DCS: F/A-18C

[Phantom88 3,298]

Cheers David,Hope you are well also?I do respect and understand your decision not participating in The DCS Open Beta but really,They have a fantastic utility which will let you switch back and forth with no issues....Ill provide a link if you're interested.

I concur,The VRS Superbug is an Amazing product....Hats off to John and The Team for really Pumping Life into FS2004,FSX and P3D....I remember Christmas Time back in 2008?...The VRS Team was on The Verge of releasing The Bug for FS2004...It was a Magical Time for me.....

I bought The Microsoft Flight Simulation Platform for that Aircraft..and That Aircraft Alone....And I Never,Ever Regretted it for a minute.It was a Incredibly Advanced,Well Made and enjoyed Payware Product that was made with all the detail and working systems that us Flight Simmers of the day where craving.

[Phantom88 3,298]

***Mini Update*** 

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Hey everyone,

A little update is in order. As most of you know by now, we had to push back OB 2.5.5 to next week in order to give a 3rd party more time to update their code to the new branch (no need to name names). As such, 2.5.5 is slated for 5 June and will include AGM-154A and C. I plan an introduction video this weekend to get you up to speed.

As noted earlier, the Litening targeting pod went into internal test at the of this month and we are currently on track to release it to you in June. We still first release on station 5, but later add option for the cheek station.

The team has also been busy improving the D/L, working on MSI for LTWS, working on Harpoon integration, fixed the HARM seeker when lock is lost, waypoint PRECISE mode, returning to work on the EW page, and implementing the MIDS page. The Hornet guys have been quite busy.

Thanks

[charlie130 197]

On 5/25/2019 at 11:21 PM, Phantom88 said:

Cheers David,Hope you are well also?I do respect and understand your decision not participating in The DCS Open Beta but really,They have a fantastic utility which will let you switch back and forth with no issues....Ill provide a link if you're interested.

I concur,The VRS Superbug is an Amazing product....Hats off to John and The Team for really Pumping Life into FS2004,FSX and P3D....I remember Christmas Time back in 2008?...The VRS Team was on The Verge of releasing The Bug for FS2004...It was a Magical Time for me.....

I bought The Microsoft Flight Simulation Platform for that Aircraft..and That Aircraft Alone....And I Never,Ever Regretted it for a minute.It was a Incredibly Advanced,Well Made and enjoyed Payware Product that was made with all the detail and working systems that us Flight Simmers of the day where craving.

Hi Patrick.

No I'll stick to the release version, thanks. 

I started with the Acorn Electron, then C64, Amiga and then the early PC's. I remember Tornado by Digital Integration. That sim showed me what was possible in the future! 

With P3d, in 64 bit, the Simdirector utility is reasonably stable and together with FSX@War, and TACPAC, permits a world wide theatre, in which to plan scenarios. It's very labor intensive and no doubt puts many simmers off! Hopefully DCS will eventually cover the globe and then similar missions can be planned. Extending the Normandy map would be nice. Then add a Lancaster with Upkeeps and a nice map of the Dambusters dams and I will be a very happy chap!😉

Hopefully the Hornet will be complete soon. Up to the level of the Hog!  Then the F16 will be on the beta route. I had BMS Falcon 4.0 on my last PC, so I will inevitably be comparing that with the DCS F16.....! 

Some simmers still don't realize the Hog was used by the National Guard units to train. The Mirage 2000c by the French air Force. These simulations have the systems, particularly weapons,that permit realistic planning and execution of scenarios.

Best regards.

David

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***Mini**Update***

 

While not a huge or a rather sexy item, the team has implemented the declutter options for the SA page. It's based on the following declutter levels from pushbutton 7 that in turn displays the following options:

OFF. All symbols are displayed
REJ1. The following items are hidden: compass rose, lubber line, and SAM rings.
REJ2: The following items are hidden: REJ1 items and Waypoint/OAP/TGT data, and TACAN data.
MREJ1: Hide air defense symbols (SAM and AAA) and rings.
MREJ2: Hide surface unit symbols (coming later).

This is planned for one of the next Open Beta updates.

PLID is the next planned SA feature. This will allow you to manually set the contact to friend, hostile, or unknown.

Thanks

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[Boomer 1,619]

TWS please.  Slammers are USELESS without it.

[Silver_Dragon 411]

On 6/17/2019 at 10:33 PM, Boomer said:

TWS please.  Slammers are USELESS without it.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3957228&postcount=202

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Hornet Update
Hornet development continues with focus on the INS/GPS-guided weapons like the JDAM and JSOW, new functions to the air-to-air radar that includes Latent Track While Scan (LTWS) and Multi-Sensor Integration (MSI), and smaller updates like SA page declutter, AIM-7 lofting logic, updated multi-target attack capability for INS/GPS-guided weapons, new HUD symbology like FEDS air-to-air gunnery SIM training mode that displays predicted gun round impact, corrected NVG rendering, and PRECISE coordinate entry for both the Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) and INS/GPS-guided weapons.

The Hornet team has their nose to the grindstone working on the Litening targeting pod, the AGM-84D Harpoon anti-ship missile Bearing-Only Launch (BOL) to start, INS and GPS navigation and alignment, and Track While Scan (TWS) radar mode.

 

 

[Phantom88 3,298]

***Mini**Update***

 

In an upcoming Open Beta we will add (Pilot ID) PLID to the Situational Awareness (SA) page.

When pushbutton 2 (PLID) is pressed on the top-level SA page and a track is under the TDC, selecting PLID displays the Pilot ID sub-level that allows you to assign the trackfile HAFU. With no target under the TDC, the PLID option is removed and may not be selected.

This can be useful when you have a donor designating a contact as hostile, but you have not used ownship senors to confirm. You can use PLID to set the HAFU as hostile.

Next SA page tasks are Expand and Step.

Thanks,
Wags

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***Mini**Update*** 

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Hey everyone, I want to give you a little Hornet update on the targeting pod and other items coming to the F/A-18C. After talking with the team today, the Litening targeting pod will need a bit more time in the oven before we can release it. Given how integral this feature will be for the product, we want to further flesh it out before releasing into an open beta. We do apologize for this delay. Please note that all dates and time projections are best estimates at the time and can change. I mention this a bit here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=244404 2

In parallel though, other tasks are steaming ahead like new features for the SA page including STEP, EXP, TXDSG, and other elements to complete this system. We are also making great progress on the Harpoon and it went into internal testing today. As noted, before, initial implementation of the air-to-ground radar rendering technology is now being used to create the Real Beam (RB) mode for the radar. Once RB mode is done, we can then use that as the foundation for other modes like SEA, EXP, GMTI, etc. On the GPS-weapon front, work continues on dynamic launch zones for JDAM and JSOW, Track While Scan (TWS) radar mode is underway, and other items and bug fixes.

Thanks,
Wags

 

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