Richrach

What is the trick to being able to see MiGs in the F-4? They are all specks, even at less than one mile. When I finally do see them I cannot keep them in sight, they just disappear from view even in close. Heck, a MiG-21 should be visible at a mile and a half, even farther after one has a tally. Using a Pimax 8KX. Is there some setting or combination of settings that seems to work best in VR? Lay some wisdom on me. - RIchrach

I served with Atheists, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Wiccans, a Druid, a few hard core Satanists, and a mix of others. The underlying theme amongst all of them was a respect and tolerance for avoiding using G-d's name in vain in the presence of others. Regardless their personal beliefs they held to this ideal, still letting fly all other manner of swearing routinely. That integrity spanned 25 years of service. This is the difference between the warriors of the past and the hearts of men today. It is not on the messenger or even the message that is the issue. It is the hearts of the receivers who would not hear the message. Shaking dust off shoes. Richrach

The response above encapsulates everything wrong with that viewpoint. IF that person actually served they were in a unit that gave a terrible sampling of professionalism and honor. For this, I feel sorry for them. This is a game. Children and teens should be able to play. Those of us who know G-d personally should also be able to play without being offended. There is zero room for such language. It serves no purpose other than to sensationalize, which it does successfully. Supporting cursing in a game says a lot about the maturity of the supporter, none of it good. By the way I am a Mustang, too. I earned the right to throw whatever I want around at any time regarding my record. Richrach

In a recent flight in the F-4E sim I rolled off the runway. Jester immediately called, "Are you out of your G-dd---ed mind?" THIS IS UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE IN A GAME. I flew 20 years off carriers. During that time I racked up combat missions over Iraq, Kosovo, and Afghanistan and had everything from AAA to missiles shot at me. I have been trailed by MiGs when USAF AWACS was asleep on the job in Kosovo (the Brits had to let us know what was going on). Twice my jet was misidentified as Bandit, once an F-15E was cleared to engage me BVR (and closed for a visual instead... saving my life) I have seen countless inflight emergencies, had a landing gear failure while trapping on the flight deck at night, and seen all manner of stupid in the cockpit. I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYONE CURSE IN G-D'S NAME IN THE JET. Yes, Sailors swear. That is a given. The line is drawn entering the cockpit. Yes, aviators swear there as well, but it is both rare and typically a debrief item or is/was attached to a debrief item. To use The L-RD's name in vain was never done and has exactly no business in a game. This is beyond disgusting and needs to be fixed, yesterday. Richrach 125 combat missions over Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan / 625 Traps / Test Pilot

MGEN Bill Anders USAF(ret) died today. He was killed flying his beloved T-34B. GEN Anders was Commander of Apollo 8. Apollo 8 was the first manned space craft to pass outside view of the Earth. He was one of only five (to my knowledge) pilots on the planet to have an unlimited pilots license, meaning he could fly anything, anytime, without requiring training. I knew him and spoke with him only a short time ago. He was in his 90s and still flew almost every day. We should all be that lucky. Sharp as a razor. Humble in my eyes. He was a hero, not only to America, but to the World as a leader in aviation and space travel. I will miss seeing him and saluting him on the flight line. - Richrach

Copy. I will not weigh in here again. - Richrach

Explain, Draconus. I submit taking time to fix glaring problems instead of being focused on getting new things out is a good use of effort. How does it make sense to pump more things out without fixing what is already on people's computers? If DCS is a "simulation" is that billing not based on a certain expectation of fidelity and accuracy of the model? During the Yom Kippur war, the IAF faced a new challenge, the SA-7. It was killing aircraft left and right, especially the A-4. IAF engineers immediately pivoted, designed a counter they called "the barrel" in less than 24 hours. It was tested and they began installation on aircraft in three days. Three days to make a life-saving modification to an already proven aircraft. They put the right focus on the right problem, and it worked. I submit fixing what is broken or inaccurate is better than piling on more items that will then also have to be worked on and corrected. At some point the system will collapse on itself. At that point, DCS and EA will be eclipsed by some other company that will do what it is doing, but better. - Richrach If I am wrong, explain why?

Anyone out there have actual experience with the MiG-21? This plane was a situational awareness (SA) suck-hole. Absolutely terrible visibility, a horrible radar, and missiles that were near worthless prior to the 1980s. The MiG-21 in DCS SP missions is a far cry from real. First, the computer pilot seems to have near-global SA. This is evidenced by a) its ability to know where threats are at BVR ranges and b) its almost perfectly timed use of chaff/flares when shot at. Second, the radar onboard (early variants had Spin Scan A/B) was designed for a tail aspect lock after receiving vectors from ground radars. It had virtually no search capability whatsoever. Correction, it HAD NO independent search. Zero look down capability, either. Additionally, as Wiki points out, its radar lock range even in its correct method of utilization was inside 5NM. Later Russian/Soviet versions were equipped with the Jay Bird radar, but this radar was not on par with Western radars of the era. This plane was designed as an interceptor. As a result, it was fast, had incredibly short legs, and turned like a Buick. (The 1850km range the MiG-21BiS is credited with is not remotely accurate.) The Soviet tactics of the time were based on central command and control with ground controllers basically directing the pilot like a drone to a stern conversion on its target. In the perfect world according to Richrach, it would be great if ED took one month off trying to incorporate new items and spent that time correcting errors in models. Gosh, look at the list of fixes on the F-4 in this latest update! IT IS AWESOME THAT MUCH EFFORT IS BEING DIRECTED TO THE IDEA OF MAKING THIS AIRCRAFT INCREDIBLE!!! THIS IS A WINNING IDEA!!! Doing the same with the threat library would be a superb use time time. One combat vet's opinion.- Richrach

Well, if RAZBAM is having similar problems, kinda proves my point. - Richrach

One irony for me is I can fly a Phantom stick anytime I desire. The last two sticks from the last flying US Phantom, an QF-4S, reside in my personal aircraft now. The stick functions all work, less the weapons. (The oxygen system works is not for show, it works. We have been up to well into the altitudes where humans are not supposed to breathe normally.) Video was shot with this camera view partly to remind myself my horizons are small in a big world. The world of our own lives is tiny, a small small world. There is life outside the DCS world, and it is awesome! - Richrach

Yes, Hayrake, it is broken. It is not just here, but the entire World. This is exactly what happens when G-d is not on the throne and man's desires are. But this works in all facets of the World, not just in impatience. The impatience is brought on by those who say one thing and do another. It comes from the level of "me-first" which is resident in all of us. It is not unreasonable to expect something when it has been promised without coersion. It is also reasonable to hold people to a standard, i.e. if something is promised the promise should be kept. Here we find two groups, HB and ED somehow not working together to what should be a shared goal and desire. From all one can gather they have not been playing well with each other to end up at this place. Sad. Yes, the World is broken. This is, in part, why we participate in games of destruction. Yes, me included. - Richrach

True, but the Fleet is still in my veins. When you have spent your life as a warrior you become someone and something non-warriors do not understand. Nine combat pumps in 20 years has that effect on a man.

The issue is trivial as the world turns, but one is known by the promises they make and either keep or break. Integrity is everything in aviation, especially military aviation. This was an unforced error on someone's part. Let the finger pointing begin. The rule in the Navy is the first one to the whiteboard wins. One of the fundamental characteristics of Carrier Aviators is an acute awareness of time. You launch, you have "X" number of pounds of fuel to remain airborne... which equals time. After that, you are either on deck, or swimming. Fuel is burning. Time is ticking. One does what it takes to get the mission done and get back to the boat. No excuses. Fly or swim. At the end of the day, DCS is just a game, thankfully. The honey badger and the ramp are the same, they don't care. Someone pulled too much power in close on this pass and hit the ramp. Fish food.

Somebody posted a bit ago that it "dropped". Does that mean they broke it?

In 20 years of actual combat flying, 129 missions and 498.9 hours two things were seared into my mind: 1. NEVER trust the USAF. 2. NEVER count on backside gas. Now, add a third: 3. DO NOT COUNT ON a sim module/program/product to come out until you have it downloaded and actually working on your personal computer. At the end of the day, days, weeks, or months, this is just a game. To be sure, it allows me to relive some things I did in real life and that helps with my PTSD. That said, it is just a game I can play or walk away from. No one dies. Disappointed? Absolutely. Maybe I will dust of Falcon 4.0 and play that for a bit. - Richrach

Oui, oui! Baby!

No time to listen right yet... is it a sexy voice or just sweet? Thank you for taking the time to work on this! - Richrach

A few things. 1. Perhaps I need to pay more attention to the threads out there. I did not realize the problem was affecting more people than just on this single thread. I apologize for being less than informed. 2. I already had 64GB RAM, so having less was not in my wheelhouse. 3. Good to hear someone else who might have part of a solution! Richrach

My i5-12600/RTX-4070/Pimax 8K+ does not have anything like these issues. It is baffling. I thought it was hyperthreading with Ah's system. I do not think it is a DCS bug or it would be more prevalent throughout the spectrum of users.

That might be part of the solution. At least no you know more about the problem. Sorry my suggestion did not seem to help. Let me know if you do find the answer. The analytical side of my brain wants to know. Safe simming - Richrach

Ah, yes, turning off hyperthreading does "turn off" half of your cores. That is not an issue though as DCS does not use all cores anyway. You only need the number of cores DCS needs, which is well below your CPU's number. Multi-core in DCS does not equate to All-core. It only uses what is has been programmed to use, so having 6 cores or 100 cores makes no difference to the game. So, did you try turning off hyperthreading and doing nothing else? I would do this and see what it does to your in-game experience before even looking at the graphs and such. Your experience as a player is the key. Graphs and numbers are only there to help you find the best experience from your perspective.

AhSoul, your hyperthread is on in bios. I just turned mine on and entered DCS and got similar results to what you posted. Hyperthread is a known problem with DCS. Do not know why. Turn it off in your bios when your computer boots up. While this may not be the solution, it should help at the very least. Let me know how it goes. - Richrach.

AhSoul, Here is a screen shot of my Task Manager showing my 6P and 4E cores. Note all the P-cores are being used about equally. This is while I was in VR in DCS. Hyperthread off in bios. Process Lasso set DCS set to use P-cores only. This is very different from what you are seeing. Going to send this now. Afterward I will go into bios and turn hyperthreading on and do the same thing. We shall see what happens. Back in a few.

AhSoul, I admit I am not really sure what I am looking at in your last post. HWMon will provide a display that gives readouts of current value, min and max over a given period of time. Get a snapshot of that for the CPU, GPU, RAM and VRAM while the game is running first. Refer to my post with the screen shots. If the above is just the cores in your CPU, something is amiss for a single core to be taking on that much load while the rest are not. Again, look at the Process Lasso screen shot I put out. All my P-cores are essentially sharing the load. Often when I play all my cores will have the exact same load as they share. That does not appear to be what your processor is doing. I am running an i5-12600KF (6P/4E) MY OPINION is something is wrong if one core is that busy and the rest are not doing much. That just does not pass the sniff test. Just a guess that may be irrelevant to the discussion but do you have hyperthreading disabled in your bios? From intel: Hyper-Threading is an Intel® hardware innovation that allows multiple threads to run on each core, this means more work can be done in parallel. If this were on, it might be possible the CPU is trying to hyperthread DCS MT onto a single logical core in your computer. The bios logic might be seeing this as a win, but you and I see it as a disaster. (I just noticed "hyper-V" is activated according to your screen shot. Can you disable this and try again?) I hope this gives you some good ideas of where to look! - Richrach