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Does the advanced settings, brightness etc on FPSVR work with a Oculus CV1 does anybody know.

this would be welcome as a static aircraft mod, it looks good so far. The guys who done the Greyhound mod and P3 Orion etc did a great job and it really helps with mission building to have different aircraft types, RAF scenarios in this case with a Nimrod and flying the harrier.

Nice mod.

Maybe we have simulation, but the game element is missing. I agree adding function to other factors in the sim would greatly enhance the existing modules.

No problem with full fidelity modules, I love them and crave them, and personally no longer fly the FC aircraft which is a bit of a shame as I love some of the Russian aircraft particularly the MIg-29 but not being able to operate cockpit systems when I can jump in an F-18 and do all that and more means I'm always going to go for the F18. I do feel there is a market for DCS to tap into with FC level aircraft and I can completely understand there reasoning for it and the new MAC sim, but it wont be for me. Having said all of that, I do sometimes think back to some of the sims that got me into flight sims in the 90s, EF2000 for example, they managed to get a licence to sim that aircraft probably because the systems were not modelled very accurately? I don't know for sure, but if that's the case, and with the people working for ED and obviously they have some very smart developers, could they not produce some sims for some of these highly classified aircraft using some educated guess work, we will of course be informed that no its not like the real thing but with the limited information we have we assume the systems would work like this, and I would at least want to see it have an interactive cockpit, I think that's the standard we've come to expect now, I would accept that, i'm sure EF2000 wasn't very realistic but sure as hell I enjoyed that game. I think that some great sims could be produced, the FMs could be very realistic, systems not so much so, but with some interactive avionics, it would be a step up from FC but not up to the level of the A-10C probably more like a game but a game using educated guess work, there was a famous developer in the 90s that made loads of sims a bit like this, yeah they were more like games but we all loved them didn't we, of course I would not want that to detract from the fully realistic modules ED are committing too. I guess it could depend on how ED grow as a developer because it seems to me at the moment they have a lot on their plate.

Yes I have the same question?

personally prefer mods that were available, not doubting how authentic internal sounds are but externally having seen countless amounts of spits fly by me I prefer the mods. Unfortunately they no longer work after the latest update.

Great stuff, we’re getting somewhere.

I wished. No it’s not clickable but you can still play it in VR. I recommend a Hotas and you can bind the essential commands to the buttons on your hotas, you’ll soon get used to where they are and will have no need to remove your headset

These textures really are a must for me now. They make such a difference to the Caucasus map for me and I use VR. They have become really good. The winter I don’t notice much difference but the other seasons really improve the look. Good work starway. Now please work your magic on Normandy.

It all comes down to appropriate units to compliment the plane. We are still waiting for ww2 assets to really makes things work in Normandy. If the appropriate assets could be added then an early spitfire and the Battle of Britain is sorely missed. And for me the Grumman F6F Hellcat and appropriate assets/scenery. But all that is a lot of work for a developer.

I don’t agree with the posts that the F18s F16s feel horrible to fly in comparison to the F14. I find the F18 really nice to fly, very stable and great pitch authority at low speed, the F16 as well, lethal in air to air and fun to fly. F14 is a different experience, in some ways it can feel a bit clumsy probably because it wings rock and it shudders, this is a testament to the developers and I take the words of the Tomcat flyers giving feedback on the flight model saying it’s really good. But even though the F14 can maybe feel a bit more dated or lacking in FBW stability, I would in no way say it is out of its depth against more modern opposition, for me personally I have more success with the Tomcat in air combat in terms of enemies destroyed and survivability than any other aeroplane in DCS. I feel this is a combination of factors such as long range missiles, Great situational awareness with a RIO and datalink from awacs, great speed which can get you out of trouble, great range and levels of fuel enabling you to open the throttles when needed. It’s a competent aeroplane in my opinion.

Right Shift+P or set to not show VR pilot in game options menu

Without a shadow of a doubt. And if you’re like me and have loved the Tomcat since a child it’s essential. There are some things that need sorting, I’m finding the experience in VR is not immersive enough because of not having the Virtial pilot. But was relieved to hear it’s coming to the Viggen soon so it will eventually work it’s way to the F14. As an aircraft in the sim I find it extremely effective as an all round fighter. With BVR you put you enemy on the back foot with you’re Phoenix missiles if you don’t take them all with the Phoenix you have a situational advantage because of their resulting defensive tactics and I often find I’m able to take down remaining enemies with the sparrow. And if it does come to the merge the Tomcat is still effective particularly if you’re light. I’ve been successful against Mig23s flankers Mig 29s and F16s, although I have to say i find it’s tough in the merge against the F16 and Mig29. The attention to detail will be apparent if you buy this module, you would see the extreme effort they put into making it. The jester RIO makes it unique and a different DCS experience, I view it as a WIP still but I still love it and am happy to support the team in buying it. Once fully complete it will probably become the best of all the modules in my opinion. Even if you have no particular interest in the F14 you only have to look at it externally. It’s one beautiful beast it looks awesome and it is so fast.

If you want to not dump as many chaff and flare there is a workaround, there is a separate despense chaff and flare command that only dumps two of each instead of the 10 on the program. I think CMS left does nothing anyway so I just mapped CMS left to this command instead.

I’m tempted to record the old Falcon 4.0 AF theme and turn it into an .ogg file and have that as the background menu theme for the Falcon for nostalgia reasons.

Thanks. You’ve sold me with the Reverb.

He means with the Reverb. It’s different with a CV1

Ok I get what your saying about the higher pd settings. But I gather your pixel density settings in DCs options override the native ideal setting. So what is the native resolution of the reverb and what pixel density do you set on the reverb in DCs and find works best?

Yes please along with the other modules

Thanks for this information, I’ve had my eye on the reverb but didn’t want to make a £600 investment on something that wouldn’t run very well. But it sounds like a good bit of kit. The CV1 has been good for a start in VR but it is starting to piss me off a little now. How are the colours on the reverb? I find colours just off with the Oculus particularly Normandy, and does it have a software similar to Oculus or do you run it through steam VR?

I’m not sure if my next move will be to go for a better graphics card. Going by your impressions it could be worth it. It gets disappointing as it wasn’t long ago that I built a new rig with VR in mind. And we never really got confirmation if the VR improvements were implemented into the game or not. I did notice an improvement a while back, but it certainly hasn’t improved since. Can we expect this to be looked at again? Will we see any further improvements? Or is it a case of spending more ££££ on hardware?

You won’t be disappointed

Please can we have one, I think we had one when the F-18 released.

I have to pay for my subscription to the magazine. So I can’t really send you a link but I can screenshot some pictures and post them on the forums when I’m home later Mike. I think the only rating that was not excellent was for documentation which we all know is a WIP so it could have been even higher. That’s probably the highest rated sim that I can think of.