Since many have asked, here is what’s going on in the TARS universe as of right now.
You can expect a version compatible with Teamspeak 3.0.6 this week, followed by a DCS World release that operates with the A-10C and KA-50. Integration with the P-51 continues, but won’t be executed in full swing until after DCS World is squared away.
Teamspeak 3.0.5 has been tested with the current version of TARS (1.0.1.15) and we have not found any issues with it. Feel free to upgrade to this version of Teamspeak 3 if you are a TARS user.
TARS 1.0.1b15 is now available for community testing. Get it on the download page.
Features include:
It is advisable to uninstall your previous version of TARS before installing the latest version.
Update: We’ve received some reports from users of bugs with surround sound and random instability with Teamspeak 3, so there may be a successive number of releases in an attempt to fix these issues. Right now TARS is up to version 1.0.1.15. Please consult the changelog for more information.
Update 2: 1.0.1.15 seems to be stable, with only a few glitches reported by users. Keep the bug reports coming if you have them.
Teamspeak 3 has just released version 3.0.3. Unfortunately the new version is not compatible with the current version of TARS. The next version of TARS, due to be released shortly, will feature compatibility with Teamspeak 3.0.3. For now, TARS users should remain on Teamspeak 3.0.2.
TARS 1.0.1b11 is available for public testing and contains the following improvements:
As a reminder, you must have the latest Teamspeak 3 to use this version of TARS. As of the time of this release, Teamspeak 3 is at public version 3.0.2.
Head to the download page to get the updated version.
Eagle Dynamics/TFC has released Black Shark 2, a massive improvement over the original DCS: Black Shark. Along with this update comes the long-awaited A-10C 1.1.1.0 patch, which allows multiplayer interoperability between the two games for the first time.
TARS was designed from its inception with this in mind, so an update to TARS has been in the works to accompany the release of Black Shark 2 and A-10C 1.1.1.0. This update will have the following features addressed:
There’s been some discussion on the Eagle Dynamics forums in the TARS thread about a new feature that will allow users to set which side of their headphones voice traffic will come out of (this will allow TARS to be configured so that you can discriminate between radios). This feature will appear sometime after the compatibility release above, in order to ensure that everything gets tested properly.
In addition, I’m looking into the possibility of adding some sort of dynamic update capability to the TARS system, given the patching frequency. As DCS adds new modules and patches, TARS will need to be updated and tweaked accordingly.
I was going to make a YouTube demonstration of the TARS radio horizon modeling in version 1.0.1x, but user johnlnichols79 has created a good one already. Check it out here:
In older versions of TARS, the radio horizon was either in effect or not. But the real world is hardly as simple. The current version features a logarithmic decrease in signal quality as the Earth’s horizon blocks the source of transmission, as you can see.
TARS 1.0.1b10 addresses audio mixing and volume issues that were not addressed by the time of beta 8′s release. Thanks goes to to everyone who performed testing on the prior release so that this could be pushed out this week.
TARS 1.0.1b8 is out. As of this release, the following issues have been dealt with:
Additionally, the radio horizon now produces a smooth transition instead of a binary one. I hope to have a video up demonstrating this effect shortly. The same technology will go into the terrain based radio attentuation model that will go into a future release.
Go to the download page to get the new release. Have fun!
Teamspeak has released v3.0.0 final. This version is not compatible with the newest release of TARS, but don’t worry–we will be releasing a compatible version of TARS this week along with fixes to address volume issues some of you are having with the radio falloff code. Please stay tuned.
Also, if you were attempting to submit a bug report and getting an error, please try again. I have updated the form used to report bugs and all should be well now.
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