Japo32

Would be nice to receive a little of support in this one with a fix.

Hi! Today I was flying the Mission7. Had to go to videos to see what was happening as Tactical wasn't speaking to me. I switched to Tactical Aux as commanded and looked the kneeboard. There it says Tactical channel 4. so I switched to 4 and nothing happened. Seems that is channel 1 as I saw in videos and there I could hear it. So the problem comes from the kneeboard. I recommend changing the 4 number by a 1 in it. Also Had issues dropping the bombs. I throwed all of them and only after throwing my second smoke one it continued with the missión. That made me waste a lot of fuel, so in the middle of the boggies contacts I had to refuel (by the way the wingman didn't refuel, but was better on gas than me). Thanks!

Today I suffered something similar with the F14 in multiplayer. Single player, no problem. Maybe is the same problem?

Usually I don't have any problem in multiplayer, but today, I couldn't use Vaicom in a multiplayer session. I couldn't talk with Jester, have the menu communications via voice... it recognized what I said and made the "beep" sound, but nothing commanded. I tried in single, and no problem. Anyone with a clue to know how to solve this?

Thanks for the reply! @NineLine and glad you pass it the idea internally. Maybe they will say no, but at least I tried. The idea is not for me to having free content. I want to support ED with all I can (of course if I feel I can have fun with it), but also beeing selfish to allow me have fun, seeing my friends inside the sim. As said by @Evoman one of the barriers, that new users find when they try DCS is that they have to pay 30-50$ in a sale period to buy a module, and then buy a joystick, that usually can be 100-500$, so I don't think so much people will jump into DCS, because of that. But if you put the hability to get inside the planes/helicopters for free into gunner/navigation positions, and manage all with mouse/keyboard, then some of them will get more attention to DCS and possible buy something. Maybe a reduced downloable aircraft for cooperative free flight, could be done. For example, in XPLane, if we remove the hidden manipulator geometry and remove some lines from programming code, even pirates cannot do anything to make work the areas you don't want. Maybe DCS has something like that. Don't know.

Of course!! To continue use by their own, they would need to pay! it is really that simple!! Imagine yourself after 2 or 3 missions with your friends that had so fun, and they don't own none of the DCS products... Wouldn't "you" buy one of the planes for not depending on "your" friends to try again? As you said, you own not all the planes (I almost have everyone but the Anton and the ChristianEagle). Imagine a friend invites you to a mission in the future hind as shooter and you enjoy it... if you didn't plan to buy it, would you change your mind after that mission and buy it? or whould you need to wait a full year until ED would allow you to use DCS for free 15-30 days? ED would have sold another module, and your friend would have fun also having you in his cockpit. I don't see where others see the trouble... really. OF course ED could not like it somehow, but normal users???

But in DCS they allowed millions of downloads (if there where millions users) playing for free almost all their planes. They downloaded the content and then, when the free period ended, they still had the modules on, but couldn't be used. The DCS system is what it could make possible the free seats systems, as it depends not on keys but on users login (and system link?). A user that didn't buy anything couldn't fly the installed planes offline, and only online if allowed by other user. And of course ED would make free to download those aircrafts for everyone. I don't see the problem. Have you seen anytime any DCS module pirated? Me not. Even Campaigns.... so a no buyer user couldn't use the free seat modules when "he" wanted and still the business would be on. of course in MSFS and XPlane that is not possible at all. That is the reason when I said "if I knew more in programming (and could have servers to control access).

But what would change your way of enjoying DCS if there is the possibility of joining only free gun possitions in the shared cockpit ones for free, and of course with your consent? I always believe that when you have more options in life, more freedom and ways to enjoy it. I think that would change nothing of your fun or vision in DCS. wouldn't affect anything to you. Well yes... if there are more buyers ED would have more money and they would maybe release Vietnam maps and the F4... for example.

That reply is actually what I think makes DCS a niche. There can be thousands of stupid people flying below bridges, shooting everything... etc... (in fact they can fly already now for free) The solution? A password in the server. End of problem. When I say "friends" are true friends.. and I know who I would invite to my cockpits.

I think things are not black or white. There are people that don't want to learn now, but maybe in the future they will. For example, my childhood friend, as said, I have been 8 Years showing him cool SHORT videos to make him interest. Always it was something like "wow! great graphics" but no more. Recently he bought the Reverb G2 with me, and THAT was the key to pay attention to DCS and make him buy a hotas after trying. Now he is learning with me, but instead of beeing inside his cockpit, I had to watch his Discord stream to I correct him.... It is an OK method, but not the desirable. He changed and discovered that he is enjoying learning (by the way ED, you could put a referal code as StarCitizen, because we, the users, make you bigger with our videos or talks to friends about DCS) BUT I didn't want only to touch the trainers. (Thanks @Evoman Didn't know the T45!) My initial point of interesest was to allow my friends somehow to use the "gunner" positions in my F14, future Hind, Apache or just the Huey. DON'T ALLOW them to fly those planes!!! no!! Just gunner, or navigation/engineering positions. Just to let us enjoy fully the products buyed. It is really hard to find good missions where I can have a human RIO, or gunner in the UH-1H (usually buyers want to fly their buyed plane, not beeing inside others aircraft). And maybe that doesn't have to be totally free. Maybe buyers can earn points to allow buddy flying. Maybe you can just link your account with only one friend... maybe renting of planes... but allow it only in multiplayer when there is someone connected that bought the module. But I believe the "free" is key in the succeed. Noone that is not so much convinced will pay XX$ for flying with friends... specially when DCS is so complicated. But if those positions become free, even someone that never used DCS before, could just jump into a UH-1H and occupy the side machine gunners and have fun.... and I really think ED wouldn't suffer too much his economy because of that. Even I think they would increase it. Imagine all those guys that play for free in a UH-1H that would be interested more in the DCS WORLD after a great experience flying in his friend aircraft. Why ED is making MAC? of course to earn more money to compete with WarThunder, but if people thinks that lot of those users will jump into DCS, I think they are wrong, because already there is a WarThunder product. The catalyst (sorry if it is not good English) that would make come more users into DCS is always the same. Make your friends come easily to play with you and have fun in multiplayer (coop also) sessions. There are aircrafts that not need so much learning to help with guns or navigation (MI8) to the pilot (others of course, are difficult)

Didn't think about the trainers, but for sure that would be awesome if they could use the student backseat if a owner of the plane wants to teach him/her. The trainers would have a reason to be in DCS. Not only we have fun flying missions but teaching our friends.

I think some people didn't understand what I wanted to say. English is not my natural languaje so I understand the missunderstanding. I am not pretend they put their work for free. I know they have to earn money for living. I do make planes for xplane and MSFS and sell them, and also has made some free stuff, and I would do more if I knew how to program it. There are free games out there that earn a lot of money, becuase the "free" is the lure (??) that makes the new users "bite" the product and try payware addons, I know there is the TF51D and the Sukhoi with a free map, but mostly all new user face an offline or maybe an multiplayer with people they don't feel friendly, and they may think DCS is something totally different that they are searching for... I have a friend. I have recomended DCS to him for 8 years until he bought a F18. I do have almost all the planes. the Hind is already reserved. I could put those friends of mine in my cockpit and teach them the gunner seat while we are flying. For sure some of them would finally buy the same plane/helicopter once they see the great DCS it is, and I would have also fun, because I could share coop missions with them ( and I payed my planes already) I have read so many times DCS is a "niche" product. Maybe it is because we treat it as that. I have made videos to teach others how to fly planes... but for sure there is nothing as flying with the "teacher" in the same cockpit online. But most of them wouldn't buy any 30$ plane for first time until they try... but the SU25T or TF51D is not atractive enough for them. I hope now it is more understable what I wanted to say (glups!! )

IL2 Great Battles allow usage of maps in multiplayer even they are not payed. The Hunter call of the wild do the same... I know ED has to make money on this, but even sometimes they offered 1 month or 15 days totally free play. We have friends and those friends not always buy the same planes/helicopters we do. UH1H, MI8, F14, Gazelle and future Hind (and Apache) offers the option to play together with a person in shared cockpits, and it is difficult to find your friends joining those aircrafts. What if ED allow everyone to use NOT the pilot seats, but only in multiplayer, the gunner (or RIO) positions for free? What if maybe, if you think that it is too much generosity, users can win mile points somehow in minutes playing for free in those gunner seats? (would be needed lot of time to learn those positions). As The Hunter and IL2 finally people that play free, ends buying the maps to play alone and not depending on someone, you could have the same result in DCS? and we could have more possible human crew for our flights.

Same problem and I think also is the cable. I stated to have yesterday blackouts. My cable was bend in coils to make it shorter. Now I am testing with all free to see if it solves the problem. Edit: Still same problem. For sure it has to be something related to HP. So many people has an USB problem 1-4 or this one... now hope that support does not take long (but it will take long from what I read and also problems I had previously with HP support with a laptop) Next VR headset will be Oculus.

Take the time needed. Yes, people will buy the Hind and Apache and say that they don't have money for the Kiowa... BUT if the Kiowa is finished product and people talks great things about it, then some will safe some money for it. Remember the Apache and Hind will be EARLY access. In any case... reach the perfection is the fist step to failure. Better "aim" for perfection.

We have the tools... we need desperally the dynamic campaign to use them!!

Tested with a cold and dark F18 takeoff from suppercarrier and it did all that I did live (and I just went very low and fast to see if in the reply didn't crash.. but usually the replay track don't take off from carrier almost all times) The problem? 1. More memory usage. You have to run the dedicated server in the same machine, so at the end you use the double memory than a normal flight, for recording. 2. You cannot make some campaign missions to load in the dedicated server as maybe they are protected. 3. The cockpit cannot be seen in that track (but you can see it if you record it with OBS or other recording method) So what I see here is that ED could just make a quick and fast fix for all the recordings. They would just to use their dedicated server save track code in the default client version of DCS. They could just implement an option to save with cockpit view or not. The cockpit view we know it would be almost always different than the live one, but at least they could still use it for debugging. So please @NineLine @BIGNEWY tell ED if they can do something with this, as this method wouldln't take them much time and would allow us create great videos (that would show the incredible DCS to others). I upload the track to let you see it. Have to press 5 times F2 to see my plane. Even you can accelerate X60 that will do exactly the same always. Thanks in advance. server-20210325-165617.zip

So we can record our flight perfectly without issues if we run a dedicated server and put our mission in it and play as "mutliplayer" alone... That is great... but I cannot play the campaigns unless I use the individual missions (and maybe payware missions wouldn't work because copy protection). But that method what makes me wonder is why, if ED has a proper method of replaying without any issues, they cannot make that "server" tracks as default ones? Yes, I know you wouldn't be able to see the cockpit, or take the command on the flight any time again replaying the mission (could be used as a saved game... but as the replays doesn't work........), but for replaing the cockpit views we already can use OBS, so this Server tracks method could let us see a perfect external view or compose videos of our missions. I suppose that wouldn't take so long for ED to implement.... But for sure at the end it would take "2-3 weeks"

Well.. I suppose the way they do the maps. Then you see Fs2020 and you have a full world render full of details. Of course Microsoft has a lot of money to make that, but FSX, and XPlane also makes the full world, and we have just some Km2 of area on the maps. The best map right now is Siria, and hope that Persian Gulf, receive more love in future. But I think I am not asking too much just using better satellite resolution textures.

Yes it is licenced and installed. I try to do the same I do to change to another airport. I say the name of the airport and the "select". The same I try to do it here, and it works changing to the frequency of the carrier. It does it correctly, but when I say "inbound" "Washington inbound" it says that the selected recipient is not a super carrier. Of course I have the supercarrier installed. I have done this in mission 3 of Raven One campaign.

We know ED won't be doing anything to add more detail to none detailed zones. It would be a surprise. But maybe for them it is more easy to add better detailed satellite images. Even we wouldn't find any tree or building, at least put nice terrain textures with photos of cities in Iraq, Arabia, Barein and Qatar. or at least give the modders the option to add those textures. It is a shame to fly the magnificent Raven One campaign with the very low resolution textures the map has.

Frustrated. Just started one of the Raven one missions in the middle of the tanker. When returning I just wanted to change to marshall so said "inbound" but it didn't reply. If I way "washington inbound" then it reply... but if I say "washinton see you at ten" then it won't reply and the voice attack will say "Selected recipient is not a Supercarrier unit" Saying: "Washinton... Select" it selects the frequency of the George Washington and says TX1 com1: arc-210 cvn-73 George Washington" but as said it is not recognized so the only way to speak to him is via menu (but we bought Vaicom to speak with voice directly...... Any clues?

Thanks for explaining... And becasue as simulation we want to make things more realistic, is there a way to know that pre-planning fuel at waypoints? In the Airliners we can have the briefing with that information, but I never saw that in DCS in any plane (I believe...)

I had 2 problems with Smoke in this mission. First when AAR, he was to my left and suddently he overrun me and hit with me. Second time didn't hit me but in the carrier landing the catIII he goes near us in the landing. At the final stage he breaks to the left. Didn't happen anything but AI flies very stupid, and I know it is a DCS thing... but is more dangerous to be near an AI than flight against enemies. If at least we could choose the option to make spread formations... (didn't try the command)

Thanks! I could measure the range with his Tacan channel.. but wish the yardstick mode could work in future (if any problem is found)