schkorpio

awesome!

Get them all! :P My personal favorite is still the A-10C, I'll never get sick of decimating anything with the Gatling gun :) And I like all of the buttons in the cockpit that I can push and flick, its very detailed, but I wouldn't say complicated. And you don't need to be an ACE to have fun in it as its very is to fly. But I think it really just depends on what you like doing most. Planes -Ground attack A-10C/Su-25(A)(T) -Dog Fights P-51 -Air Superiority FC3 Choppers -Ka-50 -Huey Since you have got a TrackIR I'd recommend sticking to the planes that have a full 6DoF cockpit to make the most of the TrackIR.

I was just about to download the steam version! Glad I saw this. It is a shame that we cant move modules to over to steam (I know other games have made it possible in the past - Trackmania Canyon for example) Its nice being able to chat without alt tabbing and also good advertising for DCS as your friends see you are playing it for a few hours every night.

super quick start guide here - destroy stuff in minutes :) forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=109703

With all of the talk about two seater huey's and f-15e's etc I'm really excited about the possibility of a Ka-52. It seems like it would be a quick module to do as I'm assuming a lot of the Ka-50's systems weapons and cockpit are the same or similar.

yay new map :) I'm hoping that the EDGE/IG will make the ground a lot nicer up close later on - I think this would make flying choppers a lot more fun. edit. because its very hard to judge your altitude when flying low in the current map.

Try the instant action missions for the A-10C instead :) Its all clear skies letting you do pure ground attack.

That better be an Instant Action mission! :) It makes perfect sense, but it is a shame we have to wait till the T-2 is done before the exciting ones are done.

It'll be fine if you turn down the detail. I recommend turning it all down to the lowest settings and seeing how it runs - if its smooth, then start turning on some of the bling :)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SAITEK-X52-Flight-System-/181169322288?pt=AU_Video_Game_Accessories&hash=item2a2e887930&_uhb=1 a new stick costs $130 here - so there is no way that is going to sell for $100 wait until the auction is finished and offer them $40 plus postage and see what they say :)

or even an old control pad with an analog stick that you can place near your throttle

I would have expected octagonal stealth drop tanks :) But damn that looks nice!

The easiest way to spot targets with the SU-25T is to land it and jump in the A-10C :P I find it very difficult to do ground attack, and spotting in the 25T, not being able to lean out the window makes it a bit harder too. Often even if I have a rough idea of where the target is, its still hard work to get the shkval looking the right way, then to get a lock, and fire off a missile all in a short space of time.

The guys who made the Huey I think are keen on making a Cobra

Thank you for the feedback everyone. I've update the guide :D Yes I hope that this will make it easier for new comers to get into DCS. It is VERY daunting when starting, and you take a lot for granted once you have been playing for a while :)

I think it simply comes down to the Kickstarter itself not being done the in the best way. It could be a great product but the marketing does nothing to tempt me. I want to fly a 5th gen fighter - make me confident in your ability to develop it :D I mean if crap like this can get funded then I bet if they had a better marketing campaign or showed some basic in-game in cockpit functionality I have no doubt that the DCS community alone would be enough to fund the kickstarter to the highest stretch goal. A video that looks like its been recorded in a corner of your kitchen does not scream "we are a professional dev team" :P

most of the training videos can be found on youtube - save your self a download :)

I couldn't find a really basic first time playing guide so here goes.... I won't be liable for millions of dollars of military equipment damage...:music_whistling: Download the attached mission Also a joystick or control pad is highly recommend - it makes a MASSIVE difference. SEAD Mission - quick start guide Unpause the mission if required: PAUSE key (next to Scroll lock / PrtScn) Rearm and Refuel Start Electric Systems : Right Shift + L Contact Ground Crew to equip correct missiles: Backslash, F8, F1 On pylon 6 you want to right-click and equip the Fantasmagoria Pod Right click on pylons 7 and 5 - select the missiles: KH-58U On pylons 9,8,4 and 3 equip the missles: KH-25MPU On pylon 11 and 1 equip the Pods MPS-410 Leave pylons 10 and 2 empty for this mission. Then click OK and the invisible ground crew pixies will perform their magic. press F12 to exit the radio menu Press F2 to watch from the external view as your aircraft becomes weighed down while your new missiles appear on your aircraft. F1 will get you back into the cockpit where you can look around with the mouse or NUMpad arrows. Mousewheel will zoom in/out. as will / and * on the NUMpad. They will say "Rearming Complete" after about 20 seconds. Start 'er Up Contact the Air control tower and ask for permission to start up: Backslash, F5, F1, F3 (the tower should confirm your request, if not, do it anyway:thumbup:) (make sure your throttle is all the way off) Start Both Engines: Right Shift + Home While you wait for your engines to fire up: Start Cockpit Lighting : L Start Navigation Lights: Right Control + L Start Taxi/Landing Lights: Right Alt + L Close your cockpit : Left Control + C When your engines are idling at 35% RPM you can go! Taxi to runway Contact the ATC and ask for permission to taxi to the runway: Backslash, F5, F1, F1 Now lets roll over to the start of the runway (take the little road left) Take it very slowly we are heavy! and things will respond slowly too, so accelerate gradually. With all of the weight it takes a long time to slow down - so brake early. Don't turn sharply unless you are driving less than 30km. Infact try to keep it under 50. (speed is displayed on the TOP LEFT corner of the HUD) brake: W steer: Z (left) X (right) accelerate : NUMpad plus decelerate : NUMpad minus Now drive all the way to the runway, but do not enter the runway yet. Also make sure you are on the long runway not the short one (there are two at this airport) Take off Contact the ATC and ask for permission to take off Line your self up on the runway nicely in the middle. Press F to lower your take off Flaps. Things will happen every quickly as you start to take off! Hold W to keep yourself still while your engines spool up. While holding the W - press down on NUMpad plus to increase your engine thrust to maximum - you'll hear them roar. Once it feels like the plane wants to move, let go of the wheel brake Try to keep the plane centered down the runway with Z and X When your plane reaches 300km speed you switch over to the keyboard arrow keys (or joystick) and press the down arrow until your plane starts lifting off - not too much though, start at a shallow angle. Press G to disengage landing gear Press F to return flaps back to normal Ermagerd I'm flying Use the arrow keys Left and Right to roll, Up and Down arrow keys point your nose up and down. I'm assuming here you understand the basics of flight - if not then in simple terms you turn by rolling the plane left or right and gently pull back on the stick (Down Arrow Key). In this plane try to keep the speed between 400-600km's. It will stall if you go too slow and get very shaky if you go too fast. So manage the throttle while you fly. Going down makes you fly faster, so ease off the throttle with NUMpad minus, and as you go up give it maximum throttle with NUMpad plus. You can press B to enable/disable airbrake to slow you down - you will see your wing tips expand/contract. Again, you are super heavy, do everything slowly in controlled movements - like you would if you were driving a bus or a truck in rainy weather. After you have taken off, turn left and fly more or less parallel to the coast. Eventually you will hear beeping sound similar to a busy dial tone on a telephone. If you look down towards your warning radar (under the big TV thing on the right side of your cockpit) you will notice an orange set of lights. Steer your plane left or right until the two front most lights are lit up. (this means you are flying straight towards a radar) Attacking Once you are heading towards the enemy radar, you'll want to blow it up right?:D Press 7 to engange air to ground mode Press I to enable radar detection mode You should be able to see a whole bunch of diamonds on your HUD. (assuming you are flying toward the radars as outlined in previous step) Move your square cursor on top of one of these diamonds Default slew controls are , left / Right ; Up . Down Press ENTER to lock onto it - and the diamond will have turned into a circle to let you know it is locked up. Once you are in range, you will see the LA (launch authorised message) Hold spacebar for a couple of seconds and you will see your missile fly off - because the missiles are heavy your plane will automatically dip to one side, so for now lets fire another missile to balance out the plane. Even out the plane and press F6 to watch the your missile fly! F1 to go back to cockpit view. Press Enter again to unlock the radar - and repeat this process for the next radar station. Landing - Really basic guide View the map and find a runway close to you: F10 Contact ATC and request a landing: Backslash, F5, F1, F1 Press 1 to go into Navigation mode(keep pressing to cycle between route, return and landing modes) When you are coming in for a landing try to be about 1000 meters high Line up the runway from about 10 times the length of the runway away from it. Lower the throttle and apply airbrake so that you are flying at around 300km fast Press Left Shift+F to lower flaps to landing stage. Press G for landing gear. When you touch down hold W for wheel brake Press P to deploy your landing chute. Parking steer with Z and X W for Wheel Brake Shutdown the engines with Right Shift + End From here you can rearm and go again or exit and restart the mission. SEAD_QuickStartGuide.miz

The way I see it is, $28 isn't much to ask, if the whole thing fails then whatever, I've spent $28 on a much worse investment (I'm looking at you Snakes on a Plane in gold class cinema...)

got the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard installed?

I knew it! you guys are jumping on the PS4 band wagon :P j/k :)

turn everyone to off/low including resolution. if that runs smoothly, start turning things on one or two at a time and see what happens. if it doesnt run smooth with everything set to minimal settings then something else is wrong. also I've noticed you have a AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core 4GHz Make sure you go into windows power options (just type "Power Options" when you are in the start menu or metro screen) and then set it all to high performance.

shame that dcs world is not on steam, there are probably technical reasons for it, but i think that would open the game up to a larger audience for starters but when it comes to updates and addons it would make things easier for those that already use steam.

try making a shortcut with this command: "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\DCS_updater.exe" update

this is a great idea - simply copy the "Update DCS World" shortcut into the Startup Folder in the start menu and you are done :thumbup: