Pekka_Rayha Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 Woah, the 109 flight model is barely recognizable versus IL-2. Couldn't remember it felt this different.
DD_fruitbat Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 I've pretty much got most things that i want for now, although I will try the Mig 21 and i16 I think. I'm enjoying the latest beta in the F-16 at the moment, as they've fixed a lot of the SPI issues and made ground pounding work with the Tpod again! Particularly enjoying the optical mavs at the moment, 1
BOO Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, DD_fruitbat said: I've pretty much got most things that i want for now, although I will try the Mig 21 and i16 I think. The mig is showing its age a little now and Im not sure if the bug with the radar and later nvidia drivers is sorted but its a good challenging module to learn and fly. The free trail stuff is a really good direction although i'm not sure it would have worked on me as I have buyers remorse for about 60% of the modules I own and 4 out of the five terrains I've bought.
CanadaOne Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 The little buggers at DCS know how to target their audience. They knew I was looking at the Ka-50. Comes with a nice Canadian skin and you can take off from the carrier. And... Steam is giving me a $10 discount on my next purchase. (Apparently I've spent a few bucks there.) So I could land this sucker for $25. Not bad! 1
SCG_OpticFlow Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 21 minutes ago, BOO said: The mig is showing its age a little now and Im not sure if the bug with the radar and later nvidia drivers is sorted but its a good challenging module to learn and fly. The free trail stuff is a really good direction although i'm not sure it would have worked on me as I have buyers remorse for about 60% of the modules I own and 4 out of the five terrains I've bought. The radar is still bugged on the MiG-21, but the fix is coming with the next update tomorrow.
RAY-EU Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 DCS World : Eurofigther Typhoon development:
dburne Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 9 hours ago, CanadaOne said: The little buggers at DCS know how to target their audience. They knew I was looking at the Ka-50. Comes with a nice Canadian skin and you can take off from the carrier. And... Steam is giving me a $10 discount on my next purchase. (Apparently I've spent a few bucks there.) So I could land this sucker for $25. Not bad! That is well worth it, great chopper to fly combat missions in. 1
Lusekofte Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, dburne said: That is well worth it, great chopper to fly combat missions in. Well I can master it and it's systems. But you need to be so clever and smart in order to survive. That I don't, survive I mean.
Hoots Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 10 hours ago, CanadaOne said: The little buggers at DCS know how to target their audience. They knew I was looking at the Ka-50. Comes with a nice Canadian skin and you can take off from the carrier. And... Steam is giving me a $10 discount on my next purchase. (Apparently I've spent a few bucks there.) So I could land this sucker for $25. Not bad! Still no, it's all the helicopter accidents waiting to happen, but squared. 1 1
CanadaOne Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 27 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said: Choppers? Urgh. Occasionally ya get the taste for it and it's nice if it's there. That's one of the great things about DCS, beaucoup flightsim variety. Spent some time with the F-14 last night and even though I have little interest to scrap with it, it's damn good fun to fly. It's a ridiculously well done plane.
Lusekofte Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) Choppers are excellent. MI 8 in special. Hind might take away a bit time but I doubt it will replace. Choppers provide a endless road to perfection. One can never be good enough Edited December 23, 2020 by 216th_LuseKofte
DD_Arthur Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 I was once in a Wessex that decided to eat it’s gearbox just after takeoff. I was one of the lucky ones, I didn’t break anything. When we hit the ground our jeepy ammo gave me a Glasgow kiss?. Horrible things. 3
DD_fruitbat Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 Helicopters don't fly, they beat gravity into submission, until they break. (that said, I'm all over the forthcoming Apache!) 3
CanadaOne Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 42 minutes ago, 216th_LuseKofte said: Choppers are excellent. MI 8 in special. Hind might take away a bit time but I doubt it will replace. Choppers provide a endless road to perfection. One can never be good enough I haven't fired any weapons yet, but I had a gorgeous sunrise Ka-50 flight over the Channel map at treetop altitude and it was damn good fun. My FPS was getting killed, I was in the 30 range, might have to adjust a few things. Some planes/helicopters just grab you for some reason, the way the Harrier got me, this might be one of them. Not sure yet. But I think as soon as I manage a volley of rockets it's gonna be a keeper.
vonGraf Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 Ah.. Chrismas sale. ? I took the Ka-50 too. First time for me having a helicopter in a flight sim; Arma3 doesn't really count in this case. Plus the beautiful Channel map for the WW2 birds. 1
Lusekofte Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 I can do startup ,all weapons and systems on the ja 50. Even after 1 year absence. It is not really that complicated. It is just a lot in the start
Trooper117 Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 I bought the Ka-50 in a sale ages ago but haven't even had a go in it yet... Maybe it's time.
DD_fruitbat Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) So playing around a bit more with optical mavs...... Urgent intel just in, special forces observers have just reported in, a helicopter is being prepped to take off, carrying a high value target, can't be allowed to leave. The area is protected by 3 SAM systems and AAA positions, you have around 10 mins from scramble to neutralise the SAM's and disable the helicopter, to allow A 10's to level the rest. Sure, no problem, i've got a Viper.... Co-ordinates of the SAM's and Helicopter have been uploaded to the Viper (me on the ground in actuality along with Boresighting the mav seeker heads....) Scramble...... On the way up.... Target area afterwards less than 10 mins after scramble..... Disabled Helicopter, On the way home, Edited December 23, 2020 by DD_fruitbat 2
Hoots Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 How do you get your trackir so smooth and also so stationary when you’re not looking around?
DD_fruitbat Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) I use smoothing, I remember that much. I can send you my profile if you want to investigate. Also why is youtube taking so long to finish processing to 1440p and the decent codec for my vids lately seems to take an age before they become VP09!!!! Edited December 23, 2020 by DD_fruitbat 2
DD_Arthur Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, DD_fruitbat said: Also why is youtube taking so long to finish processing Your internet is being used by eight million lorry drivers trying to phone home.? 2
DD_fruitbat Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said: Your internet is being used by eight million lorry drivers trying to phone home.? You should see the roads around here at the moment..... I can see lorries cueing from my bedroom window for Manston. Edited December 23, 2020 by DD_fruitbat
Lusekofte Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Trooper117 said: I bought the Ka-50 in a sale ages ago but haven't even had a go in it yet... Maybe it's time. It is a sneaky trade. Very interesting system good gps and aiming device. You can ask for and give designated targets. It is good fun. But not careful you won't live long. It got good middles to choose from sink ships or have a arsenal of other
Sokol1 Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 10:23 PM, OpticFlow said: The radar is still bugged on the MiG-21, but the fix is coming with the next update tomorrow. The detail is that probable will be broken one or two updates latter... what has been happening routinely for several years with this radar. ?
Guest deleted@83466 Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) Radar in the Mig-21 seems pretty worthless anyway. In Multiplayer (and I gather in real life as well), it seems the only way to use the Mig-21 is with a dedicated human GCI who can get you into visual range. And the first generation missiles generally aren't worth a damn against maneuvering targets, so that means guns. Now I'm looking at all the temporarily free-to-try modules, wondering what hangar queen I'm going to blow my money on next ? Edited December 24, 2020 by SeaSerpent
SCG_OpticFlow Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Sokol1 said: The detail is that probable will be broken one or two updates latter... what has been happening routinely for several years with this radar. ? Tried it yesterday, it worked! I could see and lock targets while flying low. The ground clutter filter also filters out more yellow stuff than before the update.
9./JG27golani79 Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, OpticFlow said: Tried it yesterday, it worked! I could see and lock targets while flying low. The ground clutter filter also filters out more yellow stuff than before the update. As far as I know the problem wasn't that it wasn't working but that the FPS went down horribly when ground clutter came into play / flying low - may be mistaken though. Haven't tried it recently. Edited December 24, 2020 by 9./JG27golani79
Hoots Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 13 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said: You should see the roads around here at the moment..... I can see lorries cueing from my bedroom window for Manston. It’ll only be for the next few years...
CanadaOne Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 Flew the FW-190-A8 last night and it's a pretty nice, flies really well. Felt bad tearing through those nice looking B-17s, but there it is. It's a mean little plane. 2
Pekka_Rayha Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, CanadaOne said: Flew the FW-190-A8 last night and it's a pretty nice, flies really well. Felt bad tearing through those nice looking B-17s, but there it is. It's a mean little plane. Thought I'd buy the K-4 and had no interest in Anton but seems I'm about the get it too. It sounds just fantastic and is just a mean little plane indeed. 1
BOO Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 11:18 AM, dburne said: That is well worth it, great chopper to fly combat missions in. Added bonus is that BS3 wont cost you a liver to upgrade to either when it arrives hopefully. I just hope they sort the limited head movement in the cockpit out one day. Im just finishing up creating a mission for a Georgian KA50. 20NM of flying under 25M and over 220km/h (on pain of activating every ZU23 and manpad enroute), weaving through trees to an IP in order to kill an SA10's Search Radar in the 5 minutes you have from arrival before the local search party find, surround and kill you, an S.Ossetian armored attack on the FARP to beat off and a truck bomb. The module is pretty unique in what it can offer in this respect as its the idiot friendly ME. 1 1
CanadaOne Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, BOO said: Added bonus is that BS3 wont cost you a liver to upgrade to either when it arrives hopefully. I just hope they sort the limited head movement in the cockpit out one day. Im just finishing up creating a mission for a Georgian KA50. 20NM of flying under 25M and over 220km/h (on pain of activating every ZU23 and manpad enroute), weaving through trees to an IP in order to kill an SA10's Search Radar in the 5 minutes you have from arrival before the local search party find, surround and kill you, an S.Ossetian armored attack on the FARP to beat off and a truck bomb. The module is pretty unique in what it can offer in this respect as its the idiot friendly ME. Good point! Hadn't considered that. I almost bought the A-10C during the last sale. Would have cost me $40 for the plane and then $15 for the upgrade later instead of the $112 I ended up paying. Steam is giving me a $10 credit on my next purchase so I can get the Ka-50 for $25. With the possible upgrade option, it's a definite buy.
Gambit21 Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 23 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said: So playing around a bit more with optical mavs...... Refresh my memory - it’s been a while. Aren't all Mavs optical?
CanadaOne Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Gambit21 said: Refresh my memory - it’s been a while. Aren't all Mavs optical? IR. Laser. Are those still considered optical? Edited December 24, 2020 by CanadaOne
Archie Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 Any more news on the Mossie? I've succesfully weaned myself off buying everything released (for most of them to then sit unused) but the Mossie is a definite buy.
CanadaOne Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Archie said: Any more news on the Mossie? I've succesfully weaned myself off buying everything released (for most of them to then sit unused) but the Mossie is a definite buy. There were hints that it might be by Christmas but now January looks to be the soonest. It's possible. Insta-buy! Take my money. 3
DD_fruitbat Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Gambit21 said: Refresh my memory - it’s been a while. Aren't all Mavs optical? The H's are optical with a CCD seeker head, as opposed to say D's with an IR seeker head, and E's with a laser seeker head. They are more flexible, because you can lock on to heat, but also in area mode to any point via the camera in the seeker head. If we are being pedantic, then yes every mav is optical in some way, but its how I've heard them being referenced, Optical, IR and Laser. Edited December 24, 2020 by DD_fruitbat 1
Rei-sen Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 The new damage model, not quite impressive, tbh. CloD DM is miles away. Also, after flying Spitfire for a while, I'm surprised how many Hispano shells 109s and 190s can withstand. Hopefully they'll tweak it soon.
CanadaOne Posted December 24, 2020 Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said: If we are being pedantic, . . . Is that not a prerequisite to being a flightsimhead? Edited December 24, 2020 by CanadaOne
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