Feb 8, 2019

DCS World Newsletter - New World War II Assets Pack Tank and Lunar Sales Continues

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DCS World Newsletter - New World War II Assets Pack Tank and Lunar Sales Continues

DCS World Release Version Update
This week we moved the current Open Beta version of DCS World to the Release (aka Stable) version. Highlights of this move include:

Updates to the recently released DCS: Christen Eagle II and MiG-21bis by Magnitude 3 LLC
Updates to the C-101EB and C-101CC by AvioDev
Hornet updates like corrected LAU-61 rocket weight, AIM-7 guidance without radar lock, and updated BRA and A/A Waypoint color and BRA selection.
Updates to several campaigns

You can read the complete change log here.

Next week we plan a new Open Beta with some new and exciting Hornet features!

DCS World Lunar New Year Sale
Epic Sales Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKCHggk5doo

Save 50% off on most DCS World products until 14 February 2019! The DCS: F/A-18C Hornet and DCS: Persian Gulf Map are available for 25% off. Take advantage of this great opportunity from the E-Shop.

Exceptions include recently released and pre-order titles: DCS: Christen Eagle II by Magnitude 3 LLC, DCS: F-14 Tomcat by Heatblur Simulations, and the A-10C Enemy Within 3.0 Campaign by Baltic Dragon.

Mission Editor Templates
Creating accurate composition for unit groups like a Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) battery can be a bit complex and timely for new Mission builders. We recently added many new SAM templates to the Mission Editor that includes systems for the United States, Russia, Iran, and others.

This allows you to simply select a country and the SAM system, and place an entire battery with one mouse click.

Centaur IV Tank for DCS: World War II Assets Pack
One of the next units to be added to the World War II assets pack will be the Centaur IV close support tank. Developed from the British Crusader tank, the Centaur possessed heavier armor and armament, along with higher speed and mobility. Its low profile and high speed made it particularly popular as a reconnaissance tank, although its vertical sided armor proved less effective than the thinner sloped armor of the Sheman. The name Centaur was given to the earliest A27 designs, powered by World War One-era Nuffield Liberty aero-engines. These proved badly underpowered.

During World War II Royal Marines fought for the first time in tanks. The tank was driven by a member of the Royal Artillery, but the guns were manned by the Royal Marines of the Armored Support Group. During the inter-war years and World War Two the Royal Marines developed much equipment for the purpose of amphibious warfare.

The Centaur IV was designed as a close support tank and armed with a 95 mm (3.74 in) howitzer (51 HE rounds in store). It was in service with the Royal Marines Armored Support Group and converted as “Hobbart’s funnies” with wading gear to get them ashore. Engine inlets and gun covers prevented any flooding. 114 were produced and soldiered on from D-Day to V-Day. The armor thickness on the front of the turret was 2.5 inches (63.5 mm). On the side and rear of the turret it was 2 inches (50.8 mm) thick. The vertical armor on the upper hull was 2.5 inches (63.5 mm) thick.

Sincerely,
The Eagle Dynamics Team

Feb 7, 2019

Hornet Mission of the Week

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Hornet Mission of the Week
Magnum Force
Download the mission here:
https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3790246&postcount=122

The Black Sea
24 June 1992, Morning
Fictional

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a renewed conflict in the Caucasus region. The initial attempts by Russian forces to seize Georgian territory were driven back, but that has only strengthened Moscow’s resolve. The Russians continue to build a sizable ground force near Maykop. A fully equipped Motor Rifle Brigade has been identified with additional forces continuing to flow in.

The deployment of additional Russian ground forces to the theater prompted a response by NATO. Cruise missile attacks on Russian airbases and infrastructure bought NATO enough time to deploy air and ground forces to the region. Squadrons of F-15C, F-16C, F/A-18C, A-10A, and Tornado fighter and attack aircraft are now operating from Georgia and the Black Sea. These are augmented by a small number of Georgian assets, mostly L-39 light attack aircraft.

Small detachments of Russian Su-27 and MiG-29 front-line fighters remain active from Krymsk and Krasnodar under the protection of SA-10 SAM systems, but the threat of an air attack on Georgian targets is minimal.

Your mission:

We will provide SEAD support for a small interdiction package aimed at disrupting enemy road activity and damaging the Maykop railyard. Most enemy supplies, equipment and other materiel enters the area through this single location. Disrupting the flow of enemy supplies will interfere with the enemy troop buildup south of Maykop.

Two flights of two L-39s armed with bombs, callsign Pontiac 1 and Pontiac 5, will depart from Gudauta AB and proceed north to the Maykop railyard target. Additional flights of A-10s, callsign Tusk 1 and Tusk 5, will patrol south of Maykop and destroy enemy ground forces operating in the open. They will be supported by a SEAD flight of four F/A-18C Hornets, callsign Springfield 1 (player), who will orbit southeast of the targets and engage any radar equipped air defense units that become active. A CAP flight of F-15Cs will also be on station to deal with any airborne threats.

The primary target is a railyard consisting of fuel processing facilities to the northeast and warehouses to the southwest. The Pontiac 1 and 2 L-39 flights will ingress separately and attack the target from different headings. Pontiac 1 will bomb the fuel related facilities to the northeast while Pontiac 2 bombs the warehouses.

See the mission planner for a look at the package ingress and egress routes and for detailed navigation planning.

Your F/A-18C SEAD flight, Springfield 1, will be on station to suppress any radar guided air defense threats in the area. An SA-6 SAM site has been identified at Maykop AB and may become active at any time. This site is known to operate very conservatively and to cease transmitting for a short time if an anti-radiation missile launch is suspected. Adjust your tactics to ensure this threat is suppressed while the Pontiac L-39 flights are in the area.

Additional mobile threats may be present in support of ground forces. Radar guided systems may include SA-8 SAMs or ZSU-23-4 AAA. Monitor the radio for the status of radar threats in the area and engage any threats to allied aircraft if able.

Pontiac and Tusk flights will announce when they have left the target area. Springfield 1 may leave the area and return to base after all flights have safely egressed.

An AWACS controller, callsign Focus, will provide early warning of approaching aircraft. Requests for the current situation can be made at any time in your radio AWACS menu by choosing PICTURE or BOGEY DOPE.

Carrier Admin:
TACAN: 74X
ICLS: 11

Success criteria:

- Reach the target area, protect the other flights and return safely to the carrier.

Design notes:

- Enable 'allied flight reports' in your gameplay options. Calls are filtered so only relevant information comes through.

- Open the mission planner for detailed navigation planning. The enemies present on the map represent current intel and is information you are intended to have.

- Different enemy air defense plans are built into the mission. It will play out differently each time.

Feb 7, 2019

Hornet Mission of the Week: Magnum Force

DCS World Steam Edition - wagmatt

Hornet Mission of the Week
Magnum Force

Download from: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3790246#post3790246

The Black Sea
24 June 1992, Morning
Fictional

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a renewed conflict in the Caucasus region. The initial attempts by Russian forces to seize Georgian territory were driven back, but that has only strengthened Moscow’s resolve. The Russians continue to build a sizable ground force near Maykop. A fully equipped Motor Rifle Brigade has been identified with additional forces continuing to flow in.

The deployment of additional Russian ground forces to the theater prompted a response by NATO. Cruise missile attacks on Russian airbases and infrastructure bought NATO enough time to deploy air and ground forces to the region. Squadrons of F-15C, F-16C, F/A-18C, A-10A, and Tornado fighter and attack aircraft are now operating from Georgia and the Black Sea. These are augmented by a small number of Georgian assets, mostly L-39 light attack aircraft.

Small detachments of Russian Su-27 and MiG-29 front-line fighters remain active from Krymsk and Krasnodar under the protection of SA-10 SAM systems, but the threat of an air attack on Georgian targets is minimal.

Your mission:

We will provide SEAD support for a small interdiction package aimed at disrupting enemy road activity and damaging the Maykop railyard. Most enemy supplies, equipment and other materiel enters the area through this single location. Disrupting the flow of enemy supplies will interfere with the enemy troop buildup south of Maykop.

Two flights of two L-39s armed with bombs, callsign Pontiac 1 and Pontiac 5, will depart from Gudauta AB and proceed north to the Maykop railyard target. Additional flights of A-10s, callsign Tusk 1 and Tusk 5, will patrol south of Maykop and destroy enemy ground forces operating in the open. They will be supported by a SEAD flight of four F/A-18C Hornets, callsign Springfield 1 (player), who will orbit southeast of the targets and engage any radar equipped air defense units that become active. A CAP flight of F-15Cs will also be on station to deal with any airborne threats.

The primary target is a railyard consisting of fuel processing facilities to the northeast and warehouses to the southwest. The Pontiac 1 and 2 L-39 flights will ingress separately and attack the target from different headings. Pontiac 1 will bomb the fuel related facilities to the northeast while Pontiac 2 bombs the warehouses.

See the mission planner for a look at the package ingress and egress routes and for detailed navigation planning.

Your F/A-18C SEAD flight, Springfield 1, will be on station to suppress any radar guided air defense threats in the area. An SA-6 SAM site has been identified at Maykop AB and may become active at any time. This site is known to operate very conservatively and to cease transmitting for a short time if an anti-radiation missile launch is suspected. Adjust your tactics to ensure this threat is suppressed while the Pontiac L-39 flights are in the area.

Additional mobile threats may be present in support of ground forces. Radar guided systems may include SA-8 SAMs or ZSU-23-4 AAA. Monitor the radio for the status of radar threats in the area and engage any threats to allied aircraft if able.

Pontiac and Tusk flights will announce when they have left the target area. Springfield 1 may leave the area and return to base after all flights have safely egressed.

An AWACS controller, callsign Focus, will provide early warning of approaching aircraft. Requests for the current situation can be made at any time in your radio AWACS menu by choosing PICTURE or BOGEY DOPE.

Carrier Admin:
TACAN: 74X
ICLS: 11

Success criteria:

- Reach the target area, protect the other flights and return safely to the carrier.

Design notes:

- Enable 'allied flight reports' in your gameplay options. Calls are filtered so only relevant information comes through.

- Open the mission planner for detailed navigation planning. The enemies present on the map represent current intel and is information you are intended to have.

- Different enemy air defense plans are built into the mission. It will play out differently each time.

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Feb 6, 2019

DCS 2.5.4.26825 moved to Stable

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Introduced new campaign The Enemy Within 3.0 by Baltic Dragon

DCS World

Helicopter-borne infantry (descent). Corrected calculating total number of troops.
ME. Effects on the map will be have an option to be hidden.
AI vehicles. Vehicles will sink if they are destroyed when swimming on the water.
ME. Triggers. The trigger condition “missile in zone” will contains the SS-N-2 Silkworm anti ship missile in the list.
Su-25T. Corrected Shkval training mission.
AI helicopter will not be landing to the landing area that was occupied by player.

DCS Christen Eagle II by Magnitude LLC

Added missing alpha channel to pilot’s patch texture.
Fixed more cockpit typos.
Fixed more typos in manual.
Updated sounds.
Improvements in suspension.
Added Chinese text to training missions.

DCS MiG-21bis by Magnitude LLC

Fixed canopy ejectors from showing while it is open.

DCS C-101 by AvioDev

Damage model affects now to Flight Model (WIP). For now, you can see: Balance and yaw moments and lift and drag forces, due to the loss of parts of the wings. Engine fire (only EB).
Fix in damage model: Parts that are detached do not appear now duplicated, that is, connected to the airplane body at the same time.
Added pylons damage model.
Fixed N1, N2 and ITT indication with MPR in C-101CC.
Added patch to left arm of pilots (it was missing).
Fixed AGA patches.
Fixed patches of internal model.

DCS Combined Arms

Laser ranger has been fixed for binocular view.

DCS F/A-18C Hornet

Fix of stores weight calculation in MCc (LAU-61 rockets add absurd amount of weight).
Unable to step through all GBUs loaded, Incorrect release sequence are fixed.
AIM-7 will lose semi active radar guidance when the f-18C is hit and enters 360 spin.
Fixed crash when cycle between CAP-9 and TST pod.
Unable to select BRA with no A/A Waypoint Selected is fixed.
Radar page BRA and A/A Waypoint Color Error is fixed.

DCS Flaming Cliffs

Mig-29A/S/G Landing light animation tuned.
Su-25 Revanche campaign adapted to DCS 2.5.4. Corrected weather, time of start, triggers, force balance and payloads.

Campaigns

A-10C Operation Piercing Fury. Bugfix of mission 08.
M2000 Red Flag Campaign. Mission 10 and 11. Fixed third flight of A-10Cs that were stuck during taxiing.
CA Georgia Campaign. Fixes include visibility of some units. Added and updated some VOs. Fixed some typos. Other fixes.
Ultimate Argument: F-4E replaced by A-10C - fixed.

Feb 5, 2019

Hornet Update

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In today’s Hornet mini-date, I thought I’d start talking about some of the Data Link (D/L) and Situational Awareness (SA) page fundamentals prior to release. We hope to release into the Open Beta later this month. There is a lot to take in, so let’s get started early. Naturally, there will be introduction videos, academic videos, interactive training lessons, and a manual chapter on this. Let’s talk about some of the elements:

Much like the HSI, you have your TDC relation to bullseye (A/A Waypoint) in the top left corner. In the same manner, you have many of the same waypoint controls like display of the selected waypoint, bearing/distance/time to selected waypoint, and sequence options. If the selected waypoint is visible on the SA display, it appears as a circle with the waypoint number in the center, with north arrow.

In the bottom left corner are your chaff and flare counters. O1 and O2 will come later. Yes, we’ll have option for 120 flares.

When enabled from PB 7, yellow triangle symbols appear along the bearing to air-to-air radar emitters. These have options to be set to off, side, and ID or not.

Green contacts are identified as friendly, red as hostile, and yellow as unknown. This is done through a combination of IFF and NCTR prints.

There are three possible sources of data that can build the SA picture: ownship sensors, other fighters (F/F), and AWACS aircraft like E-2 and E-3 (SURV). These sources are then correlated or they can be toggled on and off from the SENSR sub-level page on PBs 13, 14, and 15. PPLI allows the location and data sharing of networked aircraft.

When only ownship sensors detect a target, only the top half of the HAFU (symbol) is displayed. When only from an F/F donor, only the bottom half is displayed. If both ownship and a donor detect the same contact, then both top and bottom halves of the HAFU are displayed. Contacts only detected by a SURV donor, are smaller in size circle or diamond generally.

When the TDC is assigned to the SA page (indicated as diamond in top right corner), the TDC can be slewed. When placed over a contact, its Mach and altitude in thousands of feet is displayed on either side of the TDC cursor. While hovering over a contact, additional information is displayed in the bottom right corner of the display and this can vary based on its identification. Such data can include: NCTR print, bearing and range from ownship, bearing and range from bullseye, fuel level, callsign, etc.
A small dot on the left side of a green circle indicates it is a donor to the Link-16 network and is sharing data with you. A dot in the center of the circle indicates it is a command and control (C2) asset.

B, C, or D inside a contact indicates it is one of your flight wingmen.

The number shown for red contacts indicates its threat ranking.

More functions will be coming soon, which I’ll talk about at a later point.

Please remember that this is very much work in progress and very much subject to change.

Thanks,
Wags