DCS

[DD_fruitbat]

Enjoying Jdams on the Mudhen with this latest patch....

 

 

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

Sale on DCS on again?

[BladeMeister]

It was a long flight, but I finally took my Mossie to the South Atlantic.

 

S!Blade<><

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by BladeMeister

[SCG_motoadve]

2 hours ago, BladeMeister said:

It was a long flight, but I finally took my Mossie to the South Atlantic.

 

S!Blade<><

 

 

 

 

How do you like that map, I have been tempted to buy it and fly Mosquito missions

[Gambit21]

SA map just depends on what your expectations/needs are. For my particular needs it doesn’t work. Looks beautiful from up high though - more of a MSFS appropriate map than DCS IMO.

 

 

[BladeMeister]

6 hours ago, SCG_motoadve said:

How do you like that map, I have been tempted to buy it and fly Mosquito missions

I bought it on sale and honestly have only made 3 flights so my opinion is yet to be determined. The mountains are spectacular, but the cities, as many others have said are pristinely clean and sterile looking. If we had a Tirpitz model in DCS, this map would be perfect to recreate the attacks in the fjords in Tromsø Norway. Then we would only need to wait on project Lancaster to complete the raiding flights. It would be fun to use a Mossie flight as a Pathfinder in those attacks.

 

S!Blade<><

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

Fell for The Viggen on sales. An iconic airplane I remember as a kid living in Sweden. Brute force and sophisticated systems for it's time. Waiting for the new northern map to fly it on..

[DD_fruitbat]

18 hours ago, SCG_motoadve said:

How do you like that map, I have been tempted to buy it and fly Mosquito missions

 

Its very pretty, I enjoy flying around on it myself,

 

 

 

 

 

[Gambit21]

12 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said:

 

Its very pretty, I enjoy flying around on it myself,

 

 

 

 

 

It’s a fantastic fly around map - probably the best in that regard (although Syria is great as well imo)

 

My problem with SA is trying to come up with plausible ops for land-based aircraft on the mainland. The airport’s are mostly small, civilian air strips unfit to base a squadron of fighters at. Up north OK - I need one down south. I had a sort of South America “Vietnam’esque” idea. I can do it when the Naval F-4 arrives (or if I wanted to use the Tomcat which I don’t) but I’m hard pressed to lay out a compelling “north/south scenario with land-based aircraft with these cute, low capacity civilian bases.

 

Great for bush flying, getting fisherman and backpackers around Patagonia though. If only that was a mission dynamic in DCS, and if only I had a Goose or an Otter. Onward to the Greenland and Antarctic maps.

 

I love DCS, it’s the best thing going…but the 3rd party map decisions…ugh. Syria is it, and will be for a long time.

Edited November 21, 2023 by Gambit21

[Lusekofte]

Well I did pre buy the F4 Phantom. Because I believe it is worth it. 
I buy all Vietnam era planes coming and the Corsair. There is no point fighting it. 

[Trooper117]

Sometimes you can't help but cave in... it happens!

[Trooper117]

More Corsair goodness...

 

 

 

 

[nirvi]

Starting to fly a bit more in VR:

 

[Gambit21]

6 hours ago, Lusekofte said:

Well I did pre buy the F4 Phantom. Because I believe it is worth it. 
I buy all Vietnam era planes coming and the Corsair. There is no point fighting it. 

“I WAS BOOOORNE IN A CROSSFIRE HURRICANNNNE!!!”

 

 

[Barn-Owl]

3 hours ago, nirvi said:

Starting to fly a bit more in VR:

 

Use VR necksafer so you don't break your neck over time....   makes life easier when checking your six o'clock view.

[nirvi]

1 hour ago, Friction said:

Use VR necksafer so you don't break your neck over time....   makes life easier when checking your six o'clock view.

I know it exists, but I don’t want to use it. I prefer realism over comfort?

[Gambit21]

On 11/25/2023 at 3:24 PM, nirvi said:

I know it exists, but I don’t want to use it. I prefer realism over comfort?

Ahh…then you must have your computer in a refrigerated room, with a hard seat, and someone standing by with a handful of gravel to wing at your face when you take hits. ?

 

 

 

 

[MiGCap]

The big advantage in RL modern fighter flying is that I can support my movement by holding up at the inside of the canopy or using handle bars in the cockpit . Without I wouldn't be able to turn my head or my upper part of body as much as it is necessary to watch my six in my age ... a possibility I miss in sim VR flying.

 

But I didn't use the necksaver either in VR. Instead I mounted a handle bar at the wall beside my sim cockpit installation. Works. At least on one side. 

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, MiGCap said:

 

 

But I didn't use the necksaver either in VR. Instead I mounted a handle bar at the wall beside my sim cockpit installation. Works. At least on one side. 

 

They have them for both sides FYI  ?

 

Couldn't resist.

 

 

[MiGCap]

  

 

 

Exactly this product I bought one week ago ...

 

... but not for my sim cockpit, but for my 91-year-old mother. 

[easterling77]

Ey these things are golden.?

 

I have to use them for the next couple of weeks after a hip surgery.

 

And so long no flying for me (not allowed to use force on one leg - and therefore no pedal movements)?

 

@MiGCap I'm hoping your mother is doing fine in this high age.

Edited November 28, 2023 by easterling77

[MiGCap]

@easterling77 Yes, she is fine. But she has more and more difficulties to stand up. Therefore the mentioned device.

 

Get well soon after Your surgery!

 

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by MiGCap
Typo

[easterling77]

Good to hear.

 

Thank you, it's a matter of patients for me - luckily I'm young and fit enough - so it will be ok. Six weeks no IL2 and DCS?‍♂️ but there are many other options to spend time on.

Edited November 29, 2023 by easterling77

[Trooper117]

For anyone that hasn't seen this yet, new airfields are arriving for the Normandy 2 map... please follow the link.

 

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/337195-normandy-20-update-new-airfields/

[nirvi]

1 hour ago, Trooper117 said:

For anyone that hasn't seen this yet, new airfields are arriving for the Normandy 2 map... please follow the link.

 

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/337195-normandy-20-update-new-airfields/

The new airfields were added 2 weeks ago

[BladeMeister]

I am caving as you read this. I try not to pre buy any modules anymore but damn, I can't stop myself with this badass. C'est la vie for a self admitted combat flight simming addict.

?

 

S!Blade<><

 

Edit: Lusekofte, we can both wait in shame together.

Edited December 11, 2023 by BladeMeister

[Lusekofte]

27 minutes ago, BladeMeister said:

Edit: Lusekofte, we can both wait in shame together.

Well this will keep me occupied a long while. So I won’t have to pre buy next module I think. ? 

Man I wonder if those textures in that plane will make a slideshow with my pc. If I have to buy a new one it’s gonna be century’s most expensive module

[BladeMeister]

12 minutes ago, Lusekofte said:

Well this will keep me occupied a long while. So I won’t have to pre buy next module I think. ? 

Man I wonder if those textures in that plane will make a slideshow with my pc. If I have to buy a new one it’s gonna be century’s most expensive module

Lol. My old Rig was running all my sims pretty good in 2020, then Turbo tax stopped supporting Win7 so, I had no choice but to enlist a friend and we built my current Rig to run Win10. The worlds most expensive tax return rig ran about 3500$ including my monitor. That was more than my Tax refund that year, LOL. Of course my old Rig was literally 12 years old, so I was overdue for an upgrade but still. Use DLSS and that will help your Rig grind out a decent FPS but it will sacrifice a bit of eye candy.

 

S!Blade<><?

[Gambit21]

20 hours ago, BladeMeister said:

I am caving as you read this. I try not to pre buy any modules anymore but damn, I can't stop myself with this badass. C'est la vie for a self admitted combat flight simming addict.

?

 

S!Blade<><

 

Edit: Lusekofte, we can both wait in shame together.

Heatblur sets the new standard - again.

 

 

[Lusekofte]

3 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

Heatblur sets the new standard - again.

 

 

Yes, I am happy for when the phantom came it was this good. Those pilot shots looked real life

[Gambit21]

What a beauty. I'd hate to be another developer thinking of getting into jets right now.

 

 

[nirvi]

Early morning multiplayer sortie:

 

 

 

[DD_Crash]

On 12/12/2023 at 2:43 AM, Gambit21 said:

What a beauty. I'd hate to be another developer thinking of getting into jets right now.

 

 

I wonder who you mean.

[Lusekofte]

53 minutes ago, DD_Crash said:

I wonder who you mean.

Nah, would not that be too obvious 

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

New open beta patch out, seems to have cured quite a few issues along with a plethora of new features.

[MiGCap]

 

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

Treated myself with another P-51D campaign made by Reflected?Leavings this seasonal greeting here as it seems appropriate for DCS ?‍?

 

[sevenless]

On 12/25/2023 at 8:37 AM, LLv34_Flanker said:

S!

 

Treated myself with another P-51D campaign made by Reflected?Leavings this seasonal greeting here as it seems appropriate for DCS ?‍?

 

 

He announced (among other interesting stuff) a Topgun campaign for the Phantom. Cant wait for that. 

 

 

[Lusekofte]

He is going to do a chopper campaign. Lost paradise is a treat

[Veteran66]

DCS Lancaster update