PacFlyer23

August 2028. During the F/A-18 training - starting cold from the airfield - my system froze and I had to do a hard reboot. I sent my log to ED and they noted... -------------- Yes, we did check the log you provided, and right before the freeze we see the following error: 2025-08-14 ERROR SCRIPTING (Main): Mission script error: [string "l10n/DEFAULT/mist_4_5_104.lua"]:1163: Object doesn't exist stack traceback: [C]: ? [C]: in function 'getPosition' [string "l10n/DEFAULT/mist_4_5_104.lua"]:1163: in function 'f' [string "l10n/DEFAULT/mist_4_5_104.lua"]:1701: in function 'onEvent' [string "Scripts/World/EventHandlers.lua"]:13: in function <[string "Scripts/World/EventHandlers.lua"]:11> This means a mission script is trying to get the position of an object that no longer exists in the mission. Most often, this happens if a mission uses a custom script or trigger that isn’t checking whether the object still exists before calling getPosition. --------------

Interesting hour long defense economics lecture on the potential future of the Attack Helicopter...

After finding this YT video on updating WW firmware it looks like I'm good to go and do not need any updates so long as the version number in both Current and Latest firmware are the same.

I'm always a bit nervous about doing anything with the firmware/software driving my WW devices. Logging into SimAppPro I go a message that an update was available, so I installed it. Now looking at my devices - 3 displays, TOP2, and UFC/HUD - they all show both the Current and Latest firmware versions as the same, but also with "Update" buttons available. I also get a warning message about other devices and USB connections. So I'm confused, do I still need to run the "update" or is my installed firmware up to date.

Hi. Have you looked at Skytech Gaming? I've had two rigs from them and have been impressed with the quality and brand components they use in their prebuilt PCs. Here's what I got from them and DSC runs nicely on it, I'm also not into VR... its also $800 more than the rig you mentioned, but when I've done my cost/benefit check on buying something I'm planning on having for a few years, I think in terms of improvement in the experience over time (year) - so for me it would be worth the extra $70/month or $2/day... just the way I do my mental justification https://skytechgaming.com/product/azure-2-amd-r7-9800x3d-nvidia-rtx-5070-ti-16gb-2-tb-nvme-gen5-64gb-ram But everyone is in their own financial situation and know their personal price points for major purchases.

Thanks. Mystery solved. Now that I know what to search for in ED's F/A-18 Manual, I found just this on page 81... "Before we discuss common F/A-18C procedures, let’s review some of the more important DDI and MPCD pages you’ll use. There are two primary pages in which all other pages are selected from: The Support (SUPT) page and the Tactical (TAC) page. You can toggle between these pages, or return to them, by pressing the pushbutton marked MENU. When airborne, the MENU pushbutton converts to a timer, but still acts as a MENU button." Well next time my niece is over and asking some many questions about everything on the F/A-18 cockpit displays, I'll be a little smarter Thanks again.

What is this number at the bottom on the many menus in DDIs and AMPCD? I know it something simple but I can't find the answer searching in Chuck's Guide or ED's F/A-18 Manual...

Hi. I am no way any close to be an expert on WW MIPs, but did eventually get mine set up. I followed MustangSally's MIP Setup videos exactly - awesome help. I noticed you have "wwtMonitor" selected instead of "winwing" and also running a wwtMonitor lua script. I have a Samsung display and three WW MIPs, and no need to run any lua scripts for them. If I understand his Part 3 video, your wwtMonitor lua may be in conflict with the WW program DCS is trying to run at the same time... Part 3 https://youtu.be/kOxbPIa9Ilo

Update: I had noticed that while there were apparently no post/info on the site about Ulanzi stream controller, there are for the Stream Deck from Elgato and they seemed positive. So I bought one - 15 button version - and just hooked it up. A bit on the pricy side, but is working great with my keyboard Function Keys and not software conflict jitters. I definitely like having the comm function keys right at my finger tip.

I've been searching for a small plug & play ubs type keypad for just the 12 Function Keys - for use with the Comm Menu. I found a stream deck from Ulanzi - 14 buttons - D200 that wasn't too expensive. Got it to delivered and hooked it, downloaded the Ulanzi software app to program it and seemed to work great. However once in DCS missions, I began to notice an intermittent screen jitter when in the aircraft cockpit view. Unplugged the Ulanzi and still got the jitter. Then uninstalled the Ulanzi app, and DCS was back to normal. Strange how conflicts can be caused by what seen to be unrelated things. I'll be sending the Ulanzi back and still looking for a Function Key keypad solution.

I just noticed that after the last update of 19 June, the default CW program is no longer Program 6 but is back to Program 5 (along with its 2x F and C with 20 repeats).

I'm doing the same thing using a UIMask, but have it a the bottom of the effects list. All the ReShade effects that are above the UIMask are working on my main screen.

I made a similar change and initially had problems with it - showing up in landscape every time I restarted my PC. It was pointed out in the Winwing subforum that the three MFD usb cables need to be plugged in next to each other in the powered usb hub. This fixed the problem.

I don't know if this is related, but I was also having an issue with the CW programming and dispensing all of my CMs. I even spent the last evening watching online YT tutorials. All said that the dispenser switch forward while in the On position will activate Program 5 (1C/1F 2x and 1 sec)... I even set Program 5 to zero C and F, and hitting the switch forward still dispensed my CMs... turns out there are now 6 programs (not 5) and the switch forward activates Program 6 and not 5. The default for 6 is set to 2 each of F and C, and also 20 repeats at 0.75 sec, and explains why I was burning through my CMs.

It's probably somewhere already on the Forum, but I was having a problem saving my TrackIR profile changes - specifically the Motion Control slider, as well as linking the profile to DCS in the games pulldown window. Searching online I found the solution was to just run TrackIR as Program Administrator (right click when starting it), then make the changes and save.