RagingBunny

Thanks for the tips, I will try some of your suggestions. Might I ask what your specs are? Enabling shadows and msaa, plus upping the pixel density to 2.0, would melt my cpu and gpu. Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9305 met Tapatalk

Looks like someone named Enzo did. Three hours later he posted: "**** yes, this works with war thunder, and DCS!"

Funny thing is, when the wow factor fades away a bit you'll find that you'll have come to rely on the extra feedback quite a bit. I don't have to look at my gauges to see that my engine didn't start: I'll know because I didn't feel the motor starting. I now notice that my bomb didn't come off the rails not because I didn't hear it coming off, but because I didn't feel it falling off. I don't have to look at my airbrakes, because if they were up I'd feel it. Also, I don't rely on the stall warning so much anymore because the plane will start shaking before the stall warning goes off. So yeah, the wow factor will diminish a bit but besides this being a cool immersion factor, the feedback is actually usefull and if you're not carefull you'll start relying on it :thumbup:.

I do not know if this is a thing, but it's worth a shot... It's possible to bind trackir to the zoom view function in DCS. That way, when you lean forward, you zoom in. Maybe that's what is going on. To check if this is the problem, go into your control settings, view axis assign, and check both zoom options (zoom and zoom view). Make sure that trackir is not tied to these zoom functions.

I see a lot of good observations in this thread but I have not seen anyone mentioning the financial aspect. Pit building is not cheap, despite all the cheap electronic components from china. Wood is not cheap, and you also need paint, and materials to make your panels, etc. I'll have to wait for months untill my CV1 gets here. In the meantime, I'd love to build some panels as since recently, I finally have some spare time to do so again. But I won't, because I need that money to buy a new processor for the CV1 (currently running i54460). And I would not be surprised if my R9 290X doesn't provide the type of experience I'm looking for in VR. So I'm going to have to save up money to buy a better GPU. Since money is an issue for me, I feel that I really have to choose between the two: either I go for VR 100%, or I go for pit building 100%. As some people before me have said, both have their virtues. But I've seen 2d and all the wonderfull things it brings. I'm curious about VR and want to try new things, so my money will now be going that. Now I suspect that there will be other people who are pit builders, like me (somewhat), who make the switch to VR. But I do not see people making the switch from VR to pit building. I've seen too many people on these forums say that they just can not bring themselves to go back to 2d again (even tough it has advantages, such as resolution and being able to read a manual). So altough it pains me very much to say it, I am afraid that the pit building community will become smaller as the VR crowd becomes bigger. And part of that is, as I described, due to financial reasons.

I don't think there is anything on the market quite as specific as this - the device in your picture is mounted to the side of a table, has room for the stick and throttle, all sorts of different toggles and switches... So no, I don't think there is anything out there like this. There are however smaller peripherals that give you lots of toggles and switches. Saitek has a bunch of USB flight peripherals with switches, and you could google VRinsight tact & toggle panel. This is an expensive solution however, if you're looking at getting as many switches as in that picture. But it really isn't hard to make something like that yourself. There is plenty of info on this forum about how to do that.

Unfortunatly I did not take pictures untill I started building my Dimebug pit. By then I had remodelled my PVC setup at least 3 times, and I had dismounted the throttle part. I dismounted the throttle when I switched my X52 pro for a TM Warthog, because the Warthog throttle didn't fit and I didn't feel like remodelling the PVC setup since I was going to build another pit. The square bottom is where the Saitek rudder used to be mounted. However, it is removed in this picture because I had already put it in my Dimebug pit. Funny thing tough, the square bottom got a new use after that as you can see in the 2nd picture! (Yeah it's a weird looking pit. I used a laptop back then. I would put my laptop on the keyboard shelf, and then I'd put the instrument panel over the laptop screen, displaying Helios on the laptop and DCS on the tv). As you can see in the 2nd picture, I turned the setup around and I placed the throttle stand under my seat. It needed this for stability when I removed the rudder pedals. Notice how the top, where I mounted the stick on, hangs over the seat a bit. I build it this way to put the stick in a comfortable position. When I turned the PVC setup around to put the rudder mount under my seat for stability, I simply took the top off, turned it 180 degrees and put it back so the stick was in the same position again. Goes to show how flexible and easy to change a PVC setup is.

I haven't posted in this subforum before, but I've been lurking for a year or two now, getting ideas for my pit. Finally here's a question I can actually say something about! Yeah I've built something like this about a year ago. It worked great with my Saitek X52 setup. I was surprised about the amount of stability the PVC pipes gave me. I didn't use a Rodger Dodger design (drew something up myself but it was similar), and it was a bit less elaborate than the setup in your picture, but it worked well. It's also easy to change if needed. I've switched tables and chairs a few times to try out what I liked best, so the required height of the setup changed. Every time it was just a matter of a cutting or moving a bit here or there and the setup was perfect again. Also, at one point I changed it from a side setup to a center unit in about an hour. It's a very flexible way of constructing things. Altough 70 euro's isn't much to spend on a good stick and throttle setup, I was a bit surprised that the PVC setup cost me that much. The pipes aren't the problem but all the small connectors really add up. Building the PVC setup was a great way to get introduced to pit building for me. Doesn't cost an arm and a leg and it's an easy enough project for every double left handed tool like me to finish! Tough it was fun building and flying the PVC pit, I have since moved on to the Dimebug pit which I didn't have the confidence to build before I made sure that pit building was for me with the PVC pit. So I recommend building a setup like the one in your picture. I can not vouch for Rodger Dodger as I didn't try one of their designs, but it's a great concept.

Hollywood, congrats on a geat mod. I liked version 1.1 and I'm loving version 2.0. Thanks a lot for your hard work! The movie looks very cool, but I would advise turning down the music a bit. It's a bit difficult to hear what is being said.

Did you bind your zoom to a slider on your HOTAS? I used to have the Saitek X-52 HOTAS, and I had set zoom to a slider on the throttle. Turned out the slider wasn't of the best quality and before I knew it, my screen started shaking back and forth very rapidly because slider was twitchy.

Well, after reading all the positive posts in this thread about the Gametrix KW-908, I decided to ask Andre if could hook me with one. People have said it before in this thread, but he really is faster than any webshop :). After I sent him a PM asking if he could help me, he replied within the hour, I then wired the money though paypal and I had a track and trace code tracking the package just hours after my very first PM :D. The Gametrix KW-908 arrived yesterday, just five days after Andre sent it (it had to go to the Netherlands). I was lucky, costums didn't inspect the parcel so I didn't have to pay any additional taxes. Hooking it up to the computer is really just a matter of plugging in the USB, downloading and installing the software from Andre's site and off you go! :pilotfly:. It really adds a new dimension to the game. During a landing you can first feel a slight rumble as your gears come down, and a 'click' like feelng when they lock in place. Then the airplane shakes a bit as the flaps come down, and you feel the airplane starting to shudder if your approach is too slow. Then finally you can feel the plane touching down. What starts out as a constant rumbling as you speed down the landing strip becomes a clear - bump - bump - bump- as you slow down while going over the concrete tiles of the landing strip. Oh, and not to forget the feeling you get when a sneaky AAA tears off half your wing and you're trying to recover... Not only can you see you're in deep doo doo, you can now feel it too ;). I recommend it, and compliments to Andre for an incredible service! :thumbup:

Thanks for taking the time to help me. Fortunatly, I was able to solve to the problem today. Doing a clean install of windows on the windows harddrive using a recovery-tool from my laptop manufacturer didn't work. So I formatted every single drive on my computer, installed windows and manually updated every driver. It works like a charm now! The stuttering is completely gone and I get great framerates. No idea what the problem was. But it's gone now! The ASUS G73SW is the model name of my ASUS laptop.

I'm using a computer with an i7, and I'm experiencing all sorts of problems. How do you make sure your computer doesnt end up using the IGP? EDIT: Whoops, should have the read the whole thread before posting.

Hello, I made a similar post on the controls forum, but I feel that this topic probably belongs here since the controls forum is mainly about joystick setups. This week I bought DCS A10C, but as it is now it's not playable. The game runs fine and smooth as long as I do not touch any controls, but when I use either the arrow keys or my joystick to manouvre, or when I pan around the cockpit, the game experiences 2 to 3 second freezes every 8 seconds or so. The freezing also happens when I slew the targetting pod. I run the game on an ASUS G73sw and I have the game installed on a SSD. I did a new, clean install of windows 7 to see if that would solve the problem, but it didn't. I have set the graphics settings everywhere between the highest and the lowest settings, but this did not make a difference. Installing the newest drivers for my thrustmaster flightstick-x didnt help. It really makes no sense to me because clearly CPU and GPU power is not the problem, and neither is my 8 gigs of ram. What could be causing this? I'd love to be able to enjoy this sim!

Hello, I'm thinking about buying DCS A-10. To see if I would like it, I downloaded DCS Worlds today. But I've been having a problem I've never had before with any other game... From the first time I jumped into the cockpit, the game started to stutter a lot. I mean 2 tot 3 second freezes every 5 or 10 seconds. At first I thought my graphic settings were too high for my pc. After a lot of tweaking and trying, I have found out that the graphics were not the problem. It's the controls... If I do not touch any controls at all, the game runs just fine. When I roll my plane to the left or to the right, everything still runs fine. However, it's when I use pitch, either pulling up or down, with my joystick or with my keyboard, that the stuttering begins. As soon as I let go of my flightstick or keyboard, the stuttering stops and the game runs smooth again. I use a Thrustmaster Flightstick-X. I have tried downloading the latest drivers but that didnt help. Is this a known problem? Am I alone in this? I'd like to buy the game while it's on sale but if I can't solve this I'd rather not risk it. I hope someone has a possible solution I could try. Thanks in advance! EDIT: Last night it seemed like, magicly, the stuttering problems went away so I bought the A10 module. Ofcourse this was too good to be true, so the problem came back 5 minutes after installing the A10 module. What I have noticed is that not only does pulling up or down cause stuttering, so does panning around the cockpit and slewing the targetting pod. Just thought I'd mention this, hoping that maybe someone has a clue as to what the problem could be.