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DCS Hornet Pre-Purchase

Full disclosure: I own a couple dollars worth of DCS content, most of which was not bought on sale.

I support their development efforts with my hard earned dollars. In full truth, I was amazed and very pleased to see their 2 civilian based products (will probably buy them both).

I agree completely that we are living in a fantastic era for our hobby in many ways. However, to prefer their simulator solely for performance is to prefer AeroFly FS as well. It is not a "wrong" position but it is a very limiting one.

After a consumer buys a dozen or so DCS modules, they would have spent enough money to buy upgrade hardware.

As Ripcord pointed out, it is Eagle Dynamics lack of openness in the development cycle that will ultimately limit their market share and their appeal.
 
As Ripcord pointed out, it is Eagle Dynamics lack of openness in the development cycle that will ultimately limit their market share and their appeal.
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Totally agree! When I was on the inside over at Milviz. this was brought up in the back channels and in the open. The roadblock was/is on DCS's end and they have had some high profile devs openly try to get involved only to be turned away or have unacceptable conditions put in place that more or less made the dev(s) back away. Had they been more open, that sim platform would be way ahead of where it is now. The math is simple, more available content, more $$$.
 
A bit more on topic DCS has disclosed a Pre- Purchase window for the Hornet in their weekly News Letter....
"Last week we made DCS: F/A-18C Hornet available for pre-purchase and it has been a huge success for us. Thank you for the amazing support!Between April and the end of Spring 2018, we will release the Hornet into Early Access. For now though, pre-purchase and save 20$. Additionally, you will receive $19 in bonus points!
Pre-purchase and save $20 in DCS E-Shop!"
 
Yep, am really stoked about getting the Hornet, will be well worth the wait & money spent. Also wanted to ask, are they going to get the manual out early (as possible) to us pre-purchasers? The tutorial videos are great but I hope to get a head start on reading the manual before jumping in to the bird.
 
StormILM said:
Yep, am really stoked about getting the Hornet, will be well worth the wait & money spent. Also wanted to ask, are they going to get the manual out early (as possible) to us pre-purchasers? The tutorial videos are great but I hope to get a head start on reading the manual before jumping in to the bird.
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Hello Storm,From Wags FAQ Hornet thread......



Q: Will the Hornet release with a manual?
A: The Hornet will release with a Hornet Early Access Guide that will instruct you on how to fly and employ the aircraft. Once it is ready, we plan to release it early. As new features and functions are added during the Early Access phase, the guide will be updated to reflect this.
Upon release of the final product, the full manual will be released.

He suggests getting a Copy of The F/A-18 NATOPS manual available here......
https://publicintelligence.net/u-s-navy-f-18-natops-flight-manuals/

 
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