Pacific Asset Pack update shows off latest work
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The article covers Eagle Dynamics' latest development update on the Pacific WWII Asset Pack for DCS World, detailing progress on WWII-era ships, aircraft (including the F6F Hellcat), tanks, and vehicles centered around the Marianas campaign. The piece explains technical challenges like programming dive-bombing AI behavior for aircraft like the Val and Helldiver, which differ substantially from fighter or bomber AI routines. The article also notes that assets are being integrated with Combined Arms functionality for full player control over ground units. A full list of planned assets across US aircraft, ships, and ground forces is provided to remind readers of the scope.
Excerpt from Stormbirds
Lots of work is ongoing for DCS World these days and one of the areas that Eagle Dynamics has slowly been taking the covers off of is the asset pack currently being developed for Pacific WWII. The assets are highly detailed ships, tanks, vehicles and aircraft that took part in the later part of the war centered currently around the Marianas islands battles. Separate of the pack is the DCS: F6F Hellcat which is also underway. Last Friday’s development update gave us new screenshots and details on the status. Let’s have a look!
Pacific assets take shape
Eagle Dynamics reports that progress is being made on the WWII PTO Asset Pack and that many ships, aircraft and ground units have progressed from list to static model to fully functional DCS asset. Eagle Dynamics says that this is a distinct milestone as they transition from being modeled and textured into assets that are now being tested, tuned and integrated into the sim’s systems.
A big part of that integration work is AI behavior, and dive bombers are a good example of why this takes real engineering time. A Val or a Helldiver doesn’t fight like a fighter or fly like a level bomber; it needs to identify a target, roll into a proper diving attack, release at the right altitude, and pull out. The entire attack profile is different from anything else in the AI’s existing playbook. Getting that dive-bombing behavior tuned correctly for each of the Pacific dive bombers is part of what’s happening under the hood right now.
Eagle Dynamics reports that these assets are being developed with proper Combined Arms functionality as well so that players commanding round units will have full control over ground units rather than limited AI-only interaction. Good!
I thought it’d be good to go back to the announced list as a reminded for everyone. The WWII PTO asset pack intends to include the following previously published list:
United States Aircraft
F6F “Hellcat”
SB2C “Helldiver”
TBF “Avenger”
SBD-5 “Dauntless”
PBY “Catalina”
P-38L “Lightning”
United States Ships
Enterprise aircraft carrier
Casablanca-class light aircraft carrier
Independence-class light aircraft carrier
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
Baltimore-class heavy cruiser
Cleveland-class light cruiser
Fletcher-class destroyer
Liberty-class transport
Cimmaron-class oiler
United States Ground Forces
M4A2 Sherman
M3A1 “Stuart” light tank
LVT-4 tracked landing vehicle
LVT(A)-4 tracked landing vehicle
DUKW-353 amphibious…
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