DCS Update Patch Notes Discussion Thread

So, no updates for Hornet or Viper until the 2.5.6 patch is released?

My guess is this week. But as always, anything is subject to change™, wink

I wonder if daytime will look better also in 2.5.6.

Yeah not being able to read stuff in the pit without cockpit lighting on during the day for some modules is... Frustrating...

 

Yeah not being able to read stuff in the pit without cockpit lighting on during the day for some modules is... Frustrating...

Well I meant daytime lighting in general. IMO, the pre-PBR daytime looked better than post-PBR. But the dusk and dawn post-PBR blows pre-PBR out the water.

Fingers, toes and rotor blades crossed the testing went well and today's patch day..

Fingers, toes and rotor blades crossed the testing went well and today's patch day..

Why today being it's Tuesday? I was under the impression that Wednesday are typical "patch release" days. With that being said...

Not today,

 

If all goes well, towards the end of the week.

 

thanks

How's the confidence level, if I may ask, for this week?

Heh sorry, I was under the mistaken impression that it was Wednesday when I wrote that.

Easy mistake to make. I am wishing the week away so we can get the update too :thumbup::thumbup:

Yeah not being able to read stuff in the pit without cockpit lighting on during the day for some modules is... Frustrating...

As is not being able to read the HUD and MFCDs without zooming in... I mean, just try to while watching

While we're at it: We still don't have the flashlight in VR... and the right hand controller is still borked.

Hoping for some improvements literally everytime a new update hits

I mean, just try to while watching

for example on a 1080 screen

He has a bad zoom (a.k.a. a broken Simulation Control Interface).. unless of course that display is 4" from his face.

hey guys, where can I go to see a list of the expected changes for 2.5.6? Is there anything very big happening with this update?

So, just to be clear, will there be an update? I heard rumor one might be coming

Is there anything very big happening with this update?

Yes, improved night lightning.

Is there anything very big happening with this update?

Yep. Two things: your version number will increment to 2.5.6 and second, bignewy won't have to field any questions whether an update is coming for at least two, maybe three days.

Then, we stable scrubs will start asking "what about us?", And so it begins again for newy

Yes, improved night lightning.

Clouds??

Clouds??

No, they aren't illuminated at night

But they are! Light polution from big cities, my afterburner as I tear through them in my MiG-19, the moon, your flaming wreck as it plunges earthward..

No, they aren't illuminated at night

Unless you fly through an overcast layer at night :D very illuminating

Not today,

 

If all goes well, towards the end of the week.

 

thanks

HHmmmm???? I'm off work for the rest of the week....I don't have a great track record with patches/modules dropping when I'm absent....Maybe I should call The Boss and tell him I'm coming in for The Good of The DCS Community:D....Then for sure 2.5.6 Open Beta will appear!! lol :megalol:

your flaming wreck as it plunges earthward..

:lol::thumbup:

He has a bad zoom (a.k.a. a broken Simulation Control Interface).. unless of course that display is 4" from his face.

Well yeah, he's flying zoomed out quite a bit, like most of the content creators do on the tube. Plus, it's actually 1920x810 resolution. Roughly matches what I see in the Rift though. When flying without VR, I always kept the FOV at 60°, unless I needed a closer look where I "zoomed in" to 30°. Higher FOVs grant for better SA though, but they distort the sensation of speed and distances a lot.

Yep. Two things: your version number will increment to 2.5.6 and second, bignewy won't have to field any questions whether an update is coming for at least two, maybe three days.

 

Then, we stable scrubs will start asking "what about us?", And so it begins again for newy

Made my day, now I can go hit the hay

I reckon though that the last Stable version is more than 2 months old already as I still see people wanting to fly the Jeff they bought back then, but just not switching over to OB. The step to 2.5.6 probably will push it away even further.

Higher FOVs grant for better SA though.

I would argue they do not. They give new users a false illusion that they do.

He can't see his instruments and displays as well. His sense of distance is distorted. He can't properly judge speed, and targets which should take a certain amount of screen size are scaled too small. He has to get closer to targets before he can adequately see them, and enemy aircraft (and missiles) can approach much closer before they become visible on his monitor.

This is terrible SA. Masquerading as "good" SA. He can see more horizontal degrees of scenery, but sacrifices aircraft control for the benefit.

Try and rid yourself of this misconception that a broken view is "better." it is not.

Yep. Two things: your version number will increment to 2.5.6 and second, bignewy won't have to field any questions whether an update is coming for at least two, maybe three days.

 

Then, we stable scrubs will start asking "what about us?", And so it begins again for newy

This is the natural flow of things in the DCS community. Embrace it.

NOW is 12th Feb, where is update?

I just cant understand why u guys can not giving us HF for very very obvious bugs. I 100% sure DIS already giving u guys JF17's pitch pag. Why not release HF for any 3rd partys!!! Since last update to now its already over 1 month time. And i suppose u guys have finished u holiday. WE ARE WAITING TOO LONG