swe_badger
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So are these bugs in SP as well or are they just MP bugs?
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AMD will slash ryzen prices by 23%, so wait a few more days ;)
If you want to test DCS on that system you may want to temporarily use the your other GFX for testing. That 1050 will fall short.
BTW, I decided to get a 1080ti tomorrow, so we can compare the inpact of GFX since I already had the 970 tested on the other thread and our 2 Ryzen chips should be pretty much on par for DCS.
How do you know this? Might happen where you live but here in semi-socialist-capitalistland prices are basically fixed between the biggest online retailers it most certainly won't. Oh wait! I just read up on it. AMD is probably only slashing the Ryzen 7 line so they can position the new threadripper at a very competitive price against the upcoming equivalent Intel monster-chips. I wish AMD would reduce the price a little bit for the Ryzen 5 line too, Intel would then be forced to price adjust their whole i5 line and probably the i3 and i7 lines too.
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Six months ago I was considering an i5-7600k and nice Z270 m/b and overclock the CPU to 4.6 Ghz. Now it is difficult if impossible to justify this with the emergence of the Ryzen 5 series. Here in Australia I can grab a Ryzen 5 1600 and a top line m/b like the Asus VI Crosshair for AUD $668. While an Intel i5 7600k and Asus Maximus IX Hero would set me back AUD $734. That's an additional AUD $66 for a lesser 4 core/4 thread system vs AMD's 6 core/12 thread alternative. If I coughed up the extra $66 for the 4 core/4 thread Intel rig, I can see myself in a year or two winging about not having enough cores and threads and how new games run like crap on my rig compared to others with more cores/threads on their CPU. The only justification I can find for the i5-7600k is if you only play old single threaded games and nothing else along with using little to no productivity software. So yeah, right now it's AMD for me unless Eagle Dynamics take another 6 months to release finally a merged and improved DCS platform by which time Intel should have a response with mainstream Coffee Lake i5's and i7's.
This is exactly the problem, it probably wouldn't have been a year or two ago but now with the Ryzen 5 line poised against the i5's within the same price range, it is hard to justify the premium Intel commands for a quad-core CPU however good the single-threaded performance may be. Even I have a hard time now to choose which upgrade path to take, sure the games I play today are mostly heavily single-threaded (FSX etc.) but it just feels wrong to pay more for less. I think Intel can kill of their i3 line because they basically killed it themselves with the 67€ Pentium G4560 with HT and just put the whole i5 line under 200€ if they want to put some real pressure on AMD because as it stands, within time, people will upgrade and the Intel path isn't that obvious any more.
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IMO, the Ryzen 5 1600 is the golden chip of the day. Unless you do heavy video editing, rendering and stuff the Ryzen 7 line is beyond diminishing returns. Sure, DCS, like many other applications and games of today are still very single-thread dependant but buying an i5 today is not like buying an i5 a couple of years ago. It will most likely age much faster, especially considering most mainstream games are on console where multi-threading is the standard. So that leaves the i7's, problem with that is that you can get moar threads for a lower price with the AMD Ryzens. Remember, even the lowest end Ryzen 5 has 4 physical cores and 8 threads, just like an i7. AMD has positioned themselves very smartly with the Ryzen line at an almost perfect point in time. Lest not also forget, if you want to overclock an i5k/i7k then you need Z-line motherboard which cost extra and is Intels way of milking the last drop out of their product line. You don't need that with the Ryzen motherboards. Another thing to consider is, how many times are you willing to spend money upgrading your motherboard, after all the 1151 socket will probably not extend beyond Kaby-X whilst AMD has promised that at least the next gen Ryzen line will be compatible with their current AM4 socket.
Personally, I wouldn't invest in an i5 because it will age poorly and the i7 just isn't enough for the demanded price-point any more. Soon Intel won't be able to get away with just good IPC performance, they need to start stacking them cores and removing artificial paywalls, i.e Z-line motherboards and frequent socket upgrades, to be able to compete. If they don't, they will loose considerable market share within a few years.
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'MURICA!! (a bit late to the party)
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Why would one need to nerf the MiG-21 anyway? Isn't it's obsolescence enough of a default nerfing? I don't think for a minute that LN have nerfed it, I do think though that it was released earlier than what they would have liked. Remember how many times they stated that they wanted it to be released in an almost bug-free state? It's not even near bug-free, although it can -and is being- be enjoyed in it's current state, which indicates to me that it was released maybe earlier than they would've wished? Who knows! patch is coming, as always when it is ready. Dates are arbitrary and only lead to disappointments.
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Afaik there is currently a bug where actually mouse clicking on the trimmer button does not work. It does work fine however if use the keyboard command or map it to your hotas.
Well that explains it, cheers!:D
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Or maybe I should ask, does it work? I've tried to click on that little sliding-button on top of the flightstick but it doesn't seem to do anything. Trimming switch is set to on in the top RH panel. I've probably missed something, please, enlighten me.:)
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With the Steam release of the MiG-21 today (in 7 hours time according to their site) are you guy's planning on releasing the update before the steam release?
Does the Steam release contain this update already?
This seems a logical thing to do if possible, otherwise the Steam customers will be encountering the low FPS issue as well....
I don't know why you would think that. That prel. fix log looks pretty comprehensive. I'd say no earlier and than next week and maybe liveries one or a couple of weeks later. Don't worry though, it's coming.:)
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Yup, really hope they're making the MiG-23 or the Su-22.
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Yeah the cockpit dirt and scratches are really overkill with the DCS-1-pixel-aircraft. Gun training was ridiculously hard. Meanwhile our aircraft exhaust is seen from miles and miles away. It's a nice effect but I think all these things combined puts the aircraft at a really unfair disadvantage in multiplayer.
Although you are correct that the jet exhaust is a handicap in multiplayer, it still is realistic. A lot of old turbojet engines had similar exhaust trails back in the day, civilian and military alike DC-8/9 and many more. I prefer realism over balancing, especially when it comes to studysim-modules like the DCS series of modules. It can never be balanced when you pitch a cold-war dinosaur like the MiG-21 versus newer planes like the F-15/MiG-29/Su-27 etc. If you don't want disadvantage, pitch aircraft from the same era against each other or something.
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Ah, there is the explanation. I wonder why though. Any insights?
I have no idea, think I read it in the manual, oh! here it is:
"The delta wing, while excellent for fast acceleration and supersonic speeds, was not the best option for low speed flying and close air-to-air (AA) combat. This was partially improved with the
introduction of an emergency afterburner, which improved thrust/weight ratio at altitudes up to
4000m, enabling the plane to fly at low speeds while performing sharp maneuvers and to quickly
recover from low speed stall conditions." manual page 12
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Maximum altitude for emergency afterburner is 4000 meters.
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I have the Sibwings Antonov AN-2 for FSX and it uses a very similar pneumatic system to power the breaking and turning.
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Maybe it is intentional.
My brother was in a museum (Don't remember where) and sat in a MiG-21 Cockpit that was of Iraqi origin IIRC. He noticed that some stuff was still cyrillic while most of it was English.
But yeah, I'm curious about that as well.
Some Finnish MiG-21's had a mix of 3(!) languages in the cockpit: Finnish, Russian and some English.
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I know, you were already expecting this, and afaik nobody else dared so far to ask, yet ... so I will do it:
Can you give us a rough ETA for the next patch? Is "this week" realistic? (feel free to be more precise, ofc! ;o)
The hounds of hell have been unleashed.
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Once there was this time of Ka-50 and A-10C and an immnse anticipation and waiting for new modules. Now they come so fast you have to actively make a decision on what to learn and fly.
Amazing....
Also, being a father of two small children doesn't help. No way I have time to learn and fly more than one aircraft at a time these days. Because of the complexity and the sometimes huge difference between different modules I find myself struggling to even maintain my knowledge in the aircraft I CURRENTLY fly. If I were to jump in the A-10C cockpit today, I probably wouldn't even get it started tbh. I am relegated to the late evening hours, tired and worn out, trying to enjoy what little time I have with my modules. Life is grand, isn't it?:)
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lol! Yeah, boy did I click all over the place before I found that.
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I'm having real difficulties landing, I try to come in fast and smooth but as soon as the landing gear touches the ground it's like "BOING!" and up in the air again.
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At least Dolphin said he wasn't satisfied with how the suspension works and they will tweak it.
DCS: MiG-23MLA by RAZBAM
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The MiG-23 is the only plane module I'm really looking forward to. I love the 21 but the total lack of BVR capabilities makes it very hard to use in many scenarios. Soviet 60-80's fighterplane design is a wonderful thing.