DCS

[LuftManu]

1 minute ago, Wolf8312 said:

 

more realistic physics wise.

Opinion or can you prove that ?

I agree, DCS is more challenging but it's more irrealistic. The planes use a even worse FM than Ace Combat

[Lusekofte]

What keeps me afloat in DCS is helicopters, my eternal love for the MI 8 and campaigns that to me are interesting. 

I like feeling of having to educate myself in order to operate the craft. The procedures it is being a pilot. You can almost feel you are on your way to work, for good or bad. 

I simply feel more like a historical pilot. 

If you look at a result on cfs vs reality concerning ground targets.  DCS is more realistic. If you look at the combat simulation itself GB is waay better   

NB! For not starting a new feud I must add that this is how I feel about it, not a proven fact

Edited June 4, 2019 by LuseKofte

[CanadaOne]

54 minutes ago, LuseKofte said:

  DCS is more realistic. If you look at the combat simulation itself GB is waay better   

 

 

That's exactly how I feel. BOX is all about the combat and DCS is all about the flying. I spend 90% of my time in DCS just flying around the Nevada and Persian Gulf maps, doing takeoff and landings, and enjoying the truly stunning atmospherics. If you get the lighting just right, it's freaking awesome eye candy.

[Wolf8312]

21 hours ago, LF_Gallahad said:

Opinion or can you prove that ?

I agree, DCS is more challenging but it's more irrealistic. The planes use a even worse FM than Ace Combat

 

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18. Claiming that FM is incorrect without the required proof and starting a flame thread based on such claim is prohibited.

The form for an FM claim consists of:

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• link to a reference and to a specific part of such reference that describes correct behaviour of a disputed element/situation;
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Exception to this rule: FM discussion

 

Edited June 5, 2019 by SYN_Haashashin

[SYN_Haashashin]

Hi all,

 

This is a DCS news topic. Do not use it to compared with BoX and even more, do not use it to say that the FM are balanced in here...common sense.

 

As a matter of fact, try to do that at DCS forums and see what happens to your topic. This topic stand in this forum as a matter of courtesy, if you do not believe it jsut check rule 8. DCS discussions are forbidden at the Russian side.

 

Keep it on topic or it wont be a topic

 

most important rule of all in this case:

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Haash

[Wolf8312]

Rule 6

Edited June 5, 2019 by SYN_Haashashin

[Veteran66]

DCS Fw-190 A8 Cockpit/Windscreen Bar

 

 

 

[wombatBritishBulldogs]

This rings a bell here we go again ?

[Veteran66]

Yes, too bad the developers know it

[Uufflakke]

Aah the bar, the bar.

It's never too late to start over again the bar discussion.

 

Summertime is comin' so what kind of bars do you guys prefer?

I personally am a beer drinker so when the bartender serves me a Belgian beer you won't hear me complaining.

 

[RoteDreizehn]

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Edited June 8, 2019 by SYN_Haashashin

[Urra]

6 hours ago, Veteran66 said:

Yes, too bad the developers know it

They obviously don't read this forum for info such as this.

[Veteran66]

1 hour ago, TunaEatsLion said:

They obviously don't read this forum for info such as this.

 

 

The bar has been an issue since 2013, same tester have participated, so the Devs know it.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114702&highlight=fw+190+dora+bar

 

In BoX Fw190 it is better implemented 

[CUJO_1970]

I can't even

[Lusekofte]

37 minutes ago, CUJO_1970 said:

I can't even

 

.....end a sentence? Form a sentence? 

I get it, I have that problem expressing myself in English writing ?

[dburne]

Animated Deck Crew coming to new Nimitz class carrier.

No timeline given at this time - so who knows when.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3948720#post3948720

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

On 6/7/2019 at 11:55 PM, Veteran66 said:

DCS Fw-190 A8 Cockpit/Windscreen Bar

 

 

 

 

Weird, I've never heard of a bar issue in any flight sim ever in the history of flight sims.

 

[JG300_Egon]

Same issue as IL2 1946 vanilla...

 

a refractive effect not implemented

 

 

Edited June 14, 2019 by F/JG300_Egon

[Cpt_Cool]

Wait, it must have been the dyslexia, but I could have sworn that all LW pilots had bra issues.

[Lusekofte]

I read there is a lot of bugs on the latest update. 

Anyone have a input on that? 

Random ctd and such

[Feathered_IV]

On ‎6‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 4:39 AM, Cpt_Cool said:

Wait, it must have been the dyslexia, but I could have sworn that all LW pilots had bra issues.

 

It all started with "Bubi" Hartmann

[Feathered_IV]

15 minutes ago, Rekt said:

 

 

Let's see you try to dogfight with an underwire digging into your ribs!! ?

 

They need the "Cross your Hartmann" bar. 

[MiloMorai]

2 hours ago, Rekt said:

 

 

Let's see you try to dogfight with an underwire digging into your ribs!! ?

Is that comment from experience?

[Art-J]

On 6/17/2019 at 10:18 AM, LuseKofte said:

I read there is a lot of bugs on the latest update. 

Anyone have a input on that? 

Random ctd and such

 

It's probably more related to new EDM files format rendering numerous custom mods incompatible with 2.5.5. They either don't work well, or don't work at all, or cause various issues. 

 

I had to disable some old favourite mods of mine as well, but otherwise, haven't experienced any CTDs really. However, I've been testing warbirds only so far...

Edited June 18, 2019 by Art-J

[Ehret]

On 6/14/2019 at 7:42 PM, F/JG300_Egon said:

Same issue as IL2 1946 vanilla...

 

a refractive effect not implemented

 

It would need a ray-tracing or rendering using two distinct camera view-ports (one for the front glass, 2nd for the rest of the canopy). The latter should be less demanding but still pretty heavy unless done with some clever LoD and/or dividing frame-rate (like it's done for mirrors in the DCS).

 

I would accept it but I'm sure many would object...

[InProgress]

 

[Sharpe43]

I saw the start of that as a very good reason to buy the Persian Gulf map (despite current events)

[Trooper117]

The Sabres look fantastic... just a pity we can't use them in a proper campaign on a proper historical map 

[MiloMorai]

I never can understand this desire for historical maps when missions are not historical in any way.

[Gambit21]

On 6/23/2019 at 3:39 PM, MiloMorai said:

I never can understand this desire for historical maps when missions are not historical in any way.

 

Don't you need the map first?

[Feathered_IV]

Its a bit like trying to play football with a group of tennis players, ice skaters and a chess champion on a golf course.

[Lusekofte]

Not quite. 

It is about make due with what you have and enjoy it. 

I can fly over any desert and call it North Africa 

when you do not have a alternative you make due

[Lusekofte]

Love DCS , just cant remember why

 

[Guest deleted@83466]

What I found is that there is much to be done in DCS that doesn't involve actual combat.   Many squadrons are spending a lot of time doing training exercises that are demanding as hell but they are based on real-world peace time exercises, not rooted in actual conflict.  If you are fighting a "war" in Nevada it doesn't make much sense...if you are going through flight qualifications at Nellis based on real world training doctrine, it makes perfect sense.  Doing Carrier Quals in the PG with live Marshall and LSO and a guy that knows what he's doing in the back seat is an experience in and of itself, and it doesn't involve combat or conflict.  That isn't to say that it wouldn't be cool to have theaters like the Koreas, for Sabres and Migs, or whatever, but it isn't the end-all-be-all of what DCS offers and groups are making very good use of it as it is.  This is the difference between a Study Sim versus a Survey Sim like IL-2...the latter has more of a need of actual historical battlefields than the former.

Edited June 25, 2019 by SeaSerpent

[Feathered_IV]

Different scroats, for different blokes.

[Gambit21]

9 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

What I found is that there is much to be done in DCS that doesn't involve actual combat.   Many squadrons are spending a lot of time doing training exercises that are demanding as hell but they are based on real-world peace time exercises, not rooted in actual conflict.  If you are fighting a "war" in Nevada it doesn't make much sense...if you are going through flight qualifications at Nellis based on real world training doctrine, it makes perfect sense.  Doing Carrier Quals in the PG with live Marshall and LSO and a guy that knows what he's doing in the back seat is an experience in and of itself, and it doesn't involve combat or conflict.  

 

In theory I could get into all of that.

Red Flag for instance, not actual combat but real world training.

 

Then I looked at how many Red Flag campaigns were available for the F-15...a grand total of ONE when I last looked.

I'd think that for an aircraft like this you'd want a few, representing different years, different participants etc. Nope...just one.

(sure I'm free to learn the A-10 for a handful more Red Flag missions...no thanks)

 

Not worth the install/hassle/time for me. So as per usual it comes down to total content, and on a "per aircraft" basis it's pathetically slim pickings with DCS.

 

Still I hear what you're saying and I get it...there's more to flying that shooting things.

 

 

Edited June 26, 2019 by Gambit21

[InProgress]

I bought ww2 pack ? was really cheap on steam, something less than 20€. No plane tho, waiting for  fw190A8 to be released on steam. Will probably regret it after first take off and realising that there is nothing to do in SP. But always wanted to get fully clickable cockpit and learn ww2 plane perfectly. A8 sold me there but wish they would make bf110 or/and ju87. 

 

And really hope (probably in vain) that they will expand ww2 with something more than random planes and fix Normandy map one day. Career please coooome!

[Lusekofte]

I struggle to set dcs ww2 planes on ground. I always must take a flight. 

For me accurate or not just flying them. In special the P 51 it feels so authentic. 

I have no idea if it is, but to me sitting in the P 51 in DCS is as close to sit in a ww2 era plane you get. Mind you this is all in my head. 

I do not much care of the click pits on these planes since I got a pit with enough switches to cover them. 

When in flight I feel I manage the engine out of true parameters not timers. 

For me that is important anything else put me off flight expirience

[GP*]

Not that I ever have time to sim anymore, but top module wishes:

 

- F-4...the Viper will be great but DCS would be so great if the Vietnam era had just a bit more and then was continually worked on over time. 

- F-15C full module. Hornet and Viper will have JTIDS AFAIK; I’d love to see more complex radar mechanics and the stores management display replaced with a MFD (can’t remember what Eagle guys call it...MFD, MFCP, MFCD...ugh). 

- MiG-21 Bison or LanceR. The Bis is great but I’d love to have a bit more jet to take on NATO aircraft with. Not historically accurate for matchups but it would be fun. 

I’m sure there are 1000 reasons that list doesn’t make sense, all just personal preference that I doubt will happen (except F-4 in a few years). 

[Guest deleted@83466]

On 6/25/2019 at 8:28 PM, Gambit21 said:

 

In theory I could get into all of that.

Red Flag for instance, not actual combat but real world training.

 

Then I looked at how many Red Flag campaigns were available for the F-15...a grand total of ONE when I last looked.

I'd think that for an aircraft like this you'd want a few, representing different years, different participants etc. Nope...just one.

(sure I'm free to learn the A-10 for a handful more Red Flag missions...no thanks)

 

Not worth the install/hassle/time for me. So as per usual it comes down to total content, and on a "per aircraft" basis it's pathetically slim pickings with DCS.

 

Still I hear what you're saying and I get it...there's more to flying that shooting things.

 

 

 

Like so many things, I think you get out of DCS what you're willing to put into it.  A lot of things in DCS opened up for me when I decided to take it online and start learning from the community...it gave me a whole new sylabus of skills to learn and practice, and seeing just how skilled and knowledgeable some of the other people who play it has raised the bar for me on what I want to be able to do with my planes.  That leads to a whole lot of hours of tasks to work on, many of which are routine, but nonetheless challenging, and therefore worthwhile.   Most people would be bored I suppose...I can't tell you how many hours I've spent just hooking up to a KC-135, until it becomes natural, or doing traps in carriers, or slinging loads in helicopters simply from point A to point B, etc.  Some things have been pretty darned humbling, but in a postive way, because I'll see somebody else doing some challenging task as if it's 'nuthin, and then I'll try it, and I'm all over the place, and so then I'm motivated to get to work on it until I can perform like that too.

Edited June 27, 2019 by SeaSerpent