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Fictional Western US vs Eastern US with Colorado Rockies being the dividing line. Great scenery here folks. China + Russia invade the US across the Pacific. US coastal defenses are overwhelmed, but the Rockies slow down their march and set the stage for... a new DCS theater.

Except that to my knowledge you cannot fully custom map three position switches on the TM Warthog within DCS and must use TARGET to do so. In my opinion, TARGET really does allow greater function over DCS. The exception being DCS: A-10C due to the sweeeeeet marriage of DCS: A-10C + TM Warthog that requires damn near zero tinkering to work 100% as it should. Note: DCS: A-10C + TM Warthog ease of use is NOT normal, which is why TARGET exists.

If you hit the mark key on the UFC it creates a mark at aircraft position. HOTAS TMS Right creates a mark at the SOI (TAD, TGP, HUD) cursor position.

You'll do fine with the Hotas X, just give it time. Use the stick for basic functions at first (ex. flying, firing the cannon, and releasing weapons) and learn the keyboard commands. They're actually fairly logical once you get into it. You can add control functions to the stick as you learn the sim and in the end it'll make a lot more sense. Protip though, since you have a stick and don't need the arrow keys for flight control, re-map keyboard slew commands to the arrow keys instead of the default comma, semi-colon, slash, period keys. I used a Logitech Wingman Extreme 3D Pro (lots of buttons, but only one hat switch) for a long time and eventually had most HOTAS functions mapped out using modifiers. I went about it by adding things I learned and frequently used the keyboard for rather than try too make the stick do everything at first and then learn the sim. The TM warthog doesn't even do everything. I still need the keyboard.

My thoughts exactly.

I get the same as OP on the news page.

Probably just wild speculation here based on various comments, but I don't think this is related to FC3 at all. Eagle Dynamics may already have DCS: MiG-29 in the works.

Related question: Is it possible to have an AI ground unit report enemy contacts without being radioed by the pilot first?

Is their a way to adjust the distance at which ground units are rendered in higher detail and no longer look like "boxes" on the ground? When I'm using my binoculars (meaning: view control zoomed way in) to search for ground targets in DCS:A-10 I'll frequently spot a formation of units rendered as simple low detail box shapes. The higher level of detail models don't display until I fly closer. This seems to happen with trucks and APCs most often. I don't notice it with tanks and artillery as much and that may just be because the low detail models on these units have a little more shape to them. I'm thinking there's probably a value in a config file somewhere that would allow this to be tweaked.

Ok false alarm, received confirmation that the order has been processed and is ready for Fed-Ex to pick up. Ordered directly from Natural Point. US delivery.

Ok finally ordered Track IR, how long does it really take them to get this thing shipped? Website says up to 10 days. Anyone recently ordered?

Why use dumb rockets? Because you only carry 1050 rounds of CM and sometimes anything else is just overkill for the target. The problem is a near miss just isn't enough for a kill with rockets, in my experience you pretty much need a direct hit to kill almost any vehicle and the CCIP solutions just aren't accurate enough for that in most cases. I like to shoot single rockets on my run in and then adjust subsequent shots based on how far I was off on the first, especially against targets on hilly terrain. If they're out in the open on level ground the CCIP solution should be pretty accurate. Also, think about what you're employing them against, if you're shooting up trucks (or anything else that isn't shooting back) get in CLOSE and put the rocket into the driver's seat. Save that burst of CM for something else.

"Same for me only joy_x and joy_Y, no joy_rx. But it does appear to work ok. the slewing is all over the place though, even with the saturation changed. I wanted the same smooth movement you get in DCS a-10c slewing." Are you running a script profile via TM Target software though? If you're not running a script you'll have separate controllers identified for "TM Warthog Stick" and "TM Warthog Throttle" in sim, each with their own JOY_X and JOY_Y axes. If running a script then only the "TM Warthog Combined" is available as a controller. EDIT: Added screenshot http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/dcsaxes.png/

You're in right place I think. That's odd through, are JOY_Z and JOY_RZ (right and left throttles, respectively) showing up in the drop down menus or only the primary JOY_X and JOY_Y axes?

You need to assign the ministick axes to a control on the controls settings page within the sim. For some reason the sim doesn't pick up the ministick axes when you move the stick around so you have to manually select the ministick axes from the dropdown menu. JOY_RX and JOY_RY are the ones you want. Ex. to use the ministick to slew the F-15C TDC around, assign JOY_RX to "TDC Slew Horizontal" and JOY_RY to "TDC Slew Vertical." You'll also want to invert the JOY_RY axis from the axis tune page. I also set saturation to 50 for both JOY_RX and JOY_RY for smoother control.

Can anyone recommend a good TM Warthog control profile for the F-15C? Any other control setup tips are appreciated as well. Just got the FC3 beta today, but this is my first experience with the FC series. So much easier to learn a sim when controls are set up properly (Ex. DCS:A10 :D). I'm sure someone has already put a lot of thought into this, so I'll gladly defer to their wisdom rather than fumble around trying to do my own setup before I have any clue what's what.

Wonder how much flight time that thing sees.

You can get pretty close in sim with up to 22 MK-82s. 21 if you don't want to give up the targeting pod. I think I counted 24 in the video. Not sure why we can't carry six bombs each on stations 5 and 7 in the sim, maybe something changed.

Hi everyone, first post. My sim history goes back to when I was a kid with notables (at least to me) being F15 Strike Eagle and Falcon 3. Chuck Yeager Air Combat was awesome too. Actual military experience is USMC 1996-2000, 0351 Anti-Armor Assault. Deployed twice to Okinawa in my four years of service as part of our unit's regular rotation, saw no action. Honorably discharged as E5, Sergeant in 2000. Was not recalled post 9/11. So that's me. Anyways, been loving the hell of DCS. Did play a bit of Falcon 4.0 post-USMC, but the sim-bug really started back up with Black Shark, enjoyed it, learned a lot of it and then DCS: A-10... This thing is awesome. Convinced the lady to let me get the TM Warthog and yeah this thing is awesome too. Love it, think I have the plane pretty much figured out but.... I'm scared to death to launch "DCS World Multiplayer" What do I need to know, do, understand before I go down this path? I just want to fly around with folks and blow virtual shit up.