doveman

Yeah, I'm disappointed too but I think you're wrong to suggest that we're spoilt for decent HOTAS. What other than the Warthog (which is much more expensive) is available with so many hats and switches and using hall sensors?

Yep, that's what I'm using too.

I'm pretty sure I mashed any key I could think of and nothing worked but as far as I know, pressing the pause button is an alternative to clicking Fly to start it and I'm not sure that 'esc then pause' is even programmed to do anything. I'll try again though.

OK, thanks. Yeah, I'm using the modded NVGs as well so was using that setting anyway.

I'll give it a go thanks, although as uninstalling and reinstalling basically just involves moving the two files out of bin/ and then back again, it's hard to see how that could make any difference. :huh:

I wouldn't call it the Mission Selection screen, it's after the mission has loaded when it pauses and waits for you to click Fly or press Pause/Break before starting. I actually did something similar to what you did on the first attempt when I couldn't get to Task Manager and used Switch Profile, although maybe Log Off would have been quicker. Your method would have been quicker still, so thanks for the tip, it will save me time in future at least :)

I think this should be fairly easy with AutoHotKey. I use Xpadder for this sort of thing but that's not free I'm afraid.

Heh, thankfully I've always used my throttle like that for the helos so at least that's one thing I don't have to re-learn. I do get confused sometimes though as I use it the opposite (correct) way when flying planes, so this can get ingrained on my brain and I find myself operating it the wrong way when I first get back in the helos but I soon realise my mistake and I'm fine for the rest of the session. :) I sometimes wish I had a proper collective lever but I think I'd miss all the buttons that are on the throttle (some I use for external apps like TS3 and VAC) and I'm thinking about getting an X-55, which will have even more useful controls on the throttle.

Thanks for sharing JayPee. I noticed this line though: and see you have a Nvida card, so I presume that line would causes issues for ATI card users and wonder if there's anything else in there that might not work so well for ATI cards. Perhaps someone with a ATI card who knows how to test and what to look for will be able to test it for the rest of us :)

I don't think it matters whether I reference Obj or Objects, they seem to be linked and as one increases, so does the other, so my point that the engine grinds to a halt as the objects increase stands, whether Obj or Objects shows the actual total number of objects. If it's Obj, what is Objects showing? You do realise this mission is part of the official campaign, not some cack-handed attempt at mission-making I did myself don't you? So maybe ED have put too many objects in their missions for their own engine to cope with but if a game can't properly run the official campaigns on the Recommended hardware, then I think someone's being rather misleading suggesting the game will run great with that hardware.

Thanks, I didn't realise I could type the resolution into the GUI box. Setting it to 1920x2300 and it worked OK. However, I was unable to click on Fly and pressing the Pause button didn't work either. I couldn't even ctrl-alt-del to the Task Manager as it flashed it up and then went straight back to DCS World. The GUI was properly contained on my first monitor. On the second try, I managed to start it with Pause but then when I pressed Esc, I couldn't click on the Menu (Quit, etc) and had to kill it (this time I was able to get to Task Manager). After disabling SoftTH and running on only one monitor, the buttons all worked normally. I wasn't using any mods other than SoftTH as I've just updated to 1.2.7.

I figured it was pretty much just how the first airplanes were configured and stuck from there. I guess there's no "right" configuration but they had to chose one and once it was established, there was not really any chance of changing it. It's not really a problem once you know how it works and I'm sure if it had been configured the other way there'd have been people who found that confusing and illogical to start with.

Yeah, it's starting to sink in now thanks :)

Thanks, yeah I'm already enjoying it and it's good exercise for my legs, although I still can't keep the Huey under control when trying to land yet. I really need to get a decent stick next, as my current Thrustmaster Hotas X is really not sensitive or accurate enough for flying helos. I realised early on that it was ridiculous trying to use the stick's twist axis for rudder for several reasons and whilst the rocker on the back of my throttle worked a bit better, it simply doesn't have enough physical range to be able to accurately control the rudder and it's pretty hard to hold it in a specific position as well, so I figured I needed to get a proper rudder if I ever want to get the hang of flying my helos :)

I couldn't actually see anywhere on the site where it states how much shipping will be to the UK though, so I can't really know what the final price will be (before import duties). All I found was the FAQ which says: "Do you ship internationally? Yes. We do everything that we can to support shipping to all countries. Keep in mind that you might have to pay more for shipping if you live outside of the United States, and you’ll be responsible for any additional customs fees, taxes, or duties. Also, bear in mind that the vast majority of our products are shipped using the US Postal Service (or USPS, not to be confused with UPS), and the tracking numbers for these shipments only work while the shipment is inside the US. The last location listed on an international order's tracking record is usually Los Angeles, Chicago, or Jamaica, New York, as these are the places through which all USPS packages leave the USA."

Yeah, I'm sure you're right and it helps if I turn my head to the side (or even further back towards my shoulder) in the direction of the pedal I'm pressing, as this reinforces the pedal movement in my brain and hopefully in time I'll find I no longer need to do this. I wonder if aircraft designers really wanted the pedals to operate this way or if in the early days they just couldn't think of a way to make it operate the opposite way and by the time someone did come up with an idea, it had become established and too difficult to try and retrain all the pilots?

Yeah, it should only be necessary when setting up and getting used to the controls and hopefully people will finish doing that before jumping into MP!

Dammit! Oh well, I'll just have to hope my brain still has enough cells left to learn this without too much difficulty. I'll probably get there now I've actually got some pedals to use instead of just imagining how they would work :)

Now don't go ruining my sense of self-importance, that's just mean ;) I'll concede it was about 50/50 and we'll say no more :music_whistling:

I've just got my first set of rudder pedals and I'm struggling to get to grips with them as they operate in the opposite way to how I thought they would. If I press down the left pedal, the KA-50 turns left and if I press the right pedal, it turns right. I'd always assumed it would be the opposite way round, simply because pressing the left pedal causes your right leg to come back and your torso to twist to the right, so it would seem more natural that the helo would turn the same way and it feels very strange to have my torso twisting right and the helo turning the opposite way. There's probably plenty of examples of other activity where this is how we operate, such as skating, where if we're turning right we push our left leg forward and keep our right one back, or even just turning on the spot to face someone, we do the same. I'm sure the pedals are mapped correctly as I can see the in-cockpit ones mirroring the real ones. I know I could invert the rudder axis but then the pedals would be in sync and so I can only guess they're meant to operate as they currently are. If so, I guess I'll just have to try and train my brain to accept it but I don't want to start doing that before I'm sure it's right, only to have to try and unlearn all that again (I'm not sure my little brain could cope with doing that twice in a row!).

You don't have to render anything twice and so this feature shouldn't add any extra load! The options just need to allow the player to select an audio device for the radio sounds and another one for the rest (for people with only a single sound device, they'd both be set to the same output). My onboard Realtek soundchip provides multi-streaming, which means it presents as two audio devices, so I can have the rear output connected to my speakers and have programs send notifications of incoming calls for example to those, whilst in the program I've set it to send the speech from the caller to the front panel output, where my headset is plugged in.

Ah, maybe this is why I was unable to click on Fly! Mind you, pressing the Pause button didn't work either and I couldn't even ctrl-alt-del to the Task Manager as it flashed it up and then went straight back to DCS World. I was using SoftTH and had it spread over both my monitors but the GUI was contained on the first monitor. On the second try, I managed to start it with Pause but then when I pressed Esc, I couldn't click on the Menu (Quit, etc) and had to kill it (this time I was able to get to Task Manager). After disabling SoftTH and running on only one monitor, the buttons all worked normally. I wasn't using any mods other than SoftTH as I've just updated to 1.2.7.

I've been asking for this for ages now, as it was so annoying having to quit the sim every time I wanted/needed to adjust the controls, so I'm really happy to see they finally listened to me :smilewink::D

You can easily move Saved Games/ or even the entire My Documents/ from C: to E: by right-clicking on it in Explorer, selecting Properties then Location and then Move it. It will ask you if you want to copy the files, which you should let it do or you can just create a folder (i.e. E:\Data\Saved Games or E:\Data\My Documents) and move the files manually before changing the Location as described.

Damn, read Massdrop's FAQ and it seems it's only suitable for those in the US, as their parcels are only tracked whilst their in the US and there will be considerable shipping and customs fees (at least 20% VAT plus Royal Mail's £8 handling fee) to pay on top of the purchase price :(