Only ED Modules with MFDs
I normally hit the ramp on the carrier and that really REALLY kills my mood. So having a borderline aircraft malfunction like this ending my night would probably be an improvement lol
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I didnāt get it with the A-10C.
Soā¦Iāve been fairly quiet on the Hornet EA status. I purchased in the Summer of 2018. The the talk was that they were going to get the AS2A running and then move to all the A2G stuffā¦of which A2G radar is a big deal. I was hoping for that autumnā¦then winterā¦then I just gave up and decided that ED knows best, telling myself, āDonāt complain. It will just sound like you are whining.ā
Flash forward to 2020ā¦and now here we are, in the spring of our discontent, not made glorious summer because we still do not have a ground radar in the bug. Yes, ED developers are working hard. Yes developers should work sane hours, deserve Weekends Hollidays off and should be getting vacation time.
But seriously? A slot machine joke? How long did that take to develop?ā¦and we know that bit of code will never impact the rest of the mods that it was slipped in? The F-16, FA-18; not A-10C? I purchased 1 of the 2. Was it tested? How long did that take? Or t wasnāt tested? That is worse.
I am not amused. 
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Holy sourpuss batman!
I found it hilarious, and I see the fact that ED can muster the gumption to code in a slot machine as a good sign of their having a vibrant, joyful corporate culture. But hey, glass half full etc.
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I think that it is fine. Likely a side project of a developer or two working on their own personal time (ie: instead of spending time with their wives).
Having a fun coding project on the side is good stress relief. I come home from coding and building software all day and have spent the last few nights elbow deep in the mission editor and LUA code. I am sure that my employer would like me to be solving their issues but itās my ānot at workā time 
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Hey, donāt get me wrong. After I realized what was happening, I did find it amusing. I think if I was flying regularly and it was just another simming session, I would have been more easily amused by it. But since it I donāt fly often and made an effort to commit and spent an hour trying to learn some things, I was initially pretty frustrated I couldnāt finish what I started.
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The damn thing even works! I was flying Hornet and won 2 engine failures in a row! Since Hornet have only 2 engines you might imagine how it endedā¦
From what I saw you can win:
ā¢ gear extension
ā¢ brakes extension
ā¢ engine flame-out/failure
ā¢ flaps extension
ā¢ ejection (you can circumvent that easily by disarming your ejection seat)
ā¢ DCS symbol - ???
ā¢ ED symbol - ???
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I understand the points above but the thing is I paid for an FA-18 sim, not a joke. Just sayān.
ā¦and Iāll drop it from here. Need to get some Viggen time! 
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Letās say it should be better if there was a āApril Foolāsā option in the game menu.
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I doubt this joke used more resources than, for instance, a skin.
Itās a prank. And as such it probably boosts developer morale. They probably had fun making it.
Mostly harmless, but I see the frustration if encountering at the end of a long mission.
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As a comfort it will probably last only one day. And you still got a small chance of lowering your gear while pulling the handleā¦
I had some fun with this feature while it lasts:
Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Config/autoexec.cfg:
Code:
notFunny2020 = true
here you go, you ole grump 
I shite thee not, it disables the joke that vexes thee so.
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No really, Bignewy posted that on the ED zoo!
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Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.
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That RIOās name is fantastic.
Pecker is hilarious but in the UK he would of been called ādick-dickā
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Iāve got to say, for somebody for which English is a second language, you have a much better grasp of it than many Americans I know! That was hysterical! (and thank you. )
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