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Yes, please, this is a major thing missing in most DCS aircraft

I can confirm that the Q3 has an outstanding sweet spot. You can literaly look with your eyes at the edge of the lenses and see clear. The Q3 is a great headset. The field of view is an important part, since it defines how much of the vr world you can see. The Q3 has 110° which is a good average. The Reverb G2 ha 98° and Pimax Super has 120°. You can think of it like a diving mask which gives you kind of a tunnel vision. The wider the FOV the greater the immersion. One of the main reasons I chose the Q3.

Not to mention X-101 is twice the size of the Harpoon.

I really like this patch, it looks great.

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It's not a good reason to stop sim development. There are multiple examples even from FC level aircraft: MiG-29 can't extend speedbrakes with center bag (real limitation) or F-15C engines flame out after 10s of inverted flight (real limitation) and yes, there were multiple reports on this, yet the devs didn't remove the features because it's not about players' convenience or bug report readers. It's about simulation.

I cant seem to get 310.4.0 to show in-game. Still showing 310.3.0 (preset K) for some reason.... (I simply overwrote the nvngx_dlss.dll file with the latest 310.4.0)

I think it would be a good idea for Heatblur to partner with Reflected to enchance and fix their F14 campaigns. I think their staff seems to be too busy actually working on the planes to upkeep the missions.

I didn't change anything in the settings, but now the pimax speed is a disaster. It's become really cr@p. It's playable now that I've lowered the frame rate from 90 to 72 and significantly lowered the graphics in DCS.

Because despite all of this, DCS has no equal. That’s exactly why we push for better. We invest hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars — not because we hate it, but because we care. If nobody spoke up about the broken update system, the hardware treadmill, the storage bloat, the reliance on community tutorials, then nothing would ever change. Saying “why still play” ignores the fact that the only reason DCS is still alive is because players like us stick with it, build content, and call out the problems.

That's because it is correct. The AGM65 is notorious for a bad image. This video is a 65G still IR like the D. Cant seem to find the one video with D model but the seekers are same, IR. If you are coming from other aircraft in DCS where the image seems clearer then surprise cuz that isnt the case with the F16. Mavericks on the F16 are probably the best modelled and hopefully ED transfer the modelling to other airframes to include the boresighting. https://youtu.be/S08ci2rxFAo?si=RhMzQP43G5OiFr7d

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?