Zimmerdylan

I don't have much time to fly. If I am lucky.....one or two hours a day. But, I don't always use that time flying DCS. I have an 8 year old with an Xbox. He is limited in the time he is allowed to play his games. Since we live in the remote desert, he has no friends to come play with him so I am his playmate on the Xbox. What little time I do have with DCS, I mostly enjoy.

Hey guys! Went on the new map this morning. Not a bad first day. Everything looks pretty good. To be honest, I don't see a huge difference between this map and NTTR in many places. Lots of open desert, generic buildings. I flew an F5 pretty much from one end of the map to the other. Performance did seem to be on par or close to the Nevada map. I did encounter one problem though. My mouse cursor is about an inch off. Otherwise, when I place it on a switch or knob, the actual spot that it effects is about an inch to the left of the cursor icon. I placed the + over my right fuel tank and when I tried to turn it on, it actually flipped the center tank on. I soon realized that to do anything I had to kind of feel where to put the cursor so the that actual action point would land on what I was trying to activate. Anyone understand what I'm trying to say? Anyone know how to fix it?:joystick: Thanks!

Wow....I guess i'm pretty lucky. Updates usually hit here around 11 in the morning.

This tells me that the Persian Gulf will most likely be the last map that I purchase. The technology is bypassing my computer. I'm not inclined to go out and buy a high end rig when the primary use of my computer is for work. It works great for what I need it for. DCS is just a part time fancy and the price of gaming hardware is just stupid unreasonable $$$ at this point. I'm not saying that the new map is should not use advanced technology or be improved just for those who aren't into spending all their money on gaming. I'm just saying that I am not one of those people. More power to ya if you have a passion for it as a hobby.

Assets pack is pretty much a waste of money also. I'm leaning toward the growing list of people who are cutting ED off $$$$ until the already released stuff gets finished. It's getting pretty ridiculous.

I remember the tons and tons of hype that surrounded Nevada. I couldn't believe how insane the community was over it's release. People waiting by their computers for hours and hours waiting for it to drop. Very shortly after it's release, it became secondary to Caucasus by a huge margin. I know few people who really like and appreciate it nearly as much as they do the Caucasus map. I hear so many complaints about it and how it doesn't measure up. So it's not nearly as popular as ED's original free map. I personally don't fly Caucasus very often. I find the desert much more suitable to my enjoyment. But I am a gross minority. Every time I want to fly with someone on line (not lately as I cannot get on line any more), they always opt for Caucasus. Only a few go with Nevada and no one flies Normandy. Then......Normandy had even more hype, more excitement than Nevada. You would have thought ED were releasing a world map of epic proportions with that release. All anyone could talk about was the WWII map for months on end. Look what a bust that turned out to be. No one flies it. I don't really fly it and I love anything WWII. The release of this new map will be pretty unpredictable at this point. I purchased it and will probably fly it frequently given that I love the desert landscape. But it is absolutely impossible to speculate with any accuracy whatsoever if it's going to become anything more than Nevada or Normandy. Personally....I don't think it will be anything more than Nevada. People tend to have short memories when it comes to this kind of stuff........

I guess no place is safe from this kind of silliness any more.........

When I come to the forums, or anywhere be it on the internet or otherwise, I do not ask what a person's sex, gender preference, religious belief's or nationality is. It never enters my mind. I don't know who is a woman, man, Islamic, Jewish, or Asian here. Why should it make any difference? It seems to me that pointing out differences and labeling them as Discrimination only brings conflict to the table. Pointing out that you are different when no one really cares (not to my knowledge anyway)or knows only serves to alienate you and makes it seem like you are seeking special treatment. I am Buddhist (I really am). Does that mean I ask people to address me or treat me accordingly? My best friend is Jewish, who happens to be gay. Should He ask for some New York Hasidic voice with feminine overtones for my bitchin' Betty? When I post things I do not point out my differences. By and large, I believe that many people do not know or care about these differences. In my opinion, this is a non sexual, non political, non discrimination forum. Bringing it into the forum is just asking for trouble. Sorry....It just seems kinda silly. I don't care if they ad new voice overs. That's pretty much a non issue to me. The original post seems to be trying to pull everyone into a discussion that doesn't need to be had. Just saying, "Hey DCS, why no female voice options?" rather than breaking into something that's political and amounts to femininst rant would have served your purpose much better.

Even then...Please fix them all the way if you could, not just a half fix like the embark feature that was only fixed in a hobbled sort of way. I am failing to understand all of this half patch and that's ok for now attitude. It's very annoying and is now stopping me from further purchases.

This seems to be the trend now a days..........

FragBum: I'm using a CH pro stick. My problem is that (only with the Gazelle) that I can move my stick in any direction and it has no immediate effect on the aircraft until it gets to a certain degree and then it seems to catch, and when it does, it's not subtle. I end up having to go in the complete opposite direction to correct, and it is very difficult to not overcompensate. So basically, there is a dead spot in the center. It does not show up in the control settings. I can even see the the cyclic moves when I move my stick, but the AC itself doesn't react until it moves to a certain point. I would post a track but we all know how that works. Just another issue in a long list of growing issues. I have to stand by my opinion. I'm not upset. I just don't fly those modules. I don't need any adjusting. My attitude is fine because I don't take any of this personally. But we've all been putting up with many of these issues for a god awful long time now. So.......I just stopped investing in modules at this point. I enjoy the planes that work and don't bother with the ones that don't. Pretty easy really.

Oh.....I love the Huey. And I did love the Gazelle until that dead zone was put there. My problem lies in that I don't fly any one module exclusively. And if they change something in an update, my muscle memory is all out of whack. Rather than spend time retraining it, I'll just get aggravated that they couldn't leave well enough alone. I did however spend some time working with the Gazelle after the changes, but just lost interest. Sort of the same with the Mi8. People have had this issue with the auto pilot not staying engaged and I'm one of them. It's been this way for several updates now so I just tossed the Mi8 into the scrap heap. It seems that there are so many problems with the modules these days that there are only a few that I bother with. DCS has always had issues here and there but it's worse than it's ever been with no end in sight IMO. It's the main reason that I'm not purchasing any modules at this point. Why buy another bunch of bugs and problems? I did pre purchase the new map, but no more aircraft until I see progress on the old ones.

I couldn't agree more! It's like there is a preset dead zone and once you cross it, the heli goes full tilt at that point. I lost interest in the Gazelle because of this issue. I have seen it talked about before and have mentioned it myself but nothing ever came of it. So I just assumed that this was the lay of the land and shelved the Gazelle.

You are exactly right. The problem is that you cannot depend on a formation of any size to follow waypoints, drop bombs, or even fly at a given speed. You have better luck setting up each plane individually. Even then, I found myself running the mission after setting up each plane to make sure it worked correctly. I found that much of the time I would have to set it up multiple times to get it to work correctly. This is a major pain in the ass when you are trying to set up a carpet bombing mission. I have even had issues getting 3 or four B17's to just take off and meet up at a given point so that I can do formation flying. The altitude and speed never follows what I set it for. The assets pack with it's indestructible tanks that don't follow orders, limited inventory, and the other issues that seem to come with it is a bust at this point. I don't bother with it and would not recommend that anyone even purchase it until it gets up to even minimal standards.

There are noob friendly jets and planes that are a lot of fun. F-86 has rockets, bombs, and lots of guns to play with. Startup is so easy that it almost hurts. 3 buttons and a radio call. It's pretty much the easiest fully clickable cockpit plane and it's a lot of fun. How anyone can recommend the F18 t this point is beyond me. No one has flown it...... So the direct answer your question...F-86 is pretty easy. F5 and Mig15 are also very easy to get going. Mig is a little more challenging due to its rigging design. After that...trainers are all pretty easy to fly. WWII planes are all out for now as they are the most challenging. After the trainers is probably goes to the Mig21, and then the more modern advanced planes. But F-86 is the easiest and most versatile for noobs.

There seems to be a lot of hit and miss when trying to get the B17 to do much of anything. I finally just gave up on any kind of bombing missions due to the inconsistencies in the plane's behavior. The whole assets pack is pretty much a non starter for me at this point. I went back to using modern stuff on my WWII battlefields because the asset pack vehicles, planes, and weapons aren't much help when making missions. What little it has to offer doesn't seem to do much. Maybe they've fixed some of the stuff or added to it. I haven't bothered with it in months. Sad really..........

Welcome to the DCS community!!!! 1). I use Track IR and have no issues. I opt for it over Oculus at this point as the tech has not quite caught up yet. So I'll get into it when it is more stable. And I have heard people say that it can make them a little sick. So maybe TrackIR is the way to go until you get use to flying DCS. The whole Track IR vs Oculus debate is largely opinion. There are those who swear by VR and are willing to overlook the quality issues. I'm just not one of them. Others think differently. 2. Multiplayer is great! There have been issues as of late for many as to not being able to actually get into servers. I am one of those people. I am stuck in SP until it gets completely resolved. But I have always very much enjoyed the on line community! Helpful friendly people. 3. Both players have to own any module that's in the mission or they cannot enter the AC. Good luck!!! Have fun!

Last I knew, the clipped wings weren't going to be an option. I remember something being said about the performance difference wasn't enough to justify including the clipped wings. I also remember one of the ED people saying that it was never included in the original package. I'm pretty sure that's accurate. But it's been a while since it's been brought up.

I have the same issue as the OP, and it's been like that for some time. Since I don't really fly the Mi8 I don't really care. But I saw a post on this some time back and commented on it. I guess some users have the issue and some don't.

You missed out in your 20s then!!! You'll feel old when some hottie that your thinking obscene thoughts about at a bar calls you sir when you try to talk to her.

I don't completely understand about the WWII assets pack. There will be a $5 increase. I get that but what about those of us who already have the assets pack? We don't have but part of what was promised. Does this mean we'll have to pay another $5 to get an updated version?

I could most probably tell you what it is but I absolutely refuse to go anywhere near Facecrooks!!! Sorry.......

Once I learned the parameters of the EGR everything was ok. I could take off, fly, hover and all of that with no problems. But....I still cannot take off with a full load without engine failure so it's still overly stated. I'm positive that there are a lot of guys here that have mastered full flight with it in it's current state but I do not fly the Huey all of the time. But I think that most will agree that is overly stated and too sensitive. The whole catastrophic engine failure issue keeps coming up with users and I completely agree that it needs to be altered. ED has said that they are still looking into it. This last "Update isn't an update at all. It's just a statement. There is no update.

The whole "moving to beta" update thread was pretty pointless. They could have just posted it when they actually had something else to update along with it. As it stands, it seems to have confused quite a few people. All that it did for me was make me think they just needed something to post so that we don't think they're not doing anything. Sort of disappointing.

"You don't want to restrict carbs in the long run though, all of the healthiest foods contain carbohydrates - fruit, grains, beans etc" I take in plenty of carbs every day. As should everyone. What I am saying (I thought plainly) is that I cut out processed or simple carbs. Complex carbs are carbs that are complete with all of the nutrience that make them healthy. Processed carbs that you find in white flour, pastas, crackers, etc.... have been stripped of all of that stuff so all you get is pure energy with no helpful vitamins and such to help your body use it. Same exact premise goes for simple vs complex sugars.