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Lotta fixes and tweaks lads:

Great, thanks for confirming Wingy, look forward to seeing you chaps then.

@wingflyr Hey Den, we still on for Wednesday this week?

12/02/45 Maj. Ken Shear Air: Nil. Ground: 2x AAA 1x Artilery 1x Locomotive 1x Railroad cars

Notre-Dame de Paris Hotel des Invalides Palais du Luxembourg Pont Alexandre III Gare-Saint-Lazare Paris Gare du Nord There are plans to add 5 more airfields (Orly, Deadland, Friston, Poix, Triqueville) and they will be in early access. They will add these 5 and continue this work so that the total number of airfields will be more than on the Syria map. Orly (original airfield) Friston (regular airfield)

Hotfix patch to fix some of the bugs introduced with 2.8:

Ok, I have a busy week next week and it may require working late. I don’t want to set a date then have to rain check so we’ll avoid that, but if you guys are good to do an afternoon your time (Canadian) thereafter I can do any from Sat 12th onwards. Let me know.

When do your clocks go back Wingy?

10/02/45 Maj. John Denymere (KIA) Air: 0.5 claims Ground: 1x Mobile AAA, 2x Transport Call those run-ins chaps! Replacement CO Maj. Ken Shear reporting for duty.

Hey chaps, It's been mooted that some would like some training in The Big Fighter; if we can organise a time that's good for all I am happy to give some instruction on how to operate the Cat. Before we start, however I need you guys to be prepped; you NEED to have certain keys bound to whatever device is convenient to you and to know which is what before we start; I strongly suggest you make these keys handy as you'll be needing to manipulate these in the middle of a dogfight or tricky parts on the flight envelope. Here's the list: Weapons: Weapon selector up Weapon selector down Weapon selector depress Master Arm on and cover open Dogfight Radar Modes Target designate forward / VSL PAL Target designate up / VSL HI Target designate down / VSL LO CAGE SEAM button PLM Button Jester Controls Toggle Menu (default keyboard = 'A') Countermeasures DLC Toggle / Countermeasure Dispense Wing Sweep Manipulation: Wing Sweep Auto Mode Wing Sweep Forward Wing Sweep Aft Wing Sweep Bomb Mode I suggest we start with guns and 'winders and what the Dogfight Radar Modes do, where you'll find them useful and what their limitations are. Along with this we'll look at best practise for dogfighting in the Turkey; how to interpret gauges quickly and what the numbers you're looking for are. After that in subsequent lessons we'll look at Beyond Visual Range ops and best practises for Sparrow and Phoenix employment. Then we'll look at getting back on board the carrier and maybe Air to Air Refuelling if anyone is brave enough. On the way through these we'll talk about the RWR and manipulating the TACAN. All good? Let me know when's best for you chaps. Happy to do whenever.

Version 2.8 has landed! Clouds will move and happy rainbows will paint the sky... as long as there's rain and sunshine and observer in particular arrangement, cos wavelength dispersion of light is a physical phenomenom that relies on specific phyical parameters to be met. Just sayin'. Oh, and MB-339 is now available for those who want to dance in the military air power equivalent of an Italian sports car.

Terrain Normandy 2.0: this "update" (actually a whole new map) using new terrain mesh geometry, expands the detailed area of normandy by a factor of 6 and now includes London and Paris. Release date is still unknown, but hopefully early 2023 at latest. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/310220-normandy-20-faq/ Kola Peninsula: a map geared to Cold War and modern day scenarios including Scandavia and Russia around the North Cape. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308923-dcs-kola-map-introduction-from-2022-07-29/#comment-5050501 Sinai: This is modern map includes the Nile Delta in Egypt with southern Isreal and western parts of Jordan and Saudi Arabia. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308296-introducing-dcs-sinai-from-newsletter-12-august-2022/ Kola Peninsula: a map geared to Cold War and modern day scenarios including Scandavia and Russia around the North Cape. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308923-dcs-kola-map-introduction-from-2022-07-29/#comment-5050501 Northern Australia: bit of an odd one but it's an Aussie devloper so they're probably best starting with what they know... modern era map again, but apparently this area is much used for military exercises so some useful training scenarios can be re-enacted. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308920-dcs-top-end-australia-introduction-from-2022-08-26/ Other Supercarrier: we await implementation of the Briefing Room (an interactive briefing space for Multiplayer) and Air Boss station. AI A-6E Intruder: an AI carrier strike bomber asset to help flesh out cold war and early '90s mission scenarios. F-14 virtual pilot body: no more spectral pilots and RIOs! Soon you'll be able to see your legs and arms whether in the front or back office in the Tomcat. F-14A 135GR & F-14A 95GR: expansions to the F-14 Tomcat module; the current F-14A variant represents a late '80s to '90s bird; with the 135GR we get a version with an earlier RWR that represents US Navy fleet aircraft from the late '70s early '80s; the 95GR is an Iranian Air Force version and will reflect the more limted sensor capabilty and earlier weapons variants that this bird was limited to. Forrestal variants: further versions of the Forrestal classs carrier are promised, including USS Saratoga in the near term and USS Ranger and USS Independance in the long run. C-47 Paratrooper drops: at some point we will get the ability to commamd the AI C-47 from the WW2 Asset Pack to drop paratrooper loads allowing recreation of some of the famous airbourne operations of WW2. Flak units on train cars: 3d models showing 20mm, quad 20mm and 88mm guns mounted to flatbed railway trucks have been shown; hope to be able to make strafing trains a more spicy affair for the WW2 boys...! Updated AI assets: some of the assets in DCS have been around a very long time and are showing their age. As such a series of overhauls have been started on the B-1B, B-52 and the S-3B Viking to bring their level of detail up to modern standards.

In case some of you aren't up to speed on what's in the pipeline or when we might see I thought you might like a summary of the future board of fare for DCS. Planes F-15E Strike Eagle: this much anticpated ground attack version of the inimitable Eagle is close to release. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/266436-f-15e-wip-updates-no-discussion/ F-4E Phantom II: the phabulous Phantom is coming to DCS. Expect it towards the end of this year. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/291775-announcing-the-f-4-phantom-for-dcs-world/ C-130J Hercules: a fully flyable verison of the venerable Hercules is inbound and apparently not too far from release. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308919-dcs-c-130j-announcement-from-2022-09-02-newsletter/ MB-339: this sporty little Italian trainer & light attack bird is to be released with the next patch at version 2.8. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/302053-dcs-mb-339-official-trailer/#comments F4U-1 Corsair: the bent wing bird plus a period carrier and an AI A6m3 Zero to tussle with is supposedly close, but I suspect we'll see it Q1/2 in 2023. https://leatherneck-sim.com/2022/06/01/2022-summer-update/ A-1H Skyraider: this beast is apparently well along; look for a mid-late 2023 release. https://youtu.be/n6VGZrIa0iw La-7: The superb Soviet fighter of late WW2; yet another module that looks well along in development; at a guess maybe available mid-late 2023. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063511095682 Eurofighter Typhooon: The German version of this multi-national Gen 4.5 highly manoeuverable fighter is going to redefine the game with it's glass cockpit, and IRST and Meteor missiles. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/232147-progress-pictures-on-the-eurofighter-typhoon/ Tornado GR.1: finally the Anglo-German-Italian attack jet is coming to DCS. In early development I would epect to see this in 2+ years. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308918-dcs-tornado-introduction-from-2022-09-16-newsletter/ F-100 Super Sabre: the legendary 'Hun'. Expect it a couple of years. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308921-dcs-f-100d-super-sabre-introducing-the-hun-from-2022-08-19-newsletter/ IAI Kfir: This Israeli illegitimate and beefed up copy of the Mirage V will be evry at home on the Syria map. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308922-dcs-kfir-by-aviron-introduction-to-the-lion-cub/#comment-5050492 G.91R: This Italian light attack fighter that looks like a tricked out F-86 will be available in a couple of years. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/272980-dcs-g-91r/ A-7E Corsair II: the jet version! Again, progress is looking good but expect it in a couple of years. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/308963-flyingiron-simulations-introduces-the-corsair-ii-from-2020-02-27-newsletter/#comment-5050911 MiG-23MLA Flogger: an export version of the famous cold-war Soviet interceptor. Progress has been slow and no prediced release date yet but again, maybe 2024-25. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/272893-dcs-mig-23-development-update/ P-38J Lightning: In the distant future, after they've completed the A-7E Corsair II, FlyingIron Simulations have postulated importing their MSFS P-38 into DCS.... I live in hope! the rumor mill also has hinted at ED developing an F6F Hellcat, and even mentioned in passing the desire to recreate a Battle of Britain era planeset, but there's no confirmation on these so don't get too excited... Helicopters OH-58A Kiowa: this observation and light attack chopper module has been being threatened for release since late last year, but something seems to be hindering release. Fingers crossed for something soon. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/215355-polychop-simulations-oh-58d-kiowa/ BO-105 PAH1A1: another observation and light attack chopper, this one has a protracted development with some bumps, but progress is being made. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/91082-bo-105-pah1a1-progress-news/#comments DCS: Black Shark 3: the Ka-50 attack chopper is getting an overhaul, with all new 3D model and weapons and sensor upgrades. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/newsletters/a0d920ff0602d2d181d2702d2b2d06dd/ That's it for the flyable stuff, next terrains and others!

2.8 Open Beta Update has been pushed to tomorrow now folks.

Hi chaps, The update to 2.8 is slated to hit this afternoon/evening; in light of our scheduled DCS session and the likelihood that this will be a sizeable update I am going to initially recommend that you DO NOT update to this version if you are wishing to do MP this eve; firstly, as we cannot guarantee the server version can be updated in time but also I am aware that even some of us with good internet connections can experience long update times when the ED master server is experiencing a lot of traffic. Given the importance of this latest update we can only assume that this will be a popular download and ergo bandwidth will suffer, thus much extending download times. Moving clouds and more realistic Ai jet dogfighting will just have to wait!

More informations:

New screenies posted at ED forums today. A church I don't recognise but I feel has continental flavour; answers on a postcard...: This looks to be the Gare du Nord in Paris: The Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Place looking East across St James' Park towards Westminster: No specific location but I suspect a French village: An unidentified colliery - there were a few in SE England but I suspect this is French: Gare de l'Est, again in Paris: An unidentifiable (but definitely London area) railway station - shades of Forest Hill station in the 1930's: A Liberty ship - a new (and much needed) asset perhaps...?: Finally! If you wanted Steam trains in the UK you were obliged to utilsie the German locomtive and rolling stock making it seem like the Deutsche Reichsbahn had acheived what the Luftwaffe and Heer had not! Now it appears we get an Allied locomtive; that's an Austerity class 2-8-0, often seen in the UK during and after the war and also many accompanied the Allies into France to provide rail motive power on the continent after the invasion: Finally a couple of Teaser videos. I suspect this shows our Spitfire flying Northeast over RAF Kenley airfield - the airfield layout checks out with the London-Brighton railway line appearing in a valley off the east side of the airfield... @Friar could maybe confirm as it's his manor...? Not sure where this is... stay tuned....

07/02/45 Maj. John Denymere Air: 0 claims Ground: 2x AAA, 1x Barge, 1x Infrastructure

Absolutely old bean, I’ll make sure your favourite ride is well oiled and a new pine air freshener put in the pit for you.

🤩

This is the provisional breakdown of what to expect: I raised an eyebrow if I'm honest. Here is a copy of what I posted in reponse at EDs forums:

Howdy y'all. The latest raft of Open Beta fixes have now been pushed to the Stable Release: DCS: AH-64D by Eagle Dynamics Added change of seats in the cockpit by a player in multiplayer. Added: Disable Multicrew feature for “client” helicopter mission editor slots. When ON in a particular slot it disables any multicrew capability for that helicopter. In multiplayer role selection screen this helicopter will show only one available slot for a client (player still able to change seats) Added option to Disable George AI subtitles Adjust the health of the AH-64 elements THRT SHOW page corrections George AI. Added cyclic scrolling of the target list menu Fixed: NVS Norm queued commands issue Fixed:George doesn't fire cannon on some occasions Fixed: Missing LIMITS Indication on Sight Status Field Fixed: Ground speed should be displayed in HMD and TEDAC if WP is not present Fixed: Multi Crew - CPG NVG Gain resets when pilot toggles goggles Fixed: LHG Cursor Display Select (L/R) not correctly working for CPG in multicrew Fixed: CPG laser range is mirrored in Pilot's symbology when laser is firing Fixed: Co-pilot gunners head can be seen glitching into the seat Fixed: ACQ TRN may be set as ACQ TXX Fixed: Spawns in with left rudder input (high torque) Fixed: TSD Points not displaying correctly Fixed: George cannot track targets on side of helicopter Fixed: George should not lose target if you fly by upon the target Fixed: WPN-MSL-UTIL Page TADS STOW Error Fixed: WPN-MSL-UTIL Page TADS UNSTOW - Laser Power Off Error Fixed: TADS: Slew Limit Error Fixed: WP and TG numbers are not displayed when stored Fixed: WP/TG stored using the NOW button becomes the destination FM. The modeling of the main rotor, fuselage, tail rotor, stabilizer and fin depending on the flight speed has been corrected. This affected the trim position of the controls in the main flight modes. FM. Fixed modelling of tail rotor partial vortex ring effect. It was appearing in the hovering lateral bank movement to the left, when a certain speed reached there was a sudden yaw push to the right. Now SAS heading hold mode is able to compensate for this. DCS: Mi-24P Hind by Eagle Dynamics Added: change of seats in the cockpit by a player in multiplayer Added: Disable Multicrew feature for “client” helicopter mission editor slots. When ON in a particular slot it disables any multicrew capability for that helicopter. In multiplayer role selection screen this helicopter will show only one available slot for a client (player still able to change seats) Added: Petrovich AI voice language setting (auto by default looking at the avionics language setting) Added: Russian voices for Petrovich AI Added: function to Disable Petrovich AI subtitles (will respond to global subtitles setting) Added: ability for windshield wipers to affect raindrops textures (WIP) Added: Cyclic scrolling of the target list menu for Petrovich AI Added: Addition of mechanism 100% margin control of autopilot in SAS YAW channel Improved: Petrovich AI split voice overs for “Observe ON” and “Searching”. Now Petrovich says “Observe on” only when he engages Observe. Improved: added new English voice overs for two situations and overhaul of some of previously added ones Improved: Rearranged additional properties of the aircraft in the mission editor Fixed: Initial fix for pitch oscillations in flight on medium speeds Fixed: Kord gunner does not fire consistently in some cases Fixed: Petrovich AI Menu closes when commanding to turn on weapons Fixed: Petrovich AI trying to shoot ATGM missile even if weapon system is not ready yet Fixed: VR View position is shifted if sight is selected before power on Fixed: Petrovich AI can't launch missile in some cases Fixed: Mi-24P - Empty rack is missing from warehouse (https://forum.dcs.world/topic/288873-missing-warehouse-item/) Fixed: Petrovich AI Incorrect target tracking point for ATGM sight (was resulting in lower accuracy at terminal phase and sometime hitting ground in front of vehicle) Fixed: Petrovich AI flight controls in active pause Fixed: Ability to change seats while looking at the ATGM sight ocular Fixed: ASO-2V bugs of logic during selection between sets Fixed: Kord gun is not moving inside when rear cargo bay doors are closed Fixed: Symbology error in ATGM sight net Fixed: Petrovich AI. Flares/Chaff texture switch bug at the ASO panel mode Fixed: Default bind for “Radiation reset” of 9K113 (LALT+R) Fixed: S-8 rockets do not work properly when different types of them are in same loadout simultaneously Fixed: Changing seats in multicrew (multiplayer) with hotkeys Fixed: Operator’s sight duplicated mark on Pilot’s ASP sight desync and jitter fix for multicrew Fixed: Player can’t give or take control to/from Petrovich AI while being in front cockpit in multiplayer DCS: FW 190D-9 by Eagle Dynamics Fixed random engine failure DCS: Mosquito FB Mk VI by Eagle Dynamics Image on the Mission resources window is updated to actual pylons configuration DCS: WWII Assets pack by Eagle Dynamics A20G. Added UK livery Train and wagons got proper connection to the Assets pack in Mission Editor DCS Mirage F1 by Aerges DEFA-553 total rounds count was increased up to 135. F1CT now has only right cannon installed, and F1CR has only left cannon installed respectively. Countermeasures counters go no longer back to 99 after reaching 0. AB detent position can now be adjusted in Special Options without the need to modify a checkbox (the checkbox was removed). Users that had previously adjusted it, will need to readjust it. Now radar cover initial state is set via Special Options, unless the mission creator decides to forbid it in the ME. Fixed TRAP-137B Channel 20 operation in realistic communications mode. With “Easy Communications” enabled, it is reserved for the radio autotuning. Fixed frequency autotuning in “Easy Communications” mode: sometimes the radio was unable to tune because of an externally set frequency being not perfectly aligned with the 25 KHz step. DCS: C-101 Aviojet by AvioDev Weapons and armament: C-101CC ARM light on SCAR display unit is now correctly lit when bomb arming selector is set to any other position than OFF. Now only the AIM-9M missile has the steady high pitched tone in addition to the chirped tone when a target is tracked. Other Sidewinder versions have the chirped tone removed. A/A heat seeking missiles are now correctly restored after launch, when the unlimited weapon flag is set in options. Fixed C-101CC sight depression initialization. Now it is correctly initialised to 30 mil. Communications: VOIP is correctly switched to the new transmitter now when the Intercom mode dial is clicked with VOIP PTT being held ON. When the “Easy Communications” option is enabled, ARC-164 and V/TVU-740 radios functional mode dial will be automatically switched to valid position, when a message transmission is attempted. With “Easy Communications” option enabled, the Intercom mode selector will be now automatically switched to the position corresponding to the radio being talked on. Other fixes and additions: Added missing padlock functionality. Tooltip for the C-101CC rear seat main altimeter barometric adjustment knob was changed to: "Altimeter Baro Adjust (No function)" Added “Middle” flaps position to joystick/keyboard commands. Added “Toggle Flaps - one step up/down” joystick/keyboard commands. Added separate flaps commands for joysticks other than TM Warthog - up/middle/down positions. DCS M-2000C by RAZBAM Simulations Improved : Flight model Improved : Fly By Wire Improved : Autopilot Improved : Independent inner and outer elevons Improved : Aspect Dependent RCS in radar simulation Improved : Loadout Dependent RCS in radar simulation Improved : Independent landing gear door movement Updated : Emergency LG release doesn't close doors Updated : Runway hotstart radar switch on SIL instead of PCH Fixed : Stick wipe during FBW test should not result in green light Fixed : jittery own speed arrow at low speeds on VTB Fixed : Engine rain effect checks rain at sea level instead of aircraft level Added : Subtle radar mechanical gimbal sounds DCS AV-8B N/A by RAZBAM Simulations Fixed : NSEQ CS/T calculator error after passing first waypoint. Fixed : Unable to enter TOT through the QUICK ACCESS menu Fixed: EHSD Symbology is visible in the second MFD DCS: JF-17 by Deka Ironwork Simulations Improved: AG radar GMTI can detect and track low speed low altitude target (helicopter and aircraft) Improved: AG radar SEA1 is designed to detect stationary and moving targets under low sea state. When the weather is bad, SEA1 detection ability will be greatly reduced or even lost in such conditions. Improved: AG radar SEA2 is more suitable for med/high sea state and can only detect moving targets with a reduced range compared with SEA1 mode Fixed: SD-10/LD-10 nozzle exit area size Fixed: CM802AKG may pull up when seeker turns on Fixed: AA radar TDC bearing info in ref to current waypoint Fixed: Cockpit panel knob/button backlight at night DCS: UH-1H Huey by Belsimtek Fixed: Modified change seat code to comply with new core logic DCS: Combined Arms by Eagle Dynamics Added camera-marker for isoview. Fixed: Incorrect work of the isometric view (Linking camera to the sight). Fixed: Some input commands are not available for controllers. Fixed: turret twitching when turning for a long time. Added "Rangefinder Combat Range" (fixed range for selected shell, RAlt + L) for NATO modern tank. Fixed: autotracking target assigned from PPi. Fixed: Reserve sight for Leopard 2A6. Fixed: Dirt/dust effect particles misaligned with tank tracks. Campaigns F-15C The Georgian War Сampaign by Baltic Dragon Added PDF documents. DCS: F/A-18C Raven One: Dominant Fury Campaign by Baltic Dragon Mission 05. Fixed bug with Blade flying into space. Fixed rare bug with mission not progressing after rejoin. Mission 06. Temporary fix for mission not progressing after attack (included workaround for bug with Tomcats not dropping guided bombs and equipped them with dumb bombs until this is resolved). Mission 08. Updated coordinates for player's target on the kneeboard. Removed smoke marker from Red, which could have caused CTD. Mission 12. Temporary fix for mission not progressing due to Tomcats not dropping GBUs (swapped with dumb bombs for the time being). Mission 13. Fixed problem with Cajun not returning to base after escorting Smoke. Fixed problem with Smoke not rejoining with player after AAR. DCS: F/A-18C Raven One Сampaign by Baltic Dragon Mission 04. Fixed "cannot open debriefing file" error. Mission 12. Moved blue shirts on the deck so that they don't block CAT I. Fixed rare issue where there was no option to kiss off your wingman. Added mission complete message. Mission 13. Sword 22 will now properly engage second radar site. Mission 14. Sledge 22 will now stay in formation end engage the target. DCS: F-14A Zone 5 Campaign by Reflected Simulations Fence in checks updated, ACM guard down when loaded with Phoenix Jester silenced during fence checks Speed callouts added on takeoff Landing check updated Exposure briefing fixed DCS: Spitfire Beware! Beware! Campaign by Reflected Simulations Bomber formations fine tuned DCS: F/A-18C Rise of the Persian Lion campaign by Badger633 All Missions: Mission page of Kneeboard up first. F/A-18C Serpent’s Head 2 Campaign by Badge633 Mission 8 all variants: Cannot pick up target with radar in GMT mode, fixed. All Missions: Mission page of Kneeboard up first. DCS: F-14B Operation Sandworm Campaign by Sandman Simulations: All missions. Major overhaul for better performance optimization All missions. Bullseye is marked as fixed point Mission 1. UZI 2 colliding with AWACS on catapult - FIXED Missions 2 and 4. Too much crosswind - FIXED DCS: AV-8B Sky Warrior Campaign by Eagle86 Added general Briefing PDFs.