#4414969 - 04/06/18 06:45 AM
DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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Do not get your hopes up just yet people but there is something happening here. Hopefully it does not fold like Kinney Interactive, Coretex, and the other 10 3rd party developers. Confirmed by NineLine himself. Expect a 4 year + build, it would be interesting to see what comes of it. Source I am Curious of the 'EDSA' bit, EagleDynamics teaming up with a developer called SA? anyone able to shed a bit more light on who is ESDA?
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#4414972 - 04/06/18 07:08 AM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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I am Curious of the 'EDSA' bit, EagleDynamics teaming up with a developer called SA? anyone able to shed a bit more light on who is ESDA?
Apparently that is the acronym for ED as a registered Swiss company. Eagle Dynamics SA Av. de Florimont 3, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland CH-660.2.221.000-8 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/legal/
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#4414975 - 04/06/18 08:16 AM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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I am Curious of the 'EDSA' bit, EagleDynamics teaming up with a developer called SA? anyone able to shed a bit more light on who is ESDA?
Apparently that is the acronym for ED as a registered Swiss company. Eagle Dynamics SA Av. de Florimont 3, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland CH-660.2.221.000-8 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/legal/ Thank you, cichlidfan
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#4415012 - 04/06/18 12:41 PM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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#4415205 - 04/07/18 10:19 PM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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Doesn't SA mean corporation?
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#4415322 - 04/08/18 09:38 PM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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I wish them all the luck with that project. They may really be asking for it this time, it'll be compared to the BMS implementation to no end and the dynamic campaign feature of BMS will be put to the forefront even more, greatly highlighting ED's big gap even if they do make it to BMS-level or better in implementation.... which is highly doubtful to start with. Maybe after a 5-year development and a 2-year beta period, they will approach what BMS is **NOW** so who can tell what BMS of +7 years from now would look like?
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#4415513 - 04/09/18 07:02 PM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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I wish them all the luck with that project. They may really be asking for it this time, it'll be compared to the BMS implementation to no end and the dynamic campaign feature of BMS will be put to the forefront even more, greatly highlighting ED's big gap even if they do make it to BMS-level or better in implementation.... which is highly doubtful to start with. Maybe after a 5-year development and a 2-year beta period, they will approach what BMS is **NOW** so who can tell what BMS of +7 years from now would look like? But it will be pretty looking That said, I imagine it will still find a customer base. If you're the type of person who's invested in building a home F-16 pit for BMS, are you really not going to buy the DCS module just to take it for a spin? But yeah, I think 4 years from now DCS will need a lot more features that are back filled, including a campaign/career mode (I rather like the way that the new career mode works in IL2 BOK, myself) to stay relevant. For me, career mode + F/A-18 = happiness. A viper would just be icing on that cake.
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#4415518 - 04/09/18 07:14 PM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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... compared to the BMS implementation to no end and the dynamic campaign feature of BMS will be put to the forefront even more, greatly highlighting ED's big gap... I know a lot of people talk about dynamic campaigns and it certainly is a popular feature for flight sims, but many simply don't have any desire for such a feature. Personally I've never once looked at DCS and thought "I really wish this game had a good dynamic campaign". There are probably a dozen changes to the mission editor alone I'd like to see implemented before any time is put into a dynamic campaign. But I agree, the comparisons to Falcon certainly be brought to the forefront. I don't see that as a bad thing though. With luck the Hornet built some common ground work that can be used, but I still think it will be many years before we see a playable F-16 in any form in DCS.
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#4415602 - 04/10/18 08:07 AM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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But it will be pretty looking Yeah, that's the important bit, innit? Maybe up the minimum requirements to 128GB RAM? That said, I imagine it will still find a customer base. If you're the type of person who's invested in building a home F-16 pit for BMS, are you really not going to buy the DCS module just to take it for a spin? I have XP11 and FSX; I don't need or want to buy an F-16 in any of those sims. Why spend money on an inferior product when there's a superior one available? It will still find a customer base as "superior" may be subjective; I'm sure if they made an F-16 at FC3 levels, it'll still find a customer base. It'll probably be the same people who buy every module as well. There are probably a dozen changes to the mission editor alone I'd like to see implemented before any time is put into a dynamic campaign. There are a lot of things to change with the sim itself, so good luck to them if they decide to take this on. Maybe there is a reason why, even after that silly poll, that ED has not taken this project on yet. Maybe even at their current state, ED knows they cannot survive if they take this on. But I agree, the comparisons to Falcon certainly be brought to the forefront. I don't see that as a bad thing though. Exactly! This may actually turn out to be a very good thing..... for BMS
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#4415613 - 04/10/18 10:02 AM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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I don't believe this will ever be a real comparison to BMS. Simply because if it does not meet the expectations then the community/ED or whatever will simply says that it is not an ED product so maybe if it were an ED product then the result would be totally different.
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#4415712 - 04/10/18 05:33 PM
Re: DCS: F-16C by EDSA & BST
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If it's done by "EDSA & BST" then does that not make it an ED project? So if it's done by EDSA & BST, it's actually a product of BST and not by ED?
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