I hope there is a 3D mission editor (like Jane's USAF). This way I can see if the flight I placed is directly in front of a mountain. Or as zzzzspace pointed out, there should at least be some indicator telling us the height of the terrian. I've very many times placed flights that fly straight into a mountain as it was impossible to evade due to the spawn point.

There is - observe the status bar on the bottom of the ME.

I agree, a 3d editor would be cool.

Nate

FC3? Do you have the link?

Thanks gx007

GOT THE LINK.

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=81589

I have A-10, FC2 and BS2 already and I see that they are trying really hard to make them compatible. Up until this moment for every new machine we had to install the game again. It is a waste of disk space and time. I wonder why they are not making a base package with graphic engine and map and then make it possible to buy separate add-ons to the core package in the form of maps, flay-ables, etc.

And the core package should only have the reaper drone flyable

I suppose it's a wee bit of a cash grab. If I get FC3 I will have purchased the sim 3 times. That being said I probably will. Oh and BS2 2 times. Hard to make a living in the Sim world. Must support the hobby.

It would be a cash grab if there were no new features compared to FC2. Now whether these new features in FC3 warrant your cash, it is for you to decide. Note however, the Full FC3 feature list hasn't been published.

Nate

I'm just cheap Nate, in these tough economic times (lost my job after 15 yrs.)... I didn't mean to come off Harsh. I own all the DCS products and will be supporting DCS as best as I can. Now that I don't have the expendable income I used to have, I wish these upgrades were free. All I can do at the moment is be patient and wait for sales to arrive.

I'd love to see the new easy avionics mode in A-10C and BS2 make it into FC3.

I can't imagine that'd be too hard to do.

I'd guess the decision to make an FC3 in the first place was a tough call on ED's part. Since they're effectively adding a old product into a newer one (i know FC3 is much more than that though). How many developers put this much effort into an old product (whether charging a fee or not)? I think its great that ED doesn't forget about the other half of their community and made an effort to keep everyone playing on the same battlefield.

I'm excited about the FC3 and the JTAC add-on can't wait to see what they bring to the table.

I too felt it was a pity that FC2 was fading into history much too soon with the advent of BS, A-10 and the new future plane. And I too was content to see concern towards keeping FC alive in FC3.