Steff Bourne

Maybe that was a bug or a wrong implementation at the beginning as well as when they record that video and now they fixed it. Cause i´m 100% with you, it doesn´t make sense, when i want to produce a much deeper and clearer picture and have the same speed like when i only make a blury picture. So the function now is logic to me, but when i look at Wags video, i get cunfused like you . So then, let´s wait and hope for good answer´s !

Hello Guys. I´ve started playing around with the Ground Radar, but something about the refreshrate isn´t clear for me. I allready watched some tutorials and searched through the internet and now im here. I started in a F16 at 24.000 feet. Pushed the A-G Button and let the FCR Ground Radar bring up on my left MFD. I have already set a Steerpoint on a specific Airfield and wanted to begin a little reconnaissance. I switch on OSB 2 to Man and scale it down to 10nm. Then i hit OSB 3 to get the DBS 2 program to gain a better/clearer picture. I fly a little offset at about 30-40°. Everything good. So now when i want to get a higher refreshrate, Wags said in his vid, i have to tighten down the Azimuth to 10°, to increase the refreshrate, but when i do that, the refreshrat is by far not so fast as in his vid. It is maximum a 5th of the speed wich you can see in his vid. I´ve no plan what i´m missing. When i´m not in the DBS 2 mode, for example in the Norm mode, the refreshrate is very fast like in his vid, but when i go through the modes and reach DBS 2 the refreshrate slows down with each better program. Finaly DBS 2 is the slowest refreshrate. Can someone explain it to me please? thx in advance

Ah okay sorry, now i understand your classification :-). I´ve overlooked your "ready to go" at the beginning . Now its clear that there isnt this hint. Sorry for being so inaccurate. Yeah then this would be the smartest solution Thx again for your great work. Have nice flying we see us in the air

Very nice Kneeboard. Thx for the work. I have one point for us. I read, that the Dust Filter was only used, while standing on ground or taxiing to rwy. After take off, the Switch had to be back down. The reason is, cause it will lead to electrical power loss at max collective. Idk if it is implemented or I read the truth, but I trust it cause it is a switch with a protector and it feels wrong to leave it in the open position during normal operation. Maybe someone with more knowledge can confirm that info ✌

Hello, wanted to report a Bug. i can reproduce it 100%. It happens on Multiplayerserver Aerobatics Caucasus Online with the Tomcat. When i start the flight, head out to the Supercarrier, tune in Tacan as well as Rios Radio to Tune Tac for the SC, land a couple of times and after that, when i wanted to tune the RIOs AN/ARC182 Radio via Jester Commandwheel to the next Tac Freq, for example a Tanker, it always crash´s the game to desktop after selecting the tanker, without a crashreport option. Now i´ve installed the Echo19 sound mod, srs and Scratchpad. But the game crash´s without the mods as well. The attached File must be the one when the crash happend. Hope i can help you with this report. best regards. Steff dcs.log.old

OK Good. I wasn't sure if it was true or just a feeling. like i said befor maybe it was a number of circumstances like bad preset with bad time of day, but thanks for your confirm that at your point of view, the patch didn’t change anything. .

Dont missunderstand me, the clouds are looking great after the patch, but it feels, that they looked a little bit better, befor the SSAA fix came out. But again, i can also deceive myself in this situation and everything is okay. At the pictures below, i tried different presets and picture 2 with a different time. When the sun is not at 12 o´clock, i´ve the best experience. Maybe it was exactly that. When I flew on a multiplayer server short after the SSAA Fix, it was possibly exactly 12 o'clock and that was the reason, the clouds felt ugly for me

I can of course also deceive myself but since the little update in between, the clouds are looking worse again. the small update made SSAA work again. It feels for me the same as for you.

Yes they quality is also improved. The experience is now fantastic in vr. I like the patch very much

totally agree with you. A little update would let us stay calm. To know that they make process and are on a good way to fix that issue would be cool. But Jester is telling me always, "trust in the force" . so im trusting

it can't be difficult, especially cause you can already see the better clouds in the mirrors. So they are already there. i believe in the next update . with the next, they will look better. positive vibes

I agree with you Jafergon. They made a very good job with the clouds. I often fly in 2D to enjoy them. Let’s hope, that the clouds will look in vr as Good as in 2D soon .

Hello Pilots. Today i noticed, that when i look at the clouds through the Mirrors, they look definitly better. Can someone confirm that?! I flew the Tomcat. Mirror-Clouds look like the clouds, when i fly without VR. Does someone else noticed that little interessting thing?

Hello. I use my TM WH with two modulation switches. So I can bind 3 different actions, on one button. With this option it is possible, to use the TM WH as pilot for pilot stuff, something other like View stuff or whatever you want and then use the whole Joystick for Lantirn operation. That’s my method for flying and lantirnoperation at one time. I‘ve bound some switches as well as buttons for the lantirn. It’s a matter of taste I would say but both are possible. Heatblur said once, they let the Mod functional, till the Jester implementation is finished. After that, they want to disengage the mod. Hope this helps you out.

Alright. Thx Guys.

Good point thx. Roger that. Thx

Hey Guys. you helped me very well with the decision to buy e G2. I have a last question. Amazon sell‘s the Reverb G2 with and without controllers. How necessary are the controllers, for only playing Dcs. Do I need them in some situations, or can I play without disadvantages? thx Guy‘s

Thank you for the feedback. thx for the detailed answer . Yeah now I have definitely a good view on it thanks a lot.

Good to know. thx

Hey. I’m thinking about to change from rift s to g2 as well. Can you tell me, is it worth it? Is it that good? Many people said, the sweetspot is a Killer and send the g2 back, but Idk wich goggles they had befor. what about you? You had the rift s and now the g2. What can you tell me? Do you regret the change or do you approve it? thx .

Hey. I think, if you only shut down the engines and leave the switches where they are after the Autostart, it won’t do anything badly to the jet, when you start it again with Autostart. In the most jets, autostart procedure checks the switches where they are and perform on that Info the Startup. The only thing in the tomcat what you need for Startup is groundpower, airsupply and the Enginecrankswitch. I don’t think it is modelt, but if jester want to perform the alignment, the airsource Switch had to be on the both engines position. so if there is really no auto-stop, the easiest way for you is, perform an autostart, after your ride taxi to parking spot and only shut down the engines via Throttle to off. Leave the switches where they are. When you are ready for the next ride, turn on 1. groundpower and airsupply via groundcrew, 2. Switch the enginecrank to each side with throttle to idle and that’s it. Jester will do the alignment by his own and when you don’t Tell him to make a specific alignment, he will always perform a full one. After that, you can tell the groundcrew to turn everything off, or you make the Spartan way and Taxi away. Another way to turn the things from groundcrew off . i think, this is the easiest and comfortabliest way for you. Hope I could help you.

Update: when I let the Bingo at Standard 4000, the Joker call comes at 6000, all good. But if a change Bingo to something other, the joker call is missing. I think it is a Bug.

Hey. I know exactly in what situation you are now. I started absolutely the same as you. The problem is, when you are slow with the Cat and give some Joystick input for example left, you produce a Stall on that opposite Wing in this case right. So the Bird Flips in the wrong direction. I heard some Pilots use that to handle the Plane, but yeah, It sounds difficult to me, always push the Stick in the wrong direction. The better thing is, to turn the Cat only with Rudder. With Rudder you can let the Cat loaded in a turn (Backstick) and twist it what you like, without using Sidestickinputs. The other Method when you want to twist is, first unload the Plane (no Backstick) twist it with the stick what you like and then give Backstick again. I trained the Rudder technic and my Frust is gone . You will get a feeling, when you have to use Rudder only (very slow - slow speeds) and when it starts, where you can use Sidestickinputs as well to twist. The inputs run into each other the faster you get. Next tip is shaking. When the Cockpit is shaking a lot, it’s a indication for high AoA. When you are fast and you hear the plane creaking and crackling, then you are pulling high G‘s (+10). Attention to avoid Wingbreak. So always be careful on the Stick while you are slow or fast. when you are below 220 Knots, you can use full extended Flaps, for better turns. Be carful, above 220 Knots, you will jamm the Flaps and after that, you can’t retract them. When the Cat is swinging from left to right and so on, again unload the Plane a little bit, gain some speed, load it again and continue the turn. Don’t use Sidestickinputs to solve these situation. If you have to turn in such a situation, cause you are near the ground and the Plane is swinging to the ground, you can twist her with little Rudder inputs to avoid a crash. But unload the cat a little bit to gain speed, brings you back to a steady plane . It takes a while to handle the Cat, but when you have it, it’s a bäm god fu*** nice Plane! hope this tips can help you a little.

I will test it today to be 100% sure, but when i set Bingo to 8000, jester didn‘t make a Joker callout! Is there a Joker Limit?

I want to join in with that. i grew up with top gun. When my father showed me that movie on VHS, that was the only thing I had watched, when I turned on the television. I played many Flight Sims and every time, the tomcat was my number one Jet I wanted to fly. But the bad thing, it wasn‘t modeled in depth. And then comes Heatblur. Bam!!!! Modeling the tomcat in the most realistic way. Delivered us a virtual dream, that i never thought it cloud be possible. Feeling this Bird, sitting in this cockpit, dealing with the systems, flying Patterns, even standing on the LSO Plattform and looking at a Tomcat in the Groove, turning the sound to maximum and listening to the whiny intakesounds cause of the thrustadjustmends is a moment, where not only the heart rate is starting to grew up so on my side, I wanted to say thank you as well for your amazing work Heatblur. Thank you very much