lubey

Step 1: Open up DCS world Step 2: ??? (I'm still stuck on step 1 :cry:)

I'm having the same problem here since updating to 1.2.8 just now. The DCS multiplayer launcher opens OK for me (although I've still get the "connection interrupted" error anytime I try to enter a game, but that's another story). The regular launcher just briefly opens a black dos style window for a second or two and nothing further. I immediately tried soft and hard restarting my pc and repairing dcs world, no luck. Disabling windows firewall also doesn't solve it.

Just in case anyone else is having this problem, you also need to have the "weapons system" switch on (just next to the 3 ejection system switches) for the fuel pumps to work. I learnt this the hard way in the "courier" mission where I didn't turn on weapons because the shark wasn't loaded with any.

Did you ever need internet, except for activation?

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Beta != Demo

Yeah its a better fighter than the F-16 probably (especially when it comes to BVR), but still nowhere on the level of an F-22 or even an F-15. So it's kind of priced itself out of the multi-role level. I think I also heard somewhere that it was also supposed to eventually replace the A-10, so was more relating to the loiter time in a CAS role vs that...

I think the F-35 is too underspecialized though, so it's not really great at anything in particular. It doesn't have the loiter time or payload to excel at CAS, too expensive to be a multirole workhorse like the F-16, and not powerful and manoeuvrable enough to be a true air superiority dog-fighter.

Yes I thought it was probably a silly question, but just checking. Beats me then :(!

And you have black shark 1 installed as needed to register the upgrade version of BS2?

What you can do is just slew around the TGP, and look at it's diamond on the TAD. But yeah it is a bit weird if you're looking behind you because down and up slewing would be reversed.

I think he's saying that the munitions with higher initial energy will be dropped earlier/further out by the aircraft in order to hit the same target with a ballistic trajectory. So they also have more distance to cover using their energy.

Bitchin' Betty: backseat edition

I found that when I had "disable windows aero themes" or something similar selected in the options menu then this also caused the exact same thing. This was in the A-10 though.

I think because the director circle tries to fly you along the "desired course" towards the next waypoint. In other words, it tries to make the little yellow and big white arrows line up on the HSI, instead of just flying straight towards the next waypoint.