Eugel

This was basically my initial problem or misunderstanding of the Maverick. I always thought of it as a long range missile and used it as such. That lead to some frustration because I didn´t get the results i had hoped for.

Ein Hobby ist ja eigentlich etwas für das man gerne Zeit und Geld investiert. Im Idealfall gibt es einem das investierte Geld und die Zeit ja in Form von Spaß zurück Bei mir ist es auch ähnlich wie bei Dir. Den aktuell gerade mal rund 200 Euro an Software stehen irgendwas zwischen 3000 und 4000 Euro an Hardware gegenüber die nur für DCS angeschafft wurden. Aber als jemand der seit gut 25 Jahren begeistert Flugsims spielt, ist DCS in VR im heimischen Cockpit einfach ein wahr gewordener Traum. Und ich denke mir dann immer: Andere Leute kaufen sich halt ein Motorrad oder fliegen jedes Jahr auf die Malediven für das Geld und fühle mich dann doch ein kleines bißchen weniger bekloppt

Das hat ja damit nichts zu tun. Was ich damit sagen wollte ist einfach dass das Ding unabhängig vom Throttle direkt am USB Anschluss auch laufen muss. Man kann die Ruderpedale ja z.B. auch mit einem X-Box Controller benutzen !

Geht es Dir nur um den Stick oder um die Stick/Throttle Kombo ? Der Warthog Stick und der X-56 haben, soweit ich das erkennen kann, gleich viele Knöpfe/Hats. Was den Throttle angeht, ist der Warthog natürlich perfekt für die A-10 geeignet, aber ich habe da auch schon gemerkt dass einige Schalter recht spezifisch dafür und in einigen anderen Fliegern nicht so ideal zu belegen sind. Der X-56 Throttle hat aber auch nicht wirklich mehr Knöpfe/Schalter, er hat aber im Gegensatz zum Warthog Drehregler. Den X-56 habe ich selber noch nicht in der Hand gehabt, aber ich hatte mal die Saitek Ruderpedale, und die Saitek/Logitech Produkte sind halt ziemliche Plastikbomber. Bei mir sind da auch nach ein paar Jahren beide Toe-Brakes durchgebrochen. Der Warthog Stick, bzw. die Base hat manchmal das Problem dass er nicht sonderlich präzise ist und in einer Position etwas "hakt" wo man dann etwas mehr Druck benötigt als sonst (etwas schwer zu beschreiben). Er "flutscht" manchmal nicht ganz so wie er soll. Das wird meiner Meinung nach hier im Forum etwas überdramatisiert, aber bei mir ist der Effekt nach ein paar Jahren Benutzung auch aufgetreten und macht manchmal eine feinfühlige Benutzung, vor allem bei Hubschraubern etwas schwierig. Ich habe eine Anleitung gesehen wie man den Stick auseinander nehmen kann, ein paar Teile im Inneren abschleifen und neu schmieren kann, um den Effekt loszuwerden. Der Königsweg wäre hier wahrscheinlich der Warthog Stick mit der Virpil Base. Was übrigens auch ein großer Nachteil des Saitek Sticks ist. Bei TM und Virpil kannst Du die Sticks einfach tauschen oder Verlängerungen anbringen usw. Aber da Du ja schon schreibst, dass der Warthog extrem teuer ist, ist es wohl müßig, Virpil zu empfehlen. Im Vergleich zum Warthog müsstest Du dann nochmal 100-200 Euro drauflegen. Das Fehlen der Twist Funktion im Stick ist für mich ehrlich gesagt kein Nachteil. Ruderpedale sind einfach authentischer und ich möchte eigentlich auch gar keine Bewegung auf der Z-Achse im Stick haben. Und bei echten Ruderpedalen hast Du meistens auch noch die Bremsen direkt mit dran. Da müsstest Du sonst auch wieder Knöpfe für belegen. Ich fliege übrigens auch ausschließlich in VR mit dem Warthog. Ich habe mir noch die MFDs dazu gekauft, mit etwas Übung findet man die Knöpfe recht gut.

Freut mich dass es bei Dir jetzt funktioniert. Aber die Dinger sollten eigentlich auch direkt am USB Port laufen. Am Warthog z.B. kann man nix anschließen.

Achte darauf dass Du oben links "Axis Commands" auswählst, wenn Du das zuweist. Es gibt auch noch separate Einstellungen für Ruder links und Ruder rechts. Die funktionieren glaube ich nicht mit den Pedalen. So habe ich das eingestellt:

Ultimately, yes, I would want to see that. It is the "Digital Combat Simulator" not just the "Digital Flight Simulator", so it would be great to include all aspects. It would certainly not have the same level of detail as the aircraft modules, but imagine a modeled bridge where you could switch between stations, or even walk around. But in the current state, I wouldn´t want ED to open up another construction site. Could be a great multi-crew experience though. Has anyone here ever played the "starship bridge simulator" ? Something like that in the DCS environment would be cool.

Morning. Short background story: Before I dove deep into DCS, I was part of an online racing community. That´s why my rig is a Raceroom racing rig. When I bought that, I thought it would be easy to attach the Warthog to the sides of the base. But it turned out that the base of the seat was made of thin metal sheets that were at some weird angles. So for several months now I made up plans how to turn this into a proper flight sim rig, but I mostly came to the conclusion that I had to replace the whole thing, which I didn´t want. So for the longest time I used this improvised solution: As you can see, this was less than ideal. There was always some movement in the box/book combo and it really is quite ugly... Now the other day I looked around in my room and noticed that the upper part of my IKEA "Billy" shelf is this separate attachment that might be just the right size to replace these boxes. I took it off my shelf and tried if it would fit, and it´s almost perfect. So I drove off to IKEA and bought two of those (they are 80x28x35 cm in size). I am very happy with the result: I also added the carpet so that the shelves wouldn´t move around and also for aesthetic reasons (and yes, I also cleaned up the corner a bit). I am yet unsure if I will pimp the whole thing further, but I have a few ideas: I plan to add USB Hubs to the inside of the Billys to manage the cables better and to add a proper mouse and mousepad behind the stick (I use the touchpad of the keyboard on the left, which isn´t ideal) The wooden board holding the MFDs is also somewhat improvised and not pretty, but it gets the job done. And I fly mostly in VR so I don´t see it anyway I also got cheap storage boxes from Ikea that fit nicely underneath the shelves where I store my Reverb in so it doesn´t collect dust. I think this could be a good basis for other stuff though. One could easily build side panels onto the shelves, or I even thought about joining the two together with a reversed U-shaped plate that would work as a front panel where I could mount the MFDs. So if anyone is looking for cheap and easy mounting solution this might work for you (the "Billy" attachments are 20 Euro each)

Yeah, thanks for this post. I think, one problem for many (myself included) is just to leave their comfort zone. For many, english is not their native language and then talking to strangers in this somewhat serious environment often doesn´t come easy. And then there is of course a "fear" of messing things up and being a burden to others. Many of these concerns are probably stupid, but I guess they are there for many people. So, posts like this might help some to get out of their comfort zone and try it out.

Beide Programme bieten übrigens kostenlose Testversionen an, da kann man schon mal ausprobieren ob die Sprachsteuerung für einen selbst funktioniert.

No, we don´t know that. We know that 15% of the people taking the poll would potentially pay for a subscription. Depending on the amount of the subscription fee, this number would be lower. I bet even the people who voted with "yes" won´t pay 20 $ per month for skins or forum avatars or the like. And all the monthly bonus content has to be made in the first place. So if the fee is too low, it might not pay for that. Also, what the poll tells us is that 85% might be unhappy about such a subscription. To be honest, I don´t think many would leave the game because of this, but unhappy customers tend to spend less money.

I agree with everything said. I can´t imagine dealing with the full fidelity cockpits without head tracking. And not to forget that this frees up your trim hat to actually trim your aircraft ! (without any modifiers)

Well the option is there and all I can tell is that it works perfectly fine for me. So it´s worth a try for the OP.

Or if you activate "synchronize cockpit controls with HOTAS" from the options menu, it should work right away.

Does the stick show up in windows and DCS as "Thrustmaster Warthog" ? Or as a generic Joystick ? If it is the latter, you will be able to fly with it, but probably not all the buttons will work properly. But it´s an old and popular stick, so it might as well be included in Windows driver database. Could it be that some small object fell into the opening of the throttle levers ? And that is blocking or scraping on the plastic ? When you move them seperately, do both of them make the creaking sound ?

Hey, you need to install the drivers, but not necessarily the TARGET software. But I guess it depends on what you want to do with the stick/throttle. Most stuff you can do within DCS itself. I never felt the need for the TARGET software. But then again, I mostly fly the A-10, everything was setup correctly in DCS right away. So your mileage may vary. As for the throttle, this doesn´t sound normal. I never had any creaking sound after several years and the "smoothness" also hasn´t changed. Maybe you accidentally fiddled around with the friction wheel ?

Yeah, it was the same for me. My local hardware dealer had a test room for VR and I played Project Cars there which lead to me not buying the headset at that time because of motion sickness. The experience left some impression however, so I bought it a couple of weeks later anyway. And indeed, flying was much less problematic for me than racing games. I think it´s because you have a closer reference with the moving ground in a car. But really, after a couple of weeks, the motion sickness was totally gone for me. I can fly or drive around for hours without problems now.

I´m pretty sure it can be disabled by default. Whenever I hop into the Huey, I don´t have the crew info window. Though I don´t know how I did that. Edit: Just found it: You have to uncheck the "Show hints at mission start" option.

I voted for no, and here is why: It´s not that I´m not willing to pay ED for their good work - I am. It´s because with subscriptions, I always feel some kind of pressure of "having to play" and that takes away the fun for me. I don´t want that.

Have you tried to remove the role completely ? I had the same issue in a mission where I wanted a pair of A-10s to attack a target with their guns, and someone gave me the tip to remove the "CAS" role and it worked.

I voted for no. I really would love a proper combined arms, but they should finish the first one before thinking about a combined arms II. The current one feels very much like an early access release. So unless there will be some major updates to that, I don´t think I would invest in a combined arms II.

Does it work if you moved them back to off and then idle again ? I always had to move them twice to get them to start until I checked the "synchronize controls with cockpit" option.

Blinken die LEDs kurz auf wenn Du das Teil einstöpselst ? Also wirklich nur für den Bruchteil einer Sekunde ? Das hatte ich vor ein paar Monaten und dann rausgefunden dass das wohl leider ein bekanntes Problem mit dem Throttle ist. Wenn das mit dem Bootloader nicht funktioniert ist sehr wahrscheinlich da die Platine im Arsch und muss getauscht werden. Hatte mir der Support da auch direkt bei Schilderung der Symptome gesagt. Und auch direkt die Tausch-Platine für 50 Euro angeboten.

I just stopped recording replays as it is pointless to me because of this bug. Seems to me that the replays mess up after about 10 minutes of mission time.

I upgraded from the Vive Pro to the G2 and I would say it is worth it. But there are some ups and downs. The biggest benefits are picture clarity and readability of instruments. While the Vive Pro still has a very noticable screen door effect, the G2 has none and this alone made it worth it for me. Downsides are as mentioned above: you need a lot of power to really use this high resolution. At standard resolution, steam VR renders the G2 at much more than its native resolution (it´s a lot higher than an 8K resolution, closer to 10K actually) so most likely you won´t get 90 FPS and will have to go down to 45 FPS and use motion smoothing (which the G2 does a lot better than the Vive Pro). The tracking is not quite on the same level as with the lightstations of the Vive. The major point being that you can´t run the headset in a dark room. The biggest downside for me was that the G2 is a real diva to get running in the first place. So it doesn´t like some USB ports, you will need to use the windows mixed reality software and mixed reality for steam in addition to steam VR. So you have to start three programs every time and the settings are scattered all over the place. So be prepared to spend 1-2 weeks to get it running the way you want and especially in DCS until you find the sweet spot. Don´t expect a plug and play experience like with the Vive. But in the end, if it runs (even at 50% render resolution and 45 FPS) it is a much better experience to fly in DCS, so for me it was absolutely worth it.