Thanks for that Lucky, I'll give it a read.

A question for Nate or someone else in the know.

How hard would it be for someone who has develped an aircraft for FSX to port that over to DCS World?

Obviously FSX lacks damage modelling and weapons.

And would there be any legal issues I wonder? Could you develop a model for both FSX and DCS world?

And any idea what the business arrangement with DCS is for a third party developer? Does DCS take a cut? Do they demand certain standards, etc?

I believe Luckybob is working on a step-by-step guide for exactly this. Also if a dev is serious about porting aircraft they should get in contact with ED directly.

Nate

That's quite exciting. it suggests already existing aircraft can be brought into DCS relatively quickly.

Reminder, at The Fighter Collection we own and fly P51Ds www.fighter-collection.com, so we have a lot of data, and know how it feels to fly, which to me, is the most important factor, despite the limits of a simulation on a consumer level PC. DCS:51D is still in beta. Some more tweaks in engine management, radiators etc etc to be done. As well as the AI P51 pilots who are a bit too super-human at the moment!

Amen!
/runs in tears

I'm a long time reader, 1st time poster, This is a great game and I'm loving DCS - P51.

I have a question and I'm sure others are wondering the same...

A few posts back are screenshots of the FW109 and B17, are there any websites that we can follow along and watch development of these cool addon modules?

Can't wait to add in the B17 and fly escort

sfmadmax, unfortunately no, at this time.

Fine 1st post. If you are a new flight sim-er then welcome and may there 100,000 more just like you.

IRIS who are an FSX developer have committed to DCS World, but I think they are doing new aircraft rather than porting, and modern jets rather than old iron.
As sadly are the other two committed developers.
(But of course I will be buying the Typhoon and Hawk when available. )

Good news, and would be usefull if we could also import FSX WW2 ships and vehicles into DCS World also to build a better home for the P-51.
I'm assuming that scenery would not be possible, so any ships implemented as scenery would also be out.

Cheers
keith