Zimmerdylan

"Well thing is with iPower you should check on what motherboard they use and what speed the RAM will be set at or capable of. I bought an older Ipower PC and the speed of the ram could not go higher then 2600 when 3200 was common.." I was watching review videos on it. They mentioned this and it isn't an issue any more.

Money isn't really an issue. I can buy pretty much any rig that I want. It's justifying spending said money on something that I invest relatively little time doing. I saw this thing at Walmart. It's easy enough to buy, and it's better than what I have. Truthfully, my current computer doesn't do a bad job of running most sims that I have. Granted I can't run them well on high settings but I don't really need to at my level of usage. But.... I figured that at the level I am at, and the availability of the computer......Why not buy it. I came to the forum just for some input. I'm glad that I did. It's always good to check and see what other's think. But none the less, I'll go down tomorrow and pick up the computer. I have heard nothing here that sways me away from it. Thanks guys.......

Cool....Thanks.

I forgot to mention to you guys. I don't plan on VR. I am currently using Track IR and have no plans or interest in VR whatsoever right now. I am not a big time gamer. I spend maybe only a couple hours a week flight simming. I never go on line. I just create scenarios and put them together in the M.E. That's pretty much it. I'm guessing that your replies are based on VR use? Sorry about that..... I have been reading about people having up to 128 GB of RAM in their rigs. I think that this would be serious overkill in my case. But the standard seems to be 64. I was thinking to go ahead and get another stick anyway so I'm on board with that. I'm already preparing to add 2 more SSD drives a 1TB each. One for DCS and one for another sim. So it seems that I'm on the right track.

I was in Walmart today and happened to see this gaming rig. iBUYPOWER Y40BI7N5701 Gaming PC Desktop - Intel Ultra 7 265F - NVIDIA RTX 5070 12GB - 32GB DDR5 Non-RGB RAM - 1TB NVMe SSD . It's listed at $1599. I am currently running: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER - Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-10700F CPU @ 2.90 GHZ - 16 GB RAM My system is a little out dated and just meets the requirements to run flight sims. I can play DCS just above minimum settings without too many issues but my FPS aren't the greatest, and would sure love to up the detail and performance of it. And yes, I know that the new rig will outperform my current rig by a wide margin. BUT After seeing the rig today I figured that I would probably pick it up because it seems to be much more in line with flight simming. Like many of you I have several sims installed but DCS seems to work my system harder than any other sim that I use. When DCS kicks in I can hear the card start to really whine. Much more than any other sim that I fly so I thought that I would ask here first. So does anyone here have the rig that I am looking at and if so, is it something that any of you would recommend? Keep in mind that I am by no means an expert on any of the internal workings of computers. I know just enough to understand how to replace or add to memory, install second and 3rd hard drives, replace cooling fans, etc.... But the specs are always fuzzy to me. Thanks guys!

For the past few weeks I have been really thinking about purchasing this module. But I have been stung so many times by ED and their associates with promises never kept, and issues never resolved that I am very hesitant. I have not purchased anything from them in quite a while. I do not own the Mosquito, or the newer 190 A-8. Which is very sad because I am a devoted fan of WWII stuff. After reading this thread, I'm glad I refrained from purchasing this plane. So....Thanks guys!

Exactly why DCS gets 0 business from me any more. This is not an isolated thing. There are so many things that were promised over the years, so many little issues that have never been addressed......Yet they re-issue the F-5 , A-10 and want more money.........I understand that the contract we sign upon purchase says that we have no say in what happens, that we are just users of the property of DCS. I get it. I'm not complaining about that. I'm just stating a fact, and how I deal with it. No progress or completion on their part, no more money on my part. It's just that simple.

Thanks for the response. You actually helped me on this. I went up and started researching Miz. files and how to access them. And yes, I have to download software to do this. I will try and work it out this way. But I'm a bit miffed at ED. No other sim, game, or software that I have requires this of me. At this point I am assuming the role of a developer and in my mind, If I have to do developer's tasks in DCS, I should get a say in the development. Obviously ED can't or doesn't seem to care. I shouldn't have to do this nonsense. This is why I rarely fly DCS any more.

I have read a few threads on this problem and none of them address my issue. For years now I have used the ME to load out weapons for the A10- A10II. I just select from the loadout page and when I get into the mission, the loadout appears in the DSMS. What has changed? It's never been a problem. Now, for the past year or so, I cannot get any weapons to appear in the DSMS at all. No matter what I do. The reason I have been dealing with this for a year is that I have become so discouraged with DCS and all of it's issues that I just give up on trying and hope that they fix this stuff. I try from time to time but....it's business as usual. I read threads about miz. files. I tried to delete the right files. But maybe I'm doing something wrong because I cannot find Miz. files. I am looking in "saved games". All I see there is the mission file name in white. There is no file. Only a white icon of a piece of paper (not a file) and the name of the mission. When I try to open it, I get asked what to open it with and nothing opens it. It's not zipped. It's not a file so far as I can see. I tried to delete mission files from old versions of the game as I read in another thread. I have tried everything. But the bottom line here is that I have been with DCS from day one. This whole file deleting ? moving / changing thing was never anything that I had to bother with. All I am doing is loading a simple mission with an aircraft that should have weapons on board. The mission is literally that simple. I have also found that people are saying that you load manually within the mission. Could someone please tell me how to fix this? I remember it being an issue some time ago within the community. At that time it was an issue on DCS's side. It was supposedly fixed. But I removed EVERYTHING DCS from my system and reloaded so it's not left over from then. THX

As of right now DCS and anything related is off of my system. I kind of think that I'm just done. I have been with this train wreck for 15 years. Of the several other sims that I have on my computer that work without issue 90% of the time DCS is the one that I spend more time looking for solutions than actually flying the sim. At times I have gone years without flying DCS because of the constant issues. When I eventually come back.....Same old issues. It's a shame. I see only in the DCS forums solutions like: "Move this file from here to here." "Change the name of that file." "Delete these files." I should not have to do any of this.....Ever. I never have to do it with any other game or sim that I play. That's the job of the developer. I use no mods. I never go on the servers. I set up simple flights in the M.E. I never make complicated missions with triggers or time lines. I am a casual user. I do not have the time nor the desire to waste on technical stuff that many of you seem to not have any issues with devoting your time to. It seems that DCS isn't for casual users but for those who wish to spend their time doing technical crap. So.......I find other sims much less stressful. Thanks for your input but I solved my issue.

When I try and load missions from the M.E. I get booted to the desktop at the last part of the load. When I reach World Preload, it just boots me to the desk top. No explanation, no nothing. I've done repairs, dumped and reinstalled, everything. Any Ideas?

"It's true - you paid a discount rate for an unfinished product, and that's exactly what you got." There was a time that I would have had no problems with your response. But seeing that I have several unfinished modules of more than 5 or 6 years........Well. ED has a reputation. It's well earned. I don't see why this terrain will improve much over time. ED sometimes doesn't finish it's products.

"So, in tandem to the other thread, I cant say enough how dissapointed I am to have shelled out more money for the supposed "cutting edge" tech and latest improvements in DCS terrain rendering....to get what is simply put yet another example of blurry textures laid over terrain mesh with -really, definition points measured in the hundreds of metres rather than the centimetres that I was getting in FSX 15 years ago......mountain ranges with dead straight ridgelines hundreds of metres apart....mountain sides comprising flat planes with low res testures pasted over. Repetitive low res textures with detailed areas plonked over the top with no blending. Its really, really dissappointing after the same crap in Kola and SA. Check out these screen shots. Honestly, there are areas of the Caucusus and NTTR that look better than this. Is this really 15 years progress in scenery development in DCS?" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I would have to agree with this guy. Doesn't look like they put a whole lot of work into this map. I flew it last night for the first time......I may as well go back to pretending that the deserts around Las Vegas are Afghanistan. They sure look as good if not better than this new map. Seems like every time I let my guard down and fork over cash to help the cause....I get what I pay for. Sorry ED......That's just the plain truth.

Yeah......When I was in the military, no one ever, ever did that. We were all perfect gentlemen.

I find the "Jester" guy insanely annoying to begin with so another voice telling me what to do would probably cause me to just stop flying the module. I haven't really flown the F-4 a whole lot yet but I know that when I get around to it, Jester will be the first thing I figure out how to turn off.