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I think the mig29 was one of the most impressive fc3 textures before the update... the other modules definitely deserved improvements

Before the cockpit had "baked shadows", which means shadows were drawn directly unto textures and were permanent, immovable. It's an old technique that initially was the only solution for realistic shadows and later was used as resource saving technique because real-time shadows were expensive for hardware to render. But technology has evolved and real-time shadows are no longer an issue. Thus the new textures are clean of that and use natural real-time shadows instead. That's why the look a lot better and instruments are more easily readable.

Excellent video. Good to see ED paying attention to the old modules finally. The Huey, F-5, & Mi-8 would be welcome additions to bring to the modern day DCS standards.

The older cockpits looked like they had way better textures while the newer ones have better 3d models and instrument contrast.

Lighting changes are probably due to the new Physically Based Rendering (PBR) added.

the dedication Tuuvas has is amazing. imagine remembering to do a in-cockpit recording of every FC3 aircraft before hitting the update button and then re-record every track for every FC3 aircraft after downloading this huge patch and making this video. Thanks Tuuvas.

maybe because mig 29 will have high fidelity module. so they decided to not update it. hmmm i dont know

Nice comparisons. Man I really want the Su-25 to get an external update too

Thanks for making a video that illustrates the differences. Much appreciate.

Meanwhile F-15C still have radar showing incorrect attitude 😕

OH MY GOD GUYS, IT'S HAPPENING, THEY UPDATED THE POLYGON COUNT ON THE WARTHOG FLIGHT STICK!!!

Congrats on the call out in the recent HIP Games video, hopefully that will drive more viewers to your channel!

New ones look like they're fresh from factory. Not bad but I hope they add worn cockpits especially for A10 and SU-25.

THANK YOU, this is the video, that the ED one should've been! Detailing the actual changes and not some cool, fast cut, xxx and beyond video^^

I honestly like the previous weathered look more than the update. It's what I'm used to in the real world. Consoles dont retain their perfect blacked out look for long after a deployment or 2. Also, once the A/C gets rotated to a rag squadron you can give up on cockpit beautification 180 day touch ups for the most part.

the mig 29 will be getting a full fidelity module and my guess is they wont be updating the fc3 version anymore

Good job Tuuvas ❤ will recommend your vid

little update: I've made some comparison screenshots in the F-15 and the Su-33 and... I'm not impressed. IF you compare it with the old community cockpits (Casper and Devrim respectively). Yes, text readability is now way better and they removed the wrong-looking glassy effect on dials, but texture / roughness wise, the mods still look mostly better o_O (except the A-10A, where they made a whooping 336MB cockpit, vs. the 40-60 MB cockpits of the other FC3 planes)

Perhaps the reason why the MiG-29 hasn't been updated is because we *should* be getting the full fidelity MiG-29A this year. That's just a best-guess though.

I found what changed on the mig 29, only textures bug fixing like the radio numbers that before was broken

Don't forget they are building up a mig-29 model. Probably they don't want people to stick to the flaming cliffs 3 model

Great comparison, thanks for the video! Sometimes I'm not sure which one is better, because the change is so stark, but new one is obviously much more detailed. Sometimes it looks like a plane renovation even. 🙂

I've been waiting for improvements to the core gameplay, like better AI, for almost 20 years. Now people go crazy about a texture update, which mods have done since forever. The flight sim genre and DCS especially is just depressing these days.

Now if we could get fixed animations (ie F15C taxi lights). It’s really too bad ED doesn’t provide clickabilty, redkod showed the possibilities it would be better if official

Acording to the changelog the 29 didnt got any update this time

So how do the graphic updates in this free fc3 update compare to those on fc 2024? What would be the reason to get the fc 2024 version? (I already have the full fidelity versions of the f5, f86 and mig 15 that fc 2024 comes with low fidelity versions)..

Epic, I'll definitely buy FC3 when it comes on sale

This is a very welcome update! Hopefully we will get these touch ups to come to other modules! The F-18 exterior really needs some work IMO. F-5 needs some love too, they announced they were improving it awhile ago, but still nothing.

There is a bug in the placement of the front right window on the Su-25T I reported ages ago. They have redone the textures but the bug is still there.

I'm with you 100% on the TF-51D Mustang upgrade to multi-crew as I often get asked to help teach Mustang handling tips and being able to instruct from the back seat would be awesome! Thanks for your video 😉

Does anyone know if in FC3 it is possible to use à anti-ship missile on the SU-33 ? Back in Lock On it was a possibility !

The Russian and Chinese aircraft got an upgrade in everything in my opinion

I think that the new textures are amazing, sad to see so many ungrateful bastards in the comments.

I think the F-15 after panels are good but I like the before front dash better

If I bought fc3 before this do I need to rebuy it to get. The upgrades?

I think Mig-29 was skipped cause the high fidelity version is inbound?

I wonder if one day we’ll see a full fidelity SU-25T. One can only dream. Might get Flaming Cliffs just to see what the A-10A is like.

That is all great. How about fixing lag in online lobbies? Chosing an airplane and airfield is a fking mess.

SU27 and SU33 look like a downgrade.

dont really like the -33 update either, but the changes are 100% welcome! and i dont really like your new pfp, the old one fit better IMO

FREE........Ofcourse. It's update

The F-15C needs new A/B effects

in my opinion it should be in default

How is this a downgrade?

1:29 shaders materials plays a role too.

is there any afm vehicle?

Is it me, or is there a mix up between before & after for the F-15C? After looks so much worse.

i only have FC3 and didn't see it coming so i am very happy, especially a-10 textures, it looked painful before the update

The Mig-29 was not mentioned in the changelog either, so I'm assuming they deemed it good enough or we'll get the most impressive FC3 aircraft the (DCS) world has ever seen.

There’s been a massive call for the inner cockpit lighting and reflections. It didn’t feature for obvious reasons when mirrors it’s one thing but completely another to do reflections inside of a box that’s inside of a box 😂 (that’s the best way to explain how to get light to reflect inside your cockpit). But it looks like they are on to it. Enjoy it will be returning to how you like it well a mix of both but all new update videos are always met with analysis but never the golden rule. It’s early so expect it to get better in the coming months. Like DLSS I don’t like it causes ghosting too much on mine… Yh it’s only just landed imagine how good it’s gonna get when the maps Treble in size… and they are trust me you ALL will be turning that on in the future or you’ll be waiting to load for a day and a half 😂 so it’s all good things to come really don’t let any hype get you down it’s fantastic times for DCs

Dog, if this prevents the whole glare thing in the 33 for the mfd, it would already be 10x better. The 33 looks vastly better.

Should read MiG-29S as that is how that particular Cyrillic letter is transcribed.

Awesome! Thanks for the video! Was looking for something that would showcase the difference! =)

So nice to see, that those arcade plane users finally see what DCS could be like for them :) A job well done indeed.

What about optimisation?

so 2024 free up to fc3?

i dont see a lot of difference

When they give it a reshade and call it a texture update.

the reflections in the su 33 where textures only, looked weird to me. like it more how it is now

I find these before-after comparisons very very important for stuff like texture or 3d model updates. So thanks for that! Makes it more obvious what has changed

Technically they added physical based rendering to the textures, which is why things should be more photorealistic.

I liked the improvement, but what I really wanted is the quality of textures in a full fidelity module.

Thats visibility is great thing. In some planes i had difficulties to see instruments, especially when sun was shining up high.

I honestly do kinda like the game a little bit darker (my reshade settings does reduce lighting a bit), but ngl I like the texture upgrades.

I liked the previous cockpit textures better, especially the A-10A. Su-25 is the only one I would agree is an improvement. Glad I'm not the only one seeing it. Great job with the A/B comparison, seamless.

How to install this upgrade?

is there any way to install this FSR3 mod .. in to dcs ?

Good morning... what about external, have they changed the external appearance?

My game won't start. Tips from anyone?

When will the Mig21 get a facelift?

F-5 is still the red headed step child

Thanks for the comparisons!

man you're fast

I didn’t know they did the su-25s as well!!

Just note, this is stable platform only. Not open beta.

So fkn stupid they are calling it a "free" upgrade. Like what, you originally planned on making people pay more money for some slightly updated textures? We should be grateful it's free? Makes no sense to throw "free upgrade" around. So fkn stupid. Also the Su-25 wasn't upgraded and the Su-25T isn't part of FC3 and also wasn't upgraded. The MiG-29 didn't get one because they are making a Full Fidelity MiG-29A and will probably just slap the external model they use for it on the 29A/C/S/G

Am I crazy or the before looks actually better/more realistic almost in every case?

f15c interior looks worse imo

I dont care much about textures, i need Fucntional Update to FC3. Clickable cockpit, ability to put modern missiles (like R77 variants, why is it only J-11 and mig29 that have it), radar updates. You know. FC3 is still a Buy-2-Play module, it is a content we pay money for.

Thanks for comparison, big help understanding awesome.