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It is harder if you are lower to the ground. I had the same problem. Try it again at higher altitudes. Caldera

Melch, That may be a simulation of a condition that occurs in actual turbine engines, of for that matter turbo chargers. In some cases it can cause catastropic engine failure (IE: blades going out the back of the engine along with hot exhaust gases, but not for long!). Read up on compressor stall / surge if your are interested. Essentially, it means that the much higher pressure air (~200 psia) on the combustor side of the compressor goes back backwards through the compressor. This is bad. During that process the compressor blades have very little drag. Once the air flow reverses back to the normal direction, the compressor blades catch the air again. The blade stresses can be extreme to the point of rotating parts hitting the none rotating parts. Not to mention what happens in the combustors and to combustion process due to the momentary loss of air flow. The flames can back right up to the fuel nozzles. Caldera

FOKA, What I am understanding, is that you get 9 minutes of contiguous use and about 20 minutes of total use? What should happen if you leave it on for 10 minutes? Would the ground crew actually install a new cell every flight? Caldera

Hey all, Corel, I just purchased TacView yesterday so I am far from an expert. But I think for play back, the 10 minute delay is a non issue. The reason for it is multi-player server play. I believe that is because TacView can be used in real time. Like on a second monitor or on a separate computer. That would be a HUGE SA advantage to person using it over a person who is not using it. The tactical data provided is enormous. I think it is a server to server thing also, a setting by the admin. My question: Does anyone know how to turn the labels all the way off in TacView? They get in the way some times. Caldera

Jon, I can't get any part of the HUD to form into a view port that I can place on my second monitor. Have you every messed around with it? I only need the bottom 25% of it, just the static position text. Caldera

My opinion, is the cockpit and HUD just feels a little off. In order to see all of the HUD the letters get too small for me to read easily. It would not make sense that In combat an actual pilot should have these same issues. It should just work and do so in a natural way. The way that I see it, is that has to be just a POV thing and the simulation. Being that I have never sat in an A-10 cockpit how would I really know didly. A-10 pilot "WTF is wrong with my HUD, I can't see 10-30% of it." Radio call: "Hawg-1 Hawg-2, my HUD is bent RTB" Caldera

Hey all; I have as some questions. I use TrackIR. After I center TrackIR and my HMD is turned on, when I look to the side out of the cockpit the HMD cross is about at a 30 degrees down angle. The head position required to just look even with the horizon is pretty high. In order to do that, and still make eye contact with the screen it is pretty uncomfortable for me. There is no way the I can actually target a thing effectively, because I can't hold that head position and focus on the monitor. It just seems to low. Is this normal for the HMD and TrackIR? What I have been doing is freezing the display and then trying to slew the HMD cursor to where I want it. But that takes quite a long time to do and negates any sort of point and shoot capability for me. Any suggestions on a better way to do it? Caldera

Jon, Thank you very much! Frankly, not that important to me as I only own the A-10C ii and the F/A-18C (P-51D). I don't really fly the F/A-18C. I bought it because I thought I would want to later and because it was on sale over the holidays. What I have works so I am happy. The A-10C ii is my bird for now. My goal is simply to know the process by which I can do this for myself. The A-10C MFCD was just an experiment to accomplish that. Initially, I was trying to put the RWR on my right monitor using the TEST 1 file. It was going to placed just to the right of where I placed my right MFCD in the same format 480x480 box. I had already put RWR placement in the TEST 1 file (still there). I was thinking that if I got that to work I may go for the HUD also and put it below right MFCD and the RWR.. But... I got stumped on the MFCD name thingy so I stopped. * So is it only the MFCD view port that needs to go through above process (Baked file) or do all of the A-10C ii view ports require that same process? * For example, would the RWR just require the AN_ALR69V_init file to define the view port and the monitor config file to display it? * How important is to have different call names in the same monitor config file like you have done? EX: A-10C_LEFT_MFCD and F16_LEFT_MFCD I have to say, your JB Camera Cougar file is pretty trick! Caldera

Jon, Attached are 2 files. Thanks! Still testing! I took a break and scratched my head a bit... Looking at the Display Exports.rar file that you attached I got a clue to the file path that was needed. I just did not know where that path originated, so I tried both the %%%\DCS World\Mods and the %%%\Saved Games\DCS\Mods directories. Neither worked... The MCFD_init file that I have attached is from my %%\DCS World\Mods directory. You can see the options I tried in the comments on the right side of line 22. --> If ("LEFT_MFCD") is inserted in line 22 ==> TEST 1 will work if LEFT_MFCD is inserted in line 28 --> If ("A10C_LEFT_MFCD") is inserted in line 22 ==> TEST 1 will work if LEFT_MFCD is inserted in line 28 ==> TEST 1 will not work if A10C_LEFT_MFCD is inserted in line 28 Baffling... One thing, my TEST 1 file is locating in: %%%\Saved Games\DCS\config\MonitorSetup\ Caldera MFCD_init.lua options.lua

Trust me, I am not ready for beta nor betaboom. I have playing since the middle of December 2020. Caldera

Jon; Attached are two files. Take a look please. Help! I can't get it to work. The TEST 1 file is my monitor setup file. The AN_ALR69V_init file is basically what you sent me. I had thought that its purpose was too create a view port, in this case RWR. I put that file in various locations but it still does not work. I Edited: %%%\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\A-10C_2\Cockpit\Scripts\AN_ALR69V\indicator\AN_ALR69V_init --> No Luck I put AN_ALR69V_init in: %%%\Saved Games\DCS\Mods --> No Luck %%%\Saved Games\DCS\config\Mods --> No Luck %%%\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\aircraft\A-10C_2\Cockpit\Scripts\AN_ALR69V\indicator --> No Luck I had thought that I had figured this out. My thinking is that the game loads from the %%%\DCS World folders first. Then it loads from the %%%\Saved Games folders, which can then overwrite anything loaded so far. That gives the user the opportunity to make changes and/or add stuff. Examples: %%%\Saved Games\DCS\config\MonitorSetup\TEST 1 --> Works every time %%%\Saved Games\DCS\config\options --> Works every time %%%\Saved Games\DCS\Liveries\A-10C-2020-CPT --> Works every time Maybe I have stuff loading and running out of order? For example, if the TEST1 file runs before the AN_ALR69V file runs. Then at the runtime of TEST1 the RWR view port does not yet exist. Maybe I am just putting it in the wrong location? Maybe I am just jacked as hell? Where am I going wrong? Caldera AN_ALR69V_init.lua TEST 1.lua

Yurgon, Thanks! I am not sure how that makes much sense. Oh well.. Caldera

Another question, how do you turn on the tankers EPLRS datalink? The AWACS has one but can't find the one for the tanker. Caldera

Gerbil, Thanks! They are as big as I could make them!!! Plus, I really did not know those png files would post that way. I am sorry for that. I got zero response any ways except for yourself. Well... I am not sure what happened exactly. But what you said above got me to thinking. I went into the NVidia control panel and returned everything to default in the Global Settings tab. Those settings had been a "fusion" of the advice I had gotten from who knows where at this point. In the Program Settings tab I set it up so that DCS was selected there. It is the only program selected. Then I stopped dicking with it just to test. So far I have had zero issues (JYNX!!!). The only thing that I can think of is that DCS wants Plain Jane but I was forcing Hot Hilda upon it and that was a bad fit. Caldera

CT, I figured out how to use the mini-joysticks! For Zoom, I use the mini-joystick on the throttle with DeadZone 5, Saturation X&Y 60 and Curvature 20. The Saturation value limits the zoom to a preset value so the Zoom view becomes very consistent and predictable. I release the mini-joystick and the camera goes back to the default view. For slew, I use the mini-joystick on the stick with the set-up much the same. The Saturation values are lower because it is easy for the cursor to move too fast. Caldera

Bunny, "If you download from the User Files link I did all the folder creation for you already, and it'll include files for more than one plane too?" Sometimes it is hard to comprehend how big of an idiot that I can myself feel like. I can't find the/which User Files that you are referring to. Thank you for your patience. Caldera

Jon, I have attached one file. I changed my monitor set-up a bit. The TGP looked kind of gawdy at 760x760 or larger, so I dropped it to 480x480. I got tired of editing the constants so I put in some variables to speed up my experimentation process. This also leaves more real estate on my right monitor. And... You were right! I did not have my screens perfectly aligned in control panel. The right screen was set lower. I see the problem with the RWR view port. It looks like the view port itself is an underlayer to the cockpit dash. Have you ever messed with a HUD view port? Frankly, my vision is bad. I don't really see well especially with my right eye which has some macular degeneration on top of bad vision. Just having the right monitor sitting there with stuff that is bigger has dramatically increased my enjoyment of the game. Thanks again! Caldera CENTER+RMFD+LMFD.lua

Jon, Thanks again! No, it is the taskbar and a bit more. I would say 25-30% of the right screen is the desktop. Like I said it is fine, the MFCD's displayed are large enough for me to read clearly and I don't have to alt-tab out of the game. I eventually would like to get another monitor and put these displays under my main monitor for the Cougars, like you have done. A had I spare monitor and I wanted to test this out so that is what I am doing. I will try to re-arrange my monitors in control panel. Well... "Anything in particular you're after??" The RWR would be OK as you have shown, but how about the F10 map display? Something I may have discovered. From your upper discussion I noticed that you have to click on the screen to get it to spread out, so to speak. It seems that if I leave FULL SCREEN unchecked that does not happen to me. From what I can see having FULL SCREEN checked or unchecked doesn't matter that much if the game is running in the center window is at the same resolution as your desktop. Caldera

Thanks Jon, I am attaching two files. Take a look at them if you like. Believe it not I got it to work last night! I must have read through your guide above (the first one) over ten times. Something finally clicked and I got it to work. I put both the MFCD's on the right monitor at 760x760 each. Now I can actually read stuff. One thing, there is a gap along the bottom of my right monitor that is not part of the DCS window. It is the desktop. My center monitor is 2560x1440 and the right one is 1920x1080. I entered 4480x1440 in the screen resolution box. It is handy to be able to switch to the desktop and not having to alt-tab out of the game, but I kind of would like to figure out why that happens that way. I did not mess with too much though I was feeling the need to play. The LEFT MFCD and the RIGHT MFCD calls in the MonitorSetup file are view ports if I am correct. Are there other view ports that are available besides the MFCD's? My desk looks allot like yours but smaller, my keyboard highlights blue to match the x56, and I have a dragon not R2D2. Caldera options.lua Center+LMFD+RMFD.lua

It would be nice to save the profiles that is for sure, or how about you cockpit switch positions. Every time you get in a gremlin has put everything back.... Caldera

Thank you, I will try this out! But, for noobs like me, where would I place the file? Caldera

Seems like I have been using UFC SEL UP and UFC SEL DOWN to cycle weapons. The same rule applies, where MASTER MODE can not be in GUNS or it will just cycle the gun sight reticle. I also use UFC STEER UP and UFC STEER DOWN to cycle steer points. I have both bound to the keyboard arrow keys as: UP DOWN <==> steer LEFT RIGHT <==> Weapons It is way faster than going back to the HUD. Caldera

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Hey all; I just got my second monitor working so I read this for the first time. I noticed from the STAT screen you can go to HMCS screen where you can configure 3 separate HMCS profiles. What is the meaning of OCLD.? I noticed that many of the parameters can be set to ON OFF OCLD with the rotary button. Caldera

Jonsky; I tried to use two monitors, more or less from the cuff. I was trying to get my MFCD's put on to a bigger screen. When I selected LMFCD on right the game reloaded. BAM! I did essentially same thing that Wolf did. My main screen indeed split with the game display all scrunched up on the left and all black on the right. I opened OPTIONS to a look at it Then I noticed something very bad right away. The OK button on the bottom right corner of the SYSTEM tab was overlapping into the right side of the screen, which was totally black. Basically there was no OK button to click on now. Just as Wolf, I was stuck! This post saved a bit of my sanity: Thanks! I am extremely new at this game and mostly overwhelmed. Is there a guide some where that may describe which configuration files that I should back up? Caldera