Helicopter Gunship DEX News

[h2]M60[/h2]

The M60 model is now complete and here's a couple of renders showing it in the various positions on the Chinook...









These types of turrets will be fully autonomous in that they will find and engage targets on their own. The only real control you will have over them is being able to turn them on & off.

The other really cool thing is that they can be attached to anything so tanks, APCs, static positions - really anything can have one of these turrets stuck to it and they will work ːsteamhappyː

[h2]Mi-35[/h2]

Work is now progressing on the Mi-35 model which will complete the current Hind line up...



[h2]Super Hind[/h2]

Work is also progressing on the Super Hind model. This helicopter will also include a fully modelled interior cockpit and will probably form the first "test" paid DLC for the game to see how well it is received and to see whether it can cover its development costs. If it does then it opens the door to expand the roster of helicopters to include as many as possible! ːsteamsunnyː

Another little patch to fix the Mi-24 Hind's excessive speed when being piloted by your wingman.

[h2]Mi-8 Hip Skins[/h2]











[h2]AGM-88 HARM[/h2]

The HARM will be available shortly to give you another tool to deal with air defences. The HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is a much more sophisticated missile than the Sidearm. It is faster, has a longer range and can be directed to seek out a particular radar type. I'm not yet 100% sure exactly how this will work but it might be something simple such as selecting a mode from ALL, SAM or AAA radar systems.

The downside to the missile is that 1 will take up a full weapon station on an Apache so the Sidearm will still have its place in your arsenal!

New support aircraft will also be available so expect to see F-18/F-16 in a SEAD/DEAD configuration.







[h2]Chinook Gunners[/h2]

Work has started on the 1st gunner for the Chinook. This will be the M-60 7.62mm gun which can be mounted as a door gunner and a rear tail gunner. Other options such as the M134 Minigun and M2 .50 Cal will follow shortly after that and you will be able to mix and match as you see fit ːsteamhappyː

Gunners such as these will be totally automated and will engage targets as they see fit although you will be able to toggle them between "Hold Fire" & "Fire at Will".

Just a quick update to fix (hopefully) a couple of bugs...

1. Fixed an error in the rotor disc flight dynamics script that I think was causing the rotors to get stuck generating a large amount of lift when using the "Beginner" flight model. This would have effected all helicopters but it was mostly reproduceable on the Lynx range.

2. Moved the targeting camera on the AH-56A slightly lower so that the default forward view no longer gets washed out by the heat of the main fuselage when in IR mode.

As it is the new year I thought I'd share some preview shots of a new REDFOR helicopter in the works - the Mi-8MTV2. There will also be the Mi-8AMTSH and later on the MI-8AMTSH-VN