DCS

[DD_fruitbat]

If you want any tips, PM me, once you understand it, you can happily shoot down some Migs' drop some laser guided bombs, and a few cluster bombs to boot, all in one flight

 

Its been by far the easiest of the jets to get my head around manipulating all the systems.

 

And yes the F14 is truly beautiful, and is my second favorite jet ride?

 

Like you with the JF-17 though, just not feeling that.

Edited April 18, 2020 by DD_fruitbat

[CanadaOne]

Thanks!

 

Maybe one of the reasons I didn't get into that much was because in DCS I'm either ground pounding or just flying around for the fun of it. I do precious little A2A. There's something about the padlock system I find clunky. But I'll watch some more tutorials and try to smooth it out. But the idea of whoopin' around chasing a Mig-29 has got to be some kinda fun. I had some great fights in Falcon 4.

 

Didn't Falcon 4 have a thin line with small arrows on the roof of the bubble canopy to help you orient yourself when dogfigting? I really liked that. Didn't see it in this model.

[AndyJWest]

I bought the F/A-18 for the tailhook.

 

@ CanadaOne: do try the Mi-8. An interesting contraption to fly. Big and heavy, so you need to anticipate what it is going to do in plenty of time. You'll want to use the various autopilot modes to assist flying, so you have a chance to have a good look around the cockpit at all the stuff you can fiddle with. There's a lot of it, and thankfully only a few of the switches seem to cause it to do anything you can't fix by moving them back to where they were before you touched them. ?

[Hoots]

1 hour ago, unlikely_spider said:

@CanadaOne How is the Harrier, for someone who likes stick and rudder instead of having to learn a bunch of computer systems? It seems just weird enough that I was considering trying it.

 

I do like the MI-8 if you were interested in that one. An insane number of switches in the cockpit, and it's generally operated by at least three humans in real life, but it flies really well and docile coming from the Huey.

I’d say it’s worth getting, you’ll be using those stick and rudder skills more than in any other jet. The systems aren’t too bad although like Canada I never managed to fire more than one Maverick. 
 

All told it’s one of my favourite modules. 

[DD_fruitbat]

15 minutes ago, AndyJWest said:

I bought the F/A-18 for the tailhook.

 

 

 

Tomcat has one

[AndyJWest]

16 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said:

 

Tomcat has one

 

Yeah, I'll no doubt get around to trying it, though I can't say I agree with your opinion on its looks. If it had any more moving parts, it'd be a helicopter.

[CanadaOne]

1 hour ago, unlikely_spider said:

@CanadaOne How is the Harrier, for someone who likes stick and rudder instead of having to learn a bunch of computer systems? It seems just weird enough that I was considering trying it.

 

 

Howdy,

 

I love the Harrier. It's all kinds of fun. It's the Kama Sutra of planes, it performs all the positions. Multiple kinds of takeoffs and multiple kinds of landings, including carrier stuff. Good slow, good fast, good low, good high, and excellent ground pounding. The weapons systems are easy enough for even me to learn  and the cockpit is fancy with nice lighting and night vision.

 

I'm not much into learning systems, but fifteen-minutes spent watching the Grim Reapers (bless their hearts) Harrier tutorials on Youtube and I was dropping laser guided bombs from 25,000' like a boss! Which are a lot of fun watching hit on the fancy ass cockpit display. That stuff never gets old.

 

For me it's simple - the Harrier is fun.

[DD_fruitbat]

16 minutes ago, AndyJWest said:

 

Yeah, I'll no doubt get around to trying it, though I can't say I agree with your opinion on its looks. If it had any more moving parts, it'd be a helicopter.

 

The looks is referring to the model, both inside and out, its stunning work.

[CanadaOne]

1 minute ago, DD_fruitbat said:

 

The looks is referring to the model, both inside and out, its stunning work.

 

True dat!

 

I took the F-14 up to about 50'000, ran out of gas, and glided the plane down to the ground, flying from the outside camera view, just admiring the graphics. I'm not sure what plane in what sim is as nice a piece of eye candy as the DCS F-14.

[DD_fruitbat]

Carrier landings never get old,

 

 

And the Tomcat before youtube butchers the quality,

 

 

 

[DD_Arthur]

Nice one!

 

F16 for me on the morrow.....

[Jaws2002]

2 hours ago, CanadaOne said:

I'm not sure what plane in what sim is as nice a piece of eye candy as the DCS F-14.

 

 

There's nothing out there that matches the DCS F-14. ? I like to just take off and fly around at dawn or sunset, playing some cool music.

 

But i have to admit. I have a soft spot for the Mirage 2000. ?

[DD_fruitbat]

2 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

Nice one!

 

F16 for me on the morrow.....

 

One thing that never stops making me smile, is using the helmet cuing system for both Amraams and Sidewinders, almost feels like cheating!

 

 

 

 

[dburne]

I have the Tomcat, but not taken the time to learn on it yet.

For me right now the Hornet along with the Stennis Carrier and Persian Gulf Map =  Bliss.

 

Just wish I had more time for it, IL-2 GB still dominates most of my time in the combat sim department. 

[CanadaOne]

Saw this on the DCS website about Steam:

 

"Fly the F/A-18C Hornet, F-16C Viper, A-10C Warthog, F-5E Tiger II, Persian Gulf Map and all DCS World War II products for free during a two-week period from April 19th to May 3rd."

 

I think after that everything is 50% off on Steam for two weeks.

 

So if you want the whole enchilada for a month, you have to do a separate install from DCS. Which I might do.

[AndyJWest]

My non-Steam DCS install now shows all the 'free month' stuff as downloadable. Not the Tomcat or Viggen though. I'd not realised, but neither is going to be included. Plenty of other stuff to try though - I'm downloading the F-16 now.

Edited April 19, 2020 by AndyJWest

[DD_Arthur]

Narrowly avoided downloading the whole shebang but yes, downloading the F16 too.   Will be trying out the Aviojet and L39 for sure and I'd like to try out the Huey.

I haven't flown a chopper since modded IL2 46 and I don't have rudder pedals so I wonder if I'll be wasting my time with a chopper?

[AndyJWest]

10 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

Narrowly avoided downloading the whole shebang but yes, downloading the F16 too.   Will be trying out the Aviojet and L39 for sure and I'd like to try out the Huey.

I haven't flown a chopper since modded IL2 46 and I don't have rudder pedals so I wonder if I'll be wasting my time with a chopper?

 

I think you'll struggle trying to fly the Huey without pedals. It needs a lot of yaw input in the hover, and it can change rapidly with only small movements on the other controls.

[DD_Arthur]

I'll have to remain chopperless

 

As I suspected;  first flight in the F16 and.....yep, keeping that one.....

[DD_fruitbat]

3 hours ago, CanadaOne said:

Saw this on the DCS website about Steam:

 

"Fly the F/A-18C Hornet, F-16C Viper, A-10C Warthog, F-5E Tiger II, Persian Gulf Map and all DCS World War II products for free during a two-week period from April 19th to May 3rd."

 

I think after that everything is 50% off on Steam for two weeks.

 

So if you want the whole enchilada for a month, you have to do a separate install from DCS. Which I might do.

 

There's something on the ed forums about offers on steam are for a max of 2 weeks.

 

As you have alluded,  nothing to stop you downloading dcs world separately and having the whole month on that install. 

 

@DD_Arthur,  no pedals,  Huey next to impossible. 

Edited April 19, 2020 by DD_fruitbat

[Jade_Monkey]

Those WWII assets are looking mighty fine.

 

I really wish IL2 would step up their texture quality game, some more eye candy would be great.

[Art-J]

Steam allows only up to two week free trials per game, with a limited number of DLCs per game, hence only some aircraft being included for now. I'd hazard a guess the rest will become available as a "next batch" shortly after, during next two week period. After all, they did similar trick during the last trials on Steam, didn't they?

Edited April 19, 2020 by Art-J

[CanadaOne]

8 hours ago, Jade_Monkey said:

Those WWII assets are looking mighty fine.

 

I really wish IL2 would step up their texture quality game, some more eye candy would be great.

 

Agreed.

 

I understand why they might want to keep things a bit simpler, to allow beaucoup planes in the air and still have fluid FPS. But the way the hardware is going, it's not going to be too long before a lot of players have FPS to burn and nowhere to burn it. At that point it would be nice to have more options for better graphics.

[INVADER_WARHAWK]

I already have DCS world on steam . To download 1month trials do I need to download the dcs world from the website (2 dcs worlds on the same pc) ? 

will I have acces to my steam downloaded modules ?

[CanadaOne]

Not sure, might just be easier to go back and forth for the duration. I'm pretty sure you can have the two installs. That's what I'm going to do. (Or at least try.)

 

What a slut fest of planes though! I already grabbed a 109, two 190s, an A-10C, an F-16, and an F-18 from Steam. It's nuts. I'm going to do a separate install from the DCS site so I can have the F-18 longer and try out the Migs and the Russian helos.

 

This is like $1000 of products free for a month. Not sure I've seen anything like it before.

[Jade_Monkey]

Anyone having some massive fps drops every 10-20 seconds in the Normandy map? (havent tested caucasus).

 

I didnt have any issues a couple of months ago, then I came back and I'm getting consistent 130+fps, and every 10-20 seconds it drops to around 25fps for half a second.

Edited April 19, 2020 by Jade_Monkey

[szelljr]

I downloaded the Steam version....no free planes ,maps there...(only that 2 planes P51 end the ...other ,i dont no the name.)

[CanadaOne]

12 minutes ago, szelljr said:

I downloaded the Steam version....no free planes ,maps there...(only that 2 planes P51 end the ...other ,i dont no the name.)

 

They should be there. I grabbed a bunch this morning. Not all are free, the ones listed in my post up above are.

 

There should be an option on every plane - that is included in the Steam trial -  page that says "play now". You hit that, it starts the game and the download. You probably have to stop the game, let the download finish and start up again. Then the plane should be installed.

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, Jade_Monkey said:

Anyone having some massive fps drops every 10-20 seconds in the Normandy map? (havent tested caucasus).

 

I didnt have any issues a couple of months ago, then I came back and I'm getting consistent 130+fps, and every 10-20 seconds it drops to around 25fps for half a second.

I gad these when it came. This is why I never since used it. I was not aware it has been improved in a period 

[DD_Arthur]

Is it me or is the F16 a little.........slow?

[szelljr]

free planes....yeahh, in my dreams.

Edited April 19, 2020 by szelljr

[DD_Arthur]

Just now, szelljr said:

free planes....yeahh, in my dreams.

 

Forget the Steam version szelljr, download DCS for free from the ED website.

 

Meanwhile.....Aviojet......no. 

 

Yak 52, fantastic, charming, authentic and very enjoyable.

[CanadaOne]

12 minutes ago, szelljr said:

free planes....yeahh, in my dreams.

 

The two-week trial planes should be on Steam. I grabbed five or six this morning.

 

Go into the each plane's page and there should be a tab that says "play game", above the option for "buy now".  When you hit "play game" it should install the plane for the two-week trial period.

Edited April 19, 2020 by CanadaOne

[DD_fruitbat]

5 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

Is it me or is the F16 a little.........slow?

 

Its you

 

I've had mach 2 out of it.....

 

Also,

 

 

Edited April 20, 2020 by DD_fruitbat

[CanadaOne]

27 minutes ago, szelljr said:

free planes....yeahh, in my dreams.

 

 

Hit "play game". The plane will/should start to download. The game will start but the plane will still be downloading and not installed yet. Stop the game, let the download finish, and it should be there in a minute or two.

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2020 by CanadaOne

[Jaws2002]

58 minutes ago, szelljr said:

free planes....yeahh, in my dreams.

 

 

 

Forget the Steam version. instal straight from DCS.

 

Almost everything is free: 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2020 by Jaws2002

[CanadaOne]

If you do two installs, I read that it saves everything in the same C:users/DCS/file or something like that. Does that screw things up?

[AndyJWest]

Hornet fun. I'm sure I'm not the first to do this. ?

 

 

 

 

Doesn't seem too tricky to fly, though I'll need to work on my runway landings a bit before I try for the carrier.

 

[Jaws2002]

7 minutes ago, CanadaOne said:

If you do two installs, I read that it saves everything in the same C:users/DCS/file or something like that. Does that screw things up?

 

Before the pc upgrade i had three versions. Alpha, Beta and release versions. I used the The DCS Updater GUI Utility to keep them separately and keep track of the modules in each version.

 

I now have a single beta, but i still use the utility.

 

 

1 hour ago, DD_Arthur said:

Yak 52, fantastic, charming, authentic and very enjoyable.

 

 

You are right. I just installed and tried it. I'll keep it. 

[CanadaOne]

1 hour ago, Jaws2002 said:

 

Before the pc upgrade i had three versions. Alpha, Beta and release versions. I used the The DCS Updater GUI Utility to keep them separately and keep track of the modules in each version.

 

I now have a single beta, but i still use the utility.

 

Oh my, that looks complicated. if I can wrap my brain around it I'll give it a try. Thanks.