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Maybe asked before. I did search can Saitek Panels be programed to be used in the DCS A-10? I have a set for FSX and some of them might be nice in the hog. Thanks

Hehe, but my roommate used to be the LSO instructor for VMFAT-101. So I have an advantage. He is currently flying F-5s for an adversary squadron. And I have spent time on the Nimitz while underway with LSOs. With his instructions (an me simming from it's birth) I landed the real F-18 sim at Miramar on my first try. While hard to land it is easier than some think - in sims anyways since you're not worried about dieing. Help comes from auto-throttles and ACLS -but no one really uses the ACLS, but they do use the auto-throttles. (or in the future the JPALS) Just line up those needles like an ILS. Don't slap you hook though or they will ground you. He seems to think the Super Hornet is not that great due to it's size. But then again he fights an F-5 that has very little tech in it. I will get him to bring his Top Gun vids back with him in a couple of weeks, he used a helmet cam. He has gigs and gigs of vids flying low and fighting out there. Here is a take off he did for us. Note the bird near the end caught in the backwash. Oh you need quicktime - http://www.skinnypixel.com/Clients/HAI/video.php

I mean I am cool without the Super Hornet. Maybe make a Russian jet so multi play could have an adversary. The F-15E would be even cooler to me but the 2 seater might be kinda weird (yeah I know both posits can operate the same systems - someone said) And another mud mover might not preform as well as a Fighter for escorts. But if i was to to really wish for anything it would be a US helo...again the two-seater problem. But having a helo lasing for my A-10 would be pretty cool...yep pretty cool. Something different form the past - like instead of F-16. btw - are we exporting Super hornets to other countries besides Australia? One of my friends is the commander for a real F-18 Charlie squadron so I would be cool with a F-18c too. I flew the sim at Miramar....yep pretty cool too.

Maybe covered in one of the other 400+ pages but I just can not read all of that.. If the new aircraft is a F-18E I wonder if they will have full carrier ops.? With people on the deck and some "roger ball" type landing stuff. I recently got back into FSX and my SuperBug and using a cool free addon that has a really cool carrier op missions (not the vanilla fsx ones). Just to get ready if the aircraft is a Super Hornet.:book: My last request would be a pilot instead of the ghost flier we have now.

Also just a no cost check - make sure you do not have tons of programs running when you game/fly. Several give aways are tons of icons next to your system clock, over resource hunger virus software like Norton or Mcafee can run your system down. For full assurance try Alt-Tab-Delete and look under processes to see everything. I don't recommend truncating your system but my old computer did pretty good with a single GTX 260. Of coarse that was with graphics turned down. Tuneup 2010 does a good job of keeping your system running clean. My two cents anyways for quick fixes. :)

I love Norway! I flew over it for many, many hours in EF2000. :) My condolences for the recent tragedy and I hope you and yours were safe.

ChrisIhao - Thanks! Are you in Sweden? Or Norway? Ta hand om dig min vän!

Ok bought the cool master: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RSA00-80GAD3-US 1000W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Bolt-1 Drolling at those OCZ. My buddy in Sweden has them and boots in 11 seconds....lucky Since you guys obviously know what you are talking about, what is a good/best PSU and still looking at Vid cards too. Maybe step it up to ATI 6970?

IMO - It may be good to having HT enabled. Most of us will never use it, like if you are playing your favorite game (uses 2 cores) Teamspeak or vent (one core) and have your operating system (1 core) running, you have all 4 lanes with constant traffic. But what if you add TARGET, TrackIR, VAC, logictec mouse programing, MFDs... and some might even launch a web browser, have virus and video adapter programs (Nividia) or other stuff running - without HT, you would be trying to run it all on 4 full time cores only add HT and you open up some more slots. IMO, HT might be a good thing. :book: Not looking for an argument or saying anyone is wrong just thinking more about it. :)

Yeah guys - I factored in the Hyperthreating for my choice. :smartass: My business is graphic design. So at any one time I run Photoshop CS5.5, Dreamweaver CS5.5, Browser, Outlook and at other times Premier and After Effects. So for just the game (outside of FSX) it would not be a real plus. And even with what I do it may only help 10-20 %....But I love overkill. I usually ripple 2 bombs instead of one...even if it is not needed....:lol: But agree with i5 being fine choice also. The cool thing now,with my new home rig, is I can bring my work home instead of always working at the office....or wait, is that cool.....dang I am an idiot :huh:

I guess that depends on if you plan to really overclock or not. With a Sandy Bridge K and mobo setup like I got the intention is to overclock. While I can achieve good speeds with stock/air cooler the real gem is to go for more. Like Username said 5ghz with watercooling - Tom's hardware confirms this. OC can be a hobby all unto itself. I am not water cooling the north bridge (yet) because the mobo I am getting has some good cooling already. I did go for the larger water cooler for the cpu however. At $106 it is not that much more than a really good aftermarket air cooler. The Sandy K is incredible for $300. Maybe only four cores but built to oc and really easy to do so. It can compete with those $1k processors. But your point is good my friend, just justifying my cooler choice. :)

112th - Since I have been looking at systems for the last few days I enjoyed seeing what you are getting. Looks like a really nice setup! Exciting isn't it. New computer smell is like a new car smell: very satisfying! After you get it, if you get a chance, let me know how you like everything and what settings you can use for the sim. I am interested in that power supply and vid card you ordered. And REALLY interested in the Eyefinity when you get that going.

Username55 - What Mobo did you use? Lane - If nothing else buy the TrackIR. It really gives the "suspension of disbelief" (if you don't know what that means: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief#Video_games). Also the VAC is cheap and works great for comms and you could program it to handle some other HOTAS commands too.

Username55, I did order everything (those links are from the receipt) I have not ordered the 6870 - I have to wait for a bid on ebay to end but if I do not win the bid I believe it is a good card...suggestions? I would love to hear feedback. I studied for days to decide on these components. Really like the Sandy Bridge & p67. The board and case are a bit over the top... but live large. I will let you know what I can get out of this overclocking system. I will probably only go to highest 4.5 ghz @1.37 But found this: "no signs of instability at 4,700 MHz with a vcore of 1.37-39 offset with highest load temps around 67-74c" Looking forward to that new computer smell......ahhh

Hehe - So I wrote about a week ago "Bummer 64 bit only" I was amazed by the quick responses of this active community. All I had was an old quad core running Vista 32. I was told DCS A10 would run it fine on my 32 bit system...which it did. It ran fine and I love the sim. A few nice guys on this forum warned me I would want more...better OS, Thrustmaster, TrackIR, yadda yadda yadda. They were sooo right. So in the last week I have bought: Track IR5 VAC -Voice activated Commands - This is a must guys!! It is so awesome and for $18 you can't beat it. Still not satisfied that I had bled enough for such an awesome sim today I ordered a new computer system! Spendy you ask...yeah very....over kill for a "Game' -- Never I say!!:P I plan to build it myself. In case anyone is interested here are the specs of what I ordered: (Lots of overclocking about to go down too) MB ASUS|MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) MEM 4Gx2|CORSAIR CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9R x2 WATER COOLER CORSAIR| CWCH80 R CPU INTEL|CORE I7 2600K 3.4G 8M R CASE CORSAIR| CC800DW RT ASUS Radeon HD 6870 1GB - I am going to set up the eyefinity on three monitors. Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit I already have : ATX PSU Three Raptor hard drives at 10000 rpm - Looking at SSDs in near future Multiple burners & drives Thrustmaster Cougar - rebuilt Next I plan on: Thrustmaster MFDs with mini monitors & one day my very own A-10...yeah I wish.:lol: So my wallet maybe smaller but my grin is bigger!! Hey DCS - Bring it on...I am ready. :music_whistling: Great community guys. I am glad to be a part of. "Great Santini"

Ok I recently purchased the DCS A-10. I am trying to login to Mullti player but I am confused....easily done. :helpsmilie: So do I have to use the actual username & email I used when I registered with DCS on the website at the time of purchase or can I just use any name and email address? In the multi player window to "Register an account" - At the bottom for product key on the do put in the serial number I received when I bought the product? I put in the serial number. When I go to reset password and go through the steps on the website, when I go to login back in the multiplayer window it says "invalid product key" is this because I used my serial number I received in the email from DCS when I bought the product?

Ok... Want to know a really over thought out wish that could be (but shouldn't be spent time on) added to this too........And I have no hopes or even wish that they spend a lot of time on it: What if you ejected while flying and they sent a SAR for you once you got on the ground....Hehe...again, I would rather have cool features like the way they did the JTAC instead of wasting time on my suggestion.

Yeah, i would much rather developers spend time on the important things. No bigs, just an idea I had. :^)

Ok I am hooked!! The deeper I get into this sim the more I am AMAZED! I have flown sims since the Apple 2 Flight sim 1 came out. I have flown: Falcons F16 all of them, all MS Combat simulator and most recently the Superbug for FSX. Nothing comes close to this. Maybe we have flown together on multiplayer before. I am known as "Great Santini" So yeap I am looking into everything for the experience. I am going to upgrade my OS, ordering TrackIR 5, I might skip the Thrustmaster since I have a Cougar that I rebuilt with better parts...I may change that in the future. Hey TrackIr guys one question: I am getting the TrackIR 5 should I get TrackClip Pro or the Vector Pro? I will say that the sim runs great and perfectly smooth on my OS/system. But turning up some settings would be interesting to see. I currently am on teamspeak with a few guys for Battlefeild BC2 and we own our own BFBC2 server. They do not want to get into this sim as they can not afford the investment of the sticks and such. I want to practice and get better (landed many times yesterday without blowing tires) and then would love to get in on the multiplayer and TS with a good group. (non abusive, professional acting adults who use military style communication) A bit about my history: My best friend is a pilot for VFC-111 (F5 Adversary squadron) and I have been his roommate through all of his training from T34, to T45 and with him the moment he was picked for the F18 pipeline. We have loads of videos from his last years fights at top gun. From his takeoffs, to engagements, to landings. I have flown the real sims at Miramar when he was an LSO instructor for the Marines. I was also lucky to get to deploy on the Nimitz during flight operations. I have a lot to contribute for a good squadron. They must be adults and highly professional (but still like to have fun...of coarse) If the developers read this thread - guys I bow down to you. Amazing work! I wish you success and longevity.

I noticed in a Youtube video - that a pilot that ejected could walk around. I do not care about exploring the environment but it would be cool to start from a hanger or office and then walk/drive to the aircraft then do a walk around like pilots do in real life. Also end the flight by getting out of the jet. No big deal on this one, just seems like it might would work and could add to the realism that one extra little bit.

Thanks Guys!! I can't say I have ever seen a more active community. Been running it my 32bit Vista and seems to run fine. Looks incredible! I do have 4 cores and GTX card...so not totally sucky system. I have always been a fan of "you can't make it to complicated/realistic" flight sims. And dang it Bimc...Now I have started looking at a Track IR.... :) PS I have had a GREAT day Warting it up!

I have a cougar but just looked at the Warthog...so you are too right. :megalol: Calling in sick tomorrow. (I own the business)

OK Just bought it! Please keep making those sims!

Wow!! With support and answers so fast I am VERY excited to buy this awesome looking sim. Thanks Guys!!! Getting my card out now!