Can someone text me or send me a message and remind me to start the update late tonight or early tomorrow so I don’t miss Fight club pretty please
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What time do you expect to get home? It is a big download.
Winter sale through January 11, 2021
2 week free-to-play/try: 22 Dec to 5 Jan
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With most modules 50% off I have read, as well!
And this is listed as for all modules.
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Good info jross. I wish that I could prevent VA/VAICOM from creating a DCS.openbeta folder in my Saved Games folder. I do use the open beta, but keep in the DCS World folder. I don’t keep a separate install folder for release and ob anymore. I don’t even have the VAICOM Config slider set to openbeta. It just does it anyway.
2021 and Beyond
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Apache!!!
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Oh those clouds.
Sweet mother of God.
Oh my.
Wow.
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Did you watch right to the end 
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Yes sir I did, and yes I will be loving that thing very much, but those clouds man! Actual high halls of air to trespass in, castles of cloud to frolic about! My viper is going to see a lot of use.
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Going to have to watch it again, I was looking at planes and terrain
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Yes but that has been teased so many times.
Now, if the smoke roiled into a date in 2021, I would be more alert.
Clouds & Cows & Mosquitos - Oh My! 
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18 December 2020
Dear Fighter pilots, partners and friends, 
Our Winter Sale 2020 has started and will run until the 11th of January. On Steam, the sale will start on the 22nd of December and end on the 5th of January. We are pleased to announce an additional ‘Free to Play’ period starting on the 22nd of December, giving you access to all aircraft and terrains from our e-Shop and Steam for two weeks.
We have made improvements to the wear and tear of piston engines as well as the damage model by considering various loads and fractures to the main bearings that occur during flight, combat, and abusive engine management.
We are now running Open Beta 2.5.6.59398, which is a really big update. Check out the full changelog; we hope you will be impressed.
As this will be our last newsletter before Christmas, let us take this opportunity to thank you for everything you have done for us this year. Without your trust in our team, none of this would have been possible. We are so grateful. Please check out our 2021 and Beyond video, you may notice a few cool things that we have in the pipe for you.
Merry Christmas to you, your friends, and your families.
Thank you for your passion and support.
Yours sincerely,
Eagle Dynamics Team
Free 2 Play
Winter Sale
We are excited to announce that the DCS World Winter Sale 2020 has started, and that it will run until 15:00 GMT on the 11th of January. Most modules have a 50% discount. For DCS World Steam Edition, the sale will start on the 22nd and end on the 5th of January at 10:00 PST.
Modules with a 50% discount:
- AJS-37 Viggen
- AV-8B Night Attack
- C-101 Aviojet
- M-2000C
- I-16
- Spitfire LF Mk.IX
- BF 109 K-4 Kurfurst
- Fw 190 D-9 Dora
- Fw 190 A-8 Anton
- Yak-52
- Christen Eagle II
- A-10A Warthog
- F-5E Tiger II
- F-15C Eagle
- F-86F Sabre
- L-39C & L-39ZA Albatros
- MiG-15bis
- MiG-21bis Fishbed
- MiG-19 Farmer
- MiG-29 Fulcrum A & MiG-29S Fulcrum C
- P-51D Mustang
- Su-25A Frogfoot
- Su-27 Flanker B
- Su-33 Flanker D
- SA-342 Gazelle
- UH-1H Huey
- Mi-8MTV2 Magnificent Eight
- Ka-50 Black Shark
- Persian Gulf
- Nevada Test and Training Range
Modules with a 30% discount:
- P-47D Thunderbolt
- The Channel
- F/A-18C Hornet
- F-16C Viper
- A-10C II Tank Killer
- Supercarrier
Exceptions:
- F-14A/B Tomcat will have a 25% discount
- JF-17 Thunder will be only $59.99
Not in the Winter Sale 2020:
- Syria
- NS 430 Navigation System for SA-342 Gazelle
- Mi-8MTV2 Crew Part 1 Campaign
- F/A-18C Raven One Сampaign
The Free to Play period will run for two weeks (22.12.20 10:00 PST - 05.01.21 10:00 PST), and it will allow you to access all DCS World modules for free with no time limitation within the two week period. Note that an internet connection is required for the Free to Play event and that Free to Play modules will not work in DCS World in OFFLINE mode.
We hope that you will enjoy some well earned free flight time, and who knows, maybe also to fall in love with your next aircraft or terrain.
Warbird Warriors
Development Report
Fighter engines, and in particular radial engines, are susceptible to master bearing overloads that require fine management skills and attention during operation. To prolong the service life, compliance with manifold pressure levels and RPM recommendations and limitations are mandatory. If not respected, you run the risk of serious engine malfunction, and you will probably be looking for a suitable emergency landing site in short order. If the engine is damaged due to poor management, or excess combat abuse, lowering the manifold pressure (or boost) and engine RPM will help keep the oil temperature within limits. With sufficient oil pressure, it should allow you to execute a controlled emergency landing.
The DCS: Fw 190A-8 Anton and DCS: P-47D Thunderbolt now include these new algorithms for calculating and simulating the above, as well as the subsequent damages / failures to the engine. These aircraft represent our latest advancement in modeling, heating, cooling, aging, and damage to power plants and systems. This work will be extended to our older DCS World aircraft, and this will set the standard for all new warbirds coming to DCS World.
Open Beta 2.5.6
Multicrew
At last, and after a long gestation period, we have added multi-crew capabilities to UH-1H, with playable roles for all four crew members, to the next Open Beta. You can now have dedicated roles to fly and fight with two pilots and two gunners and interchange roles in flight. If the UH-1H does not have M-60 and M-134 minigun installed, you can fly as passengers. This offers a new level of gameplay that we plan to roll out to other platforms in the near future.
The Hornet now includes the GBU-24A/B Paveway III laser-guided bomb. Auto IFF/CIT from the AZ/EL A/A page and AZ/EL FlIR Sublevel. Watch DCS: F/A-18C Hornet | Automatic IFF. A redesigned threat search algorithm for HARM for TOO mode has also been added. Read and watch the details DCS: F/A-18C Hornet | GBU-24 Paveway III.
We have fixed the logic of the System Point of Interest (SPI) concept. Multiple other bugs have been fixed and new A/A Training Missions have been added to help you hit the ground running. The manual has also been updated. Watch DCS: F-16C Viper | Targeting Pod and Maverick Tips.
This update to Open Beta 2.5.6 is our largest to date and includes the MBT T-72B3, SPAAG ZSU-57-2, and APC BTR-82A AI vehicles mentioned in recent news. For a more comprehensive list of updates and bug fixes, please check out the full list of changes.
Once again, Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones. Thank you for all for your passion and support,
Kind regards,
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The moment they revealed the new weather in that video I got biggest goosebumps this year, and got them again at the end of the video. Wow. I hope the Alpha model will also finds its way into DCS.
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Seconded. I didn’t believe the apache delta was in the cards due to its relative currency, instabuy. Was just reading Macy’s Hellfire for the umpthieth time, this is going to be glorious. Very interested to see how they’re going to implement de monocle in vr, and if it’s a hard to master as they say.
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I once touched on that subject (monocle in VR). It would be cool if they at least added “realistic” mode as an option - put the symbology and PNVS on the right eye, leave the left eye unaided. That could be interesting. Hope it wont increase sightings of guys driving with woman’s panties wrapped around their heads 
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Can i just go on record with saying that I think its good that they didn’t return to the mantra of regurgitating a list of things, 90% of which won’t be done in 2021.
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The Mossie is looking pretty amazing. I was hoping we would get our hands on it before the year’s end but I guess not.
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I’m pretty sure they will do just that, as they already do it with the Hog and F18, though you can choose to display it in both eyes, in the options.
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