Sparviero1978

Ok, I understand that is not specifically due to DCS, but what about relation of total latency, bitrate and game setting? Eg. in a performance wise scenario, at h.264 500 bitrate, all runs fine with game latency below 11, total latency 37. Conversely, in a fps-heavy scenario, besides game latency still under 11 (thus solid 90 fps), total latency rise to 48, with some randomized spikes here and there. At 300, light or heavy scenario are the same, total latency 37 ms. Is it normal? Is due to connection? I though that once enstablished a good bitrate for your wifi config, no matter what you stream/gfx settings. Am I wrong? Thanks

I'm having some trouble understanding how bitrate works in relation to latency, in particular in Virtual Desktop. Obviously the former influences the latter, but do the effects vary depending on the game? Let me explain: my 6G system handles h.264+ well at 500, in fact even selecting the automatic mode VD suggests values of 450+. With most games I don't have lag, but with DCS (notoriously heavy despite the 5090) I do. Lowering it to 300 makes the lag disappear. Is this normal? I thought that latency depended only on the bitrate, since if set to 500 (or another value) the flow of data to be processed is always the same, regardless of the game/setting. I notices that the spikes I got at 500 may be linked to ms increase in network latency. What do you think? Thanks

I'm come back to DCS after a while and I have the same feeling, I really don't like the visor due to the nose gap. Really no way to toggle it?

A simple question: is it possible to toggle the helmet visor? I don't like this new feature. Thanks

I though the same, so I push a bit of accelerate time (I really don't know how much I waited) but nothing. Maybe I'll try a bit more.

Hi, I set the ECM to both self-protect mode and barrage mode at startup. I used both functions during combat with the ECM enable light on as it should be. On the way back, I turned the ECM off and then back on, following normal procedures for turn on ECM in barrage mode (ECM mode, countermeasures set, etc.). However, the ECM enable light never came on again with the aft command in barriage mode, as if the ECM was no longer functional. I experience the same problem turning on for the first time the ECM when in flight instead of at F16 startup. Maybe do I miss somthing? Thanks for your help.

I want to thanks @wiewla for the detailed review that convince me to buy this campaign. As previously reported, I am not a great F-16 pilot (I have more confidence with F/A-18) and a previuosu experience with Weasels over Syria was not totally satisfying because - even if very well written - I feel always in dangerous, like to doom to be shoot down by SAM every moment. So a bit unrealistic to me, since it was USAF against ISIS. I completed the first 8 mission, and it is great. One of the best (if not the best) campaign I played. You feel to be part of something complex and it works for not-so-great pilot like me but there are further challenge for expert pilots because each mission has multiple targets that you can (or not) achieve.

I'm not a great F16 expert and I recently purchased the Gambler campaign (no mods, integrity check done). The first mission uses a laser bomb, which I used yesterday without too much difficulty. Targets hit. Today, a new mission, still with GBU12, and I never hit the target: 2 bombs per mission, 4(!) missions attempted. The shot always misses the target. I've watched a lot of tutorials in case I'm getting rusty (I already finished First in Weasel a while ago), but now I'm starting to suspect there might be a bug. Thanks for the support. LastMissionTrack.trk

Thanks for this review. Can you compare the difficulty of this campaign with "Weasels over Syria" (the first one)? My experience with Weasels over Syria is mixed: great story/mission design, but very difficult for me due to the constant threat of SAMs and difficulty in find/lock groud targets... and lot of pressure. I thought that is my (lack of) experience with F16, because in FA/18 campaigns such Rise of the Persian Lion I play without problems. Thanks.

What about your bitrate setting with h264+? I manage a good latency at 200 for h264, but with h264+ @500 I got an higher latency/some stuttering. Thanks

Thanks for the replay. It seems that OXRTK was the problem: disabling it, the SS due to VD godlike come alive! However I appreciated your details for improving my VD experience, thanks.

I switch to VD due to continuos crash of link in the last weeks... but I ask some tips for a good experience: with Q3/7800x3D/4080 I set Av1 as codec and 150 bitrate/godlike res. I tried higher bitarate but I struggle a bit with latency. Do you suggest different res/codec/bitrate combinations? Thanks

Q3, 7800x3d, rtx 4080, 64gb6000. Openxr toolkit 1.33. The resolution scale up works in Le Mans Ultimate, but not in DCS that It Is the stock One.

New to VD: with the link, I played PD 1.5, now I set godlike and PD 1.0 but the res is not the godlike one, but just the one of PD 1.0. Maybe I'm wrong with setting? Thanks for help.

Thanks for your reply. I delete the ReShade layer (something that I unistalled sometime ago, but it seems some residues were still here, thanks for the tip), the Games\DCS\fxo and metashaders2 directories and exclude Steam folder from antivirus check. I played 2 missions for a couple of hours and everything run fine! Thanks again, it is the another problem that I had solved by this fantastic forum community!