DCS 2.7 Discussion

Weekend News

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18 June 2021

Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, :pilotfly:

This week the DCS: Mi-24P Hind was released to Early Access. If you have not already watched the Hind’s tutorial series, check it out here. A list of known issues is available here, and we are working to resolve these in the nearest future.

Ugra Media are proud to announce the final release of their DCS: Syria map. In the update, the island of Cyprus and a large section of southern Turkey have been added. It is worth noting that DCS: Syria is included in our 2021 Summer Sale and is now available with a 30% discount (Normal Price is $59.99). We will continue resolving bugs and deliver fixes as part of the Open Beta updates.

The Summer Sale has now started, check out the video. This is your chance to grab a great deal on your next aircraft or map, or both! Until the 12th of July 15:00 UTC, get up to 50% off our most popular modules, and 30% off DCS: F/A-18C Hornet, A-10C II Tank Killer and DCS: Supercarrier. Check out the eShop for more details. Summer Sale.

Thank you for your passion and support.

Yours sincerely,

Eagle Dynamics Team

DCS: Mi-24P Hind

Early Access

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After more than 50,000 man hours of dedicated work, the Mi-24P Hind team is pleased to introduce this iconic attack helicopter into Early Access. We hope that this superb product meets your expectations and, as always, we look forward to your feedback!

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DCS: Mi-24P Hind Pricing Policy

The Hind is now available in Early Access and is also in Free to Play for you to enjoy for 14 days to ‘test fly before you buy’ and don’t forget to take advantage of the Early Access 20% discount on DCS: Mi-24P Hind.

DCS: Syria

Final Version Released

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Ugra Media have moved DCS: Syria to its final release state. Included in this final release are the addition of Cyprus and a large portion of southern Turkey. Major cities such as Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Ayia Napa, Famagusta, Kyrenia have been modeled in high detail. Get in a Combined Arms vehicle and take a drive or explore in the Hind!

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Cyprus includes nine new highly detailed airfields; Akrotiri, Ercan, Gecitkale, Pinarbashi, Kingsfield, Lakatamia, Larnaca, Nicosia, Paphos. Enjoy the precise details, we look forward to your thoughts.

DCS: Syria

Guns Out

Summer Sale

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The DCS World Summer Sale has started and will run until the 12th of July 15:00 UTC on our eShop. We will also be participating in the Steam Summer Sale. Take advantage of this offer and receive 50% off most of our modules. Most of our campaigns will also be included.

Modules with a 30% discount

  • DCS: F-16C Viper
  • DCS: F/A-18C Hornet
  • DCS: A-10C II Tank Killer
  • DCS: P-47D Thunderbolt
  • DCS: Channel Map
  • DCS: Supercarrier
  • DCS: Syria

Modules with a 20% discount

  • DCS: JF-17 Thunder

Modules with a 15% discount

  • DCS: F-14A/B Tomcat

Campaigns with 50% discount

  • Spitfire IX The Big Show Campaign
  • P-51D The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney Campaign
  • Bf 109 K-4 Jagdflieger Campaign
  • F-86F Hunters over the Yalu Campaign
  • Fw 190 A-8 Horrido! Campaign
  • Memory of a Hero Campaign
  • UH-1H Argo Campaign
  • The Museum Relic Campaign
  • P51-D High Stakes Campaign
  • Mi-8MTV2 Oilfield Campaign
  • The Border Campaign
  • UH-1H Worlds Apart - Spring 2025 Campaign
  • F/A-18C Hornet - The Serpent’s Head 2 Campaign

Campaigns with 30% discount

  • F-14A Zone 5 Campaign
  • Mi-8MTV2 Crew Part 1 Campaign
  • F/A-18C Operation Pontus Campaign
  • M-2000C Red Flag Campaign
  • F-15C The Georgian War Сampaign
  • The Enemy Within 3.0 Campaign
  • F/A-18C Hornet Raven One Campaign
  • F-5E Black Sea Resolve 79 Campaign

Campaigns with 20% discount

  • Ka-50 2 Pandemic Campaign

Campaigns not on sale

  • P-47D Wolfpack Campaign
  • F-14 Tomcat Fear the Bones! Campaign
  • F-16C Red Flag 21-1 Campaign
  • AV-8B Sky Warrior Campaign
  • Rising Squall Campaign

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Taking more than 40 man-years of intense research, technology development, art creation, and ground-breaking coding, the Hornet brings the first, true, multi-role fighter to the skies of DCS World with equally impressive air-to-surface and air-to-air capabilities.

DCS: F/A-18C Hornet

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DCS: Supercarrier Early Access period work continues. We are working on the following additional features, and we look forward to sharing more information soon.

  • Air Boss station
  • Briefing room
  • Landing Signal Officer (LSO) station with PLAT camera & VR support
  • DCS: Combined Arms integration
  • “Burble” effect
  • Wave off and bolter return to pattern radio messages
  • Functional barricade net

The DCS: Supercarrier module also includes the Russian Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, and the Su-33 Flanker D fighter.

DCS: Supercarrier

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The Viper is armed for air-to-air combat with Sidewinders, AMRAAMs, and an internal 20mm 6-barrel Gatling gun. It can also be loaded with a wide range of air-to-ground weapons that include general purpose bombs, rockets, canister munition, Mavericks, laser- and GPS-guided bombs, and more. The F-16 provides swing-role action in DCS World!

DCS: F-16C Viper

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With the improved ability to command ground forces, a vast number of land, air and sea units, and feature-rich cooperative and head-to-head multiplayer; we are proud to say this is probably the most detailed and realistic combat simulation ever created for the PC.

Head over to our eShop and grab a deal and grab a great 50% off Summer Sale deal.

Thank you again for your passion and support,

Your sincerely,

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3XsvEnJ5sw

Fantastic all!

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All these goodies in the latest patch and all I have sampled is the hind and Cyprus. For a change I flew the Hind over the channel map and again I forgot to knock my settings down from everything on max settings to my VR preset. (For screenshots)
Now I was the only unit on the map and the FPS counter showed 30ish but everything looked beautiful and it was really smooth. I was wondering if it had the same treatment that MSFS had where 30 is perfect for flying with quality graphics.
It won’t be any good for anything but sightseeing but in that regard it was great

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Mariana’s??
Stable Version

Currently version number: DCS 2.7.1.7139

Next update: To be announced

Open Beta Public testing build

Currently version number: DCS 2.7.2.7910.1 Open Beta

Next update: Fix patch Planned today 23 June 2021 ( subject to change )

Thank you

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I think it’s a bit too early for the Marianas…

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Hmmm…They Did say in the past it would be available 2nd Quarter of this yr…which ends nxt week…also…I think they’d love to get it out ASAP for this Free to Play Promo

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Maybe it’ll be the AP/ trimmer bug fix for the Hind?

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Yeah, I’m just saying that for good luck. :wink:

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I was hoping for the Mariana’s although a bit greedy given what we got last week with Cyprus and the hind. We will have to be patient :joy:

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Yea,It does say"Fix Patch" so Wishful thinking on my part :grinning:

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Fixed heatblurs missing missions
Terrain not showing (Fixed)
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:sweat_smile: :rofl: :sweat_smile:
Good One!!

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Patch Notes
3 jun

2021

DCS 2.7.2.8165.2 Open Beta

DCS: Mi-24P Hind by Eagle Dynamics

  • “CommandDialogsPanel” error in multiplayer fixed
  • Crash when pilot engages jettison cover fixed
  • Player on commander place loses control after firing ATGM from operator place - fixed
  • AI reporting targets crash fixed
  • Quick Start mission “Syria: H-4 Take Down” fixed
  • Quick Start RU Manual Early Access version added

DCS: A-10C Warthog by Eagle Dynamics

  • A-10C-Training-Navigation.miz fixed

DCS: Spitfire LF Mk IX by Eagle Dynamics

  • Historically more accurate belt mixes

Known Issues

  • Mi-24P ‘Readjust Free Turbine RPM Switch - Decrease’ command {RAlt+NUM-} doesn’t work
  • ‘Mi24P-Training-2-ATGM Employment’ lesson without voiceover
  • Mi-24P {LAlt+F1} view is not ready yet and may contain artifacts
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Man, that HeatBlur post had me pumped for Marianas. Hopefully soon.

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Definitely with all the sweat I loose wearing the G2 I need to fly a huey in a hot humid environment for maximum immersion :sweat_smile:

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Weekend News


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Posted 9 hours ago

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26 June 2021

Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, :pilotfly:

Our Summer Sale is in full swing and we are thrilled to announce that the Steam sale is also live and will run until the 8th of July. Enjoy up to 50% discount on most of our modules and campaigns. Check them out.

Leatherneck Simulations have been working hard on their next aircraft, the DCS: F4U-D Corsair. Their current efforts are focused mostly on finalising the cockpit. Take a look at their development screenshots below.

Our partners at Heatblur Simulations have made notable progress to DCS: F-14A/B Tomcat. The latest Open Beta includes improved aircraft arresting physics and new carrier burble effects, bringing this fabulous aircraft one step closer to its final version.

We are pleased to announce that DCS: C-101 Aviojet by Aegres has moved to final release state. This module is feature complete and we encourage you to check out what Aegres Media has in store for you next. In Development Screenshots.

Thank you for your passion and support,

Yours sincerely,

Eagle Dynamics Team

DCS: F4U-D Corsair

Development Report

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The F4U-1 is one of the few aircraft without sidewalls and a floor. Because of this, many of the Corsair’s vital components are exposed. Using manufacture drawings and original aircraft as references, the vast majority of panels, cables, pipes, and switches have been recreated to a high degree of detail.

Each area has been checked in VR to ensure that nothing a pilot would see is missing. Updates and texture adjustments to the cockpit model are in final development.

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Systems development is also largely completed. Hydraulics, electrics, and basic weapon systems are operational, and Leatherneck Simulations will continue to tune them as tests proceed. The AN/ARC-5 Radio and navigation equipment tests were completed earlier this spring.

The decision to add the AN/ARC-1 radio set is still pending. Smaller items such as the oxygen equipment and the emergency landing gear extension system are also work in progress.

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The full inventory of British and U.S. weaponry will be presented closer to release. A number of stunning new features will make the DCS: F4U-1D Corsair truly unique.

Read more of their development report in the Leatherneck Simulations 2021 Summer Update.

DCS: F-14A/B Tomcat

Development Report

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A new mass dynamics engine brings a whole new level of realism to the F-14A/B. Unless it is landed correctly, the F-14’s arrestor hook will now skip over the deck to mimic realistic hook-bolter events. Under extreme conditions the hook can also fail and detach from the fuselage. Such realistic features truly encourage you to improve your skills and achieve by-the-book recovery procedures.

The aerodynamic effects of aircraft carrier burble on close-approach have also been implemented. The ICEMAN pilot AI has also been improved. The AI can now navigate to specific waypoints and enter a holding pattern. Other significant improvements include:

  • JESTER reporting
  • Night catapult signalisation
  • Autopilot logic overhaul
  • Multi-crew synchronisation

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The Heatblur team is now focused on developing the next update of the exciting Tomcat and Viggen features, ultimately bringing both of these aircraft out of Early Access.

F-14A Fear the Bones

Campaign by Reflected Sims

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It is April 1989, and the cruiser USS Valley Forge has been involved in an incident in the Black Sea, off the coast of the Soviet Union. The USS Theodore Roosevelt is being sent to support the rescue operation with VF-84 on board. Jaws, Jester, Ghost, Pyro, Caveman, Grip, Elvis and Glory, all hot shot F-14A Tomcat fighter jocks of the ’Jolly Rogers’ squadron are itching to see some action. They might just get more than they bargained for.

Join them in fighting MiGs, intercepting Bear bombers, defending the fleet, escorting Alpha strikes, and much more in this story-driven campaign. Kick the tires, light the fires, and make them Fear the Bones!

DCS: C-101 Aviojet

Final Version Released

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Aerges has announced that the DCS: C-101 Aviojet has reached its final version state in the latest Open Beta update. After finishing multicrew and implementing the Combined Controls Mode, the module is now complete. Product support, especially when it comes to bug fixing, will continue.

The Aerges Team are now gearing up to accelerate work on their exciting upcoming new module: DCS: Mirage F1.

We hope that these project updates will inspire you to give them a try, and we look forward to sharing more on their development soon.

Thank you again for your passion and support,

Yours sincerely,

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OMH Stable Release has been updated! I just tried out the Hind for the first time! I’m like a kid in a candy store! Wow, just wow!
DCS 2.7.2.8165.2 (digitalcombatsimulator.com)

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It’s such a stable platform to fly…you can feel the heaviness of it while moving around.

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Damn…the Viper is taking ages. It’s worse than waiting for Santa as a kid.

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