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Agreed, also thought this campaign was fantastic. Best DCS campaign for the F18 I have played so far.

About 4 months ago I replaced my TM Warthog with a GF3 Ultimate and I immediately noticed the superior quality of the VKB stick compared to the Warthog. However, recently I had some issues with the stick not centering correctly which is particular annoying in DCS since you can't engage the autopilot in the F18. Today I took the base apart to put in another set of springs to see if that would help with the centering issue of the stick. When I put the new springs in I noticed that there was some rust on the cams. Is that to be expected with the GF3 and is it sufficient to polish off the rust or do those cams need to be replaced?

I'm currently playing the Raven One campaign for the 2nd time and I notice that my wingman keeps disconnecting from the tanker during a/a refuels. He does eventually complete the refuel but it does take longer than it would if that issue would not be present. When I played the campaign for the 1st time earlier this year, I did not notice this issue so I don't know if it's related to one of the recent DCS updates or if it has something to do with the campaign itself.

Not sure if I'm missing something but ever since the new patch, the NWS button does not engage the autopilot for me. I set Altitude hold and Heading hold as well as the AP Master button but pressing the NWS button does nothing so AP never engages. Never had a problem with the AP before this patch...

Thank you very much for your reply and the confirmation that this is a bug.

I really like the new burble effect for manual carrier landings, it makes them much more challenging. However, unfortunately I found that this new effect makes ACLS almost useless for final approach. Before the patch, ACLS would land the Tomcat reliably on the carrier, now it always misses the wires due to automatic flight adjustments during the last seconds of the final approach... Is this working as intended or is there some trick to still use ACLS reliably?

Fighting against AI in the F14, I have the most problems with the Mig29S. 2nd hardest opponent is the F16 in my opinion.

I really enjoy the new weather that came with 2.7. However, I would appreciate if ED could add a rain preset that has better visibility below ~8k ft. The rain settings in the game right now basically make every carrier landing a Case 3 because visibility is near zero.

I got my 3090 pretty quickly after I set up the extension "Distill" in Google Chrome which checks automatically once an item is available for purchase. I set Distill up to check Newegg and Amazon every 30 seconds and was able to order a FTW3 3090 within a few days. This was back in November, not sure if the situation changed in the meantime.

I played Multiplayer for the first time yesterday and my game also crashed while trying to tune TACAN via the Jester menu. Thought it was just a coincidence that it crashed in the Jester menu but seeing your post I'm not so sure anymore...

Thanks for your reply. Yes, the issue with the slanted/tilted view can luckily be solved via the WMR app. Still not sure why this issue would come up all of a sudden but good that there is an easy fix. I also just found an old thread that explained how to change the viewpoint in DCS (left & right) so I'm all set and hope that I won't have any other issues with this otherwise great headset...

I played about 250h DCS in the G2 over the last few months and it has been a great experience until today. When I tried to play DCS earlier today, the view in the headset was tilted heavily to one side for whatever reason. For example, when I drove on a runway in one direction it was like I was driving uphill at quite a steep angle, going in the other direction was like driving downhill. Re-centering the view via Num5 did not fix this issue. It's actually quite a nasty problem since you want to puke and lie down once you take the headset off. I was finally able to get rid of this issue by clicking on "Clear environment data" in the WMR app. However, now I have the issue that my cockpit view in DCS is offset to the right when I click the re-center button. Is there any key command in DCS that would allow me to change the view position? I know how to change it up or down but I'm not aware of any command that would allow moving it left or right.

Thanks for looking into the issue with mission 7. It's the mission I'm currently stuck at. Up until now it has been one of the most enjoyable DCS campaigns I played. Hope you will do another F14 campaign in the future...would gladly pay for it too!

Hi, The F18 was my first and for a long time only module in DCS. I have been flying it a lot last year and enjoyed it immensely. During the last Winter Sale I picked up the F14 and have been flying it exclusively over the last 6 weeks. Yesterday, I went back to the F18 and all of a sudden, flying the Hornet feels like flying a spaceship because it's just so smooth and a bit lifeless. I'm aware that the FCS/FBW prohibits the F18 from pulling some of the crazy maneuvers the F14 can do (including ripping off the wings). However, I think that if ED would introduce just a fraction of the shaking and rattling from the F14 to the F18, the plane would feel much more "alive". My question: Did any real F18 pilot (i.e. C.W. Lemoine) ever comment on how realistic the current DCS F18 flight model feels and what could be improved?

That was it! I removed the AI F18s from my mission and it hasn't crashed since. Thank you very much!

Hi, Ever since the latest update, DCS in VR keeps crashing after about an hour into a custom made mission I'm trying to play. I have been playing the same mission dozens of times in the last couple months and never had any issues with crashing. In what location is DCS/Steam saving the crash dumps / error logs?

For me the Joly Rogers livery is also messed up since the patch. I did verify the integrity of game files via Steam and it didn't find any issues. In the picture below the carrier deck also has some weird shading but the color being off on the plane only happens with this skin and didn’t happen at all before the patch.

Pressing 2 wasn't working for me but I figured out what the issue was. Whenever I start a game in VR, first thing I do is press Ctrl+Num0 which moves the seat position further back. I found out that if I don't do this I'm able to move to the RIO seat by pressing 2. For some reason it won't let me change to the RIO seat when I pressed Ctrl+Num0.

Hi, When flying the Tomcat in 2D I can just switch to the RIO seat by pressing "2" or whatever button I assign on my HOTAS. However, when I play in VR neither pressing "2" nor assigning buttons to switch seats seem to work. Is anybody else experiencing the same or can somebody let me know what I'm missing? Thank you!

I switched from a CV1 to a Reverb G2 last month. Actually only played a couple of short sessions in the CV1 since I couldn't stand not being able to read the instruments without zooming in all the time. In the Reverb G2 I have up to 5 hour play sessions without any eye strain and I'm very happy with the purchase. One thing that's not optimal in the G2 is that the sweet spot is kind of limited, so if you want to look at the instruments on the side consoles of the jet, you will have to turn your head a bit so that the instruments are closer to the center of the display. Everything within the center or close to it is super sharp. I never tried a Valve Index but the "through the lens" comparisons on Youtube between the G2 and the Index made me pick the G2 due to the superior resolution / picture quality.

Hi, I just purchased the F14 module a couple days ago and it's already my favorite plane in DCS. (flying this thing in VR is absolutely amazing and a much more immersive experience than flying the Hornet) One thing I'm having trouble with is finding the keybinds for the HUD Modes (A/A, A/G, Landing etc.). I would like to map those modes to my Hotas but I can't find them in the controls menu. I also couldn't find the keybind for hiding the HUD camera. Am I missing something or are those just not available for mapping and have to be clicked with the mouse?

Hi, Thanks for your response. The issue I experience is different than the one described in the linked thread and video. The rearming after landing works fine for me. My issue is that after several take offs and landings, I don't have an option to ask for permission to land anymore. I have this issue when flying the F18.

Hi, I have an issue with significant CPU frame time spikes (up to 55ms) that occur every few seconds. However, for some reason this problem only occurs on the Syria map. Caucasus, Nevada and PG run fine. Is anybody else experiencing this issue and is there a solution to this?

Hi, I have the issue that after a few take offs and landings, the radio options do not let me ask for landing permission anymore. When I want to ask the airport for landing permission, the only option showing is asking for take off permission even though I am already airborne. Does anybody else experience this and is there a fix for it?

Thank you very much, both ways worked for me and the game now runs at a fixed 45fps. One more question, in the Steam VR Setting it shows an option for forcing motion smoothing and an option to "use legacy reprojection mode". What exactly is the difference between those two and should they both be enabled for DCS?