DCS

[Hoots]

1 hour ago, dburne said:

Had some time this morning drinking coffee and waking up so I went ahead and began setting up my controls for the P-47 as I will do it next in learning process. However I must say I am not sure why I would want to, engine management in the Spit appears to be so much easier.

Going to work on Spit landings a little more then hopefully start the Beware Beware campaign later on today. P47 can wait a few days lol.

 

But then again, even going back to IL-2 and CLoD  the Spit was always my favorite.

 

Are you using your Varjo? How's it going? Performance ok?

[dburne]

14 minutes ago, Hoots said:

 

Are you using your Varjo? How's it going? Performance ok?

 

Yep with the Varjo Aero long as I can maintain a min of 45 fps + I get a very nice smooth image for the most part. Certainly do-able. Using it every day.

 

Ok all controls set up now for P-47 but that baby gonna have to wait in the hangar for a while, got to finish with the Spit and get to campaign flying with it first. Setting up controls for P47 just gave me something to do whilst I drink my morning coffee.

[Lusekofte]

Is Normandy map smoother than it used to be?

I fly Reflected Huey campaign in Marianas map. Great campaign with a good Vietnam feel to it. But the map is demanding

[dburne]

1 hour ago, Lusekofte said:

Is Normandy map smoother than it used to be?

I fly Reflected Huey campaign in Marianas map. Great campaign with a good Vietnam feel to it. But the map is demanding

 

 

Don't know I am doing everything in the Channel Map at this time. I know Normandy 2 map will be coming.

[Trooper117]

1 minute ago, dburne said:

I know Normandy 2 map will be coming.

 

YAY!...

5 hours ago, Archie said:

Try this, it might help.

 

 

You beat me to it... that was the video I was going to link to...

 

[dburne]

22 minutes ago, Trooper117 said:

 

YAY!...

 

You beat me to it... that was the video I was going to link to...

 

 

Yeah I think I got it now, thanks guys.

[Guest deleted@83466]

On 1/6/2023 at 10:57 AM, Lusekofte said:

 

Startup in the Apache and getting navigation going is in fact pretty easy. I simply have no idea how to get the weapon system going. Not been there and probably never will

You’re certainly correct on the startup.  I started the interactive start tutorial expecting at least as much switch fiddling as the KA.  Very surprised to see it is possibly the easiest thing to start of any module I’ve used, including things like the BF-109 or F-86.  So, so far, so good.  Impressed with cockpit layout and easy to read MFD symbology.  This is good because aircraft that I can’t remember how to start after laying fallow for a week or two don’t get very much use from me.

Edited January 7, 2023 by SeaSerpent

[Voidhunger]

How difficult are Mig15 and Sabre in DCS to fly and take off?I mean its possible not to use click pits, start the plane with just one key etc. Until i get better with those planes.

Im going to try DCS for the first time and Im interested in those fighters.

thanks

[DBFlyguy]

New video from RAZBAM today!

 

 

Glad they added in the distinctive P&W F100 nozzle "chirp".  Can't wait for this module!!!!

Edited January 7, 2023 by DBFlyguy

[Dallas88B]

1 hour ago, Voidhunger said:

I mean its possible not to use click pits, start the plane with just one key etc. Until i get better with those planes.

DCS has "game flight mode" and "simple avionics" settings. See https://www.openflightschool.de/mod/book/view.php?id=236&chapterid=249

for an overview.

[dburne]

1 minute ago, Dallas88B said:

DCS has "game flight mode" and "simple avionics" settings. See https://www.openflightschool.de/mod/book/view.php?id=236&chapterid=249

for an overview.

 

For automatic startup one can just assign to a button on HOTAS even in simulation mode. It is under cheat category in controller inputs I believe. I always assign mine to have available should I need it but most often I just learn the startups and do them myself.

[Art-J]

1 hour ago, Dallas88B said:

DCS has "game flight mode" and "simple avionics" settings. See https://www.openflightschool.de/mod/book/view.php?id=236&chapterid=249

for an overview.

Both of which are notoriously underdeveloped and bugged in all late modules, even to the point of making takeoffs difficult (P-47) or impossible (Mosquito). ED themselves were considering last year dumping these features, cause they're known to be causing more harm than good and there's just not enough manpower to implement them correctly. Simply put - stay the hell away from them.

[Dallas88B]

9 minutes ago, Art-J said:

notoriously underdeveloped and bugged in all late modules

Wish I could say I am surprised. More bugs.

 

@Voidhunger Sorry. Seems I have steered you wrong there. I have never used the DCS  "game flight mode" and "simple avionics" settings myself ... I was aware of the supposed abilities of these options in the settings.

Edited January 7, 2023 by Dallas88B

[Alexmarine]

3 hours ago, Voidhunger said:

How difficult are Mig15 and Sabre in DCS to fly and take off?

 

Start up procedures aren't complex and the need to play around with the clic-pit is no way close to the modern MFD-equipped planes (in some way almost on par with some WW2 era props).

 

The Sabre is the smoother ride, the MiG will require keeping in mind some of the FM's quirks to anticipate them. 

 

System-wise again they aren't that far off ww2 planes with the Sabre being the slightly more "complex" one due to the radar ranging gunsight and the LABS/Bombing and Rockets targeting procedures 

[Voidhunger]

24 minutes ago, Dallas88B said:

Wish I could say I am surprised. More bugs.

 

@Voidhunger Sorry. Seems I have steered you wrong there. I have never used the DCS  "game flight mode" and "simple avionics" settings myself ... I was aware of the supposed abilities of these options in the settings.

Never mind, I will try for my self. I hope its not that difficult to start these not so modern jets.

[Lusekofte]

5 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

You’re certainly correct on the startup.  I started the interactive start tutorial expecting at least as much switch fiddling as the KA.  Very surprised to see it is possibly the easiest thing to start of any module I’ve used, including things like the BF-109 or F-86.  So, so far, so good.  Impressed with cockpit layout and easy to read MFD symbology.  This is good because aircraft that I can’t remember how to start after laying fallow for a week or two don’t get very much use from me.

No I liked it for the startup. What I cannot do is the Apache type of warfare. I am no good with the KA 50 warfare either. So I plan one day to learn Harrier. Just to avoid going the path of learning the US weapon system. 
Brilliance of learning it will give me access to all modern us hardware. A point I choose to overlook for now

4 hours ago, Voidhunger said:

How difficult are Mig15 and Sabre in DCS to fly and take off?I mean its possible not to use click pits, start the plane with just one key etc. Until i get better with those planes.

Im going to try DCS for the first time and Im interested in those fighters.

thanks

You need to think about clickpits in DCS as aid. It means you do not have to assign every task you do to buttons and keyboard. And remember those assignments. DCS could not work without them. 

[Guest deleted@83466]

 

20 minutes ago, Voidhunger said:

Never mind, I will try for my self. I hope its not that difficult to start these not so modern jets.

Sabre:

 

Ground power connect

Engine Master On

Start Switch

at 3% rpm throttle to start position

at 6% throttle to idle

 

There are a couple more things, but that’s really about it for just the engine start.  Easy as IL-2 jets, right?  Check out Quick start guide that comes with it, or download from the ED site.

[Guest deleted@83466]

12 minutes ago, Lusekofte said:

No I liked it for the startup. What I cannot do is the Apache type of warfare. I am no good with the KA 50 warfare either. So I plan one day to learn Harrier. Just to avoid going the path of learning the US weapon system. 
Brilliance of learning it will give me access to all modern us hardware. A point I choose to overlook for now

That’s cool, I just think the Leroy Jenkins style of the Hind is less effective and less survivable.?

[Lusekofte]

Just now, SeaSerpent said:

That’s cool, I just think the Leroy Jenkins style of the Hind is less effective and less survivable.?

Well survival has never been my strong side, for me it is more a matter of choosing how to go

[dburne]

14 minutes ago, Lusekofte said:

No I liked it for the startup. What I cannot do is the Apache type of warfare. I am no good with the KA 50 warfare either. So I plan one day to learn Harrier. Just to avoid going the path of learning the US weapon system. 
Brilliance of learning it will give me access to all modern us hardware. A point I choose to overlook for now

You need to think about clickpits in DCS as aid. It means you do not have to assign every task you do to buttons and keyboard. And remember those assignments. DCS could not work without them. 

 

Hellfires are a blast to use. Let George AI find you some targets, pick one, and give him consent to fire. Boom!!!

It really is fairly simple. Just keep the chopper steady pointing in right direction and he will handle the rest. 

[ZachariasX]

DCS will make a huge step ahead if the "Earth Map" will become a thing... I wonder how they will end up making it without requiring too much data to be stored. I always championed the idea of a full globe with reduced details. There, you can always place regions of high details. (Or go the MS way.) That has been done for two decades now. Nevertheless, it is impressive seeing how they improve the sim engine.

[dburne]

22 minutes ago, ZachariasX said:

DCS will make a huge step ahead if the "Earth Map" will become a thing... I wonder how they will end up making it without requiring too much data to be stored. I always championed the idea of a full globe with reduced details. There, you can always place regions of high details. (Or go the MS way.) That has been done for two decades now. Nevertheless, it is impressive seeing how they improve the sim engine.

 

Yeah they have some good sounding things going on for this year should be some exciting stuff. Probably a good time I switched to DCS WWII, so looking forward to carrier ops which are my favorite.

Ah I see they also have The Big Show for the channel map - fantastic I will start that one later today. Just a few more landings lol.

Edited January 8, 2023 by dburne

[ZachariasX]

I guess MSFS has completely changed the general perception of what a flight sim, any flight sim for that matter, should look like. (It certainly changed mine.) What was acceptable until two years ago clearly is not acceptable anymore. Wags has seen the writing on the wall and clearly has the dev team of the GB series. For that matter, I am optimistic that right now that the GB dev team makes a new start and put the GB series (or whatever it should become) on more modern feet. Also, like this they can sell us the planes all over again (there's not many of them realistically anyway, especially if you sell in packs of 10...) and it should be a good deal for us, as all documentation and even 3D models exist to build on. And with that, we fund the ongoing project. Someone has to come up for salaries in the end...

[BMA_FlyingShark]

20 minutes ago, ZachariasX said:

Also, like this they can sell us the planes all over again (there's not many of them realistically anyway, especially if you sell in packs of 10...) and it should be a good deal for us, as all documentation and even 3D models exist to build on.

I wouldn't mind paying for the planes again.

But the waiting, if the new project starts, it probably will last years before the planes we have now will all be included there, if at all.

 

Hava a nice day.

 

[ZachariasX]

2 minutes ago, FlyingShark said:

But the waiting, if the new project starts, it probably will last years before the planes we have now will all be included there, if at all.

That should ideally be bridged (to some extent) by further added content (as it is actually promised) to the current game. I mean, in this context, the promised aircraft and tanks make sense, both for client as for the dev team.

[Bremspropeller]

Monsieur Kev, get ready...

 

 

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[Gingerwelsh]

15 hours ago, dburne said:

 

Hellfires are a blast to use. Let George AI find you some targets, pick one, and give him consent to fire. Boom!!!

It really is fairly simple. Just keep the chopper steady pointing in right direction and he will handle the rest. 

 

That sounds a bit like "Flashpoint", if I remember it correctly.

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[Gingerwelsh]

Mountain power lines 2.5 .zipIs there anybody here, with the balls to complete this slalom course?

 

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Edited January 8, 2023 by Gingerwelsh

[Trooper117]

Not me!... 

[Guest deleted@50488]

8 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

I guess MSFS has completely changed the general perception of what a flight sim, any flight sim for that matter, should look like. (It certainly changed mine.) What was acceptable until two years ago clearly is not acceptable anymore. Wags has seen the writing on the wall and clearly has the dev team of the GB series. For that matter, I am optimistic that right now that the GB dev team makes a new start and put the GB series (or whatever it should become) on more modern feet. Also, like this they can sell us the planes all over again (there's not many of them realistically anyway, especially if you sell in packs of 10...) and it should be a good deal for us, as all documentation and even 3D models exist to build on. And with that, we fund the ongoing project. Someone has to come up for salaries in the end...

 

Looks-wise indeed, but when you start touching MFS's aircraft, they all feel so plastic / detached from what a sim like IL-2 offers flight dynamics wise that I always get back to IL-2 just to wash my stomach...

Edited January 8, 2023 by cagarini

[dburne]

Well after much work my landings have finally improved to an acceptable level. Reckon I am ready to start The Big Show campaign now. 

Anyone know why my comms menu does not come up in VR? It does in 2d Mode but not in the cockpit in VR. I normally use Vaicom Pro for comms but it currently is broken with the Spitfire. I assign the comm menu to a button but it won't pull up in VR for me.

[DD_fruitbat]

3 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

Monsieur Kev, get ready...

 

 

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I have been following.....

 

Just been taking the F1-EC for a spin taking off and landing in it and giving it the beans a bit. Not really sure why it has a parachute, I stopped in half the runway without it, because I forgot to map it, lol.

 

From the videos, the EE seems like a big step up in creature comforts, an RWR that actually does something and an INS system!!!

1 hour ago, cagarini said:

 

Looks-wise indeed, but when you start touching MFS's aircraft, they all feel so plastic / detached from what a sim like IL-2 offer flight dynamics wise that I always get back to IL-2 just to wash my stomach...

 

This...

 

My biggest gripe and why I uninstalled MFS, is it's more of a world explorer (and an incredible one at that), than a flight sim imo.

[LukeFF]

4 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said:

My biggest gripe and why I uninstalled MFS, is it's more of a world explorer (and an incredible one at that), than a flight sim imo.

 

Depends on who made the plane. Some are admittedly better than others. 

[Gambit21]

8 hours ago, dburne said:

 

Yeah they have some good sounding things going on for this year should be some exciting stuff. Probably a good time I switched to DCS WWII, so looking forward to carrier ops which are my favorite.

Ah I see they also have The Big Show for the channel map - fantastic I will start that one later today. Just a few more landings lol.

Have you not started in with the Tomcat yet?

 

That’s the best DCS aircraft so far (will be outdone only by the F-4) but even then, the Tomcat  will catch back up.

 

Plus carrier ops, and not sterile like the Hornet. You really should be flying that one.

[DBFlyguy]

27 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Depends on who made the plane. Some are admittedly better than others. 

This. There are some extremely well done aircraft only rivaled by DCS, then there are also some... "not so well done"... aircraft in MSFS, that comes with the territory of being so open to 3rd parties, the good and the bad.

[Bremspropeller]

42 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said:

Not really sure why it has a parachute, I stopped in half the runway without it, because I forgot to map it, lol.

 

Yeah, it can stop fine with the brakes only. But if you add in a tiny bit of crosswind, the gear-geometry and a bit of weird rudder/ braking action, it's very easy to gator-roll yourself into the weeds if you're not really careful.

 

"Oh look, the daisies are rising early today!"

 

The chute helps mitigating this quite a lot.

 

34 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

Have you not started in with the Tomcat yet?

 

That’s the best DCS aircraft so far (will be outdone only by the F-4) but even then, the Tomcat  will catch back up.

 

Plus carrier ops, and not sterile like the Hornet. You really should be flying that one.

 

I guess everything Jim ever does in the TOMCAT! is pressing "LShft+M" and listen to Journey all day long with his hair on fire...

[Gambit21]

37 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

Yeah, it can stop fine with the brakes only. But if you add in a tiny bit of crosswind, the gear-geometry and a bit of weird rudder/ braking action, it's very easy to gator-roll yourself into the weeds if you're not really careful.

 

"Oh look, the daisies are rising early today!"

 

The chute helps mitigating this quite a lot.

 

 

I guess everything Jim ever does in the TOMCAT! is pressing "LShft+M" and listen to Journey all day long with his hair on fire...

 

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I boot up Reforger, take off, trap...then cant' figure out why I can't seem to launch again.

I need some time in it soon, been weeks and weeks and I miss it.

 

 

 

 

 

[dburne]

1 hour ago, Gambit21 said:

Have you not started in with the Tomcat yet?

 

That’s the best DCS aircraft so far (will be outdone only by the F-4) but even then, the Tomcat  will catch back up.

 

Plus carrier ops, and not sterile like the Hornet. You really should be flying that one.

 

Well I happen to love the Hornet!

No not started yet, too much to do too little time. It is on the list though. 

Hornet campaign flying - Apache Learning - Spit campaign flying... never ends!

[Gambit21]

9 minutes ago, dburne said:

 

Well I happen to love the Hornet!

No not started yet, too much to do too little time. It is on the list though. 

Hornet campaign flying - Apache Learning - Spit campaign flying... never ends!

 

 

I know that you think you're making sense, but really it just comes out as flatulence noise.

 

TOMCAT!!!!

 

[javelina]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

 

Depends on who made the plane. Some are admittedly better than others. 

Would agree.  The PMDG 737 is awesome.  Similar with the FlyingIron Simulations birds (F6F and P-38)