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Sorry for the late reply, I didn't get a notification. These are the default bindings.... LH Dashboard Lamp Brightness DECREASE - LCtrl + N LH Dashboard Lamp Brightness INCREASE - LShft + N RH Dashboard Lamp Brightness DECREASE - RCtrl + N RH Dashboard Lamp Brightness INCREASE - RShft + N ....but they're reversed: LCtrl + N increases the brightness of the left lamp, LShft + N decreases it....etc. e: and the gain is mental Spit lamps.trk

Could be. It might also be the case that with current tech increasing the shadow effect over water to look more realistic will make the shadows over land practically solid black. Couple more pics of real cloud shadows over water. Compare from game to real life

OK, I'm on Team 'Cloud Shadows Are There' - but - they are not as visible over the water as over land. A lot depends on the type of cloud and its altitude. Quick vid and some pics (Water high, clouds standard) cloudshadows.mp4 This last pic was from 22k (online) and I couldn't make out any shadows. The clouds, IIRC, were at 12k. Don't know if this is realistic. Test Normandy Clouds Test.miz

This is a strange one. Here's two pic from the same flight. Clouds on 'Standard', water on 'High' From one angle the cloud shadows very clearly, and sharply, stop at the coast. From a different angle (looking towards a low sun) the shadows do seem to be there. But they are only visible when contrasted against the sun's glare.

I'm not saying it is a TiR issue so don't go spending money!!! Could be a million things.

First thing I noticed from the video is that the stutters aren't registering on the fps widget - you're getting a beautifully flat line. That suggests to me the stutters aren't coming from DCS. So I would suspect a V-sync/G-sync issue, or maybe your head-tracking is not running as smooth as it should.

The AI K-4 isn't a UFO. This can be proven by flying a 1v1 K-4 vs K-4. It's true that the AI is using a simplified flight model and may not have the same operational restrictions a human needs to monitor. Also true is that the AI can pull off the most ludicrous, beneath the nose deflection shots - as if they were flying an invisible plane. However, in a straight human K-4 vs AI K-4 duel there's nothing UFO'ey about it. It's a very close match. If you want to see a true UFO in action then try a Mig-15 vs Mig-15 duel.

Any news if this is being looked at? It's un-playable unless you go through this Core 0 ritual every mission.

True, but then problem is AI, not the plane.

Both left and right sides keyboard controls are reversed. INCREASE = DECREASE and vice versa. Also, if this gets a fix would it be possible to decrease the gain a touch? They're very hard to fine tune.

Mark as solution.

The Spitfire's gunsight reticule has a very limited range of illumination. This becomes a problem in low light conditions - it remains very bright even at its dimmest setting. Every other DCS warbird has a full range of adjustment, only the Spitfire suffers from this. The Mosquito's gunsight is, as far as I can tell, operating on exactly the same principles as the Spitfire's and yet look at the difference. mozret.mp4 spitret.mp4 As you can see the Spitfire's 'night mode' is pretty useless. Is it behaving correctly? And if not, could it be brought in line with the Mozzy's?

It's the default view. e: If you shift the pilot to the left to 'correct' it, you move off the plane's centreline (note the amount of daylight either side before and after) Follow the line....

The 'Early' is fine but the 30 & 40's gunsight is offset to the left. Is this realistic? I can't fathom any reason why it would be like this in real life.

Instead of toggling Core 0, try the other cores. Others have had success doing this; I just happened to get lucky with Core 0. Are the devs aware of this? Is this a side-effect of the push towards multi-threading? Will it be fixed?

Single monitor here. The problem seems to be related to proximity to units (aircraft, ships etc). I don't know whether it's to do with texture loading, LODs, or whatever. Here's another video showing the issue (and fix). I fly past a few aircraft and it's a stutter-fest. At 2:10 I disable Core 0; re-enable Core 0; and then do another fly-by. Fixed. Beautifully smooth.

Might DCS's current wet canopy effect be tweaked for canopy distortion?

Try this. 1. Go to Misc. Options and ensure you have enabled saving of snap-views. 2. Jump into cockpit of aircraft and use Right Shift * and Right Shift / keys on the keypad to adjust your field of view (Zoom) to taste. 3. When happy hit RALT and Keypad 0 to save FOV. 4. Go into Controls and find these lines... 5. Bind Zoom In to a button on your controller, and bind Zoom normal to the 'button-off' function of the same button. This will let you zoom in for as long as the button is held. 6. If you want Zoom on an axis instead then bind it in the Axes tab.

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Exactly. You'd think 'turning it off then turning it back on again' would be too much of a meme to be true - but here we are.

Thanks for the tips, MK, but I tried that already. Ralphidude (i think) on Youtube had a video claiming it was his 'silver bullet' but it didn't do anything for me. The problem seems to be related to proximity to units - a free-flight on a bare map is almost stutter free. Toggling Core 0 fixes it completely, so the solution lies in something DCS is doing (or not doing).

This stuttering was happening pre-patch but it's worse now. CPU 7600K@4.4ghz, Radeon 6700XT 12GB, 32GB RAM, Win 10 First half of video shows performance - it's a juddering mess. About halfway through (1:54) I pause DCS, go to CPU affinity settings in Task Manager, turn off Core 0, hit OK; turn it back on, hit OK; and then I return to DCS - which now plays flawlessly; smooth as glass - watch the frame time graphs. This procedure needs to be done on every mission load or it reverts back to stuttering. e: this is happening with both default .exe and .exe in mt-bin folder. Normandy - Spitfire-IX (CW) WW2 test (inf. ammo).miz DxDiag.txt

May God have mercy on your souls.

The helicopters and some jets have a slider to tune cockpit vibration to the player's taste; it really enhances the flying experience and I think the WW2 aircraft would benefit greatly from the option.

I want somebody who sounds like Joanna Lumley to vector me in, wish me luck, and then weep as I plummet into the Channel.