Zimmerdylan

Unanswerable question.

As of late, a little blue chat window seems to appear whenever I visit the ED home page. It looks rather odd and out of place. The first time I saw it, a window appeared and I was asked what I needed or something like that. Thinking that it was malware, or some kind of hack, I replied with a nasty response and disposed of the chat. Now....that suspicious blue chat prompt is there every time I visit the ED home page. Never any other place I go on the internet. Did ED implement some kind of support chat? If so.....they might have had the courtesy to share this information with us. If they did......I must have missed that meeting.

2.2 has a 2 at the end and 2.5 has a 5 at the end. This is all that any of us know at this point.

Yes.....Always frustrating. This would be a great thing to see fixed ASAP

That's kind of what I was thinking. I was confused as to why this thread was ever written. IMO.....with the Yak, we'll have a complete set of trainers.

Actually......That's a really good point. And probably the best argument for civil AC.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I checked it out yesterday. Awesome update!!! Thanks all of the ED team for this. You guys made my year.....................:smilewink: Greetings from Tucson by the way, I didn't know that you were in Phoenix.

Oddly enough, this is an issue that I have started having after last update also. I have been flying this chopper from day one and have gone over everything but it just doesn't stay on. Hmm......

Oh wow!!! What a bunch of sticks in the mud!!! I love those things. They're like Lay's potato chips......you can't break just one!

Whatever happened to the Christmas motive on the forums? You know.....smashing light bulbs and all. If getting 2.5 out is taking priority and that's what's keeping our Christmas deco from making it's yearly appearance.......Well then bah humbug! Skip Christmas altogether and bring on the UPDATE!!!!! :music_whistling: :music_whistling: :music_whistling:

You got to admit thought, it was a pretty cool looking plane. I always thought that it looked like it's name. Not just because of the color, it just looked kind of ominous.

I read somewhere that pulling back locks the tail wheel and even saw it in an instructional video from WWII on the Spitfire. I found out the hard way that this is not the case with our version.

All very interesting stuff. ED must have been taking it harder than we on the forums then. At any rate, I feel like we're all on a roller coaster that's just about to the peak of the first drop. If indeed we do get 2.5 in a few weeks, it's gonna be one intense ride. I'm looking forward to it. I know that there will be some great stuff and as is the nature of this software, some disappointments. All I can say is that I have my seat belt fastened, and I'm holding on to the safety bar and looking forward to the ride. Been waitin on this for what seems like eternity.

I remember that it was about this time last year when we were all coming to terms with not getting 2.5 by Christmas. It was a total bummer for everyone. At that time, no one ever thought that it would be a whole year before we saw it's release. They were speculating sometime mid year then. I think I'll probably wait to download the new maps until we have a good grip on the ins and outs of it. None the less......it's great to see it all starting to come together.

Now I just have to pray that my modest, semi outdated system will run it smoothly.

MH-6 Little bird or Blackhawk would be great!!

Well......I would have to disagree on some of this. Why do I need it? I mean, I did purchase it and have no complaints whatsoever about the cost of it. But why do I need it? I need air, water, food, but the assets pack is by no means a need thing. Not even in DCS. As far as the video card remark. I understand that people are passionate about their hobbies. I feel a certain amount of love for virtual flying. But several years ago I purchased my video card for around $400. At the time it was considered kind of pricey. I remember thinking that this stuff was getting a little out of hand in the $$$ dept. Over time my computer and card will become obsolete. I see this on the horizon probably sooner than I would like to think. After looking at prices of video cards and PC's, DCS will most probably go by the wayside in the near to intermediate future. I am not willing to shell out that kind of money for games. It's just not something that I am willing to do. So even though I do not mind forking over money for modules and maps that I like, there comes a point where enough is enough. I know through conversations with other casual DCS fliers that this is a real issue with a fair number of people who come here.

Wow.....Momma says "DCS is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get". I have to admit that I am dumbfounded by this news. Not really sure what to make of it. So random, and out of nowhere. I looked at it and thought: "Do I really want this thing?" Well.....Maybe. Still kind of on the fence. But to add perspective here. I see lots -0- complaints in this thread. I get it. But I know plenty of people (myself included) who have no interest in the F-18, Viggen, or the AV-8B. It's no big deal, I just have no interest in any of these planes. But I don't go to threads about them and point out that I would rather have this or that, and ED needs to fix this that or the other before I'll purchase them. I just don't really pay attention to them. It's no skin off of my nose if ED puts out a box kite sim. I simply won't buy it if it doesn't tickle my fancy. Although I was taken by surprise by the Yak, I will be much more likely to purchase it then say the F-14. Why??? Because I'm more into the actual hands on flying than complex combat systems and the like. Does that make me wrong? Am I crazy for having this preference? No more than anyone else who may appreciate advanced systems, or even pulling strings on a kite sim. Does it make ED wrong for releasing the module? It would seem that many people think so. But the reality is that ED has announced the release of some great planes coming up. Many of which aren't my cup of tea. But that doesn't mean that I need to tell them how to run their business, or complain about what I don't have. My 7 year old does that. When I go out and buy him a cool Lego set, he'll complain that he doesn't have the next better set. I usually remove the set from his room for a while for not appreciating what he has. Maybe we should all just appreciate that we have a place to go where we can enjoy all of this cool stuff and chat with people who have common interests. There is plenty in DCS for everyone who comes here. If this plane or that isn't your cup of tea, play around with the ones that are and just ignore the ones that you don't. It's pretty simple really. I for one appreciate that DCS is putting out the Yak. I also appreciate the Hornet even if I won't purchase it. So thanks ED for another cool module to fill the virtual skies!!!

??????? Medium bomber? Wow....I never thought of the P-38 as a medium bomber.

+1 Not only that, I would pay whatever they asked for it within reason. Some planes I wait for a sale, and even then I don't purchase them if the price isn't what I think is low enough because I won't get my money's worth out of them. I know I probably wont fly them all that much. But the P-38.....Yeah, it would most likely be the plane I would use the most.

Hm......This is kind of an odd topic for me. Lots of different opinions. I cannot speak for others but thus far I find the assets pack to be somewhat of a bust. I never create a mission using any of the assets except for the German transport trucks. The armor is indestructible for the most part. I had 8 direct hits on a panzer with rockets at some point and it still showed 0 damage. I've seen the Tigers take a direct 500 lb bomb hit and still survive. I thought they had fixed this issue until the other day when I set up unlimited ammo and went after a German tank. So I just use the Russian BTR 80 instead of the German tanks. It seems much more like what a WWII era tank should be and I really don't pay much attention to the visual difference when I'm running in one one. The AA is still a non starter for me as there are no shell bursts. What's the fun in that???? I opt for the modern Russian AA because I can at least see where the rounds are coming from and going to. Trucks are trucks so far as I am concerned. The WWII German vehicles do not look so different from the modern Russian vehicles (advanced weaponry aside) that I really don't pay attention to the difference in game. To be honest, I'm suffering a little buyer's remorse over the assets pack at this point. I know that it'll get updated and eventually fixed at some point but in the world of DCS it's the when that makes me kind of sorry I purchased it. From my experience, it could take years to fix these things sometimes. I'm perfectly content to shoot at the modern targets and just imagine they're old German vehicles for now. So in my opinion, it most certainly is not a must of any kind at this time. Maybe later when it's been updated to the point of usability.

LOL........My reaction exactly.

I'm not going to offer advice, solutions, or statistics from manuals or books. What I am going to offer is validation. Yes! The Spitfire is by far the hardest plane to land in DCS. Takeoff is a draw between it and the German planes. But landing is certainly a pain in the a$$ in this plane. Having no practical experience flying any of these planes, I cannot speak to the accuracy of this issue. Speaking from everything I have read about it and from everything I have seen on these forums, it is my opinion that the Spitfire does have something that's not correct about it. But then again....every DCS plane has it's little problems here and there. Will ED ever see fit to change or correct any of them? That's something that is never clear until it happens. Some of the issues that I have had with the modules have been addressed or fixed at some point and others not. It's really just a matter of whether ED and the devs. agree with those who point these things out. Sometimes they do and it gets fixed. Sometimes they don't and we learn to deal with them. Sometimes they do and it never gets fixed. And yet others, sometimes they fix things that I never knew were wrong. Bottom line is that this is a sim. It's very much about opinion as to how real or accurate everything is. But I feel your frustration with the Spitfire. I love the plane but don't like flying it due to the landing issue.

I purchased this module a couple of weeks ago. I have not really flown it all that much because there seem to be quite a few issues with it. Maybe if I list them here some of you will be gracious enough to help me or at least offer feedback. Issue 1. Flaps don't move at all. I cannot put them up, I cannot put them down. Doesn't matter whether I assign them to my HOTAS, use the default keys or just do it in cockpit. I can start cold or in flight, doesn't matter, flaps are inoperable. Issue 2. Can't get the GPU generator to go away. The guy will respond and turn it on, but no response when I ask them to disconnect. I have to just go and let em ask me what the hell I'm doing. Issue 3. Since the last update, when I spawn into the plane, there is this clump sound that won't go away. Sounds kind of like a windshield wiper shutting off only it just continues every half a second or so. The sound gets muted when I turn everything on and close the canopy. But it never goes away. Issue 4. Plane jerks to the left whenever I try to accelerate to taxi on the ground. It's not like it pulls left (which it does actually) but this is almost as though the game lags and the plane gets reset on the ground to the left whenever I accelerate from a dead stop. My rudder pedals make no difference in this issue. I do have to hold right rudder to taxi straight which is another issue altogether. All of this happens every time I climb into the aircraft. All of these issues are continuous and seem to be very consistent. :huh: Anyone have any input or know of why these things are happening? I did a repair but nothing changed. Thanks! Oh....I forgot about the issue with the 2 different variations. I can only seem to populate one variant of the plane. I do not remember which one I can get into. I think the CC version. However I cannot get into the EB version. Or it's the other way around, I don't remember. Again....thanks!

Yeah...You see. Unprocessed carbs are not harmful to you at all. Since you are eating boiled potatoes and brown rice, you are getting all of the nutrience with the carbs and your body disposes of it correctly. Thus, your weight and functions stay stable. Stuff like french fries, and white rice has been robbed of everything but the energy(starch, carbs) through it's processing so your body treats it as though it were sugar. I would never have believed that making this change would have changed so many things in my body for the better. It says a lot about big business, human apathy, and how dangerous deception is. Just think of the burden that would be lifted from the medical industry if there were better rules and the food industry actually cared about the human side of their product. Good on you BIGNEWEY!