Shaping the docs for the future
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@Snake122 I don’t agree with your comment…
my main complaint is that the information is scattered all over the place, and sometimes incomplete. In my opinion, the training document should answer the question of the operational use of the F16 (or others fighters) simulator, while the flight manual serves to understand the aircraft components and logically how it works through the simulator…
even if sometimes we also play the guessing game (e.g. the jammer effect, how make a kill shoot with fox3), I think this is an integral part of the simulator game, because revealing the secrets that have been hard-coded into the simulator serves no purpose, except to allow some people to exploit the loopholes in the game.
Now, if there were a section in this forum dedicated to the part of tactical & avionic usage where some could express themselves on these subjects only, it could be interesting and complementary… -
@suhkoi69 Can you please force once remove your french coat and put the shoes of the BMS team?
We have one of the most complete manual suite of the combat siming world…When it comes to tactics and usage, I think our goal is to provide base & raw information.
You have to take multiple things into account:- Strategy is country and doctrine dependent
- BMS team MUST not dictate the strategy of what should be done by users
- Falcon BMS provide a capability and I don’t think we should document everything
- There are limits to EW subjects as this is classified and we will always have a simplistic approach and we don’t want to provide more (for obvious reasons)
There are communities and squadrons for this, we are not a training simulator (sometimes your questions are going so deep dive that I wonder if you’re not training for your combat pilot degree )
Again, feedback is okay but please give @Micro_440th a break…
We are not 100 people, just a handful of people doing this on our free time.You want something? Then don’t propose it, do it…
PS: I am against having a dedicated strategy and tactical section on this forum as this is VERY borderline with a “game” simulator…
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@MaxWaldorf said in Shaping the docs for the future:
Strategy is country and doctrine dependent
BMS team MUST not dictate the strategy of what should be done by users
Falcon BMS provide a capability and I don’t think we should document everything
There are limits to EW subjects as this is classified and we will always have a simplistic approach and we don’t want to provide more (for obvious reasons)I never wrote the opposite …I fully agree with you!
@MaxWaldorf said in Shaping the docs for the future:
(sometimes your questions are going so deep dive that I wonder if you’re not training for your combat pilot degree )
Which ones? I don’t remember…
Now…I take your word, Max " FALCON BMS: as real as it gets!" -
@Snake122 Absolutely agree, the BMS Training Manual is the Chuck’s guide to BMS. Accessible, a little less pictures, but better content. The Chuck’s guide in DCS is accessible but leave you hanging a lot, the BMS training manual is better in this respect while still being focused on the task.
-JayB
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*Raises Hand I volunteer as tribute.
First, Micro_440th and team has done an outstanding job with the mountain of info that needs to be compiled without using the former author’s work. Second, like all things Falcon, a continually changing work of art, it will proceed and get better as time moves forward.
I agree with @Batman here with regards to content of the manuals. Manuals should be for the current version of the sim. If something is being talked about behind the scenes for near future release (2-3 weeks ) then N/I could be added and items included because it is on the dev timeline somewhere.
“As real as it gets” as it gets are the key words on what we currently have simulated.If it is RL jet info that is not pertinent to the sim, then put a link or reference and add it to an addendum or appendix for train travel reading.
As always – suggestions. Take it, leave it, change it, only one man’s opinion. I have been a consumer of this product and originals since 1987, I will gladly give back where I am able.
I look forward to the future with optimism.
Thanks to all the BMS Team members and community.
Bugler