Hi All:
A few months back I started on my goal to fly a military aircraft in virtual reality. I started with no software and no hardware. I researched a game called Digital Combat Simulator, and decided on the F/A-18C Hornet for an aircraft.
It's been a long road and quite the journey! I'm thinking of starting a youTube channel to discuss the entire process, to encourage other potential pilots and help them get started as well.
At this point however I do have a couple questions about my VR setup:
1. My FPS are pretty much locked at 40, although they occasionally bump up to the 50s/60s for the most part it's locked at 40. If I look at the cockpit or sky (like at 2:05 in the video linked below) it will hit 80. Is this about normal for my hardware? From what I've read it seems to be the case, but it's strange to me that I almost never drop below 40 and it will seem to "lock" at 40 for long stretches of time.
2. Does the temperature look ok? Can I try to crank/overclock my GPU for better performance? Currently overclocked to 1900 mhz (from 1600) on the memory.
Full PC specs:
Ryzen 9 3900
rtx 2070 super ultra
32 gigs DDR4 3600
Oculus Rift S
Steps taken so far:
1. Researching and building a worthy PC
2. Deciding on hardware peripherals (HOTAS, pedals, VR headset)
3. Installing Windows 10, DCS, and other software components
4. Configuration and mapping of hardware peripherals to flight controls
5. Understanding how to make VR work in the most optimized way
6. Learning to fly the aircraft!
I’m still working through steps 5 and 6 and future steps will include:
- Recording directly from my PC (no more phone videos!)
- Learning all the computer systems of the F/A-18
- Landing without fatality
Looking forward to the community engagement!
- SoundtrackTJ
Link to First Flight video:
