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A "Let's Play" video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW1rIV5t74o

This style of hyper-specialized homebrew software is so fascinating. I wonder if the developer "works in the industry" or somehow has access to the systems, or if it's all pulled from field manuals and the like.

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I suspect it's mostly field manuals and exported references.

With older systems, it's easier to get hands on those as they've been exported to so many places around the world. I know DCS for example has had trouble getting their hands on manuals for current Russian equipment (there's explicit laws on it that's hampered a lot of their development there), but for older systems, there's a lot you can find outside the country of origin.

DCS folks had problems getting their hands on USA gear as well, one of them got arrested.

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