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Noticed something interesting with Mav's in VR!! Hi, Has anyone else noticed that in VR (Occulus in my case) there seems to no longer be a need on most occasions to slew the Mav seeker off the target in order to get it to lock onto the target and be able to get a launch cue? This has happened to me numerous times in VR over the first month of having VR. On one occasion i was able to get 3 successive missiles off at a convoy of 4 vehicles without having to slew the reticle at all. When i go back to flying on my monitor i have to slew the reticle off the target to get it to lock again? Just wondered if anyone else had noticed this or anything similar? Or maybe i've been missing something in my previous use of Mav's? Be interested to know?

My 2 cents on a DCS F-15E? By far my most wanted aircraft in DCS, my first ever military flight sim was Microprose F-15E Strike Eagle III in circa 1993 so i have nostalgic connection with this aircraft. Also played the s**t out of Janes F-15 Eagle later in the 90's. Still one of the best sims ever in my humble view. Which brings me to my point about a future DCS F-15E. I would honestly be quite happy with an F-15E with the same functionality of the Janes F-15E albeit with 2016 level graphics and maybe a few more systems implemented than back in the day? A reasonable FM, all weapons implemented and functioning TF radar etc. i'd be happy with that to be honest? As for the front/rear cockpit issues, not a problem in SP as it never was with the 2 earlier versions but i'm sure something could be figured out for MP if there is/was enough interest? Really hope to see this come to fruition one day, hopefully soon!!

Yeah probably Mic switch then? Hi fellas, Yeah i'm sure you're right, my mic switch is set up for the A-10C default Voice Attack profile at the moment but i've stopped using VA as it just doesn't respond enough times or accurately enough for my liking. Even after several weeks of persevering with it. So i will re-map the mic switch keys to the default HOTAS buttons on the Warthog throttle and that should do the trick? And yeah, i get the one about the tower being ear candy and nothing more, was just trying to "play the game" by the rules as it were. Appreciate the help guys. Hopefully i can get off the ground now.....sheesh!!! Lol!!

Hi, Feel like a total noob posting this (i'm not by the way!) but i can not seem to get comms with the Kutaisi tower on Mission One "The AO" to initiate start up, tai etc? Never had this problem before and been playing the sim since the Su-27 Flanker/Lock On days. Have read and re-read all manual chapters on comms and radios etc. and have done the same with mission briefings. Have powered up the aircraft and gone through start up sequence to the letter and also used the Auto Start Up cheat to ensure i didn't miss anything. Brief says Kutaisi Tower is on 134.00 MHZ on VHF AM so AN/ARC-186(V) VHF AM Radio. That radio is on 135.00 MHZ by default on mission start so i'm dialling it back to 134, hitting the Load button and then using the comms menu's to call the tower etc. Can't find any reference to the tower freq. being a pre-set channel but i've tried pre-sets as well with no luck? Frequency Mode Dial is on TR and Frequency Selection Dial is MAN. Have tried Easy Communications checked and un-checked in DCS Settings Gameplay. What am i missing guys? Tried the mission 4-5 times but can't get off the apron at the moment?? Lol!! Not seen anyone else on the forum getting this problem so it must be just me? Thanks.

Looking to buy the BW A-10C printed manual? Website not responding? Hi guys, I've been trying to visit http://www.lulu.com to buy the printed black and white A-10C manual but no matter which browser i use the website doesn't come up any more?? Can anyone confirm that the company is still operational? If not, i'm in the market for buying one so if anyone is selling or has 2 etc? I know, why would you have 2!! Lol!! Just saying.... Or if anyone knows an alternate site or source? Many thanks.:thumbup:

Er? Thanks for the bollocking!! But i DO understand what Windows is telling me when it is about to do an update/reboot etc etc.... If you read my initial post carefully you would have seen that i was out of the house when said update/reboot etc. took place without my knowledge until i returned. I fully understood the nature of the Windows 10 Update issue just not how to get DCS 1.5 Beta update progress to complete? An issue that was helpfully and quickly solved in a non-patronising manner by the guys above! Also, as per my reply above, having become aware of what had happened on my return i went into Windows 10 Computer Management > Services and disabled the Windows Update Service so that the issue will not occur in the future. And i did all of this without my Mummy or Daddy holding my hand for me!! Jeez!!! I'm 50 years old, a former Marine Communications Technician and have been using MS operating systems since MS-DOS 6.0!! Thank you!!

Thanks guys! I remembered about the command prompt as soon as i read your post! I knew there was another way to get the Updater kick-started. Thanks anyway! And yeah, i disabled Automatic Windows Updates before i even posted! Lesson learnt!! Thanks.

Hi folks, Been away from the sim for a few months and decided to do a full update prior to jumping back in. Downloaded the latest updater and dropped it into the \bin folder of my 2.0 Alpha install, that updated fine. Did the same with 1.5 Beta install folder and left the updater running while i went out for a while. Came back and lo and behold Windows 10 had one an update and re-started my pc mid-DCS update!!!! It didn't complete as the DCS.exe version is not the one specified on the updates page and theres a bunch of files in the Beta install that have not been updated as per the ones in my Alpha folders. Trouble is i tried running the updater again 1.5 Beta and now it doesn't update it just starts the sim up??? Multiple attempts and definitely using the most recent updater but no luck? Any ideas chaps? Thanks.

Ok, thanks for letting me know.

Hi there, Just starting getting into 3D modelling for DCS and i have 3DS Max 2016, are there any EDM plugins for this version of Max? If so could someone post a link? Have tried the existing latest ones from the first post but they don't install into 2016. Any help appreciated. Thanks

Yeah, i've been trying just now and it's very difficult to accurately use the guided munitions without overflying the target inside the AAA envelope. Still, its a mod not a full blown module so can't complain? It's just nice to be able to actually fly these aircraft! Thanks.

Ok, fantastic! Will give that a try? Many thanks Einherjer!

Great mods!! A few questions? Hey there Morkva, I've just discovered your amazing flyable aircraft mods yesterday and have been trying them all out in 1.5.3 and 2.01. They are great fun and i was especially happy to see the F-15E Strike Eagle (i had Microprose's F-15E Strike Eagle and Jane's F-15 back in the day!) I have a couple of questions regarding controls and employing weapons? When i go into the Controls menu for the F-18 the Default "Layer" is Su-33 and yet the download page for the mod say that it uses Su-25T avionics and so i would assume Su-25T Control inputs to use those avionics? Is this correct or should i use the Su-33 profile? I fully understand that these mod aircraft are not meant to be fully functional aircraft in terms of weapon employment but are there any tips on getting the most out of the limited functionality we currently have? I have successfully dropped un-guided bombs and launched Mavericks and Sidewinders but wondered if other weapons were also able to be used reasonably effectively such as HARM's, LGB;s etc etc. Finally, would it be possible in the future to change the avionics for the US aircraft to A-10A or A-10C symbology/functionality? This would make them more realistic in my humble opinion (this is NOT a complaint!) I assume there is or was a coding reason why the Su-25T systems were implemented instead of US ones? Thanks. I will be playing around with the aircraft more today so i may well answer some of my own questions in the process. But any tips or help from you guys would be great! Big thanks and much respect to Morkva for these mods!

Big props and thanks to Hollywood for this app! Hi everyone, I would also like to thank Hollywood very much indeed for his patient and prompt assistance in helping me get VIACOM 2.0 working on my rig. I had some issues with button mapping on my Warthog HOTAs and by walking me through some logical steps and getting me to check a few important settings i was finally able to get full functionality from this great piece of software. I'd tried VAC before and to be honest found it too clunky to get used to, so when i discovered Voice Attack and then VIACOM i was delighted to find a system for voice comms that worked really well for me. You do still need to spend time playing with the various command combinations to find what works best for you with your mike setup etc. but once you've done that this VA/VC combination is in my opinion the best way to go if you are new and getting into Voice Commands in DCS (especially A-10C which VC is optimised for). Thanks very much Hollywood, you have helped take the immersion of DCS to a new level for me! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Hi Hollywood, PM'd you having discovered some faults on my part which have all now been corrected. however Voice Attack is still not talking to the sim, have yet to trigger any commands in sim at all. Thanks.

Hi, I've just tonight installed VIACOM 2.0 for use with A-10C. Followed all instructions in the manual to the letter and also read the appropriate posts by Davison and watched his install and setup video. However i have yet after a few hours of trying been able to get any response in terms of actions by my wingman etc. or contact ATC, JTAc etc in any mission i've tried. When i key the PTT Mic switches on my TM Warthog throttle, they do bring up the correct radios in sim VHF, UHF etc (with non-applicable choices in black) but sending even the most basic commands (Two, Go Trail etc.) gets no response or beeps etc from the sim or VA, nor does the comms menu change from the initial one that appears when the PTT is keyed. The PTT switches on the throttle also seem to be in "toggle" mode rather than "hold" mode as i would have expected? The menu comes on both when the PTT is held but also stays on when keyed and then off when keyed again? I'm not using TM T.A.R.G.E.T. GUI profile mapping either. I am on 1.5ob and have changed the file line that was specified, and have also checked the non-US keyboard issue as well and have ensured all is as it should be. I'm a Brit and i've even downloaded and installed the Windows 10 English Speech pack (cor blimey!!) Have done the speech recognition training etc. and have a good quality mike/headset etc. The most common error i seem to be getting from VA when the a-10c profile is running is "Invalid Radio". VA seems to be recognising most of the commands i'm saying but not all, which i guess is to be expected on first use. I've tried numerous commands on each position of the Warthog Mic switch but the sim has yet to react to any of them? I'm certain there's something simple i'm doing wrong but it's 02:13 here now and i've run out of ideas? Sorry. Also: Autohotkey script is running and tested, set to Joystick 1 (throttle) etc. Joystick 0 is my stick. Visible comms menus are turned on and pilot speech also on. Version 1.5.8 of VA Have used "reset profile" and "start mission" commands prior to sim mission start, i get the 2 beeps but i have to click the Fly button myself, VA won't do it. Hope i've included as much info as possible to help with a solution, i'd really like to get this up and running if possible. Thanks v much.

Hi, Not sure whats changed other than the recent updates released for both 1.5 beta and 2.0 alpha but i no longer have this problem on the F-15C. Haven't changed hardware config either since initial problems so maybe one of the updates has fixed it for me? Not tried the Bf-109K yet but will do and post if the problem still exists there? Thanks.

Hi, Thanks for the responses. Don't have Eagle Dynamics in Start Menu i'm afraid. All ED titles installed to D drive and using Windows 10. Not sure if that's why but its not there? Have downloaded the newest updater but it will not run from inside \bin Am running it in its own folder and it's currently downloading the new files and folders etc to that folder. Guess i will have to manually copy them over to the sim folders on completion? auto_update_log attached below. Thanks. --- Log file: D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\autoupdate_log.txt === Log opened UTC 2015-12-15 17:24:30 INFO : DCS_Updater/2.6.9.43 (Windows NT 6.2.9200; Win64; en-GB) INFO : cmdline: "C:\Users\Stu\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe" --apply selfupdate "D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe" STATUS: Initializing... INFO : basedir: D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\ INFO : dcs_variant.txt: openbeta INFO : Copying C:\Users\Stu\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe STATUS: Got CANCEL when asked to retry: Can't copy C:\Users\Stu\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe: (32) The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ERROR: Can't copy C:\Users\Stu\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe: (32) The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ERROR: Can't copy C:\Users\Stu\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe: (32) The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. === Log closed.

Current version = 1.5.1.47285

Sim main screen is still showing 1.5.1 etc. in bottom right corner as well.

Hi, I can't seem to get 1.5.1 to update to 1.5.2? The updater opens and closes very quickly but no download or update happens? Contents of autoupdate_log are: "--- Log file: D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\autoupdate_log.txt === Log opened UTC 2015-12-15 17:24:30 INFO : DCS_Updater/2.6.9.43 (Windows NT 6.2.9200; Win64; en-GB) INFO : cmdline: "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe" --apply selfupdate "D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe" STATUS: Initializing... INFO : basedir: D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\ INFO : dcs_variant.txt: openbeta INFO : Copying C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe STATUS: Got CANCEL when asked to retry: Can't copy C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe: (32) The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ERROR: Can't copy C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe: (32) The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ERROR: Can't copy C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\DCS_updater.exe: (32) The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. === Log closed." Have tried copying the DCS_updater.exe from: C:\Users\Stu\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\DCS_updater.exe to D:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\ and running it, no joy? Also tried running that above mentioned command line from a command window in bin but it doesn't recognize the syntax? Have moved everything out of .torrents folder as well but no luck? Sim works fine as 1.5.1 but can't seem to update at all. The Updater is the newest i think? Version 2.6.9.43 (5.61MB) Any ideas guys? Thanks.

Hi there, Is it asking you for an Activation code? If it is it will be in an email sent to you when you bought the sim. You can also find it on your buying history in your profile on the main Eagle Dynamics website here: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ Click Login in the top right corner of the screen.

My first sim was F-15 Strike Eagle 3 from Microprose! 20 years from now i guess it will be full VR type stuff with the way things are going with devices like Oculus Rift etc? Exciting times considering they said the flight sim era had passed into history years ago?

Thanks for all the help and info guys! Sounds promising anyway?

Yes, me too with just purchased Bf-109k (throttle) and the F-15C is crap with or without moving the throttle (3-4 FPS every flight)