Cobra847 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) AJS-37 Development Update Dear All, Over the past few weeks, we’ve been focusing on some key in-depth improvements to the Viggen which are not readily apparent. Much focus has been spent on the rewriting of certain systems and the cleanup of memory states. These will help improve overall module stability as well as allow us to properly reset the aircraft to it’s default states on respawn, repair and rearms. One of the unfortunate side-effects of this development was that we introduced a crashing issue with certain subsystems on aircraft respawn or reset. We’ve worked diligently to fix these as quick as possible, but to our great dismay you will have experienced them for the past couple of weeks. A patch should launch next wednesday with these fixes implemented. We’re sincerely sorry for introducing this issue! We’ve also spent considerable time and focus on rewriting and improving our sidewinder seeker code, in conjunction with making the swedish sidewinder variants appropriately effective. You should see significant improvements across the entire gamut of this weapon subsystem, and less annoying edge-cases where you are unable to distribute MiG parts when in prime position to do so. An item that has been backlogged due to mission work and is now close to being complete is the finalization of the flight manual. While we’re still improving one section of this document, and there are still some improvements to be made, we’re happy to be able to share with you our current release candidate of this document. Grab it and enjoy! Feedback is welcome as always. Click to download the latest RC of the Viggen Manual Other areas of focus have been in implementing some of the most commonly requested and long overdue features: working, realtime reflective mirrors, overhauling night lighting, and introducing the canopy raindrop feature for the Viggen, amongst other things. The full changelog for the past 1-2 patches is as follows: Fixed crashing issue on aircraft re-initialization (respawn, refly) Fixed crashing issue due to ELINT page dump Fixed crashing issue due to Radar texture memory issues Reworked overall Sidewinder seeker behaviour. Increased Rb-74 (AIM-9L) all-aspect capabilities. Fixed RB24J (AIM-9P) to be properly rear-aspect. Added Next Missile selector (FRAMSTEGN IRRB) button to bindable controls. Re-added kneeboard settings page Fixed trim on ground start - now defaults to 3 degrees Added realtime mirror rendering Completed release candidate of flight manual Viggen canopy glass now uses glass shader - compatability with Kegety's VR mod Viggen canopy glass raindrop effect added Fix to high drag bombs not releasing when waypoint is last before L-Waypoint. Various memory fixes Fix to 'fälld last' and TAKT weapon status indication for BK90, RB-04, RB-05, RB-15, RB-24 (&J) and RB75 Fixed gunsight hysteresis Rocket sight corrected for shallow dives Fix to horizontal velocity sight calculations Corrected erroneous exterior light intensities Adjusted hubcap metalness & roughness for correct specularity response Reexported all textures with corrected brightness levels for better dds compression Overhauled night lighting Corrected normal tangentspace issues due to UV borders Removed red blotches in cockpit gauge glass reflections Added wheel brake axis binding Fuel not in X-Tank when spawning on Runway fixed Completed first release candidate of final manual Left horizontal panel needles are now properly backlit Added realtime lighting to FLI ball for better visibility Reduced intensity of low altitude warning light Standby ADI is now self illuminated (gauge lighting) Corrected Akku-Stakki livery: right wing now shows correct tac number Significantly improved visual quality of glareshield area in external model We’re speeding fast towards fall, and our goal is and will remain to make sure the Viggen is complete and out of early access this year. That means feature complete, stable and held in high regard by all. Thanks for your patience on this journey and we hope you’ll continue to have faith in us as we move towards the completion of the Viggen, Tomcat and all of the exciting things beyond. Sincerely, HB Viggen Team Edited July 12, 2018 by Cobra847 1 Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripleinside Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 A great module made even better !! Win10 x64, Intel core I9 9900k@5ghz, 32GB DDR4, RTX2080 ti, MSI Z370 Tomahawk mobo, M.2 SSD, Warthog HOTAS, home made trackIr, Pimax 8K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblin Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 You guys are awesome! I better speed up my stick development and production! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=37.Sqn= Mjugen Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thank you team HB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nballadares Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thank you, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagrum Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Cobra, the embedded images in your posting are 404 File not found. That also results in the PDF Link to be not clickable. edit: fwiw ;) http://media.heatblur.se/AJS37_Manual_RC1.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nballadares Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Cobra, the embedded images in your posting are 404 File not found. That also results in the PDF Link to be not clickable. edit: fwiw ;) http://media.heatblur.se/AJS37_Manual_RC1.pdf I was able to use it without problems a few minutes ago. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra847 Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Cobra, the embedded images in your posting are 404 File not found. That also results in the PDF Link to be not clickable. edit: fwiw ;) http://media.heatblur.se/AJS37_Manual_RC1.pdf Seems to work fine now :) Our server doesn't get much traffic - it probably died temporarily. :( Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainyday Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Awesome! Looks like I picked the perfect time to purchase this module. Will wait for the patch - but am already getting myself familiarized with the plane, manual is great help :) Will be printing it out tomorrow - what section are you still updating? Also, my home cockpit was heading towards 'A-10' but I have a feeling that I'll be exploring Viggen also as an option. 'Exploring' - as in 'already ordered necessary stuff for first Viggen panel (data panel)' :D A-10C Warthog | AJS-37 Viggen | F-5E Tiger II | Mig-15bis | MiG-19P Farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toilet2000 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thanks for the update! The updated manual is lovely! Just a quick question: I see the image in the manual for the BK90 is the new implementation that was presented in a video some time ago. Any update on that front? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thanks a lot, even tough I have already learned the Viggen (hopefully :) ), the Manual is really important to me, as it reprsent almost the only english language reference available for this aircraft. One question: does the "cleanup of memory states" improve the replay of viggen’s track files ? Best regards, For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanRL Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thanks for the updates. Glad to see the issues are being worked on. Any chance we will be seeing more official skins soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagnarDa Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 One question: does the "cleanup of memory states" improve the replay of viggen’s track files ? Yes, replay fidelity has improved significantly. From what I’ve seen there seems to be mostly divergence when on the ground now, like when using wheel brakes. DCS AJS37 HACKERMAN There will always be bugs. If everything is a priority nothing is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOViper Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 All this is amazing! Thanks for the highly welcome update. I think the module is now in a good shape, and we can really "work" with that machine. To really understand the Viggen somebody needs time, and this is where I have to say: REALLY GREAT MODULE! Thanks guys for making the Viggen accessible to personal computers! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Visit https://www.viggen.training ...Viggen... what more can you ask for? my computer: AMD Ryzen 5600G | NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti OC 11GB | 32 GB 3200 MHz DDR4 DUAL | SSD 980 256 GB SYS + SSD 2TB DCS | TM Warthog Stick + Throttle + TPR | Rift CV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser18 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 A big fat thumbs up from here. Keep up the good work. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retnek Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I found quite a few missing links - thx, this helps a lot! "Those who admire me for my 275 kills know nothing about war" Günther Rall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fercyful Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Great news! thanks for the manual and updates ps just love the thrust reverser of this nice plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splash Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Great job HB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svaty Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thank you for the manual. I'll be reading it during my holidays. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uboats Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 splendid [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitormouraa Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Nice! SplashOneGaming Discord https://splashonegaming.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-IRRE-Rolluptito Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Nice! Is there some news about the ground radar showing trees in white? It's a major problem for ground/land attacks. Thanks! :) Owned modules: P-47 | P-51D | Spitfire MkIX | I-16 | Bf 109 K-4 | Fw190 D-9 | Fw190 A-8 | Yak-52 | MiG-15 | F-86F | C-101 | A-10C | AJS-37 | L-39 | F-5E | M-2000C | MiG-21bis | F-14 | AV-8B Harrier II | F/A-18C | F-16C | FC3 | Ka-50 | SA342 | UH-1H | Mi-8MTV2. Maps: Syria, Nevada TTR, Persian Gulf, Normandy 1944, & The Channel. Hardware: GeForce 1080TI, I7 7700K, 32GB RAM. https://www.lesirreductibles.com - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Great stuff. The Viggen is still my favorite module in DCS and I enjoy it a lot! :thumbup: Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krippz Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Nicely done HB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th "Scorpions" Aggressor Squadron Discord: 64th Aggressor Squadron TS: 195.201.110.22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoBlue Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Feedback is welcome as always. Can you ad an rotary axis for RWR volume? And other axis for rotary-knobs in the cockpit? I'm also wondering what happened to this, since you didn't mention it: Not only are we shipping brand new AI units with the aircraft, but also two campaigns in the Caucasus and we have quite a few more tricks up our sleeve. Let's face it, not many people care about the AI Draken or the 2 mini campaigns. As they don't actually add anything to the Viggen :music_whistling:. So what about quite a few more tricks up our sleeve? i7 8700k@4.7, 1080ti, DDR4 32GB, 2x SSD , HD 2TB, W10, ASUS 27", TrackIr5, TMWH, X-56, GProR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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