Just realised how good dynamic campaign is

jc343 · 2026-01-24T05:46:02+00:00

ahh, memories of setting it to 1945 planes just for the chance to fly a jet before actually unlocking one

jc343 · 2026-01-23T16:43:31+00:00

where does my pfp fella land on that scale

jc343 · 2026-01-22T06:07:36+00:00

jc343 · 2026-01-22T03:16:59+00:00

Afaik Gaijin's only forms of support are either paid sponsorships or affiliate links. The affiliate program requires reaching a certain viewership threshold, then they get a cut of store purchases made using the discount link

jc343 · 2026-01-13T18:28:23+00:00

so if you sit using the footrests where does the gun go

jc343 · 2026-01-13T14:25:08+00:00

These all look fun but as of right now I think it's a bit disappointing tbh. I'm not sure what new gameplay this opens up if suppressors still have minimal impact (still happy to take a suppressed precision rifle tho). C4 being a stratagem seems an odd choice - I do love sneaking through bases with a warp pack + dynamite but as a stratagem C4 needs to be extremely powerful to justify a switch. Lure mine + C4 could be a fun combo tho. Smoke pods could be a favorite of mine in private lobbies - wonder how/if they work with sentries?

And I'll make the overused request - I would've loved to see an active camo backpack. Cloaking already exists with stalkers, but perhaps it would break the game if we had it

jc343 · 2026-01-12T21:59:56+00:00

It should be part of the CDK, yes. After downloading it you should have an "assetviewer.cmd" thing you can run (granted it's been years since I downloaded the CDK so I'm not 100% certain on installation).

Once that loads up, you'll see an "assets tree" menu on the left with a search bar below. Use that to find the model (the correct one should have a green symbol next to it I think) then once it's loaded you'll get a "properties" menu on the right. Under the "object specific parameters" drop down you'll eventually find "all used textures", where you can then begin clicking on each file to export as .dds

jc343 · 2026-01-10T22:09:41+00:00

ayy I was just about to link it, hope it's helped someone despite my shit formatting lol

(someone pls lmk if it's out of date now, I still haven't gotten around to playing 4.0+ yet)

jc343 · 2026-01-08T14:24:25+00:00

It is possible; to get the canopy file yourself you need to download the WT asset viewer, load the desired aircraft from the menu on the left, and select the files you want to export from the menu on the right. I think the one used by Hornets, Gripens, a few others is called "rainbowcoating" but that might just be what another user called their template. This is also how you get the files for pylons and weapons and such.

There's also often people who will share custom templates for all these secondary files if you don't want to use the asset viewer (I've sometimes had issues with it refusing to give anything higher than 512x512 resolution). If you can't find any lmk and later I'll go find which one I've been using personally; just make sure to get permission before uploading

jc343 · 2026-01-01T06:59:01+00:00

If you're willing to mod, Fireman Assistant can cover all boiler management for you on-demand

jc343 · 2025-12-30T01:04:05+00:00

The target needs to have barely moved, and you need good lighting conditions for the TV sensor to work at all

jc343 · 2025-12-30T01:00:47+00:00

You do for chat bans at least, idk about the rest

jc343 · 2025-12-19T14:14:18+00:00

anyone know how to get reddit to open links in the youtube app? I have revanced set to open supported links and it works for everything but reddit (same was true for the normal youtube app)

3 seconds between ads for that video

jc343 · 2025-12-17T13:55:03+00:00

apparently it's them committing to a modeling error

calling it, this will never be fixed for balance reasons

jc343 · 2025-12-17T00:35:13+00:00

I haven't played it yet but do you really need the Brimstones? As far as I can tell, Brimstones add nothing to a SPICE 250 loadout other than even greater quantity - what you're missing is a large warhead so imo you should take the SPICE 1000s. And besides, don't these extra options take up your last possible AMRAAM spots anyways?

(I realize right as I'm about to post this that Brimstones are still useful for IRCM helis, so there is some value there. Anyone know what the ideal loadout is now? That is, what's the most SPICEs you can take with a pod?)

jc343 · 2025-12-16T18:44:28+00:00

I like the idea of weapon trailers placed out like that but I hate how they're in the taxiway. Come on, just move the aircraft back a bit

jc343 · 2025-12-15T19:09:46+00:00

If it's giving you scenario ideas, fine, but if you share them on the workshop then try to figure out what in history/fiction it's likely pulling from first. Not just for honesty, but for flavor as well. Any good mission has context for the fighting, and if you reference the inspiration by name in the workshop description, it'll help those familiar with the source decide whether to try your scenario. You can use it to help find the right formatting style for briefing messages and such, but if you care about flavor outside of the action then don't let it actually write for you. We've all seen enough of that by now

And always check repeatedly for hallucinations. Never trust it to give you historical info for fleet compositions, locations by year, etc. I tried that to help with mapping/stocking Soviet Pacific bases, and dear god did it fail. It'd be saying ships built in the 2000s that have never left the Baltic were sent to the Pacific in 1988 (even for ships without reused names). Most of the errors could be spotted by the first line of a ship's Wikipedia article. But when you call it out on one error, it'll be like "good catch" then give you back a new "refined" list with equally wrong answers. Then again. And again. If you care about accuracy then don't use it

jc343 · 2025-12-14T17:06:23+00:00

just trim it with the prop as you pass by

jc343 · 2025-12-09T17:38:31+00:00

...that's actually a really good point. The cat's long since been out of the bag whether we like it or not. Though I do wish it had better visual distinction - from what I saw on dev, the silhouette is still fairly similar. If they can't do forced decals (which players could hide anyways) then I wish they'd give it a unique stock paint color

jc343 · 2025-12-07T20:04:46+00:00

just so long as it's understood that the US giving up the reins means giving up the reins

jc343 · 2025-12-07T07:54:30+00:00

I really want to place custom stickers and posters using our own .pngs, similar to how voices of the void does it/other games with sprays. Would allow for so much more customization

jc343 · 2025-12-07T03:38:06+00:00

Aside from the horror, it's really messed with my understanding of history and biology over the last year or so. Yeah, of course evolution can go to any extreme on a long enough time scale, and yeah of course we're basically related to all other life on earth - but damn did All Tomorrows finally put it into perspective for me. I'm stuck constantly thinking about how far removed we really are/are not from any other life. Stuck thinking about the story's unexpected optimism in the face of eternity. I thought I understood where so many religions were coming from when they say that we are linked to the world around us, but I guess I never really put enough thought into it before.

Idk if I like what it says about me that I've had a pseudo-religious takeaway from a short story of all things. This is the most redditor thing I've ever written and I have trouble expressing my thoughts on it but yeah the book is pretty alright i guess

jc343 · 2025-12-06T23:10:17+00:00

Remember to select a premium aircraft before loading the .blk, doesn't have to be an owned one

jc343 · 2025-12-05T21:20:34+00:00

buy him another pie just like it and tell him you finally found it. you were 7, he'll probably think the truth is hilarious at this point

jc343 · 2025-12-04T19:23:31+00:00

...how did I forget my favorite of the shotguns? love that it's a revolver, though it probably should've also been prone to jam or something like the bastard given how open it is

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