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Hi there, to begin with: DCS is by far the best simulator on PC nowadays. I just bought the F16 and the detail in graphics, physics and systems is mind blowing. On par with PMDG for Prepar 3D. Other than a PMDG Boeing 737, the aircraft and systems in DCS are very though to masterm, which is part of the fun Most of the people reading this post are diehard frequently flyers, having all content and create complex mission in a fingersnap. But for starters DCS can be a very harsh environment. And actually i am not talking about the learning curve of the aircrafts but im talking about the mission planner. To actually do anything with the F16 i MUST commit into the mission planner and honestly in my opinion this the the worst part of the game. As good as the arcraft and terrain are, so bad the whole "campaign - mission" planner is. The mission planner feels like a developers tool and honestly i want to fly instead of learning how to use the mission planner to get going. Now you will say: "don't cry, use the mission generator". Well, the mission generator lacks in options to setup the specific needs. Right now i want to learn to fly the F16. So i want to setup a scenario in which im confronted with one (1) oponent in dogfight, only guns, no BVR. And i want it that the oponent apears "somewere" with a 20 miles radius from me so i have to learn to use the radar. But to do that, i need to dive deep into the mission planner. And i have NO clue how to setup such mission. I have watched several you tube videos and they are sooo complex with 20 planes, 10 sams, different sorties, waypoint and stuff. I tried and every click something goes wrong. I dont know how to move my plane...i get a waypoint instead...that kind of basic things which are not logic for starters. I really hope the mission generator will be changed into more friendly and more customizable program in which you can set all parameters from drop down menu's to create a mission as simple as it can be and as difficult it can be. Flaps up

Hi, Setup a new PC and doing a reinstall of my steam games incl. DCS World. I start World, it loads till 12% and then my PC hangs. I must terminate DCS process via task manager. I deleted the complete game, reinstalled, same problem occurs. Anybody know how i can solve this? Grtz. Pex

Maybe a bit off topic. Im wondering what purpose i can use the rotaries buttons. Someone an idea?

I really looked forward to this stick. But Saitek screws up big time not giving all axis hall sensors. So...what now?

Naaaaahhh..this is a joke right:cry:. If it isnt, can i play tomorrow:music_whistling: I dont want to think about it otherwise i freak out. :cheer3nc:

This should be a standard option: Stick & Throttle visibility On / Off

I dont know it anymore. I use my Saitek rudders. Yesterday i de-assembled the rudder to spray the pots with contact spray (as i do with every Saitek Proflight unit). I Calibrate within windows. Within A-10C i test them and in the axis tune i invert them with a 30% slope. During the taxi to the runway they behave normal and i have no problem. But as soon as i tough down and want to keep the centreline things go wrong. As soon as the plane decides to sideslip (yaw) to a side i have to put full rudders to keep the jet on the tarmac. The slower i go more worse it get.

My apologies for misunderstanding the concept of a dynamic campaign. It all was just a thought and as usual its clear my thoughts are not appreciated. Im sorry for this post, leave is it is or close it. Thanks for the attention guys.

I truly dont know how big the military flight community is. All i know is that the commercial flight community is ernormous. It went all quiet around commercial aircraft, since MS closed ACE studios. Now, it apaers to be that MS is devving a new comm Fs called "Flight". X-plane has just released X-Plane 10. As i understand Ubisoft and Aerosoft are two major companies that are devving add ons for MS. They also dev. military planes for MS and they are truly awsome. So why not involve them into military combat sims? Wouldnt it be great is Aerosoft could make a kind of AES for DCS titles? By the way, i dont have friends...

Version 1.1.1.0 Why? as i understand it has a dynamic campaign?

I fly Fs9 for years now. The great strength of FS9 is purely the amazing amount of fantastic add ons that make FS9 a good Flightsimulator. PMDG made some fantastic boeings that can line up the the A-10C quality, visual and technical (Full FMC programming and realistic startup procedure, although its still possible to open the doors at cruise alt. without cabin drop:music_whistling:) A lot of terrain was covered by third parties: mesh & landclass. Then the AI planes came with realtime airschedules. Weather enhancement programs for realtime weather and 32 bit cloud graphics. For aerosoft it wasnt enough. The programmes AES. Airport Enhancement Software. As you plane is powered down at the gate, groundcrew become visible. Although the guy seems he just shit his pants, he is standing there. Different food trucks on demand, cleaning trucks, luggage trucks, boarding sounds and onboard crew comms for un-loading passengers. A tow truck for a nice push back or at arrival a follow me truck. As PMDG already made the awsome 747-400, AES was only a huge immersion upgrade to make it all complete. FSpassenger came so you could run your own company trying to keep your airline reputation at a high level with keeping up tight air schedules soft landings and good overall prices serving meals on time and even let people enjoy movies. Its just to much to mention. We now live in 2011 and FS9 is from 2004 and still, for me, with all add ons i own the best flightsim. (i do not want to start a FS9 - FSX discussion). So, i have an excellent Commercial flightsim, and next to that a excellent Military flightsim: The A-10. Before you get me wrong: this is and must be and stay a military flightsim! No doubt about it. Somehow i have the feeling that this sim could be so much more. Im not talking about a BF3 - A-10C integration! A-10C has a dynamic campaign, which is an awsome feature. Why not take advantage of this. Setup the logistical part of a modern warfare! If its necessary to get more troops at a certain base, im the guy that want to fly them in with a C130 Hercules. If im getting shot down, it has effect in the campaign, making it harder for the A-10C pilots. This is just a small example. I love to fly the A-10C but if im ever get to known about 40% of its military capabilities it will be much and im afraid im not the only one... But i understand this is probably a dream. As MS flightsimulator has build up reputation for about 20 years, military flightsims are still somehow in a dark corner. Am i dreaming?

Yeah, took off at Batumi and just circled around Batumi going higher and higher. At 20000 i jettsoned everything to reach 32000. Took me about 30 minutes to get there and about 30 sec to get down (safely:)

I have a problem with landing. As soon as i touch down and want to slow down i use the airbrakes and the wheel brakes (to a minimum). But while slowing down the plane tends to yaw hard to the left. I must give all rudder input to stay on the centreline until i reach 50 knots. At that point i turn on nws and must relieve the rudder at once otherwise im going off the rw. Its not the wind, i have checked and calibrated my controls. Takeoff and in the air is no problem.

As the title says: Cant repeat it again i think but yeah...at least i destroyed something. Back to the training school and do it over and over and over and... Meanwhile i just playing around. Got to 32000 this morning and it was amazing to see the contrails were getting longer as i got higher. I also watched to YT vids. Men...im only using about 5% of this craft capabilities. Amazing stuff!

Truly looking forward to this mod. Listened to the beta sound files and they are, just as always, awsome!

Nope its not. Hopefully there will be a 1.1.1.0 version soon.

Yep, that was it. Thanks for the golden tip. Propably this is covered in the manual but im first flying the lessons so i know what im reading as soon as i grab the manual during my holiday. :thumbup:

Trying to designate the tadpole in the hud as SPI with the TMS up long. But it wont work. I have set the TMS keys up, down, left and right to the keys "T - G - F - H. So i set the hud as soi, slew the tadpole to position x and i want to set the tadpole as SPI with the TMS up long. This does not work in this training. As i follow the HOTAS training i am able to set the tadpole as spi with the T key...

Hi, Im following the training mission. Before i did i finally managed to set all primary HOTAS functions for different types of hardware surrounding me, since i dont own a HOTAS. For example: i have set the TMS FBLR to four keystrokes at my keyboard. As i follow the training mission the teacher asks me to press a TMS button. Whatever i do, the it wont accept my keypress. Going back at the control config page, i see i pressed the right button that i configured for TMS. This is just a example. Strange enough it does work with the HOTAS training.

Hello, After spending a few days behind the stick and reading roughly through the rocket sience manual im allmost at a point to give up on this incredible nice comabt sim. See, i dont own a Hotas. With Lock On FC 2 i was able to setup my control very easily. Now i just dont understand anything from the controls. Following the ingame tuts it freaks me out when hearing things like: Hotas China long short left right through the middle pinky thumb things. I know China is a huge country:megalol:. Sorry very bad joke:music_whistling: Anyways, setting my button 1 as being the gun trigger. In DCS A-10 i have freaking 5 guntrigger options and i truly dont have a single clue which one to assign. Probably im just to dum for this guys. Im flying around from airport to airport in an empty vast space...all alone...by myself..not knowing what to do:cry:

The day before yesterday i received my new Asus GTX580 DCII. And what a difference does it make!! Im running 1920 x 1080 together with a second monitor for both MCFD's and im not going under 30 frames (takeoff training mission). I doubted wether to go for the GTX570 or 580. Finally i have choosen for the 580 cause im running a high res so i can use the extra 256 MB ram. A new immersion to DCS A-10C! :thumbup:

The new install found the serial in the registry. I thought i had to activate for a second time, but that was not the case. Very nice that i am able to run A-10 without steam. I have a OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB for my windows install. Steam games can only be installed at the drive were the steam installation is located. I use a program "Steammover" which is able to move games to another drive / directory and makes a hardlink for steam, so steam still thinks it on the steam installation drive. I tried to move A-10C to my OCZ for better loading performance but at the end i got an error, so i was not able to play A-10 from my OCZ. But now i installed A-10 directly to my OCZ which is very nice!! (but it doesn't make the sim easier:)

That solved my problem. Thanks for the golden tip!!:thumbup:

Do i have to deinstall and reinstall or is the patch being pushed? **edit**: i have reinstalled DCS A-10. Steam still installs 1.1.0.9 version. After that i downloaded the 1.1.1.0 patch. As i wanted to install the patch it asks for a directory. I map the installer to the common steam dir. The installer stops and gives an error that it needs version 1.1.0.9 to be installed. Probably im asking a silly question cause nobody gives a reaction, or is it cause im a steam user?

Madtommy, you are not mad, you are briljant!! After i messed up by wrong calculations, now i can use my secondary monitor for the MFD's. Finally i dont have to crawl underneath my desk to catch my trackir for the MFD screens. Thanks bigtime!! Here is my Lua setup for the next configuration: Main: 27 inch 1920x1080 Secondary: 19 inch 1280x1024 --------------------------------------------- _ = function(p) return p; end; name = _('Test dual monitor'); Description = 'Dual monitor setup' Viewports = { Center = { x = 0; y = 0; width = 1920; height = 1080; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 1.77777777777778; } } LEFT_MFCD = { x = 1920; y = 128; width = 640; height = 640; } RIGHT_MFCD = { x = 2560; y = 128; width = 640; height = 640; } UIMainView = Viewports.Center --------------------------------------------- :thumbup: