DCS Update Patch Notes Discussion Thread

No, apparently it's a new thing indeed.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3318052&postcount=1

Thx

Yes, the sounds have been noticeably improved, I see the updates in the autoupdate_log_old.txt file for both 1.5.8 and 2.2, so I suppose it must have been there in the previous update already.

Also, the performances are much better! It's especially appreciable in the Normandy theatre and more specifically in a campaign like Epsom, but also on big cities like Las Vegas. It seems to skip frames sometimes, not sure it's just the AV-8B, it seems to be so perhaps it's just WIP on this add-on.

But thanks to that, the Epsom campaign is now playable, at least as far as I could tell from the first mission, that's nice! It's also much more enjoyable thanks to the improved sounds and visual effects like the explosions and flak. :)

Clouds do have more volumetric feel to them, but they are still made of 2D sprites rotating when the user turns the head and they all have the same aspect/size, however I know the meteorology is pretty basic and WIP. This could greatly improve the immersion, just imagine a big menacing TCU! Let's hope it will continue to improve. I never had a carburettor freezing, nor ice on the wings or props, I'm not even sure about the pitot, for example, perhaps I haven't tested enough?

So overall impression, with the latest bug fixes and the Harrier on top, is just great :thumbup:

Visually there is no denying that 2.2 is a vast improvement over 2.1 , even the wip clouds , cotton buds that they are look more natural and usable that the slices of bread we had before , for me the only real disappointment is the new distant sounds , I feel as if a child was given the task of adding these and in the process "plane far noise" has been cut and also "plane back engine" is now set at a constant volume the latter meaning your engine is roaring at full power or roaring at idle , the one thing DCS jet aircraft desperately needed was more audio strings which seems to have been done but in the process others have been taken away .

Thats a great idea.

Jafa

I seem to be getting better VR performance now over Normandy, however I had not flown DCS in probably around 3 weeks so don't know if it is in some of the updates and/or running Rift Core 2.0 now.

I've never seen the trees leaves waving as soon as you turn on wind. Or does someone remember having seen that before 2.2?

I've never seen the trees leaves waving as soon as you turn on wind. Or does someone remember having seen that before 2.2?

Nope; that's new indeed.

(What's missing now is the rotor downwash blowing affecting the grass; that currently does not seem to be happening).

The surprises never end, it also seems the failures have been fixed in 2.2.0.12448.295!

For a while the system failures in both 1.5 and 2.x have not been taken into account anymore, something I couldn't get reported by ED. Apparently there was a fix for 2.2, hopefully in the next 1.5 too. :)

OMG!, something new I just noticed is that in NTTR, now if you chose a different month of the year (not the default june) the sun shadows on terrain are CORRECTLY PROJECTED!!!!...that's great because we have now kind of "seasons" for NTTR.

Tested a dusk in february at 16:30 and the map feels like totally different now, even the colors of the light feels different!...this+casting terrain shadows on planes and cockpits are great additions!.

Having the same projected shadows was boring and made the map look always the same...not the case anymore!:)

Thanks a lot for this!!:thumbup:

OMG!, something new I just noticed is that in NTTR, now if you chose a different month of the year (not the default june) the sun shadows on terrain are CORRECTLY PROJECTED!!!!...that's great because we have now kind of "seasons" for NTTR.

 

Tested a dusk in february at 16:30 and the map feels like totally different now, even the colors of the light feels different!...this+casting terrain shadows on planes and cockpits are great additions!.

 

Having the same projected shadows was boring and made the map look always the same...not the case anymore!:)

 

Thanks a lot for this!!:thumbup:

This right here a HUGE improvement :thumbup:

Looks like 1.5.8.12667.412 is coming to release and open beta soon

http://updates.digitalcombatsimulator.com/

Its up, ready for download.

Looks like 1.5.8.12667.412 is coming to release and open beta soon

 

http://updates.digitalcombatsimulator.com/

Update 2017-12-15

DCS 1.5.8.12667 Hotfix 2

Ready for public

DCS World

• MP. Rearm and Refuelling menu will be reset when user makes disconnect/connect.
  
• Briefing Window QFE Section corrections.
  
• Open mission window. List of mission can be sorted by columns.
  
• ME. Corrected an ME layout in the minimum allowed screen resolution.
  
• ME. Values stored in the "additional properties for aircraft" and "radio preset" tabs will be inherited from the previous unit for new units.
  
• MP. Fixed showing the description and player names for servers with many players.
  
• MP. Fixed serverlist error when 'required modules' is too long.
  
• Show authorization expiry time when login failed or was cancelled.
  
• ME. Additional aircraft options (radio frequencies etc.) will be available in ME even corresponding module is not purchased.
  

DCS Combined Arms

• Combined arms crash during gameplay (Weapons.dll) - fixed (fix of 1.5.8 beta).
  
• CA. F10 map. Fog of War: target mark will not follows target outside of sensors line of sight.
  

UH-1H by Belsimtek

• Endless and cloned escaping animation when one pilot was died - eliminated.
  
• UH-1H without hardpoints will not able to use flares.
  

NS430 by Belsimtek

• Direct-to should default to current destination waypoint, unless highlighting a different waypoint identifier - fixed.
  

DCS AV-8B N/A by RAZBAM

• Wing detached pieces shapes included.
  
• HUD updates for all modes.
  
• AGM-122 FM Update.
  
• HUD Day/Night mode updated.
  
• MPCD FLIR video misalignment fixed.
  
• EFM small bugs fixed.
  
• Updated fonts and symbols for MPCD and HUD.
  
• MPCD video and HUD video now have green masks.
  
• GBU-12 ITER load weight fixed.
  
• HUD RWR Symbology added.
  
• Aircraft ground stance fixed.
  
• Crash when landing two of more aircraft AV-8B on Tarava (fix of 1.5.8 beta).
  
• Crash caused by more than one Tarawa ship in ship group - fixed (fix of 1.5.8 beta).
  

DCS MiG-21Bis by Magnitude 3 LLC

• Remodeled collision model.
  
• Fixed minor visibility arguments for pylon and gear door damage.
  
• Fixed critical damage flight controls for missing wings.
  
• Fixed rudder key bindings.
  
• Removed country list from ‘Am’ file.
  

Harrier: Sidearms seem to be missing model - just all black on rails - look ok when fired.

Gun CCIP Pipper seems to not be working. Bomb Fall line on CCIP pipper missing.

Seems to fly better - higher roll rate than before. Still exploring.

What module are you talking about?

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I wonder if the multiplayer FPS stuttering has been addressed in this version.

I wonder if the multiplayer FPS stuttering has been addressed in this version.

I sure hope so!

12/22/17 Update

To the Entire ED team

Thank you!

To release this patch, so close to the Holiday's shows True dedication to your customers.

BRAVO!

Please have the BEST holiday EVER!

Enjoy your time off.

You guys deserve it!

All the best

Hawkeye

To the Entire ED team

 

Thank you!

 

To release this patch, so close to the Holiday's shows True dedication to your customers.

 

BRAVO!

 

 

Please have the BEST holiday EVER!

 

Enjoy your time off.

You guys deserve it!

 

All the best

 

Hawkeye

+1

Patch today??

Patch today??

Open Beta only

To the Entire ED team

 

Thank you!

 

To release this patch, so close to the Holiday's shows True dedication to your customers.

 

BRAVO!

 

 

Please have the BEST holiday EVER!

 

Enjoy your time off.

You guys deserve it!

 

All the best

 

Hawkeye

Russian christmas holidays are somewhere in January if I'm not mistaken ;)

But thanks for the patch anyways ED :thumbup:

Open Beta only

:thumbup:Wow....Very nice Surprise :thumbup:

I'm away from home, did the patch fix the stutter in single player?