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Very unlikely- as we plan to start work on the Navy Phantoms very quickly and this would simply end up being a distraction

The moderator has marked the thread with "missing track", so I play the game and do a systematic test. I created a mission with 10 BMP-2 as targets. The A-10C II carries 42 each M151L and M282L. I flew the mission twice. First run I used M282L only, and in the second run M151L only. I saved tracks of both and I also have the Tacview files. I evaluated the first run replaying the track. But I found that after the 8th target the track no longer reproduced the true action. So I used the Tacview records to capture the attacks on the last two targets. Herte are the results: Using M282L Using M151L Target Hits to K.O. Weapon Remark Target Hits to K.O. Weapon Remark 1 1 M282L 1 1 M151L damaged 86% 2 4 M282L 2 1 M151L damaged 86% 3 1 M282L 3 1 M151L damaged 86% 4 6 M282L 4 1 M151L damaged 86% 5 1 M282L 5 1 M151L damaged 86%. Killed with 2nd Hydra 6 1 M282L 6 1 M151L damaged 86% 7 9 M282L 5th rocket fell short 7 1 M151L damaged 86% 8 1 M282L 8 1 M151L damaged 86% 9 4 M282L Track is invalid, using Tacview data 9 1 M151L damaged 86% 10 2 M282L 10 1 M151L damaged 86% "Hits to K.O." is the number of hits it takes to knock the target out so it can no longer fight. There is a difference in the way the two different Hydras are treated. 1. When you replay the track for the M282L and look at the debrief information you see that many hits that you witnessed in the track are not recorded as hits in the debrief. They are however recorded in Tacview. The hits not recorded in the debrief do not produce any damage in the target and do not affect its ability to fight. This explains the large number of hits required to destroy some of the BMP's. You have to really kill the BMP (critical damage) in order to disable it. It took 30 hits to K.O. the 10 BMP's. 2. The M151L disables the BMP with a single hit in all cases, resulting in "damaged 86%". At this damage level the BMP is totally unable to fight. You can just leave it there or give it the coup de grâce with a short gun burst. It took 10 hits to K.O. the 10 BMP's. My conclusion: the M151L is currently 3 times more effective against armoured targets like IFV's than the M282L. This does not seem realistic. It would mean that the M282L has no reason for being. The track files are too big for uploading to the forum. I will upload them to my OneDrive and add the link here. Here is the link to my OneDrive folder with the two track files: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmGPVJpzF_Q4mFRmHoXqP6__bUsp?e=wgYmoh I'd appreciate if a moderator could clear out the empty lines below. They were caused by pasting data from Excel. Tacview-20221127-232520-DCS-BMP-2 Shooting Range M282L.zip.acmi Tacview-20221128-131405-DCS-BMP-2 Shooting Range M151L.zip.acmi

Great idea. For the people who want to pretend DCS is another game entirely, let the game modification people handle it. Heatblur shouldn't waste time on frivolous unrealistic "features" when the true naval version will be worked on immediately after the land-based version as has been previously stated in this very thread. Those who know about naval Phantoms know that the changes required are more than just invisible hookups to the catapult. The Phantom has to maintain a critical angle of attack to achieve a proper flyaway attitude. The F-4E cannot extend its nose strut and therefor will have difficulty achieving flyaway attitude before hitting the water without excessive wind over deck. If you have to do excessive wind over deck you might as well put it at 190kts in the mission editor and lift off vertically. I doubt Heatblur would want to mar their reputation with unrealistic capabilities built into their modules in any case.

Sorry for late reply, became a daddy for the 4th time!!! I can confirm the RAlt +\ works... I have bound it to my throttle. All good. Thanks guys.

She is done, and too strong, lol. Not a bad thing since that means longer flight times without degradation in performance. Right now I am flying with 3/100 centering force for my trimmer and 1/100 shake. I will be doing files or parts kits on laserwing.com and GitHub. Working on more motor options to keep cost down and variety for the range of strength.

Всем привет! Держите РЛЭ A-4E-C на русском языке. Приятных полетов!

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@BIGNEWY not to hound you guys, but do you have any update on this issue? It’s been 5 months since the first report, and remains as frustrating as ever.

Hello pilots and friends. We've been working on real time lighting and improving terrain textures, a couple of screenshots of progress:

Having a clearout. The cable has failed on my Reverb G1 and it is impossible to source a replacement. The headset itself was replaced under warranty by HP maybe 18 months ago and is working fine. I use earbuds because I needed split audio out to power my buttkicker and sound, so the earphones were removed from new and have never been used. The backpack laptop cable has also never been used and the controllers likewise. Just for setting up purposes. All packed up in the original box, so if you have the 4m cable but a dud headset, you have a winner. Also Oculus Rift CV1, complete kit with extra sensor, controllers, spare cable and other spares. In full working order when packed away in the original packaging due to Reverb arriving. Pick up only. If you are near Selby north yorkshire and have need of them, send me a message.

Nope, I have been in and out of hospital a lot over the last 18 months with a serious spinal problem, just had the surgery I have been waiting 5 years for and I'm in a slow recovery process right now. Tending to do the easy stuff for now whilst I restrict my time on my PC and this will need starting afresh, there is a lot of stuff that needs updating or removing because its private, I dont want to upset anyone. I'll consider myself reminded to get on with this though ... its started, be patient.

Steps 1-5 are correct as is. Step 7 and 8 are the problem after the aircraft turns towards the designated SPI in step 6. There is no automatic slewing action from the MAV and no way to command the MAV to slew towards the SPI which is now in full view. TMS-Down on WPN-SOI should command slave-to-SPI but does completely cancel and reset the SPI.

Чем лучше? В смысле, в тех местах, где читал я, утверждали, что TrackIR на Али де-факто неотличим от "оригинала". Быть может, внешний вид чуть другой, но важности в этом 0.

I could not help but take time out to experience these new mods despite being busy in real life. These are amazing.. especially the drivable ships.. presents a whole new perspective of dcs landscape. Loved the interiors of the tug and the Somali trawler (this one has a Capt. Philips poster) Breathtaking to see the towering troll A gas platform at night which is also an engineering marvel in real life. Learned the hard way that an lng tanker can't be maneuvered like a bmp2 after it collided at Guam port entry. Totally unexpected to see the animation on the windmill repair ship too. Marvelous job as always @Eight Ballthank you very much for this experience. Will post some screenshots later. One small question : AI helicopters approach from the aft of the Troll A platform when setup for landing.. this is the side where the cranes and superstructure are and is usually a profile thats not adopted.. is it possible to change the default approach from the forward (helipad) side or from Port or starboard sides.?

Click on the button that is below the blank page and select a page and it should store the page above that button. You can, if you dont finger around. In AA or AG master mode, SMS page will display the weapons selection page. In NAV mode or if you pressed the S-J or jettison page, then it will show the loadout schematics. To get back to weapons selection, deselect jettison or enter a AG or AA master mode. Cursor Zero, press it. If you slew the TGP or any sensor around, it creates an offset. If you do not zero that offset, it will keep the offset until you zero it by pressing cursor zero. Probably, check the JHMCS page on the DED for that.

The sheer amount of people who apparently lack the physics nous to understand the vast effect that changes in air pressure (and by direct proportion, density) play in missile performance leaves me somewhat incredulous. Let's start with a truism: peak Aim-54 performance requires a supersonic launch from 30,0000 ft+ against a hot, high flying, non-manoeuvering target At 30,000ft air pressure is going to be in the region of 25-30KPa. At 6,000ft it's going to be closer to 80kPa. That's more than 3 times the air pressure - ergo there are 3 times as many air molecules (density remember) that the missile body has to push against, 3 times as much air resistance; this slows the rate of acceleration of the missile whilst it is under power, limiting it's max achievable top speed plus it makes the missile slow down faster when it's in its glide phase. That's already brought your theoretical range down to 35nm. BUT THERE'S MORE! Don't forget that the AIM-54 in those high-altitude, long-range shots lofts to >80,000ft in order to benefit from even less air resistance, in the region of only 2-3kPa! That's 1/10th of the air resistance it would have had at 30,000ft and ~1/20th of the air resistance down at 6,000ft! But the 6,000ft shot would loft, right? Not necessarily - given the max range the WCS may not calculate a loft profile; even if it does, it cannot possibly loft the additional 40-50,000ft that the high alt launch loft profile gives you because the motor performance suffers due to the increased low altitude air density. Ergo the loft will likely be in the 33% of that figure, and give you ~15,000ft additional loft, which would take the missile to the ~20,000ft region. That equates to roughly 40kPa. That's still 13 times more than the air resistance at 80,000ft. Then, have your target make even a moderate missile defence and of course it's going to be scuppered. So, if you are: Below 30,000ft Under Mach 1 Targeting anything other than a bomber/transport that has limited evasive manoeuvring potential Don't expect your Phoenixes to connect at anything close to 100nm. Even maintaining those launch parameters, against fighters you need to compress that timeline to 40-50nm. Get slower/lower and those ranges compress further. What's so difficult to comprehend?

Do I need popcorn? The only important question regarding the E-Eagle is: When will it finally arrive?

I have this problem too. Regardless of my graphics settings, I can't make out the landing area until half way down the grove. Combined with the IFLOS disappearing with any overshoot, it's really frustrating doing carrier trals at the moment. I don't recall having either of these issues 12 months ago.

Die Leistung der Netzteile klingt für mich sehr wenig, da würde ich nochmal recherchieren. Bei bequiet gibt's so einen Konfigurator, der zeigt dir an welche Komponenten welche Leistung brauchen. Bei Netzteil, RAM und NVMe SSD kannst du auch mal nach jungen gebrauchten Teilen gucken, die sind meist schon deutlich günstiger und gehen kaum kaputt. (Seriöser Verkäufer vorausgesetzt ) Vielleicht reicht's dann sogar für ne bessere Grafikkarte, auch da mal nach Gebrauchten gucken. Grafikkarte ist das wichtigste bei DCS. 32GB ist Pflicht wurde ja schon gesagt.

Was Sinn macht ist aktuell etwas warten. AMD hat seine neuen Karten noch nicht draußen und deshalb hat Nvidia selbst beim Abverkauf der "alten" 30er Reihe noch absurde Preise. Ich denke ab dem Zeitpunkt ab dem die AMD Karten verfügbar sind (Mitte Dezember) kommt langsam Bewegung in die Sache. Generell kannst du dir mal überlegen, ob nicht doch auch eine AMD Grafikkarte eine Überlegung Wert wäre. Für DCS brauchst du kein Raytracing. Und dann drehe ich beim Hersteller die Hand nicht um. Dann kann man auch bei AMD suchen ob man nicht mehr fürs Geld bekommt. Du würdest z.B. zu einem ähnlichen Preis wie eine 3060 TI eine AMD 6800 (ohne XT) bekommen. Schau dir einfach mal Benchmarks an - gerade in WQHD.

Die Vorschläge klingen doch schon mal nach einer okayen Basis. Soweit ich weiß, ist die xx50 von Nvidia am ganz unteren Ende angesiedelt, deshalb würde ich vom ersten Vorschlag für DCS die Finger lassen; hat schon einen Grund, dass der auch der günstigste ist. Wie gut sich eine 3060 vs. 3060 Ti schlägt, kann ich nicht sagen, weil ich da selbst gerade nicht auf dem Laufenden bin; ich spiele DCS derzeit mit einer 1070 ti in WQHD mit TrackIR, und da sind die FPS inzwischen eher niedrig, aber meistens spielbar. Insofern denke ich, dass eine zwei Generationen neuere Grafikkarte da okay sein sollte, auch wenn du von einer 3060 (egal ob Ti oder nicht) vermutlich keine Wunder erwarten darfst. Die beiden Sachen, die ich relevant finde, sind SSD und RAM: Meine DCS OpenBeta-Installation umfasst inzwischen fast 450 GB; da sind die meisten Maps und die meisten Module installiert. Meine DCS Stable, in der beispielsweise die South Atlantic Map nicht installiert ist, wiegt immer noch 320 GB. Wenn wir noch Windows draufrechnen und dass du im Lauf der Zeit vielleicht noch ein paar andere Programme installieren und ein paar Daten speichern willst, würde ich unbedingt zu mindestens 1 TB SSD raten, es sei denn du kannst aus dem alten Rechner eine 500er SSD übernehmen und dann zwei Laufwerke betreiben (von einer HDD für DCS würde ich abraten; die ohnehin nicht feierlichen Ladezeiten steigen dann von "ich hol mal ne Tasse Kaffee" zu "ich fahr dann mal Kaffee kaufen, lasse ihn vor Ort frisch mahlen, brühe mir zu Hause in aller Ruhe ein Kännchen mit frisch aufgeschäumter Milch, und dann könnte die Mission schon geladen sein"). Und RAM: mit 16 GB sollte DCS noch spielbar sein, aber man kommt da inzwischen an die Grenzen, vor allem wenn man mal in Richtung Multiplayer schaut oder größere Missionen mit vielen Einheiten spielt (oder natürlich MP-Missionen mit vielen Spielern und vielen Einheiten ). Es kann dann immer wieder Laderuckler geben, wenn Daten auf die SSD ausgelagert oder von dort nachgeladen werden müssen. Mehr RAM kann an der Stelle Wunder wirken. Für DCS sind inzwischen 32 GB RAM meiner Meinung nach dringend angeraten. Du kannst aber schauen, ob sich der RAM nachträglich aufrüsten lässt, ob also das Board 4 RAM-Slots hat und der verbaute RAM zwei 8 GB-Riegel sind; falls du genau identische RAM-Riegel findest, könntest du zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt den RAM aufstocken, wenn dein Portemonnaie sich erholt hat oder die RAM-Preise vielleicht sogar etwas runtergehen. So gesehen würde ich an deiner Stelle zwischen Option 2 und 3 schwanken und definitiv zusehen, dass ich genug SSD-Platz habe und bei allernächster Gelegenheit (am besten schon gleich beim Kauf) auf 32 GB RAM aufstocken.

Can’t wait to take the F4 to one of the Cold War servers. Would be cool if Heatblur could give us a hint if 2022 is still possible. Still exited that my favorite dev is doing my favorite plane.

@BIGNEWY hi, did you have a chance to review the documents pm'd last week? Any update on this? Regards

The AGM-65 cannot be utilized with offbore angles other than what is originally within the MAV-seeker window when in VIS-HMCS mode. Steps: 1. Select AGM-65H (also other models) on the SMS page and set A/G->VIS 2. SOI moves to HUD 3. Long-press TMS-Up to transfer SOI from HUD to HMCS 4. HMCS TD-Box appears. TMS-Up to designate VIS-HMCS-SPI to a target (or ground) to your right 90° offbore (ie. popup SA-6). SOI is automatically transferred to WPN-MAV 5. MAV slews towards TD-Box SPI but hits gimbal limit and stops movement 6. Move AC nose towards designated VIS-HMCS-SPI 7. MAV does not move towards SPI even though now within MAV gimbal limits 8. MAV does not present HOTAS command to slave towards SPI that is now within reach. TMS-Down with SOI on WPN-MAV resets entire SPI and starts the process anew. Expectation: MAV should either automatically slave towards VIS-SPI when able due to AC rotation or implement TMS-Down to re-slave towards VIS-SPI. Demo: See attached track on Caucasus with AGM-65H. F16_MAV_VIS_HMCS2.trk

Title says it all ! Tested SP and MP, friends had same issue. Cockpit + Avionics are in English. Aigle2

When you press the M button on the RADAR stick when in SPA-mode, the radar shall go live for one single sweep, with enhanced luminescence on the RADAR display (CI).. After that single Sweep the RADAR must go silent again. The concept is as this: Approach att low level, climb to 100 m, one RADAR push, go to counter course as you descent back to 30 m. When on counter course you update the RADAR shadow tracking (SKU). The CI "memory" (hence the "M" button) must extend over a practical time where you still can see the targets. My estimate is between one and two minutes. Summary: M button should start a single RADAR sweep while the CI increases the luminescence and keep the targets for enough time to allow for later track update.

Been asking some aircrew, by month 2-3 the decks were quite worn like we are seeing, both the markings from all the tire skids and fluids, but also the actual anti-skid wore off and the decks got slippery. IF the tempo and time and weather allowed sometimes they'd re-apply anti-skid, and sometimes touch up markings, but not always and it again would quickly get worn/beat up/grimed over again. Add to that weather, sun position, and trying to see the deck markings could be extremely hard.

I cleared the guardian history within the Oculus menu. It appears to have solved the problem. I even got a desent framerate on the ship-landing-quickstart at the notorious Marianas. (Until I've landed. Then the slideshow started again) So I alt tabbed out, and back in a couple of times, and the framerate got acceptable again.

Версия РЛЭ A-4E на русском для наколенного планшета. Замените содержимое из архива в одноименной папке C:\Users\имя пользователя\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\aircraft\A-4E-C\Cockpit\KneeboardResources

Это как с жигулей 2106 пересесть на нормальную современную машину. Ну или с ручной механической дрели на перфоратор Макита. Конечно стоит. По поводу дешевых трекеров с алика - покурите форумы, говорят там левак и и не оригинал вообще, что в целом логично за такие деньги то. Хотя трекировской прогой распознается и работает. А вот насчет качества сборки, работы и надежности тут хз.

400W und 500W ist schon wenig. Hab vorhin mal aus Interesse was zusammen konfiguriert: Ryzen 5600 MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus (B450 ist eigentlich veraltet) Corsair 16Gb DDR4-3200 CL16-18-18-36 Samsung 870 Evo 1TB SATA-SSD (würde immer Samsung nehmen) BeQuiet 650W (vielleicht kann man noch auf 600W runter) BeQuiet PureBase 500Dx (Gehäuse ist ja quasi egal) Also ohne GPU 765€. Das hab ich bei Alternate konfiguriert, das findet man also auch noch günstiger. Ich kaufe meist hier und da verstreut, aber auch mal gern zB. bei mindfactory. Eine 6600XT oder so bekommt man denke ich auch schon mal günstiger, könnte da also noch mit rein passen. Der AMD Wraith Kühler ist nicht schlecht. Wenn das Budget eh schon knapp ist, würde ich eher den erstmal nehmen. Hatte den Wraith Prism jetzt 1 Jahr auf einem 3800X in einem server, sehr angenehm leise. 1200€ mit GPU ist schwer geworden, wenn es auch was können soll. Ein Freund von mir hat mir das selbe Limit ohne GPU letztes jahr gegeben, das ging gut. Meine Meinung: wenn man neu kauft, sollte man auch neu kaufen und nicht alte Sachen die gerade so noch neu angeboten werden (bsp.: B450 board) Eine Alternive wenn man jemanden kennt der sich auskennt: gebraucht. Ich habe einem Herrn der hier mitliest eine älter HP Z640 workstation auf ebay-kleinanzeigen geschossen und flott gemacht. Ich glaube wir sind auch über 1200 gelandet, aber er wollte auch viel und schnellen Speicherplatz und hat glaub eine 3070 rein geknallt. Ich teste dann halt immer vor Ort bei dem Verkäufer. Aber irgendwas mit 9700K oder 9900K und RTX 20XY Super könnte man doch schon finden in dem Bereich denke ich.

I did not quit get 80km range, but I think I was close enough. Victim is as always with all long range either not paying attention or a beginner. The missile was fired with LA and manual loft of 20 degree. Need to experiment with higher angles since this one flew way lower than his amraam which missed me. As a test I fired 4 77. 2xloft + 2xdirect. All 4 hit the target.

I have more $ than sense? (Usually when I’m drunk ordering) Lol but seriously, I decided to move to the AM5 platform for upgrade ability. I had been on AM4 since 2700 series. I am planning on getting one of the 7,000 series x3d chips when they are available. and sell my now extra MB and 7900x to my brother. as far as the initial problem I “think” it might now be resolved and it was something very, very stupid. I switched USB ports. I have a buddy staying with me who suggested it might be the reverb G2. I had an issue with the prior system of the display going black for 2-5 min but then coming back. Other users reported the volume being too high could cause an extra power draw. So I solved that by keeping the headset volume below 90%. the screen going black but not coming back could be a similar issue. On the new setup I stopped using the c port and have it in a dedicated usb 3.0 type A port and haven’t had any issues for about 48hrs. it’s ridiculous that the ports can supply up to 60W for phone fast charging but not enough power for VR headsets?!

1. While I'd agree that the flaps should fail in an overspeed condition, I don't agree that they should be blown smoothly back up without breakage, as they are in DCS currently. There's no allowance for hydraulic fluid to flow in this scenario, once flaps acheive their preset angle. To be clear, the flaps getting blown up during overspeed in DCS is not a failure of the flaps, they are merely being blown back up and return to their position once airspeed will drop. 1a. Agreed, hydraulics wouldn't fail (this contradicts with your first point though..?). A more mechanical component seems likely to fail, and it's likely the torque tube arm attaching the strut to the torque tube, as mentioned in my final notes in the post and yourself. 1b. If you look at the video, you'll see this isn't the behavior in DCS. Flaps are undamaged by overspeeding, and can be used repeatedly. Even in the very odd case that they do actually lock. 2. This is not modeled.

The rudder is controllable in all speeds which is wrong. Basically you can apply full rudder when supersonic and the plane would brake up. In the real Viggen the pedals are locked with hydraulic pressure (250 bar) above 550 km/h to protect the fin. The FCS might apply corrections on the rudder above that speed, but exact control laws are unknown to me. Other Maximum rudder angular velocity is about 60 degrees/s. That goes for all rudder surfaces. Maximum roll speed is about 275 degrees/s.

Yeah +1 It's funny that most question of the Muhden are about removing CFTs than about actual F-15E capabilities.

Hi all we have already mentioned the ARC-210 is in progress, when it is ready we will let you all know. Please keep on topic here Thank you

Please don't ruin immersion with bull<profanity> features like that

I did, yeah. I have never been a fan of Reshade; it just changes the overal feel of games too much imho. But after seeing this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGxgD9GNVNw) and the crisp textures and clarity (like lifting a veil), I had to try it. So I've tinkered a bit with the settings (I didn't want to change the "warmth/colors" too much). I'm currently using my "optimal" profile, in where I follow the "less is more" approach. Not even setting clarity too much (as it makes the textures too crisp to look at). FakeHDR is also not really working (I have an 1000nits HDR monitor and know what it shoud look like^^). I've included my 3 profiles, BUT: everyone has to find his own settings! The good thing is: one can adjust the sliders and plugins on-the-fly ingame, which is a huge help setting it up. Hotshot_dark-crisp.ini Hotshot_optimal.ini Hotshot_dark.ini

Hi Today we will visit some British and French airfields. This will be 3 English original airfields: Ford Funtington West Malling and 3 French original airfields: Creil Beauvais-Tille Villacoublay

You can see in these comparison screenshots

Still learning the Hornet, but I already fall in love with this beauty.

I think this would be an awesome module. First real multi-crew WW2 module (Mossie navigator isn't really very necessary), radar unlike anything else we have, remote turret... lots of unique features. Plus it served in both the European and Pacific theaters, and within our late-war DCS timeframe.

Both the 39 and 37 would be amazing to have and would both be instabuys for me.

I mentioned I also have a HUGE "eye candy" vehicles mod made in a similar way - mostly ED models that I have removed from the game maps where they were placed and could not be moved or covered over, so I had to get them back into the game by creating static versions of them so that I could place them where I wanted them and not where the map dictated. In the process I also added new liveries for some of them. The whole purpose of the mod was to get all the vehicles I wanted to add to my maps of airfields in one place in the drop downs and not have to go trawling all over the ME to find them ... and in doing that I also added all the vehicles from other peoples Mods as well - the mod went from LARGE to IMMENSE very quickly as you can imagine !! Clearly I cant pass all of this stuff on to you, they are not mine to pass on. Here are some images of what is in there, I still need to confirm that I can pass some of these on and when I have done that I will update the Mad and you can have it, warts and all. That will take a while, I cannot remember where some of this stuff came from and whilst I think its all legal I need to make as sure as I can, I'm not planning to piss anyone off !!!

I've flown the Hornet for a couple of years now, and although I've in that time bought both the Huey and Gazzelle, I haven't flown either, but since I bought the KA-50 I haven't put it down. In fact, I've removed the detent from my Warthog knowing I'll be flying the Black Shark for a while yet. Until the SuperCarrier comes out of course. But yeah, the KA-50 is a blast to fly and challenging to learn.