King_Hrothgar

Yep, they are nice. Any chance of some Iraqi skins of those yet to be released? Given the upcoming F-14's and F-18, they'd be a prime choice I think.:)

I copied my 1.2 profile to 1.5, the only change I noticed was my airbrake button pair became a single button toggle. That part is slightly annoying, but not a huge deal imho. I haven't noticed any other functions turn into toggles. All the weapons, radar and landing gear functions appear unchanged.

Confirmed on my end too.

That took way too long, but here's the in game vid as promised: https://youtu.be/7tYf5z7q1RQ

I would not recommend a 5870, if that's really what you're looking at, then a second hand 270x is probably the way to go.

As it stands, the AI F-5E in game can use AIM-9P/M, Mk.82/83/84, GBU-12, Rockets (7 or 20 pack), fuel tanks and travel pods. One of the more interesting configurations is 5x Mk.82's on a fuselage rack. I'm uploading a brief video of it right now, will edit it in once done. Also, the original F-5E's to roll off the factory used optically guided AGM-65A/B's. I don't know how they aimed them, probably with the HUD but that's just a guess.

I had that same processor before my current one, was CPU bottlenecked in 1.2x with a Radeon 6850, which is already way better than that graphics card. In any case, for budget cards, the GTX 960 is getting solid marks by other DCS users. It's in the just under $200 range new, about half that for used. My own GTX 770 2GB works very well, it was $230 almost a year ago, probably cheaper now. Another place I'd look is the R9 270x and basic 280, both are budget cards in the under $200 price range. I haven't seen performance posts on those yet, but they probably do ok. I'd search the forums first though. Going cheaper isn't going to do you much good. If you can't afford new, look at refurbished or used. And going off to school doesn't remove the possibility of flight sims or any other video games. It's the #1 hobby here in the US among college students, and probably more so with the serious ones.

No, they shouldn't. Cause the OP is lazy.:smilewink:

Confirming mouse pointer presence all the time in all aircraft in MP. I cannot get rid of it, very irritating. I don't know if it's a bug or not, but I'd like to see it changed back to the way it was before.

Same issue, I get about 20 fps on main menu with that default animation. Performance in game is 60+ fps at 1080p, 2x MSAA, DoF off and otherwise max.

I noticed the same when trying to fight F-5's, MiG-15's and F-86's. Other than the lighting effects making close range tracking a little easier, I couldn't tell a difference. I tried both normal and enlarged settings. Also, it isn't just against the ground, I also looked against the horizon and the sky. Maybe it isn't implemented in our version?

Title says it all, I previously had my brake axis assigned to both left and right toe brakes on my CH pedals, but they no longer work for the MiG-21. They still work fine for all other modules, including those with the same style braking system (MiG-15, Ka-50...). I checked controls and they are properly assigned and respond in the axis configuration. They just don't do anything in the actual plane. Edit: Issue resolved itself without further input from me after playing with some other aircraft. But I've also had my stick randomly stop working in MP at the start of a new mission, It would then start working again upon disconnecting and reconnecting (no client restart).

Yep, I only get the book cover in 1.5. I think this belongs in the bugs section though.

I got a pretty big FPS bump with it, I'd guess about 40% increase on average. The big thing is the minimums though. On a simple test I did in 1.2x today, I got 42 fps minimum sitting on the ground at Batumi in the MiG-15 when looking over at the town. The minimum in the same mission in 1.5 beta is 60 fps. Flying around, the change is similar. I used to bottom out in the 40's, now I bottom out in the 60's (just flying around, nothing going on). This is on max detail without grass/bushes, 2x MSAA at 1080p. My specs are in my sig. And of course, that bump in performance comes along side much improved lighting effects and improved ground textures too. So more detail and more FPS. Can't complain about that.:thumbup: I have had a few crashes in the 2 hours of play, but that's to be expected.

Once and that was mostly just to get my beta client up to the latest pre-1.5 version. I've been checking the forum once every hour or two for 1.5 beta news. And since there is none, back to Skyrim.:bash:

Mirage F1E for western Europe. Others high on my list are the Harrier (an early and a late generation preferably), SEPECAT Jaguar and additional Mirages.

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2490208&postcount=4

Ah yeah, my mistake, it's only two. Not sure why I was thinking 4 at the time...

Yes, and also radar, AIM-9's, AGM-65's, and various bombs/rockets. Oh, and dual 20mm cannons with over 1000 rounds of ammo.:joystick:

That one's pretty and carries missiles, I could go for that.

That's how I see the Mirage 2k playing. It will need to be flown like the MiG-21 when facing F-15's, but it will be easier due to the better RWR, missiles and radar. In a MiG-21 vs Mirage 2k fight, I don't think it would be any different from the current MiG-21 vs F-15 fights. Either the MiG attacks with the element of surprise, or it dies. That said, I'd rather face the Mirage 2k than an F-15 if flying the MiG-21. AMRAAMs are annoying.

Toss up between trying to land a Ka-50 in one of the nuke test craters, seeing if I can drive around a parking garage in a tank and dropping an RN-28 on the strip just to see what happens. Don't look at me like that, you know you're going to do it sooner or later.:devil_2: Beyond that I'll be looking for cool areas for helicopter missions. Edit: Above was for NTTR obviously, for 1.5 I'm probably going to simply compare new and old frame rates along with system resource usage. I know, utilitarian stuff. The horror.

Good list of changes, just be sure to release it Wednesday afternoon and not before. Why? I have a math test on Wednesday morning. I don't need the distraction.:smilewink:

A Tiger is what I'm hoping for, followed by a Ka-52, AH-64E and Mi-28N later on. In regards to secrecy, I have to wonder how secret these things really are. They are current production aircraft, but they are also offered broadly on the export market to just about anyone with the money to buy them. So are they really that secret?

For me, Ka-50, Mi-8, UH-1, MiG-21, F-86 and MiG-15. I know every system on those aircraft I find useful and can fly/fight in them fairly well. The others I either haven't spent enough time to fully learn the systems or I can operate the systems but don't have enough flight time. I own all modules except the trainers.