Combat Flight Sim (DCS, IL-2, RoF, CAP2, and a bit of WT)

IL-2: Great Battles have been updated to version 4.001. Battle of Bodenplatte and Flying Circus Vol.1 are now fully released.

 

Here is a SEAD mission going chaotic, really fun to watch.


Here are 2 videos from the not so serious side of flight sims.

 

DCS is doing a Thanksgiving sale, it lasts between 22nd November and 8th December. Most items are 50% off except:

• F/A-18 Hornet by ED - 25% off
  
  
• Persian Gulf Map by ED - 25% off
  
  
• F/A-18 Hornet + Persian Gulf Map bundle -35% off
  
  
• DCS: Christen Eagle II by Magnitude 3 LLC – 25% off
  
  
• DCS: F-14 Tomcat by Heatblur Simulations – not on sale at this time
  
  
• DCS: F-16C Viper by ED – not on sale at this time
  

 

The JF-17 is planned to be released on 4th December.

I expect alot of information to be released next week and at release.





These are the planned weapons but this was posted back in March so it might have changed some.

 

JF-17 have been released.
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/thunder/

 

The OH-58D Kiowa is confirmed to be on the way to DCS. They are aiming for a release in 2020.

 

DCS winter sale is starting and it comes withn an updated A-10C cockpit.

 

DCS have just announced where the upcoming free map will be located: The Mariana islands.

Other news:


They will be doing a DCS: A-10C Warthog 2 and a DCS: Ka-50 Black Shark 3. Over the years, the game have had alot of technological improvements and they are now planning to bring those to these modules. It means dramatic visual and system upgrades. Therefore these will be released as new modules, replacing the older ones. If you already own these modules you will recieve a significat discount on the new modules.

The P-47D is the next warbird to be released. It's far along in development with mostly flight model tuning, adding object detail and creating the mission content.

A new WW2 european map is planned to be released alongside the P-47D

Following the P-47D, the next warbird will be the De Haviland Mosquito FB MK.VI

The Mi-24P has been in development for the past year and is currently on track to see a release in 2020.

There are plans to have the F/A-18C and F-16C feature complete and out of early access by the end of 2020.

The UH-1H Huey will have cooperative multiplayer added (2 players in one helicopter). Currently in internal testing.

Over the past year, a massive amount of work has gone into Modern Air Combat in order to make it a AAA title. During this period, they have also expanded the scope and features of the product substantially. This has led to it's release being pushed back to 2020. Modern Air Combat will not be a DCS World product, but rather a new series for them that focuses more on action, gameplay and a shallower learning curve.

OH-58D Kiowa Warrior: Developed by Polychop-Simulations, the developer of DCS: SA-342M Gazelle, the OH-58D will add the first American attack-reconnaissance helicopter to DCS World. Using the Mast-Mounted Sight (MMS), the Kiowa can acquire and track targets while in cover, and it has teeth that include Hellfire anti-tank guided missiles and unguided rockets.

F-15E Strike Eagle: Building upon their excellent M-2000C, Harrier, and MiG-19, RAZBAM is hard at work on the F-15E Strike Eagle.

There are other 3rd party aircrafts in development but they are not under a development license agreement.



Next weeks newsletter will cover non-aircraft projects and core DCS world improvements that they will be working on in 2020

 

Non-aircraft projects in development:

DCS: Supercarrier
Have been mentioned earlier in the thread but now it will include an updated Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier but it will not have deck animations.

New WW2 map, The Channel Map
It will cover the south east england, english channel and a portion of the low countries and north eastern france. It's build to be able to cover missions and campaigns from the late 1930's to 1945.

Third party maps in development.

Falkland islands map

Syria map
Spanning from Turkey in the north to Israel in the south


More units in the world war 2 assets pack




Vulkan api support

Lightning improvements

Improved weather and clouds

Integrated voice chat

Improved damage models on the ww2 aircraft.

Improve the aircraft ai

• beyond visual range offensive and defensive behavior.
• Air to ground attack maneuvers
• Defesive threat response (SAM and AAA)
• Very low level flight and terrain following
• Formation keeping and correct use of external lights

More realistic and complete Air trafic controler for airfields.

Air to ground radar and forward looking infrared (FLIR). Required to finish F/A-18C and F-16C.

Improve missile dynamics

New AI units, currently developing the SA-5 surface to air missile and the SS-1 SCUD surface to surface missile. Also and S-3B Viking in development and they hope to revisit some older ai plans aswell.

Dynamic Campaign

 

Lunar sale in DCS until the 27th.

 

I'm looking forward to this year as it looks to come with some great content.

 

The new cockpit for the Ka-50 have been released into the open beta version. To go along with it, they are offering a few bundles between 21 February and 7 March



These bundles are available on both the DCS store and Steam.

• Black Shark 2 + Combined Arms $49,99
• Black Shark 2 + Mi-8MTV2 $54,99
• All DCS helicopters $69,99 (Each helicopter normaly go for $49,99 and there are 4 of them that you get in this bundle)

 

A new developer joins DCS, FlyingIron Simulations. They are working on the A-7E Corsair II.

 

Nice!

 

DCS is doing a stay at home sale. Most modules are 50% off. They are also doing a free trial where you can try out some modules.

The schedule:

• March 18-19: F-16C
• March 20-21: F/A-18C
• March 22-23: F-14B
• March 24-25: JF-17
• March 26-27: A-10C
• March 28-29: AV-8B
• March 30-31: M-2000C
• April 1-2: Spitfire
• April 3-4: Mustang
• April 5-6: Fw 190 A8
• April 7-8: Bf 109 K4
• April 9-10: Persian Gulf Map
• April 11-12: Nevada Map
• April 13-14: F-86
• April 15-16: MiG-15
• April 17-18: Black Shark Ka-50

 

CRAP! F-18C! A-10C and Mustang would be nice too. Oh and some kind of a helicopter, maybe the K4 too.

 

I will be using the sale to pick up the F-16C

 

We have another new third party developer announced for DCS, TrueGrit Virtual Technologies. Who have started development of the Eurofighter Typhoon.