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The main problem with zooming in and out in 2D is that it messes up the scale of the environment and makes judging distances very hard. Not a big problem in jets, but I find it has a negative impact on helicopter flying. I prefer to keep my fov mostly constant. When the fov gets to big (as you can often see in youtube videos) it starts warping the picture (fish eye effect). That I find very unpleasant. So basically triple digit fovs are off limits for me. Zooming in is ok sometimes (like squinting your eyes).

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Syria is my favorit map, too. I think it offers the most overall. It is very beautiful in many aspects. Variety is at least on par with all other maps. Normandy 2.0, Paris and London are also very nicely put together, but WW2 is a completely different animal. If I had to settle for one map, it would certianly be Syria. (for now.)

Then just wait with the buy until the feature list is updated/published. Problem gone. Some are acting as if forced to pull the trigger now! We have at least eight weeks or so to wait for updates, before the module is even expected to drop. Take advantage of that if you're hesitent about missing features.

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Yes, that's what I meant. Offering Razbams module in their store is most likely a contractual obligation.

Ahhh, now now I get it..... I was on a completely wrong path - thinking of a GoPro sticking to the helmet, like on track days. That makes more sense of course.

There are multiple responsibilities in a contract between business partners like ED and Razbam. One party violating an agreement, doesn't (necessarily) justify the other party breaking other parts of the contract. Eye for an eye doesn't apply in business (or at least it shouldn't). Just food for thought, I obviously have no clue what is going on.

You should see the money you spend on DCS as expenses, not as investment. Because it isn't. It's a hobby, a free time activity and as such it is not supposed to generate interest or earnings, but costs money. Make a mature decision on what you get now for your money and if you are willing to part ways with your cash in this state. If not, don't do it. I like taking advantage of EA and pre-order discounts, because it keeps the (not insignificant) costs for DCS at bay (relatively). And I know, that I would end up buying it anyway. For the simple reason that it is the only way for me to experience those magnificant machines. Also, compared to other hobbies/activities, DCS isn't even remotely the most expensive. I know, there is a sentiment of "pre-ordering and EA gives the wrong incentives to ED, encouraging them to spill out new unfinished modules instead of polishing the core game". But I think this is completely backwards. Every business needs cashflow, first and foremost to keep paying there employees (the people that are supposed to work on the core game e.g.). The cashflow that is generated by selling new modules comes to benefit all projects that ED is working on, including the core game. I really can't understand, why people think it isn't in their best interest to improve the core game. I can only imagine that those people never had real insight in business operations. Let's play this through - If ED would stop developing new modules and solely focus on core functionalities and bugfixes, what would happen? The cashflow (at least from the consumer side of things - I don't know about any other business activities of ED), would mostly dry out. (I assume that the lion's share of revenue is not generated by the portfolio of older modules, but by the initial sales of new modules). How would that help the developement of anything. People still want to be paid. The only alternative to that would probably a subcription based model - but ED has stated multiple times that they don't want to go this way (Thankfully! As far as I'm concerned). So, long story short. I will keep buying EA and pre-order modules. First and foremost for the selfish reason to take advantage of the discount. Second, because I can thoroughly enjoy what is included in the initial release and find it worth the money. The perspective of getting more down the road is a neat bonus. If by doing so, I show support for ED - I'm fine with that. I like their product and I like ED as a company. Especially for the way, they engage with their customers. So - is everything golden? No, of course not. There are issues and things, that I miss. If it is important enough, I make a thread or a post about it and try to stay constructive. But I'm aware, that my priorities may differ from anybody elses. Is this the only way to see things? NO, of course not. But it is at least as valid as any other. And that is the reason, that I'm kind of triggered by topics lihe this one. Sorry, long post /rant

I just want to fly it. Can I, please? You don't like it, you don't buy it. Don't make a fuzz about it. This is what is going to happen: I will pre-order it (together with the full afghanistan map). I will be excited like a kid on christmas eve. I will download it, the day it arrives. I will fire it up and fly around for a couple of hours and check out the new map. I will be having a blast and enjoying myself. Eventually I will fly it less, because it has to share time with my other modules. I will be happy, when new features arrive and when it has problems, I will fly other modules and missions until it is fixed. Edit: Took some of the edges away from my post. I was (am) a bit triggered by the sentiment of topics like this, but that is a personal problem.

Ten times the effort for one tenth of the result. Vietnam era pilots and RIOs had balls of steel, really.

There have been problem reports lately with intel 13th and 14th gen cpus. One of the issues being, that mobo manufacturers not respecting/ overwriting TDP and watts/amps. Maybe take a look in that. But I'm shooting in the sky here. JayztwoCents has a video where he specifically digs into how the intel problem shows with GPU errors.

oh man...

Have you ruled out hardware issues? GPU getting hot perhaps? Are you running any overclocks? On GPU, CPU or RAM? If so, set it to default and see if the problem persists. Sorry, didn't read carefully enough. Just be aware, that a tuned system can run fine in one program and crash in another. Every software loads the system differently. What about CPU and RAM?

Cool! Very cool! Looking forward to it!

Nonsense! At least in a practical sense. TrackIR has no way of knowing if the line of sight between the Camera and sensors is tilted relative to the floor. I run it that way since forever, and my head movement is captured flawlessly.

Thinking of Falcon 3.0, F-14 Fleet Defender and similar. A crap ton, yes. But it didn't feel thta much back then..... We're so spoiled today!

Nevertheless. The "other" flight sim can't do any of that. Also, a little bit of imagination capability always helped with immersion in computer-(games).

that's what I'm curious about as well. How far does it feel different to fly a tandem rotor. I assume the controls are adapted, so that the usual pitch, roll, yaw and collective works "as expected". But how does it feel? Also - sitting right in front of the cockpit with 50 ft of helicopter dragging behind you, is certainly different than yanking around a Huey or Gazelle.

I support that! I might add/ask a) preferable per Aircraft along with the default FOV. (Basically, eliminate the need to edit the snapview.lua) b) what do you mean by that?

The angle between IR camera and reflectors is more imprtant than the horizontal or vertical offset - as far as I can tell. Try to point down the camera and try to wear your cap a little bit further back. You can also try to bend (carefully!) the individual reflectors on the clip a bit back. Try to achieve a direct line between the camera (with both pointing directly to eachother) and the reflectors when your head/seating is in the default neutral postion. If all that doesn't work, you can try to use the active IR head device (I prefer the passive as well) and position the camera on the side of your TV.

I completely agree! I find it funny, how all of a sudden, ED is treated (by some) like one of the evil mega corps (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Eagle Dynamics... You know, the "big five" )

As others mentioned, 90% of the protection comes from a mindful use of the internet. Meaning to download only from official and credible sources. Avoiding file sharing and pirated software etc. , don’t open unsolicited e-mails and so on and so forth. If you do that, you are mostly safe. Apart from that, the integrated Defender does a decent (or average if you will) job, compared to most of the other popular choices, with the added benefit of being comparable light on system resources. The thing isn’t, that others aren’t good, it is more, that they don’t add significantly over the build in option. (Anymore). This will always be a matter of instances though. Defender may eventually fail at a threat that another would have recognized, but that goes the other way round, too. Failures, false positives and false negatives are inevitable. That’s why the first 90% of protection are at so important. If I need to swim dangerous waters (for whatever reason), I don’t rely on AV, I use a Linux VM with a VPN.

Download speeds for stand alone are fine though lately. Don‘t know if that applies universally, but I really can’t complain. I had that in the past when on patch day ED servers choked, but not for the last couple of patches.

As SharpeXB suggested. All the camera movement options work as usual, even with TrackIR running. You should be able to bind the default commands to any button on your throttle. Not to axes though. If you want to bind the vertical camera movement to an Axis, that probably won't work with TrackIR enabled. (I assume)