We are delighted to announce that DCS: C-130J is now available. Developed by the Airplane Simulation Company, it brings one of the world’s most widely deployed tactical air lifters into DCS as a fully-fledged, deeply simulated module. Please note that you can also purchase the DCS: C-130J directly from the Airplane Simulation website.

At the heart of the experience is authentic cargo and airdrop gameplay. You will plan and execute ramp-to-ramp logistics, configure and deploy loads, and perform low-level, time-on-target airdrops. A first-person loadmaster mode allows you to walk the cargo bay and interact directly with loads and aircraft systems, bringing a completely new style of gameplay to DCS.

The cockpit is fully interactive and highly detailed, featuring modern digital avionics, HUD, and accurate instrumentation. The professional flight model captures the unique character of this large, powerful turboprop, with realistic engine and prop behaviour, heavy-weight handling, and the challenge of low-level tactical flying in demanding conditions. Systems such as the AE 2100D3 engines, advanced avionics, cargo management, defensive countermeasures, and damage modelling are all represented to the highest level of fidelity in Early Access and will continue to be refined as development progresses.

In multiplayer, you can fly as pilot, co-pilot, navigator, or loadmaster, sharing cockpit and mission tasks in real time with friends. This opens the door to complex cooperative scenarios: coordinated formation airdrops, joint CAS support with fighter packages, or multi-ship humanitarian operations into challenging terrain.

Key features at early access:

• Authentic Cargo Operations
  
• Interactive, Voiced Checklist System
  
• Real time, ray traced reflections: exclusive to the C-130
  
• First-Person Loadmaster Experience
  
• Fully Interactive Cockpit
  
• Realistic Flight Dynamics
  
• Detailed Systems Simulation
  
• Multi-Crew Multiplayer
  
• Dynamic Missions
  
• Outstanding Visual Detail
  
• Comprehensive Documentation and Training

In this update we are releasing several cargo and logistic features we timed together with the DCS: C-130J by Airplane Simulation Company. These features are universal for the DCS and only limited by aircraft capabilities. They are not exclusively tied to single aircraft.

These updates will allow players to do more cargo operations. Among them is cargo air drop and an API for developers to create their parachute systems for dropped cargo. Additionally, we have added the ability to transport vehicles that is limited by the size of your aircraft cargo bay compared to the transported vehicle size. You can try to load a vehicle that fits your cargo bay; however, if it is too heavy, you will not be able to takeoff because the vehicle's weight is automatically added to the aircraft flight model.

Transported vehicles are also considered to be cargo, so in the same way as any other cargo, air drop will work with them too. The beautiful and mighty C-130J from ASC will pioneer the usage of this new DCS functionality.

To improve gameplay variety in DCS, another cargo and logistics feature we have added is the ability to deploy FARPs from the special cargo assets. Technical implementation of it has been added initially as the task (Spawn FARP on unload) that you may assign it to any cargo item just like you assign tasks in advanced waypoint actions. For this task, you are able to choose three FARP presets that will correspond to what kind of FARP will spawn in the cargo unloading area. We are eager to see the initial usage of this feature, and we are looking forward to receiving feedback from you on the addition of more presets and expanded FARP constructions depending on brought materials.

And last, but certainly not least, our weapons team added the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB). With a 3D model provided by the ASC, we have added bomb logic and guidance and explosive modelling. Currently this special bomb exists in DCS as a cargo asset with a specific bomb drop procedure that was developed together with our friends at the ASC. This is a special case weapon, so use it wisely! We are excited to see how its explosive potential will affect gameplay and the state of the battlefield whilst continuing to fine tune as required.


4YA Training Servers, the largest provider of DCS community servers, with over 30 active servers catering to a diverse audience and offering a range of maps and scenarios, as well as support for WW2, aerobatics, and modded aircraft enthusiasts.

[4YA] TRAINING 24/7 CAUCASUS PvPvE has a new mission arriving this weekend. This mission offers PvP vs PvE gameplay with red and blue sides. All airframes available, including WW2 aircraft. The server has a 10-minute side swap delay for balanced gameplay. It also has a new base capture system with engineers getting dropped at bases. Additionally, it has reworked CTLD with new base capture crates. The AI CAP has also been reworked for team balancing. There are also new FARPs locations, 10 per side, unlocked with base captures. This mission launch is set to coincide with the release of the C-130J.

Please kindly note: this mission has a considerable PvP element, DCS's Integrity Check will be enabled for all participants to ensure fair play. At launch, 4YA staff will be online to introduce the new mission and help you learn its features. You can join voice chat to explore, compete and have fun. Check out the vibrant community on the 4YA Discord and watch their latest content and updates on 4YA YouTube.

“4YA Training Servers offers a community-focused environment with new challenges and opportunities for fun.” – 4YA team

Thank you again for your passion and support,

Yours sincerely,

Eagle Dynamics

Introducing DCS: C-130J by Airplane Simulation Company.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/3899930/DCS_C130J/

Known issues:

• FARP crates will not spawn FARP if unloaded on ground. Airdrop unload only (Hotfix coming).

• MOAB and Crates visually glitch sometimes when leaving cargo bay in multiplayer (Hotfix coming).

• Vehicles that have been loaded into cargo, then unloaded can not be reloaded into cargo.

• In game manual does not resize correctly in VR. 

• Sound for AI C-130J aircraft can in rare situations not be heard

AI (Ground, Air, Sea)

• Gun sound for the La Combattante IIa - fixed

• Crash during embarking to helicopters in some cases - fixed

• Maneuvering Instantly after weapon release in all cases has been tuned so AI won’t be doing that all the time now

• Helicopters do not perform vertical takeoff / landing even with the respective landing option turned on - fixed

• Caucasus. Senaki Airfield. Airplanes couldn't park in parking space 33 - fixed

• AI wingman having erratic behavior if ordered to attack by himself - fixed

• When the follow command is set, the AI slows down to stall speed, for no obvious reason - fixed

• AI aircraft ignore taxiways and go over water after landing to reach the parking on Kola map in certain cases - fixed

Weapons

• Implemented scaling of damage dealt to concrete structures depending on penetration depth. Detonations without penetration, as well as over-penetrating ones, will deal reduced damage.

• Reduced blast wave damage falloff intensity for map objects.

• Kh-41 anti-ship missile. Exhaust trail position fixed.

• R-27 AA missile. Fixed issue when chaff RCS look excessive from missile point of view.  Fixed bug in target tracking filter that might cause missile miss even against moderately maneuvering target.

• BLU-109 warhead. Adjusted parameters.

• RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM. Old 3D model of missile replaced by new one with wing unfolding animation

• R-17 SCUD ballistic missile. Exhaust trail settings updated. Autopilot updated.

User Interface

• If coalition change lock is activated on a dedicated server there is no warning message when user changing coalitions - fixed.

• Added tooltip for coalition change block option icon in multiplayer server list screen

Mission Editor

• GUI error when trying to add task for static in some cases - fixed

• Occasional GUI freezes upon entering loadout editor - fixed

• GUI Error in TriggerZoneData.lua when trying to open a track in ME in some cases - fixed

• Cross 'X' in the warning window "Insufficient depth for the ship" works like Yes (changes are applied) - fixed

• Added search bar to the Triggers menu text fields with the ability to search by typing in item name

• Added monospaced font to script editing text fields

• Trigger “Cargo Unhooked in zone” changed to “Cargo in zone”, added additional conditions for checking coalitions. This trigger will work for cargo unloaded in this zone as well. 

Features

• Introduced cargo air drop with parachute feature

• Introduced vehicles transport as cargo and air drop with parachute feature

• Introduced FARP spawn from cargo feature (can be assigned as cargo advanced action)

• Dynamic cargo items now add each item weight into the resulting cargo (note: there is still minimum cargo asset weight at start and minimum weight is dictated by it, although if you put in amount of items that are more than this minimum weight it will then reflect weight overall weight of the items instead of minimal weight of cargo “crate” itself).

Avionics

• Cockpit ADF logic changed to less frequent calculations to improve performance

Scripting

• Added function trigger.action.userEvent(...) ; Description:

DTC

• MiG-29: Added Radio and ADF tabs.

• F-16 and F/A-18: With the new RWR DTC addition, when loading a DTC midflight or spawning in with the DTC preloaded will cause some threats to turn into unknown threats even when loading the default/no ME created DTCs.

• General: 

  • The option to select the language for the HUD/HDD and avionics has been fixed and improved.(Moved to a special tab).

  • TDC Speed when using keys very slow - slider added to special option tab.

  • Fixed: Engines sounds are not identical.

  • Fixed: Heating of the Pito sensor.

  • Fixed: Power manipulations can break HUD symbology.

  • Fixed: The AEKRAN warning "No Boost" is misrepresented as "No Bust" in the simulation.

  • Fixed: Stepwise change of pitch angle at the ADI at low angular rotation speed.

  • Fixed: "Stow the boarding ladder" not working by the radio option.

  • Fixed: Snap views are not properly configured.

  • Added in Encyclopedia.

• FCR:

  • Improvement of antenna behavior during target acquisition and tracking (tracking became more stable).

  • Improved radar behavior in COOP mode.

• IRST:

  • Fixed: Track after going beyond the limits.

  • Improved  Scan mode for track in CC mode.

  • Improved Acquisition command to radar for CC, OPT and HELMET in COOP mode.

  • Improved  Acquisition command  when primary sensor  loses target in COOP mode.

  • Fixed:  When the grid is turned on, a freeze occurs.

• Weapons:

  • Fixed: AIR Start A2A missile Gyros not spooled up.

  • Fixed: bombs direction ring in Invis zone regime.

  • Fixed: Eliminate tremble of the Missile Trigger

• Navigation and Radio

  • Fixed: Course pointer (HSI)  and Steering circle (HUD/HDD) oscillations in RETURN mode.

  • Fixed: NS430 placement point is displayed in cockpit, when NS430 is disabled in special options.

  • Fixed: Wingman can't obey order "Attack my target" and "Attack my enemy".

  • Added radio commands F4 Radar, F6 Smoke, F7 Cover me, F8 Jettison weapon.

• Fixed: External tanks can be refueled when removed.

• Fixed: New F-14A-135-GR (Early) missing NCTR.

• Fixed: FCR GM mode designating ground point will "lock" on SAM in same azimuth.

• Fixed: CBU-99 incorrect HT 500ft altitude value with FMU-140 fuze.

• Fixed: JDAM ripples too many (If the pickle button, and if held any longer than the time it takes to pickle 4, the sequence continues with the next 4 bombs on the SAME PP1 targets.

• Fixed: New F-14A-135-GR (Early) missing NCTR.

• IA missions, bomb fuze options added: SEAD IA mission (Marianas), AG Weapons Practice (Sinai), Desert Convoys (Persian Gulf)

• F/A-18C: Kola: Air-to-Air IA mission - correction of the position of a static S-3 aircraft

• Added FCR Terrain Profile Mode (TPM) Phase 1 - FCR page terrain profile shading only

  • Phase 2 will focus on C-Scope lines and obstacle symbols

• Fixed: George AI Pilot altitude reference switching error when slow and heavy.

• Added. CDU Brightness control from keys and MODE SEL switch

• Added. Altitude Hold DAFCS Native mode

• Added. Three options for work with the Thrust control lever. Available at OPTIONS > SPECIAL > CH-47F >TCL BRAKE MODE

• Added. Hardware (joystick) axis position indication on thrust lever line in the Control screen

  • Please find full information how to use the TCL with magnetic brake release button on our forum: DCS: CH-47F Mini updates - DCS: CH-47F - ED Forums[forum.dcs.world]

• Added. Flight plan. Patterns and Procedures(+):

  • Holding Pattern

  • Circle Pattern

  • Ladder Search Pattern

  • Expanding Square Search Pattern

  • Sector Search Pattern

  • Impromptu Search Pattern

  • Tactical Approach Procedure

  • Approach to Hover Procedure

  • Intercept Procedure

• Added. SFD tapes and indicators 

• Added. SFD automatic brightness control

• Fixed. Wrong number on the Progress 3/3 CDU page

• Civilian liveries problem of overlapping board numbers - fixed

• Fixed. Cockpit glass materials on the canopy and devices 

• RWR: Fixed and improved ALR-46 signal detection threshold

• RWR: Improved ALR-46 handoff (diamond) logic

• RWR: Fixed ALR-46 CTD with no contacts

• RWR: Added A-6 to the database

• Wear and Damage:

  • Adjusted wear-induced failure frequency (less frequent)

  • At repair (spawn or manual), if aircraft quality is >50%, worn components are replaced; they are less likely to fail in flight. >85% quality receives new replacement components with no initial wear

• Persistent Aircraft:

  • NEW: Added “Reload Aircraft” keybind to load the persistent aircraft after changing livery and/or tail number in-game via the Rearm menu

  • Fixed fuel tank and fuel mass initialization

  • Fixed persistent aircraft not saving in multiplayer after releasing the slot

  • Fixed saving to the correct livery and tail number after they were changed in-game

  • Renamed Mission Editor spawn option from “Random” to “Default”

• Fixed a rare CTD when spawning a low-quality aircraft

• Fixed a rare CEF crash when exiting the aircraft

• Fixed a rare Jester crash when he’s analysing targets priority

• Model: Fixed missing VOR light mesh

• Model: Updated external model/LODs: added individual args for Greek AUP

• Systems: ANTI-SKID INOPERATIVE light no longer triggers Master Caution

• Systems: Improved drag chute behavior during rollout

• Systems: Fixed fuel issue in neg-G and active-pause, and feed-tank-switch

• JESTER: Fixed “airspeed coming alive” call occurring too early at takeoff

• JESTER: Fixed delay and smaller issues with copying pilot canopy

• Weapons: Added MK-84AIR, SAMP-250 LD/HD, CBU-52, BL-755, BLU-107, BDU-45 to the Bombing Calculator

• Weapons: Added Dive Angle to TGT FIND in the Bombing Table (RCTRL+B)

• Weapons: Added fuze-options to BL-755 cluster bomb (thanks near_blind)

• Missions: New: Added several instant action missions for the Cold War map

• Missions: New: Added BFM instant action mission for the Cold War map by Sedlo

• Missions: NEW: Added proxy command 20054 for Jester AUX channel tuning (value 0.XX, where XX is the two-digit channel number; similar to the COMM channel command)

• Failures: Added left/right Flap Actuator Failure

• Inputs: Added keybind for “Jester Next Turnpoint”

• ALR-45/50: Adjusted strobe length formula

• ALR-45/50: Fixed reversed RIO volume knobs animations

• ALR-45/50: Fixed correlation being too precise

• ALR-45/50: Made MA/ML detection independent of band switches

• ALR-45/50: Updated database

• ALR-45/50: Added SA-11 track radar to database

• ALR-45/50: Fixed RIO lamps

• ALR-45/50: Fixed SA-6 lamp (RIO cockpit)

• ALR-45/50: Added SA-8 recognition

• ALR-45/50: Adjusted SAM strobe blinking frequency

• ALR-45/50 and AN/ALQ-100/12: Fixed and improved signal detection threshold

• AN/ALQ-100/126: Fixed audio logic for unknown radars

• ALR-45/50: Adjusted strobe length calculation for low power signals

• Added A-6 to ALR-67 library

• Made the TID magnetic info for Early A same as for Late A and B

• Added tanker comms keybinds for ARC-182 (fixes radio pre-contact)

• Fixed AI keeping wings swept on catapult (thank you, ED!)

• Fixed uncontrolled AI sweeping out wings when switching to controlled (thank you, ED!)

• Fixed uncontrolled AI spawning with wings over-over swept (remains issue with early-A)

• Added flaps and slats failures

• Updated chinese localisation

• Missions: New: Added several instant action missions for the Cold War map

• New: Added several instant action missions for the Cold War map

• Apparat 27: Added A-6 and early F-14 to database

• Avionics: Commanded course ind. and “distance indicator” show data for LB in “phase 1”

• Avionics: Switch from “phase 1” to “phase 2” now occur when actually flying over LB

• Audio: Appropriate audio is now output to “headphones”

• Fix for indicated course being flipped 180 deg.

• Updated manual

• The heading system issue appearing above 26000ft approx.doesn’t reproduce anymore.

• "Show/Hide Flight Stick" input command now correctly works in the F1BE rear seat.

• "Show/Hide Flight Stick" clickspot now correctly updates position when the stick is moved.

• Fixed TACAN REC mode not working in F1EE.

• The ALR-300 indicator on the 'HUD only' view was moved to the upper right corner.

• Minor: fixed typo in inputs (TAXY --> TAXI).

• Stall exit improvements.

• Fixed propeller stream effects on vertical tail (improved taxi with side wind).

• Force feedback trim pitch fix.

• Tail wheel swing - WIP (urgent).

• Corrected fuel tanks drag.

• Japanese ground units, 25mm AA gun, corrected max distance (7500m -> 6000m).

• Added 19 new airfields(+):

  • Bornholm Airport.

  • Brand Air Base.

  • Brandis Air Base.

  • Chojna Air Base.

  • Cologne Bonn Airport.

  • Dusseldorf Airport.

  • Falkenberg Air Base.

  • Heidelberg Army Heliport.

  • Kastrup Airport.

  • Kiel Airport.

  • Landstuhl Army Heliport.

  • Mainz Finthen Airport.

  • Malmo Airport.

  • Neuhardenberg Air Base.

  • Nordholz Air Base.

  • Norvenich Air Base.

  • Obermehler Schlotheim Airfield.

  • Oranienburg Air Base.

  • Szczecins Goleniow Airport.

• Added 8 Highway Strip(+):

  • Adelsheim.

  • Perwenitz.

  • Revinge.

  • Sittensen.

  • Sprendlingen.

  • Tagra.

  • Thurland.

  • Zollschen.

• Added 6 large cities(+):

  • Cologne.

  • Bonn.

  • Dusseldorf.

  • Bremenhaven.

  • Copenhagen.

  • Malmo.

• Added 25 unique objects(+):

  • Cologne-Bonn Terminal.

  • Anlage Mühlheim-Karlich Nuclear Power Plant.

  • Ennepe Dam, Sorpetalsperre Dam.

  • Einkaufsbahnhof Cologne Railway Station.

  • Hohenzollern Railway Bridge in Cologne.

  • Burg Desenberg Fortress.

  • Bremen Cathedral.

  • Bremen Town Hall.

  • Hardthe (Federal Ministry of Defense).

  • Bonn City House, Colonius (tower in Cologne).

  • St. Cunibert's Church in Cologne.

  • St. Peter and Martin's Church in Cologne.

  • Poppelsdorf Castle in Bonn, Cologne Cathedral.

  • Leipzig Railway Station, Royal Palace.

  • Amalienborg in Copenhagen.

  • Copenhagen City Hall.

  • Fredericks Church in Copenhagen.

  • Joseph Joffre Monument in Copenhagen.

  • Malmo Water Tower in Sweden.

  • Malmo Castle in Sweden.

  • special submarine bunker for the naval base.

• Changeв RSBN and PRMG beacons(+):

  • Allstedt changed the call sign of RSBN AT to AL.

  • Briest changed the RSBN UT 10 channel to 9.

  • Garz deleted RSBN GZ 38, changed PRMG 40 channel to 38, changed PRMG IHEW call sign to GA.

  • Holzdorf changed the RSBN HX 9 channel to 33, changed the call signs PRMG HX,HO to HZDF,HZDF.

  • Lerz changed the call signs PRMG LZ,LX to BA,UK.

  • Peenemunde changed RSBN channel NE 6 to 16.

  • Templin changed call signs PRMG LD,LN to IK,PG.

  • Zerbst changed call signs PRMG LWB,FWE to ZB,KJ.

• Fixed taxiways at airfields(+):

  • Bad Durkheim.

  • Hockenheim.

  • Sembach.

  • Werneuchen.

  • Pferdsfeld.

  • Bienenfarm.

  • Bitburg.

  • Bremen.

  • Buchel.

  • Dedelow.

  • Dessau.

  • Frankfurt.

  • Gardelegen.

  • Gelnhausen.

  • Peenemunde.

  • Schonefeld.

  • Pferdsfeld.

• Added parking lots for large aircrafts:

  • Gatow.

  • Tempelhof.

• Leipzig Halle Airport has been renamed Schkeuditz.

• At Hahn Airbase, the hangar door has been removed from the taxiway.

• The heading system at the Pferdsfeld airfield has been removed.

• The trees at the Herrenteich airfield runway have been removed.

• The size of hangars in Laage has been increased.

• Fixed visible joints of the earth textures.

• The position of the icons of SAM, radars and hospitals has been changed for more convenient use.

• The color of the fields on the GUI map has been changed.