DCS World third party developers Polychop have just released a 10-minute video showing off the current state of the DCS: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. Let’s have a look!
A work in progress
The OH-58D worked its way into a few different sections of the DCS World 2023 and Beyond video release at the start of the year which brought the scout helicopter back to the foreground for many of us hoping to see it release.
This module has had a complicated development cycle with periods of public activity and media releases and then some long silences. Those silences have naturally caused quite a bit of concern over what the status of the project was. A 10-minute video with the helicopter in operation goes at least some of the way towards making us looking in from the outside feel confident that this module is on its way.
The video gives us a short flight and a couple of strafing runs on a target range with the side mounted .50cal. There is a caution out there that sounds are work in progress and that is probably no more evident than with the .50cal so let’s treat that one gently for now and we’ll wait to hear a more final example later on.
One cool feature, midway through, was the adjustment of the painted on gunsight. This is more of a gameplay/quality of life feature that lets you align that with your eye. I think it’s really cool.
Have a look at the video!
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