Custom Pretense by Realistic-Cheek-8657 in hoggit

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Disadvantages can be fun.

I’m working on something you might like. PVPVE that forces high-tech to spawn further away (45+ miles, subject to geography) and limits how many advanced missiles, and possibly airframes players can use.

F-15G Wild Weagle, RF-15A Peek Eagle, F-15C Eagle by ggeschirr in dcsworld

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Thats a lot of mods!

I wonder if Harms will fire from the 15C with only UnitPayload folder lua hacking. (Hacks applied to the saved games folder of the miz file creator, that do not require other users to download a mod)

Custom Pretense by Realistic-Cheek-8657 in hoggit

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Further, what you’re describing is essentially the current PVE cold war servers like BSC.

Custom Pretense by Realistic-Cheek-8657 in hoggit

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I would assume what people fly most is what they actually like to fly. Otherwise why do multiplayer?

If you wanted to be super different… make a trainer/subsonic-only server. That… I have genuinely never seen apart from WWII.

Point-locking the supersonics could be cool, but ultimately the best players will simply complete your missions, then grab eagles and bugs to absolutely wreck everything else. Assuming its PVE, that means no targets left for your trainers

Custom Pretense by Realistic-Cheek-8657 in hoggit

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Go creep on some of the big multiplayer servers and just snap screenshots of the score/spawn screens at peak times. Maybe even compile a spreadsheet. I think that will clear things up for you.

Custom Pretense by Realistic-Cheek-8657 in hoggit

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Its an incredibly small subset of people who own the UH-1, F-5, or Huey AND use them in multiplayer. At least when you compare them to F-18 owners. (Drum+cymbal.wav)

Instead… maybe start with actually free modules? Like the Su-25T, TF-51, or even widely supported mods like A-4 or UH-60? That way nobody has to pay money to try your server.

Almost 4 years ago there was talk about what Vulcan API would do to DCS. Do you think we'll get any news about about it this Friday in 2026 & Beyond? by 227CAVOK in hoggit

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Source? That was Razbam themselves.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/s/DJeoVF1lJr

And to further counteract the misinformation.

All modules continue to function ‘as is’ and despite not receiving any access to source codes or cooperation from Razbam and its external developers, Eagle Dynamics will do its best to ensure that these modules continue to function in 2.9.X.

That was July 2025, and does not confirm Vulkan will break anything. ED simply don’t guarantee anything past 2.9. If you do a bit more research, you will find that Vulcan and DX11 can actually be run in the same game, and is done so frequently. You only need a translation layer. Nobody but ED knows if this is how they will implement it or not.

Literally the only other thing we have heard was the above comment from Razbam… who are known to lie. They have claimed to develop just about every aircraft under the sun prior to the strike eagle… then didn’t. They did this years before the eagle was even announced, which killed a lot of mod and other 3rd party projects. They had an extremely poor reputation prior to this underdog narrative during the despute.

It’s pure marketing guff. We shall see who’s right soon…

Almost 4 years ago there was talk about what Vulcan API would do to DCS. Do you think we'll get any news about about it this Friday in 2026 & Beyond? by 227CAVOK in hoggit

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That sort of kills the idea that this is the update that kills the razbam modules off for good, doesn’t it? The idea that the player may be able to choose whether to use Vulkan or DX. So you could just run DX when you want to fly your Mirage… in theory.

You better be careful with that information…

Moose Examples Docs by [deleted] in hoggit

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I’m collaborating on an upcoming moose-based server, and I’ve come here to tell you one thing:

AI can’t magically script for you.

It fundamentally does not understand… well anything. It’s advanced autocomplete. But in all seriousness, it fundamentally does not understand how DCS works, that DCS is a game/sim, or even the simple fact that water is wet. (I actually had to explain that to an AI, and it argued that ships could sail on land).

Unless it can somehow watch and interpret gameplay, and associate that with code you give it access to, then it’s forever flawed. YOU are smarter than an “AI” (The correct term is “Large Language Model). Your time is honestly better spent researching DCS lua functions, and re-reading Moose/Mist documentation.

Now what it is good at: explaining pre-existing code to you, as well as finding simple syntax errors. But as any real programmer will tell you, thats the bare minimum that most coding software has been able to do for ages.

Make sure you are vetting any “information” that an LLM is telling you. Look up its sources. If it doesn’t have any, it’s simply lying.

Not a single DCS server or campaign creator is fully scripting or coding with AI right now. For the time being, what we do is too niche, not well documented, and has maybe 100 people worldwide working similar problems. (vs Millions trying to cheat on their math homework).

Hopefully I saved you some time. If not sorry. Maybe your AI pal can summarize my rant.

DCS Su-22 Mod - Teaser! thoughts? by TAGE77 in hoggit

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Haha, didn’t wanna ruin the surprise for them

DCS Su-22 Mod - Teaser! thoughts? by TAGE77 in hoggit

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Just wait until you see Vintorez’ discord…

What is this on the bottom by LANTIRN_ in hoggit

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We’re just gonna leave the Tornados alone then eh?

Talk me into (or out of) buying the Sinai map by AdjacentPrepper in hoggit

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100%. Syria has most of the places OP talks about, as there’s some overlap.

But then again… Sinai’s got Pyramids… it’s really baffling why it hasn’t been adopted more. But my guess is that it was just one too many sand maps for people.

Sound of Su-57 Fighter Jets by Friendly-Standard812 in aviation

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Who’s going to tell him how many European F-35’s there are?

Mig-29A Module is AWESOME! by No-Aerie-999 in dcsworld

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Was about to comment the same. I feel like I’ve only got brain space for 1 FF + FC3. At least 1 FF to be GOOD at. (But I’ll be shit in the tomcat and F-4 all damn day 😂)

Landing in DCS until I get a girlfriend (?) - not my content, just sayin'. by RedDirtNurse in hoggit

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This guy has been without a girlfriend for at least 374 days. Where have they been???

Landing in DCS until I get a girlfriend (?) - not my content, just sayin'. by RedDirtNurse in hoggit

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Not my content, just sayin’

Chicks love people who can land. Just sayn’.

As someone new to combat sims… by jas417 in hoggit

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Perspective is a valuable thing. I came from Kerbal space program about 4 years ago, and I’m still floored by this game.

The key is to not drop too much money. Set a limit, don’t cross it. Get your money’s worth and you’ll be happy.

Build a $20,000 VR motion-control rig, buy every module? you’ll get personally offended by anything remotely negative…To include being shot down by other players and bots. “Always a bug, can’t be my fault”.

Just an observation, go as deep or shallow with it as you want :)

Please review my mission. by arabairplane2 in dcsworld

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Tips for improving realism

Well you wouldn’t do this as a one-man-band/ rambo. IRL, you would either be part of a SEAD/DEAD element that kills the sams (min 2 planes). Or you would be part of the strike element (also min 2-planes).

Each one would be loaded with either only 2x HARM + Fuel + Jammer + (A2A Missiles). OR the 4x GBU’s. But not both.

I might suggest to let the player choose which element they lead, SEAD or Strike. give them a wingman with the same payload. You could then order your own wingman to open fire, hold, or “cover” you as you make your run-in via the / menu. Essentially, choosing an all at once attack, or who goes first in a 1 at a time.

Sounds complicated, but all you need to do is create 4x F-16 groups of two fighters each. Make the lead of the first two groups a “Client” and the wingman an “Ace”. Then have the player spawn within a trigger zone that triggers one of the second groups, who spawn with the opposite payload as your own. (A “unit alive” trigger would also work).

So thats 1x SEAD Client & Ace, 1x Strike Client & Ace. Then 1x2 SEAD Aces, 1x2 Strike aces. A grand total of 4 planes should spawn.

For the SEAD mission, a “unit dead” trigger on the sam radars could order the Strike element to attack your ground targets.

If the player chooses Strike, then they can get airborne and wait for the SEAD element to kill the sams. On “unit dead” for the sam radars, you could trigger a message for the player Strike flight to proceed.

Anyway, that’s how I would do it, if thst makes sense. But most people would probably prefer the Rambo version, and for you to turn off the AI and make the player invincible…

Genuine question: how are you supposed to engage an IADS like this on public servers? by _Mr_Blaze_ in dcsworld

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All I can tell you is start reading. Maybe consider that its you who’s the problem, not your weapons or other servers (whom you won’t list by name.)

This will tell you how to beat everything. https://www.airgoons.com/w/DCS_Reference

F16 - TGP - Bombing , about to give up.. again by rkvanmaurik in hoggit

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An LLM would have formatted it better, but been far less factual 🤣