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Amazingly it’s not enough of an incentive to resolve the situation.

If they breached it, it’s void now. If they’re still getting paid why have they apparently stopped work on the modules? And they certainly aren’t getting paid now that the products are no longer being sold.

If they’re in violation of their agreement, why would ED pay them? The only real leverage ED has is withholding those funds. And that means Razbam has nothing to lose by taking their products off the store. Why would they have done that if they’re still being paid?

Given the situation that’s seems very likely to be true. They certainly aren’t being paid now that their products are no longer for sale here. Oh their bio here does state many of their people are contract or free-lance. That makes sense.

Ok if it’s a hobby. Not very “intelligent” if you’re trying to make a living at it. I’m sure many people are in between where they have multiple jobs and such. Nobody can afford to lose their primary income for that long unless they’re independently wealthy or retired etc.

Didn’t Razbam claim they hadn’t been paid by ED since this all started last year?

Just deducing this from the facts at hand.

Sadly what this all reveals is how little money even a major Third Party Dev makes from DCS. Such a small amount to them that it’s not worth resolving. Imagine how much priority you’d place on setting an issue over a year of your own back pay. Clearly this is not an important income source for these people. It’s more a hobby than primary employment.

Given the degradation trouble the 13-14 series Intel CPUs have had, I wouldn’t overclock them. I did that to my 13900 and killed it. Using the current BIOS version at its defaults appears to have alleviated this problem but older BIOS versions if not updated (like last August or so) or overclocking will likely degrade the chip. I understand if you’re using Windows 11 these aren’t necessary as it handles the Intel hybrid (gen 12-14) CPUs correctly. It might be useful with Windows 10? I use W11 and a 14900KS and have never found a need for these. DCS runs totally fine by default. This seems backwards. If you somehow enhanced or overclocked the GPU I would think you’d see its utilization go down, not up. I’m using the same 4090 and am able to max it out (DCS says GPU Limited) on a 4K screen.

Well, yeah. This must be “moonlighting” or “side-hustle” employment for all these people, not full-time primary income. That would also explain why it takes 8 years to finish a DCS module.

Yes that fact amazes me. What it reveals is they aren’t a “company” per se but a group of hobbyists for whom this really isn’t their “day job”. That despite being one of the major Third Party devs for DCS. Even such sales are probably very small. I imagine this is the case for all the Devs really.

The premier flight simulator? Well it certainly doesn’t have a premier budget, it’s more like a struggling niche game. It takes years to accomplish even simple things here, I can’t imagine birds are a very high priority for most players.

I honestly don’t see why bird strikes are a thing in DCS. They would be so rare that they aren’t worth modeling. I’ve had one happen in 13 years. Certainly they aren’t worth the effort to “improve”. ED doesn’t have the resources for that.

I can’t speak to those other solutions but TrackIR is the gold standard for head tracking. Unless you are severely budget conscious or live outside the US (I see you’re in Poland) where it’s sometimes very expensive TrackIR is certainly worth the cost. It works right out of the box and presents no trouble looking in extreme directions like down at side panels. Yes it’s also adjustable but I’ve hardly ever found a reason to mess with it. Face tracking seems inherently problematic. A HUD is fixed at infinity so leaning your virtual head towards it will not make it bigger. The “zoom view” with the mouse will make everything larger since it’s just changing your FOV, that’s a different thing.

What about your Windows power plan? I understand Core Parking should be disabled in Windows 10 and 11 High Performance power plans by default.

@LavaFlight C-130 is correctly written with a - after the C.

I use TrackIR but I’ve never found it necessary to create custom profiles, it works fine by default. The Smooth preset is the right one for flight sims where you want to look at 6:00 No doubt it requires a lot of effort to move your head and body when pulling Gs. This can’t be simulated in a game though. Another CFS game simulates exhaustion effects and even the benefit of G suits. It’s rather a good effect actually.

It’s a simple thing to solve. I’m not sure why you need so many commands. Just assign a joystick button or even a key on the keyboard. My personal choice is the Arrow Up key because it’s easy to find and not used for anything else in these games.

I’ve tried on the Quest 3 in a store and was surprised how blurry the image still is despite the higher resolution. I’ve used an original Rift and perhaps an Index (at work) and the improvement didn’t seem like much. I couldn’t imagine playing a flight sim in it. The other aspect that gets me with VR is the mask effect of the headset, like wearing a scuba mask and that just breaks the reality which otherwise is pretty incredible. If VR had 20/20 equivalent resolution and like a 200d FOV that would be something. But that’s probably not possible anywhere in the near future, maybe never.

Right. The idea that pilots are strapped so tightly in their seats is a flight sim myth. Well the alternative is getting shot down. Which is worse for your neck/back.

That’s not realistic. (also you’re replying to a 4 year old thread )

I notice the M-2000 loads this way by default. Of course because that’s the only way it would be done. I’m sure other modules could be similar. Perhaps it’s a module implemented thing. Ten years is just a blink of an eye in DCS development time

Sure it’s an important feature for the game. But with my limited time for gaming it’s just not something that worth it for me. There are more missions available for this sim than I’ll ever be able to play through as it is. I don’t need to make my own.

The ME is just a realm of complexity I have no time for and no interest in. This game already consists of modules with 600+ page manuals and aircraft that consume hundreds of hours of gameplay time. That’s where the entertainment is for me. The ME is a tool for content creators and not players. This all points towards DCS being somehow targeted at unemployed or retired computer programmers. Not people with full time jobs. Just imagine the possibilities of selling a game to people who actually work for a living

Yes I think we realize that by definition a Dynamic Campaign is able to save itself. What we want is the ability as a player to save and resume our own progress. And to be able to do this mid-mission.