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One cant help but wonder, after reading a thread like this, why you play DCS if the experience is so bad?

Heck yeah! I just thought it was still work in progress. I have not used any of this. I asked Chatpgpt I kinda got an understanding but not complete. It gave me a script for Node.js but I do not know whether it should be on notepad++ and where is it saved. Then it gave me a script for SignalRGB which I used and put in the folder whirlwindFX/effects I created. FInally chatgpt gave me a script for my export lua. That is as far as I got the values of the script are not confirmed and probably wrong. So yes please. Especially how you got the a lamp integrated into DCS. You see the lamp hanging over the visor in pic I would like to have it turn on and off like the map light in the Hornet. It seems like what you put together here can make that work. J

We are the backbone of DCS. The pilots, the builders, the mission makers, the modders. We commit hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars into keeping this sim alive. But it’s time to speak the sore truth: Eagle Dynamics is failing us where it matters most. 1. The Update Nightmare Installing DCS is not “immersive.” It’s punishment. 17+ hours to download, 13+ hours to unpack. One router hiccup, and the whole download dies — no resume. While downloading, you can’t play. The almighty update.exe locks you out completely. Every other game in existence supports resumable downloads, background updating, or play-while-downloading. DCS? Still acts like a relic from the 90s. 2. The SSD Chokehold DCS doesn’t just waste your time, it hijacks your hardware. It downloads and unpacks at the same time, hammering your SSD at 100%. Other games on the same drive? Forget it — they stutter, lag, or won’t even launch. SSD lifespan chewed up for no reason but bad design. We bought NVMe drives for speed, not to watch them suffer under an outdated updater. 3. The Storage Trap DCS already eats 400GB+ just for the base game and CoreModules containing tens of gigabytes of Liveries for modules one probably never try. 30+GB of Liveries just 'sits' on your drive in hope that you pay for the module so you can 'enjoy' them! But here’s the catch: If you tweak files or experiment with mods, you need an extensive backup — meaning another tens of GB gone. Try a trial map on a smaller SSD? You’ll download until the very end, then get “Not enough hard drive space.” The solution? Buy a new SSD. 2TB, 4TB, whatever it takes. This isn’t a simulator anymore. It’s a storage treadmill. Every new map and module aren’t just money — it’s another hardware tax. 4. The GPU & Hardware Treadmill Why do we need 4096x4096 textures when most players fly at 1440p? Why is VR still lagging and inaccurate in something as basic as button-pushing? The truth: Instead of optimizing, ED piles on “eye candy” that only a 4090 can fake. Players are pushed to buy bigger GPUs, more RAM, faster drives — just to keep up. Meanwhile, core fidelity (ATC, AI, mission flow, basic usability) is left behind. HOTAS costs a fortune, yet ED would rather you drop another $1,200 on a GPU and DDR5 than improve the sim’s fundamentals. 5. The Community Carries the Sim And here’s the biggest insult: the best parts of DCS don’t come from ED. They come from the modders. VoiceAttack + VIACOM: Realistic comms with AI. CurrentHill’s packs: Free assets, now repackaged into another 10GB+ “official update.” Community scripts & mods: Texture optimizers, quality-of-life fixes, immersion tools. Extensive tutorials by players: Every module requires hours of community-made guides and videos just to perform at bare minimum. ED ships “study-level aircraft” but leaves the actual studying to unpaid players. ED survives because of us — the unpaid developers, teachers, and testers filling the gaps. Yet instead of listening, they bury us under ‘wishes’. Our Truth We don’t need more unoptimized textures. We don’t need bigger SSDs or pricier GPUs. We don’t need 13-hour installs that hang on a dropped connection. We don’t need unpaid players to write manuals for every module. What we need is respect for the player base. Respect for our time, our hardware, our commitment. Until then, let it be known: the “greatest sim on earth” survives not because of ED, but in spite of them — carried on the backs of the very community they neglect.

Out of curiosity, what fuel and missile load?

I'm pretty sure that I have never flown the Corsair in the dark, everyone knows that there's no lift at night! Is that light bright enough to see in the daylight?

Squad Name: Foxhounds Squad Lead: [FOX] Nemisis TimeZone: International squadron, Zulu Time

Hello and thank you for you work. However only thing I able to download is M92-Humans pack (~37MB). Is there another download link?

For sure! Decided to download it for a trial this week. Well I can honestly say that this map will be the first which I wont miss ever! In my opinion is the most dull and boring map (never tried Normandy/Channel).

I fully understand why they need me to do it, I don't feel like it to run an integrity check on my day off just to proof that I have an issue running the most expensive flight simulator on the planet. So yeah, not gonna happens.

Thanks, I am thinking it is getting ignored because the label of the original thread say "correct as is". That was from 3 years ago and it seems to be popping up again. Might have to start a new one.

Oh no I see it too. The mavericks definitely got blurrier. I wish I had before photos.

Totally agree with Gunfreak! In fact, (brainfart inbound...!)If the could make the pilot swim as it can walk when you parachute on land, then maybe they can integrate it to some sort of combined arms continuation, you could become infantry or try to make it across enemy lines In a sort of S.E.R.E mini mission.

For the first time from last two years I thought that I'm <profanity>ty pilot and all it was the freaking FOV. Thank you man! @BIGNEWY when ED will make this a default setting?

Дак на вторую не переходит, первая то провалена)) Сомнений куда лететь не было, просто Утришем и Дюрсо там не пахнет)

Thanks for the note, it looks like I missed the "aircraft" folder when I built the file structure. Download link updated with the correction. Please let me know if you still have issues.

Does the Red Star Simulations have a discord link? I cannot find a discord link for them.

He was just trying to help you, no need to be rude. a repair does not take 2 days, it just check every file of your dcs install looking for any missing or non-correct files, and re-downloads only those files. moving the input folder of your aircraft is just a way to force dcs to return to a default control bindings status, while keeping the ability to return to your prior config just by moving the folder back. the dcs.log file provides a lot of data about your dcs which can help diagnose the problem.

Flew last night - downright gorgeous!

Guess no one else is seeing this. Any suggestions regarding my settings? It was not this way a month ago. The resolution marked was from 3 years ago, many updates since then and I am running in 1024 mode for camera displays. I can go to any Utube video and see much better clarity. All before the last patch. Can I revert back?

This buggy behavior is probably caused by other flyable aircraft mods. I was bothered by this 'bug' for months, but after I deleted the VNAO T-45 mod, I never ran into this issue again.

Did you install DCS as administrator? What user are you running OMM as? You know OMM has its own thread? Cheers! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk

Your mission seems to have two problems: - Too much speed. The AI logic somewhere decides it doesn't have enough fuel for what you're asking so it aborts the mission and lands on the nearest base available. Reducing speed to a more comfortable .76 Mach seems to make the AI happier. - Initial attack point too far from the target. Even when you check the "visible" option, so the TU-22M is technically seeing the carrier, somehow it decides it's too far to engage. It's very frustrating because there's no feedback from the AI, so you don't know why it's not doing what you want it to do. Just trial and error. I just set a lower speed for the TU-22M and put waypoint 3 around 50miles from the target. Test how it goes. Russia_Finnish_Conflict (1).miz

Hahaha, den hatte ich komplett vergessen, und auch über die Suche nicht gefunden, als ich diesen hier aufgemacht habe. @EagleEye kannst du diesen Thread in den alten reinmergen?

Hi, please see attached error picture.

On 24th of August I made a clean install and waited two days in order to download and unpack your product! I WILL NOT DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS!