DCS

[sevenless]

4 minutes ago, CUJO_1970 said:

 
What adds up is their sales….I wonder - how do those compare to the “structured concept” we see with Great Battles?

 

I am pretty sure their installed base is larger because more guys are interested in Jets than in WW2. Maybe their marketing also is more efficient, so they can get the message out to a larger audience. Usually that alone makes a difference.

[DBFlyguy]

48 minutes ago, CUJO_1970 said:

 
What adds up is their sales….I wonder - how do those compare to the “structured concept” we see with Great Battles?

Apples and oranges....Their marketing budget alone probably dwarfs the entirety of the Great Battles budget.  They release consistent professional promo videos for almost every sale they have along with the trailers for all of their product releases, they consistently have a weekly newsletter, they support their content creators with promo/preview releases and by sharing their content on their social media... Wags, Bignewy and Nineline stay engaged with the community, despite the flaws of the game itself...which are many, they still have very good word of mouth and a very passionate and vocal fanbase that "spreads the gospel" of the game. Several aviation/gaming/military content creators also stream and make DCS content on a regular basis... I can only think of maybe 5 people that regularly stream or make Great Battles content on any thing close to a consistent basis.  All of these things help hugely with DCS sales I'd imagine.  DCS is definitely all over the map with their products but it really doesn't seem to be hurting their bottom line. 

Edited October 8, 2021 by DBFlyguy

[dburne]

OMG going to have to Pre-Order that Apache now.

I have well over 200+ hours in the F/A 18-C Hornet learning to fly combat in carrier ops.

No telling how many hours I am going to have to invest in this thing to learn it.  But I dang sure will be giving it a good try!

[Gambit21]

...and there’s the target audience ? 

[DBFlyguy]

The Apache is definitely tempting for several reasons but holding off until I see some unbiased reviews once it drops.  Still got buyers remorse over the Viper and Supercarrier pre-orders ... Hopefully its a good product though!

[Lusekofte]

I do not see it in ED store. But after my utter failure in the Mossie. I got enough on my hand

[dburne]

9 minutes ago, LuseKofte said:

I do not see it in ED store. But after my utter failure in the Mossie. I got enough on my hand

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/ah-64d/

Edited October 8, 2021 by dburne

[Lusekofte]

6 minutes ago, dburne said:

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/ah-64d/

?

God damn it. You and your links. 

[DD_Arthur]

Lol Luse.....

[Gambit21]

? 

 

I think I’ll master the Mossie.

 

 

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, DD_Arthur said:

Lol Luse.....

I got character as a English pudding 

[Gambit21]

That Apache does look amazing.

 

I need Up, Down, Left, Right, Fire Gun’s, Fire missile...or I just don’t have the time.

[DBFlyguy]

ED loves to shaft their Steam users so I couldn't preorder the Apache even If I wanted to, helps when self control may waiver from time to time ?

Edited October 8, 2021 by DBFlyguy

[Gambit21]

Yeah - I already have more than I can properly learn.

 

F-14 and Mossie (mostly Mossie) for me until the F4-U arrives. Hornet will gather cobwebs, Viper I’ll pull out of the hanger for an air show demo now and then ?

[AndyJWest]

Yup, same thing with me. AH-64 looks complicated, and I'm still trying to learn the Hornet.  Finally succeeded in AAR today, after 18 months - partly because it's so $%@#%&#  frustrating, but mostly because I could always find an excuse to fly something else instead. 

[Lusekofte]

30 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

That Apache does look amazing.

 

I need Up, Down, Left, Right, Fire Gun’s, Fire missile...or I just don’t have the time.

Me too. Still I bought it. I just got to admit it. 

Hi.

My name is Lusekofte . I am addicted 

[dburne]

6 minutes ago, AndyJWest said:

Yup, same thing with me. AH-64 looks complicated, and I'm still trying to learn the Hornet.  Finally succeeded in AAR today, after 18 months - partly because it's so $%@#%&#  frustrating, but mostly because I could always find an excuse to fly something else instead. 

 

AAR is about the only thing I have not gotten good with yet in the Hornet.

Thankfully the campaigns I have been flying either do not have it as a requirement or provide a cheat way of getting it done.

I intend though to truly learn it one day.

[AndyJWest]

3 minutes ago, dburne said:

 

AAR is about the only thing I have not gotten good with yet in the Hornet.

Thankfully the campaigns I have been flying either do not have it as a requirement or provide a cheat way of getting it done.

I intend though to truly learn it one day.

 

I think the recent Hornet fix for the slow throttle response may have made AAR easier. It's certainly improved my landings.

[9./JG27golani79]

36 minutes ago, LuseKofte said:

Me too. Still I bought it. I just got to admit it. 

Hi.

My name is Lusekofte . I am addicted 

Sounds familiar ?

[dburne]

2 hours ago, AndyJWest said:

 

I think the recent Hornet fix for the slow throttle response may have made AAR easier. It's certainly improved my landings.

 

Good to hear I will have to have another go with it when I get back to my Hornet flying. Thanks for the update.

[Gambit21]

@Bremspropeller do you have an extra axis?

I have a small axis lever on my VKB Gladiator, and with it I'm able to make tiny pitch/trim adjustments.

Just played with it in the cockpit...haven't taken her up yet to test.

[Bremspropeller]

The only axis I have "left" is for my zoom, which I won't just surrender.

It's workable now, even though it's not nice.

[Lusekofte]

7 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

The only axis I have "left" is for my zoom, which I won't just surrender.

It's workable now, even though it's not nice.

Among other axis I got a trimwheel on the Bravothrottle that is no axis. But continious  buttonpresses while moving it. And that works perfectly on the Mossie and in general for all planes. Even better than trim axis wheel witch I also have.

So it might work using buttons instead

[simfan2015]

I am also addicted to il-2 and dcs... Everything is an instant purchase. To me it is as a collection... You want it all. The Longbow is a valuable asset in my collection that I too will forever cherish. Next on my list... The il-2 tanks collector vehicles. I can't resist ?

Edited October 9, 2021 by simfan2015

[dburne]

15 hours ago, simfan2015 said:

I am also addicted to il-2 and dcs... Everything is an instant purchase. To me it is as a collection... You want it all. The Longbow is a valuable asset in my collection that I too will forever cherish. Next on my list... The il-2 tanks collector vehicles. I can't resist ?

 

Yeah I am with you there, I purchased the Tanks even though I will never use, and also Flying Circus which I will likely only rarely touch.

But I give support to 1CGS for everything they do. Same with DCS - whilst I don't have all the modules I do have a majority of them along with all the maps.

And I have the Deluxe versions of MSFS 2020. Gotta support these folks bringing us these fine flight sims.

[DD_Crash]

You ought to try the tanks Don. With a buttkicker, firing the gun is an experience, and it is satisfying making stuff go BOOM

Edited October 10, 2021 by DD_Crash

[Lusekofte]

17 hours ago, simfan2015 said:

I am also addicted to il-2 and dcs... Everything is an instant purchase. To me it is as a collection... You want it all. The Longbow is a valuable asset in my collection that I too will forever cherish. Next on my list... The il-2 tanks collector vehicles. I can't resist ?

I am determined to stop buy stuff I have not time to do.

Longbow will at best be a flight module on occasions for me. I will use 1% of it. I knew it when buying. I know it now.

Addiction yes. Stupidity yes. For support I normally send monthly fees to school kids in Africa , Indonesia , Sri Lanca and Colombia. 

I support free speech, water and catastrophic areas in the world. That is what I support. I never wasted money on unimportant stuff until I got addicted to flightsims and in special DCS. I consider my purchases in GB as affordable fun. But my stupid buys in DCS is just too dumb. ? 

[dburne]

23 minutes ago, LuseKofte said:

I am determined to stop buy stuff I have not time to do.

Longbow will at best be a flight module on occasions for me. I will use 1% of it. I knew it when buying. I know it now.

Addiction yes. Stupidity yes. For support I normally send monthly fees to school kids in Africa , Indonesia , Sri Lanca and Colombia. 

I support free speech, water and catastrophic areas in the world. That is what I support. I never wasted money on unimportant stuff until I got addicted to flightsims and in special DCS. I consider my purchases in GB as affordable fun. But my stupid buys in DCS is just too dumb. ? 

 

Well Luse if folks did not support the flight sims, we would not have the flight sims. That is the way I think at least when I make my purchases.

[Jaws2002]

On 10/8/2021 at 1:28 PM, LuseKofte said:

?

God damn it. You and your links. 

I'm with you on that. 

[simfan2015]

OMG, and me thinking I was the only flyboy addicted to buying too many flightsim modules for which I will never find the time to fly! 

At least collecting these modules and maps is like buying crates of good wine... they also get even better in time. 

Our DCS and Il-2 world improve each month or so and modules benefit from this as well. 

 

 

[Lusekofte]

Well I have enjoyed the training on the Mossie . I feel a acomplishment just starting it up and take off. Left engine get overheated on ground by the look of the steam. but gages show normal temp. It is a good module I originally would not buy. I might feel differently about the longhorn too when it comes

[Dagwoodyt]

Once I became comfortable taking off and landing in the Mossie I began to wonder if I might find a way to gainfully employ it. To that end I created a simple mission. All that needed to be accomplished was to fly over Calais out of Manston and return intact. Opposition was to be two FW190 A8's flying intercept. Only once in many flights  was I able to get a fleeting glimpse of a 190 arcing overhead. All other times I was either hit from behind with no chance to respond to the unseen foe or got vulched after landing at Manston. Seems "veteran" AI can be persistent. So I  decided it was time to place AAA around Manston. Took a while to get to see it in action. First I used an insufficient number, later increased  to ten units, mostly "excellent", one or two  at "high" skill level. Sometimes the 190's would not follow and would land at Saint Omer instead. Maybe that was if the leader was of "trained" skill, IDK. As my plan evolved I would circle over Dover to gain ~ 20,000 ft. altitude, making sure the oxygen was on, then continue climbing as I headed toward Calais in hope of reaching 30k over Calais. I would check my guns for whatever that might be worth to kill time as I climbed. Then a cruise high over Calais to make sure the A8's would have time to activate. In VR there is a veil of haze over everything below and I search ever in vain for an air contact. That obligation satisfied I would then make a fast dive straight toward Manston, taking care as the Mossie would start to buffet, at times over 400 knots per Tacview. The problem that followed was that it takes time to get back down to landing approach speeds and that is where the A8's have time to close to within shooting range. On the most recent flight I was able to land expeditiously, got quickly onto a taxiway and parked next to a Bofors emplacement. I noticed the gun rotate a bit then saw black smoke behind a distant hangar. I gathered that the AAA was already  in useful service. Using external  views I saw an A8 over the field still carrying its' drop tank, presumably the "Rookie" wingie. He bravely dove at the airfield, apparently to vulch me, but soon fled the multiple Bofors arcs tracking toward him. He got hit and started to descend off the end of the runway. I had placed a Bofors just off the runway threshhold. The pilot made an unsuccessful attempt to bail.  The DCS Mossie is never boring to fly, but my overall conclusion is that for me, at this time, the Mossie is an just an elegant coffin.

 

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, Dagwoodyt said:

the Mossie is an just an elegant coffin.

It would be facing FW 190 alone. 

[Hoss]

1 hour ago, LuseKofte said:

It would be facing FW 190 alone. 

Valhalla!

[Gambit21]

4 hours ago, Dagwoodyt said:

Once I became comfortable taking off and landing in the Mossie I began to wonder if I might find a way to gainfully employ it. To that end I created a simple mission. All that needed to be accomplished was to fly over Calais out of Manston and return intact. Opposition was to be two FW190 A8's flying intercept. Only once in many flights  was I able to get a fleeting glimpse of a 190 arcing overhead. All other times I was either hit from behind with no chance to respond to the unseen foe or got vulched after landing at Manston. Seems "veteran" AI can be persistent. So I  decided it was time to place AAA around Manston. Took a while to get to see it in action. First I used an insufficient number, later increased  to ten units, mostly "excellent", one or two  at "high" skill level. Sometimes the 190's would not follow and would land at Saint Omer instead. Maybe that was if the leader was of "trained" skill, IDK. As my plan evolved I would circle over Dover to gain ~ 20,000 ft. altitude, making sure the oxygen was on, then continue climbing as I headed toward Calais in hope of reaching 30k over Calais. I would check my guns for whatever that might be worth to kill time as I climbed. Then a cruise high over Calais to make sure the A8's would have time to activate. In VR there is a veil of haze over everything below and I search ever in vain for an air contact. That obligation satisfied I would then make a fast dive straight toward Manston, taking care as the Mossie would start to buffet, at times over 400 knots per Tacview. The problem that followed was that it takes time to get back down to landing approach speeds and that is where the A8's have time to close to within shooting range. On the most recent flight I was able to land expeditiously, got quickly onto a taxiway and parked next to a Bofors emplacement. I noticed the gun rotate a bit then saw black smoke behind a distant hangar. I gathered that the AAA was already  in useful service. Using external  views I saw an A8 over the field still carrying its' drop tank, presumably the "Rookie" wingie. He bravely dove at the airfield, apparently to vulch me, but soon fled the multiple Bofors arcs tracking toward him. He got hit and started to descend off the end of the runway. I had placed a Bofors just off the runway threshhold. The pilot made an unsuccessful attempt to bail.  The DCS Mossie is never boring to fly, but my overall conclusion is that for me, at this time, the Mossie is an just an elegant coffin.

 

 

Well.... you did set yourself up to fail in every possible way it seems with this mission.

 

A 190 intercept flight that’s in the right place to spot you every time, with an altitude advantage no less. 

 

The DCS editor allows for much more randomness and nuance. For instance if the 190’s were high, and the Mossie under 500 feet, I’d build in a dice roll to determine if the 190’s even spot/react to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dagwoodyt]

8 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

 

Well.... you did set yourself up to fail in every possible way it seems with this mission.

 

A 190 intercept flight that’s in the right place to spot you every time, with an altitude advantage no less. 

 

The DCS editor allows for much more randomness and nuance. For instance if the 190’s were high, and the Mossie under 500 feet, I’d build in a dice roll to determine if the 190’s even spot/react to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

altitude advantage? The A8's spawn only after I've had ample opportunity to gain altitude.

Edited October 11, 2021 by Dagwoodyt

[Gambit21]

I’m nevertheless left with the impression that you set yourself up for failure with your mission design. 

 

[56RAF_Stickz]

On 10/9/2021 at 1:21 AM, Bremspropeller said:

The only axis I have "left" is for my zoom, which I won't just surrender.

It's workable now, even though it's not nice.

if this is struggling with mossie elevator trim (I saw you posted something "over there" about it among many others), I programmed my hat switch to generate a 0.025sec pulse each time I use it for pitch. This enables trim to adjust very fine increments - and obviously doesnt change with dcs updates.  Also could then put a second option with modifier to give a more gross adjustment. Works great, I can trim for level flight at 50-100feet in still conditions - although as in real life I wouldnt attempt to doze off like it, and I aint sure that any plane should be trimmable to fly hands off at that altitude (I remember guys that got 12hr "jollies" in nimrods back in 70s patrol said how unpleasent flying down there bouncing around was).

[Bremspropeller]

This is the upcoming Jester LANTIRN integration. And a couple seconds of sneak-peek onto the Forestall.

 

 

[Bremspropeller]

So you like the F-5, eh?

 

 

 

Getting to like the F-5E module. Would be cool to have another variant, like an early version (e.g. the CF-5 as in the vdeo).