PacFlyer23

Wow, that's rough. Good recommendations. I'm curious, did you buy directly from WW on their website? I've bought all of mine - 3 MDIs, PTO2, UFC/HUD - through Amazon. I didn't have any real issues, other than the MDIs were shipped from two different warehouses and I received about three days apart.

I would agree that it's strange. I got a new gaming PC earlier this year. My three WW MFDs worked fine with the old PC, but with the new PC they kept showing up incorrectly (wrong orientation and positions) after every restart of the PC. I'd go into W11 Display, DisplayLink and SimAppPro to reset them, but the next restart would mess them up again. It was pointed out in the subforum that the three MFD usb cables should be plugged in next to each other in the powered usb hub. I did this and it fixed the problem. I'm not a PC system type, so I'm not sure why where the MFDs are plugged into a usb hub would matter, however in my case it clearly did. I tried asking my IT manager at work, he throw out some techno terms/concepts about how hubs handle what's attached to them and fed to a single PC port... Greek to Me ... but he wasn't surprised that changing the usb positions in the hub solved my issue.

Just checking but are you following the guidance in the videos in this post? https://forum.dcs.world/topic/338777-mip-setup/#comments Especially this "ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL YOUR SCREENS CONNECTED TO THE SAME [USB] HUB AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED SIDE BY SIDE!!"

The F/A-18. I started with the A-10C and thought it was excellent. I don't do MP or VR, so having an aircraft like the F/A-18 with a lot of depth and learning potential has been great. Also there are so many SP campaigns and missions available.

Good to know. I have my fps capped in DCS at 100 FPS, and get this at a solid rate. I've checked it uncapped and the fps will bounce around upper 80s to 117 or so. My 100 FPS cap seems to be the right spot, however as discussed in this good video - "DCS World, Max FPS & Performance tweak tip" - I may lower the cap to 90 FPS.

I don't use the Nvidia App, so there another way or command for insertion in the autoexec.cfg file for turning this on?

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.