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I am currently using a Logitech 3D Pro I bought to replace my Saitek AV8R. I can't say I'm really happy with this joystick actually, I find it awkward to use. There aren't enough buttons to give me neccessary functions, which means I have to add a +Shift/+Ctrl/+Alt command for each buttons, and reaching everywhere is really unnatural. Which HOTAS out of these should I get? Something under 225$ would be nice since I'm like 16 and currently jobless. X52 Standard (heard and experienced things about "center-play" with Saiteks due to shitty spring, but it is the cheapest besides the T.flight) X52 Pro (pushing it a little, only if the difference is really really worth it, what exactly does this MFD do?) CH Combatstick + CH Throttle (don't know if I need 6 hatsticks but its cheapish and very reliable supposedly) Logitech G940 (this looks just plain perfect, but ive heard bad things, and 300$ is REALLY pushing, pedals intregue me but not so much the FF) T.Flight HOTAS X (cheapest by a nautical mile, but does it have anything my joystick doesn't?) Before you bring up the X65F, Warthog, Cougar, and Fighterstick, remember the price tag, remember the buyer ;) Wow, I should stop making so many threads before somebody bans me...

Not the most accurate of tests, but worth a go. Apparently I'm a commie (this is the only forum I know where I could get slapped for saying that) http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

You can look at it without getting sick. :P C variant looked much better. The Superbug is too big for its design, like somebody tried morphing it with an F-15. The result looks... off.

This is what it SHOULD look like (actually, better, because his AF/AA is down). Found it on SimHQ. And back to me. Observe rigid intakes. Rigid modelling, again. You can see right into the cockpit. You can clearly see where the fuselage is rigid, and where it is smooth here.

This is FC2 -.-' Why would getting new skins help at all?

DCS: Rafale Everybody and there mom foams at the mouth over the F-22/F-35/T-50/Typhoon, yet this thing gets no love when it is the greatest advancement in aircraft sexiness since the Spitfire and F-16! How can you not love something that looks this good? It is actually pretty damn good, too!

AH-1G says hi!

Only reason that thing stays in the air is because the Earth is (literally) repulsed by its ugliness.

Look at this picture. See it yet? Now? Somebody is going to say "umm, so you got your wing shot off, big deal". Both of them to be exact, locked in the full flap position no less, both torn equally. It was a server with no F2 viewing mode enabled, and nobody was nice enough to go into Spectator and screeny this for me. I continued to fly on rudder and elevator ONLY for a good 10 minutes, I couldn't slide down to the airfield, because you can't even keep the nose down below 700km/h. Tried using the Gsh-30 to pitch down, no luck.

These all have to do with textures, how does that effect modelling? And Optimal Quality already sets it up like that.

I found this really really awkward and unnatural to use, but I think its because my laptop is facing me at an angle, so you don't look directly at it. What is it like for you guys? Can you remove the roll? Thats one degree of freedom I do not want. :p

Thanks Crunch, it works. Should I bother with Teamspeak? I mean, I am really awkward over the phone. Life? Easy. Text? Easy. Phone/voice chat? Awkwerrrrrd...

Because I can draw numbers with ship-fire. And because the F-15 is purty.

I have the download provided on page 1, it checks out green on Modman 7.3, yet I "fail" the integrity check. I have Combatance Su-33 model + Joint Pack 2.1 Extended if that is the problem.

THIS IS MY QUESTION LAST THREAD EVER! I SWEAR! I asked this already in another thread, but that was more of an 'also, by the way...' thing so I didn't get an answer. Anyway, I found this extremely distracting and annoying, likely because I have OCD and this is inconsistent with the rest of the graphics in this game. My Su-25 has... holes in it. No, cracks. Look at the picture below, notice how the top of the middle fuselage is rigid in comparison to the rest? It doesn't blend with other geometry, leaving big ugly cracks you can see right through. Same with the engines, cracks where they meet the fuselage. My ATI 5670M is set to "Optimal Quality" and no other models in game have this ugliness, so that isn't the problem at all. I know it isn't supposed to look like that, because it looks purty in the Encyclopedia/Youtube videos. Does anybody know an Su-25 add-on? This sucks, because the 25T is a fat cow with the grace of an eagle (that is piloting a deflated blimp), and because I am getting my Student Pilot Permit (so I can have my PPL after 45 hours of flight), I want to know on how to fly without a fawkin HUD.

I would play online, but every time I join anything I get "Invalid File Check" or something :| Is it because of my add-ons? Sim-Mod A-10A, 3GO Flanker, HD F-15C, Deep Blue Sky, Labels Mod, something like that?

The main problem with non-HOTAS users is the lack of buttons on these controllers, like this Logitech 3D Pro here. I managed to fit everything I need (and more) into Flaming Cliffs 2 however, with modifiers that let me have 3x the amount of commands I would normally have. (although using shift/alt/ctrl is awkward as hell with this thing) Although with this game, there are so many damn buttons, I don't know where to put what, and nor do I know how a true flight stick would be set up. I have no idea how to set this up so I am not exactly ready to take on this game with any sort of efficiency. So could you kindly give me some setup ideas so I can pay you nothing in return? Thanks. Also, is an X52 worth it? Is something more expensive worth it? Is a cheap HOTAS like the T.Flight X worth it? Should I even bother? I am gaming on a laptop, so im not exactly hardcore.

"Integrity Check Failed" wut did i do?! :( I have the A10-Su27-F15C Jointpack and Combatance Su33, is that the problem?

Tried the Su-25T campaign, no labels. First time. Swatted out of the air by a SAM before I even fly over the friendlies and I couldn't even see the missile. At all. The only thing I saw on the ground were some explosions here and there, but couldn't make out actually units. I had no ELINT Pod + HARMskii's or ECM pods either. 1. should I just keep my Shkval/TV thing on at all times and scan? 2. how do I avoid SAMs with no SEAD equipment? 3. any trick to spotting enemies on a 1024x728 res screen? 4. how do I view the briefing while the mission is taking place?

DCS: Aardvark? Terrain-following radar FTW.

EZ-Mode trimming for ailerons/vators: Straighten out plane as best as you can, no descent or climb. Press command for "Transition to Level Flight" Wait for plane to centre itself perfectly (a little longer for Su-25/T) Go speed you usually go Disengage Autopilot Trim is perfect, plane is stable.

Only if are nucking futs!

Lol, smiled all the way through!

Does the F-14 do any air-to-ground/mud-moving? Honestly, twice the speed of sound at 30,000ft feels 1/3 as fast as 300mph AGL. The occasional dogfight would happen, and it would be spectacular, but I say a good 85% of combat would be BVR. Hornet is half as glamorous, but it does literally everything imaginable. And its pilots don't express homoeroticism :D.

It isn't so bad with the Su-25T, since the Shkval is fairly high resolution and large (even without the 23x zoom). I should get into that plane more. @Crunch: is that where I will find find ground targets? I don't get much excitement out of A2A as I do doing Strike/CAS/Mud-moving. I never play on MP, and even 34 hours in, haven't really gotten into campaign. Sims need training I 'spose.