A new comment has been made by RAZBAM CEO Ron Zambrano with regards to the ongoing dispute between that company and DCS World creator Eagle Dynamics. The dispute, now over a year old, has been a significant flashpoint in the community. The latest update doesn’t give us much in the way of new news but there are a few tidbits of information to hold on to. Here’s the latest.
The latest from RAZBAM
Last year’s public clash between Eagle Dynamics and RAZBAM has left many in the DCS World community feeling a little shaken. Ongoing module development, particularly with the F-15E, and support for the company’s other aircraft have been a point of significant concern. To date, the company’s modules continue to function with few issues but there’s always the worry that a future update may cause some problems with them. Thus, interest remains extremely high in what’s happening with the dispute and if its been solved yet.
The latest comment was posted to the RAZBAM Discord community and this is a copy of it:
To Our Loyal Community,
First and foremost — we’re sorry..we tried relentlessly You’ve been our champions from day one. Your enthusiasm, trust, and support have helped our small team grow into something we never imagined. You didn’t just buy our modules — you believed in us. And for that, we’re deeply grateful. But there’s something we need to say clearly: While you’ve continued to support our work, we haven’t received a single dime of that support in well over a year. You deserve to know that.
We’ve spent the past months locked in long, good-faith discussions with Eagle Dynamics in the hope of resolving this situation professionally — and being fairly compensated for the products you’ve embraced. We remain hopeful. But we cannot continue to support the platform or maintain our modules without being paid. This is not sustainable. We are creators — but we are also people with families, obligations, and limits. We cannot be asked to work for free. It’s not just unfair — it’s wrong.
This is also business. And in business, transparency matters. We continue to work toward a resolution. We still hope this is just a pause — a rough chapter — before we fly again with you in DCS and beyond.
Until then, know this: We’re still here. We still care. And we’re still fighting to protect what we built — with you. Thank you for standing with us through this. We’re users, just like you. We feel this deeply. Loyally yours,
RAZBAM Simulations
Posted by RAZBAM_Prowler / Ron Zambrano on the RAZBAM Discord
Analysis, reaction and commentary
The update doesn’t provide us much in the way of new information though it does confirm some of the statements made by various RAZBAM contributors that they hadn’t been paid since before the dispute went public. It also confirms ongoing legal efforts which means that this is not over yet – not great news but potentially not bad news either.
To summarize the dispute in a very short way, Eagle Dynamics reportedly contends that RAZBAM made some actions that were in breach of contract – a serious legal matter. RAZBAM in turn reports that Eagle Dynamics haven’t paid them for sales on their products – also a serious matter to contend with.
The timing on the statement is a year on from when this all first went public and so can be seen as a kind of status check-in. When I began reading it, it sounded somewhat more dire than on my second and third read through. At the moment, efforts are paused while this is worked out legally and thus there remains hope for a resolution.
Comments on the DCS World forums have on occasion turned to a lack of additional follow-up comments by Eagle Dynamics. On that point, I turn to comment by Eagle Dynamics Community Manager NineLine for a position on that.
This is hardly what is happening, the only thing we are not doing is making public statements as it is, once again, a legal matter to be dealt with in the appropriate way. I am not sure if we made a similar statement to what was made today that would help anything.
We still aim to resolve as we have from the start.
For now, the dispute remains in effect and RAZBAM’s DCS World modules continue to exist in a difficult limbo. The few issues that have come up over the last few years have been quietly resolved, presumably with the hope that things will be able to continue at the end of this.
While we can’t discount the possibility that the legal issues end up in a separation of the two companies, we also can’t discount the possibility that a resolution can also be found. For now, the issue balances on a metaphorical pinhead and we continue on hoping.
Stormbirds 
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