These interfaces are generated from DCS-BIOS interface definitions (thanks WarLord at the DCS FlightPanels / DCS-BIOS projects!). I am also contributing initial versions of DCS interfaces for the following aircraft/devices/vehicles: This means savvy profile developers can edit or complete the interfaces themselves, without having to compile Helios. The biggest user-visible feature in this release is the support for DCS interfaces defined in JSON files. Many BMS users have been getting their Helios binaries from an unauthorized redistribution, so we have no idea how many of those there are. To anyone considering taking over as lead developer: I think there are around 2000 to 3000 users right now, based on github download counts.
Thanks to those who helped with testing and other contributions along the way, and thanks to those who tried to get me some Patreon support to keep this effort going. This is my final release, after which I am taking an indefinite leave from Helios development. As such, there are many changes from 1.6.3xxxx releases, so the version number has been bumped to 1.6.5xxxx to reflect that. These changes allow for the creation of new interface types and controls. This is a giant release with many upgrades and changes to the core of Helios.
