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I have been limiting my VR FPS to 45 using Afterburner prior to it being a feature in-game. However, I'm finding that using the in-game setting now only seems to work if, once loaded into the aircraft, I then hit Escape and open the options menu at the system page. As soon as the page opens, the FPS come down from around 60 (or whatever) to the 45 limit I've set. Does anyone else see this behaviour?

Thanks for that. All good and running

Hi-ho everyone! Ive been away from simming for a year or so. Now I’m back and can’t wait to get stuck in again and would be grateful for an update regarding VR I have always flown DCS in VR with my Reverb G2. Latterly, I was using the openXR thingy. I’m running Win10 and have just done a full DCS install including OpenXr in Windows. I used to limit my FPS to 45 in Afterburner which gave me a smooth experience. Is there anything else I need to know? Do I need to run anything in the background? Anything changed in DCS that I need to know about? thank you! CFI (Luke)

Further, my system is now running really well with MT. Using Riva Tuner to lock VR FPS to 45 is giving me a silky smooth stutter free VR experience with very high settings. Even with my 3090, it still leaves 15-20% GPU headroom and around 50% CPU headroom. I am, after many years of waiting and tweaking, a very happy camper!

Well, the system instability was all down to running a Gen 3 PCIe riser between a Gen 4 slot and card. It only took me a week of misery to discover that!

Yay! I finally got around to spending lots of money that I don't really have in the form of an upgrade from my old i9 9900K to a shiny new 13900KS on an Asus Strix Gaming-E. However... whereas I could run MT on the old setup, the new setup just freezes on commencement of mission loading. I've tried all of the usual stuff like clearing stuff out and repairing and verifying via DCS_update but so far, no luck. Full disclosure - I am suffering from an issue that causes random complete crashes on the new system and I'm yet to get fully to the bottom of the problem. I don't think this is related to the DCS problem though, as the crashes even happen occasionally at desktop during idle. Has anyone else got MT working in DCS on a 13900 CPU?

I ordered a VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Base 6 weeks ago and was told that shipping would be between 3-5 weeks. Every time I contact their sales/support, they increase the shipping time and tell me that my order will ship "next week". Needless to say, I still haven't got the item or received any shipping notification. However, I was charged a hefty 440 Euros at the time of ordering and am disappointed by such a long delay after I've given them my money! I don't want to knock them too hard as I appreciate that the logistics can be difficult but I do feel that I was given a slightly fanciful estimate of lead time when I made my sales enquiry. At least, the option to be charged when the item ships would be welcome. Is my experience typical? CFI

Interesting info, thanks all. I expect then that the 'meat' of the mission lies within the mysterious .pak.crypt file? Am I right in also assuming that the tools to package a mission like this are not something that's included in the vanilla ME?

Hi, I have just purchased a copy of the "Crew" campaighn for the Mi8 in the hope that I might learn a few things about more complex mission building by deconstructing it a little. I have found though that when opened in the ME, there appear to be no triggers or scripts referenced directly from the ME. I gather then that the triggers and other actions must be getting handled externally from what I can see and edit in the ME? The only clue I can see is that within the campaign files that downloaded, there is a .pak.crypt file, which I can't open to look at. Can anyone shed any light on how these missions work? CFI

@toutenglisse Thanks very much I think I even understand how works!

Hi, I want a condition to be true at a random time between 1 - 4 minutes. I can't find a straight forward way of doing this! I've tried cycling a randomised flag until the flag value hits a certain value, but it's so hit and miss and I want to be able to stipulate the time range more exactly. Can anyone help?! Many thanks

I'm just nearing the end of creating my first (interesting) mission and I'd like to share it when I'm done. However, I had to use several mods to add various objects into the simulator needed to tell the story... Is there any way of integrating mods, such as additional props and vehicles, into the .miz file, so that other users don't have to download and install them? I'm a bit concerned that creating a mission where the user has to download and install 4 additional mods, will put people off trying it out!

That's a pretty epic beta patch today - thanks!

What an odd response! So, where else would you be expecting to use ACLS? The clue is in the name (Automatic Carrier Landing System). If you don't already use the carrier, then you're unlikely to want to use ACLS. If you DO have the carrier, then you'll be getting this for your F18 for free. What's with your attitude?!

They are cool but they don't move correctly according to forces on the helicopter, which is a shame!