Purdy! Seems like it won't be long now.

So...if they've got the FAT added, when does the Paid Air Temperature gauge, that supports microtransactions, get added?






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ED's not EA

oficial video, by Mi-8Pilot
http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1717452&postcount=652


http://youtu.be/-URVYxyIww4

It's been "any day now" since that release announcement was accidentally posted on the ED site, and they stated they were going to create the installer package "this week".

That was six weeks ago. So i'm refraining from interpreting any sings as meaning release is imminent.

Any similarities with North Korea are purely coincidental

A complex SW product like the Huey will certainly have teething problems along the way, so I'm happy as long as they are making progress - and they are. And don't forget the licence negotiations with Bell Textron, those alone must've took them a month or 3...

Doing what? Getting shot down :-) serious what will we be able to do with this other than try to stay above for 5 minutes?

Troop lift
Gunship escort
Supply
Scout
close air support
AFAC

...to name but a few

That's assuming that DCS will natively handle troop support or supply.

As it stands now, you can create groups of infantry to spwan when a chopper lands. Not ideal, as you don't get to simulate added weight, but you can certainly have scenarios play out that result in troops being deployed when you land your chopper at an LZ. Even that will make for interesting missions.

...but yes, it would be much more interesting if the carriage of troops in the back of your chopper were actually modeled (especially if troops visibly being on board, and mounting/dismounting animations were provided). I wouldn't be surprised if that comes along at some point. If multi-player crew is possible, i don't see AI troops in cargo being impossible.

A trigger to set the cargo weight is already implemented.

That's cool. I guess it would be a store or unusable fuel tank as ballast (so it's value could be set with a slider)?

Any chance of sling load physics? I hear they can be quite a handful.

Perfect. With that function available, we basically have all the necessary components for troop transport in the editor. Cosmetic additions like troops in the back and mounting/dismounting animations would be nice, but are really just that - cosmetic.

Using the scripting engine, it will also be possible to generate troops and assign route waypoints dynamically so that they are based on the helicopter position in real-time as oppososed to pre-plotted in the mission editor. That's somewhat advanced stuff, though, not available in the ME interface and requiring some work with Lua. Still not perfect compared to actual loading/unloading feature, but should be sufficient as a workaround for now. Hopefully new infantry modeling will be done as well for the final release or after, but certainly not for the beta release.

Sling load physics are in progress. Again, not for beta release, but we are optimistic about it being functional in final.

Are there any news about a slick version without unused weapons pylons and possibly even without door gunners?

Sounds interesting. Would be nice if you can release a test mission / script template for this in the future.

Maybe ED ought to refocus its efforts on supporting what's already out there. Their response to tickets is known to be abysmal, mine included, 2 weeks and no response.

Man oh man oh man this is shaping up nicely!

Maybe, but what's that got to do with the Huey per se? The UH-1H ain't ED's baby.