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Hi all, any solution to this problem ? I am restarting DCS and the Raven One campaign after several years (and re-reading/watching F18 tutorials), and I have no audio comms from Saint or Strike during the mission. I could hear the game comms (ATC, carrier, etc) but never the voice from the campaign. I did a full repair of DCS and checked all my audio settings. Seems fine. Also, I am using complex radio settings and did check that I was on channel 2 (PRI) and channel 1 (AUX), with AM selected. Any idea ?

Hi all, thanks for your replies and help, and sorry for the late answer, I was abroad for work. I disabled the OpenXR toolkit which was causing pbs with the embedded Pimax QuadViews. Here are my main settings now : PimaxPlay : Refresh Rate = 120 Hz Image Quality = High (no upscaling) GPU Upscaling = None Sharpness = 1 Quadviews : Customize 30/30/100/25 Central Priority Rendering = unchecked Smart Smoothing = unchecked Lock to Half Framerate = checked (120/2 = 60 FPS) Hidden Area Mask = checked DCS Cockpit Displays = 1024 Render Displays every frame = checked Anti-Aliasing = MSAA (4x) Upscaling = Off Sharpening = 0.0 (done with PimaxPlay settings) Pixel Density = 1 (no up or downscale) With those settings, I tried to avoid any upscaling (I hate ghosting effect and my 3090 is not as good as 4xxx or 5xxx gpu on this) and to reach a stable 60 FPS. (so, less than 90 or even 70 FPS, but looks ok to me). Seems it's ok most of the time on my PC. I will need to try some complex mission but I tried on a busy supercarrier deck, above large cities (Beirut) or low level woods, etc. Quadviews is helping a lot even if I do not like the blurred external area. But I can live with that. Feel free to react or suggest if I am missing anything. Regards, Chris

I have just set right now : PimaxPlay : Image Quality to HIGH (I guess, no upscaling, 1:1 image) QuadView : Unchecked Central Priority Rendering : Unchecked Frequency : 90 Hz DCS : Max FPS : 90 On launch (on SuperCarrier deck with F18), I got around 32-34 FPS. After launch, it fluctuates from 29 to 34 FPS (above sea, guess it will be lower above ground) Image is superb but I guess it is a bit too low FPS. Guess I need to choose the best setting to increase FPS without reducing quality too much. Image Quality in Pimax ? Upscaling in Pimax ? Quadviews / Foveating options ?

PCL has no Eye Tracking, yes. Ok. So to be sure : no Max FPS in DCS, and I just choose 90Hz in PimaxPlay ? and OpenXR will decrease the FPS if needed ? Not sure how it will choose the best max FPS.

I have tried with and without Eye Tracking setting in DCS, same result : no DCS image in PCL, only the PimaxPlay "Cosmos" background. However, it seems I have a foveated rendering without selecting Use QuadViews in DCS, if I set Quadviews Setting (and Central Priority Rendering ?) in PimaxPlay. Thanks. In oder to do that, which parameters do I set in PimaxPlay, and in DCS ?

Hi all, I just bought a brand new Pimax Crystal Light to replace my HP Reverb G2, and I am a bit struggling with the settings, between PimaxPlay, OpenXR in game settings, DCS, ... So I have a few questions below, thanks for your help ! My PC : Windows 11, Intel i9-10900K, 32 Gb RAM, nVidia RTX 3090 Frequency / FPS PimaxPlay : 90 Hz Refresh Rate, half-framerate set to OFF DCS : Max FPS set to 45 Question : is it the right wait to do, or better to set Half-framerate to ON in PimaxPlay and Max FPS to 90 in DCS ? Upscaling / Quality PimaxPlay : Image Quality : 0.75 (Medium) GPU Upscaling : None (I guess that 0.75 Image Quality is already upscaling ???) Sharpness : 0.4 DCS : Pixel Density : 1.0 Foveated View : I am trying to use QuadViews : PimaxPlay : Quadviews settings : Balanced Pimax Central Priority Rendering : Balanced DCS : Use QuadViews : OFF Eye Tracking : OFF Question : if I try to set Use Quadviews : ON in DCS, I have no image in the helmet (only the single image copy on main monitor) Am I setting this correctly ? Thanks for your help on my questions, and if you have any advice about my overall set-up of parameters, feel free to reply Chris

Thanks BD. During the previous try at this mission, it worked all right (but my F-18 crashed out of fuel before reaching tanker on way back home). So there is some sort of trigger or condition that is not working depending on some sort of circumstances.... Annoying, as I am stuck in Red Flag mission 8, and now Raven One mission 9... I know it is not your fault and problem is with DCS stupid triggers changing with every patch, but still...

Hi, just tried -again- this mission this evening. Same problem : the Venom squad of 6 men got stuck on the beach near the pier and boat. They do not enter the boat, and nothing more advance in the mission. Tried to return to the CV and land. Mission failed...

Tried this evening with "Disable Gyro Drif" option checked, same result : "no trigger" after WP2... Still managed to kill the transport + 2 F14 + 1 M29, my wingman managed 3 kills before being shot, I did flee with hot pursuits until I reached WP2 where all my package was still doing dumb circles, and did not engage my followers, and one of them managed to kill me... Oh well...

Hi all, I have a problem using presets : I would like to use 2 presets, one for standard screen (3440x1440), and the other for HP Reverb G2 VR (different graphic settings, using 1280x760 res to quickly see if I am on correct version). I have tried to "create" each preset by lanching the sim and specify 2 parameters inside DCS for each preset : in the 'Screen' version, I did choose "No VR" and "3440x1440" display, and in the "VR" version, I choose "VR" and 1280x760 display. However, whenever I choose one of the two presets in Updater and launch DCS, I am always returning to the latest settings I saved in the sim, so the two presets are always identical. What I am doing wrong ? PS: got it after some trials and errors. Not sure what I did right this time, but resetting and selecting saved games folder paths did the trick (I also launched Updater in Admin mode, not sure if needed).

Hello, I confirm same problem with mission 8 trigger at WP2. After reaching WP2, the package turns in circles, endlessly (already posted in main forum). Baltic, I fully understand this is a problem with DCS version and not your fault.

Hello, I confirm same problem with mission 8 trigger at WP2. After reaching WP2, the package turns in circles, endlessly.

Done mission 4, no problem, Grand Slam, 130 pts for me. Already did it several years ago but as I am re-discovering M2000 and RedFlag, and under VR (Reverb G2), this night mission was awesome !!! Frightening (talk about possible spatial disorientation !) but awesome.

Ok thanks. Did not tried it yesterday, will post about result as soon as possible.

Hi all, I am starting mission 4 this evening. Should I download the file posted by Baltic above, or use the standard version (if already updated ?)

Hello, am trying the mission 13 also (already completed the campaign a few years ago but I am re-learning the 2000) and I am unable to get an answer from the JTAC. I am on Green CH3 as asked but could not get a reply, already tried 3 times... Any idea ? I am eager to replay Nevada Red Flag too but would like to finish Georgian campaign first Oooops : re-checked everything. Radio comms was set at 'Simplified'. Works ok now

Hello, same report : Berger and wingman collides on tarmac at base. Still not managed to come back alive from Mission 6. Will try another tactic on next try, all my flights get slaughtered by the sheer amount of missiles that are thrown at us by red side. Still a big thumb up for the campaign, very immersive and fun :) Chris

Hello, got the same "problem" with units looking more or less like little boxes when viewed with large zoom through hud. This is clearly (as it seems) a LoD thing, not a graphic bug or something else. I use a nVidia GTX460/1Gb. I will try to take a screenshot and post more info (settings, etc) as soon as I can. It's not something really awful or with playability issues, but still, as it was reported in this thread, just adding to it :)

+1 :pilotfly:

Thanks for the suggested solution. This problem just happened to me yesterday for the first time. Did a long mission (should be Georgian Hammer 3 or 4), loitering above the battlefield with targets given by two JTACs. In this mission, I never managed to receive the red triangle datalink and associated data from the JTACs, so I always manually enter the UTM coordinates as a new waypoint entry inside the CDU. I did that several times (guess I created 4 or 5 waypoints for the 4 or 5 targets given by the JTACs), but I got the dreaded CDU ******** display on all fields while trying to enter a new one after that, and all I did try was to no effect (changing CDU display mode, changing page, etc... ). Did not try a full realignment and did not know the WarriorX trick at this time. Will know for the next time it occurs :)

Hello, first thing : you do not need to use the TARGET software with DCS A10, as the Warthog stick & throttle are directly reckognized with correct keys mapped by the sim. Using TARGET will only break this mapping, and although it could be possible to fully remap all the controls inside TARGET, it would be a waste of time unless you want to program some very specific action (that would not be a real control however). If you really need to change something to the mapping, best way to do it is to remap the control directly inside the sim options. That is how I added TrakIR control keys to the Warthog stick.

Solved it myself by entering 251 instead of 124 in radio frequency :)

Hello, I am playing this mission a lot (quick to reach battle area, and nice mix of weapons to train for). Today, I tried to change the loadout by creating a new/specific loadout. Since then, I am unable to start the mission, I also got the dreaded message "Invalid 124 Mhz frequency"... Any clue ??

Well, I would not say that IL2 FB is a simplistic/minimalistic sim. Have you tried it with max realism level ? changing propeller pitch, managing multiple engines, etc... ? Of course, with a WW2 fighter, you have far less systems to cope with... But anyway, for me IL2 FB is more or less aimed at same player type as DCS... If you are a WW2 fan, that is :)

Ok, tried the mission several times since then. Got one more crash (always at the exact time when one vehicle goes Boom, not always same vehicle however). Other tries went well without crashing. I even managed to complete the mission without being shot down on one occasion (quite new for me), destroying 5 successives columns of vehicles (the 5th one is a nasty surprise, with some ranged radar-guided SAM vehicle : wrecked the nose of my plane, but every system was still fine except left MFD).