TheFreshPrince

Hope at some point we'll get the Striker 2, which can do both! Next one will probably an Apple Vision Pro...

Respect for the detailed explanation of the delay, many companies would just write a standard apology text. Wish you the best to fix all the problems very soon.

I didn't fly for a month and came back to the F-18 today, it's such a different jet. Very agile at low speeds, but you can also use it at altitude now. Still a bit tough to get the right speed in a dogfight as it either accelerates dramatically or slows down to a stall in only a 3G turn. You can pull constant 10G with paddle switch at 600kn and you'll still accelerate. Don't know the real jet, but seems a bit too much. But it's also possible now to get to nearly Mach2 when dropping from 40k ft. altitude from max speed (about Mach 1.8), which is nice And you can get to about Mach 1.4 above the ground, which seems faster than before. All of this tested on an empty jet with no pylons. When I started with the F-18 it was a slow duck, nothing of that is left anymore.

Not sure if posted yet

Wow that's a big update. Looking forward to testing all the new stuff. Thank you especially for showing FC3 the love it deserves, the new textures look great!

Yep

Could it be one of the IR-LEDs used for the position tracking of the helmet? I mean it's classified, so we'll never know for sure.

Yeah, I can't shoot anything.

For me, ground/terrain stutter is still a problem and with that you will not have a great "feeling of speed". The refresh needs to be very smooth and with a high rate to get this feeling. In the video above you can also see too many micro stutters. With expensive gear and maximum settings you can get rather close to the real-life smoothness in DCS, but there's always a bit missing somehow. Take these videos as another example for comparison with rl footage: And then compared to a good DCS example (with a high field of view) : It's smoother than the Caucasus example above, but not as the rl examples. It will still feel fast and give you an adrenaline rush for sure.

Well, then the solution is easy. Sell the HP and upgrade your Dell desktop. Dunno how much you can get for it, but certainly enough for a little upgrade. DCS isn't that demanding anymore if you only fly in HD or 2k and can live with medium graphic settings.

Although I like the current mods, with the up-to-date full fidelity Mig as a base, the future mods will be much more interesting. Same will apply for S and G models. FC3 has its place, but I think the new Mig with mods will be the way to go to experience M, S and G variants.

"A long day in front of the computer" is bad for everyone and hurts my healthy eyes as well, I doubt that blue light blocking will fix this. Modern monitors with a high refresh rate and blue light filters are better than old monitors, but still not healthy to sit in front of PC for too long. Especially when you have only one eye that needs to do all the work. Also DCS is very demanding for concentration, so limiting the time and taking breaks is probably the better option.

I started with the i5 6600k and a 980ti, but since then DCS has gotten much more forgiving performance wise. So you don't need an ultra graphics card anymore for decent graphics and good FPS. I upgraded only slightly to a Ryzen 5 5500 and a 2080, but the difference was already immense (nearly full settings and 70-100 FPS at 2K). Especially with MT and DLSS afterwards. So I recommed getting at least a used RTX 2xxxx (2070 super has a good price/performance ratio, but also 2080) to experience the difference with DLSS/DLAA. You can upgrade your CPU/MB if you want, but it's not necessary, if you don't want to fly 4k/VR or heavy missions. If new, 3060 (ti) is a good option. I like this ranking list, which you can use for comparisons: https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html This list shows that older graphic cards like 1080ti, 2080, etc. are still monsters compared to low-budget new graphic cards. So I`d never buy a cheap, new graphic card, but rather a used one in good condition. PS: I've meanwhile downgraded to a 1080, because the 2080 wasn't really necessary and the 1080 with a bit of overclocking still has decent graphics and good FPS at 2K. But I miss the DLAA now, so I wouldn't recommend it.

Facetracking hatte ich vor 1,5 Jahren probiert, aber bin dann auf IR-Tracking umgestiegen, weil es viel verlässlicher funktioniert. Facetracking hatte damals bei mir dauernd das Tracking verloren, immer schön beim Umdrehen im Dogfight... Aber ich habe gelesen, dass es mittlerweile viel besser funktionieren soll mit weiterentwickelter Software. Man braucht aber schon ne gute Cam, damit das funktioniert.