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Ah balls, missed that. My fault for being too slow. Thanks.

Okay, I have a slightly different problem - As an owner of BS2, BS3 has been at the 9.99 mark, but weirdly enough, in the sale, it's showing up as 19.99 even though I'm logged in. Has it had a price rise, or is it a peculiarity?

Hmm, one positive comment, one negative comment. Question - I can't see anyone's sig, is there a setting I'm missing?

Morning all, I have an ancient system, but it runs DCS pretty well considering. i5-3570K, 16GB RAM and GTX1060 6GB I can get between 30 and 60fps depending on module, terrain and altitude Obviously, I'm only playing in pancake mode. However, I don't want to drop $64 on a game that I won't be able to play, so does anyone have a rough estimate for where Apache falls in terms of framerate? I've heard MI-24 is very resource hungry-is that a fair comment and if so, is that what Apache is like or is it as smooth as Viper or F-18? Also, if anyone can give me some tips on settings to improve fps in general, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Many thanks all. When I get a spare hour, I will try to fettle DCS as best as I can, if not, try a fresh install. I did wonder up til now how I could get the Marianas as it wasn't showing at all until I updated. I am saving for parts to build a new PC, but it's slow going! Thanks again.

I updated DCS to the latest stable version yesterday and am gutted to find it turned into a slide show. AV8B ran like crap, even though my system is old, it used to run 60fps in Free Flight without issues. Damn it, it's payday today and I was really hoping to pre-purchase Apache as a Christmas gift to myself. Is there any way of reverting back to an older version? Also, when I updated, I got a message saying there was a lot of files found in my download folder, keep/delete? I deleted them, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't have. Any advice? ETA: Could someone be kind enough to point me in the direction of how to do a complete clean uninstall of DCS, as that might be my next step.

I thank you. I should've put that I am playing the trial at the moment and hadn't seen that video. Thanks, I will try when I get home tonight.

Hi, Not sure if a bug, control setup problem or issue with sim torque/trim. As soon as I start the mission in the Hind, it wants to roll to the left and I have to adjust the stick to the right to counteract it. It's quite annoying, so I wondered if it is a trim issue, a function of the torque on the rotor blades, or is it likely to be a setup issue on my end? Thanks in advance,

I heard on The Fighter Podcast a Harrier pilot, who said that the 120% RPM is an absolute emergency type situation. They don't train for it and don't use it in day to day flights as it is too taxing on the engine, which is an absolute pig to maintain anyway.

Wing flex! I never thought such a thing could be so exciting, but it is. Many thanks, I will try that when I get home.

How?

Sorry, how do I access the free trial?

I have a very budget HOTAS system (Black Widow) and I can fly KA-50 just fine with it. DCS is quite friendly playing with joysticks and to be honest, I'd be highly surprised if you can't get it to work satisfactorily with it. Pull the trigger.

Hi, After a while without Black Shark, (now I have a bigger SSD :)) I went to reinstall it. Imagine my horror when my disc refused to load, with the DVD drive not even recognising there was a disc in there. I tried with other media and it played all those just fine. It was my BS disc only. Sure enough, there was a weird discolouration going on and a thin scratch right on the edge. Disheartened, I went to the DCS store to see how much a replacement copy would be. At least I wouldn't have to install the disc, update it, then patch it into DCS like I used to. Maybe that would offset the pain of replacing it. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I was able to "cash in" the serial number of my BS disc! It got added to DCS and it doesn't matter that my disc is unserviceable, as it is now in my library. I work as many hours as I can, have two special children and a lovely wife. I don't have a lot of free time or money, but this really made my week. Thank you ED for this act of kindness, it is much appreciated.

I'm glad you found out the issue. I had all sorts of problems when running it from my archaic hard drive - stuttering, pauses etc. Since I got an SSD for Christmas, I reinstalled DCS on that and it has improved things immensely. My system is far inferior to yours, (i5-3570K, GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB RAM) yet I'm getting screen tearing whilst panning around the cockpit, indicating FPS higher than my refresh rate of 60hz. I'm actually super impressed with how beautiful it runs (on Free Flight) anyway. I'm assuming it will run like faeces once I have a tonne of AI and stuff in a proper mission, right?

Thanks for replying. Those are my system specs and I had a lot of fun with installing and trying out a couple of modules, Hornet and AV-8B and in free flight, they both ran really well. I think the problem will come when there's all sorts of opponents and AI and things going on. That's my next test, but I was really pleasantly surprised by how well it ran and how good it looked. I guess that from my position, trying out some of the other modules means I can wait for the F14, but I appreciate that not everyone wants to! :joystick:

I will check when I get home, I didn't think of that. Many thanks,

To be honest, I'm a little bit disappointed. IronMike has stated the reasons to stagger any free trials, yet people are still saying: "Yeah, but you should be participating." It sounds a little whiny to me. ED have opened it's considerable doors to all those who are interested. Why not binge on all that free content? IronMike has already said there will be further trials and sales, so why not enjoy what's been offered and look forward to the F14 trial/sale if that's your interest? I haven't been furloughed, although 70% of our staff have been. I'm still working at the moment, although things are so bad right now that my job is literally hanging by a thread. My company has four weeks to get some orders in or it closes its doors permanently. Consequently, I am working all the hours God sends to try and generate some work; I don't have the time to gorge on all this lovely content, but it seems to me that people are never happy.

Thank you for participating in this conversation @IronMike. Your viewpoint is completely understandable and makes a lot of sense to me. However, I have a creaky old machine and would love to try out the F14 at some point before I buy. Is there a way of leaving my email somewhere so that I could be notified if you hold another free trial? Watching F14 on YouTube is like my 15-year old's wildest Top Gun fantasy come true! Salute!

Hi, I'm trying to access the F16, but I do not have the icon on my screen to get into the free trial. It shows up most other modules, but not this one. Does anyone have any ideas?

I can't seem to access the F16. It doesn't appear on my DCS Home Screen at all. Any ideas?

Bloody brilliant move. Thanks ED, a very generous act and a great opportunity for me to test my old system with the newer modules.

I'd like to add my tupenny worth - Thank you to ED, this is a phenomenal gesture and for me a godsend because a) now the modules are cheap enough for me to afford and b) I can have a chance to see how they run on my ageing machine. It would truly suck for me to buy a module and watch it descend into a slideshow. Didn't get much time to try them out last night, as I'm one of the lucky ones who aren't furloughed and is still working, but am looking forward to the weekend where I can give them the attention they deserve. I'm even going to try a couple of modules which I wouldn't have normally thought about purchasing, but now I can. Thanks again to all.

I have to say that I installed Hornet and AV-8B last night and my machine runs them just fine. I'm running an i5-3570 and an Nvidia 1060 6GB, which is positively ancient!

I'd be looking to run it in 1080p.