 2011 ($45) then even in its 2011 form is about 12 million miles better than the Hawk I have today…

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I have to agree. I made the remark a few weeks ago that the A-4 we have as a free mod is much better than the Hawk was in any stage of development.

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I didn’t expect ED to add the AIM-7E. That was a nice little addition, now we can give Iranian Phantoms and Tomcats the correct Sparrows.

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I actually had a double-take when I saw the CC came out.

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The MiG-19 is a great addition to the stable of 1950s fighters, with more to come. ← :dancer: whoo!

projects being worked on for 2019 are overhauls of the cockpits and external models of the DCS: A-10C Warthog and DCS: Ka-50 Black Shark. ← :dancing_women: double whoo!

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Hey everyone,

We have split this topic into a yearly version to try and keep it focused? Reasonable? Smallerish? Anyhoo, please post new updates in the DCS 2.5 Update Thread (2019)

Thanks for your time and participation!

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