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Dangerzone

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  1. Are you guys please able to advise: a) What version of Windows you're running b) What other apps you have running when DCS. Interesting thing is I'm seeing people with and without this issue (since last update) and just wondering if there's a common thread between those suffering the issue.
  2. I thought it's called the CHOP button because if a student presses it, they risk having some important part of their anatomy chopped off by their instructor.
  3. Thanks for posting an update. I'm excited to see another player to this area, given that there seems to be others that are giving up on the VR market. Great to hear that they sent a replacement headset for you and worked with you to give you the customised fit. For me, no DFR is the biggest drawback with this headset, as DCS isn't exactly performance friendly in VR atm, and even with a 4090 with my Reverb, I find myself having to play tweak the settings too often. Still - it's an option, and the more options available, the better!
  4. Appreciate the video, thanks for posting. For those wanting to save 5 minutes watching youtube, wondering what it's about - it's a way to increase the amount of time you can pause windows updates for (up to 10 years). Just open regedit, navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings Create a new dword called FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays and set it to the max days you want (Set it to 3654, and you have 10 years you can pause windows updates for). Then restart (not sure if required) and go to windows update settings, and you have the option to pause for that long if you scroll down the selection of weeks. This will of course pause all updates, not just the major ones. It may be possible to continue doing security updates, etc without upgrading to 24H2 without using this pause, but honestly - I love the idea of pausing updates until I choose "Update now" when I want to do it... you know... like we used to do back in the good ol days when PC's stood for "Personal Computer" and it was ours, not Microsofts.
  5. I was almost expecting him to jump off, and then see a gun show up in front as he ran to cover and started engaging enemies. Could you imagine continuing as a FPS from there.
  6. Why would you bother? What benefits from 24H2 are we going to get that would make it worth going through having 2 OS's installed, Dual boot, taking up room on the SSD, etc. I mean, if there is an amazing feature that Windows is bringing you can't live without in 24H2, then it's an option - but honestly, at this stage, it seems that MS knows how to make things worse, not better with their OS updates, and staying on an earlier one with the security patches still flowing is the more practical option. What really gets me with this is, just like Windows Media Center - it seems independent apps are far better than going with Microsoft ones. I can still run a 3rd party media center app on the current version of windows, but you want what MS developed... you're S.O.L. Strewth - I can run apps from DOS days on my current PC. All this shows me is that if a product is independently, there's probably going to be a way of using it in the future. If it relies on Microsoft - there's a good chance Microsoft will decide to screw us in years to come, whether that be VR, Windows Media Center, or whatever the next thing out is. And all this happening when Microsoft's newest flight sim is on the Horizon... I can't follow their logic at all.
  7. As I live much closer to the date/time line I can give insight from the future, as it's already tomorrow (Friday) for me here. Alas, there is no video released yet. With any luck it will be released yesterday my time - which may still coincide with Friday your time. Cheers from "the future".
  8. It wasn't that great, but i was in one of my humorous moods and made up some fake 'screenshot images' from an aledged leak of the 2024 & beyond video. Basically there was one that said "Soontm framework was getting an overhaul and they would be releasing Soontm v2. More details on the new features will be released... In the future", with a challenge for anyone to read that and not hear Andre Celeste's voice (from How I Play/HIP video's) in their head. There was another one about Spok functionality being added to the Vulkan framework, ED changing their shop to mask real pricing of history purchases incase spouses are able to access the account, and similar quips.
  9. Thanks for the clarification BN. Believe it or not, I started it off originally with a disclaimer - this is a meme, not legit, but removed it thinking it was silly to have that for something so obvious and I'm probably being paranoid, but then after your post I thought "Dang - we're in a bad state when my paranoia reflects where we're really at". Really looking forward to the real 2024 and beyond release. Thanks for all your hard work.
  10. Hi Bignewy, I'm genuinely sorry. The whole idea of the post was with full-hearted respect for ED and DCS while trying to add a bit of humor in the mix. I get that differences in types of humor can be lost between cultures/borders/etc, but the chances of my post being seen as trolling as opposed to the love for DCS is something I never considered, and a line I have no intention of crossing. Good banter between family and friends is a sign of endearing respect as well as humor from my area, and it was only with that attitude that I posted this. However, since you've raised a perspective I've never considered about how the post can be perceived, I've voluntarily deleted the contents of my post to take one less thing for you to worry about. Again, please accept my sincere apologies. DZ
  11. Is there any benefit running with client version of DCS for the multi-thread benefit? (If I recall correctly, the dedicated server is still single thread, or did I miss a change in one of the releases)?
  12. Apologies if I've missed this, but are you saying that you never played DCS until after 34hrs, and this is what you observed? Or are you saying that you played DCS prior to this (like on the first day), closed it, and left the computer running until the uptime was 34hrs and then relaunched DCS a second time and this is the problem that started occurring?
  13. With DCS closed, can you go into your saved games directory. Locate your DCS or DCS.OpenBeta folder and rename it to DCS.old or DCS.OpenBeta.old. Restart DCS, and close again. This will create a new folder. Note: you will have lost all your bindings, but you can copy them back from the DCS\Config\Input directory. Restart DCS, and try flying again. See if that fixes the issue.
  14. Maybe you could clarify what your concerns are with going to a single public release please? ie - Do you actively use the public beta for actual beta testing before deploying missions to a stable release? Or are you more concerned that frequent releases of new features may be a thing of the past as focus comes on having a single public release that is more stable? The reason I ask is with the intention to try and make this thread as constructive as possible. If you raise what your actual concerns are relating to this new change, it may help in allowing dicsussions/suggestions for ED on what can be done moving forward to alleviate those concerns, if possible.
  15. Hi Art, I understand your hesitation, and you raise good points. You are right, the Open Beta branch has not been used by many (maybe most) for the intended purpose. When it's been released with unfinished bugs, etc - it's been made clear numerous times by ED that it is Open Beta to test out the new features/changes, but many expect it to be stable as they are not running it for Beta purposes. The OB vs Stable 'debate' has not provided any great solutions... ...However, optimistically, I would imagine if Open Beta & Stable goes the way of the dodo and we just have one 'public' release, then public releases will have a higher level of expectations before it's released to the public, as it would no longer be considered a 'test' version. I suspect the result will be less frequent releases, but more stability. Now, entering the speculating zone, it may be that ED will open the door for more Closed Beta testers who manage online servers, or play campaigns, or even many who just understand what Beta testing really is about and how to do proper reports. I would imagine with this change, there would be a need for greater scrutiny before public releases, so there could be opportunity there. (Maybe they will look at previous bug reports and vet some people out by previous behavior? ) This could be the answer to the problem of 'forcing people to submit bugs in a better way', by vetting the Beta testers. The current CB testers no doubt are kept to a higher level of expectation, not only with their bug reports, but also their level of professionalism than some OB users have shown, so it could be a way to reduce the workload, stress and patience on ED's side with beta testing from people who better work with ED's requests? Personally, I have never applied to be a DCS closed beta tester as I've figured I don't have enough time to give back to be worthy (for lack of a better word) for consideration for CB testing, and I wouldn't want to take a CB slot if I wasn't pulling my weight. Plus... there was an existing beta test option that I have had access to. But maybe with this future change, there could be provision for people like us who don't have the time to test as thoroughly, but will test on their own servers/missions/scripts and submit bug reports properly to be part of a CB team? The simple fact that ED has no more to reveal on this matter gives me the impression that they're still working out the best way to move forward with this themselves, so maybe this is a good opportunity for us to make suggestions as to how this could look, so they can glean from the best suggestions available to help them with their decision process. Either way - it's obvious that the current Open Beta / Stable release cycle is not the ideal approach with the DCS community, and it's encouraging that ED are looking into changes. DZ
  16. Hi NineLine, Firstly, no need to apologise. I'm very grateful that you've taken the time to take my letter to management and that you have responded with information. Thank you! It's encouraging to see that the challenges server administrators are facing is being considered at management and reworks are in the making. I also appreciate that they are allowing you to be transparent with your response, so we know that there's changes in the making. I fully understand there's no timelines - just knowing that there won't be a continual cycle of what we've seen this year is encouragement enough for now! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas too, and a safe new year! Cheers DZ
  17. No - I'm saying that the track replay issue is most likely a mod, as I have experienced this myself, as have numerous others. Hence my suggestion to try again with the mods disabled. That way, the track file will record correctly and will remove one already known variable from the equation .
  18. This is a relief to hear. I'm currently a HP user, but eyeing off the Aero as my next headset. Seeing problems such as these with "there will be no fix" come through was concerning and I was wondering how much these will affect me for a premium headset, or whether the Crystal would be the better choice. Your response has the Aero back on the cards again as my next replacement, so thanks for the update.
  19. In regards to things operating differently in track replay - I'd suggest you're suffering from the same issue that we suffer from with VAICOM. DCS does not record any external inputs (DCS BIOS, etc) into the track file. As such, when recording track files, you'll need to not use external peripherals, or any mods (by mods, I'm including DCS BIOS, Helios, and VAICOM that integrates with DCS via hooks) to command your aircraft (or coms, etc) - and use only 'vanilla' DCS options such as bound joystick controls, keyboard, or mouse. Given what Fakum says above with mods being an issue at present with FCR returns, it might be worth redoing another new track file with Helios (and other mods) disabled and see if you get the same problems, or if this resolves the issue. If you get the same problems, at least you'd get a replayable track file that replicates what you have.
  20. Are you able to post more information please. The server log file would be a great place to start. Cheers DZ
  21. If you want to manually roll back you can do the following: Visit the ED Changelog website to get a reference for the version number you want. Stable and Open beta below:https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/stable/ https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/ Open up a command line prompt, and navigate to your DCS install's BIN directory. type in DCS_Updater.exe update <version>@<releasetype> version is the version number you wish to roll back to. Release type is either @openbeta or @release (for open beta or stable respectively). Make sure that the version number and release type matches! ie: DCS_updater.exe update 2.8.7.42718@release or DCS_updater.exe update 2.8.8.43704@openbeta Or as mentioned above, you can use Skatezilla's DCS Updater to do it through a GUI.
  22. You can use other apps as the authenticator. If WinAuth is one that works on the PC. It'll give you the same numbers as a genuine google authenticator, without having to have a 'google app'. There are tonnes of 3rd party 2FA authenticators available for your phone that you can use in place of the Google Authenticator as well. They use the same algorithm as the google authenticator, so DCS/your account won't know the difference. Handy if you want to remain 'de-googled' but still need the authenticator.
  23. I guess it makes sense that the FA18 is boring for some, in the same way that DCS is boring for others and they prefer to play an arcade flight game instead for their quick fix. The FA18 is just a tool, an aircraft. It's what you do with it that will decide whether it's boring or not. Join a server on a mission night, with a pre-flight briefing, human ATC/GCI, and other players, to do a carrier takeoff, formation flying to AAR, and then on to the IP to strike targets while dodging AAA, or other unknowns, followed by a flight home for each flight to trap back on the air carrier and those 2+hrs seem to fly by (excuse the pun), and it's anything but boring. In comparison look at Jane's Longbow 2. The map, the features, the graphics, the lack of full fidelity, etc pale into insignificance what we have now with the full fidelity cockpits, but I dare say more than a few virtual pilots here have spent a lot of time in years gone by and have fond memories of that game. It's more about what you do with the tools that you have than the tool itself at times. If it's boring, I'd say it's either more about your particular focus/goals, or that you're just not using what DCS and Multiplayer can give you to it's full advantage. But if you have another plane that gives you far more satisfaction, that's fantastic. DCS is no longer "Black Shark" with one aircraft.
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