dcs-make-flyable

All AI aircraft made flyable as mods using already available flight models and cockpits.

What's this about?

Many individual mods exist out there for DCS for individual aircraft (Su-34, Su-35, B-1B, etc.) Not all of them are updated for actual DCS version (2.5+). There are basically two options for mods:

• passing the integrity check and flying with weapons that don't work if they're not supported by already available avionics
• creating a plane with a new name that doesn't exist in the default DCS library (what VSN team is doing)

The goal of this project is to add all AI aircraft as flyable and with selectable cockpits (Su-25T/FC3/Viggen/Ka50 etc.) passing the integrity check. Even just to taxi/take off. There's no point in having 10 people making same AI mods, time would be better spent on:

• modifying SFM for AI aircraft to feel more realistic
• developing air-to-ground radar
• enabling all the weapons available

Which planes are worth flying?

Planes that have a nice model or mostly working avionics. Su-24M, Su-34, B-1B, MiG-31, MQ-1A Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, Tu-22M3.

How to use it?

• Click on the green Code button, download .ZIP

• Go to your user \Saved Games\DCS\Mods\aircraft folder (for example C:\Users\your_username\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\aircraft). If you don't have that folder, create it.

• Please double-check the installation path. If you install mods into main DCS folder instead of Saved Games, you will get Authorization Failed error for the new mods.

• Unzip archive content inside "aircraft" folder.

• Run ps.bat installer script

Why should I run some .bat file? I'm more comfortable running an .exe installer

There's benefit in a .bat file - it's open source, you can take a look inside and see what it does. Antivirus scanners will ensure that it contains no viruses.

Merge requests and suggestions

Merge requests are welcome. The only rule is green Integrity Check for the master branch.

License

The content of this project itself is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0, and the original base software is licensed under the following Eagle Dynamics SA license: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/license/

"All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Program and any and all copies thereof (including but not limited to any titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, narrative, locations, artwork, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audiovisual effects, methods of operation, any related documentation, and add-ons incorporated into the Program now or in the future) are owned by Eagle Dynamics SA, affiliates of Eagle Dynamics SA or Eagle Dynamics SA's licensors".