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[DigitalEngine]

DCS News 18th of January 2025 - The big 2025 and beyond episode!

Edited January 18 by DigitalEngine

[VIKBELL]

 I am so  looking forward to FF F-15C Eagle...

[YoYo]

What about Sniper XR for F-16C? I didnt see it in video.

[MAXsenna]

12 minutes ago, YoYo said:

What about Sniper XR for F-16C? I didnt see it in video.

They decided they couldn't afford it for both, so we'll only get it for the Eagle. 

[rob10]

4 hours ago, YoYo said:

What about Sniper XR for F-16C? I didnt see it in video.

Wags mentioned in Discord Q1/Q2 2025.  So it's coming likely by summer with luck.

[Captain Orso]

19 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

We've asked, we've asked!  

I guess they'll wait until release comes closer.  

It's already so close, I can smell the cannabis smoke wafting over from Bahnhof Zoo 

[Weasel]

Indiafoxtecho just released an (interesting) official statement for the DCS F-35 modul:

NOTE ON DCS:F-35 - WE ARE NOT INVOLVED!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

After the surprise announcement of the DCS:F-35 we have received several messages asking if we were involved in the development.
The answer is NO: WE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT, although years ago we had, of course, discussed to port our MSFS F-35 to DCS.

Frankly, to make this a realistic F-35 simulation, it is totally understandable that ED decided to develop this on their own as "first party" official module, as there are a number of changes/improvements to the simulation core needed to make it work.

However, we have seen a lot of misinformed discussion about the potential "realism" that ED can achieve, as they declared it to be a "full fidelity" module and we'd like to clarify that we believe they can do an EXCELLENT job in terms of realism: contrary to popular belief, much of the required information on the F-35 air vehicle is publicly available (e.g. academic papers) and there are dozens of videos of cockpit simulators, showing the avionics and the pilot interface in great detail. 

Moreover, a lot of the official aircraft documentation is APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE or UNCLASSIFIED (although some of the unclassfied documents, like pages of the flight manual, are actually parts of RESTRICTED documents) and can be easily found online.

Long story short, the F-35 is actually better documented than most people think - and it IS better documented than the F-22, and even (to a much lesser extent) than the Eurofighter.

There are, however, some critical areas in the development, such as the actual performance of the radar and the sensors (that is CLASSIFIED) and the actual radar cross section (which can be, to some extent, simulated with commercially available tools such as HF-SS or CST).

So, yes, there will be areas in which ED will have to guesstimate some things - so il will not be (OBVIOUSLY) 100% REAL.
But (spoiler) NO SIMULATION IS 100% REAL.

Can it break the game balance? Definitely YES.
But that is what the F-35 can do in real life too.

[Emacs]

"Tire Strut Suspension Modelling" get's some love !!! 
Finally! Yeay. Boy, have I waited for this!

One of the most requested features, if I remember correctly.

Now, please bring the F5 remaster back to usable fps in the next patch (like, soon) and I will be a happy camper.

[Smith]

vor 12 Stunden schrieb Emacs:

"Tire Strut Suspension Modelling" get's some love !!! 
Finally! Yeay. Boy, have I waited for this!

One of the most requested features, if I remember correctly.

Now, please bring the F5 remaster back to usable fps in the next patch (like, soon) and I will be a happy camper.

Quite a few are complaining that the newsletter doesn't have big news. But that they are working on the tire and suspenison model is really a good news for me. It is impotant for every landing and especially carrier traps.

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/222757-reportedmain-landing-gear-not-damping-properly/
 

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/340556-realistic-landing-gearsuspension-physics/

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

2 hours ago, Smith said:

Quite a few are complaining that the newsletter doesn't have big news.

No, people are complaining the first newsletter of the year doesn’t contain a general overview of what’s in store for 2025, while this was - up until now - a yearly habit of ED’s.

[Weasel]

Maybe we get a much more comprehensive newsletter on Friday. Would much appreciate to see what we can expect for DCS Core and current modules for 2025

Edited January 20 by Weasel

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

21 minutes ago, Weasel said:

Maybe we get a much more comprehensive newsletter on Friday. Would much appreciate to see what we can expect for DCS Core and current modules for 2025

Indeed. Perhaps this newsletter was light on details because of the timing of the team’s time-out.

[Bucic]

I was really hoping the F-5E is going to be the first jet to have the landing gear (tire-strut) modeling updated this year as it's got the freshest 3D model so I thought the animation guys prepared the model already.

[draconus]

On 1/18/2025 at 3:32 AM, stelr said:

Not to be picky, but unless I wasn't watching close enough, I didn't see any parachutes or static lines attached to the cargo loads on the heavy drops as they are sitting on their pallets (also lack all the layers of honeycomb that would be visible on the bottom and top, just under the chutes).

Right, simplifications. The chutes are deployed when the cargo is off the ramp.

On 1/19/2025 at 1:27 AM, MAXsenna said:

They decided they couldn't afford it for both, so we'll only get it for the Eagle. 

Can you share source/details on that?

[MAXsenna]

14 minutes ago, draconus said:

Can you share source/details on that?

Seems I was wrong. It was the other way around.

[Beirut]

7 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Seems I was wrong. 

 

But....... that's unpossible. 

 

 

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Edited January 21 by Beirut

[Hammer1-1]

regarding the world map: Id like to know if that will be released in a similar context as to what MSFS2024 turned out to be instead of MSFS2020 - stored on local hard drive or streamed.

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