<p>Damn this is good news. Don’t feel bad about not releasing to soon. I’m sure all of us are just happy to hear things are being worked on. You guys do an absolutely awesome job and I am so happy that my favorite soon is still alive and kicking. </p>

Are you on the correct frequency? Did you ensure your DTC is loaded correctly?

<p>Damn this is good news. Don’t feel bad about not releasing to soon. I’m sure all of us are just happy to hear things are being worked on. You guys do an absolutely awesome job and I am so happy that my favorite soon is still alive and kicking. </p>

I use WDP to create the files that would be on your knee board. I then save those files to my OneDrive so I can open them on my iPad and use that in flight. I find it much easier and more intuitive than anything else.

@Warmoer:

While it is primarily a Viper sim we have had different flyable aircraft in various flavours or Falcon for almost the past 12 - 15 years. It is still a simulation engine and it can handle different platforms. If that wasn’t the case, BMS would have us fly Vipers only. We have a large community with varying interests and while some will happily only fly the F-16 there are others that see the potential to develop other aircraft as well. The Hornet is point in case. While the underlying tech is still a F-16 the possibility is there to create a more dedicated F-18C version if those with the coding magic can make it happen. If enough effort goes into that aircraft, at some point it will stand on its own feet and then it we will have a very capable F-18C sim as well.

The quality of flying aircraft is directly proportionate to the development time and resources people are willing to commit. While many systems on 4th gen aircraft and up are classified and information is hard to impossible to come by legally, there are many older aircraft that can potentially be developed to a high degree of accuracy. Take for instance older aircraft such as the F-4 Phantom, A-4, F-5 and many of the older MiGs and Sukhois and it could be entirely possible to create very accurate versions of these. While I love watching F-4 Phantom missions that people fly in BMS, seeing the Viper hiding under the duvet is not ideal. If we can develop a more generic system that does not rely on F-16 avionics to “drive” the simulation data and provide hooks/custom variables that third party devs can hook into then it would only take the time and effort for someone to develop a very accurate and plausible non-Viper aircraft that can stand on its own feet.

Debating what kind of sim BMS is of course is moot; it will be whatever the developers want it to be.

I partly agree with your sentiment, however, numerous times it has been stated that to change key aspects of the sim would require an overhaul of the code which doesn’t seem do-able ( I’m not a coder so I don’t really know the tech stuff). At the end of the day I think we’ll always just have repackaged Viper avionics in other platforms. Which doesn’t bother me. I only fly the Viper. If I want to fly a different platform I go to DCS. I think with the current state of the sim it will always be geared towards the Viper.

Maybe I’m wrong though and Falcon 5.0 will be released with all sorts of goodies.

Sure it would be nice to have some other aircraft. This is first and foremost a Viper sim. I don’t really see the need to fly “other” aircraft with Viper avionics. Lots of good guys have put in some serious effort into flight models and such but I think it’ll always just be a Viper sim.

As stated the Phoenix will out range you everytime. That’s a fight you aren’t likely to win on your own.

@Frederf:

Do I keep a collection of airbase details for whole theater beside me when I fly sim? No. Do real pilots? Probably.

Absolutely. I moved all my documentation into my one drive. That way I can access everything through my iPad that I also use IRL operating Q400. Having an electronic flight bag for BMS and DCS makes the simulator more realistic and fun.

Can’t speak for military, but in civilian aviation my company allows the use of autopilot right down to 200 feet. Most guys click it off around 1000 feet because flying is the fun part. Auto pilot is a great tool to lessen the work load.

What about starting a campaign mission or prebuilt TE?

Do you mean that you’re getting shot down, or that the sim is crashing?