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5th June 2020 Dear Fighter Pilot, Partners and Friends, After close to 40 man-years of work, the new Channel Map for DCS is now available to download. The Terrains Development Team have delivered this beautiful multi-purpose map with a new level of object detail and geographic accuracy. From Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain until the end of the war, the thin stretch of water saw more aerial activity than anywhere else in Europe. This week, a long-awaited addition to our Warbird line up is taking to the air. The P-47D Thunderbolt was a very successful and well-loved fighter. This remarkably rugged and dependable aircraft offers superb gameplay over our World War II battlefields, especially as it was also a highly effective ground attack fighter. Please note, if you are a WWII Backer of a suitable level, you can receive DCS: P-47D Thunderbolt for free from the Personal section, you can also gift the module, if you would like to do so, please contact Support via a support ticket. Over the past year, we have been working on updating the characteristics of air-to-air weapon systems. Your demands and feedback help us to push the level of accuracy in this area of our simulation to a new level. Please take the time to read about our new physics model with the AIM-120 AMRAAM report. We have been working hard on highly requested F/A-18C Hornet features. Check out the development roadmap and watch Matt Wagner’s videos. We hope these videos will help kick start your knowledge and smooth the learning curve. Thank you for your passion and support. Yours sincerely, The Eagle Dynamics Team The Channel Release A DCS World Terrain DCS: The Channel Map is now available in Early Access. Our map of the South East of England and North Eastern France encompasses historical airfields, urban areas, roads and railways, ports and other features that make it the perfect setting for the World War II air war in Europe between 1940 and 1945. This highly detailed map also provides a wonderful opportunity to mass deploy ground assets and to re-enact epic air battles and enjoy ground operations not yet seen in DCS World. Take advantage of Early Access 20% discount on The Channel Map. P-47D Thunderbolt Early Access Release This week we Introduce the heavyweight Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, which first took to the skies in May, 1941. Nicknamed the Jug, it was a real workhorse of the Allied victory, weighing nearly twice as much as the British Spitfire. Fully loaded, it could deliver about half the payload of a B-17 Flying Fortress. The P-47D was popular amongst pilots, with an astounding safety record, a roomy cockpit and an enhanced visibility bubble canopy. The Republic Aviation factories in New York, Indiana and Buffalo assembled 15,600 units between 1942 and 1945. The Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 Double Wasp radial engine enabled the Juggernaut to keep up with the nimble and lightning-fast North American P-51D Mustang. Thunderbolts were sent to Britain, France and even the Soviet Union, where they largely served in interceptor roles. The new DCS: P-47 Thunderbolt is designed to work on the latest DCS World 2.5.6 and is not compatible with previous versions. It takes advantage of our latest graphics and texture technology, enabling you to push the limits of your system, whilst maintaining good frame rates. We hope you will enjoy this update to the World War II era product range and look forward to your constructive feedback, which helps us deliver better products. Make sure you take advantage of the Early Access 20% discount. AIM-120 AMRAAM Development Report As stated in previous news, we have spent a lot of time performing Computational Fluid Dynamics research. Almost 250 different calculations for every missile variant have been made. Our results have enabled us to simulate aerodynamic characteristics with a much higher level of accuracy. In contrast to the old missile dynamics model, the new one includes stability and control characteristics. We have calculated missile mechanical properties such as center of gravity and moment of inertia before ignition and after burnout. More major updates include; revised data for rocket motor performance, ballistics and range. Development of a velocity-altitude adaptive autopilot. Frequency response with the addition of deflection acceleration feedback. The construction of the electromechanical fin actuator assembly and Step response reaction control system. Autopilot and lofted trajectory for long-range shots. Please read the full air-to-air missile development report. F/A-18C Hornet SLAM, AG Radar We would like to thank everyone who participated in the F/A-18C Hornet roadmap poll. It has helped us plan the next list of deliverables for 2020. Read the full list of features here. This week we introduce the first iteration of the air-to-ground radar for the F/A-18C Hornet. This first version models MAP mode and allows you to search for and designate target locations. Later, we will be adding other modes like the EXPAND levels, Ground Moving Target, SEA, and Terrain. In the next update, we have both air-to-ground and air-to-air updates for the Hornet targeting pod. This includes more realistic AG tracking modes and FLIR tracking of aerial targets in cooperation with the radar. In this week's update, we explore the inclusion of the IN ZONE LAUNCH ACCEPTABLE REGION (IZLAR) for the JDAM. This provides additional delivery information and will be tied to the later inclusion of pre-planned IZLARs and multiple attack points. Watch the video here. We hope that these videos help you learn the new features of the F/A-18C and look forward to your feedback. Thank you for your passion and support and as always, fly safe. The Eagle Dynamics Team

https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/06/how-microprose-returned-to-making-military-sim-games/amp/ How MicroProse returned to making military sim games I was delighted to discover that MicroProse, the military simulation game company that was once the pillar of the war game community, was reborn under the leadership of game developers David Lagettie and John “Wild Bill” Stealey. Hoping to capitalize on nostalgia and the hole in the market left by the dearth of military strategy games, the new MicroProse has announced three games coming to Steam soon, with more on the way. This is another post for the geriatric gamers crowd, like my interview with Joe Kucan of Command & Conquer fame. I first interviewed Kucan, who plays the villain Kane, more than two decades ago. The same is true for my first interview with Stealey, who was the cofounder of MicroProse. Stealey taught me how to fly WWII airplanes in the simulation game Warbirds from.....................

I still have this collection - the glory days..............

“Engine 4 is on fire! And I have no rudder control! Let’s put this fire out! Someone head out to the back and see what’s wrong!” “I’m on it!”, you shout, running towards the rear gunner station while you scan the cables. “Damn”, you think “a hole in the fuselage and the cables were cut. That FW-190 did some real damage here”. The good news is: you can fix it. Roll up your sleeves and get to it. Quickly! Did you imagine all this? Well, you won’t just imagine it. You will LIVE it. We are honored to announce to you, our fans, that MicroProse is working on a brand new The Mighty Eight title for Virtual Reality. The Mighty Eighth will be a VR-first project (but also playable with no VR enabled) in which you will be able to play with 9 other friends (or AI crew) as you work together to survive the war and accomplish your missions. Drop those bombs on the right spot, guide your crew through long drawn out day, or the dark, moonless nights, keep your airplane in touch with the rest of the squadron and HQ as you monitor radios and communications. Defend your Flying Fortress by keeping those enemy fighters away from you and your squadron mates. Pilot or co-pilot this beast under a massive amount of stress – and enemy fire, but don’t drop out of formation or you’re a sitting duck. The new Mighty Eighth is not just a game. It’s an experience from a different time where young men grew faster than they should and saw things no man should see. And YOU will be put right in the middle of the action. But wait. There's more. The Mighty Eighth didn’t just use the B-17. They also used the B-24 Liberator! Shouldn’t we be able to fly that bomber as well, then? Well, yes. And you will. The B-24 Liberator will also be added, and you will be able to fly missions in both the legendary bombers, each recreated with meticulous attention to detail. https://www.microprose.com/games/the-mighty-eighth#

22 May 2020 Dear Fighter Pilots, Friends and Partners The Free for All event has now ended. We hope you have all found something new and interesting to discover. Please note that the DCS World Steam Edition Free for All Sale continues until the 27th of May. This week we launched an update to DCS World Open Beta. The update has been optimised to take advantage of the latest graphic drivers and processor performance as we work towards an efficient CPU load management system. With over 200 bug fixes and upgrades, this is one of our biggest updates. Most importantly, we are delighted to announce the release of DCS: Supercarrier into Early Access. Please take another look at Supercarrier: Quick Start and Supercarrier: Mission Generation and make sure you hit the ground running. Thank you for your passion and support. Yours sincerely, The Eagle Dynamics Team Open Beta DCS World 2.5.6 The new Open Beta encompasses a large number of updates to the environment. A number of Campaigns have also been revised to ensure that they are compatible and accessible. The F/A-18C Hornet and F-16C Viper have both received major updates. We have done what we can to include many of the community's requests, especially in regards to the Hornet’s litening pod. Our third-party partners have also been hard at work with updates to the M-2000 Mirage and the AV-8B Night Attack by RAZBAM. Notably, Heatblur Simulations have released substantial updates to the F-14B Tomcat and the ASJ37 Viggen. Read the Full Change log Magnitude 3 have also released a large update, read about it on their website:leathernecksimulations.com Supercarrier Development Report DCS: Supercarrier is the most detailed and realistic simulation of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ever created. In total, the US Navy manufactured 10 Nimitz class ships. Our product will include all 5 vessels of the Theodore Roosevelt sub-class: CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln, CVN-73 George Washington, CVN-74 John C Stennis, CVN-75 Harry S. Truman. We know that you have waited a long time for this complex module to deliver. The workload has been intense and we would like to thank all of those who put in the extra hours needed to meet this ultimate deadline, you know who you are. We are confident this powerful new module will inspire every one of us. This week marks the completion of the first set of features for DCS: Supercarrier. Read about the detailed list of features available in DCS: Supercarrier Early Access. F/A-18C AG Radar Development Report We had planned to release the A/G radar this week but due to technical reasons, this has been moved to 3rd of June. See development screenshots Supercarrier Early Access Download Now At Early Access launch, Case 1, Case 2, and Case 3 will be supported. After Early Access will we do additional work to include pattern re-entry after a wave off or bolter, and Automatic Carrier Landing (ACL) support. If you do not own the Supercarrier module, you will not be able to spawn on the deck to take off or catch an arresting wire to land. You would also not be able to take advantage of the new radio communications, the Ready Room, LSO, Station, and Air Boss Station. Benefit from the Early Access discount and save 20% on DCS: Supercarrier. Thank you all again for hanging in there with us. You make our dreams come true! Kind regards, The Eagle Dynamics Team

Those dinky CRTs seemed more than adequate at the time - and that Thrustmaster Cougar would still look good with any modern setup.

The way the guys on the deck are animated is most impressive.

Just to clarify as I stated above Strike Fighters Gold was 2004 - I still have the Jewel Case & CD.

They are not doing free books any more but they are still doing a sale. https://ospreypublishing.com/

Never been done before however you can wait till 4.35 comes out I guess.

That is not SF2. It looks like a version of the original Strike Fighters: Project 1 from 2002 - 2004 time period. (Actually SFG.exe would signify Strike Fighters Gold from 2004) That is why you have a totally different file structure and most recent mods (especially SF2) probably wont work with it because it is very old code. While I am here Strike Fighters Series 1 from 2002 Strike Fighters Project 1 Strike Fighters Gold Wings Over Vietnam Wings Over Europe Wings Over Israel (+ Expansion Pack) First Eagles Strike Fighters Series 2 from 2008 Strike Fighters 2 Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam Strike Fighters 2 Europe Strike Fighters 2 Israel Strike Fighters 2 North Atlantic Strike Fighters 2 Expansion Pack 1 Strike Fighters 2 Expansion Pack 2 First Eagles 2

Brings back memories........I had to go and watch the what happened to FPS Russia video!!...third most popular You Tube channel at one point apparently.

One of the few good things to have happened since this COVID thing blew up.

On behalf of the entire BMS development team, I am happy to announce that the latest iteration of the Billion Soft Falcon 4.0 total conversion modification - Benchmark Sims 4.34 U4 - is available for you to enjoy as of RIGHT NOW! BMS 4.34 U4 requires a legit installation of a Falcon 4.0 (all older and newer versions are accepted alike, i.e. Microprose, Hasbro, GOG, Steam, Retroism). The check is performed both at setup time and every time you start BMS. If no valid installation is found, BMS will exit with a corresponding error message. U4 is an incremental update on top of 4.34 base + U1 + U2 + U3, so you need to have the BMS 4.34 Full Installer package and Update 1 and Update 2 and Update 3 available on your PC. You can both update your existing 4.34 base + U1 + U2 + U3 installation as well as perform a fresh 4.34 base + U1 + U2 + U3 + U4 installation from scratch, as you like. See the installation instructions below for details. This mod may not be used for any commercial purposes. Any such use may constitute a violation of the intellectual property of Billion Soft (Hong Kong) Limited and the non-commercial Terms and Conditions under which Benchmark Sims make this mod available to you.

1080p is still really good - the only thing I can say with certainty is that 4K needs more resource to run - thus with that low end card I would be concerned you may be disappointed with the performance when running the game.

Many congrats Denis!

Please note kiddy winks that My plane is better than your plane because opinion usually go the same way as religion and politics - and we neither get the pay or care about being tolerant moderators - therefore if you have nothing to present that is not based on something useful can you tone it down please.........thanks.

Yes 1.5.8 is ancient.......... cannot remember why that is still available because most of the modules didn't exist back then. You do need a system that can run the latest version of DCS for this offer.

Dear fighter pilots, partners and friends, The global spread of COVID-19 is affecting every single one of us. We are a people-first company, and we believe that technology can change lives and give hope. To study the virus, protect the vulnerable and beat this thing requires that we all play a part. We want to update you about what we’re doing. Last month we gave the opportunity for all to try and test our products for a two day period at a time. This was well received and a total of over 200 thousand modules and trials were downloaded during this free event. In view of last months response, we are pleased to announce our upcoming Free For All event, starting April 19th, where you are welcome to try any and all our products (except campaigns) for free and without limitation for one month. This unlimited access to all our suite of products, including our top fighter jets, such as the F-16C, F/A-18C and A-10C Warthog will help take your mind off things for a while, giving you the opportunity to try something new, and to own it for 50% or less than the normal price.* We know that this is a small contribution to your personal lives but we hope that you will take full advantage of the offer and help the time fly by. In addition to this, we will be donating 10% of our net turnover generated during the event to Children First, a foundation that we have become very involved with for the past few years. This organisation supports the work of an amazing Dr Stefano Scaringella, a Capucin Priest and surgeon who has dedicated the past 40 years of his life to saving children and to promoting health in Madagascar, one of the poorest nations in the world. Please check this out, they too are hit badly and need all the help in the world: www.childrenfirst.fund Thank you for your passion and support and stay safe. Yours sincerely, The Eagle Dynamics Team On Steam Fly the F/A-18C Hornet, F-16C Viper, A-10C Warthog, F-5E Tiger II, Persian Gulf Map and all DCS World War II products for free during a two-week period from April 19th to May 3rd. Between the 13th and 27th of May, a 50% discount on all DCS products will be available. *Exclusions and comments: All campaigns, F-14B and AJS-37 Viggen will not be part of this. JF-17 Thunder will have a 15.00 USD discount. Extended Trials Fly Everything For Free We are excited to offer this exceptional free for all trial period. The intricacies of these aircraft can be challenging and some of these modules require a substantial investment to get to grips with all the complexities of a real modern fighter. So make sure to check out YouTube tutorials and in-game training missions. JF-17 Thunder Development Report Avionics Fixed AA radar issues. Working on datalink. Weapons Implementation of the Eagle Dynamics API will allow optimized LOFT trajectory for SD-10s. The type-200 Anti-runway Bomb will be the last weapon added to JF-17 in near future. See in development screenshots here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/ru/downloads/screenshots/572/ Assets Pack Upgrade Improvements to WWII This week, one of our milestones was to deploy an update to the World War II Assets Pack for DCS World. The enhanced assets pack delivers more weapons, AI aircraft, support units, armoured cars and tank busters. Predict German plans and respond to threats coming from the Channel. This improvement takes advantage of our latest textures and AI weapon technology to provide highly realistic representations of previous WWII operations. The DCS: WWII Assets Pack is also available as part of the Free For All event. New units Ju 88A-4 - torpedo bomber aircraft A-20 - medium bomber aircraft Stug III - assault gun M10 - tank destroyer Mk VIII Centaur IV - cruiser tank Elefant - heavy tank destroyer Mk IV Churchill VII - infantry tank M8 Greyhound - armored car 8.8 cm Flak 41 - anti aircraft gun Flakscheinwerfer 37 - searchlight V-1 and launching ramp as static object Schnellboot S-100 class U-boat Type VII Make sure to download the latest update now. Thank you again for your commitment and passion, Eagle Dynamics

Best thing so far 99 year old WW II Army Vet Tom Moore has raised over £16m ($19m US) for the Health service doing laps of his back garden......they have given him a guard of honour with social distancing of course. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52303859

To see it go down put wing leveller on and do x16 time acceleration.....after a very long time it will go down until empty.

On this it is on the front panel bottom right - the gauge has fuel on the right and oil on the left.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson taken to Intensive Care. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52192604

April 3rd, 2020 Dear Fighter Pilot, We are delighted to announce that progress on Supercarrier is going full steam ahead. Hangars, night lighting and ground crew are receiving a lot of attention as well as the F18 AI behaviour in the pattern, on approach and also in the stack. We are also working hard on a set of instructional videos that will help kickstart your Naval Warfare Operations experience. The next week is full of great opportunities to fly some of our Top Products for free. This is also your chance to save up to 50% across our e-shop product range. We hope that you are healthy and looking after those you care for most. Stay smart and fly safe. Thank you for your passion and support. Yours Sincerely, The Eagle Dynamics Team Prepare for Supercarrier Hit the deck running As we prepare to launch Supercarrier into early access, we have written a FAQ section to quick start your learning. Read community questions here. The Supercarrier early access manual is now available for download. Prepare for Carrier OPS in DCS World by downloading the manual. Supercarrier Development Report Supercarrier development has been progressing at a steady pace, we wanted to show off two areas many of you have been asking about; Hangar Area The basic structure has been completed. Night Lighting To provide an immersive nighttime experience, we are working on the addition of glow sticks and aircraft light flash signals. Vests also have reflective patches. Wags is working hard on instructional videos. You can find more on his channel here. #Stay At Home Fly Warbirds free, and save This is your chance to experience the P-51D Mustang, Fw 190A-8 Anton, and the Bf 109K-4 Dora for free over the coming days. Visit our store for 50% off most of our modules until April 18th. See the free trial schedule below and visit our DCS E-shop or Steam. April 3-4: Mustang April 5-6: Fw 190 A8 April 7-8: Bf 109 K4 April 9-10: Persian Gulf Map April 11-12: Nevada Map April 13-14: F-86 April 15-16: MiG-15 April 17-18: Black Shark Ka-50 Visit our e-shop › Thank you all again for your support and passion.

“Top Gun: Maverick” Release Date Delayed to December Due to COVID-19 Crisis. https://theaviationist.com/2020/04/02/top-gun-maverick-release-date-delayed-to-december-due-to-covid-19-crisis/