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Removes the blur effect from the FLIR for a more clear picture.

Shaders edits to make some effects (afterburner, rockets exhausts, flares) a little bit more realistic
Less visible in daytime, glowing white/purple at night
*** UPDATED FOR 2.7 ***

Changes the default Afterburner shader and color to resemble the one in ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.

Does NOT break I/C !

Guide for DCS A-10A and C models for flight planning purposes: take-off, climb, cruise, descent and landing.

The following checklist is a modified, condensed version of the procedures presented in Section II and III of the F-86F Flight Handbook, as published 10 October 1957.  It is designed to reflect the procedures found and available to the Belsimtek F-86F Sabre and arranged so you may print it and insert it in to a plastic sleeved flip pad for convenient use.

Instructions:  Print two pages per sheet, single sided.  Cut page in half.  Fits entirely in to a Staples 5.5" by 8.5" bound sheet protector (or similar).  Consumes 10 double sided sleeves.

Version 1.00:  Initial release, emphasizing cockpit flow.

Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Guide for DCS F-15E for flight planning purposes: take-off, climb, cruise, descent and landing.

This is a modification that alters values of shadow cascade(s) for better performance.

In practice, what happens when using this mod is the terrain shadows (outside-cockpit) being drawn as far as before, but with overall performance improved with quite small visual difference trade-off. The other benefit is that, at the same time, the inside-cockpit shadows maintain high quality in all settings (4096x4096 pixels shadow, though even that can be changed if really desired).

So you have a crappy PC just like me? Worry not. Use those downscaled textures to skyrocket your framerate (or not).
All 4K textures are scaled down to 2K, and "unnecessary" stuff like M4 (forgive me ;-;) and seats are downscaled to 1K. Can be used with "Low" texture setting.

Perfect for people that are sick and tired of an all-grey DCS.

Great way to start tinkering yourself, just seeing what looks better for you while starting of with this .ini as a base. I seem to like vibrancy some days, than other days I'd like a more realistic look.

This Makes DCS more vibrant, sharper and makes shadows better, gives them more depth!
WARNING: MAKES YOUR FPS DROP AROUND 3 FPS. I'll be making lighter version of this one, which i'll be using myself, because dcs is pretty
heavy on your system as is.

Are you frustrated that your PC is not enough for newest versions of DCS, that the performance is unnaceptable?
Want to run VR and it runs poor even with a capable machine?
Tired of the inconsistent framerate, frametime or the constant micro-stutters, even at lowest settings? Or the slow loading, at the start and on missions loading?
If you are, then reverting to this performance-friendlier version might be the solution, for you to better enjoy DCS.

This package provides the necessary files to easily (and separately) download and install DCS 2.5.6 (its final Stable release 2.5.6.61527.3, March 5th 2021) from ED's official servers. Just follow the instructions provided with the download package.