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I'm just waiting to be able to play again, thanks to the Oculus issue, DCS has literally been a non-starter for the last couple of weeks.

Indeed. These guys weren't fighting buttoned up in IFVs and MBTs. We need to see them moving.

It was requested a while ago, and I think there is an 'Unlimited Fuel for Wingman' option now, which alleviates some of the most frustrating catchup>bingo>ejecting typical wingman scenarios.

Yeah, I agree to an extent. I always try to have a weather and atmospherics element to my missions, as It adds so much more depth. Some variation is a good idea, I just feel that complete randomness would be a leap too far, and would result in too many scrubbed missions, unless you specified some min/max criteria for each parameter.

Not necessarily. Missions often work backwards - there may be a prescribed TOT to fit around other taskings, the weather brief will dictate the weapon delivery and even weapon type (no LASER through undercast etc), the time of day may play a part on the attack heading (attacking out of the setting sun). All of these things are considered when planning and briefing the flight, not the other way around. Of course, things can deviate from the plan, the weather might not be as briefed, or there could be an operational delay, which pushes a TOT back a bit, but complete randomness is unrealistic IMHO. You don't plan a sortie, then roll the dice on WX and timings, the WX and timings are an integral part of that plan.

I wonder if the Iraq map is going to be released in a similar way, given the initial focus seems away from the obvious (ODS/Kuwait) area? Nice to see the CH-47 in the trailer, a great fit for this map and a prime candidate for an alternative campaign in that setting. I agree with @Ronin_Gaijin RE the Turkmenistan airbases - It's not an area I am hugely familiar with, but given his justifications I hope it is something that ED will perhaps reconsider.

We regularly get Typhoons and Grizzlies at low level over our house. It is fairly easily recognised from the air, so I'm not sure if it is intentionally chosen as a WP, maybe it is just the OH sunbathing topless in the garden. but for any active aircrew, we are 10 ish miles south of Smokey Joes, not quite as far as Dun Fell golf ball (IYKYK). Give us a wave.

As per the title. Distant LOD model shows the canvas tilt removed, which suddenly appears once you get closer. A minor issue of course, but I couldn't see it reported yet.

The simple compromise, which I've mentioned on other similar threads is to disassociate swell with chop. Chop can be linked to wind, as in real life, and swell can be independently set. Chop is largely cosmetic, and swell effects the vessel pitching, rolling and heaving movement.

I too have my reservations about the UI integration. DCS already stretches PC resources, and another seemingly unnecessary process running is certainly not going to help matters. It reads to me like the good idea fairy paid a visit to the team, and they are too far committed now to write it off and just make an aircraft module, which ultimately is what we all wanted in the first place. I think perhaps they were a l little too ambitious with this one, I hope I'm proven wrong and they turn it around, but I feel we are in for a long ride of frustration and troubleshooting well after general release.

J & similar. The E is too loong. Not as aesthetically pleasing.

Another bulletproof moustache right there.

Oh, I know the nav basics, it's just I find it's generally not that necessary in game. I have a little LHS time in the Gazelle IRL, and that was also all done looking out the window. Generally very short VMC flights over known terrain though.

Confession time... I've been flying the Gazelle for years without ever really using the NADIR. I recently started looking at it, but I find the Gazelle is very much a VFR, map and stopwatch type of aircraft. Most missions are <30minute combat radius. Its hard to get lost.

No doppler on the Gazelle, I just look out of the window. How high are you hovering?