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Well, if you did a fresh windows install, you also need to undo some things: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/options-to-optimize-gaming-performance-in-windows-11-a255f612-2949-4373-a566-ff6f3f474613

I would think MSAA, DLSS and resolution settings are GPU related and have less to do with whatever CPU you are using.

Virtual Carrier Strike Group 8 If you're looking for semi-realistic operations with a casual atmosphere, a good place to hang out, dedicated training servers to fly on, and a place to learn your aircraft come check us out! Our Discord: https://discord.gg/pWbae3Y Apply on our website: https://vcsg8.com Who we are: Founded in February 2019, we currently have ~70 active members, weekly operations every Saturday at 8:00PM Central US Time. Training servers up 24/7. Persistent dynamic campaigns available during the week. People flying every day! Realistic procedures where they count, casual community, good times. Requirements to join: - Must be 18 years old to join - Must own the Supercarrier module, Persian Gulf map or Syria map - Must own either the F/A-18, or F-14 modules Extras: We also squad up in games like Ready or Not, Broken Arrow, and whatever else catches our eye mid-week. Feel free to join our discord and chat with us!

I upgraded because it was my third 14900K with the intel CPU’s killing themselves. I was just tired of worrying about it. Also not to mention the weird windows update failures, blue screens, and other instabilities. I had just had it with intel. I did all the recommendations. fresh windows install updated bios and latest chipset drivers other games got increases in fps for sure because my gaming ssd is separate it has the old settings from when I ran the 14900K Balanced power plan and tried cores 0-15 and 1-15. the only thing that’s weird to me is how hot this cpu runs. I thought the 14900K was a hot CPU topping out at like 82C my 9959X3D is getting all the way to 91. I even put a contact plate and re applied thermal grizzly. i feel like my CPU isn’t boosting at all. Maybe getting to 3.2ghz on a core while playing DCS. I know something isn’t right but I am so confused as to what it is.

If it might be difficult to make piers for the ship to pull up to and leave Maybe can make tug boats that can attach to the ships and pull them out to sea and put them into port That would be so awesome Thank you

OK I'll contribute! I had to blow the dust off of the Viggen so here's an demo video I made at Nellis. This one is the spectator view and a link for the cockpit video is in the description as well. Enjoy the clip gang! This plane is a lot of fun to fly. https://youtu.be/Ya6bLb9PzgA?si=QZAZjpgfdl8qFtV4

[emoji1787][emoji1787] I know how you feel. I'll certainly give your advice a shot. It makes me appreciate even more these young fellas who had to do all of this in combat and survive. Cheers! Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk

So anyway if it might be difficult to make peers of the ships can maneuver too Maybe we can make tugboats so they can pull up the ships and attach to them and then pull them out to sea Maybe some functionality can be made for that That would be super awesome

I will follow this. I just used the settings from the 14900k which ran just fine.

Long Life to His Majesty Mbucchia ! m(__)m

Thanks! Glad to help. The mass of the prop will only really eat up some power if you are constantly accelerating/decelerating it. As for your question: I'll refrain from trying to answer this one because I only have limited IRL combat experience (banging head on keyboard, punching fist thru monitor, smashing printers in an open field , etc), and prefer not to give any incorrect info. In DCS, I try not to change throttle much at all, even in combat. Try to manage your energy. Come in for a high speed dive, take your shots, zoom on by and regain the energy up high for the next pass, ideally without touching my throttle or RPM. If things get complicated with the bandit and I'm in a bind, I'll push it up to 2700 RPM only when slow on speed and I need to accelerate quickly, then I'll pull RPM down a little again to keep some speed and not run in first gear too much. Is it the correct way? I dunno. I'm always learning. It works for me, but then again, I also get shot up a lot I'm much more comfortable with the engineering stuff over combat

Are you thinking that the phrase "Air-to-Ground" means that it should have an "Air" capability to the radar while also being able to have the "Ground" capability?? Are you thinking it should show you air targets as well??

PGM 1 is the most accurate, not PGM 5. PGM 5 is the least accurate. But also, the original bug that you linked to, had to deal with the accuracy of the HARM itself when a SAM's radar turned off. This was addressed in the latest update. Seems like a misunderstanding of how the system works. PGM 2 is still pretty accurate but it should not have been as accurate as it was when radar emissions stopped. Weapons. Fixed the AGM-88C being overly accurate, even when the target radar emissions cease. Fixed edge case where a target ID is passed to the missile, but the target stops radiating before seeker delay. Increased seeker range to match HAS implementation more closely.

Ok, thanks!

Absolutely, If you want to mock one up however you like Im more than happy to adapt it to the system.

Great post GT, this helped me understand constant speed props more. Also, we tend to forget that the massive propeller (13ft diameter IIRC) has a mass that has to be moved by the engine, so you lose some HP there. I would like to know what settings were used for combat when you are constantly changing throttle quite abruptly at times. I assume the engineers come up with max continuous as a balancing point of not overloading the engine, not overspending the prop, preventing knocking, and providing enough thrust for combat manoeuvring. Included in this is the pilot not having to spend brain power on thinking of all of this in a dogfight. Cheers! Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk

I feel your disappointment - Users spend Thousands of Dollars on computer equipment and modules after watching one of the carefully staged and Edited DCS Beyond Video. Some Users who shield DCS and pretend to be in authority here will be quick to dissmiss your complaint as your expecting too much and the Devs are too busy hey you can still get some great screen shots. Just make sure there are no tanks stuck on top of plants - inverted taxiing aircraft spinning on their cockpit roofs - Dead Aircraft flying in endless loops - Trains going backwards or up in the sky out to sea - Trains passing through each other and bouncing back and forth between waypoints. Some comical videoes showing the issues should be placed on YouTube. Hard to believe but no one Listens or is interested or fixes these problems. Maybe too busy creating scary hand cam from the 1960`s so you can watch your own joystick hand thunderbirds style on screen. Maybe 4k Pilot eyebrows with growth control that are also affected by the inside rain effects.

Any chance of getting more helicopter specific templates? Id be more than happy to help out with that if it was useful.

Yup, I use SimShaker. Just sharing here that if you go this route, you will need to get their current beta version for the Corsair feedback. They just added the Corsair recently, but haven't moved it to their stable release yet. I've flown with it for a few days now, no issues, just in case beta stuff scares you, which would be ironic flying the Corsair

Thanks for that! But the question can be raised why does HB communicate in Discord and not here, in the official ED forum? I hate Discord and try avoiding it wherever I can.

Flew in light icing conditions on the Afghanistan map after cold starting. The airspeed indication in the IHADDS went to zero, and I realized the pitot heat wasn't on. I tried to turn on the pitot heat on the appropriate MFD page, and found that you are unable to cycle the auto/manual system, can't turn on the de-ice or pitot heat, etc. A quick search showed it has been this way since 2022. Will this be fixed? Thanks

It helps to understand some of the science here. Here’s what I can offer to help appreciate the bird a little more. If you already know this stuff, then please ignore me, but I’ll post it for those in the community who may not know it: Max power does not equal max speed. Max power refers to engine power, not the power that is converted and comes out of the prop to propel you forward. Max engine power just eat up more fuel. If you’re running at 2700 and expecting high speed, try running a car or bicycle in 1st gear. It’s similar. The propellers need to take more bite out of the air when flying quickly. So why then would the engine be putting out so much power, without a lot of speed? Well, look up propeller advance ratios. It’s analogous to the angle of attack of a wing’s airfoil. When a propeller is running flat with high airspeed, you are way off the maximum efficiency point for the propeller’s airfoil. The propeller would be doing a terrible job at converting mechanical power (equal to torque times RPM) into propulsive power (which is equal to thrust times velocity). This is the sole purpose of a propeller: Convert the power. If your propeller is only 20% efficient here (a reasonable number for low advance ratios caused by high RPM and not a lot of forward movement), then for every 100 HP the propeller can put out, the engine must supply 500 HP. For max speed, you want to find the point where the propeller airfoils are operating at their most efficient local angle of attack. With variable pitch props, prop efficiency can be brought up in the neighborhood of around 80% to 85%. You’ll never get 100% because the blade will always slip a little in the air when chopping at it. So for that same 500 HP from the engine, you now have so much more speed from the power conversion because the propeller is only wasting 20% the supplied power now, simply by changing the blade pitch, even when at a LOWER RPM, just like your car or bicycle. How do we find this optimum point where we can maximize our prop efficiency? As pilots, we use the charts the engineers put together for us since we don’t have direct control over blade pitch, or what would be even better, the advance ratio. As an aerospace engineer myself, I’ve spent lots of time in wind tunnels over my career with propellers collecting this data, and publishing performance charts. I love this stuff and can talk about it all day. It’s tough to grasp at first, but if you ever want to know more, just shoot me a message. You mentioned above that you could barely get above 200 knots. I just did a flight earlier today at 5,000 feet, cruising conservatively at 2200 RPM and around 33 MP and was moving around 210-220 kts indicated, which is around 235 knots true. Try it out. I could have pushed it even faster if I played around with the MP and RPM, but I was just cruising to save fuel when flying back to the boat. Propeller efficiency is a huge deal, and you’re not going to get good efficiency at 2700 RPM unless you are very slow, because the blades are flattened out. Jets move faster or slower based on your throttle position. Warbirds are completely different. Just remember that RPM control has nothing to do with setting the RPM on your engine. The RPM lever controls a governor that is linked to blade pitch. So, when you pull the RPM lever back, you may actually be INCREASING thrust because now your blades will start biting into the air. Yeah, I’ll agree that some things with this module need tweaking near the edge of the envelopes of altitudes, temperatures, ground handling etc, but for the most part, this plane feels pretty good, and operates very closely to the charts when flown correctly. Not too bad for its early access, incompleted, state. I uploaded a quick test mission with a script that shows you engine diagnostics. Spend 5 minutes with it. It’s an air start, so you can quickly start playing with different throttle and RPM settings and see their effect in real time. It’s a great learning tool. Hope you found this helpful, -GT-

Hello, I have a problem hosting a server for my friend. When he tries to join through the server name, the server doesn’t appear, and when he tries to join through the IP, it says “server offline.” I set up Port Forwarding for port 10308 with my IPv4 address on both TCP and UDP, but it didn’t change anything. The IP shown on http://www.whatismyip.com/ is the same as in the game, and the port in the game matches the one I set in Port Forwarding. Can anyone help me?

Would it be possible to add support for animated PNG or GIF files during game play? It could be used for a variety of things - news flash, intel update, or a meme. It would be added thru the Mission Editor. Good idea or bad idea?