Awesome work.

Do you know if this will work with Aeyes payware hi res cockpit? Or do we have to overwrite that?

Cheers

It works both with and without it.

Great thanks.

Very much appreciate the work - this looks so good I bought the game now as a new player even though I have DCS Black Shark. Black shark is lacking a good campaign and I've clocked too many hours in the Russian bird.

I'll be firing up the Apache tonight and reading some more Ed Macy soon

Must...resist...innuendo....

I'm reading Ed Macy's book too at the moment, great read.

It's a shame that EECH can only really simulate conventional war (both sides have tanks/helicopters). Some Counter Insurgency missions would be awesome.

ARNEH, On the Topic of British Apaches.. what is the probability of adding CRV7 as a rocket type? My understanding is that they are significantly more accurate that the US Hydra70.

His second book Hell Fire I'm reading now. Just as good as the first in my opinion. I'm only a quarter or less into it and just like the first one I have this sad feeling that comes with the knowledge that like the first, this book too will end eventually.

Arneh

Will the following new product be usable with the new update please?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002HH9TRY/

Many thanks

Probably not from the start. Not sure how that works, if it needs keyboard presses or joystick buttons. But neither of those are likely until we have remapping of keys available.

Another problem is that the Apache's MFDs have more buttons (6 general buttons per side, plus some special purpose buttons), while that one only has 5 per side...

Arneh

Looking at the docs, it seems that it appears as a multi-button joystick device. So I was going to buy a set and use AutoHotKey to capture the key-presses and transfer them to EECH.

I realise that it does not have the same number of buttons as an Apache MFD, however to have one custom built I have had a couple of quotes in the region of £200-300 per MFD! (I have produced a 3D model suitable for importing into a CNC mill.)

At about £70 for a set of 2, this is an absolute bargain for pit builders as it can also be mounted flat (with the base removed) in a simpit...

Cheers

Yes, I completly agree with you! Also IMO the biggest drawback of EECH (including the latest versions) is that this sim hardly models infantry soldiers (on foot). Unfortunally this is a trend which affects almost every helicopter sim ever made with the exception of DI's Hind which was IMO the only helo sim that modeled infantry foot soldiers with a decent and good degree of accuracy!
This is a decision that I never understood since gunship helicopters (and also transport/assault ones) are supposed to support and work very closely with friendly frontline ground forces fighting against enemy frontline ground forces and as everyone can easily imagine the main and most numerous unit of ANY and ALL army units in the world specially the ones on the frontline is BY FAR the foot infantry soldier!

At first what I really would like to see in future versions of EECH is MUCH, MUCH MORE infantry units not only in the bases but specially in the front lines together with mechanized units! Infantry units are already modeled in EECH but they are unfortunally VERY FEW and it's rare to see any foot infantry soldier in a EECH mission or campaign (and most of those few ones are soldiers armed with Stingers and Strelas) and those rare ones are only located around bases well inside friendly or enemy territory and NONE are to be found near the frontlines!
I would like to see this as a priority for future updates/patches in EECH and IMO doing this MUST be the first step so that somewhere in the future we could have Counter-Insurgency missions/campaigns.


This is perhaps the main reason why my current "helicopter sim" that I play the most is in fact ArmA2!