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I’m sure we all wish there was a way to popularize this genre. But I think it’s just a niche by its very nature. What’s interesting is that the civy flight sims are massively more popular despite being just as complex or potentially even more so. So I don’t think that’s it. And DCS already has less complex aircraft options.

Isn’t the idea of buying and learning two different aircraft an entry barrier? As it is now anyone can grab a module on sale or do a free trial and get started. If they’re interested enough. Odds are they’re just not interested. I think you might be overestimating the appeal here. Getting a ride in a real jet = awesome! Getting a ride in a video game airplane… yeah not so much.

It’s worth realizing that is a very old module and the spin-off of a paid product. And a simpler aircraft. You’ve got it backwards. The paid combat variant would come first, then possibly followed by a free trainer version. A full fidelity trainer would be just as complex as one of the combat aircraft. So why bother? New players don’t need “training” here like IRL because this is a game. A 14 year old kid could tech themselves to fly an F-14 here in a few hours. Honestly I think trainers more appeal to enthusiast players who are simply interested in different aircraft. But they don’t help any with the learning curve or draw new players in. They’d literally just be another aircraft to learn. A player here wouldn’t buy and learn a trainer if they really want an F-14. They’d just go buy the F-14.

Full fidelity modules are too costly to develop and then give away for free with the game, besides a free trial is available for every aircraft. Also “trainer” aircraft aren’t needed since all the reasons these exist in the real world aren’t relevant in a game.

As many as you can get . If I understand the Multithreaded system here it will use anything you have. I think up to 32 virtual cores. There used to be a Multithreading FAQ topic that explains this but maybe it’s been moved or deleted.

I’ve seen it recommended to use Windows 11 with the Intel hybrid CPUs (Gen 12-14) as it utilizes the cores better. If you post this over in the Bugs/ Performance section I’m sure someone can look at these logs and such.

How many advice givers on this thread even own a TrackIR? It doesn’t need any tape or glue or any such nonsense. Nor do any webcams I can imagine, they’re made to fit the top of a screen. This is a silly topic.

TrackIR doesn’t need anything special to fit on a thin a screen. That’s mine along with a webcam on an OLED panel.

I have mine on top of a thin OLED panel. The clip will fit that with no trouble, the legs articulate to fit the thinnest screen. I can’t imagine you would need something so ungainly. You can just clip it to the top of the screen.

So just look straight ahead and press “center”. Solved. No idea what that means… Honestly it’s hard to figure what your problem is.

Welcome to DCS. See rule 1.14

Like I said, all but the cheapest. Let’s not be ghastly a keyboard tray also works. Anything that puts the stick at the right height. Unless you want shoulder surgery later…

Interesting point, but at least in the US a typical mount from them is less than all but the cheapest sticks. And even a cheap stick needs a mount.

As far as I can tell they seem to have adapters for every type of device.

Monstertech is very nice. This mouse extension here is a great feature https://www.monster.tech/en/product/mouse-extension-for-table-mount/

I think if instead of launching the game to update, you select “Update DCS World” from the Start Menu you’ll get the result you’re looking for. The game will update but not launch.

This! DCS is like the only game I have anymore without HDR. It looks very outdated and dull by comparison. A big challenge though is everything you see in the game needs to be converted like images on knee boards and such, splash screen images etc. But the result for a combat sim like this where spotting other aircraft is a thing would be a huge boost. That’s part of the problem now, the color gamut is too limited.

I see this is a 5 year old thread… a lot of this is possible now with this and this

It depends on the size of the aircraft and the aspect. A large modern fighter like an F-14 from the top view vs a small one like a Bf-109 from head on. There are of course many real world studies on this. They are usually cited here since this topic comes up a lot. The bottom line is the real values are a lot less than many people realize.

This seems to work in SP but not MP

I used to have the zoom axis bound to my toe brake pedal so yes I think this should be possible with racing pedals. You would just have the zoom axis assigned so it will do both in and out when you move the pedal. You might need to invert the axis though and add some saturation level if you don’t want it all fish-eyed when you release it.

George won't find the targets at this enemy FARP, track attached https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y1cjybreu1s7aaid8we06/SPS-Contention-Germany-ColdWar-20250420-121715.trk?rlkey=whdv2vreuqmc0cnjtynmyg125&st=fxg1pr6z&dl=0

Apparently you can

Fantastic! I’ll give it a try.

Any plans to add the ability to create flight plans in Multiplayer? For the player and using the F10 map or some interface besides the ME which isn’t accessible from that role?