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When's this happening Eno?

If I load up on the ramp with EAC on and APU on those switches are correctly put in the right place in the cockpit. So it's synching. It seems to be only throttle position that does not. I wonder if it's a bug in a recent patch, as I'm sure this didn't used to be an issue....

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This works nicely as well. However you have to switch back to HUD as SOI to use DMS to move to the next mark point?

Ahh TMS up short on Mavs works a treat! So much easier :)

Yes my slew nipple definitely gets over stimulated at times!!!

Oh so instead of using the slew control to jiggle it into locking to the target (having slaved it to SPI) I should actually just 'TMS up short' to achieve the same effect?

I used the files in this post: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1541311#post1541311 Worked a treat to export all the various displays to another screen AND turn the MFDs off in the 3d cockpit (there are 2 sets of files so you can pick which you want).

I have something similar. My WH HOTAS throttles are fully back. I move one forward and the game doesn't detect. I have to move it back and try again and THEN it works. Very annoying....

Interesting point about using the Mavs in that way Eno. My problem with that though is that I set a SPI on a target and slew the Mav to that. So the Mav crosshairs are right over the target. But then I can't fire it until I touch the slew to make it 'recognise' there's a target there. Often if the A/C is not straight and level though as soon as I touch slew the Mav seeker moves off and doesn't catch the target it was pointing at. I then have to fight to slew back again. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong though. Is there button to lock the Mav on once it's slewed to SPI or something?

Very informative post, thanks Eno. Going to try some of that later!

If you've already got a TrackIR then yes keep fixing the clip if it breaks makes sense. But if you're starting from scratch I can't see a reason to spend £150 when £30-worth of Delan IR and PS3eye gives you the same thing. Not quite as plug 'n' play I guess would be the only downside.

Maybe learning to use JTAC will help, though it's not always available....

I still really struggle to find any target that isn't clustered around a waypoint TBH. I've got zoom mapped to my headtracking but even so we're talking little tiny brown specs hidden among trees and buildings - it's difficult!! :)

I'm getting the CDU on really early - pretty much after the APU is up and running. Followed the steps above and waited for the 4.0 0.8 to show and my EAC went on correctly :) (BTW Eno I was on Eno's Firehouse server last night ;))

I've got a CMStorm Quickfire. Lovely action and nice and compact. Actually not so good for DCS though since it has no numpad ;)

Currently running a GTX560oc at 1680x1050 (with 2nd 1680x1050 screen for MFDS etc). At some point I want to either: a) get a nice big single monitor (1900x1200 or something) or b) go the whole hog and get 3 screens side-by-side (I guess these wouldn't need to be quite so high a res as a)) Is there a base GPU I'd need for either situation? I've been offered a 7870 2Gb ghost edition but don't know if that's good enough for a) or b) or neither. I'd like to be able to run a high level of detail with a decent framerate (kinda obvious I guess). Currently I get 30-45 with most things on high. Other specs are i5 3470 3.20GHz, 8Gb ram, 120gb SSD. Thanks for the advice!

Very interesting thanks :) Will look out for that 4.0 then (and try and start the CDU up early)

If you want headtracking, I'd suggest FreeTrackNoIR and a Delan IR clip. Seems to do just as good a job as TrackIR for about 1/6th of the cost :) I've got a thread about the clip somewhere so a search for Delan should pop it up...

BTW the Delan clip is very much worth it - no way could I go back to the facetracking algorithm.

Nope - most of the time it's fine. I have a weird thing where I need to stop and start the head tracking every time before I press the FLY button to start the game, or the headtracking doesn't work at all. The spinning in external view I can't reproduce at will - I've only had it a couple of times in the last few days.

Ah ok thank - I guess I'm just not waiting long enough :) Is there an indicator for the EGI align wait?

+1. Only seems to happen sometimes though and not figured out the pattern....

Whenever I start the A-10 from cold I never seem to be able to get the EAC light to go out. I flick the switch as one of the last steps but nothing happens. Is there something specific I must have missed for it not to work?

I just zoom out and scroll around until the area I want is back on the top screen so it could be worse. Unless there are buttons in the bottom half I don't know about but will need?