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Next Stop... DCS Version 1.2.5 After the release of DCS version 1.2.4, we released multiple updates using our automatic updater. We are now moving towards the next major update, version 1.2.5. Our primary focus will be on improving game performance, addressing game play issues, and setting the stage for further modules. Key features planned for version 1.2.5 include: DCS World Improvements to the ATC system. New Tu-22M3 model. Images attached. Further improvements to game stability. Correcting module installation issues. Resource manager: Corrected logistic links. Resource manager: The value, speed and periodicity have been adjusted. Default supply speed is now 60 km/h. Anti-radiation missiles: Added proximity fuses and adjusted accuracy. Visual detection of a target for AI units will now also be a function of time. The time of detection depends on target distance, aspect angle, and the presence of already detected targets nearby. When a target is no longer visible, the AI aircraft will use the target’s last known position and velocity to search for it. Added "STOP TRANSMISSION" trigger action. AI behavior option "DISPERCE UNDER FIRE" now has new parameter - dispersion delay. Added new AI behavior option - "RTB ON OUT OF AMMO". Added more tooltips to the Mission Editor. Message filter for Lock On aircraft: RShift+\. Added several new constants (AI) and functions (trigger, Controller) in the Simulator Scripting Engine (SSE). Detection of radars by RWR has been reworked to make player and AI systems equal. The parking spaces for Anapa and Krymsk airbases have been corrected. Su-25T: The gun funnel has been adjusted. Added new Su-27 skins. Several factors governing air to air missiles have been adjusted. Updated airbase charts from www.10thGunfighters.de and www.ariescon.com Fixed input deadlock. M256 HEAT ballistics corrected. Improved fire and smoke of aircraft fragments. Improved material of flares. Adjusted logbook data accounting. Especially in complex cases with multiple changes of aircrafts in one sortie. Mission Editor: Added briefing picture dialog. If file contain inappropriate symbols in the name, GUI Error appears. The broken input after exporting to HTML is fixed. DCS: UH-1H Huey Tuned the "mast bumping" effect. The rotor is now very hard to break off while on the ground. The UH-1H manuals and readme have been updated. Fixed UH-1H training files. Sound samples path has been updated. Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 Added advanced Flight Model (AFM) for the A-10A. Su-25: Bombs falling short when using CCRP has been fixed. Su-25: Turning ON the laser rangefinder no longer causes the targeting cross to jump outside the gunsight. F-15: Crash or freeze in the F-15C when on the ramp when changing HUD Modes are fixed. F-15: Negative airspeed values should now correctly display on the HUD airspeed tape. The FC3 installation check has been fixed. “Betty” voice warnings now use native language. The cockpit view system has been adjusted. Looking behind the aircraft will no longer give an impossible view angle. Remaining issues for some FC3 aircraft like CCRP, EOS, and F-15C landing issue will be addressed. Right now our staff is quite overloaded with other, higher priority items. Performance of air-to-air missiles continues to be adjusted. The primary area we will now be tuning is the counter measure performance against air to air missiles. DCS: Black Shark 2 Ka-50 EKRAN refactoring. DCS: Combined Arms Adjusted the machine gun sights for several vehicles. Updated and New Units The Next Eagle Dynamics DCS Modules Later this year, we will offer: A-10A: DCS Flaming Cliffs Su-25: DCS Flaming Cliffs F-15C: DCS Flaming Cliffs Su-27: DCS Flaming Cliffs These modules will feature: 1- Detailed 3D model (high polygon / high res textures) 2- 6 DOF cockpit 3- Advanced Flight Model (AFM) 4- Same level of cockpit system detail as the Lock On: Flaming Cliffs aircraft We plan to release each at $19.99 USD. We are releasing these modules for the following reasons: 1- It allows users access to these aircraft that do not own, or want to own, Lock On. 2- It allows users to buy just the aircraft they are interested in, without having to purchase the full Flaming Cliffs product. 3- It allows us to make these aircraft available to a much larger audience on Steam, Origin, GameFly and other digital retailers. We have not yet come to a decision regarding the availability of the new advanced flight models to the FC3 aircraft. While there is discussion of making this available as an FC3 upgrade at a lower cost than the full module, I can say with confidence that they will not be made available for free given the large time and financial investment. When a final decision is made we will make an announcement. Other FC3 aircraft will be improved as well (like the Su-27, Su-25, F-15C and A-10A). When they are further along, we will discuss them. We will develop a balance of lighter "DCS Flaming Cliffs" modules with more detailed/realistic "DCS" modules. The "DCS Flaming Cliffs" modules allow us to develop the more detailed "DCS" titles in a more iterative way. As such, we will continue to develop detailed simulation like A-10C. The next such "DCS" title will be F/A-18C. Improved Visual Effects We understand that some of the visual effects (particularly for weapons like cluster bombs) are causing a significant performance reduction for some. We are now in the process of adjusting the effects to work in the new Image Generator (IG) that we believe will alleviate this issue. Speaking of new effects, we are working on new/improved wing tip vortices. I've attached a work in progress image. DCS Summer Sale is On! The DCS Summer Sale is on and will be running to 30 June. DCS: UH-1H Huey - $19.99 DCS: Combined Arms – $11.99 DCS: P-51D Mustang – $15.99 DCS: Black Shark 2 - $15.99 DCS: Black Shark 2 Upgrade – $11.99 DCS: A-10C Warthog – $15.99 DCS: A-10C Warthog 1.1.0.7 (English DVD box) – $15.99 DCS: Black Shark (DVD box) – $15.99 Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 – $29.99 DCS: Black Shark – $7.99

Now this is NICE!

Kevin?

Erik has been at it for 30 hours straight. He said this has been a total clusterfuck and he's only half done. So any site problems, please be patient.

Kevin you asked about this.

I am getting furloughed starting Jul 8th until 21 Sept. I will go one day without pay, per week until then. I will lose $2600.00. That is a house payment and a vehicle payment. The whole thing sucks.

I agree with CB34, they have been killing each other for thousands of years. Let them continue. We do not need to be sending shit to them. We should of learned from the last 12 years. I know I have.

PM me and tellme what you are looking for and I'll see what I have.

DCS News Update - 14 June 2013 DCS Summer Sale - Next Week Starting the 20th of June, we will offer massive 60% off sale of DCS products. The exception will be Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 having a 40% off sale. The sale will last until the 30th of June: DCS: UH-1H Huey - $19.99 DCS: Combined Arms – $11.99 DCS: P-51D Mustang – $15.99 DCS: Black Shark 2 - $15.99 DCS: Black Shark 2 Upgrade – $11.99 DCS: A-10C Warthog – $15.99 DCS: A-10C Warthog 1.1.0.7 (English DVD box) – $15.99 DCS: Black Shark (DVD box) – $15.99 Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 – $29.99 DCS: Black Shark – $7.99 Purchase from: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.co...r=shop&lang=en DCS: Hawk Update Video The VEAO partner team has released a new video showcasing the latest Alpha build of their DCS: Hawk module. This video features the internal canopy opening mechanism, engine start-up sequence day and night and night lighting tied into electrical systems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNF2-...ature=youtu.be ATC Improvements We acknowledge that the air traffic control environment needs improvement. One near-term effort to address this is a number of improvements to the ATC and takeoff and landing procedures. We plan to release these in DCS version 1.2.5. - Establish orbit zones with fixed positions several km from the end of the runway. - We have increased the landing rates. - Aircraft taking off will now have a higher priority than landing aircraft. - Out of fuel and damaged landing aircraft will have the highest priority. Further ATC improvements will continue. Work On New Rendering Technology Continues The new Image Generator (IG) technology is currently in development and will be introduced to DCS World when it is ready. Elements of the new IG include: - More detailed terrain. - Better graphical effects - Dedicated server - DirectX 11 support - Skeleton animation for infantry

Via AIR FORCE MAGAZINE: WELCOME TO THE HOLLOW FORCE (Scroll down for extensive listing of squadrons affected.) Another "Stand Down" we don't hear about on the news, but we MUST force it to the front; GROUNDED AIR BASES! Spread this story far and wide! The term “hollow force” now describes the Air Force, given that more than a dozen combat units are grounded, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said in an interview Tuesday. “I think we’re there, now,” Welsh said. “Anytime you’ve got airplanes sitting on a ramp” and not flying, the aircrews are "going to tell you, it’s a hollow force.” The question is, Welsh said, “are we going to remain there over time, or are we going to get out of this hole?” There clearly is “a requirement for the Department of Defense to be part of the solution for the budget deficit. We get that,” he said. But USAF must have a “string of predictable topline numbers, so we can figure out what the solution will be over time.” As for what happens if Congress doesn’t reverse the sequester, Welsh said USAF is “in a position right now where we’re having to assume the law will stay in place, which means worst case: the sequester for the next nine-and-a-half years. So, we can’t afford not to plan to that assumption.” What will that mean? “The Air Force will look different,” Welsh said. “I think all the services will look different.” If the gross effect is to “take 10 percent off everything,” then that would translate to about 33,000 Active Duty airmen separated and “about 700” aircraft taken out of service, Welsh pointed out. “This thing is a big deal,” he said, “which is why we’ve got to get about planning for the future.” —John A. Tirpak http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/June%202013/June%2013%202013/Welcome-to-the-Hollow-Force.aspx Units and aircraft affected Air Combat Command officials announced a stand down and reallocation of flying hours for the rest of the fiscal year due to mandatory budget cuts. The limitation of flying hours means squadrons will stand down or maintain readiness at the reduced “basic mission capable” level, while others will remain at full “combat mission ready.” The affected aircraft and units, by airframe: F-22 94th Fighter Squadron — Grounded April 9 27th Fighter Squadron — Basic mission capable through September 3rd Fighter Wing — Two squadrons combat mission ready through September 15th Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September 49th Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September F-15 C/D 67th Fighter Squadron — Basic mission capable through September 44th Fighter Squadron — Basic mission capable through July, then Combat mission ready through September 48th Fighter Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September F-15E 366th Fighter Squadron — Grounded April 9 335th Fighter Squadron — Combat mission ready through September 48th Fighter Wing — Two squadrons stand down April 9 391st Fighter Squadron — Stands down April 9 F-16 C/D 8th Fighter Wing — Two squadrons combat mission ready through September 77th Fighter Squadron — Stands down April 9 55th Fighter Squadron — Combat mission ready through September 79th Fighter Squadron — Basic mission capable through July, then combat mission ready through September 555th Fighter Squadron — Stands down April 9 510th Fighter Squadron — Combat mission ready through September 13th Fighter Squadron — Combat mission ready through September 14th Fighter Squadron — Basic mission capable through September 51st Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September 57th Wing — One squadron (Thunderbirds) stands down April 9 158th Fighter Wing — One squadron stands down April 9 169th Fighter Wing — One squadron stands down April 9 187th Fighter Wing — One squadron stands down April 9 354th Fighter Wing — One squadron stands down April 9 4th Fighter Squadron — Basic mission capable until redeployment 421st Fighter Squadron — Basic mission capable through September A-10C 75th Fighter Squadron — Basic mission capable through July, then combat mission ready through September 51st Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September 52nd Fighter Wing — Closing 442nd Fighter Wing — One squadron stands down April 9 917th Wing — One squadron stands down April 9 HH-60G 18th Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September 48th Fighter Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September B-1B 7th Bomb Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September 28th Bomb Wing — Two squadrons stand down April 9 B-2 509th Bomb Wing — Two squadrons combat mission ready through September B-52 2nd Bomb Wing — One squadron stand down April 9 5th Bomb Wing — Two combat squadrons combat mission ready through September 3rd Bomb Wing — Basic mission capable through September 18th Wing — One squadron basic mission capable through September E-3B/C/G 552nd Air Control Wing — One squadron basic mission capable through September SE-4B 55th Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September EC-130H 55 Electronic Combat Group — One squadron combat mission ready through September OC-135B 55th Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September RC-135S 55th Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September RC-135U 55th Wing — One squadron combat mission ready through September RC-135V/W 55th Wing — One squadron basic mission capable through September TC-135W 55th Wing (training) — One squadron basic mission capable through September WC-135C/W 55th Wing. — One squadron combat mission ready through September

Well is someone needs a unit I can see if I have it, or if they just want one to do any unit I can do that too. I also have stencils for the F-14 and F-16.

3 Navy and Marine, rest USAF

Correction 72 decal sheets 2 S-3B units 3 Av-8B units 2 A-6E units.

You been freeze dried or doing hard time? We did like 40 different Vipers just last year with pits. http://combatace.com/files/category/666-f-16/

I found 67 model decals comprising of: 29 F-16 units 26 F/A-18 units 5 EA-6B units 6 A-10A units 4 F-15 units 6 A-7E units 14 F-8 Units 28 different F-104 A/C units 1 P-51D unit 1 B-52D unit 1 B-2 unit 1 F-105 unit 1 F-106 unit 1 A-4 unit 2 AD-6 (A-1H) units 6 F-14 units 9 F-4 units 1 IAF UH-60 unit 3 P-40 units 1 DC-3 with Easter Airlines and Pacific Southwest markings. A gold mine I thought I had lost.

Happy Birthday Army!!!

Woops Carlo I forgot you were. Disregard I will change it to Spitfires.

Kevin, when are you rolling out the DLC tweak packs (Starfighter er make that Spitfires)......less IAF painting and more tweaking or I'm changing your name from Wrench to Bob Ross.

What about the Swiss Navy and the People's Democratic Communist Republic of Ohio? Also I was thinking that Latvian AF as well, where Tipari is from? LeidgenosseWhat kinds of gadgets does the Swiss Army badge have on it?

Nice work Erik, those are awsome.

DCS Summer Sale - Next Week Starting the 20th of June, we will offer massive 60% off sale of DCS products. The exception will be Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 having a 40% off sale. The sale will last until the 30th of June: DCS: UH-1H Huey - $19.99 DCS: Combined Arms – $11.99 DCS: P-51D Mustang – $15.99 DCS: Black Shark 2 - $15.99 DCS: Black Shark 2 Upgrade – $11.99 DCS: A-10C Warthog – $15.99 DCS: A-10C Warthog 1.1.0.7 (English DVD box) – $15.99 DCS: Black Shark (DVD box) – $15.99 Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 – $29.99 DCS: Black Shark – $7.99 Great prices. Get some and try them out.

So far I havent detected any FPS loss.