DCS

[Irishratticus72]

56 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

Job isn’t taking me there.

I’ll working on flight sim content still (3D) and farming fish.

 

 

Like a sheep farm? How do you shear fish?

[AndyJWest]

Just now, Irishratticus72 said:

Like a sheep farm? How do you shear fish?

 

I'm assuming it's a dairy farm.

[LukeFF]

Let's bring it back on-topic, please. ?

[Gambit21]

About to fly DCS - oh look there’s my DCS splash screen Luke.

 
IF this happens, I’ll be in the jungle 25 miles outside of Puerto Maldonado doing 3D work on upcoming DCS aircraft (for a 3rd party) flying DCS now and then. Aquaculture (starting a business) will be my day gig then doing DCS content at night.

 

DCS DCS DCS DCS DCS DCS DCS DCS…

 

 

 

 

[ZachariasX]

25 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

Puerto Maldonado 

A good bet for the next DCS map then. Makes sense. Thanks for the heads up!

[Trooper117]

I really like DCS... Never been to Peru though... Do they have a DCS club there I wonder?

If DCS did do a Peruvian map, well, their air force is already well represented in the game.

The air force of Peru operate these DCS aircraft.

 

Mig-29.

Mirage 2000.

Su-25.

MB-339.

Mi-24.

Mi-8.

[AndyJWest]

1 minute ago, Trooper117 said:

I really like DCS... Never been to Peru though... Do they have a DCS club there I wonder?

If DCS did do a Peruvian map, well, their air force is already well represented in the game.

The air force of Peru operate these DCS aircraft.

 

Mig-29.

Mirage 2000.

Su-25.

MB-339.

Mi-24.

Mi-8.

 

How about an Ecuadorian–Peruvian War map? A nice choice of aircraft:

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In 1941, the CAP participated in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. At that time, the CAP were equipped with Caproni Ca.114 and North American NA.50 Torito fighters, Douglas DB-8A-3P attack aircraft, and Caproni Ca.135 Tipo Peru and Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio bombers,^[1] among others.

 

Not entirely clear what the Ecuadorian's were flying at the time. They had Spads in the 1920's, but hopefully they'd upgraded to something a little more modern by 1941.

[MiGCap]

I told the ground crew all would be okay with a little bit of polishing ...  

 

 

[Gambit21]

11 minutes ago, MiGCap said:

I told the ground crew all would be okay with a little bit of polishing ...  

 

 

 

It will buff out.

 

 

[Gambit21]

I'd like to fly the same route in DCS that I'll be taking the week after next on my recon trip to Peru...but I currently can't do this in DCS.

When the DCS Global map finally released however, I'll be able to take the same flight to Puerto Maldonado, Peru that I'll be taking the week after next...to check things out since again, I can't currently do it in DCS. Although I'd like to be able to try it in DCS at some point...which again I'll be able to do when the Global Map is released.

 

This would allow me to fly (in DCS) to Lima, just like I'll be doing the week after next, then hopping a short flight (in DCS) to Puerto Maldonado.

I could even take a hop over the Andes! Which I could fly over in DCS like I'll be doing soon...not in DCS but wishing I could try it in DCS.

 

 

 

Ewe... just thinking of that movie "Alive" blech

Which I wouldn't by the way, be able to simulate fully in DCS currently, and likely not even when the Global Map is released.

 

 

[Guest deleted@83466]

Damn you Gambit, stay on topic!  This is the DCS thread, not the cannibal rugby player thread!

 

 

Edited March 23, 2023 by SeaSerpent
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[Gambit21]

Just now, SeaSerpent said:

Damn you Gambit, stay on topic!  This is the DCS thread, not the cannibal rugby player thread!

Hey I never mentioned cannibals - YOU stay on topic dammit!!

I’m playing DCS, both now and before I started this post.

 

 

 

 

[BOO]

Im really struggling to like to Hornet - it all seems a bit clinical after hauling the hip around for so long.. I want to progress as I know its probably the most feature complete with some good campaigns but its not very involving initally. I think the joy of this module isnt perhaps doing things ok but finessing the procedures to do things very well in challenging situations. Im hoping the mudhen has a little more "soul" like the Harrier has. 

[dburne]

2 hours ago, BOO said:

Im really struggling to like to Hornet - it all seems a bit clinical after hauling the hip around for so long.. I want to progress as I know its probably the most feature complete with some good campaigns but its not very involving initally. I think the joy of this module isnt perhaps doing things ok but finessing the procedures to do things very well in challenging situations. Im hoping the mudhen has a little more "soul" like the Harrier has. 

 

I find it enthralling myself, have done several campaigns with it now and really has been the most fun I have had in flight sims in a long time. Yeah it is quite a learning curve but once you have it down it tends to stick with ya - at least it does for me for the most part. I absolutely love the ground pounding with all the various weapons. Now there were times during my learning process I about threw in the towel on it as it can be frustrating to get right, but I stuck with it and now am very glad I did.

 

In this case - beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose.  Give me a good campaign based off the Super Carrier and I am in heaven.  I just have to make sure after I scurry off to continue my Apache learning or fly a WWII campaign, that I don't stay away from Hornet to long so I can stay fresh with it. Use it or lose it lol.

Edited March 23, 2023 by dburne

[Lusekofte]

3 hours ago, BOO said:

Im really struggling to like to Hornet - it all seems a bit clinical after hauling the hip around for so long.. I want to progress as I know its probably the most feature complete with some good campaigns but its not very involving initally. I think the joy of this module isnt perhaps doing things ok but finessing the procedures to do things very well in challenging situations. Im hoping the mudhen has a little more "soul" like the Harrier has. 

This is the reason I lack proper joy Learning it

I kind of like understanding it but can’t really feel any accomplishment by doing it because the more I fly it , the more I know I won’t do it much. Not my kind of fun. So I just learn the basic 

[Gambit21]

3 hours ago, BOO said:

Im really struggling to like to Hornet - it all seems a bit clinical after hauling the hip around for so long.. I want to progress as I know its probably the most feature complete with some good campaigns but its not very involving initally. I think the joy of this module isnt perhaps doing things ok but finessing the procedures to do things very well in challenging situations. Im hoping the mudhen has a little more "soul" like the Harrier has. 

 

I think the E will be more intuitive..at least that's my impressions watching Notso's videos.

 

 

[DD_Arthur]

19 hours ago, Irishratticus72 said:

Like a sheep farm? How do you shear fish?

 

Don't be a fool. These will be milkers....

[Lusekofte]

I will look for A4 campaign and see how serious I am able to be in a jet. 
I take it from there, I kind of like old tech semi complex warfare. It is kind of why my preference leans toward eastern block steelworks. 

[DD_fruitbat]

 

56 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

 

Don't be a fool. These will be milkers....

 

Fish milk, that sounds particularly revolting... even less appealing than caviar, and that's ?

[Gambit21]

6 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said:

 

 

Fish milk, that sounds particularly revolting... even less appealing than caviar, and that's ?

When flying DCS, I don’t believe I’ve ever tried caviar (because you know - fish eggs) nor have I or would I ever try caviar while not flying DCS, including while flying the F-14 - which is a fantastic module.
 

Luse, I’m sure some good A-4 content will come eventually, and I hear you regarding the Hornet - also caviar is disgusting even while flying the A-4.

 

 

 

 

 

Most of my flying time is out the window for now. Too many other pressures. So much for learning the Hornet.

[Guest deleted@83466]

Well, maybe you’ll be more motivated to learn the F-15.  Honestly though, I doubt the F-15 will have less of a learning curve than the Hornet or the Viper (I don’t know the Viper), and I do wonder how dropping a gbu or firing an amraam from the Eagle will have fewer steps,  less modes, require less knowledge, or will be significantly more “fun” than doing it with any of the other strike fighters.

[Gambit21]

7 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

Well, maybe you’ll be more motivated to learn the F-15.  Honestly though, I doubt the F-15 will have less of a learning curve than the Hornet or the Viper (I don’t know the Viper), and I do wonder how dropping a gbu or firing an amraam from the Eagle will have fewer steps,  less modes, require less knowledge, or will be significantly more “fun” than doing it with any of the other strike fighters.

If I had 30 min a day I feel like I could learn the Viper top to bottom within 2 weeks. With me it’s lack of motivation as much as time constraints. I feel like the Hornet would take the longest, Eagle in between leaning slightly towards the Hornet.

 

 

[Guest deleted@83466]

That would be great if that’s true, but we’ll see.  I wonder if it’s coming out soon after the sale?

[DD_Arthur]

[Guest deleted@83466]

Honestly, I’m hoping that the contemporary McDonnell Douglas F-15E would be shockingly similar to the McD F/A-18C in terms of hotas/ddi logic.  I haven’t watched any of the vids, so I’m just to waiting to see, but I think it would be hilarious if all the Hornet players could jump right in, while the Viper people flounder around, for months and years, lol!!!

[Gambit21]

8 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

Honestly, I’m hoping that the contemporary McDonnell Douglas F-15E would be shockingly similar to the McD F/A-18C in terms of hotas/ddi logic.  I haven’t watched any of the vids, so I’m just to waiting to see, but I think it would be hilarious if all the Hornet players could jump right in, while the Viper people flounder around, for months and years, lol!!!

I could boot up the Mudhen right now and without even looking at a video, program the master mode progression/sub-modes on the 3 MFD’s. Simply because I watched the video a week ago.

 

No clue how to do this, or even if it’s possible in the Hornet…and I’ve watched a fair few Hornet videos.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 23, 2023 by Gambit21

[Guest deleted@83466]

For master mode in Hornet, you press either one button labeled AG, or another button labeled AA.  You must have missed that video! ?

 

I dunno, but I do know I’m really excited.  I plan to watch some of those vids.

 

 

[Gambit21]

11 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

For master mode in Hornet, you press either one button labeled AG, or another button labeled AA.  You must have missed that video! ?

 

 

 

 

 
? 

 

There’s MFD layouts in the Eagle that you can customize.

[dburne]

2 hours ago, SeaSerpent said:

Honestly, I’m hoping that the contemporary McDonnell Douglas F-15E would be shockingly similar to the McD F/A-18C in terms of hotas/ddi logic.  I haven’t watched any of the vids, so I’m just to waiting to see, but I think it would be hilarious if all the Hornet players could jump right in, while the Viper people flounder around, for months and years, lol!!!

 

Yeah that would be awsome indeed!!

[Guest deleted@83466]

I think they’re going to wish they had learned the Hornet.

[Lusekofte]

This is why I learn the Hornet, just so I can find a cunning answer to your gibberish fancy Hornet language 

[Guest deleted@83466]

You should be in the Viggen, because it’s designed for Scandinavian minds, living in perpetual winter.

Edited March 23, 2023 by SeaSerpent
But it sure would be cool to fly on those endless nights, with a NAVFLIR

[dburne]

I had hoped to begin Bold Cheetah campaign with the Hornet today, but got wrapped up in testing and adjusting settings for my new Dynamic Foveated Rendering with eye tracking I am now enjoying  with my Aero in  DCS. Hard to believe but now am flying some missions in all their glory - most graphics at very high settings - and still maintaining 90 fps in the Aero.  For me the combination of first the Multi Threading update to DCS and then the DFR/Eye Tracking with Aero implementation for DCS has reaped a tremendous performance increase. Almost unbelievable.

 

Hopefully tomorrow if I can tear myself away from adjusting things and get down to business of flying.

Edited March 23, 2023 by dburne

[Guest deleted@83466]

Man, sounds like you’ve got problems.

[dburne]

4 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

Man, sounds like you’ve got problems.

 

Ohh trust me I do...

 

 

[Guest deleted@83466]

Oh no, the third finger of my left hand with the neorosynaptic transducer I just bought to control the Firefox is malfunctioning.  I should have just stuck with trackIR, flatscreen, and Buttkicker.

[AndyJWest]

Meanwhile, my DCS flying is somewhat hampered by a Thrustmaster T16000M throttle with a bad case of spiking. I may have to go over to MSFS, and fly gliders, until I can sort it out...  ☹️

[Guest deleted@83466]

If it were me, when that stuff starts happening, just time to get a new throttle.  I like Hall Sensor throttles like the Warthog, because unlike potentiometers, they appear to have almost no tendency to get spikes.

[AndyJWest]

10 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said:

If it were me, when that stuff starts happening, just time to get a new throttle.  I like Hall Sensor throttles like the Warthog, because unlike potentiometers, they appear to have almost no tendency to get spikes.

 

Yeah, an upgrade would seem a sensible option. Not sure about the Warthog though, as there seem to be quality-control issues being reported. Which probably means I'd have to go with Virpil or Winwing, both of which currently seem to be having backlog/delivery problems.

 

The throttle is only 5 months or so old. I bought it after my previous T16000M throttle started having issues after a couple of years use. 

[Guest deleted@83466]

I’ve never experienced any problems with my Warthog Throttle, except for one that apparently got bricked during an electrical storm and the power went on and off about 10 times. Well, i don’t understand that, but it never worked after that.  So other than a fluke like that, I’d say you could easily have a 10 year lifespan out of it, but that’s just my own experience with my own hardware.  I had no qualms about buying another one.