Just confirmed that the flak units are not part of the Early Release, but are still planned for the DCS: WWII Assets Pack.
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K thx.
Need a new one for DCS, I’d buy that shirt 
Yeah, they were added just too close to early access and are not ready for prime time yet.
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Out of innocent curiosity, can someone post an image of Evreux airfield and check the runway length?
I would also like to see a picture of normandy at night to see if the moon cast light with shadows or not
Preview article is up at Articles - Mudspike Forums
@MBot, I can take pics of Evreux tonight and measure the runway length.
@Toprr, I can do some night flying and check that.
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Or I could check them now as I have today off
Evreux has two runways:
- 35/215 ~5400* ft
- 164/344 ~5380* ft
*Note: That is from absolute end to end. There are a couple of parking spots at one end of each of the runways and the measured distance does not take into account maneuvering to line up on the center-line.
For night flying, I set up a MiG-15 at Evreux on a full moon night on 10 May 2017. It’s … dark. There is some ambient light but, if you are flying, tree shadows are not going to help you with this little light :-). I changed the mission to an appropriate time for the new moon phase (26 April 2017) and the lighting didn’t appear to change. I am guessing here but I do not think that the moon is acting as a light source.
Full moon:
New Moon:
I should have taken two pictures of the cockpit … but the difference would have been negligible, at best.
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For anyone interested, there is a clips video in the article thread that @EinsteinEP posted above.
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Nice work, Fridge!
In that second shot, I think I spotted an early preview of the F/A-18C!!?!
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What’s that doing there?
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I wish! That’s just a little nod to the teasing of Mr. Wags in his streams and added with a little spice for @near_blind and his beloved Tomcat.
Thanks both guys!!
Fridge, those screens look like there is no light at all in the night. I wish ED implement some kind of actual light coming from the moon, it shouldnt be that hard, after all it would be just like the sun but with different intensity and color, other than that, it should project same shadows and would make things look way better and more realistic. Of course no moon night could still be an option when desired.
Hope they implement this.
It’s possible its a issue with the Alpha version, this is an image from Matt from an internal version.
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ooooh. I noticed that’s the next full moon. Is night brightness now effected by the phase of the moon?
Just to clarify, the WWII vehicles are not drivable via Combined Arms? And there are no plans to make them so?
I’m only interested in the terrain for an 80’s theme arena, so the WWII armor isnt needed. Even at the discount. Just wanted to check.
Thanks
IIRC they aren’t fully modelled for combined arms but the plan is to add that later.
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Actually, they will be made drivable with CA, but not during the initial release.
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