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Hey guys, I love all the screenshots in here!! Some are absolutely beautiful and it’s so cool to see everyone’s work!! I have been using some of these for my YouTube channel so stop by and see if yours is there! If it is just leave a comment and I will put your name in the description so you can get the credit or whatever for your work!! Also, if you don’t want me using the screenshot just leave a comment and I’ll swap it out with another but I hope most if not all of you don’t mind. Thank you, Ric

I think Afghanistan has become my new go to map! I find myself creating missions and flying missions in this map more than any of the others lately. With the correct lighting and weather setting it looks so realistic now. With a nice haze and some low lying clouds it’s just awesome to fly around. Even flying in the helicopters I like this map. Flying in some of the valley’s with mountains on each side is just incredible. I’ve made a few Mi-24P Hind missions trying to recreate the 80’s feel of the USSR up against the mujahideen And it’s quite fun and challenging. I can’t wait for some of the other outlying areas to be completed. I used to fly the Sinai map a lot but now I find the Afghanistan map the more realistic looking map. It’s come a long ways from when it was first released and it’s looking really good.

The Operation Firestorm mission seems like it would be an easy thing, Ike you mention but I still can’t get it!! My first try was really bad. I flew way too high and got dropped, as I should have!! The second I couldn’t get George to shoot on the target!! Then since he wouldn’t fire I got confused and thought maybe they were friendly and as I closed the distance I paid the price Again!!! Ughh!! I love it though!! I’ll post a Part three when I actually finish it which I’m hoping is very soon! I flew a few slots on your Rototheads Sandbox and had a lot of fun with it!! What a great idea and you put so much work into it! I looked at the mission in the ME and it blew my mind how much stuff is in there!! I did run into an issue that I wanted to ask you or point out. In the RED missions with the Mi24P Hind where you attack the Tank platoon on the front; The ground units do not shoot at each other nor did the Blue side shoot at me in the Hind, even when I flew right over them. Is that a setting I am supposed to set or choose or is that how it’s supposed to be? On other missions like in the Kiowa they definitely shot back at me! Big time!!! So I wanted to ask you about this. Thank you and thanks for making these missions, such a great idea!! I hope you make one for Afghanistan since it’s such a cool map!! This is a perfect mission idea for people who get DCS and just don’t know what to do in it or don’t want to spend the time in the ME to make a mission. This allows you to choose from a ton of different missions and it’s a lot of fun!!! Thank you again.

Hey Don, I loaded up your sandbox last night but was a little confused as to how to get the missions or what I was supposed to do once I got the plane up and flying? Do I do it all through the F10 menus or is each slot assigned a certain mission? I’m trying to use the mission and make a video for YouTube and show off how this all works. Thank you!! Oh and lastly is it okay if I change all the planes and helo’s on your other missions to Hotstart? Thank again!!! Oops after looking in the ZIP file I saw the mission PDF which makes things a littler easier to understand! I didn’t see that before. So does each mission that is assigned to a specific aircraft have all the information regarding target size, look etc in their Kneeboards or do you just wing it so to say? Sorry for all the questions. I just want to make sure I fully understand this so I don’t tell people the wrong thing on the video. I’ll probably choose a couple different aircraft to show the different mission sets. Thanks again. Oh BTW I just posted a video of your Operation Firestorm. I still haven’t beet that thing!! I made some really dumb mistakes, George refused to fire and got my rearend handed to me!! Love the mission though. Part one and Part Two are up!! Love the missions! Thank you

Okay I got this figured out. I did not know you had to purchase this separate with each module. Got it now and it works. Thanks anyways

I’m so confused!! So I purchased the NS430 module, I guess you guys call this the “base” module and I have the checkbox checked in the ME but it doesn’t show up? So in reading here do you have to purchase another Addon for the MiG29A? If so where is it? I looked under Other and in the Planes and cannot see an option to purchase this if needed. Thank you and sorry I’m not understanding this whole thing. Thank you

This map is absolutely amazing!! Great job and congrats ED and Team!! Thank you guys you’re taking this simulation to a whole new level!!

Personally I like the map. Its's early access so there are going to be issues. But even in this state of release it looks good.

I went out and purchased a 4TB just for DCS since I have all the maps and it’s over 1.5TB That’s with all the modules except for 2 of the prop planes and all the maps installed unless I got my numbers wrong. I would definitely recommend a 4TB fast NVME if you plan on getting more maps and modules. Plus I have a ton of skins and a few mods installed like the A4E and F22 etc…

Wow, I’ve never seen that before!! Does the artifact show up at different areas or is it in the same place all the time? If it doesn’t move around I wonder if you have dead pixels in the headset. Just a guess and im no expert with VR. I will fire up mine and see if I get anything. I wonder if you can roll back the drivers? Does it happen if you just use the default settings like if it was a new install? Thanks and I’ll post if I get the same on mine. If I don’t then that means im not seeing it. Sorry, wish I had better answers for you.

So having played with multiple VR headsets and the Bigscreen being one of them I have to say the Bigscreen is my favorite even with the glare issue. I find it’s the most comfortable of all of them. Now I know they are coming out with a new version which has eye tracking and some other features as well so maybe check that one out. I do not know when it’s planned to be available though. The one thing I did not like about the Bigscreen was you have to get tracking stations since it’s missing the internal cameras for that. Im not sure if the new one will include them or not. It’s not really a huge deal but still and extra expense and just one more thing you have to mess with. It is by far the most comfortable headset I have tried. I mean you can actually forget you’re wearing it. Oh and also I would recommend purchasing the audio add on for it. It makes a huge difference as well to the comfort of it. I have a Pimax Crystal as well as a HP Reverb 2 and we have a Quest 3 as well and I like the Bigscreen the most. Hope that helps.

Brothers & sisters gotta eat you know!!!

So far I am really enjoying this map. The mountainous terrain is especially well done and looks very realistic. There’s a very good sensation of speed when flying down at low level, especially when in VR. I’m getting good performance with it except for a few areas around Baghdad and thats only if I have a ton of AAA units spewing lead into the air for effect! It will be interesting to watch how this map progresses through development. I’m looking forward to seeing the more southern areas as they come online in future patches. Not looking forward to the huge flight times though to get from the Gulf all the way to Baghdad and back though I know a lot of people like this & I probably wouldn’t mind it as much if I could physically do it. But my physical limitations with my spine don’t allow me that luxury ( If you consider sitting in a seat watching the clouds go by for an hour or two before you drop your bombs or whatever floats your boat a luxury). Still it’s a great looking start and I think this map will be very popular once it’s closer to a finished product, if it already isn’t popular. These mountains & how they are made to look this way, I hope get ported over to the other maps because they look phenomenal! Well done ED!! Great stuff.

I just saw this mod and it looks great. Is it easy to install or do I need to edit LUA files which I’m not a fan of doing at all. Hopefully it’s an easy install process!

A friend of mine Awacs_Bandog has created some awesome looking Liveries for me and my YT channel. The guy is a true master at making these liveries! He took some ideas we had and turned them into art! Really awesome stuff. He started with a F16C livery with a European color scheme then made a desert one as well then did the F4E Phantom II liveries! He has some really fantastic liveries up on the DCS Files server if you’re looking for some nice liveries. I highly recommend his work!