TARS Alpha Demonstration for DCS A-10

Update: TARS is now in public beta! Download it at http://www.excessiveheadspace.com/tars

Introducing TARS, the Tactical Aviation Radio System for DCS: A-10. TARS is a mod that integrates DCS: A-10's radios and Teamspeak 3 for more immersive multiplayer gameplay. This early alpha footage demonstrates some of the radio panel integration and radio reception effects caused by distance from the transmitter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the IL-2 game that I'm using as demo audio.

Planned TARS features include:

Intercom Panel Integration
Radio Horizon Enforcement
Virtual Spectator Channel
Client-Based Architecture
Planned Compatibility with Black Shark
Radio Sound Effects

Everything in this video that you hear from the "radio" was recorded from Teamspeak 3 using the TARS plugin.

DCS A-10 is now in Beta 3. Prepurchase at http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com. Thanks for watching.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• TARS
• DCS
• A-10
• A-10C
• warthog
• a10
• a10c
• radio
• UHF
• VHF
• multiplayer
• communications
• Teamspeak
• integration
• flight
• simulator
• flightsim
• digital combat simulator

[Noubers]

Good work Headspace! Hello from the ACRE devs. :) Lets see what TS3 throws our way with the next beta! :D

[ExcessiveHeadspace]

@Noubers Indeed! *fingers crossed*

[flanker0ne]

Will be compatible with Black Shark, or future upgraded Compatibility Patched BS?

Thanks for your effort!

Bye

[ExcessiveHeadspace]

@flanker0ne Yes, it's being written with future compatibility with Black Shark in mind.

[8floydii8]

That's awesome mate. Will players be able to listen on more than one channel at a time and talk on discreet channels? I don't know how that works in the actual aircraft though.

[ExcessiveHeadspace]

@8floydii8 You can listen on as many channels as you have radios (you have three in the game). If you tune one of your radios to another channel, you can talk to whoever is on that channel and is within range of your radio. We're trying to get it as close to how it works for real without sacrificing gameplay and stability.

[zhiheng2005]

@ExcessiveHeadspace I wonder if this is compatible with Mumble too

[ralfidude]

Ehh.... i love this system, but the biggest and most problematic thing about it, is that its not able to map the 3 Radio keys to a joystick... No thanks. Until that is made possible, this is more of a liability to my gameplay than a tool. Its a shame too, i would really like to use this on my thrustmaster hotas.

[Bluedrake42]

@ExcessiveHeadspace I plan on promoting this as soon as I find a player to use it with, is there some kind of community I could join where I could find other players? Check out my channel if you'd like to see my... "work" haha

[Bluedrake42]

Take the interactivity of this game, add like 4 more aircraft, a couple of tanks, infantry and other vehicles... take the scale of ArmA 2, the ingenuity of ACRE, and the accessibility and gameplay of Project Reality... and you will truly have yourself the best thing since sliced bread my friend.

[Massiveboom345]

do u hav trackIR

[macieksoft]

Is avaible or planned making cryption/encryption system?

[Ghostmooner]

wow interesting. but if i can ask a unrelated question, whats your settings on your headtrackir? cause i can't find a confortable setting on it at all, but yours looks really smooth and nice, where as mine is way jumpy and keeps turning upside down

[TomcatTweaker]

Imagine if this TARS were like real in game radio ie, subject to jamming from other units, could hear only those units that were close enough to you in the game world area...

[TheCodablack]

When come out new version guys? We can't wait for that, Thanks!

[Zagorec82]

this is fukin awesome! :)