Hello folks. Tomorrow I must travel so I am sending what was done up until today for this week's release:
Fixes:
* PCA Weapons selection/deselection.
* VTB Weapons display.
* Missile selection for both 530Ds and Magics.
* Sound files. We have incorporated Rlaxoxo's sound mod into the aircraft with his authorization. We are grateful for his help and are mentioning him in the Manual.
* TAS ranging.
Additions:
* CCRP Auto release (explained below).
* New Keyboard mappings:
- PCA Select button for HOTAS.
- Magic Slave/AG Designate/INS Position Update button for HOTAS (No, Magic slave is not enabled yet.)
- Stores 5 SELECT button for WEAPONS MANAGEMENT (PCA).
Updates:
* Manual update. Last page includes a manual changelog.
* Keyboard mappings:
- HOTAS Cannon SELECT is now: HOTAS AA Gun Select.
- HOTAS Magic II SELECT is now: HOTAS Magic II SELECT.
- HOTAS Target LOCK is now: HOTAS STT/TWS Toggle (Target Lock).
- HOTAS Weapon FIRE is now: HOTAS Weapons FIRE/Bomb Release.
- FLIGHT CONTROL Trim NOSE UP is now: HOTAS Trim UP.
- FLIGHT CONTROL Trim NOSE DOWN is now: HOTAS Trim DOWN.
- FLIGHT CONTROL Trim LEFT WING DOWN is now: HOTAS Trim LEFT.
- FLIGHT CONTROL Trim RIGHT WING DOWN is now: HOTAS Trim RIGHT.
- COUNTERMEASURES Flares DISPENSE is now: HOTAS Flares DISPENSE.
- COUNTERMEASURES Chaff DISPENSE is now: HOTAS Chaff DISPENSE.
- SENSORS Radar Antenna UP is now: HOTAS Radar Antenna UP.
- SENSORS Radar Antenna DOWN is now: HOTAS Radar Antenna DOWN.
- SENSORS Radar Antenna CENTER is now: HOTAS Radar Antenna CENTER.
- FLIGHT CONTROL Airbrake TOGGLE is now: HOTAS Airbrake TOGGLE.
- FLIGHT CONTROL Airbrake ON is now: HOTAS Airbrake ON.
- FLIGHT CONTROL Airbrake OFF is now: HOTAS Airbrake OFF.
- WEAPONS MANAGEMENT Gun Mode SELECT is now: WEAPONS .MANAGEMENT AG Gun SELECT.
* Buttons Functionality:
- HOTAS STT/TWS Toggle (Target Lock): Now only works in AA mode. It cannot be used to designate ground targets anymore.
- HOTAS Magic Slave/AG Designate/INS Position Update: Is the button to be used to designate ground targets. Other functionalities are not available at this time.
CCRP Autorelease
Now we have enabled CCRP bomb automatic release. The CCRP instructions have been updated in the manual but just in case:
When in CCRP, the trigger instead of releasing the bombs, now functions as a release consent switch.
1. You must press the trigger as soon as you see the release cue.
2. Keep the trigger pressed for as long as the cue is in the HUD. The bombs will be automatically released when the cue crosses the diamond reticle center.
The CCRP target will clear when:
a. A bomb(s) has been released.
b. The cue is over the diamond reticle if no bomb has been released.
TAS is working and precision has improved. It still needs some work. But now bombs are hitting in elevation, even if they miss on azimuth (to the left or right).
DCS: F-5E Tiger II Early Access
You can purchase the DCS: F-5E Tiger II here. The download will be available soon!
The Belsimtek team started the development of the F-5E model in April 2015. The main goal of the development was to achieve the highest possible degree of correspondence between the model and the real prototype. As usual, during development of the new module, it became necessary to apply new approaches for modelling objects of the engine and various systems. In case of the F-5E, it was necessary to increase the number of modelled units for the engine, that is why the engine model has been adjusted up to the present time. Nevertheless, it was worth it, the present engine model, along with the precise flight model of the aircraft, made it possible to achieve correspondence of all the parameters, such as acceleration, climb rate, speed bleeding, gliding in all altitudes range, airspeeds with various takeoff weights and engine operating modes. And, as usual, careful attention was paid to the model behavior at the stalling angles and beyond stall angles (after stall and at spinning)! These modes were tested for more than four months by the real pilots during alpha testing!
Main features of the DCS: F-5E Tiger II:
Professional flight and engine model, precisely reproducing the performance of the real prototype in all altitudes envelope.
temperatures and speeds for various weights and in-flight configurations.
Detailed, interactive cockpit with six degrees of freedom.
Interactive control of the cockpit elements using mouse.
Fully simulated armament system.
Electrical, fuel flow, hydraulic systems simulated in detail, as well as operation of the avionics.
Authentic liveries of several countries.
Complete set of training missions and single player missions.
Complete and quick start manuals in Russian and English.
Three-stage campaign for the F-5E module, developed by a third-party developer, outside the scope of the present module supply package (under development).
See the Flight Manual for more details about the aircraft, its systems, armament and combat employment for free.
DCS F-5Е Quickstart manual (ENG)
DCS F-5Е Flight manual (ENG)
DCS F-5Е Краткое руководство (RUS)
DCS F-5Е Руководство пилота (RUS)
There are minor imperfections in the systems’ operation at this early access stage of the product, but they will be polished out in the nearest time.
The main task of today's update is the Early Access of DCS: F-5E Tiger II
Several fixes and corrections:
Ground vehicles will not call dust effect from concrete surfaces
Su-25T. Added animation of baro altimeter failure flag
Mi-8MTV2 and UH-1H. Fixed crash when player helicopter with selected cargo is destroyed
Flaming Cliffs. Error when DRM button pressed fixed
Su-27. Incorrect Mechanical Devices Indicator fixed
MP. Added role selection window localization
DCS Hawk by VEAO
Controls indicator now shows with RCtrl+Enter
Weapons selector has been fixed
Flaps and gear down now affect flight model
Rudder yaw sensitivity has been tweaked
Aden gun pod texture added
The night lighting has been fixed and committed- and will be available at the next patch pull after this one.
Corrected nosecone damage values
Corrected roll-rate and roll-acceleration
Fixed chat inputs
Fixed Autostart issues
Fixed view jumping during takeoff and landing
Slideshow de todas las imagenes oficiales del F-5E de Belsimtek (Segun insinua Skatezilla, las seis primeras son en el caucaso en la versión 2.5) https://youtu.be/LS8ykUlsDvQ
Noticias de la actualización del mapa del caucaso al estandar T-5 (el mismo que el mapa de Nevada NTTR). Está planeada para finales de 2016, y la actualización será gratuita. Gran cantidad de imagenes de la estación veraniega del nueco caucaso en el Facebook de ED.
I have a little news for you on the updated Caucasus map for DCS World 2.5. A key part of DCS World 2.5 will be the unification of the Caucasus and Nevada maps (and all other future maps). In order to do this, we first need to update the Caucasus map to the T4 map standard (as the Nevada map is).
Initially, we planned just to update the file structure and field textures, but we later decided to greatly expand on that. Because the Caucasus often servers as the first impression for new DCS World users, we feel it important to have a more substantial update that matches map quality to vehicle module quality. While the attached summer season images are still very much Work-In-Progress (with a lot of fixes, tuning and some pretty big changes to still come), they do provide a glimpse of where we are going.
In the attached images, you may notice the following: updated / higher resolution textures for almost all terrain surfaces, airfields, and ground objects; new tree system for both forests and “urban areas”; much greater population of forested areas; several new ground objects with improved geometry detail; deferred lighting system; new water renderer; procedural grass; corrected river and lake parallax; and improved shadows. We also hope to include a higher resolution terrain elevation mesh, but no promises on that. In previous images, we showed off how the updated map is looking from “squirrel cam” level, but today we thought we’d raise the camera up a bit.
Once the map update is near final with concreate poured, we can provide more details. However, prior to then, too much can still change to make any additional feature statements.
We share your desire to have “the great unification” happen as soon as possible, as it will make the lives of both developer and customer a lot easier. However, this map update is long overdue and will need to be completed before that can happen. We are still looking at this being completed by the end of 2016.
All in all, this is going to be a pretty extensive update to the map and we think will breath some new life into this region for both past and future missions. Best of all, we are providing this extensive map update for FREE.
First of all- thank you all for your patience in the past year.
Unfortunately plans don't always work out, and we're working very hard to remedy the situation as quickly as possible.
Here's a very quick summary of what we're working on and where we stand.
AJS-37 Viggen
We're all fairly quiet and keeping our heads low- as we're still very much knee deep in the AJS-37 completion crunch. Most of the current work is focused on a few critical areas:
Correction of erroneous artwork
Fixing of a few hundred bugs, including some critical
Completion of ground mapping radar shader & visuals (Performance!)
Campaign & Mission completion. (1 Mini Campaign, 1 Major Campaign & Training suite)
Marketing materials, music licensing, livestream planning
Expansion of the LN Site (including Merchandise- and MiG-21 rewards)
New Theatres
The past few weeks have seen the completion of the last research trips conducted with real Viggens. Again, we visited the JA-37Di at Graz-Thalerhof to be able to remedy some of the erroneously constructed artwork. (Canopies are a PITA!). We're very grateful to all of the museums around Europe, which have graciously afforded us the ability to crawl all over their aircraft in search for complete accuracy.
The Viggen has been a very challenging project for us, both in size and complexity- but primarily in the new features that will be introduced with the aircraft. Our own, custom ground mapping radar has been a point of very difficult development- but we sincerely hope that the end result will be stunning in every way.
It all sounds, in writing, a little more pessimistic than it really should. We're getting there.
F-14
The F-14 is progressing steadily and many new systems are being consistently implemented.
There are not too many "unknowns" or- directly- new features involved in the F-14, which make the development process a little easier.
We have begun relying on the expertise of SMEs to ensure accuracy of various systems, the flight model, and other features. It's been very helpful to fill in the gaps that exist in the documentation, which- unfortunately are quite large. It's also been helpful so far in ensuring that the feel and look of certain aircraft systems is accurate. A concrete example would be the refresh rate for the HUD and VDI.
We've also begun conducting concrete CFD experiments for the AIM-54, to ensure that the missile is modelled to the most accurate extent possible.
We'll be doing a full update dedicated to just this area, as soon as we start getting concrete results from our simulations.
We'll be sharing much more on the F-14 once the AJS-37 is out the door, and more resources are freed up to produce enjoyable visual material.
MiG-21bis
The last few patches for DCS have seen the inclusion of a few new MiG-21 features, and we still have a few large items that we need to take care of to ensure the full completion of this module.
These include some sound updates, visual updates- as well as backporting a few new features from the AJS-37 and F-14 projects.
There are, of course, also a few bugs left with aircraft functionality- and we're getting to these as quickly as possible.
We have not, nor will we ever abandon our previously released modules. They're all equally important to us, and we hope that we have, and will continue to prove this moving forward.
Again, thank you for all of your patience and support.
We're eternally grateful to have such a great and understanding fanbase, and if we could take all the premature teasing back, we would.
We're always trying to improve, and the past couple of years have been a great learning experience.
Version 2.6.18:
- Added option to disable webseed as a workaround when torrents crash (rare).
- Run the game after uninstalling a module with Module Manager
DCS World
F10 map aspect fixed for multimonitor configuraton
Automatic guns accuracy corrected
EN, RU, ES localization updated
Fixed Xbox360 controller bug
UH-1, Mi-8. Fixed issue with absent crosshair on cargo indicator at small display resolutions
Wrong second track replay probably fix
ME. Lost audiofile-name from trigger action fixed
Corrected Japan database entry
Fw 190 & Bf 109 MW50 tank contents will change aircraft weight
MP. On the screenshots will be visible not only first line of multiplayer chat
Added auto mapping axes to X-55 Rhino
Fixed crash in Weather.dll
Fix of late activated ground units that did not start after activation
Conflict of cockpit skins of A-10C and F-86 fixed
Multiplayer. New integrity check system
Multiplayer. Reworked aircraft motion algorithms to improve resistance to lags
Multiplayer. Added an input adjustment possibility
New Campaign Builder design with multi language support
ME. Payload panel. Added skin preview in the 3D view
ME. Added new trigger UNIT’S ARGUMENT IN RANGE for checking animation argument for any 3D model in mission
ME. Added new trigger PLAYER’S UNIT ARGUMENT IN RANGE for checking animation arguments for player’s 3D model of unit in mission
ME. Added the ability to place helicopters on the ground for the cold and hot start
Encyclopedia. New 3D view
Options panel. New design
Support of hot plug of input devices now
Module manager. Added DRM button for activation/deactivation
Returned moon in the sky
Corrected animation of airshow cone
Oculus Rift. RadioCommunications and triggered messages menu font increased
Oculus Rift. Kneeboard and terrain clipping issues fixed
Oculus Rift. Oculus Zoom action added to "UI layer" input options
Oculus Rift. VR settings can now be applied without restarting GUI
AI aircraft with type "uncontrolled" will able start from an aircraft carrier
Restored wingtip trails of propeller driven aircraft. Humidity factor added
Encyclopedia. Missing 3D models for Weapon category added
AI aircraft. The visible restrictions of sensors will not inherit from previous mission. Example: if previous mission was at night the optical sensors will not have very limited range in the next daylight mission.
Updated MiG-29A model.
Empty "type" unit in ME and immortals this unit in sim (when launch mission_ver153 on branch 154)
Crash during bombing buildings fixed
User snapview saving restored
Crash while changing options fixed
In-cockpit TrackIR functionality corrected. Influence of mouse and default camera position was switched off.
AI B-1 and F-14 will not be able to fly without wing
Damaged AI aircraft will return to the nearest airfield
Corrected dogfight logic of AI WWII fighters
Sun will not be visible through objects and cockpit
Manpad AI will not ignore time for lock target
Fixed bug with all single fired shells, they will not fly-trough targets
Multiplayer. Server list sorting restored
GUI. Menu music will not restarts when changing activity in the menu
GUI. AIM-9M/P will be available in payload panel
AIM-9P updated 3D model
AIM-9P5 missile was introduced. The missile has more advanced, all-aspect guidance seeker compared to the 9P variant.
Su-25T. ECM will not work without ECM pod installed
Track IR. Add option “TrackIR external views” enable/disable
Track IR. Vertical angle origin takes into account
GUI. Open/save dialogs will work faster
Input. Cell with keyboard/joystick combo will able to select after axis command has been assigned
Video recording function restored
A-10's AIM-9 missile mount corrected
Mortars will fire
Encyclopedia. Added some new weapon articles
ATGM Vikhr will not be drop out of guidance channel with sidewind
Su-25T. Added animation of baro altimeter failure flag
Input chat commands moved to separate UI layer
DCS C-101 by AvioDev
VSI fixed
Fixed markers lights test function.
Canopy functionality fixed
TARSYN synchronization panel clickability fixed
Annunciator panel fixed (front and rear)
Added canopy reflection effect (WIP)
Fixed seat adjustment switch (rear cockpit)
Fixed rear cockpit animation
Fixed red colour smoke
Fixed some cockpit textures
Fixed some external model bugs
Fixed Gun Pods code for CC
Corrected mirror far vision.
Modified Special Options interface according to new appearance.
Changed EB and CC available tasks in ME.
Added CC Sea Eagle missile launch capability for AI.
DCS Hawk by VEAO
Falling-out-the-sky issue resolved.
W key fixed – both toe brakes on.
Fuel burn refined.
Sight glass 3D object fixed – work in progress.
Sight glass holders transparency fixed.
TrackIR view limits set.
Canopy glass external model more transparent.
Brake pressure increased to hold aircraft on full power.
Parking brake keyboard and joystick shortcuts set (LCTRL+W = off, RCTRL+W = on).
Flaps changed default to F = next detent, LSHIFT+F = previous detent and renamed to Flaps group.
Controls indicator now shows with RCtrl+Enter (WIP).
Weapons selector has been fixed.
Flaps and gear down affect flight model better.
Rudder yaw sensitivity has been tweaked.
Aden gun pod texture updated.
DCS M-2000 by RAZBAM
FM Bug fixes
Magic not firing bug fix
STT radar lock loss bug fix
TAS CCIP
OBL INS Update
CCRP TAS bug fix
DCS L-39
L-39ZA. PUS-0 lamp logic for bombs corrected
L-39ZA. SERIES-2-4 rockets switch logic corrected
L-39ZA. Hardpoint lamp indicators logic corrected
AWACS item added to radiomenu
L-39ZA manual. Corrected the weapon status panel description
Fix of causeless fire in the hangar and formation below other aircraft
Added gauges with imperial scales
L-39ZA. Gunsight will be always functional, independently by mount/unmount checkbox for L-39C.
DCS A-10C
Fixed bug with WP bearing displays on HUD
Oxygen QTY pointer will move not discrete when test oxygen button depressed
DCS F-86F
Add new liveries (Canada,US Air Force (Green),US Air Force (Skyblazers),US Air Force (Squadron 39)
DCS UH-1H
Some improvements and bug fixes for Sling load operations
The hints now in Kneeboard (later it will fully removed from screen)
Fixed crash when player helicopter with selected cargo is destroyed
DCS Mi-8MTV2
Some improvements and bug fixes for Sling load operations
The hints (about Weapon status, sling load status) now replaced to Kneeboard
Now the ground crew can be called without setting an intercom, but opened Window
R-863 in default is tuned on ME frequency
Default position of the switch ДЕНЬ-НОЧЬ depends on the time of day
Fixed failures in ME
Added view on Cargo from pilot seats (LShift + LAlt + С), will tuned later
Fixed mirrors status during mission start
Parking brake fixed
After Hot start: pitot heating initialize, SARPP init state, Air Inlet Particle Separator System is initialize, GMC-1A already slaved
Human radio modulation changed to AM
Tail Rotor Control Failure, repair fixed
Add animation for Rotor Swash Plate and TailRotor Hub
Fixed crash when player helicopter with selected cargo is destroyed
DCS SA342 by Polychop
Added SA342L model featuring Gun, Rockets, new camera with only daytime view, no NVG, rockets recoil to be corrected later
Added SA342L separated manual
Now both internal cockpit pilots bodies can be hidden using RShift+P key in sequence
Corrected Flight Model in turns
Corrected Flight Model in dives
Corrected HOT3 missile to explode as soon as wire is cut
Corrected Rotor torque behavior depending on speed
Corrected pitch and roll stick sensitivity
Corrected helicopter skids behavior at ground
Now helicopter can land in grass
Now external pilots bodies don't show when helicopter is set as uncontrolled in ME
External copilot body is still visible when helicopter is set as static in ME, will be fixed later
Corrected campaign missions to keep player current stage
Corrected COMB warning at Alarm panel and manual accordingly
Corrected Flares now reload when rearming
Corrected Engine sound not to change while in Torque test
Corrected Trimming with Magnetic brake
Corrected wool wire to correctly reflect wind direction
Corrected NADIR VENT parameter to display absolute direction the wind comes from
Corrected SAS authority during turns
DCS MiG-21bis by Leatherneck
Tuned Engine for acceleration & climb performance adherance.
ASP Reticle offset fix for windy conditions
DCS Black Shark
Animation of ejection sequence fixed
Parking brake fixed
Aircraft repair will working on FARP
DCS Combined Arms
VR corrected
Ground vehicles will not call dust effect from concrete surfaces
Para los que teneis el modulo del F-5 Tiger II de belsimtek, los manuales en ingles, los teneis en la siguiente carpeta:
..\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\F-5E\Doc (esta puede cambiar segun sea la versión release / beta o 2.0.3 Alpha)
El manual de referencia rapida y el manual normal.
