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Awesome! Thank you very much!

Or is it seen as kind of a "legacy" feature that won't be part of new modules?

Interesting, I thought they just dropped them when they ran dry. I guess people would be get conked on the head left and right by tanks, though, eh? Will they land on the carrier with three bags still attached? I guess dropping bags when dry is one of those bad habits simmers get into which wouldn't go over so well in meatspace. Too bad they don't still make disposable paper ones. https://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/necessity-mother-invention-paper-drop-tanks-wwii.html

I fly in VR alot too, but you have to use the monitor to appreciate the finer details. I have a 49" 5120x1400 120Hz monitor running in HDR mode, which just puts the Rift S to shame with regards to details. You can have 3-D or sharp, detailed graphics, but not both ... yet.

Oh thank god I thought I was losing my mind! I was in Dubai on a night mission, the moon was huge,everything looks green, and I F7'ed to a ground unit I heard evil laughing. Holy crap that was creepy!

I feel your pain. I fly in VR don't like "wasting" (for lack of a better word) a hardware button on something I use twice per flight. So I assigned my gear to Voice Attack ("gear up", "gear down"). and if it doesn't understand me the first time or at least the second time, I'll overspeed the gear. DCS is indeed very realistic, but we all have our own custom interfaces to make it work. That being said, despite the frustration and inconvenience, I prefer the doors being ripped off since this is what would happen in real life. Sure, when it happens I let loose with a string of profanities and curse the plane, DCS, myself, and everyone within earshot ... but I probably wouldn't have it any other way. Face it, gamers have fun, but simmers are gluttons for punishment. It is what it is. A related question I have, though, is why you can't jettison fuel tanks unless the master switch is armed. The Hornet has all kinds of these little quirks.

Yeah! What are you people thinking? The taxpayer makes the call, duh! No specific member of the military owns the plane, so these matters must be put to a referendum for the owner's to decide. You know, me and you! "Let the pilot decide?", pfffft, get a job ya hippie! P.S. But wait a minute, on second thought, if the pilot pays taxes, then ... he does own the plane.! Mr. Enzo, sir, I think I've found a flaw in your otherwise-flawless logic. Don't shoot the messenger.

That's true, but I can't remember the last time I've left it in a middle position. I usually just blip it to trim a little speed during AA refueling, and a few times I've full-on deployed it for more than 10 seconds to get down to maneuvering speed fast, or to pull a "Top Gun" during a Dogfight, I ended up flying that way for 20 minutes, wondering why the damn thing was so sluggish. The little light isn't always obvious when you're trying to maintain visual on an enemy in VR. I notice I'm getting exponentially dumber with age, and I didn't start with much to begin with, so I often seek to attenuate my idiocy with technology. It's like my mamma always said "Life is like a box of chocolates, and Rex, always remember to retract your speedbrake after shooting a moth#$$%@# down." I try to obey my mamma, may she rest in peace. Anyway, thanks.

I have the HOTAS Warthog stick/throttle that many people seem to have, and I have a question. Is there way to set up the speedbrake so that, it will extend and stay extended for as long as you're holding JOY_BTN8, but will automatically retract if you release it? Kind of like a deadman switch without having to return all the way to JOY_BTN7 ? Not a huge deal, but during one fleeting release a couple of years ago, it did this, then was promptly "fixed" (either that or my stick was goofed up), but I actually really liked it. I don't know if there's some combo of Special Joystick + Normal Button actions that will achieve this, but I have not been successful so far.

Sick. Question: I haven't flown at night over Dubai in awhile, how long have those sparkles been on the Burj Khalifa?

Give it some clouds with relatively calm wind then go fly over the water. The water under the clouds is actually a different color! It looks like it actually looks when you're out on the ocean. I think it's only PG at this time, but it's pretty awesome.

I just wanted to thank ED for what they've created. I was showing off DCS to some colleagues this week, and their reactions made me realize how you just start taking for granted how awesome it is when you use it so often. This one title has brought me more enjoyment than every other software package I've ever bought ... combined. It's so incredible that it's truly life-changing, and I can say without any reservation that it's improved the quality of my life. Every single day, I can't wait until 6pm so I can fire it up and do something completely new that I've never done before. Thanks ED, for making this available during my lifetime. And that's all I've got to say about that.

It used to work, and to make sure I hadn't just lost my mind, I followed a video I found. I have everything bound properly, and neither my flight stick (HOTAS Warthog) northey keyboard shortcuts activate the Huey trimmer. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Added: I restarted my computer and now it works. Apologies. I don't think I can delete the topic, but feel free to if you have the power.

I can't get him to takeoff, and haven't been able to for about 6 months. Configuration is irrelevant, he just won't follow me.

much appreciated

Interesting. I've been having problems with him yanking the hose back. Sometimes when close but also when falling back a little (Note to the guy flying the tanker: If I could do it well, I wouldn't need to practice). I practice with the KC-135MPRS as the tanker, do you use the same one?

I'm still having trouble AA refueling, mainly because the tanker refuses to give me ample time to practice. Today, I had worked my way to within probably 2' of the basket, when the tanker said "Return Contact" and pulled the hose away. For all of you who have mastered this skill, how did you set up your missions to make it happen? The tanker seems absolutely obsessed with pulling the hose back in, and this disrupts the majority of my practice sessions. Is there something I can tweak via config or script to force it to leave the hose out?

FWIW, this is how I made it work on Windows 10 Pro. * I did all of the initial stuff in the README.md * I moved witchcraft.cmd into the root of the dcs-witchcraft repo directory, and changed it to: cd src call ..\nodejs\npm.cmd --spin=false --loglevel=info install call ..\nodejs\node backend\server.js start http://localhost:3000/ pause * I got rid of the `nodejs` dir, downloaded the latest node, which is version 18.7, 64 bit, unzipped it, and renamed it `nodejs` * I opened src/backend/server.js and changed var io = require('socket.io').listen(app.listen(port, "0.0.0.0")); to var server = require('http').createServer(app); var io = require('socket.io')(server); server.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000); And the console finally worked.

I've tried replacing nodejs with a recent version, and I tried both 64bit and 32bit. Now I'm getting found 0 vulnerabilities npm timing command:install Completed in 478ms npm timing npm Completed in 637ms npm info ok D:\DCS\Dev\github\dcs-witchcraft\src\backend\server.js:4 var io = require('socket.io').listen(app.listen(port, "0.0.0.0")); ^ TypeError: require(...).listen is not a function at Object.<anonymous> (D:\DCS\Dev\github\dcs-witchcraft\src\backend\server.js:4:31) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:14) at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1180:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1004:32) at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:839:12) at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12) at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 Press any key to continue . . .

I'm getting the following when I try to launch the utility. I did delete the "Graphics Stud" directory as mentioned in a previous post, but unfortunately that didn't help. Saturday, July 16, 2022 10:13 PM Application: DCS Updater Utility.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.Xml.XmlException at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(System.Exception) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(System.String, System.String[]) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32 ByRef, Int32 ByRef, Int32 ByRef) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent() at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read() at System.Configuration.XmlUtil.StrictReadToNextElement(System.Configuration.ExceptionAction) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ScanSectionsRecursive(System.Configuration.XmlUtil, System.String, Boolean, System.String, System.Configuration.OverrideModeSetting, Boolean) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ScanSectionsRecursive(System.Configuration.XmlUtil, System.String, Boolean, System.String, System.Configuration.OverrideModeSetting, Boolean) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ScanSections(System.Configuration.XmlUtil) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.InitConfigFromFile() Exception Info: System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors.ThrowIfErrors(Boolean) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfParseErrors(System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfInitErrors() at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.OnConfigRemoved(System.Object, System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigEventArgs) Exception Info: System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.OnConfigRemoved(System.Object, System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigEventArgs) at System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigRoot.OnConfigRemoved(System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigEventArgs) at System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigRoot.RemoveConfigImpl(System.String, System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSectionRecursive(System.String, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, System.Object ByRef, System.Object ByRef) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSection(System.String) at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(System.String) at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(System.String) at System.Configuration.ClientSettingsStore.ReadSettings(System.String, Boolean) at System.Configuration.LocalFileSettingsProvider.GetPropertyValues(System.Configuration.SettingsContext, System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyCollection) at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.GetPropertiesFromProvider(System.Configuration.SettingsProvider) at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.GetPropertyValueByName(System.String) at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.get_Item(System.String) at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.GetPropertyValue(System.String) at System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.get_Item(System.String) at DCSUpdaterUtility.My.MySettings.get_MainFormLocation() at DCSUpdaterUtility.Form_Main.InitializeComponent() at DCSUpdaterUtility.Form_Main..ctor() Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException at DCSUpdaterUtility.My.MyProject+MyForms.Create__Instance__[[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]](System.__Canon) at DCSUpdaterUtility.My.MyApplication.OnCreateMainForm() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(System.String[]) Actually, nevermind, deleting the other directory "Skatezilla Simulations" allowed it to launch.

You mean this isn't the case with everyone? I'll be damned. Sure, I'll generate a track.

Thank you! Much appreciated.

Yep, I haven't moved USB ports for TIR in over a year, and it occurs even when it's unplugged completely. The strangest thing is this ONLY happens in the Mustang. I can fly the Jug or the Spitfire, no problem. In fact, I have found a workaround for the time being. First, I spawn in a Jug, then I pause, and "change slots" to a Mustang, and I'm good. It flies just fine, and all of the controls work just fine. It only occurs when I try to spawn in a Mustang from the start of the mission. Nothing useful in the logs unfortunately. Thanks for the suggestions, though. I do appreciate it.

Negative, it happens because I intentionally press the "pause" shortcut that I have mapped to TrackIR. It's a standby mode.

Actually, I was wrong ... again ... disconnected the wheel, removed all traces from the config, wiped ALL the controls (not just axis). Worked twice in a row ... assumed it was fixed ... third time ... spin city. Arg.