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This is actually not so hard to do. Only takes a few minutes to paste in a new controller ID. You don’t need to manually redo every one. I think on any future build or major update I would just put in one giant NVMe drive. Just seems efficient.

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Watch a tutorial. It’s pretty clear in any of the instructions I saw, it’s almost self-explanatory. If someone attempts this without looking at any instructions then that’s their problem, not the game. DCS is a complex sim. If a player isn’t willing to do this sort of dive into the information, why are they bothering with AAR at all? This is a rather advanced skill and honestly not necessary in order to play the vast majority of missions and gameplay modes. Again lack of willingness to learn or practice is a player induced problem.

I don’t see how this is so confusing. It’s a single radio comm message. What bugs? So far there haven’t been any actual bugs identified in this thread. If things like collisions were modeled better it woulld arguably make AAR more difficult. This is a given for a PC game. Your vision is the only feedback you get. Recognizing this is an important step in the learning curve. Sim racing is the same way. It’s definitely possible to perceive relative motion and such on a 2D screen.

Yes it is but with practice it becomes like riding a bicycle and you can do it without thinking. Keep at it

The fact that updates could break the game save is a non-issue. Since updating is optional and you could always postpone it.

I think all the aircraft are easy or difficult in their own way but the skill mostly transfers between them. The A-10 seems easy to me because: - You have a nice symmetrical view of the tanker with an easy sight picture. - It’s a docile plane to fly. - Booms in general are easier to get connected with as the operator does some of the work. On the difficult side the only things I can come up with are: - More controls. ie the need to reset the disconnect. - Manual trimming vs automatic like the Hornet. - The probe is more difficult to stay connected with compared to a basket. - Maybe the fact that you can easily see the boom in front of you is distracting and encourages you to try looking at it. In hindsight I find myself thinking the A-10 is quite easy. It was the first one I learned on so that perspective is quite skewed as it took me a solid two weeks of practice. The other aircraft I learned later on were easy because of my practice on the A-10.

There is no such thing as a “perfect throttle position” You should manipulate the throttle the same way you do when driving a car when maintaining a constant speed. On and off of it continually in small increments. Also there is a lag to the engines, by the time you see yourself going too fast you’re giving too much throttle and vice versa. With enough practice you can learn to predict this.

I’m referring to the basket variant with that comment, obviously. You aren’t keeping steady enough in the right position for this to be accomplished. Watch some videos that show you were you need to be. Also in one attempt there you called “ready” too far away and the tanker replied “return pre-contact” not “clear”. You need to be closer to call “ready” This has been said many times but again, don’t look at the probe. You should be literally trying to watch the nozzle connect. If you hold position in the right spot the operator will connect it. But don’t look at the boom, look at the tanker and fly formation off that. It’s not the Pinky switch on the throttle it’s the “pinky” or actually the NWS button on the stick that does this.

If AAR was more realistic it would actually be harder. You’d be able to suck the basket into your engines or break the hose

Watching this, like others have pointed out you’re just not in control. Nothing is wrong with DCS, you just need more practice. It looks better than my first attempt though

If you AAR correctly this won’t happen. You’re likely just smashing your plane into the boom when flying out of control. The graphical glitch here has nothing to do with the AAR process. In reality you’d have smashed the boom or your canopy but that’s not modeled. Consider yourself lucky Don’t even look at the probe. Just keep station behind the tanker and let it connect to you. Don’t try to chase it. When you get into position it will move and try to connect so trying to chase it is counterproductive. Just hold steady in the right position. Keep the sight picture of the tanker and fly off of that, not the boom. That’s because you really aren’t steady in that position, it only appears like that because the tanker is so far away. When you get closer you’ll see how unsteady you really are. It takes a lot of practice. Get into position fully stable and trimmed behind the tanker when you call “Ready pre-contact” you should be steady and trimmed enough at this stage that you can take your hands off the controls. If not then you aren’t “ready”

Yeah, in those cases the passenger was already a qualified pilot and the aircraft wasn’t truly without anyone at the controls since there was still a copilot. Looks like there have actually been several incidences with GA aircraft of an untrained passenger being talked down to land. But it’s never happened on a commercial aircraft. Yet… This is the episode

Right. I’m pretty sure in reality this has never happened. There’s not a high likelihood of it either. But hey with the popularity of MSFS those chances are rising

Auto-Land is no fun or only fun in a certain way. If I paid $750/hr for a sim session you can bet I would land it manually. AFAIK Auto-Land isn’t an emergency procedure although I’m sure the guidelines for using it vary with different airlines. I think that’s only happened once IRL and ATC talking someone down in an airliner has never happened. But it’s a great episode.

I’m sure you might know this but Mythbusters did an episode on that. “Can a total novice be talked down to land a plane by ATC like in the movies”? No spoilers There was that one guy who did land the plane for his incapacitated friend. Otherwise there’s about zero chance in the real world this could happen. One of these days for my birthday I’ll get my wife (who would never let me fly for real) get me this. I could totally do it. https://airlinecaptainforaday.com

Replacing the defective CPU fixed the problem. Probably a victim of the 13-14th gen degradation issue. Third time’s a charm!

No game can do everything well. The military aircraft in those civy sims don’t seem to be very good either. If being well rounded is something that interests you, then delving into different games can be good experience.

Ok I uninstalled it and followed both of those suggestions above. Looks like it’s working now. Thanks!

I tried adding both the C\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics and Saved Games to the exceptions but I'm still getting this when I try Repair or Update DCSW autoupdate_templog.txt autoupdate_log.txt

Getting this message autoupdate_log.txt

An Xbox style controller works great for the TEDAC since it’s basically a game controller It requires two modifier buttons to get everything in it plus an app like JoyToKey to get the triggers to function as key presses. But it works great.

I think unfortunately the Yak doesn’t get enough interest in DCS to make creating missions for it feasible. For example there is a very good Qualification Campaign for the A-10C by Maple Flag that covers all these basics and scores you on them. https://forum.dcs.world/forum/381-a-10c-basic-flight-training-qualification-dlc/ It would certainly be possible to do this for the Yak but there likely aren’t enough owners of be module to make this profitable. So the answer is if you want a good training course for an aircraft in DCS get the A-10C. I think it’s the only module that has things like emergency procedures and such. The Maple Flag A-10C course is very thorough and mimics what the Air Force would require pilots to do. It’s a great challenge.

Besides the career I was referring to just the basic training missions in the game. X-Plane has something similar along with some written material (the game has a free demo too). Check out the FlightInsight channel on YouTube, it’s pretty good. FS Academy for MSFS is great. That seems like more what you’re looking for. Well clearly this type of aircraft does not sell very well in a game like this devoted to combat. It’s still in EA after almost seven years. I hate to say the realm of non combat civil flying is better done and more appealing in other games. I’m not trying to get into game comparisons but that’s literally what those other games are about. DCS is a combat sim.

Actually the person in question got the F-14 and maybe the F-18. They’re 14 years old and can figure it all out. It’s just not so difficult. Yeah this should be abundantly obvious yet to keep advocating for some baby steps approach to learning a game implies that there is. That’s why this discussion is so silly. Most people coming to a combat game I think would find realistic pilot training to just be dull. Personally my recommendation was the Hornet because it’s the most complete of the 4th gen modules and I know how to teach it to someone really. They didn’t need my help in any case. Telling them to get a trainer would just be laughable.