DCS More HDD Space | Destruction Models | Core changes | Mission Editor

[@utley]

man Ive been waiting for destructible terrains and buildings for YEARS!.

[@aaronwhite1786]

Yeah, it looks awesome! I wonder if it will make it so that units on the building die as well. I can see that being kind of tricky, since some of the bigger buildings may technically not be destroyed (say you bomb the north side but the south half isn't directly hit) so the units on the roof might technically still survive, but the game may see the entire model as destroyed. Maybe I'll just finally have to stop covering the roofs of buildings in my missions with MANPAD units and AAA...

[@Dat_Metall_Auge]

Wow the Editor finally gets the most basic tools that should've been there 15 years ago. I love it.

[@BlueSky_fur]

XD

[@Munky332]

inb4 "omg ED you're so kewl, thanks for keeping the game going! much praise, such awesome!"

[@Chibbs.E]

@@Dat_Metall_Auge Go make your own and add everything you think should be added. 🤷‍♂️

[@Michael-ig8ne]

Man some people love to cry

[@Dat_Metall_Auge]

@@Chibbs.E Yes, you got me. Because I'm not a programmer I'm not allowed to complain about the products I use. I'm sorry that you think I must dislike DCS. But maybe I'm annoyed about the lack of basic things in DCS because I like it and sometimes wish that ED would finish or "modernize" their existing stuff.

[@randyreal5871]

ED should hire you as the main narrator

[@hipgames]

Oho! What a lovely idea 💡 ❤️

[@DerOrso]

With multi-select, -copy, and -paste, ED is entering the modern data processing era... of the 1990's. About time. I can't say how many times I've tried to do multi-select in the ME, only to realize after a minute or so, that this is ED, where user-friendly is an oxymoron, like military-intelligence. Now if the templates will work the same way, elements can be grouped together anyway the player wants, and we can FINALLY adjust unit placement on the 3D map, and not just the fictional F10 map, which often looks nothing like the 3D map. But, heck, I'm only 64. I can wait. I've got all the time in the world...... _cough_

[@Ares200A]

just another ten years till we might get "undo"/"redo" 🙈

[@SQUID_2259]

@@DerOrso it’s funny tho copy and paste have been there for a long time actually. The grouping not so much. But what’s a little actually knowing about things and not knowing about things amongst friends, right?

[@DerOrso]

@@SQUID_2259 Yes, copy/paste an element to create a new group. So let's say you have a group of 2*AH-64D, and you want to add a third. If you select either one , then , put the pointer in another location, and , you will not get a third element in your AH-64D group, but a second AH-64D group. I'm sure, when multi-copy is implemented, even weirder things will happen, because apparently you can select and set of units, which can be from multiple groups, and when you copy them, you get 10 new groups. But what if you want 1 group? waaah waaah waaaaaaaah there is not way to move a unit from one group--even if it's a single unit group--to another, because... reasons and stuff. Here's another weird thing that will happen. You have a group of 4*AH-64Ds starting on a FARP with 4 landing pads, and Waypoint 0 set to cold-start. Just like if you try to drop a fifth Apache on to the FARP, in cold-start mode, the game will select the next free helicopter parking spot where a cold-start helicopter may be placed, which since the FARP's spots are all take, will place them miles away at a different airfield, and won't even tell you where that is. Oh boy, this is going to be fun!

[@bonedust5757]

I like the destruction...adds more to the realism.

[@SQUID_2259]

Very well AC! It’s definitely the right time of the year to be thankful and appreciative of the things we have and things to come. I mean let’s face it.. at least we’re not being told, ahhhh we’re dropping DCS World as a title altogether, no further development is planned in future updates. 😮 I for one, am thankful!

[@Hammy_on_twitch]

Excited for this! Great video AC

[@kisschicken]

I got excited thinking they figured out a way to get the maps to take up less hard drive space. Guess I still need a 4TB nvme.

[@rscuatc1]

Nice update Andrei, thanks. I have had issues with memory space when updating and have had to clear the SSD drive with DCS a few times. When I log into DCS the updates have to be done before playing on it every time so I am not sure what I have been missing there. Playing has not been so urgent that I needed to get into DCS before the updates anyway so nbd. I am looking forward to more visible destruction overseas though 🙂

[@ghostgaming25771]

Always loving the content that you bring for us and can’t wait to find what the update has in store! Petrovich have a treat for bring a good kitty.

[@pickyfox9061]

Thx for update, new destruction system looks cool!

[@TheFoxYTB]

I just bought the Syria map (probably way too late) and it just keeps getting better and better... This might be the most passionate project of all time in DCS❤💙💛 Greetings from Germany... Cant wait for the next news =)

[@DaShaneo]

Wow! 2 days after my 4 tb ssd new build to have room for everything I have purchased.

[@simtaylor61]

The destructibles is a GREAT addition!

[@wash_out]

Chapeau, Eagle Dynamics! You earned a lot of plus points today #UndoButton2024 ❤😂🎉

[@Fouche_tv]

Bigger longer lasting explosions W

[@EPICT6913]

Hey! always welcome for a beer in the Netherlands!

[@hipgames]

Tripel Karmeliet as I exit the Airplane 🤣

[@ALPHARICCO875]

Thanks Andrei

[@TheTomster94]

Have a good time in our rainy country mister HIP! Any plans on what to visit?

[@hipgames]

Just landed right now! Well we got a tight schedule but Amsterdam is on the list

[@TheTomster94]

@@hipgames Enjoy!

[@Wertyboy-xt3lb]

2:10 FINALLY

[@garethhughes5745]

I'm wondering if the HDD Space has been reduced already on some modules, i was well over 800GB now down to 727GB.

[@sambrady2002]

The fact Ugra is doing models is fine, because it doesnt take anything away from core DCS and its their main thing (Syria) and they dont really make modules, but if ED did this i wouldnt be happy as they have much more important core things to do such AI or ATC or literally any other thing that should be "core" to a "simulator".

[@hipgames]

Ugra Media all the way, and AI, if I am not mistaken, already had multiple updates done, while that ATC revamp they keep on hinting year after year, I am curious when would we get to see something at least. But what other SIM does ATC good these days? I think they all have so much to improve, maybe AI could be an answer?

[@sambrady2002]

@ BMS has great ATC, and it’s even older than DCS. While the AI has had multiple updates, that does not mean at all that it is good, hell there is even a video proving that Falcon 3 has on-par if not better AI than DCS. And of course, Urga all the way

[@sambrady2002]

@@delayed_control no?

[@RotorBrake]

I would really like to be able to group vehicles within combined arms. I regularly fly a chopper and operate CTLD to deploy a group of vehicles to have to send them one at a time with multiple way points for each one separately.

[@Tome4kkkk]

Also, skins for Tomcat account for skins for 10 other modules combined when disk space is considered.

[@brandonknutz]

Anyone else catch the Lafarge Cement Factory getting bombed at 5:33? That was a strange day.

[@MrBeerlove]

suggestion for the map/update size issue - can ED look at a function to allow storage of maps in different location/drive from the main game files? this would massively help as they are massive now

[@BudderCraft526]

Best you can do is move the map your not using to the other drive, then just wait the ten minutes it takes to move one back to the other and vise versa. If your on steam this is a nightmare when there's an update though

[@brandonchappell1535]

This is already a thing using hyperlinks, theres several guides on YT an the forums

[@MrBeerlove]

@@BudderCraft526 yeah I've been doing this too but its a ball ache each time. Luckily I'm not on Steam.

[@mab14464]

I am using "mklink" (a Windows command) to create a junction. So you can have individual maps or all maps or all skins, etc. on a separate drive.

[@smacman68]

When a large update comes, I must delete a map to give me the space for the update, then reload the map. And I am downloading at 100 mb/sec so the actual time for download is not long, the unpacking is what’s taking so long. Good news

[@OrlandoDibiskitt]

IIRC, sometimes ctrl+Z can be used for undo in the mission editor (?). (haven't built a mission for a while tho') (several other shortcuts also work fine ctrl+c, ctrl+p etc...

[@hipgames]

Well as I know Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V works but definitely not the Ctrl+Z and we do work everyday with the Mission Editor

[@OrlandoDibiskitt]

@@hipgames Interesting.. must have a generated a false memory.. or it could be that it works in the run / write script box? Haven't made a mission for a while tho... might start again now that these improvements have been made!

[@AndrewH2791]

Still waiting for dynamic campaign and decent ground unit interaction never mind destructible terrain. Will check back in 7 years and see what did and didn't happen.

[@luib7701]

Enjoyable content 🍦

[@brandonchappell1535]

Omg, great news about the ssd. Every update i have to uninstall maps install update an reinstall maps one by one, even with 250gb free on a 1tb ssd. Complete nightmare!

[@Willykurtz]

When dam is destroyed. Will be flooded territory around there?

[@hipgames]

Hahah, good one! I really don't think that would be needed. The destruction alone should be enough but hey, cool!

[@marcosavila8215]

The mission editor updates, is actually very very weird, from the perspective of someone who dont use it, weren't these features there in the first place, select all and drag...undo wasn't there? omG as a music producer that uses Avid pro tools the undo function is probably the most used tool, i believe in adobe software as well, Uau. oh ED....sometimes feels like you are arriving always late to the party, about the files space is another feature used by other developers for decades now, on Discord we were speaking about it, its nice they are figuring out the code , they use C++ with UI logic and lua right? , creating algorithms to solve this amount of code lines . well its good news

[@tokinmonkey1280]

i think a better destruction modal with new maps would be amazing for example a base in lower then a damn blow the damn and destroy the base

[@aplaceinthesky82]

my God to do something so simple like group selection and rotate stuff they took century and it not even ready yet 🤣😅

[@drashig5514]

Undo button? CTRL+ Z works

[@SklllsS]

Dear Andre, do you know if DCS Standalone allowes in the future more than just one harddrive? For example the game on Drive "D" and some big maps on drive "E"? I read that the steam version already allowed this. But the only one is DCS Standalone :) Thanks in advance from germany!

[@hipgames]

Hello 👋 it would sure be a good idea 💡 for now I know users doing this with a hardlink type of connection. Don't know how good it would be for performance but I remember using it with MSFS. Best I can say, we will have to ask ED about, and I will thanks to your comment. Cheers!

[@SklllsS]

@@hipgames Thank you for your quick reply and that you talk to ED :) Yes i think this will be a argument for some users to buy new maps. Some Users have space on different drives but not on the "DCS main Drive" and when they can install in different drives they buy maybe some more :) Have a nice trip in the netherlands!

[@hipgames]

@SklllsS yeah, I think especially users having those M2 ssd drives with a bit more limited storage but wanting to take the benefits of using a fast drive for DCS. Thanks! We landed yesterday, its good to be here for a few days

[@Chidorin]

I wish dcs supported macos natively 😢

[@SDR_Alt]

#UndoButton2024

[@dienicy]

AH-64D question: If you turn your head (+/- roll) does the IHADS display follows or stays leveled?

[@hipgames]

You mean the flight path director lines? They are representing the Aircraft attitude in relation with the ground, not your head 🤣

[@Schmircop]

IHADSS shows the Flight Data, not the Movement of your head. Looking to the left/right while flying straight and level,, the IHADSS will always show the Flight Data of the straight and level Flight of the AC.

[@dienicy]

@@hipgames I play in VR. IHADSS in Cruise Mode during rotation along the lateral axis: the Cruise Horizon lines stay true to the horizon, while other symbologies (like the Heading Tape, for example) stay true to my headset orientation. When the aircraft is flying upside down, the bottom of the IHADSS display is towards the aircraft floor, while the Cruise Horizon Line is upside down. The degree values are shown upside down, while other symbologies are upright. Now, while flying straight and level: the Cruise Horizon Lines stay true to the horizon, while other symbologies remain true to my headset. Now, if I tilt my head by 90 degrees, the Cruise Horizon Lines will become vertical (relative to the actual horizon and the aircraft) and the Heading Tape will be towards the side of the aircraft. So my point is that "the IHADSS will always show the Flight Data of the straight and level Flight of the AC" unless I won't keep my headset level. I'd expect that the Cruise Horizon Line would keep indicating the horizon despite head movement. I guess I won't ever find out if this is how it works in reality, but I wonder if it's the same while using IR.

[@dienicy]

@@Schmircop I guess, I meant tilt not turn (hence the "roll" in there).

[@ScarBigBearPops]

How about the autosave for editor that saves your project every 5-10 minutes.

[@danielpiazza5195]

I’ve been in dcs for like 5 years but since it’s not a “flight simulator” but a “digital combat simulator” I wonder if they’ll ever add playable infantry with the fidelity of Tarkov or something because I feel like that would draw people in and if they added good fidelity tanks and other vehicles

[@aaronwhite1786]

They have something similar, at least in concept, with Combined Arms. But I don't know that they'll ever get too crazy in depth with it, just because I don't see there being a huge market they are missing out on. Odds are good most people wanting that kind of infantry play are happy to go with something that does the infantry part better than DCS likely even could like ARMA, where you might have to deal with simplified flight models and aircraft, but you get an overall world much better suited to it. I think the other big issue would just be the detail down low. For it to compete with the likes of ARMA would require map and texture detail that would likely make it a slideshow on servers where there are a lot of planes and helicopters operating.

[@liamjoseph992]

The damaged building models look epic. But the sinking building effect looks very cartoonish to me. And would not look good in a cinematic clip or trailer. Its kinda silly looking.. seeing the intact version of the building sink straight down .. Just to confirm.. The actual damaged building models look epic...definitely want that on all maps. Just the transition perhaps would be better without the sinking bit. Anyone agree?

[@daviddickey9832]

I hope that's not an HDD, it'll take 3 days to load DCS.

[@sixdegrees6434]

We need an ai mission generator. Or even a mission generator

[@dienicy]

I doubt that Ugra Media are any good at these.

[@ExactPlanet0]

What ever happened with the kola map giveaway?

[@hipgames]

We are still waiting for results from Orbx. I am curious as well 😀😊

[@lexx_freeman]

This destruction, when some textures just go halfway across the map, revealing textures with damage, doesn't look very good. looks wierd

[@alexanderyaants8304]

Meow were is Peprovich?

[@hipgames]

With his Baby Sitters ❤️

[@Michael-ig8ne]

If some of these people in the comments hate DCS so much, why do they still play it?

[@hipgames]

And even watch a dedicated youtube channel, right? 😊

[@gibmeister5854]

Now we know how many war crimes have been done when attacking convoys on syria

[@Catling_Gun]

an undo button? in this economy?

[@hipgames]

I know...right?!?

[@Tome4kkkk]

Removal of Caucasus would have made some space...

[@Prof2phys]

Guys gals... what the hell... your HIP 10 is for 10$ reduction ???? Really... can't you ask Pimax to make it 10% ???

[@hipgames]

we had 99$ discounts for the other products but since the Crystal Light is new, that's what they offer plus the other benefits with ED miles for 15 bucks. Expect more offers soon with the Light as well.

[@Prof2phys]

@@hipgames Ta rog frumos Andrei... Make it Happen... 1000€ is expensive and now that I sold my G2 I feel the need...

[@juk-hw5lv]

More flashy crap, meanwhile cold war redfor is still stuck with one (1) full fidelity fighter made 10 years ago because MiG-23 is dead. Bravo zulu

[@hipgames]

Ever heard of: ,,Fly what you get, not what you want?" There are real reasons why there aren't so many REDfor modules. Don't get me wrong, I would love some new modules from the soviets but until so far, this is what we got!

[@subjectc7505]

Blame Russia for that 🤷🏽‍♂️. It's mods if you want to enjoy more redfor modules.

[@bradule1980]

Second 😂

[@Gremlinke96]

2st

[@pauldehart744]

second

[@lioflash5716]

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