The_Pharoah

I'm getting memory freezes while flying online esp when new updates (eg. new tanks, etc) are added. My specs are below. I have 24gb RAM and a 6gb 1060 nvidia card. Otherwise frames are as smooth as butter. But at certain points it will freeze and usually unfreezes with me a smoking hole in the ground.

Hell, before you even mention the jets, how about the Huey?

Absolutely love 2.5. Finally having everyone on one merged platform is awesome as well. Unfortunately all i could think about as i flew around was the Hornet! lol

Ok thanks mate - likes like 1-3am my time.

Just trying to figure out an approximate release time. As I'm in Aust, I"m assuming I will get the release on 1 Feb sometime or some ridiculous hour :)

hi guys, is your website not working?

I wish rather than just 'give me X aircraft' we actually got 'give me X battles/wars/etc' eg. 1. Vietnam war (Map of N/Sth VN and gulf) + relevant period a/c and helicopters 2. Korean war (we already have the Mig/Sabre) - Korean map plus period assets 3. WW2 - need more maps 4. Gulf war 5. Arab/Israeli war (Israel, Sinai, etc) I'm over the whole 'lets pretend we're in Iraq' or 'lets pretend russians are attack Las Vegas'. Give us a map of Afghanistan or Syria or Iraq or whatever and the relevant period a/c so we can recreate those battles.

yeah that would be awesome. Reminds you that its not an empty world.

it just depends on how fictional. I would much prefer realistic maps TBH.

ED and its third party developers will HAVE to provide more maps in the future. A lot of people are sick of the Caucasus region. Sure 2.5 will look good and all...but its the same map that we've been playing for years. What we need are maps based on real life conflict zones like the middle east (Iraq, Syria, Iran, etc), Afghanistan, parts of Africa, etc and possibly even past combat zones eg. Vietnam, Korea, etc. Yes i know we're getting the gulf map, but i can't for the life of me understand why the focus so much on the friggin buildings (like they did with the NTTR map highlighting all of las vegas) when its a combat sim and we're fighting bad guys with heavy armour, etc. *EDIT* Oh and my answer is YES

They didn't specify fixed or rotary did they? In that case: 1. UH60/Sh60 Blackhawk/Seahawk. Currently in use by so many countries in the world AND ITS MODERN!! 2. CH47 Chinook - just throwing it out there. I don't think we need that many cargo helis esp if we get the Blackhawk. 3. Definitely support the idea of the E3 4. EA6B Prowler (esp if they're doing an A6...same airframe apparently) 5. If you really want to push non-combat, there's the C-2 Greyhound (twin engine high wing cargo plane that flies to/from carriers), esp if we'll be seeing more carrier action with the upcoming F/A-18C

agreed but how else do you use what we have (and are getting) in a proper combat timeline? atleast using Vietnam as an example allows you to immerse yourself in something that actually happened.

One of the things thats really annoyed me about DCS is the lack of any thought as to how we will use the a/c that are developed. I mean we have a/c from WW2, Korea, Vietnam, 70s, 80s, etc. How are we supposed to use them properly in a combat theatre?

I'd like both. ie. a large map of Vietnam (basically the one pictured above) BUT inclusive of some of the major US bases that were in South Vietnam. Why? The Huey. Right now the huey, as good as it is, is currently used as a transport chopper online ie. relegated to a courier driver role. Vietnam is where it earned its wings so to speak as there was complete air superiority so you could do all the missions i mentioned above without the risk of enemy jets or SAMs (until later on in the war obviously). Here's what i envision (not to say it will happen or as i write it or whatever): 1. Server with a Vietnam map covering N and S Vietnam, maybe cambodia and northern Thailand 2. S Vietnam has major (and minor) US bases (Army/USMC/Navy) bases 3. hopefully we can have auto generated missions to deliver supplies, troops, etc 4. day/night 5. night - you could have large scale NVA/VC attacks on certain bases, thereby requiring helo support (gunships, hueys for medevac, troop deployment, ammo resup, etc) at the same time, you would also have: 1. bombing missions into N Vietnam out of Thailand and/or the northern part of S Vietnam 2. Hanoi, etc would contain SAMs, AAA, etc and would have Mig bases (eg. Kep) where we would have Mig 19/Mig 21s to counter 3. We could use the upcoming F4 as both bomber and fighter (CAP) as well as the F5 for escort IDEALLY....(and this would be the icing on the cake for me)...we'd actually get an F-105 Thunderchief developed/released. But whatever. So you have the air war over N Vietnam AND the helicopter war over S Vietnam all on the same map. I don't know how doable it is obviously...this is the wishlist area so i'm in the right place. hopefully that makes sense.

thats what I'm hoping for. The new caucasus map looks really beautiful based on Wags' videos, esp the trees. if we can get that (and collidable trees) that would make it stand out. Imagine that, having a server with a vietnam era map....covering maybe both North and South VN plus parts of Thailand (Takhli) for jets to fly north (route pack 6) but also covering all of South VN for Hueys to do typical Huey missions from the actual war (troop insertion/extraction, ass & trash, VIP, rescue, etc). Throw in the F100 and F4 and you could even do FAC and/or CAS for troops under contact

With the Vietnam era aircraft we have or are getting (F4, F5, A4 community, A7, Mig 19, Mig 21, Huey), we really need a Vietnam era map to go with it. Trying to pretend you're flying in Vietnam but you're in the Caucasus just doesnt' do it. If you guys do get around to doing this, it would be awesome to try and get it as it were during the peak of the Vietnam war including major bases (Khe Sanh, Da Nang, etc etc) plus the US camps as well or FOBs. That would REALLY allow us to use the Huey.

2.5 merge + F/A-18C

hi guys For IL2 BoX there is an online campaign which you sign up for and it tracks your stats, rank, etc plus has a moving front line. Is there anything like this for DCS servers? (been out for a while).

TBH i don't think anyone here is against the product however i think you guys did the wrong thing in hyping it up, esp when you know everyone here is craving for high fidelity military aircraft (jets, props, heils, etc) so all the negative publicity and feedback you got is on you. Having said that, yes DCS can be used for other types of a/c ie. SAR, fire fighting, civ, etc. Its a sandbox after all.

Is there an official list of weapons that will come with the -18C? I'm keenly interested in the SEAD and anti-ship capabilities (firing the Harpoon). Anyideas?

Why? how about we get maps where Real World wars have taken place or are taking place? eg. the middle east, vietnam, korea, etc.

I can and will...but i was hoping there was some sort of overlay to change the buildings to more of a burnt out look or war zone look if that makes sense. I really wish we could get maps that replicate where current real world battles are being fought. Thanks anyway

Would love to do missions in the syria/iraq region but all we have with desert (ignoring any mods of the black sea map) is Nevada. Just thought i'd ask the question.

So there's a log folder in the main DCS file structure? I'm happy to provide info but i need to know what to include. Connection speed = I usually get around 91/38mbit speeds. Antivirus = Bitdefender 2017 Servers = it takes a while to join NTTR servers but I still get in and can use it. Ping = 220 (I'm in Aust trying to join a US server as no Aussie servers tend to run Normandy) RAM = 8gig Is there a way i can extend the time required before timeout or is that a server setting? I've noticed i get in but timeout...maybe i can extend the timeout through some sort of config edit or something?

ED I can't even play the friggin Normandy map because the server ALWAYS times out even if i get to select an a/c. It just times out and i have to exit the server screen. If you can't fix it, then refund my money (Normandy map and WWII pack). This is BS.