II.JG1_Vonrd

Depicting Fw190A-5 (W.Nr. 0152676), pilot unknown, Coded KM + EY of III/SKG10, captured at El Aouina, Tunisia, May 1943. Includes two versions, one with and one without swastika. Place in \Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\Fw-190A8. (Create an Fw-190A8 folder if you don't have one).

Depicting Fw190A-4 (W.Nr. 142327) flown by Oberleutnant Fritz Schröter, Gruppenkommandeur of III./SKG10 based in La Fauconnerie, Tunisia, during March 1943. Includes four versions, two each Schröter's and two each SKG10 generic with Bort numbers enabled. Each version has one with and one without swastika. Place in \Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\Fw-190A8. (Create an Fw-190A8 folder if you don't have one). Schröter served on almost all fronts, beginning with Jagdgeschwader 2 on the Channel Front, before moving on to the Mediterranean theatre as commander of a ground-attack unit, and then spending several months in jail after a court-martial. After release he returned to air operations on the hard-pressed Eastern Front until the end of the war. Schröter achieved 11 air victories in over 400 operational sorties. He survived the war and died December 14th, 2007.

Depicting Fw190A-3 (W.Nr. 0140750) flown by Adolf Dickfeld, Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 2 based in San Pietro, Italy in November 1942. Includes two versions, one with and one without swastika. Place in \Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\Fw-190A8. (Create an Fw-190A8 folder if you don't have one). Despite flying combat missions with JG 52 during the Phoney War, the Battle of Britain, and the Battle of Crete, Adolf Dickfeld did not open his account until Operation Barbarossa by downing two Soviet bombers on 26JUN41. He continued to score steadily against the Soviets, downing five I-15 on 23 October and being credited with another 11 victories in one day on 08MAY42. He scored his 100th victory on 18MAY42, for which he was awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves. Dickfeld was reassigned to the Mediterranean Theater in November 1942, where he flew the Fw 190 as Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 2 from San Pietro, Italy. Subsequently he was assigned as Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 11 and then held several staff positions. He was officially credited with 136 aerial victories on 1,072 combat sorties. His last victory was a P-47 while flying an He 162 Salamander, one of only a handful of victoried credited to the type. Adolph Dickfeld survived the war, he passed away in 2009 at the age of 99. Submitted to User Files

Bump... the new, more visible cursor in update 2.9.3.51704 is great but please de-link it from head movement (or make that an option).

Many modules have gaps in the Training Mission menu. For example, there is nothing specifically for radar operation in the F-16. The AMRAAM tutorial states "I assume that you are familiar with the operation of the radar.. see pages ... thru ... in the manual".

This! Please! Maybe open it up to talented Mission Builder users and have their missions incorporated into the game (after review of course) and give them some rewards like is done for Livery competitions.

Many sticks / throttles have rotary encoder dials (my Virpil CM3 throttle has several). Encoders work by sending pulses. I would think that all you have to do is map the encoder as a single button press. When you rotate the dial, multiple button presses will be sent. I don't use this as I have VoiceAttack set-up for "Eject, Eject, Eject". Unfortunately, my Wife knows this and has snuck up behind me and yelled "Eject, Eject, Eject"...

I have XRNeckSafer and can't do without it due to physical mobility issues. I'm very grateful to @NobiWan for supplying this software and continuing to support it. I'm just worried each time there's a DCS update that it will get broken. Please make it (or something similar) an integral part of DCS.

Per the Tomshardware link from @Cab Wouldn't the bricking of one's headset qualify as a "known hardware incompatibility" and an "outstanding issue"? Systems with known hardware incompatibilities will be pushed to the back of the update line, to allow for software/driver updates to address outstanding issues. "There's a sucker born every minute", that's what you're thinking?

Yes, I know but thanks.

True and I don't expect that, but the learning curve is steep. They help to get past the early stumbles and open the door to learning more of the finer points. In the F-16 I'm currently trying to learn the radar (I don't have much experience in the other similar US planes either). There are about 70 pages on radar in Chucks guide. Going back and forth between the manual and the game is frustrating enough that I'm giving up for tonight after about 3 hours. A tutorial would have gotten me past the basics. The tutorial on the UFC was very helpful and I have a basic handle on that system. Why is there a blank in the F-16 tutorials which jump from the UFC to AIM 9s with nothing on radar? Doesn't make any sense to me.

Unfortunately, that's the case due to my particular set-up. My HOTAS is connected to the machine that is dedicated to VR. I can view DCS on the other machine but can't control anything. BTW, as a mechanic for 25 years (as well as a private pilot) in RL, I wouldn't dream of doing a complex operational check without a printed copy (or later on, a laptop or Ipad) of the pertinent section of the Maintenance Manual with me in the cockpit, even if it's a procedure that I'm well familiar with. But, that's right there with you, not a separate entity while you're in a VR bubble.

I respect that but I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Difrnt strokes for difrnt folks...

But that doesn't address the issue. I have all the official manuals as well as Chuck's but taking the VR headset off is a PITA especially because I have prescription lenses for the VR and I'm blind as a bat without my glasses. Module makers should provide a more complete list of tutorials. Yeah, it's a drain on resources for them but I reserve my right to bitch.

Like this? I'm looking at the Quest 3 because of the passthrough. A friend just got one and says that it could probably be done looking at the 'Tube displayed on a monitor. I have 2 monitors and 2 PCs so I could display the 'Tube on a monitor on the second machine while in VR / Game on the other machine.

It's difficult to try and remember what is said on a YouTube tutorial once I'm back in the game. Is there some way to switch back and forth from the 'tube to the game and back while in VR? Specifically WMR Reverb G2... (yeah, I know all about Windows about to brick it). Virtual desktop? Any other solution? Many of the DCS modules are lacking complete tutorial missions. The F-16 for example, which I'm currently trying to learn, has nothing on Radar. The one on the AIM9 just says to RTFM (in more polite terms... but still the same thing .

This is a simple program that's supposed to prevent feature updates while still allowing security updates. https://www.grc.com/incontrol.htm

I found the answer in the changelog for Oct. 19, 2023 NEW: Cinematic Camera View - Right Control + F2. In combination with the mouse, the WASD keys can be used to move the camera forward, back, and laterally, and the Q and E keys can move the camera up and down.

DISREGARD... I found this in the Oct. 19, 2013 changelog: NEW: Cinematic Camera View - Right Control + F2. In combination with the mouse, the WASD keys can be used to move the camera forward, back, and laterally, and the Q and E keys can move the camera up and down.

As the title says. Is this an update "Feature"? If so, please bring back what used to be. This really makes composing good screenshots difficult. I'm talking about "Truck" and "Pedestal" movements as shown below.

Is there no answer to this? When / why did this happen? Really makes external screenshots setup difficult! Talking about "Truck" and "Pedestal" movements.

Bumping...

As a winner in both the B-17 and Mosquito competitions, I must say that I take offense to this comment. I spent many, many hours on the skins that I submitted and am proud of what I produced. Yes, I would have preferred roughmets to be applied to the B-17 and @NineLine did push for them to be included, but the ED team decided not to do so. I assume that they did not want to allot the programming time to what is an AI only aircraft. I accepted that. @Warlord64 did come up with a good workaround by editing the B-17 json file. There were many stellar skins submitted in both these competitions by some talented skinners. EDIT: It seems that the original post regarding all of this has been deleted. I'm not clear as to what the actual issue is but I hold all of those posting about "ED's livery policy" in the highest esteem. I just take exception to @thepod's statement about being "head and shoulders" above the lowest common denominator of skinners.

InControl will block feature updates like 24H2 while still allowing security updates... for a while at least. https://www.grc.com/incontrol.htm

Perhaps a class action lawsuit is in the future.