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Kill who ? the pilot trying to avoid the poor bastard in the midle of the airstrip ? ;)
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Is there a way to turn FARP lights on from the air.
Erforce replied to Tempest's topic in DCS: Ka-50 Black Shark
Hi ! I've tried this procedure. I did not find any related bugs about this, at least when creating a new mission. I've set up 2 FARPs on different frequencies, a SKP-11 ATC mobile command post in between (within 150m each). When called both ATC, both illuminates correctly. My mobile command post is a standard-unarmed russian unit. Did i missed something? I've made a quick capture about this (up to 1200p): You have my mission and a track too. New Mission2.miz FARP_Illumination.trk -
BS2 1.2.x bugs and glitches thread (not CTD/BSOD)
Erforce replied to Erforce's topic in Bugs and Problems
Doveman, I've added an entry for your Trim problem. I'm followind your thread too, but don't hesistate to PM me if your have more certifications. JG, following the procedure page 10-11 didn't activated my zebra light at 84%. But the fact is the needle seems to be near 85%. However, The zebra correctly flash under this percentage (give some collective) without buzzing. This does the same way in BS1. Maybe ED will change the manual or something else in the future ;) -
Welcome to BS world ! A few tips from my experience : In case of SA-10 S300, fly under 20m. The tracking radar is quite dumb. In case of Patriots : Find cover, cause it's deadly. they're also a chance for your vikhr interception. (dunno, but they hit anti-radar missiles quite well) In case of low-med range SAMs, first, learn to know their range, then adapt and survive. You can fire vikhrs with success at 13km(and a little altitude). Aim yourself ! disable auto-lock clearance. You can fire vikhrs at full night too. same story, but change your lazer code selector to be a full 20sec illumination. You'll see a white moving dot with your nvg. aim and FIRE AT WILL, captain !
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how do I assign Shkval to X-52 mousestick?
Erforce replied to swe_badger's topic in DCS: Ka-50 Black Shark
Boelie, yes, this answer always come back someday ;) In My Humble Opinion, Players which uses the ministick prefer it, probably because your left thumb controls it ! a/ the shkval control, in the Ka-50 is located on the collective stick. b/ my right hand is already used to trim, designate, select weapon, stabilize auto-hover, and, in my case, if i have time, can insta-zoom on shkval/GPS screen and other views. All my POV-Hat buttons are assigned, but they do not require permanent intervention, because my right hand needs to control the shark every seconds. Frostie, you're doing like everyone else. (apart the pinkie switch for this) i think we just wanted a "mouse-like" analog input in DCSBS shortkeys. ;) -
Game Crash at mission start after installing Catalyst 13.1
Erforce replied to -Mop-'s topic in Bugs and Problems
SCS Dangerous waters crashes with every catalyst version after 11.6. But hopefully for you, Eagle Dynamics still alive. wish you best luck for this issue. as 13.1 is pretty new, either you'll scare guys to upgrade, either they will answer you quickly. Maybe, to help us, you would add your spec in your signature, or just edit your OP. And don't forget with 13.1 comes along an uninstaller :D -
Haha, good one ! i really laughed at this one. Don't be fooled, The Editor, Director, and Post-Producer were aware and admitted this joke. Or didn't wanted to spend more money to SFX this, as it's looks like a real screen (they'd screwed on set). Sometimes you can also wonder about the mental stability of thoses persons : In a Science-Fiction serie like Stargate Universe, what's the point of insulting all Frenchs people? They were aware of this. ---- I see you got my point Yurgon. I admit it's very hard for me nowaday to "love" a movie. Especially Animations (Disneeeeeeey) because they have entire "free-potential" but do nothing good with it, and 3D movies where Directors/Producers seems not to understand that human eyes, when looking in a third dimension reality, try to focus what it's actually targeting. In 3D movies, apart ripping you more money, force your eyes to see something specific even if you don't want to. (Avatar is the king in this world) resulting in a free(you've paid it somehow) headache. Voile Noir has interesting points, and it's clear it has "passionate" origins. more about Million $$$ movies : it costs million because this world is almost sick. Everybody tries to earn a maximum. I see, sometimes, one editor, taking 1000€ PER DAY (8h) just because he's famous. and he's just an editor. in movies, generally the post-production takes 2x the production time(filming). look at the end titles now. think everybody has worked at least 3months... it's crazy. I hope you understand more MGM bankruptcy ;)
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BS2 1.2.x bugs and glitches thread (not CTD/BSOD)
Erforce replied to Erforce's topic in Bugs and Problems
Hello Doveman. I know this problem because everyone has this, since forever. I saw your tracks and video. It doesn't bothered me because i'm used to see it. The fact, is, i'm an experimental pilot (i've broke sooo many sharks ;) ) Even if i use sometimes this click and forget method , i know there's a chance of a wrong AP input. If i do this when i'm going nuts (at 340+km/h) i would have immediate rotor intersection and a horrible death. same for acrobaties (loopings/rollings etc...). The point is, it's there since BS1. And Click the trim in the final position is considered as insta disconnect/reconnect Autopilot. If you think further, when the AP is disconnected, it release the hydraulics pressure it made to stabilize your shark. And when reconnected , especially if you're manoeuvering (like in the video) it would inject pressure, added to YOUR steering, thus oversteering (you have a sensible delay, unlike a Fighter). That's probably why this effect is (almost) negligible in a stable flightpath, and terrible when used while manoeuvering. I think we would need a real shark pilot to confirm this. But i'm sure he would answer : i don't do this anyway, like offlining EEG (but a governor fail is possible in my case ;) ) A real bug about the trim is in certains cases, it just go on and off repeatedely (and very fast) even if you keep your trim pushed. This behavior is caused by a massive lag on medium- CPUs. (you can't trim while passing throught clouds in a heavy dynamic weather) But it's ED's code problem. No sure they can do much about this. Anyway, i'll add an entry on probable bugs, in case we have a confirmation by ED someday. Thank you ! -
ED SIMS SCREENSHOT AND VIDEO THREAD!!!! (NO USER MODS OR COMMENT)
Erforce replied to rekoal's topic in Screenshots and Videos
(for last 3 pages or so) Nice A-10 oil paint. but i think i beat you ! Then, about the Shark which "made it" : I've made it too !a long time ago :D I also can tell you, the descent will be rough ! (No more Fuel) And i can add, I've made it again ! (look at the GPS ;) ) I've made up to 780km/h, but lost the screenshot somewhere :( No, No rotor intersection alowed to win ! Those picts were not edited. That's why it's not very beautiful :) -
I'm sorry Yurgon, it's also a matter of understanding what you really want to say, and the way you show it. You can think i'm wrong, but i'm sure it would only get a good point on 3D graphics side, for students. Major studios will ask much more skills than that. For some of the technical details : - Actor's direction is bad somehow. Between clichés (looking behind you with a Metro-2033-like oxygen mask, closing his eyes (what? Solar flare? oh noo his friend has died.. Poor guy, he feels sad...) and much more), They've got the Hero-Role, but NO-ONE would take their place. - Shaking camera : Come-on, it's very badly used. Maybe they saw too much 24 and Jack Bauer. And this one is an obvious parametered one. - Vertical 180° camera rotation. It's very rare, and now you know why. You MUST say something with non-conventional shot views. Even Charlie Chaplin knew that. Here, it's just for fun. Only one director on Earth do things for fun (especially transitions), and it's Georges Lucas. But watch StarWars again, and compare it to your vacation's movies you will be surprised. - Gun shots... haaaa, Finally !!!! 14 years after Starship Troopers (Barbie & Ken going at war, you should know this movie FFS) I will try to draw my point : ]=)> ::::::::::: ]=)> ::::::: ]]==))>> Good_ [bullets] ___Bad_________ Ugl.. Good guy again Won't explain further. - My god, did those 2 red fighters took a 25G turn? - Why the bomber make a vertical climb with one engine, if his target is right below? (Solar Flare again?) - 2000 feets? wow, but the ground is yet soooooooooooooooo far ;) (hey did you noticed? he crossed 2x 2000feets, and 10 frames before the cut, the thousands needle made a 180° jump :D) - Ok, he's got an old bomber, all hydraulics. But, the stick seems sooo smooth, hmmm... -Monster shaking camera on black-out. Why? General Aspect : Ok, there's 2 or 3 Hitlers-like, gathered in one building. => Bad choice. WWII references is not something easy to play with. Now you're a director. You think about one thing : "And If?" Cast 2-3 guys, rent 2 Nazi SS costumes, give them a gun or 2. Now drop them on a battlefield, ohh they're lucky, the Führer is next to them. "Pop", he's history. They die too. The End. Elapsed time : 3m30 + 1mn30 End Titles (thank my family, etc...) Would you say it's a good short-movie? -------------- I hope you get my point. This film has kinda pretty graphics. All others aspects are non-existent. I work now mainly in TV advertising edition(even sunday). Some has 3D, some has not. but in every cases (EVERY)you can't imagine how hard is it to get the Post-Production validated. You must tell something; "why this single glitter is here, it doesn't make sense, move it !" I'm lucky, i do not touch SFX. And, no, Women are not really photoshoped. They're naturally "pretty" :D (good casting direction for once !) Please, do not take it personnally (everyone). I was just trying to explain why some things should not be over-estimated. Even if it's a plane movie, and you like planes. Do you think Gangnam Style deserves 1.2B+ views? why?
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2 things should be in dev-list about that : Mission planner (before flying the mission) is always showing me the full Ally/Ennemy forces when the mission builder trusted a little too much on Fog of War and didn't hid his units... I personnaly think Fog of War is kinda cheating (very precise, long range). Making things too easy to spot units with F-10, even if you send your wingman in recce mode without success. I don't know how to overcome this sadly. But yes, you should try Fog of War setup. Make sure ennemies are not hidden on map. If Grimes's right, maybe Allied Vision is something even better. Never really tested it
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Hey, not so bad (not so). As being sometimes a Video Editor Teacher, i would put 14/20 :D I am truly destabilized to see Frenchs, making French grammar mistakes in subtitles ! WTF ! LOL Apart that and obvious nonsenses, it's kinda pretty !
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How to play a sound when a given frequency is tuned?
Erforce replied to BaD CrC's topic in Mission Editor
Mais ce fut un plaisir d'aider, Cyclic Redundancy Check (Aka CrC ;) )! EvilB, yes, you're right, it's working, even in Frequency Modulation mode. As i said, i never experienced a bug with this yet, but didn't tested it everyday too. But, hey, did you hired Siri for this sound file ? :D Edit : In fact, Evilboy made available arguments list for Ka50 too. This thread This way : C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\Ka-50\Cockpit\Scripts -> devices.lua -
Sapam, i think you should get a cheaper MoBo, and 8Gb of RAM, but a 670GTX or better instead. W7x64u + DCS all highest + a freaking loaded map took my 6GB or RAM. 6.1 because Itunes always runs. My gigabyte D3H supports SLI, PCI3x, USB3, Sata3x2, dual efi, precise overclocking and was very well reviewed. it costs me 90$. 660Ti is overpriced for what is it really. For iMacs, they'll never do that, because it's already overheating ! And please, this is MacOS, not iOS !! damn !!!! Android x64 lovers !
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Project: Maxing out Q9550 rig
Erforce replied to Griffin's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
Did you bothered about the lifespan of your harddrives 10-20years ago 4years after you bought thoses ? For me, although this is my first SSD, i'm sure if in 2-4 years it fails i will lol somehow. Because 120-240Gigs is ridiculous anyway. They're still warrantied and, you MUST have sensibles files on a (preferably) 3.5" hard-drive. -
Absolutely (Watari). Even if an old Fighter Jet would become very cool anyway (like a A-10/Ka50 sim module for Mig21, SU24 or so), mixing Simulations together is extremely fun. I don't think A-10 and Ka-50 should fly on the same side. I wish missions will be really more balanced when you'll have UH-1 for blue side, and Mig21 (or DCS SU25T) for red side. Roob, if you played F4 without controlling the Ground War (like CA commander), your campaign could last 30+ days, with limited supply. You have to take this in consideration, if you fail your CAS, the whole company could die, stopping your progression. You can't conquer yourself. If you die, you basically remove 1x F16 from the pool, plus its beloved Aim120C / Aim9X. that's 1 less for your CAP, BDA, Deep Strike etc... The fact is, when your have an arcade mode game, you don't care if you expend all your missiles in a row, flying low, Afterburning all way long to hit Mach2 because you don't have to RTB anyway. Aligning the INS, which takes 20mn, will force you to think : Damn, if i loose this ship, i will regret it. For the story, when i (almost) cheated in iron fortress, i took a F15E at night, loaded to teeths with BSU-49 Durandal. I flown low around the coast, to china. Bombed their runways, and escaped interceptors on my tail while RTB. This was a lot of fun, A lot more than flying a F-22 at angel 60 and overshooting every advanced MIG/SU incoming to south Korea (they had not a chance to hit me) That kind of fun, i can have it in a Ka-50. hide, strike, run... that's why i love this sim.:love: My only hope, that the warehouse implentation will do its jobs and no one will set it to infinite supplies.
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Sadly, i also tried to make a thread about known bugs in BS a while ago, but the few who responded just told me why i am playing with Electronic safeties disabled for the Engines... :surrender: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1565153&postcount=1 I'm still looking helpers for that though:smartass:
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Laughing Out Loud ! Nice trap made by Mission Editor. - Learn to fly low with instruments only and YOU will become a flying master ! - That's why i'm concerned about the future of BlackShark. When flying Falcon, not a single enemy chopper survived in south korea while i was airborne. Usually, you start sending CAS chopper when you have Air Superiority. In DCS, it's not the case. Fighters can take off while taxiing within 1mn, miserably crash or playing around without fear to die. I've played online a couple times, it was kinda fun, until Opposing Fighters players played "dumb", trying to scare you passing 1m from your shark, or over your airport..... This reminds me arcade gameplay should not be mixed with simulation gameplay. I'm pretty sure the fun could be extreme with a good limited supplies (crafts and missiles), and when they have to wait 30mn before having a chance to be cleared to take-off, like in F4AF++ otherwise, you're right, Ka-50 is an exceptionnal simulation, which has a bright future ahead. (Well, EDGE will decide somehow) I only miss some teammates to play online. But AI makes me laugh quite often (when they are not bugged ;)...)
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Because it was mentioned somewhere that datalink bug was resolved since 2 months? There was a large amount of threads about this.
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Project: Maxing out Q9550 rig
Erforce replied to Griffin's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
Once you get your SSD, open resources monitor, check disk activity. Ever single process has 0(95%)-1(5%) Millisecond latency time. And almost 0 waiting list. So, imho, chose any SSD you want. avoid cheap OCZ version that's all i can say. Now for speed, as they do the maths with compressed data to hit summits... you'd better save your money elsewhere. I have personnaly a Transcend SSD320 (256G) that runs fine. got it for 140€ VAT incl. ;) Never trust fake promotion like i see for sandisk on your link. 481£ for a 240Gb SSD is just a wet dream. maybe try looking elsewhere if you can find anything a bit cheaper in UK. ATM Your Samsung is 139€ in France, we have more Taxes and weaker money than Her Majesty's coins. -
Install DCS modules on two computers?
Erforce replied to Hoggorm's topic in DCS World 1.x (read only)
one more thing™ If you play with offline-mode steam, basically, you can play the same game on any computer that has steam validated at the same time. Because no connection will be made. Very handful with local co-op games like BorderL***1&2 For DCS, you have 10 possible validation before getting in trouble. Never forget to de-active a copy before making stupid things like Format c:/ -
How to play a sound when a given frequency is tuned?
Erforce replied to BaD CrC's topic in Mission Editor
Hi ! First, i think it was question about a bug atm in radio transmission. This awesome feature worked fine when they released BS2 (or DCSW?). i made some posts about it with a picture. http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1491587&postcount=14 For your specific question, if this function works (can't test it atm), ME and, i'm pretty sure scripts, can't monitor when you switch frequencies. That means the file will be played immediately. Imho, your only option is the "other" radio menu. you can set a trigger via this tool, and, maybe ask the player to pre-call the tower. A response will give a new frequency, then start chatting with a reasonable delay on the desired frequency. Maybe add important notes if you want to force the player to switch his frequency. A large monitored trigger zone around the airport could do the trick too. What do you think? -
Muhahhahahahahaha *Dr Evil I didn't messed much with scripting engine yet. And within ME GUI, HMS is not an option. Moreover, i need the HMS and Shkval. If you know how to use the searchlight, it could do miracle, especially with the Lazer mode button. BUT, Peter P found the trick, i just never knew what was the default "Nighttime" I've just made a quick setup, it works like a charm ! Day (shortest) : 204, time, 20h. You're lucky it's clear weather, that'snot the case in my future mission1 (campaign) where you have to steal a shark :D Ohhhhhh dear oh dear ! oh you won't like it ! :D:D I also found that we cannot go further than day 400 (Jul 4th 2012). We'll never know the end of the world in DCS :(
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You're THE Man, you just saved my day ! Now it's clear it's a default option, not editable withing a .miz, but THANKS ! I'm sure i can play with this now as Seasons/starmap are respected in DCS. I'll try asap Thanks again !
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Hello ! i'm wondering if anyone have a clue about this? My goal is to force a player to use instruments and searchlight in a nighttime operation. When loading a mission at night, it automatically loads the NVG, thus removing the ground crew has no effect. It's for Black Shark, but i'm taking every consideration. Didn't found anything in .miz / lua / prefs and script yet. Thank you