the new launcher looks so clean, although I'd love to see more functions for it, it has great potential

The Huey still has so much potential, I hope this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to updates for it. I'd gladly pay for updated graphics and functionality.

The ground AI update was so, needed. I’ll have to check it out. This could really be a game changer for real. In my opinion, the worse aspect was the sniper level AI for the ground units.

IMPORTANT ABOUT FC3 based MODS! I can say for sure that the F-22 mod does in fact work still, and I assume they all do. You just have to do the following: For the F-22, it uses the F-15C. IF you're using another based on something else, use that. First spawn the base plane, in this case the F-15C in on the ground and start in it, then have the F-22 as a second slot and simply change slots. If you try to get in the F-22 first, even with the F-15 in the lobby, it wont work. But if you spawn in the F-15, then switch to the F-22, it does work. I can't confirm this works with any other mods that use FC3, but I'd assume it does for some. There are a few bugs, such as the flaps and speed brake don't work, but I assume that'll be fixed (or just start working again) eventually. Everything else is fine. I just took down 3 Su-33s, a Wing-Long, and two J-11s on the Afghanistan map.

*Afghanistan Map* is really rough but shows promise. There is plenty of mountainous terrain with valleys and such that you can literally disappear in, but it is a long way from being presentable. It is a very large map that touches several important countries with some volatile histories. There is a lot of work to do on this map. (I have the full map.)

@AceDotBoogie

Ай бұрын

I mean it’s in EA like the Kola map…which just got updates. Probably expect the same over the next few updates

@Musix4me-Clarinet

Ай бұрын

@@AceDotBoogie I agree, somewhat. I was impressed with the KOLA map but not as much with this Afghanistan map. They are both just getting started, but I think they came out of the gates at different speeds. Also, I received the full map. The SW version was probably more populated in ratio. I have faith that it will be great, in any case.

Thank you for the breakdown on updates.

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

Thank you dear Warden ♡ once again you are a pillar of support for our channel 🙏

@zbeen-ah-lah

Ай бұрын

ew belkan

@lakota2-1warden

Ай бұрын

@@zbeen-ah-lah :c

The cinematics are *INCREDIBLE!*

Many legacy FC3 owners, including this one, found the aircraft licenses for all the aircraft were disabled and unable to be flown.

@UkrNomad

Ай бұрын

And they want 10$ for updating from legacy FC3 to new one, I feel scamed a little. But they already sold visual update for Ka-50 for 15$ so I can't say I'm surprised.

@LongTran-em6hc

Ай бұрын

Lol I found the same thing, and spent the 10$ It's only 10$ though.

@billpii6314

Ай бұрын

@@UkrNomad Dude, creating these things takes time and money, and 9.99 seems more than fair for FC2024. But frankly, I rarely, if ever, play it anymore as I find full-fidelity aircraft much more fun and operable.

@dampsok

Ай бұрын

​@UkrNomad it is more than visuals. They added the MWS as well as the igla launchers.

@thestatpow5

Ай бұрын

You just gotta redownload them in the download manager in game.

I was looking for that video right in that moment now. Was questioning, what the new update brings

Very good up date. The T-72B3 is now drivable. Nice! The Afghan map looks really good. Have not tested any Phantom updates.

In this update, the moon appears much bigger than it actually is supposed to be... I like the larger moon though :)

I have spent hundreds on this sim. No buyers remorse here. I love to support a group willing to put this kind of commitment into a project. Even have some high end controls for it. But I cannot find the patience to learn it. The amount of reading, and back and forth through the manuals, is really off putting. I have high respect for you guys who have this figured out.

@georgemathiellis5486

Ай бұрын

just focus in one airplane. Every day you play you will learn a bit more. Jumping from one module to the next makes learning nearly impossible.

You're the MVP for covering these. Thank you for your videos, always.

Great video, it's always a good day when HIP post a new video!! But you forgot to mention the Mirage F1 retexture and 3D remake 😂😂. And its kinda sad that nothing came from razbam apart from the SA map.

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

The Mirage F1 indeed. My bad, its was a crunch to get everything out. Will do a mention after the weekend

It's a shame this latest patch broke Tobii Eye Tracker for many, myself included, I was really looking forward to playing this patch. (Yes I already tried the fixes mentioned in the ED forum, did not work for me).

I feel the new interface for MP seems to hit my FPS hard in VR Q2 But i do like that I can change my graphics without restarting

@ueehurstonsecurity8887

Ай бұрын

same on quest 3, and if it gets too tasked by the game the quest 3 on link will enter this like stuttering mode that requires a restart of the game to fix. turns the world into a slide show and will not recover even if you go to a less resource heavy area. persists in menu even until you restart

i did not know that my screenshot could be used as a thumbnail for your videos. very cool!

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

I hope its you dear Phantom! Amazing Job

disable your antivirus when updating. I have to disable ESET temporarily when updating DCS

Massive news reporting job, thank you very much AC!

Thanks for another great update Andrei. False target? Is that like a fly in the radome? Thinking I might set up something on the supercarrier where I can watch my squadron do some training touch n goes while I sit in the captains chair drinking my morning coffee. Ohh nasty weather training just like irl. Btw your videos are best watched while drinking that morning coffee just like in my supercarrier, lol.

Will be good once the bugs get delt with again. The ai and ME improvements look great.

Thats defenitly a impressing peace of software. Wish there would be a racing simulation that would be so hardcore

Getting the F-86 and Mig-15-17 for FC3

Great update, good work ED.... love the Super Carrier features, you actually control the entire Naval Group, fantastic, sure there are a couple minor issues (hotfix), for myself I didn't notice anything not working.

Jester freaks out now when air to air refueling and wont shut up.

I am very happy to hear that ED is able to fix problems regarding the F-15E... Finally i can fully enjoy this thing again ❤💛💙 greetings from Germany

@CakePrincessCelestia

Ай бұрын

I'm glad they did that. Just a bummer that most content creators pulled their tutorial videos on the thing as I wanted to get into it finally... wasn't able to enjoy it earlier even though I got it with the 30% off pre release and I was really stoked to get that thing.

@roccothamanoidis

Ай бұрын

​@@TheFoxYTB Budgie Mod worked well over the past weeks to make the radar work. But great to see the official version able to run again.

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

@CakePrincessCelestia perfect timing to release our tutorials then 👍

@TheFoxYTB

Ай бұрын

​@@roccothamanoidisAgreed!!!

Unfortunately they broke quadviews foveated rendering for the Pimax Crystal which makes it unplayable for many players

Just bought Afgan map, amazing map, but I hope textures will be lifted with updates! Overall - amazing patch and additions like FC 2024!

Let’s see if this stops the constant crashing and freezing I’m now having in VR

Love yo hip keep up all the hard work keep me with the dcs times

DCS - releases update video Me - waits for HIP to release update news cause it's better

Great info as always.

So u was trying to get on some MP severs today (Contention 80s PVP) and when I joined blue, it brought me to the role selection page and just froze. I then joined a smaller server and the same thing happened. I don’t know why this is happening, but my internet is running fine and I’ve gotten onto these servers many times before. Anyways, knowing my pc specs might help so here they are i7-11700KF CPU RTX3060 GPU 64GB RAM 6TB HDD (which I will admit makes things slower) Noctua NH-L9x65 CPU fan (I have a few case fans, one 92mm and 2 120mm, just don’t remember the name) and I play with a Quest 2 headset DCS runs fine in single player, it does have a few lag spikes on bigger maps like Kola and Afghanistan, but it’s only when I take off from a runway and the go away shortly after.

This update broke support for Dynamic Foveated Rendering. For any headset that is not from Varjo, QuadViewsDFR from Mbbucia needs to be used, (which is not updated anymore) and used a workaround to detect the wonky OpenXR implementation of DCS. Now QuadViews doesn't detect DCS anymore and they need to fix this themselves. Hopefully they don't let this slide, quadviews is essential for the DCS VR experience

@blenderalien

Ай бұрын

@@imjashingyou3461 Bruh. So a potential 50-100% performance gain is not essential? Even in fixed foveation mode it can be a life saver

@blenderalien

Ай бұрын

@@imjashingyou3461 Have you ever tried it? You would need to have a Pentium CPU and a 4090 to see no improvements here. I am not hyperbolic, basically everyone profits immensely from quad views.

@CakePrincessCelestia

Ай бұрын

@@imjashingyou3461 The only one being hyperbolic here is you. I haven't heard of that thing before since I don't have been trying to get dynamic foveated rendering at all for the lack of eye tracking on my hardware, but after delving into it and seeing reports of like 40% fps gains on a Reverb G2, this totally _IS_ quite important for many users, even when many of those still don't know like I did. It's great if you don't need it, but this is almost like that mythical "download free fps for free" meme getting real.

2:40 Was greeted by that as well... 3:26 Most importantly, you can turn it off if you don't want it. Kudos for that! 3:42 To be fair, it's great that this happened. I probably wouldn't have heard about that software otherwise in quite a while. I've read of users with a G2 getting like 40% fps gain out of it even if it's just for basically having a better version of fixed foveated rendering. I might actually try that for my Q3, even though I got quite decent rates now with my 4080s, basically getting 90fps in most non-action scenarios. But getting more headroom is always better. Just need to find the sweet spot on that - I noticed using the foveated rendering thing in OXRTK unsharpens it too much in the peripheral areas when you have those awesome lenses. If only I had eye tracking... 4:08 Petrovich 6-9 - nice! But we still have to scroll though endless lists instead of having them per airbase/carrier/FARP 4:50 This is great! 5:22 Noice! When I still ran my old 3570k, 32GB, 1080, CV1 rig, I could fly with rock solid 45 straight. But as soon as I went on any of those "scripted" servers, I literally was in the single digit frames region - even if running the thing in pancake with basically all graphics options turned off at just 960x600 res. The load on the CPU of a mass of units on those servers was the ultimate game killer. 5:30 First thing I noticed was the International logo on those things... interesting how playing ATS lately affects how I look at truck things XD Still got to get a 9900i there, but I just bought a LoneStar and want to upgrade it... but I'll probably always get back to my trusty 389, not even the W900 can keep me off of that. 6:07 nice! 7:38 "Radar inoperative problem fixed _By EaGlE dYnAmIcS."_ 8:17 It's not that cool if only that one module has that "feature", though. 10:31 NoIcE!

Big problems with the new update in VR. Unplayable for me in Open XR. Steam VR also crashed on me in the new multi-player server menu.

Long shot, but I hope the laucher gets Mod manager.

Thanks👍

Whats the Apache campaign on kola cant see anything on website

how can I make jet flow interact with those trees? it looks amazing

Somehow for me mirrors on all aircraft are broken after the update. All specs are at high/ultra.

@snakeoo7ca

17 күн бұрын

Press M?

Thanks HIP

Thanks dude!

Afghanistan looks terrible for me with everything on max. Terrible ground textures. Lots of graphical articles like spiky "pyramids " or steep holes that suddenly is there. Sure look fine if you only fly at 10k feet. But flying in vr in a Kiwoa along the Helmand river just pulles me out of my immersion.

@Loopyllu365

Ай бұрын

Well they said that the detailed sections are around towns and airports. To me it looks amazing but as soon as you go out of them sections then it goes down hill big time. But they said there bringing more detailed areas in early access

@Gunfreak19

Ай бұрын

@Loopyllu365 I've only flown in the part ED has said is basically finished. Flying around Helmand river(the main geographical feature of the part ED says is done. There are so many bad textures, rivers going up and down like a waterpark ride. Giant reverse pyramid holes random places

@chefboyarb

Ай бұрын

@@Loopyllu365I was in the f15e at angels 30 last night flying over the mountains. Even took screenshots. It looks pretty good to me. All setting pretty high running 4k. I’m a simple guy tho

@Loopyllu365

Ай бұрын

@@chefboyarb same here :) I just went out in the 16 and I thought it looks awesome with the parts that’s been worked on

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

Tell me out of curiosity, did you checked both checkmarks when installing the map? Both Afghanistan and southwest region?

has anybody noticed all kinds of controller conflicts? I have the full Thrustmaster Hotas warthog kit, red alerts all over the place especially with the right throttle.

Any updates on RAZBAM? The F15E would be a perfect fit for this map!

Best thing with the new launcher is it has an option in settings to not use the launcher. For the F-14, really wish they would make the horrible "forge" elements able to be disabled.

@CakePrincessCelestia

Ай бұрын

I just wish we could have a way to have a more pristine one, especially without the janky wiring that is supposed to keep the buttons from falling out like utterly broken teeth. I mean I like them going for realism, but somehow it also feels like I'm flying a museum piece, especially if all the other modules aren't like that.

I uninstalled my FC3 modules then reinstalled them. They work but I could see how it could break mods that depend on them.

Is the Giant of Kandahar included?

What about the discount for the owners of FC3?

BMS 4.37U4 all day

About time!

well now the eagles targeting pod only sees boxes😆tanks, AAA, and trucks all look like big white boxes unfortunately...

Is this new update out yet? I just tried loading DCS and it just went straight in to the game with no update. Yet some are complaining that the update has broken their sim.

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

Are you on standalone or steam version?

@thestatpow5

Ай бұрын

Don't forget to launch "DCS updater" and not just the main game executable.

@stevengunard8135

Ай бұрын

@@thestatpow5 Didn't know there was an updater! In the past It's just automatically applied updates when I've launched the game! How do you access this?

@stevengunard8135

Ай бұрын

@@hipgames Standalone.

The update is a mess. The launcher is buggy and the dynamic slots freeze the game

I really want them to add sparrows to the f 16

So looks like Razbam will be seeing ED in court then? The carrier update looks good, but I'm with the plane captains people!

Many perfomance issues with new update in multiplayer.

@OisinClissmann

Ай бұрын

Same here. On some servers or some maps it's fine for an hour and i'm at my fps cap then after that it goes down by 30-50%.

dcs updater will not let me update. Gives authorization errors. What can I do?

Ever since installing update and Afghanistan, my control schemes are glitching like crazy. Lots of stuttering, q3 headset volume keeps adjusting randomly (with volume bar visibly popping up), Kiowa pilot/copilot controls activate without any binds. All binds confirmed and reconfirmed. Made DCS almost unplayable. Anyone else?

@Tom-qf3mq

Ай бұрын

It f****d mine controls completely. I'm standalone but launch via Steam as I play VR along with a Dualsense controller, I configure the controller with Steam this is why I launch via Steam. After the update, DCS wouldn't recognise any controller I connected, constant TrackIR unplugged error messages. The fix was to launch via the actual DCS .exe and to manually reconfigure the controller in DCS, but at least it registers the controller. Took me hours to figure out the issue!

@roccothamanoidis

Ай бұрын

Quest 3 here with OpenXR, standalone DCS. All binds still there, flew F15E, F/A18c - no problems. Only thing I needed to change to prevent stuttering on some Afghanistan airports was to reduce preload terrain distance from 80k to 69km or nm. And I'm glad to still have my fully stable 72fps even on multiplayer, which I also had in last version.

@Tom-qf3mq

Ай бұрын

My ‘fix’ was to disable the new launcher. After disabling the launcher, all of my control schemes were back and working perfectly, with zero controller/TrackIR unplugged error messages. This will likely only be applicable for people who use steam to create their control schemes. Apparently, there’s an issue where Steam doesn’t know DCS is running in the background due to a conflict with the new launcher.

This update has broken multiplayer for me and others. It looks like it is the new multiplayer selection menu. Fuming!

Is there going to be some F-16 Norway liveries? Or we already have it? Idk cuz I couldn’t find it in the game

Day off,new patch on the same day my new collective came in. Also get a strike in the nuts because it’s unplayable in VR…. Figures.

@r4dio4ctiv3man9

Ай бұрын

Never play on patch day ;) While tbh, i guess it´s patch week for ED :D

@CakePrincessCelestia

Ай бұрын

I'm kinda glad I still have to wait for my Moza AB9 base... XD

Any vr optimization at all? used to be able to play no problem, now its a laggy mess, i miss playing dcs

Unfortunately they didn't remove that annoying "Steam authorization error. No saved authorization found" which happens every three days of offline playing.

my FC3 planes work, but keeps telling me to install them every time i sign into dcs, any one else have same thing happening to them

Just wish it looked that fast in the cockpit, would make it more of a rush but it wouldn’t be realistic then and it is a simulation after all…! Still, would be better in my novice opinion..! ✌🏻💙

@eustacequinlank7418

Ай бұрын

Fly lower.

@curleex3838

Ай бұрын

@@eustacequinlank7418 I’m not THAT good 😂

That’s a big ass update

the new launcher is cool but it make tobii unable to work in DCS you need to disable the launcher to make it work....

pleasee continue the f-15e 😭

@jdantispam338

Ай бұрын

Next year, maybe

when will we see the mirage f1m?

So mods are still fucking broken?! That is so frustrating

can iceman do my air to air refueling for me yet?

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

Oh I would love that too... really

@CakePrincessCelestia

Ай бұрын

The feature I didn't know I wanted all along. But well, Moza AB9 will be there soon to replace my lores Sidewinder FFB2 without having to sacrifice FFB. And I'll probably go for floor "mounting" the thing (acutally just dumping it there, hoping it won't slide around) with some extension modules to get the stick grip to where it belongs to be. That will be like a 690% precision increase, probably.

you link doesn’t go to the update log

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads-up

Vr is very broken, I have a beast of pc that use to run 90fps and now can't get pass the fancy dynamic slotting page

@DanneJensen

Ай бұрын

Check if some settings have changed, got no problem on my end with vr, works like before on high settings

@r4dio4ctiv3man9

Ай бұрын

Me too. The slotting page is a frozen image on the vr mirror and black screen on the lense. OpenXR settings were reset to default, but setting it up again didn´t help. Singleplayer runs fine though, even with heavy loaded missions.

@DanneJensen

Ай бұрын

@@r4dio4ctiv3man9 that sucks man😭

another homerun AC

The new launcher doesn't launch MT.

@thestatpow5

Ай бұрын

Ah I see, thanks. I was wondering why tf my game was so laggy all of a sudden after the update despite changing no settings

@OisinClissmann

Ай бұрын

What do you mean? When I launch my MT DCS shortcut it brings up the launcher, through which I get into the game. Are you saying it's then bringing me to the ST game?

@roccothamanoidis

Ай бұрын

still MT for me. Maybe your launcher starts the non MT exe?

"Smoke-winders for airshows"??? What the Actual Flop?!? 🤨🤷‍♂

Broke multiplayer for me I can’t get past the freezing of the select role and the f14 I heard because I can’t try it myself is broke in a few things….😔

@OisinClissmann

Ай бұрын

On populated mp servers the role/spawn select window is extremely laggy and irritating but I haven't crashed from it yet. Have you waited through the freeze?

@Lonewolf23-26

Ай бұрын

@@OisinClissmannyeah unfortunately it eventually crashes the game for me.

Good day Andrei! The new patch update has been a disaster. All of our servers went down after the "new update". The "dynamic" installed caused so many issues. Servers crashed, DCS crashed. Our server IT guru has been working over 12 hours in a attempt to get the issues resolved. He had to contact ED on the issues which came up. Other Squadrons are reporting the same issues. People are a little bit p****d. They have had since May 7th to fix or repair this patch ....DCS crashed multiple times on all our maps and servers.

@hipgames

Ай бұрын

Missions issues especially on servers are expected. I am sorry to hear you had such problems. Await either the fix or your miz file requires changes and the lua code.

@davidjames7382

Ай бұрын

@hipgames our server IT guy has been working on it for over 12 hours. Several of our mates even tried other Squadrons servers, same issues on completely different servers. Another ED disaster in the making.

@davidjames7382

Ай бұрын

@SgtDevRupesh_ALT far as I know, our Server IT specialists worked on the servers for 12 hours, he had to work this morning and has to work on it further when he is off shift. So we will see tonight. We usually have "Squadron night" on Fridays...IMO, I don't think the servers will be back up by 1900 EST.

my first update as a few DCS player and hooo boy I'm literally going to refund my recently bought p-51. the update broke the game for me, incredible stutters when I move my camera. tried every single "fix" available. deleting folders, mouse polling, even fucked up a USB on my pc by messing with drivers. the game works fine until I move my damned camera. I'm not eve sure it's a big enough Issue where ED will fix it soon...

@thestatpow5

Ай бұрын

Were you used to run the game in MT mode? cos the new launcher apparently doesn't launch multithreaded ...

@ambientlightofdarknesss4245

Ай бұрын

@@thestatpow5 I tried both Multi thread and regular modes. the both cause stuttering

Most broken patch of all times for VR users. Controllers of quest not working etc etc...

First ^^