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I flew solo in SP for many years. I had a negative view of MP due to all the noise about cheaters and griefers etc AND it's pretty intimidating (even for someone who is pretty computer literate) to just know how to actually start into MP on a software/hardware/connection level. And that's before you have to actually know details about procedures etc. I finally dipped my toes into MP because I was running out of missions/campaigns and started browsing some sites and discords for virtual squadrons. I got extremely lucky and stumbled on a great group that I love flying with and have learned so much from that I never would have learned on my own. It was quite a learning curve up front (even as a reasonably experienced flier) but well worth it in the end. Looking at other groups I can definitely see how I might have sworn off MP again if I had landed in them because it wouldn't have been a good fit for style of play or just the personality things others have mentioned.

Is there any fix planned for this? It has been some time since it was originally reported, the error is still present on the map.

I recently took a few rounds of 23mm and received an R gen fail a few holes along the engine, then 6 seconds later, I had lost almost 9000lbs of fuel. I'm no expert, but that seems excessive. I can understand losing a few hundred or even 2 thousand pounds, but not the entire tank. Hopefully, this can be looked at, as this should not be intended.

Hey y'all looking for a Virpil collective base, without a twist throttle is much preferred. Looking to buy used to avoid the ridiculously long shipping times. If interested please DM me on discord my username is "vilebearacuda" it will take me a while to respond on this forum. Thank you!

Already been reported. Cheers, John

The problem with "get good" is that it requires i+1 structure, i.e. you level up through challenges that are calibrated to your current skill level. Most PvP games do not have a leveled system that facilitates this, and there's enough people on the internet who leveled up through survivorship bias that public opinion is skewed towards "just get good" without recognizing the very real cognitive mechanisms that involve "getting good."

Hello Drivers and Developers, For some reason, I cannot seem to get a neutral party aircraft to land on a specific airfield that's also designated as a Neutral. Parking is assigned, and the fuel is set to about 50% for MLOW. What am I doing wrong?

I know this is a hell of a necro-post, but do you have a source on the validity of USAF F-4E's carrying AIM-7M or P? Also, the USAF Phantom inner pylons were never wired or set up for Sparrow, so I'm not entirely sure where that last point comes from. Source: https://phantomphacts.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-f-4-inboard-pylons.html Cheers, -Joe

They went all out on the tigermeet liveries this year. Pure works of art. Recreating them in DCS is 100s of hours of work unless someone has access to the raw art files. It won't be me but there are some really complex liveries on user files so someone might be crazy enough to take them on.

There was a significant amount of noise about it, and it was a significant change. Iron bombing feels quite good now. Very enjoyable. LGB's can be placed amongst a group of vehicles like a SAM site. Possible to destroy an entire SAM site with one or two well placed bombs.

Please read the manual

The discord link does not take me anywhere to discord. Looks like the link is bad.

See screenshot showing location of these terrain "bumps" on the taxiway By the way, I love the winter season on this map best for flying up high over the mountain ranges

Это когда ты в зеркало пялишься? Только ЗШ от куда-то мерещится. Так же как и то, что тут кто-то утверждает что они ДОЛЖНЫ быть желтыми... Ты сам же скинул картинки с желтой индикацией, а "Зелёные шасси" нарисованы в Пэинте. Ты сам себя закопал, бесполезно уже умничать) Вот именно что ты тут пытаешься показаться самым умным доказывая ОЧЕВИДНОЕ... Только это очевидно исключительно в тових книжках и всеобщей логике. А есть такое слово "РЕАЛЬНОСТЬ". Тебе тут несколько человек уже пытается доказать что в авиации не всё по документам - но ты как упертый .... всё равно тычешь своими беспонтовыми бумажками.. Да всем на..ть на них. Если для тебя "Выцветший" - это ЦВЕТ, то ок, мы дальтоники... И лётчики которые проходят регулярно ВЛК и летают на этих МиГах - тоже дальтоники. Видимо врачи которые их проверяют - тоже раздолбаи. Только "Дикий котик" не дальтоник и живёт исключительно по ОСТам) Гуляй короче)

I requested this a couple years ago and the response was pretty much what draconus said. The lighting is based on the time.

Knock on wood, I think I solved it thanks to chatgpt. The problem was that I sent the encode resolution to 3664, which is pretty high, it needs constant good bitrate, but at the same time I enabled dynamic bitrate and maximized it at 250 - not enough! So now I set the resolution to 2880, disabled dynamic bitrate, and set the bitrate to 300. So far so good!

It is a bit off... when level (no pulling G's) it overshoots a bit, aims tad ahead of the target... but when in turn (pulling higher G's) it undershoots (see my screenshot, looks like good aim but you can see tracers going way behind the aircraft. I figured out why often I see tracers going to the left of the target, its because the aircraft pulls to the left as you start firing that cannon, so I figured I have to aim to the right side of the aircraft instead of the center.

Issue persists. After engine damage, engine remains at 50% in external view. Cockpit instruments show 0%, rotor is stopped. Engine still makes noise and ground crew report that engine needs to be shut down. Fire button doesn't shut it down, neither does draining all the fuel. Would be nice if this got resolved sometime soon. it's been 3 years.

As far as quirks and details, the other day I got a little hamfisted throwing the jet around with the damper off to try to do a mini-cobra and compressor stalled the engines. Was a pleasantly unexpected unpleasant surprise. One engine re-lit with the auto restart, the other wouldn't catch and I had to put it in Cut-off then do a single engine emergency landing.

I would've recommended the Huey too as a starter, but it seems he already got the Gazelle, so I focused on that.

Update. Both sides have been assembled.. And jeez this thing is big, I keep going back to the 3d model and taking measurements in case there was a mistake.. . Cause I am using a next level gaming seat I have to raise the sides up by approx 95mm (can use the adjustable feet to help). So I am building shaped platforms either side (that's tomorrow's job, along with other things). Also trying to work out how I will get in and out of the pit, as I currently have a banged up knee. Options are to hinge the left side just past the throttle, or remove the last rib and try and slide into the seat from there (seat is currently in it's most backwards position). I am thinking I will make a hinge for easy access. Happy to take thoughts on this.

I thought the problem was something like that because I had been pretty lax in following correct landing procedures (you were the most helpful to me in pointing that out to me btw, so I thank you for that). But since then , I have been very careful about landing procedures ,including putting the gear down first before any flaps. Now I feel really certain though that this problem is caused by a software bug. When this happens to me, the severe right roll is apparent as soon as I spawn into the mission (it's an airs spawn mission that I made for myself to practice landings) . Whenever I get this severe right roll, I know that only one gear will come down. It happens only once in a great while, although I have had it happen a couple of times in a row. Another weird thing I have noticed is that when this happens, the track of it flickers. All my other tracks don't flicker like that.

@AeriaGloria Thank you, that was a simpler explanation than mine!

Yes usually you get Jester saying “closing the canopy” as it closes. Or you used to a couple months ago last time I did a single seat cold start.

On the Visual ID side. That’s what the Camera is for. If only you could tell jester to zoom in. Also yes, looking at a 32” flat screen image is nothing at all like actually looking at a real airplane at a distance in the real world. It’s impossible to reproduce properly on an LCD screen. Just the lack of collimation makes it impossible to tell Speck on the canopy, vs Distant aircraft, vs sneeze residue on the screen itself. To say nothing of the flattening of highlight in even a HDR display due to the rendering systems used. And unfortunately that also applies to OLED VR. The best the current render pipelines can manage is to recreate a fairly nice small format camera image. Even with ray tracing, it just can’t handle real light at a distance right. TLDR, use at least dots if not labels because it just can’t do reality justice.