Talk:Digital Combat Simulator

Classified military data

This article should make a mention that US military procedures and data have an element of secrecy to them. The DCS simulator can not simulate classified military data such as (but not limited to) the function of the MFD displays and weapons tactics. 86.93.208.34 (talk) 15:31, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Well, I believe you're right; anyway, the same should apply to the vast majority of similar products, especially when they refer to weapons systems (like fighters, bombers, etc.) which are currently still in use and for which there are in place security classification requirements. And to be honest, even when you read figures and specs on magazines and books, there is always a certain margin of fuzziness... one thing is sure, no nation / producer would be so foolish to fully release real information sets compromising significant investments. However, some data is circulated and for certain machines, nowadays rather dated to day, the flight manuals can be found online (if they are the real ones or some "edulcorated" versions I cannot - and would rather avoid to even if I could - tell you). --Corrado72 (talk) 15:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

References

Bot Revision

I see has a waste of time intent maintain update info about that product, and put official new links about the official website and webpage. Sorry to all. (User:Minoslas)

I have partially reverted the bots' edits, but I have chosen to not add everything you did. (HarryKernow (talk) 16:37, 3 February 2016 (UTC))

Images Added

Okay I've added images to the page. They all official images either released on the forum by the Producer at ED, or released officially on the product page on the official website. If a mod wants to remove the images then I please ask him to correct any errors in the rational as I've supplied all fields with the necessary info and these images are free to use. If they get removed I won't be adding them again. 2/15/2014

hey, is it really spam?

Should I put \\advert to other game's pages? `93.175.2.3 (talk) 23:50, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Only if it reads like an advertisement. — neuro^(talk) 16:52, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

64-bit and multithreading

"because the game is not truly multithreaded the 64-bit executable serves mainly to facilitate access to more than four gigabytes of RAM" What does being 64-bit have to do with multithreading? This does not appear to make sense. 24.148.137.107 (talk) 19:51, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Third party modules

I would like to preface this by saying I support all the work thats gone into the page but I would like to see a few changes. My suggestion is that we change the module section to become more of a chart than a collection of modules and their related description. In doing so we would allow enough space and reduce the detail enough to include all of the various modules and future modules. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BellJamesTMFM (talk • contribs) 23:12, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Absolutely, third party modules are picking up, and many in dubious stages of development should be included this way. — Nelsonblaha^(talk) 16:00, 03 March 2017 (UTC)

Engine

Does anyone have a source for what the physics engine is? This page only mentions EDGE, which isn't the game engine, just the rendering engine. I see a few sources saying that the engine is "The Fighter Collection Simulation Engine (TFCSE)" but can't find a reliable one so don't want to add that. -ross616- (talk) 14:30, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Aircrafts year that is simulated

The page says that KA-50 in simulation is about 1987, but that is wrong. The KA-50 helicopter did fly at that year first time, but the Block #25 we have simulated is one that went to Second Chechen War in 1991. The #25 received an upgrade just before going to war trials and those included the ABRIS digital moving map. Only a couple KA-50 got that upgrade when they went to the war. And after the war the KA-50 got many other upgrades that are not in simulation. So should those times be more carefully searched that what is the year that the DCS Module is about, instead their year entering service? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golftheman (talk • contribs) 11:30, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

gameplay section

Gameplay section doesnt really explain anything about gameplay. PrimalBlueWolf (talk) 06:55, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Consensus on list of vehicles (modules) in game

Please do not add any exhaustive lists of modules. They aren't essential to understanding the game. Explaining the modularity may be, but explaining each module isn't. See WP:GAMECRUFT #7 and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of DCS modules. Please focus on improving the article with relevant content instead of a list that is just a mirror of the Eagle Dynamics store page. HarryKernow (talk) 02:42, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Reassessment

I think this article can fall at least on C-class if not B. There are plenty of decent citations to third party websites, and I probably will review some of the more suspicious citations such as forum posts. But the article is not woefully undercited and has no glaring issues that warrant keeping it start-class. HarryKernow (talk) 00:54, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

How do you play the Game?

there isn't one place on this website or Wikipedia page that tells you where to play the game at. I find that kind of odd and unreliable for new people who want to play. Never have I seen this, there's always tons of tons of links to download or play the game 2607:FB91:81C:D014:4059:94FF:FEE1:4FB0 (talk) 02:17, 23 July 2023 (UTC)