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I downloaded a Russian manual titled Mi8_RU_Before_Cut and used this online translator from Russian to English. Took all of 5 minutes as advertised. Final product weights in at 7.5 Megs. The manual was about 220 pgs. Images were preserved in translation. http://www.onlinedoctranslator.com/translator.html :thumbup: Does anyone have a dropbox link or a url to the latest Russian manual to DCS Mi-8MTV2 manual? I'd share the results but who knows who would get all in 'torqued' about it and it was a Russian manual game manual from this forum post dropbox link. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=125100 Screen capture shows the translator of pdf will preserve pictures. There appear to be a few glitches of the translation. But it's a heck of lot better then what we got now. FWIW

+1 FWIW Last time I'm buying a beta Module of anything.

Ah don't worry. I appreciate all the advice. My takeoffs are pretty smooth but I I have on the heading indicator and pitch and yaw stabilizer on and control helper on -and always trim. Landings gonna work on those. I'm on summer vacation the next 2 weeks. But I will be revisiting how to land when I get back and post a trk file on landing on a runway and a FARP in the future. :smartass:

Cibit I really appreciate the TRK file. :thumbup: I can see that I have to lower my speed and come in with the nose not to high (to bleed off speed) ala KA-50. I see what is said about anticipating-but what did you do to bleed off speed? Lower the collective as you keep moving forward? I paid particular attention to red smoke marker and building roof landings. I'll try runway/apron landings but will have to work on bleeding off speed. You landed on everything except a moving train (but the aircraft carrier was moving. :)) I noted you always had it trimmed a bit to the right to. FWIW I'm using a Saitek throttle quadrant and AV8TR stick which for me works fine. (I can land a KA-50 at night on a FARP).

Thanks for the input. I'll keep trying. This beast is way harder to land then the BlackShark (don't own the Huey yet).

oh yeah jobsoandrew has also a nice video on takeoffs to that helped a bunch. Wish he did one also on landing (hint hint). :)

Looking for something that is short an to the point like this excellent Mi-8 take-off tutorial by jobsonandrew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArsJvABZjIY. All I could find were landing videos but nothing walking you through with commentary (ala Wags instructions with the black Shark) or scripted pointers. Not really tutorials-just displays of talent with landing the Mi-8. Still come in too fast, vortex rings , nothing even close to pin-point accuracy etc etc-something to shorten the learning curve.

Thanks-I missed that TAB in OPTIONS! :thumbup: So many sims (Rise of Flight, Blackshark2 and Mi-8... SO MANY keycommands...and so little time. :D

Is there a lua script that I can edit to have the WEAPON HINT (LCTRL+LSHIFT+H)and the CONTROLS INDICATOR (RCTRL+ENTER) OFF at the start of a mission? Currently I have to turn them off each time I start a mission. I much prefer to have them OFF and enable them if I need them. I don't want to delete the commands-just reverse the default command from ON to OFF at start up. TIA. Did a search and didn't find anything except an excellent mod to reduce the size of weapons hints.

Nice little utilty-Thanks for your work.:thumbup:

In Russia SAMS find you.

Check C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Bazar\World\textures bunch of zip files in there the one I think you want is a zip or rar file titled CockpitsTexturesTGA.zip In that file is PILOT-RUS-G01.TGA.dds That file looks like this when you open it (I have the camoflage mod for the flight suit. I believe the stock is overall green.) If this is what you want-back the zip/rar file before you mod. Then drag the file out to modify-the zip/rar file will retain a stock copy. To change that you just delete it out (right click on it and the delete command will be there [at least with Winrar]). After you finish modifying You take the modified file with the same stock name and drag it into the rar file. It'll ask you-do you want to add it to the archive. You say yes. It should be in the rar file now and show up in the game. I've done this a number of times. I just did this last night modifying the HIND blades to look more blurry (my own personal use cuz I'm using a a KA-50 blade blur mod that I did not make but downloaded elsewhere.) I reversed the blade textuure. Got to work on the color and tail blade. But those textures are in an Mi-24 zip/rar file and I did what I just instructed you to do with moving stuff in and out of a rar file for the kneeboard. Hope this file is what you are looking for and I hope this helps.

I just want to build a simple mission with me flying a KA-50 as a spotter with NO KA-50 wingman with another flight consisting of one or two Mi-24's. Trying to replicate a 'PINK' Team like used in VietNam where you had the LOH (Loach)(WHITE Team) and the Huey Cobra (RED team) working together. I can't seem to build this in the Mission Editor where I can get communication between my other MI-24's unless I have a KA-50 wingman -then I get communication with them in the Radio Menu.

BETA Works in A10C also. Doesn't interfere with Interactive Training. Even Wags instructions wasn't changed in a stock mission Only change in font size was Radio Comms. Mod files are in X:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C\FUI\Resources If your going to play around don't forget to backup.

I want to change the word PLAYER to PILOT. Also... Made the font smaller to. If you are going to use Backup originals (also original backups also included in RAR file attached. FUI file contains the mod). Consider this a beta since it's only tested on my computer and I don't use Tracker IR (yet). I used the games tiny_font and ARIAL_9 Font files are X:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS Black Shark 2\FUI\Resource Haven't tried this in A-10C yet-but it should work. Smaller comms font.rar

SOLVED: I recalled I added a custom payload file to KA-50 I found on this forum about a week ago. Some sound or event lua file(s) must have conflicted with the radio menu. I deleted the payload addon and the radio menu came back.

Thanks - I read all the strings on this. And they mentioned what you wrote Pizzicato. How could that happen the change? Been playing this for 2 months then boom. I haven't upgraded my standalone BS2 since I downloaded it in Dec 2012 and it's not in the DCS World. :joystick: Weird. I have a US Layout. So how does something change when you don't add a patch?

Just fired up the BS2 sim -after being away from it for about a week and my "\" Radio Menu doesn't show. Nothing-no ATC, Wingman, or ground commands-on the ground and in the air when I press the "\". Is this a bug? I did a search and saw some strings regarding modifying the keyboard.lua. But that didn't work for me. I'm flying BS2 with the latest patch. Sim is installed as a standalone. Options is set to easy communications. Haven't modified anything really except skins.

Couldn't wait-it even works in the Su-25t in DCS world. Off to bed now. Thanks again, Mustang.

New (from FC2) ejection model being proposed for BS2. I used it and it worked. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.ph...=1#post1667874

:D It works. Nice details-I like how the pilot lands on the ground and then gets up (Forgot to get that screen capture). It's late I'll try this in my Su-25t tomorrow in DCS. heh Didn't catch the pilot doing the Sign of the Cross for a safe landing like the old model. FWIW since you are with the ED Tester Team my BS2 was bought as BS2-not an upgrade from BS1 and is standalone not in DCS world yet. I guess the bmp or dds for the pilots flight suit in some aircraft file? Correct? Because what I saw were the parts for an ejection seat in the TEMP TEXTURE file but no flight suit graphics. hmmm One thing though- he looks like that Assad fellow in Syria when you get up close. ;)

You veterans know this but this newbie found out the best way to take off on a FARP map is to TRIM a wee bit forward before take off-since the chopper is already trimmed when you start the mission as tail heavy. Seems to give me a more vertical takeoff. When I land on a FARP to keep from rolling forward during shutdown-while the rotors are still beating- I trim it tail heavy ASAP while holding brakes. Haven't tried shipboard landings yet but I can see FARP takeoff and landings will help. In OPTIONS I have selected Central Position Trimmer Mode. FWIW

After doing a search again indeed it is possible if you do a lua edit to make the pilot visible. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=54867&highlight=visible+pilot But I'm using the RSHIFT + P after the lua edit but nothing shows up. :cry_2:

Hi Ebs: No Shift + P doesn't work for me in BS2. I think I read somewhere this feature was disabled due to shading features present in the BS2 cockpit. Unless there is some lua file I can edit-the pilot doesn't show up. Only in external views with the camoflage - sitting in the cockpit. I tried to use the camo pattern in the mod-and I'm sure it can be done with a close approximation. I'm just not all that good with uniform mods. . Hmmm let me try Photoshop tonight with layers. Did pretty good with putting dust on COMBAT MISSION: NORMANDY vehicles using layers-might be the same principle. Not promising anything.

Repost from Ka-50 string Always bothered me in BS2 that the pilot was in a mint green flight suit in the ejection sequence. I modded his uniform to be camouflaged (I'm using the Russian_Pilot_3TsV_1990_Camouflage) when the pilot is sitting in the cockpit as seen from the exterior. http://www.lockonfiles.com/index.php/files/file/1302-russian-pilot-uniform-3tsv-1990/ (Of course in BS2 you don't see the pilot when you are in the cockpit due to shading improvements.) I'm not a uniform modder but I whipped a somewhat close approximation that is acceptable (at least to me) of a Russian camouflage flightsuit for ejection sequence. If you can do better have at it and I'll be the first to download any improvement. You think people will want this -or is it too crude? It's just a generic camouflage for ejection sequence AND it even works with the SU-25T ejection sequence in DCS Screenshots at this Ka-50 forum string http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1667874&posted=1#post1667874