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Get an external SSD, such as a WD 2TB SSD. I recently built a new computer for flight simulations, and I performed fresh installations of IL-2 and DCS. Then, I copied all the critical files from my old computer (DCS Saved Games) after updating them onto the external SSD and transferred them to the new installation. Worked like a champ. You may not need a 2TB external drive, but one large enough to transfer the files you need from the old computer to the new one. I'm still using the old gamer as my office computer, and the new rig is now part of a dedicated SimPit. The new rig has 5TB of storage, so hopefully I won't run out of space with IL-2 Korea and Combat Pilot installed. But I'll have that 2TB drive just in case. Cheers

Well, it's finally done, got everything ergonomically where it feels comfortable and right. Grace, my dog, seems to like it where it is. The new Office setup, no MTSIM nonsense to move around every time I need to use it, and I went wireless. The new SimPit sits just behind the office chair. they share the same cable modem. Now I have to redo all my aircraft profiles... Thanks for all your inputs for the monitor, the game looks fantastic on it, the youtube videos I found helped a lot to get it set up and running properly. Cheers Hoss

I know that in the old A-7E, A-6E, AV-8b, and F/A-18, you have a WRA called an Interference Blanker, which controls the duty cycles of all your RF equipment in the aircraft. It prohibits your equipment from stepping on each other's toes during their transmitting and receiving cycles. All of this happens in microseconds, so you would never know it's happening. Whether or not ED or any of the developers know how to implement this into the systems they model is unknown to me. But you should never respond to anything your aircraft is transmitting or receiving. Now, I don't know what the F-16 has in it to control the duty cycle of its RF equipment, so I can't say for certain how it would prevent itself from stepping on its own RF toes. Cheers

Check your PM.

I found this video on YouTube a while ago. https://youtu.be/FZdXNLTn5Qw?si=ZGj6SITlZ5HrltGe

But the DECM system should only transmit when the signal strength trips the receivers sensitivity threshold. Then it will enable the transmitter to respond, only when all the signal discrete parameters have been met. Once it senses the signal strength has dropped back out of the sensitivity range, the transmitter will stop. Just because your RWR is detecting a threat doesn't mean you are actually responding to it.

The download lin The download link for the AT88mm is dead, and I didn't see another one in here. If there is, could you steer me to it? Appreciated

Here is a YouTube link for a OVGME tutorial. I used to use jsgme, but like this much better. This video is a pretty good tutorial on how to set it up and use it. And a quick look at file structure. Some people are lazy with their mods and don't take the time to properly set up the correct file structure. There is a link in the video where to find the OVGME download. https://youtu.be/DG01WM3fhHU?si=NMpMOU9JxMkWAh8r

Well?

If you downloaded it from DCS Files downloads you need to unpack it and look at the read-me file. That should tell you where to install it. If you don't have OVGME Mod manager you need to get it. https://youtu.be/DG01WM3fhHU?si=LyCiv02mYK79EGXn

I fixed the problem, I built a new system and when I installed my nvidia drivers I let install the Nvidia App. I'm not really used to running it. But I went in and looked at the two games I had installed and on the DCS file it said the game wasn't supported. So I did it manually and took it to the DCS main folder, and had it scan. Went back and hit the main bin .exe for DCS and the game loaded. So it was cranial rectimitus on my part for not paying attention to the message it had on the app page for DCS. I still don't understand why the MT .exe worked and not the main .exe..... nuckin futs..... Thanks for the reply. Hoss

My game crashes with the main bin exe, but starts with the mt.exe just fine. I'm not really sure how to post the log file but here it is. Any help would be appreciated. dcs.log-20250516-053728.zip

For some reason my game keeps crashing now with the updater exe. but will start with the MT exe. How on earth did that get screwed up. I did a repair and it still wants to crash with the normal icon. Ideas?

SimAppPro?.....

Holy Shiznit.... picked up my LG OLED evo C4 42" today. Used two of the YouTube videos I found and got it all set up. Got Nvidia settings dialed in for it and fired up DCS and it looked amazing. I'm sure I'll go back and fine tune colors and brightness, contrast, gamma.... I still need to figure out how to get desktop icons smaller, when they are set on windows to their smallest setting. I also need to adjust in-game font size too. Menu's are pretty small. The SimFab cockpit comes in Saturday, so the first thing I'll put together is the monitor stand. I've got everything set to run at 120hz, it has 144hz setting I have disabled for now. The game ran at 120hz, I haven't tried IL2 yet...

I went to Best Buy with the LG C4, which will arrive on Thursday. I've been watching YouTube videos on how to set it up and calibrate it for gaming. It looks promising, so I can't wait to get it up and running. When it arrives, I'll connect it to my gaming computer, start the calibration process, and mount it on the SimFab Monitor stand. They are based in Florida, and I'm in California.

I went to Best Buy, and they didn't have shiznit for large monitors except for LG and Samsung curved monitors. I found the LG OLED42C4 and looked at a Sony 42" Class BRAVIA XR A90K OLED 4K UHD, which had amazing colors. There were some good reviews on it playing Sims with Nvidia cards. But I can't determine if the Sony TV is G-SYNC compatible, like the LG is. So I'll go back tomorrow and decide on it. My SimFab cockpit should ship tomorrow. They had one Sony A90K left, and I'll have to get the LG from the warehouse in Fresno and pick it up in Visalia on Thursday.

Thanks for the input guys. I'm hitting Best Buy tomorrow to see what they have and go from there. I agree, I will probably have to go with a 4K monitor. I'll let y'all know what I went with. The Phillips and Asus monitors are out of stock..... no idea when they'll return. The KTC is available from Amazon at a decent price, and easily returnable, if not all it's cracked up to be.

It looks nice but it's a Vesa 200x300 mount. My stand is a 75x75 and 100x100 capable mounting. Bummer....

There's no cut-out for flight sim seat center joystick mounting. That rules it out for my setup.

Looking for some input from you guys on any monitors you are using, 38" to 45". No ultra wides, or 4k's. Using Nvidia VGA so would prefer G-SYNC monitors. I'm looking to pick one up ASAP and would like to hear what you all have. My office, or old gaming setup monitor is an LG 32" Ultra Gear 144hz G-Sync monitor and works and looks great paired with a RTX 3080ti and an old i8700K. But I've got a SimFab LD monitor stand and DCS cockpit setup now and can mount a much larger monitor. My new system has a RTX 4070 VGA, paired with a i12700KF. If you can add a link with your suggestion it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help and suggestions.

I was in the Navy from 77-97 and we didn't fly S-2s then... Only E-2C Hawkeyes. Although we had one US-2 on the Connie when I was Ships Company on her 79-82. I never saw it moved from it's parking spot in Hanger Bay 1. You also forgot the helo base at Imperial Beach, south of Corando and the Amphib base on the Strand. When the A-7E comes out we need NAS Lemoore and NAS Fallon. The F-4s and F-14s can reenact TopGun with the F-5, and A-4s. While the A-7 hits the bombing range. VA-127 Cylons were the aggressor squadron then, they were at Lemoore for a bit after I got there and then went to Fallon. Nothing really went on down south except daily ops. After I PCS'd off the Connie I spent eleven years at NAS Lemoore, at AIMD (DECM Avionis), VA-94, and NAMTRAGRUDET (Instructor.. DECM gear). Nothing exciting went on there either. LOL..... The most excitement we had was the earthquake in Coalinga in 83, and the Air Force crashing an A-10 in the cotton fields.

I bolted mine onto two boxes (Walmart), which sit against the wall, so it doesn't move forward. It raised them a bit higher, making the ergonomics feel more natural. I have a flat board on top of the boxes, covered in slick plastic so my heels slide like they would sitting on the cockpit floor. That way, the instep of my feet is not sitting on the bottom bar, which hurts after a while, if I wear socks.

MCAS Miramar......

You would need NAS Fallon for Top Gun, and Strike U. MCAS Miramar is now mostly USMC. NAS North Island has the other USN aircraft. All the F/A-18s are at Lemoore, along with the F-35s.