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Hi, any advice on how to beat the 4 f5's i have tried over 10 times and about to skip as i can get 3 of the F5's but i cant get the 4th it is driving me crazy! No matter what i do the last one is always on my tail i can never shake him.

Thanks Can confirm quick double tap switches between targets. Also, thanks for the tip on hitting EXP as this also helps.

Thanks All for the feedback. @bonesvf103 definitely not a data link contact as showing up as brick, but it is 4 targets and i have to take out 2 on the right and yes super close to the L&S target will try the EXP to see if that helps. I am thinking that @MarkyMark might be onto something as i did recently change my DCS to open beta away from the stable version as i wanted to try multithreading so i am now on the latest version so didn't think about that will also try the 2 depresses to see if that helps, but i did think i was smashing the joystick trying to get it to work! Will try tomorrow night and update the outcome.

Hi, i will admit i have never been that good at AA combat, but i am having trouble switching targets using the Amraam. I have watched you tube videos like how to use the FA18 radar like a boss, but when in AA mode i set the amraam at 40NM, 4B scan and 40-60 deg scan range and above 20NM hi perf i am in tws mode and currently on mission 3 rise of the persion lion 2 and i have to take out 2 F5's. I get to the F5's altitude i dont head straight on and when they are around 20nm i turn into the targets move the scan over the targets using TDC depress and then nose wheel/undesiganate button and i get a lock on a target i try and put the TDC over the other targets which are showing up and try and get a lock pushing TDC so i can switch between, but i cant seem to switch so i end up firing a amraam and i just cant seem to change to the other target just stays on the one target any ideas or guidence as to what i am doing wrong?

Thanks @rob10 i didnt have it set didnt know i had to, but once i set a min altitude and push to test all good . Also @ChillNG my bad on the data link i did have it turned on, but i hadn't changed to the SA page after the intial setup so all working now. Also loving the campaign up to mission 6 and it's awesome good work! Problem with this game i find there is so much to learn if you dont use something for awhile you totally forget how to do it! It's great that the forum is so helpful.

I also had issue's with the original DCS bios worked at the start, but just stopped working. I was told to use flight panels version the guide above is the flight panels version dont bother with the original hub version as it isnt updated follow the video above and you should be good to go. Since i have moved i now have no issues. If you goto https://github.com/DCSFlightpanels there is also a quick setup PDF guide also dont install the google chrome plugin as it doesnt work anymore you have to use the bort plug in https://github.com/charliefoxtwo/Bort/releases/tag/v0.2.0 took me awhile to understand also, but you will eventually get there, just dont give up.

Yes I am pushing DL button twice before turning on, but I will play around with it and see if I can work it out. the rad alt is weird I will try on another map or mission and if still not working I’ll post on the fa18 section on the forum to see if anyone has any ideas.

No worries thanks for replying. Couple of other things 1st might be a stupid question, but is it normal for not showing your location on F10 map if I bring it up I or no planes show up? Assuming they don’t is this wouldn’t be realistic can I turn it on if I want? 2nd in mission 6 not saying a issue with the campaign, but when I descend to 150agl I switch to radar altimeter, but I know I am close to the ground,but my reading is about 1500-1800? 3rd also in mission 6 can’t remember in previous, but no aircraft show up on the SA page on mfd? I watched your play thru as I couldn’t find the target north of waypoint 8 and it says to follow e-boy on yours you could see e-boy, but I have nothing showing up? I have data link turned on. I did a search and found a issue of data link not working if tacan is turn off, but haven’t tried this yet just curious if anyone else had this issue. besides these issues I am loving this campaign especially since there isn’t any air to air refueling as I haven’t 100% mastered this yet!

Hi, did this ever get sorted? Just had the same issue with mission 3 and 4 once heading back to airport i enter in tacan it comes up and has distance, but will then freeze and sometimes just starts spinning on the HSI sometimes turning it on and off will fix it, but when happening it also seems to change the tacan postion i have had to workout visually and manually the return airfield.

@No1sonuk thanks will check out the discord and will uninstall dcs bios hub not working now anyway. Also, found the socat folder on GitHub. Are you using this with arduino yourself? And for what aircraft?

seems i am having issues with DCS bios hub it works for a little bit then just stops responding, so i am going to try the flight panels version. I am following the install, but seem to be having issues. Do i need to remove the DCS bios hub version? and the line dcs bios hub has in the export lua? I have the google chrome app installed. but i am getting this error? i did install this awhile ago and i seem to remember it looked different now it says it inst supported? when i am in game and start the app it seems to be working. The other issue i have is on the install PDF it mentions a socat file in programs i cant seem to find either? and where do you find the information for the arduino sketches? as in dcs hub you just copied and pasted from the control reference into the arduino sketches and just added your pin numbers i cant seem to find this info for flight panels or is it the same? I have been reading the info on the github page, but seem to be getting confused when they talk about the DCS bios are they talking about the orginal or there version? I tried seaching the forum for flight panels but couldnt find much. Sorry if this doesnt make sense.

I also used same monitors as eightyduce. They are slightly longer than the cougars, but I built a housing to hide the excess and you choose the format in the Lua file to miss the excess. The issue I had was I found when I exported the images to the mfd’s the in game mfd’s where super bright and it was always a headache to use them so now I just use the cougar mfd’s for the buttons and look at the screens in game. I will hopefully get the winwing ones in the future. Photo with original screens and then just as the mfd’s if I could have solved the issue of the brightness in game I may have keep them.

Well I ended up going out to the sales today with full intentions of getting the AOC or Acer, but when I got there I was not happy with the picture of these monitors. They had next to them a 48inch lg ultra gear OLED model 48GQ900 and the picture was amazing so I ended up spending more then I thought, but got a good deal. Anyway just set it up and DCS on max settings I am still getting min of around 70fps and max of just over 100fps and the picture and colour is amazing straight out of the box without any tweaking. Being a oled it is super thin so was able to push it right back against the back of my desk and I am about 4foot maybe a little more and it feels fine, it also has a ultra wide mode which is 3840x1600, but you get the black bars top and bottom. So far pretty amazed, but still getting used to it.

Thanks all. I think you’re all right just comes down to your preference. Thru searching some people hate the ultra wide and some love it same with the 16:9 big screens. I do find the picture from @MadKreator with the F16 looks awesome, but I think that is also down to the open style cockpit of the F16. I mainly fly the FA18 and I do find the FOV is too close even on my 27inch, but I do have the zoom setup on my hotas to adjust. Currently not using track IR just using smooth track and my phone I know it isn’t the best, but it works and will be looking at track IR next upgrade. Bit hard for me to try before you buy as my friends who are into gaming none are in to flight sims, but after Xmas I will go shopping and hopefully be able to have a look in store and make a decision! Either way I am sure it will be an upgrade over the 27inch.

@LucShep thank you for all that information and advice I did have a look at the ultra wide 34inch today and they do really look chopped even with no picture. So I am steering towards a 4K monitor and I did think about the tv option, but what is the advantages of getting a 4K monitor over a 4K tv or if there is any benefit?

Hi Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on monitors i am looking to upgrade as i would like a bigger view. My current screen is a 27inch ASUS VG27A 2560x1440 I am looking at the following, 4K screens 3840x2160 Acer Predator 43inch CG437K Aoc G4309VX/D 38" ultrawide 3840x1600 LG 38GN950-B Acer Predator X38S 34" ultrawide 3440x1440 Heaps of options My computer specs are RTX3080 Intel I9-10850K 32GB ram all M2 solid state hard drives I do like the option of 38" ultrawide, but there isnt much to choose from doesnt seem like a common size and the ones listed above are $2199Aud the 4K screens are about $1600 for the Acer and $1100 for AOC, the 34Inch are quite cheap. Just wondering is the 4K height to much? and is the 34" to narrow? Any help would be appreciated.

I will checkout flight panels and see if that fixes the issue. Seems like it will be better if it is maintained.

thanks No1sonuk for your help so far. i am using DCS bios version V0.10.0 + 64 which i think is the latest version. Sorry not 100% sure what you mean by using Hub. Basically i just wired up the panels using Arduino Mega board and then i used the control reference to find the code i needed copy and pasted and added in my pins to what ever i used for the switch. I see that the version i have is from 2019 i am guessing this isnt really updated anymore. Just sucks that all my other switches work and just this one i am having the issue. Also when i mentioned 3 position i only meant i tried the code for 3 position the switch has always been a 2 position switch. If DCS is using different addresses is there away i can find out? as i am guessing this is part of the code that gets copied into the Arduino? Thanks Again.

This is also the code changed to 3 position * Tell DCS-BIOS to use a serial connection and use interrupt-driven communication. The main program will be interrupted to prioritize processing incoming data. This should work on any Arduino that has an ATMega328 controller (Uno, Pro Mini, many others). */ #define DCSBIOS_IRQ_SERIAL #include "DcsBios.h" /* paste code snippets from the reference documentation here */ DcsBios::Switch3Pos flirSw("FLIR_SW", 22, 24); const byte insSwPins[15] = {6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13} ;DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos insSw("INS_SW", insSwPins, 15); DcsBios::Switch3Pos lstNflrSw("LST_NFLR_SW", 30, 32); DcsBios::Switch3Pos ltdRSw("LTD_R_SW", 26, 28); const byte radarSwPins[7] = {2, 3, 4, 5} ;DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos radarSw("RADAR_SW", radarSwPins, 7); DcsBios::Switch3Pos lGenSw("L_GEN_SW", 34, 36); DcsBios::Switch3Pos batterySw("BATTERY_SW", 38, 40); DcsBios::Switch3Pos rGenSw("R_GEN_SW", 42, 44); DcsBios::Switch3Pos ecsModeSw("ECS_MODE_SW", 35, 37); DcsBios::RotaryEncoder cabinTemp("CABIN_TEMP", "-3200", "+3200", 24, 23); DcsBios::Switch3Pos cabinPressSw("CABIN_PRESS_SW", 39, 41); DcsBios::Switch3Pos pitotHeatSw("PITOT_HEAT_SW", 27, 29); DcsBios::Switch3Pos engAntiiceSw("ENG_ANTIICE_SW", 31, 33); const byte bleedAirKnobPins[7] = {43, 45, 47, 49} ;DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos bleedAirKnob("BLEED_AIR_KNOB", bleedAirKnobPins, 7); void setup() { DcsBios::setup(); } void loop() { DcsBios::loop(); }

i have tried 3 position also and doesn't work either still the same issue, this is the code from dcs bios the switch only has off and on. LST/NFLR Switch, ON/OFFFA-18C_hornet/LST_NFLR_SW Switch2PosSwitchMultiPosRotaryEncoderFixedStep Input: set position DcsBios::Switch2Pos lstNflrSw("LST_NFLR_SW", PIN);

Here is the complete code all others work. I even tried a 3 position switch instead of the 2 position. * Tell DCS-BIOS to use a serial connection and use interrupt-driven communication. The main program will be interrupted to prioritize processing incoming data. This should work on any Arduino that has an ATMega328 controller (Uno, Pro Mini, many others). */ #define DCSBIOS_IRQ_SERIAL #include "DcsBios.h" /* paste code snippets from the reference documentation here */ DcsBios::Switch3Pos flirSw("FLIR_SW", 22, 24); const byte insSwPins[15] = {6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13} ;DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos insSw("INS_SW", insSwPins, 15); DcsBios::Switch2Pos lstNflrSw("LST_NFLR_SW", 30, true); DcsBios::Switch3Pos ltdRSw("LTD_R_SW", 26, 28); const byte radarSwPins[7] = {2, 3, 4, 5} ;DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos radarSw("RADAR_SW", radarSwPins, 7); DcsBios::Switch3Pos lGenSw("L_GEN_SW", 34, 36); DcsBios::Switch3Pos batterySw("BATTERY_SW", 38, 40); DcsBios::Switch3Pos rGenSw("R_GEN_SW", 42, 44); DcsBios::Switch3Pos ecsModeSw("ECS_MODE_SW", 35, 37); DcsBios::RotaryEncoder cabinTemp("CABIN_TEMP", "-3200", "+3200", 24, 23); DcsBios::Switch3Pos cabinPressSw("CABIN_PRESS_SW", 39, 41); DcsBios::Switch3Pos pitotHeatSw("PITOT_HEAT_SW", 27, 29); DcsBios::Switch3Pos engAntiiceSw("ENG_ANTIICE_SW", 31, 33); const byte bleedAirKnobPins[7] = {43, 45, 47, 49} ;DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos bleedAirKnob("BLEED_AIR_KNOB", bleedAirKnobPins, 7); void setup() { DcsBios::setup(); } void loop() { DcsBios::loop(); }

Just wondering if anyone can help, i recently made a right side panel for the FA18 and all wired up via Arduinos and using DCS BIOS when i move the LST/NFLR switch on my panel it moves the FLIR switch in game it goes from Off to stby to on?? if use the FLIR switch on the panel it moves the flir switch in game as it should. i have wired up, everything on the right side and all other switches work fine and as they should this is the only one that it happens on. I did notice some else on the forum had the same issue and i did comment in there post, but no response also they had no replies. i have tried other pins in the Arduino and still doesn't matter also i have checked the code and it all looks fine.

Did you ever manage to work this out? I just finished making a right side panel and i have the same issue i am using DCS bios and every time i move the LST/NFLR switch it doesnt move, but it will move the flir switch from off to stby to on. i also have the Flir switch wired and and this works fine on it's own? no other issue with other panels on right side.

Hey, thanks for checking. Not sure how you checked it, but if i am parked on the Carrier and complete start up i can fold/unfold multiple times ( i did it 4 times) and it works fine, but if i take off and say go exit mission and choose fly again ( same mission) and complete start up i wont get any vibration from wings movement everything else is fine? it's weird.

@f4l0 Did you mange to have a look at the wings movement only working once?